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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY COURT TO ORDER THE BEEF COUNTY AIRPORTS BOARD MEETING TODAY IS THURSDAY AUGUST 18 20 21 AND EVERYBODY GO AHEAD MUTE LESLIE HOWARD BRYAN THE JOB WITH ME JUST SO THE FEEDBACK AGAIN TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012 130 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER START OFF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR PRIVATE
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STANDING NEXT TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ALL RIGHT.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AUGUST 19, 2021]
THANK YOU. >> SO WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THIS FIELD HAS BEEN PUBLISHED POSTING DISTRIBUTES DISTRIBUTED IN COMPARISON KIND OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. WE'D LIKE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA .
EVERYBODY HAS A GENDER PRONOUN THAT'S BEEN SET OUT BUT ALENA SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE
THE AGENDA. >> HOWARD, I NEED A SECOND CHRIS BUTLER SECONDS SO THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT WE NEED APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES THE PREVIOUS MEETING WAS HELD ON JULY 15TH TWENTY TWENTY ONE AT ONE THIRTY PM THAT WAS A WEBEX MEETING ALSO ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MEETING MINUTES GO AND RAISE YOUR HAND. WE'LL CALL ON YOU AND WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY. ANYBODY I DON'T SEE ANYBODY MAKING ANY CHANGES THAT THAT'S THE CASE. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 15 24 1 AND THANK YOU. SECOND OF THAT BRIAN SECOND. THANK YOU.
[7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]
THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 15 20 1 ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN NATURE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL OPEN THE FOURTH. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? AGAIN WE ASK YOU TO ELIMINATE THE THREE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU START RAISING YOU MEAN MORE IN THREE MINUTES. JUST ASK FOR IT AND THE BOARD WILL HOPEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDE THAT IF REFER TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. ANYONE ALL RIGHT.>> NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. MOVE ON TO THE DIRECTORS REPORT.
IT MAKES MY JOB EASY. JOHN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> NO THANKS.
HI. I'M BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE LAKE A LITTLE HIGHER FOR YOU TO DO SOME NOTES. WHAT I WANT TO DO FIRST IS SHOWING YOU A VIDEO OF THE COUNTY CHANNELS. GOT THIS CUED UP. I'LL LET THEM GET READY FOR A VIDEO THAT I SHOWED TO COUNTY COUNCIL MOSTLY COUNTY COUNCIL ON MONDAY DURING THE PUBLIC CIVILITY COMMITTEE MEETING. WHAT WE DID WITH A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE PUT A TIME LAPSE CAMERA IN THE TERMINAL AND SHOWED A VIDEO CAMERA VIDEO ON THE LAST SATURDAY JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TERMINAL LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE FLOW OF PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE ON A SATURDAY. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN RODMAN AND OF COURSE LESLIE HAD A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF YOU SO I'LL LET THE COUNTY HANDLE THINGS JUST FOR A SECOND TO AHEAD SHOW THAT VIDEO.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME YOU COULD TELL BY THE LIGHT AROUND THERE WAS MORNING AND AFTERNOON
NIGHTTIME. >> YOU COULD SEE THE CROWD START TO BUILD MIDDAY INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING. HE IS A COUNTY COUNCIL WAITING FOR MICK JAGGER TO WALK THROUGH THE METAL AND STARTED TO MOVE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON STARTED WINDING DOWN AND GETTING INTO THE EVENING AND THEN THE NEXT DAY YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS GONNA
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BE IN THE FIRST WEEKEND IN AUGUST.>> SO THAT WRAPS UP THAT DAY. >> YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR WAY IN AND OUT OF THAT TERMINAL. I NOT A CAMERA WAS KIND OF UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO REALLY CAPTURE BASICALLY ALL THE BODIES AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT SEE THE FOLKS COMING FROM TICKETING KIND OF UNDERNEATH THE CAMERA GETTING INTO THE TSA CHECKPOINT WAITING LINE.
BUT THAT OTHER VANTAGE POINT WAS WAS PALPABLE BECAUSE YOU COULD ALSO SEE THE HUGE BUILD UP APPROACH TO THE TSA LINE AS WELL AS AT THE RENTAL CAR COUNTERS AND ALL THE WAY THE
FAR BAGGAGE CLAIM. >> SO I THINK THE TAKEAWAY THERE IS THAT THIS AND I'VE SAID BEFORE AND YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE THAT THIS IS THE SAME BUILDING THAT WE'RE SEEING ON A PEAK SATURDAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200 AND 300 PEOPLE AND WE'RE NOW SEEING ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO SIX TIMES THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON A SATURDAY.
SO THERE'S EVEN NONBELIEVERS IN THE TERMINAL PROJECT. HOPEFULLY WE'VE CONVERTED BUT REALLY PART OF THE POINT THERE WAS TO LET COUNCIL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT MANY PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE A SMALL BUILDING LIKE OURS. AND THAT'S JUST YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAD THE BAND AT ONE OF THE LOBBY IN THE LOBBY IS A LOT BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE ROOM.
SO IF WE PUT CAMERAS IN THE WHOLE ROOMS WE'D LIKE IT OURSELVES IN TROUBLE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 FIVE TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. IT WILL TAKE OVER AND SPACE AND THE DESIGN OF ALL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW CALLS FOR ABOUT SEVEN TO 200 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE. SO WE'VE GOT A THIRD OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.
SO THAT'S WHY THE TERM CAN GET BUILT. SO I'D ASK EACH ONE TO BECOME AN ACTIVE ADVOCATE. THE COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL AS TOWN COUNCIL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT'S HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THE PREMISE THAT MOST OF THE ECONOMIC IMPONACT STAYING ON THS SIDE ON THE ISLAND SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. SO WE NEED WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP. WE STILL HAVE A FUNDING GAP. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
IT'S A SIGNATURE PROJECT. SO WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP ON THE BOARD TO ENGAGE YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN YOUR TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET ON BOARD.
AND SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THIS. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BID AND AND BUILD THIS TERMINAL UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT. WE WANT TO PHASE OUT THIS CONTRACT WITH MULTIPLE GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND TRY TO MARRY UP A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLANTS. SO THAT'S MY PLEDGE TO YOU
TODAY. >> WE'VE GOT MORE THINGS TO SHOW BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO AT THIS POINT I WANT TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND SEE ACTUALLY MAKE IT THE RIGHT
SCREEN HERE. >> OK. >> NATALIE THROUGH THE SCREEN RIGHT BOYS COULD SEE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION POP UP HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT. SURE. >> WELCOME TO THE BOARD MEETING. AUGUST 19TH. AND TODAY IS AVIATION DAY, BY THE WAY. ALL RIGHT, BIRTHDAY. SO THIS IS ONE THE STATE AND I GUESS THE NATION IN SOME FORM CELEBRATES AVIATION DAY. THIS IS AVIATION WEEK AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A HUG YOUR PILOT TODAY GO AND DO THAT. >> A COUPLE GENERAL GENERAL UPDATES HERE FOR AIR W OR RIBAUT RIGHT. KICK OFF WITH A TERMINAL UPGRADE PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A REAL LONG TIME. YOU MAY RECALL WE'RE FINDING THAT WITH H TAX DOLLARS FOR THE LATE WINTER OF LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED THAT MONEY IN THE SPRING. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EFFECT SOME NICE CHANGE IN THE TERMINAL WHERE MEAN THAT I TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BRIEF THAT I GAVE COUNTY
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COUNCIL PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON MONDAY AND I WENT THROUGH ANOTHER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT CAN ASSURE THE GROWTH SERVICE AT HOME ISLAND AIRPORT AND THEN THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO TRY TO DEAL WITH SOME THE GROWING PAINS AND JUST THE CONGESTION THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE SUMMER AND THEN RECAP SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND FINISHED OFF WITH OF A TOUR OF THAT NEW TERMINAL BUILDING BY WAY OF THE ARCHITECT'S RENDERINGS AND ELEVATIONS THAT WE HAD. THAT WAS IT.THAT WAS THIS PAST MONDAY AT A PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> THE RAMP PROJECT IN HILTON HEAD IS STARTING AT THIS POINT STARTING THIS WEEK AND THEN I'LL BE CARRYING ON FROM THERE . SO WE'LL START TO SEE JUST THE BASIC STARTING UP WITH SILT FENCE GOING IN AND TREE CLEARING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN SOMETIME AFTER LABOR DAY WE'LL START TO SEE THE PROJECT START IN EARNEST THAT WILL BEGIN WITH THE PREP WORK AND THEN WE'LL START SEEING SOME OF THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE GOING DOWN FOR THAT RAND PROJECT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING COMING.
AND THAT HAS A FOR ALL THE PAVING WHILE THEY ASK FALL IN OF CONCRETE TAPING THAT WILL BE DONE IN FEBRUARY AT THE LATEST MAY BE DONE BEFORE THAT BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS FOR THAT PROJECT TO MOVE ALONG WITH YOU. GREAT. AND THEN JUST A GOOD NEWS UPDATE FOR YOU. WE DID RECEIVE THE AP FORTY SEVEN WHICH IS THE FAA GRANT THAT COVERS THE ARC TRUCK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL AS THE DESIGN AND BIDDING FOR THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY STRENGTHENING PROJECT RUNWAY AND TAX FOXTROT.
THAT IS A 100 PERCENT FAA GRANT . SO THAT SAVES THE STATE MONEY.
SO AND YOU CAN ABOLISH IT. DON'T EVEN MENTION A MEETING. BUT THAT'S A GOOD NUGGET TO TAKE TO THIS DAY BECAUSE THAT'S 5 PERCENT OF THAT IS NOT BEING PAID FOR BY THE STATE AND IS NOT BEING PAID FOR BY THE AIR FORCE AS WELL. SO THAT OBVIOUSLY HELPS EVERYTHING ELSE. AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES. SO GOOD NEWS STORY THERE.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAD OVER THAT LADY'S ISLAND.
TALK ABOUT THE UBER EXECUTIVES THAT THEY'RE ALL JUST JET NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND.
THAT'S THE SOUND OF COMMERCE HAD GAS BIG MONTH FOR OUR GAS AGAIN OVER THERE WE CAN SEE THAT THE CHANGES. CHRIS IN TRADE BRAINSTORM LAST YEAR DEFINITELY PAYING OFF ONCE IT GETS A GOOD VOLUME SOLD THERE. I GOT A BRIEF LAST LAST MONTH.
WE ARE MAKING A MARGIN ON THAT FUEL SO IT IS A MONEY MAKING OPERATION.
AND THEN THE JET FUEL HAD A REAL STRONG MONTH AS WELL. SOME OF THIS WAS HELPED BECAUSE WE HAD SOME AIRPORT GUESTS WHO CAME IN AND DID SOME TRAINING AND THEY DRANK A FEW.
THOSE THAT WILL HELP THE NUMBER BUT YOU CAN SEE. NUMBER HAVE BEEN REAL STEADY EVEN IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THEY TYPICALLY TAKE A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL DIP.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT AUGUST LOOKS LIKE JUST YET. BUT YOU KNOW, SO FAR IN THE SUMMER IT'S BEEN REAL STRONG. TOTAL FUEL FLOW. THIS IS KIND OF AMAZING IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER YEARS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THIS FRANKLY EVER AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN TOTAL FUEL LANGUAGE LIKE THIS BEFORE EXECUTIVE.
SO HATS TO THE FOLKS WORKING UP THERE. THAT MEANS THE LINEMEN ARE FRIENDLY. THEY'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE AND I THINK THAT TRANSITION WITH THE PRICING ON GAS HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND WE'VE WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO BE VERY CUSTOMER FRIENDLY THERE AND ACT AS A CONCIERGE SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE COMING IN FOR THE DAY OR OVERNIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
YOU KNOW THE BEST RESTAURANTS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE AS THAT'S EXPECTED. AND I THINK THAT'S PAYING OFF WITH THE NUMBERS SHOWING THEIR . ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? YOU TOLD A FLIGHT OPERATIONS. >> HEY, JOHN, I JUST MAKE A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON FUEL. I I NOTICED THAT SELTZER HAS BEEN OUT A LOT LATELY.
WHEN IS THE NEW FUEL PROVIDER TAKING OVER? >> GREAT QUESTION AND I DIDN'T EVEN SEND MAKE UP WITH THAT ONE. THE NEW FUEL PROVIDER WHO IS CAMPBELL OIL IS ACTUALLY STARTING KIND OF AS WE SPEAK. THEY'RE STARTING THIS WEEK SO THAT TRANSITION IS HAPPENING. SO YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT SHELL BRANDING COME OFF AND THE TIME BRANDING COME OFF AND CAMPBELL IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN THERE.
SO THEY'LL WORK THROUGH THAT TRANSITION REALLY STARTING THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN WE'LL BE FULLY OVER TO CAMPBELL AND THEY'RE GOING TO THEIR WORK WITH PAUL RIGHT NOW AS WELL TO ASSESS THE SELTZER AND WE'LL MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, ERIC, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S OLD. THE CONNECTIONS AREN'T GOOD. THE SOFTWARE IS NOT GOOD.
BIG. DISPLAY ON THAT IS NOT GOOD. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THAT UPGRADED SO WE HAVE A BETTER SELF-SERVICE APPARATUS. SO THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO. >> THANKS, JOHN. AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT THREE TIMES THIS WEEK ABOUT AS JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THOSE UPGRADES? I MEAN ARE WE TALKING ENDED THE CALENDAR YEAR OR FARTHER OUT THAN THAT?
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>> I DON'T KNOW YET. I'M GOING TO LET PAUL AND CAMPBELL TALK ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN ASSESS EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THEN WALK TRY TO WORK AT THE SCHEDULE FROM THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'LL TRY TO PREDICT SOMETHING NOW AND THEN THERE'LL BE ONE PART THAT TAKES THREE MONTHS TOGETHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE JUST TO WAIT AND SEE
WHAT THEY SAY. >> BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT.
THEN ANOTHER GOOD NEWS STORY THAT I DON'T THINK I'M PUT ON HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE REPORTED THIS AND OUR STATS TO YOU'RE NOT BOTH.
WE'RE TRACKING THE VISITOR NUMBERS AND THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
BUT SINCE WE APPLIED FOR THE H TAX MONEY WE WANTED TO SHOW HOW MANY VISITORS ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE AIRPORT. AND SO OUR ALIGNMENT CHECKING THAT AND RECORDING BACK AND WE'RE WATCHING THE NUMBERS ARE BUT SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR WE WELCOME THROUGH THAT TERMINAL
ABOUT 4000 VISITORS WHICH IS PRETTY STRONG. >> SMALL GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THOSE NUMBERS AND WE'LL USE THOSE NUMBERS IN OUR FUTURE APPLICATIONS FOR TAX MONEY BECAUSE I WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE GATEWAY INTO NORTHERN COUNTY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S TRAVELING BY AIR AND THAT NUMBER WAS NEVER REALLY KNOW. SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MAYBE IT'S HOVERED SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT NUMBER IN THE PAST BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A WORTHWHILE NUMBER. THE TRACKS WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON AIR W.?
>> COUPLE OF NOTES HERE. WHAT'S GOING ON THIS SATURDAY? >> WE'RE GOING TO DO A COOKOUT IN RECOGNITION OF AVIATION WEEK SO SATURDAY FROM I THINK AGAIN I MIGHT NEED PAUL OR CRAIG TO CORRECT ME BUT I THINK SOMEWHERE FROM ABOUT ELEVEN TO THIS WE'LL HAVE HOTDOGS AND HAMBURGERS OUT THERE AND ALL THE VARIOUS PEOPLE AMOUNTS TOGETHER WITH THAT.
SO FEEL FREE TO SHOW UP. CAMPBELL OIL IS SPONSORING FOR US WHICH IS GREAT.
IT'S A NEW FIELD OF HONOR SO THAT'S KIND THEIR WELCOME ABOARD AND THEY'RE WELCOMING ALL OF OUR PILOTS AND NEIGHBORS BOARD AS WELL. SO COME ON OVER TO THE TERMINAL AND WE'LL HAVE SOME FOOD FOR YOU THERE. I THINK TREY IS GOING TO BE COOKING SO MAYBE AND I BLANK ON ME SO THERE WERE A LOT PLENTY OF COOKS OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE WE GET SOME GOOD FOOD AND THEN GO ON WITH THE OTHERS. JOHN, IT'S JUST 10 IT'S 10 A.M.
TO 3, 10 TO 3. GOT YOU A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE LEAVE OUR DEBUT.
>> PAUL IS POLLING ONLINE. I THINK HE IS. YES, SIR, I AM.
HEY, PAUL TROY HERE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE REACH STRIPING OF THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAYS.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAD TALKED TO THIS COMPANY WHEN THEY LEFT. THERE WAS SOME BLEEP GOING ON GOING THROUGH BECAUSE THEY DID IT SO QUICKLY AND THEY WERE GONNA COME BACK AND RE STRIPED EVERYTHING. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS? HE HASN'T GIVEN ME A DATE AND WHEN HE COULD MAKE IT BACK UP. BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO HIM AND ASK HIM WHAT HE PLANS ON COMING BACK TO DO THAT. THEN HE IS GONNA DO ALL THE ALL THE WHITE AND YELLOW. CORRECT? HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT HE THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE DONE BUT I'M GOING TO POINT OUT SOME OTHER THINGS TO AND WE'LL GET
EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RESTRICT. >> AND JOHN, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT AS YOU MENTIONED THE FLYING FROM CRAFT CARRIER. YOU MENTIONED IT NARROWLY.
>> YEAH, YEAH. JUST ABOUT TO GET INTO THAT. OK, GO AHEAD.
COME UP. BUT ON OCTOBER 9TH WE'LL HAVE THE THE NEWLY NAMED FLYING FROG FIVE. OKAY. SO THERE'S A LITTLE RACE IN THERE FOR YOU. AND THAT SIGN UP FOR THAT IS AVAILABLE RUN SIGN UP DOT COM.
SO MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THAT DOWN EVERYBODY ON THIS CALL IS ELIGIBLE TO RUN OR WALK THAT OR IF YOU WANT TO JUST COME AND HANG OUT AND HELP OUT YOU CAN DO THAT WELL.
WELL HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT FROM THE BOARD AND SUPPORTED THAT EVENT.
AND LIKE I SAID IT IS UP ON ONE SIGN UP DOT COM. THERE WILL BE T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE FOR THAT. SO AS YOU SIGN AND PAY YOUR FEE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO YOUR SIZE AND ALL THAT. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE ALMOST A MEMENTO FROM THAT EVENT BUT IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. YOU KNOW THERE'S NO RULES. ARE YOU GOING TO GET A CHANCE OKAY ON THE RUNWAY. WE'LL DO THAT MORE. COUPLE THAT WITH AN OPEN HOUSE AS WELL. AND WE'LL HAVE KIND OF A OUT IN THE FRONT YARD AT THE AIRPORT ON STANDBY. YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAYBE HAVING A BOOTH OUT THERE, SOMETHING WILL COORDINATE THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD EVENT.
AND THE RACE THAT WE WERE DOING AT THAT STARTED AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING HOPEFULLY ON OCTOBER 9TH WE'LL HAVE SOME NICE COOL BREEZE IS COMING DOWN THE RUNWAY AND WE'LL BE QUITE SO HOT. SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OFF THE COUCH IN YOUR COUCH TO FIVE K PROGRAM. I SUGGEST YOU LOOK THAT UP REAL QUICKLY ENOUGH AND GET IT MOVING ON BECAUSE WE EXPECT YOU OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE OVER TO HELP. MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER DONE BEFORE MOVING ON THAT I CAN SEE
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IS THAT YOU SPEAK UP IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING. >> ALL RIGHT.
WHY DON'T WE HELP IN THAT? LOOK AT THOSE STATS. THEY GET YOU THAT YOUR REPORT BUT THAT'S 64 42 FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. THEN PRIVATE JET AVIATION OR JET FUEL EITHER 9 5 0 9 AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OVER. THE THE COMMERCIAL FIELD.
SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER. SO AGAIN, HATS OFF TO BEN AND HIS GUYS THERE.
THEY'RE KIND OF THE QUIET FUEL PROVIDERS MAKING ALL THIS STUFF HAPPENED SO THEY ARE WORKING SOME GREAT LOGISTICS THIS SUMMER HAS NOT BEEN EASY. THE FUEL SUPPLY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING THE SUMMER. WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. OF COURSE THERE WAS A PIPELINE SHUTDOWN EARLIER AND THERE'S KIND OF A CONSTANT THREAT OF SHORTAGES.
YOU SEE SPOTTY REPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO BEN AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF MANAGING THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF FUEL FOR THE AIRLINES AND THEY COORDINATE EVERYTHING WITH THE AIRLINES. AND I NEVER NOTICED IT'S NEVER THEY A GREAT JOB. SO THANKS TO BEN AND FOR THE WHOLE TEAM OVERSEEING THAT
BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A REALLY PROFESSIONAL JOB FOR US. >> ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S YOUR TOTAL FLOW OVER HALF A MILLION GALLONS IN A MONTH WHICH IS AWESOME.
LOVE TO SEE THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT AND IF YOU SAW THAT THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS WERE OVER 4000 OPERATIONS THE WHOLE NIGHT STEADILY.
>> SO WE ARE RUN OVER 30000 OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ALREADY WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY GET IN A FULL YEAR IN TWELVE MONTHS. SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN BUSY I WOULD SAY THE PRIVATE SIDE PEOPLE ARE HAVE WOKEN UP AND THEY'RE COMING INTO HILTON HEAD AND CERTAINLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE DO YOU SEE THAT THIS SLIDE WITH THE EMPLOYMENTS THAT DEPLANE AND SO THAT'S PEOPLE GETTING ON THE AIRPLANES AND THE FOLKS GETTING OFF OF THE DEPLOYMENTS. ANOTHER HUGE MONTH FOR BIGGER THAN WAGING WAR.
>> JEAN WAS RECORD BREAKING MONTH IN JULY WAS A RECORD BREAKING MONTH AND THAT WE HAD A RECORD BREAKING SATURDAY. TWO WEEKS AGO TO BE IN AUGUST. SO IT'S STILL.
SO THIRTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME IN AND OUT OF OUR BUILDING IN THE MONTH OF JULY. FOLKS AGAIN JUST AS A MEASURING STICK.
THAT'S ABOUT TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE THAN WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE YEAR 2017.
IN THE SAME BUILDING EXCEPT FOR THE SMALL ONLY TO GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IN THERE.
SO YOU'RE NOT YET CONVINCED ABOUT THE TERMINAL? WE SHOULD BE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO CALL ON LESLIE MANN AND EVEN STEWART.
IF YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE AIRPORT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND MAYBE
JUST THE TWO OR THREE BIG HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING. >> I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST.
I WAS HONORED TO HAVE HIM THERE WITH ME. IT LOOKED LIKE STEVE WAS DRIVING SO I'LL MAKE SURE HE CAN. JASMINE, YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD? YEAH, GO AHEAD. OK.
WELL, I'M KIND OF WINDING DOWN. ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO SAY THOSE SLIDES PICTURES YOU SHOWED OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS FOR FAR LESS THAN WHAT WHAT I SAW IN JULY AND YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS
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HAVE DROPPED OFF AND I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF SCHOOL BACK IN SESSION.AND SO THERE'S NOT AS MANY FAMILIES BUT I THINK THE AIRPORT ELASTIC PROGRAM HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE STU COME WITH ME BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING THIS I THOUGHT THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE PERSON IN THIS AIRPORT BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL. TWO PEOPLE CAN WORK VERY EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW YOU WOULD. IT'S AMAZING HOW FAR UP THE AIRPORT GETS OVER AT THE AIRLINE TICKET COUNTER SIDE AND WITH THREE IN RIGHT THERE WE GET SOME REAL BOTTLENECKS THERE FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW THEY'RE THE PROJECT LINE. SO IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE HIM THERE WITH ME AND WORKING IT AFFECTS WE'RE WINDING DOWN I'M GOING TO DO THE NEXT TWO SATURDAYS AND THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A REPORT OVERALL OF HOW WE COULD IMPLEMENT AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM DOWN THE ROAD AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE TERMINAL IMPROVEMENT AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO YOU WHAT I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU FIND VOLUNTEERS.
BUT THEN IT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO USE IT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. GREAT COMMENTS FROM PASSENGERS. I FOUND THAT WHEN I STARTED APPROACHING PASSENGERS OTHER PASSENGERS IN LINE WOULD SEE ME.
THEY WOULD LISTEN TO WHAT I WAS SAYING. THEN THEY'D START COMING UP TO ME AND THAT KIND OF BALLOONED AFTER BEING THERE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN THE PASSENGER
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REALLY DID APPRECIATE HAVING THAT GUY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SMALLNESS OF OUR OUR SPACE.THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU HOPEFULLY AGAIN FOR DOING THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW. SUE, ARE YOU AT CHIME IN? >> I'M NOT I'M NOT HERE TO
SPEAK BUT I MUST SPEAK WITH YOU. >> COULD WE TALK THE OTHER DAY AND HE MADE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WAS SAID AND IT SOUNDED LIKE HE REALLY ENJOYED BEING IN THERE AS WELL AND JUST INTERACTING WITH THE PASSENGERS AND FINDING OUT WHERE THEY WERE FROM, WHERE THEY WERE GOING. AND JUST REALLY LIKE LESLIE SAID BEFORE YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, THE LESS STRESSFUL THAT WEIGHT IS WHEN YOU'RE STANDING IN LINE KIND OF WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I THINK WE'VE PROVEN THAT THE MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE PEOPLE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT THAT THE HAPPIER THEY'RE GOING TO BE OR AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT LESS STRESSED THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING.
SO HUGE, HUGE THANKS TO LESLIE AND STU FOR DOING THIS. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO A FORMAL PROGRAM GETTING INSTITUTED. WE DID GET SOME GOOD COMPLIMENTS ON WHAT YOU GUYS DID THERE IN THE TERMINAL. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND I THINK YOU PROVED THAT IT'S VERY, VERY USEFUL. GOOD JOB.
THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FROM OUR REPORT SO LONG. WELL, I CAN TURN THIS OVER I THINK BACK OVER TO THE POINT
PEOPLE TO JOHN BEFORE YOU GO, IT'S HOWARD. >> I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR
YOU ON HILTON HEAD, OK? >> WE ALL KNOW THE PARKING SITUATION HERE THIS SUMMER AND WILL PROBABLY START TO WIND DOWN AS THE SUMMER PASSES AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER WITH SOME SIGNAGE AND YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING IS GOOD, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE AIRPORT.
MOSTLY ISLAND IS ACTUALLY NOT SO MUCH. NOT SO MANY VISITORS GETTING TO THE AIRPORT. THEY CAN'T FIND PARKING. WE KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION, CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT TODAY BUT A LITTLE MORE SIGNAGE .
NO PARKING AREAS MIGHT PRECLUDE A LOT OF THE TICKETS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED TO SOME OF THE ILLEGAL PARKERS. IT'S IRONIC THOUGH THAT IF YOU'RE GOING FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS YOU CAN ACTUALLY PARK ILLEGALLY AROUND THE AIRPORT AND PAY LESS MONEY FOR YOUR TICKET THAN YOU DO FOR THE PARKING IN THE PARKING SPOTS AT THE AIRPORT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE RAISE THE FINES JUST SUGGESTING WE ATTEMPT TO GET A LITTLE MORE PR OUT ESPECIALLY TO OUR ISLAND PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY SHOULD BE TAKING A CAB DURING SUMMERTIME OR OVER A LIFT OR WHATEVER OTHER TRANSFERRING IS. DAVIS SO THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE THE PARKING TICKETS. IT'S NOT A GREAT FEELING TO COME BACK AFTER BEING GONE FOR SEVEN DAYS AND FINDING A CITATION ON YOUR CAR AND NOT REALIZING THE FACT IS YOU'RE GETTING AWAY WITH SAVING SOME MONEY. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAN BE DONE. YOU THE PARKING SITUATION WILL EXIST FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. A LITTLE MORE SIGNAGE MIGHT CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GET A RIDE TO THE AIRPORT INSTEAD OF PARKING THEIR DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE EXPANDED PARKING FACILITIES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AS WE GO FORWARD INTO 2022 KNOWING WE KNOW THE TERMINAL WILL BE READY? BUT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING PLANNED.
WHEN WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE FOR A GUESSTIMATE WHEN THERE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE JOHN THE PARKING
WILL COME ON LINE WITH THE TERMINAL. >> SO IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE CAN BID AND CONSTRUCT THE TERMINAL THE PARKING LOT WAIT AS WELL.
>> OK. AND THE SIGNAGE OPPORTUNITY, THE PR STUFF I THINK PRETTY IMPORTANT. WE DON'T WANT TO YELL. WE WANT TO BE ON THE GOOD SIDE . PEOPLE KNOW THE WESLEY'S PROGRAM AND THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN DOING THAT. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE GIVING OUT TICKETS TO ISLANDERS WHO ARE LEAVING THE AIRPORT OR LEAVING THE ISLAND FOR A FEW DAYS. SO WHATEVER YOU CAN WORK OUT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND WE'LL GET TO THAT AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MAYBE THE IS EVERYWHERE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST NO MORE SIGNAGE YOU PUT UP. THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO READ IT. THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO PARK THE PAID PARKING AND DON'T PAY FOR THE PARKING EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY MOVE AROUND THE SIGNS AND REMIND YOU TO PAY FOR PARKING AS YOU WALK IN THE TERMINAL. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO. >> MAYBE WE'LL PUT SOMETHING DOWN ON OR ON THE WEB SITE BUT I CAN TELL YOU JUST FROM WATCHING IT PEOPLE DON'T READ
SIGNS THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NOTE. >> PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT PARKING IN THE LAWN IS NOT YOU KNOW, SPONSORED PARKING SPOT OR AN INDOOR PARKING SPOTS. IF WE IF WE NEED TO MAKE MORE SIGNAGE THERE BUT IT'S PROBABLY JUST GOING TO GET RUN OVER BY THE FIRST ISLAND OR LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT.
>> JOHN, SOMEBODY YOU'VE HAD A OH GO AHEAD, STEVE. YEAH, I FINALLY GOT BACK AND I WAS KIND OF FUN WORKING WITH LESLIE. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
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SHE DID ALL THE WORK AND GOT THERE AND I REALLY DID 2 PERCENT.BUT YOU KNOW, I TOLD JOHN TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT WANDER AROUND THE AIRPORT.
I'M AN OLD INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER AND I HAVE A BUDGET QUESTIONS. BUT I KIND OF JOY IN ACTUALLY IT WAS IT WAS BAD THAT I DID LEARN SOME THINGS AND PROBABLY GAINED A FEW INSIDE.
I WANT TO DROP OFF AND GET ANOTHER MEETING AND GO AND DO BUT ANYWAY I'LL CATCH UP WITH JOHN ON THE REST OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> I EXPECT. JOHN, IF I CAN FOLLOW UP TO COMMENT COUPLE SEVERAL PASSENGERS ASK ME ABOUT THE PARKING AND ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK IS OUT THERE IS THE RECEIPT. DOES IT ALWAYS WORK? IT'S NOT ALWAYS COMING OUT.
AND THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE PASSENGERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THEIR GOING TO GET TICKETED AND THEY'RE PARKING IT AND TAKE EVEN THEY'VE PUT ALL THE INFORMATION IN.
AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT IT'S PRETTY SEAMLESS. THEY SAID WELL, OH NO.
THEY SAID HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A RECEIPT.
I SAID WELL, THERE'S NO ONE TO STOP YOU FROM LEAVING AND JUST CHECK YOUR WEB, CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD AND SEE IF IT WAS CHARGED AND IF IT WAS CHARGED. THAT MEANS YOU YOU PAID YOUR PARKING. AND I THINK IT MUST BE CHARGED IMMEDIATELY MUST BE CHARGED PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AWAY. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE PASSENGERS SEEM TO HAVE IS NOT HAVING THAT RECEIPT IN HAND. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THE
PARKING SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY JARRING. >> YOU DON'T YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, JOHN.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. DO WE HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS OUT THERE THAT HE MIGHT EASILY DISCUSS OR BRING WAS NOT LISTED? SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THERE IS NONE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO NEW BUSINESS WITH JOHN. SO JOHN MARKETING CAMPAIGN I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ATTACHED TO MY E-MAIL ABOUT THIS.
I'M STRIPPING MT. ST. JOHN GREAT YEAR THE FOURTH FOR THE SODA AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
YEAH. THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL ONE WE DID A CAMPAIGN WITH SENATOR LAST YEAR AS WELL. IT'S IT'S AN E OR NOT AN E-MAIL WITH THE INTERNET MARKETING WEB BASED MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT WE DO IT'S TARGETED MARKETING THAT WE DO THAT LOOKS ONLY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR TRAVEL OR DESTINATIONS FLIGHTS, HOTELS, THINGS LIKE THAT. GET SERVED UP BAD. SO IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR A WHOLE NIGHT YOU'LL START SEEING MY LOGO POP UP IN FRONT OF THAT'S
US TROLLING YOU. >> AND SO THIS IS JUST THAT CAMPAIGN AND WE'VE GOT TO BROKEN UP INTO SOME SOME INBOUND MARKETING WHICH IS THE FOLKS OR WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO THE ISLAND THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND THEN OUTBOUND AS WELL.
WHERE ARE WE? WE SERVE UP ADS TO THE LOCALS SO THE VARIETY OF FLIGHTS A DAY OPTIONS AND PERHAPS THROUGH THIS AIRPORT. SO THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MARKETING EFFORT KICKED OFF THIS SUMMER. I THINK IT ROLLS FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. SO THAT'S REALLY JUST AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. >> SO NO ACTUALLY. NO, ACTUALLY I'M INTERESTED.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THESE RIBAUT ALREADY COVERED THROUGH THE PREVIOUS DIRECTORS REPORT. BUT WE'LL START WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. HOWARD IS THE CHAIR. HOWARD, DO YOU GET ANY UPDATES
ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? >> NO REPORTS THIS MONTH. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
JIM BUCKLEY IS JIM ON ALL THINGS BRIAN OR LESLIE WITH JOE ARE ANY ANY UPDATES ON
COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING? >> NO UPDATES SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
>> THANK LESS SORRY. DISCUSS THE PASSENGER SERVICE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU LESLIE FOR YOUR WORK WITH THAT RW FACILITIES USE CHRIS BUTLER THE CHAIR.
CHRIS, HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING TO ADD AS THE RENOVATIONS AND THE UPGRADE TO THAT? I BELIEVE THE RENOVATIONS WERE STARTED THIS WEEK AND NEXT JUNE BEFORE THE RENOVATIONS THERE WERE ALSO WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RECENT LEASES THEY SAID TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE HAD HOPED. BUT I'M TALKING AND I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF THE GENTLEMEN.
THEY'RE COMING IN ON THOSE LEASES AND I THINK THEY'RE TO THE NUMBERS TO GET TO I THINK A DEAL WITH THIS OF THING. IT SCARED EVERYBODY WITH WHAT THE INFLATION ALLEGEDLY DOESN'T EXIST REALLY DOES EXIST ESPECIALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STEEL TO SOME PRICING HAS GONE UP. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS GET IT DOWN TO THE GET DOWN TO REAL NUMBERS WATCHING PAST CHRIS ON THE LEASES.
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>> I KNOW WE HAD TWO LARGE PARKS LEASES AND DARREN, YOU MIGHT GO OVER TO OUR PANEL.
PAUL MIGHT BE ABLE TO KNOW WE WERE REALLY HOT. THE LEASES BEGAN IN THE YEAR SO DO WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE SOME LEASES SIGNED BY THE END OF THE YEAR ON SOME PRIVATE HANGARS
GOING IN JOHN? >> CHRIS, BASED ON WHAT I CAN TELL YOU GUYS, I THINK I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME STUFF BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> YOU KNOW IT'S THERE THEY'RE GETTING SOME FINAL NUMBERS TOGETHER ON ON ALL OF THE FIGURE THAT ALL OUT AND I THINK THAT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
I THINK ONE THING THEY HAVE TO DO JUST TO FINISH THINGS OFF IS TO GET THE CORE SAMPLES ON ON THE THE DIRT TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE WITH COMPACTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED.
>> AND WE HAVE THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND GENERALIZATION IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH COVERED WITH THE NEW TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS. BUT HOWARD BRYAN TO BE ON THE I WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT I THINK JOHN PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO
BE COVERED ON THE TERMINAL. >> I THINK WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO SEE IT REALLY GET GOING.
AND JOHN, YOU HAVE A GUESSTIMATE ON START OF CONSTRUCTION.
IT WAS STILL TOO MUCH TOO MANY VARIABLES IN BETWEEN. >> YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE AN
ESTIMATE. >> NOW I HAVE A BAD CASE. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON NOW
UNTIL WE GET ALL THE FUNDING FIXED. >> HOW MUCH SHORT DO YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU GOT? YEAH, I THINK WE COULD TALK WE DO HAVE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO ACCURATELY THE CONCOURSE. I CAN SEE IT.
GOT A GREAT TWO HAVING LIGHTS IN NEON LIGHTS AND DEPENDING ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL DO
WHATEVER YOU NEED. >> I'LL TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
THANK YOU. >> WELL YOU THERE SO I CAN ADD ONE THING I MIGHT DO IS IN HOWARD THE LAST THING I WOULD DO AN EXCELLENT JOB KEEPING THE COMMITTEES ACTIVE AND MOVING WITH GREAT IDEAS AND I HAVE NOT DONE NEARLY AS WELL AS HOWARD HAS DONE TO ALL OF YOU.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEES STARTED E-MAILING YOU THIS NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TRY TO GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING AGAIN WITH THE COMMITTEE. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT THING THAT HOWARD INITIATED AND I THINK WE ALL GOT REAL POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO I HAVE NOT BEEN I'M NOT CRACK THE WHIP QUITE LIKE HOWARD HAS BUT I WILL I WILL START DOING THAT TODAY IF I COULD JUST OFFERS SUGGESTION WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS WHO JOINED LATE LAST YEAR MAY NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT YET TO MEET DOWN MAY LOOK DOWN THE LIST TO COMMITTEES AND AND SEE WHO FITS WELL OR FULL FOR OPPORTUNITIES THEM TO
PARTICIPATE SOMEWHERE. >> GREAT IDEA. >> I WOULD MADE A NOTE ON OUR E-MAIL AND SEE WHAT AREAS THEY'D THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN AND WHAT BOYS WOULD HAVE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. OUR ALL RIGHT.
WELL NOW OPEN FOR THE CITIZEN COMMENT I'VE REALLY NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN A PUBLIC COMMENT A CITIZEN COMMENT THAT THIS IS GLENN I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M A CITIZEN OR PUBLIC. YOU'RE A PUBLIC CITIZEN. GLENN GLENN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR PUBLIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST I WOULD ASK HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE ALLOCATED TO AUTOMOBILE RENTAL COMPANIES ON HILTON HEAD PROPERTY? WE'VE ONE HUNDRED THAT ARE SET UP FOR THE RENTAL CARS. ISN'T THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH THOSE OFF SITE AND MAKE SOME OF THOSE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC PARKING AND IT'S A
POSSIBILITY. >> I WOULD ASK YOU LOOK AT THAT.
>> AND THEN I WANT TO EXTEND THE SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO LESLIE AND STEVE PRIMARILY LESLIE FOR A FABULOUS JOB AS AMBASSADOR AT THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AS A VERY VALUABLE SERVICE PROVIDING EXTRA SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU. FOR ALL THE.
THIS IS THE SIGNATURE. I JUST JUST TO GO ON WITH JOHN MENTIONED EARLIER WITH OUR FUEL SITUATION WAS GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO MY DUTY MANAGER TO SHIP. HE'S BEEN THE ONE WHO'S BEEN LEADING HOLD CHARGE AND JOHN KIND OF DOWNPLAYED IT A LITTLE BIT TIME.
IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THAT SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND ANY FUEL ISSUES GOING ON HERE. IT'S JUST ABOVE BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAINTAIN THAT. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT NOTE . THANK YOU, BEN AND BEN WITH ALL THAT JET FUEL YOURSELF.
MAYBE WE COULD BRING THOSE GAS PRICES DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR US.
THAT'S PRIVATE GUYS. RIGHT? GOOD.
NO CITIZEN COMMENTS THEN I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO DURING THE MEETING.
I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY JUST SPEAK UP. BRIAN MAKES A MOTION.
I NEED A SECOND BURGER. >> I'LL SECOND LET ME SEE WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING?
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>> OH, HERE WE GO. LET'S PAGE THE NEXT. I'M SORRY.
SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING THE SECOND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON.
GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY YOU HAD THE SECOND HOUR.
>> I THINK I WOULD. AND SO THE MEETING IS OFFICIALLY JARRING.
I'LL MAKE ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE HANG UP .
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH AGAIN.
THAT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2021 AT 130 P.M. AND IF YOU'VE GOT THE LINK YOU CAN GO TO THE LINK TO GET THE INFORMATION.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT MONTH.
SPRINGSTEEN'S COUNTY CHANNEL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND.
GO TO BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. DOT GOV. SCROLL DOWN TO PUBLIC MEETINGS . LET'S WATCH NOW AND THEN PUT THE VIDEO ON DEMAND BUTTON AND SELECT YOUR PROGRAM FROM THE LIST CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
IF YOU'D LIKE A DVD OF THIS PROGRAM CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE RIGHT AND FILL OUT THE ORDER FORM AND THANK YOU FOR WALKING THE COUNTY CHANNEL. THE COUNTY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. EARLY SETTLERS FROM ENGLAND BROUGHT THE TRADITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO AMERICA. TODAY MORE THAN 3000 COUNTY GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE SERVICES THAT AFFECT ALMOST EVERY CITIZEN SLICE SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS EVOLVED.
NATIONAL THE COUNTY UNIT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REGARDED AS THE LOCAL EXTENSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT BUT A STATE CONSTITUTION REFORM MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 1970S LED TO SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOME RULE ACT. IN 1975 THE HOME RULE ACT GREATLY EXPANDED COUNTY AUTHORITY AND CHANGED THE NATURE OF COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY BEFORE COUNTY WENT FROM HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A COUNTY COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE 1975 COUNCIL INCLUDED CHAIRMAN ARTHUR BORN VISE CHAIRMAN GRADY THEMES LEROY BROWN, GARY FORDHAM, WILLIAM GRANT HARRIET KAISER LANG DAVID JONES, BILL MCBRIDE AND BOOKER WASHINGTON. AS THE NEW COUNCIL SOUGHT TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF. COUNCIL MEMBERS DESIRED AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE JURISDICTIONS IDENTITY AND UNIQUE CHARACTER. COUNCIL APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK AND CARRY OUT A CONTEST FOR THE BEST COUNTY SEAL DESIGN.
HARRIET CASTLE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND IT WAS HER IDEA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IDENTIFY BEAUTIFUL BEFORE WE MET THEN.
I THINK IT WAS A CAROLINA BANK SOME YEARS AGO BACK THEY ALL WITH ST AND THEN WE'VE PUT THEM IN PARVIZ YOU KNOW LIKE GOOD BAD MAYBE UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT IT DOWN TO THE ONE THAT WE NOW USE. COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SALE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND NATURAL BEAUTY THE SALES COLORS OF BLUE AND GREEN REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE COUNTY'S OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH ITS MANY
WATERWAYS, MARSHLANDS AND MARITIME FORESTS. >> THE FIVE IMAGES WITHIN THIS SEAL DEPICT SOME OF THE COUNTY'S DISTINGUISHING FEATURES ANCIENT LIVE OAK TREES, THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY RICH NATURAL RESOURCES AND A RARE MARINE ECOLOGY LOW COUNTRY
ARCHITECTURE AND MILES OF RIVERS, CREEKS AND ENDLESS. >> I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED I.
I THOUGHT ENCOMPASS WHAT WHAT WE AS A BODY WERE LOOKING FOR SEAL IT WOULD WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. IT REALLY COVERS THE ASPECT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY SO HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD SO DEAR AND WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT COUNTY COUNCILMAN BILL MCBRIDE WAS IN OFFICE WHEN THE CONTEST
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WAS HELD AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE COMMITTEE REVEALED THE WINNING DESIGN.>> I'LL GARCIA WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT. WE THOUGHT THAT THE THE SLIM AS THE SEAL REPRESENTED ASPECTS OF LIFE IN COOK COUNTY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL DRAFT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU HAVE THE SHRIMP BOAT TODAY.
INITIALLY IT WAS A PLEASURE CRAFT A SAILBOAT TYPE BOAT AND IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ASPECT TO BE THE KIND OF LIKE BECAUSE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON THE SEAL THAT REPRESENT THE PLAYERS IN RECREATION, THE FISHING AND THE BEACH.
SO THEY A SHRIMP BOAT WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE COUNTERCULTURE RENTING
ESPECIALLY THAT THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SEA. >> THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS AN ARTIST FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE LATE LEE PAYNE WHOSE DESIGN WAS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX CENTURIES SUBMITTED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS INDIANA AND TENNESSEE. HE WAS AWARDED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR HIS DESIGN BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HE CAPTURED THE LEGACY OF OUTDOOR BEAUTY CULTURE AND HISTORY THAT HELPED TO DEFINE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE FOR COUNTS. TO SEE MORE BEFORE COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO COUNTY LIBRARY HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I THINK A SMART TURN IS THE RIGHT TERM.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY AND IT'S AS I'VE SAID TO SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY THERE'S SO MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS AND AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY WE WANT TO TRY TO RECOGNIZE AS MANY VIEWERS AS WE CAN IF WE MISS ANYBODY. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE WE CAN OVERLOOK WHO DID HAD A LARGE PART IN THIS.
BUT ANYWAY, LET ME START OFF SAY GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO THIS GRAND OPENING AND WELCOME TO THE LONG ANTICIPATED. I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.
LOGON DISSIPATED OPENING OF CRYSTAL LAKE PARK. IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 1 2005 I THINK SO IT'S LONG ANTICIPATED. I WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE LONG VOIDS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE MADE OR BEEN ON IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS POINT TODAY FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THIS 25 ACRE PASSIVE PARK.
THE BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS INVESTED ABOUT THREE AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR TAX DOLLARS PUTTING THE PIECES THIS PARK TOGETHER TOOK OVER FIVE YEARS.
THE FIRST PARCEL WAS PURCHASED IN 2004 AND THAT WAS A FOUR TO HALF ACRE PIECE WHICH INCLUDED BUTLER MARINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER BUTLER MARINE.
IT'S WHERE THAT THAT CURRENT BUILDING IS WAS PART OF BUTLER MARINE.
THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS OUR FIRST TOE IN THE WATER THAT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES AND THEN THE SECOND PURCHASE WAS FROM THE OIL PURCHASED DONATION WAS FROM THE STUART FOUNDATION.
I KNOW STUART'S HERE THE STUART FOUNDATION DONATED EIGHT OF THE TWELVE ACRES WE GOT FROM THEM INCLUDING THE ACTUAL LAKE ITSELF WHICH WAS A HUGE BENEFIT TO US ALL.
ANOTHER FIVE ACRES WAS PURCHASED IN 2005 FROM THE PRIEST FAMILY IN 2000 2007 THE ROBINSON FAMILY WE PURCHASED ANOTHER ONE POINT TWO ACRES AND FINALLY IN 2009 WE PURCHASED TWO AND A HALF ACRES FROM THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CHARLESTON WHICH GAVE US A COMPLETE 25 ACRES WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. MEANWHILE IN 2006 THE COUNTY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED FINANCIAL AND STAFF SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRYSTAL LAKE PROPERTY AS A MASSIVE PARK AND PROGRESS BEGAN IN EARNEST THAT WAS TWO THOUSAND FIVE IN 2011 A CITIZENS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN COOPERATION WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO FINALIZE PLANNING EFFORTS AND OBTAIN COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
AND LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AT LEAST SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF FRIENDS OF CRYSTAL LAKE PARK WHO WORK TIRELESSLY AND MANY, MANY THANKED TIMES.
THANKS. LASTLY TO BRING US THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. I'M GOING TO NAME AS MANY AS I CAN AND IF I MISSED ANY I APOLOGIZE, FRANK GIBSON WHO WAS TREASURER. PEGGY ALLARD WAS PRESIDENT.
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RICK KURTZ WAS INVOLVED. CLARENCE WASHINGTON. JOE ALLARD.MICHAEL BROCK. JIM HICKS WHO'S NOT WITH US TODAY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE YESTERDAY WE BURIED HIS WIFE. SO WE UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY. BUT HE WAS A HUGE PART OF THIS CREATION OF THIS PART.
MARGARET DPA TRO I THINK THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LAURA LEE PAT HARVEY WITH THE LIPO AND SOME OTHER LIBERAL MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS. FATHER ANDREW OF ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OF COURSE THE BUILDERS BEAUFORT CONSTRUCTION I BELIEVE BLEATS LEITH WEBB WAS A MANAGER AT THE TIME TO DO THE BUILDING UPGRADE AND STEVE PATTERSON THE PATTERSON CONSTRUCTION DID THE BOARDWALK AND ANDREW ANDREW'S ENGINEERING WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED AND THE ARCHITECT WAS ROBERT MONTGOMERY BE THE FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE
BOARDWALK AND TRAILED BEGAN IN 2018. >> AND OF COURSE THE RENOVATIONS TO THE TO THE BUTLER MARINE BUILDING WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOARDWALK EMPIRE AND THAT STARTED IN 2012. ANOTHER GROUP THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO GROUPS ACTUALLY ARE THE MASTER GARDENERS AND MASTER NATURALIST WHO VOLUNTEERED AND PLANTED THEM AND MAINE AND MAINTAIN THE POLLINATOR GARDEN.
SO LET ME JUST START BY ASKING HOW MANY NATURAL START WITH MASTER GARDENERS HOW MANY MASTER GARDENERS RAISE YOUR HAND? QUITE A FEW.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. AND I KNOW EVERYONE HERE APPRECIATES THE VALUE OF POLLINATORS. I HAVE THE LARGEST GRAPEFRUIT ORCHARD IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SO I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THE POLLINATORS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MASTER NATURALIST. HOW MANY NET AND NET MASTER NATURALISTS ARE HERE IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR HAND BE IDENTIFIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE THIS PARK A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
THE BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST AND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT BEGAN OCCUPATION OF THAT BUILDING IN 2017 AND THEY HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE EXCELLENT STEWARDS OF THE BUILDING IN THE PARK. THEY PROVIDE SECURITY, THEY PROVIDE ORIENTATION AND A LOT OF SERVICES FOR THE FOLKS WHO COME HERE TO SEE THE PARK.
ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFF MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS PROJECT. AGAIN, I MAY NOT GET THEM ALL IF I DON'T I DON'T I APOLOGIZE . WANT TO START WITH TOADY CHRIS TELLO IS STANDING RIGHT THERE WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND HE WAS A VISIONARY ON THIS PROJECT AND NO TELLING HOW MANY HOURS COUNTLESS HOURS AND SWEAT AND TEARS HE PUT INTO THIS INTO THIS PROJECT. ANTONIO, I WANT TO THANK YOU STEPHANIE AND JADE YOU'VE SEEN I KNOW SHE'S HERE THERE SHE IS WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR PASSIVE PARKS AND WHO IS VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PARK IN THE FUTURE AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WE HAD W CAMPBELL AND RON MCPHEE I HAVEN'T AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ALL DID. AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PROPERTIES MARC ROSE.
NOW I KNOW HE'S HERE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ERIC GREENWAY, OUR CURRENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT WHO'S ALSO PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK INTO THIS.
AND OF COURSE PATTERSON CONSTRUCTION. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THEM ALREADY ARE THE GREEN TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USED TO RENOVATE THE OLD BUTLER MARINE BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BUT NEEDED A LOT OF HELP AND WE USED GREEN TO REALLY GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND THAT WAS USED AND IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY IS NOW RECEIVING REFUND CHECKS FROM DOMINION ENERGY. SO THERE YOU GO. IT WORKS.
GREEN ENERGY OR DRINKING GREEN TECHNOLOGY WORTH AND YES, THAT WILL BE USED TO OFFSET YOUR TAXES SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU'LL SEE THE SMALL REDUCTION IN YOUR TAX BILL. AND FINALLY I THINK EVERYBODY'S WHERE THE DIVERSITY OF WILDLIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE DON'T KNOW AT ALL. WE HAVE EGRETS, HERONS AND HANGERS, CORMORANTS, MIGRATORY AND RESIN AND AND RESIDENT SONGBIRDS, ALLIGATOR AND DEER AND THAT WE KNOW. AND WHO KNOWS WHO OR WHAT ELSE MAY MOVE IN OUT THERE.
SO WE'LL KIND OF KEEP YOU POSTED AS THAT DEVELOPS. AND WHO MIGHT TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL LOCATION? BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND LET'S CUT THE RIBBON AND I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO FIND IT BY MYSELF.
SO ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MENTIONED INCLUDING THE NATURALIST AND THE MASTER GARDENERS AND EVERYBODY JUST COME FORWARD FOR THIS PROCESS.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PAIR OF SCISSORS BUT YOU CAN ALL JOIN IN FOR THE PICTURE.
TAKE YOU BACK AGAIN. AND THIS YEAR YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
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I KNOW YOU GOT ALL YEAR EVERY YEAR ON YOUR YEAR AFTER THE LAST TIME.MY BEST FRIEND AFTERWARDS AFTER THAT OF US I KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE.
YOUR THERE'S NO TIME FOR FALSE POSITIVE A FIND MY MIND AND STAY RELEVANT.
LET ME GIVE IT A COUNTDOWN THREE
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