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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.
SO WHAT ARE THE, UH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2021 CUPID COUNTY AIRPORT'S BOARD MEETING.
UM, WHEN EVERYBODY JOINED ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
BY NOW, YOU'VE GOT, UH, ELENA'S EMAIL AND, UM, YOU HAVE SEEN THE AGENDA.
ANY COMMENTS CHANGES SUGGESTIONS ON THE AGENDA TODAY? IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
MAYBE YOU HANDLE JUST SAY MOTION, BRIAN.
ANY OPPOSED SHOW OF HANDS OR SAY NAY HEARING NONE MOTION FUNNY PULL AGENDA PASSES.
SAME DEAL ON THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UH, EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO READ TO EXPLORE IN THE MINUTES.
ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES IN THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING, IF NOT ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.
IN A SECOND, UH, ANNA SAW YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND, ANY OPPOSED WITH A NAME OR A HAND, RAISE, HEARING NONE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 19TH HAS PASSED.
UM, WHEN YOU COME TO A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, MIND UP PUBLIC, THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES.
IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC WITH US TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, UH, PRETTY SPEAK UP.
NOW, IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN THE, WE'LL BE GLAD TO LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS.
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG JOHN DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
IF YOU JUST PLEASE MUTE YOUR MICROPHONES.
WELL, JOHN SPEAKING, NO, THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO THE, UH, TO THE BOARD MEETING.
UM, IT'S BEEN ANOTHER REALLY BUSY MONTH AT THE AIRPORT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A BIG SLIDESHOW FOR YOU.
UM, I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THIS MONTH THAT I PREPARED FOR THEN ALSO JUST DELIBERATE OUR, OUR ANNUAL AID TAX PITCH TO TOWN, TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND DAY TAX COMMITTEE, UM, JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO.
SO, UM, THAT KIND OF TOOK MOST OF MY ENERGY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, BUT ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WE DID GIVE A, UH, $160,000 PITCH TODAY TO TANNAHILL HOW TO ALLEN FOR EIGHT TAX.
UH, THE COMMITTEE REALLY LIKES THE WAY WE'VE GOT THE SLIDES PUT TOGETHER.
WE USE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM VOLERA FROM OUR MARKETING CONSULTANT.
ELIZABETH PUTS THAT TOGETHER FOR US, AND WE'VE GOT REAL GREAT STATS THAT ARE IN THAT PRESENTATION.
IT'S VERY SHARP, VERY PROFESSIONAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GREAT COMMENTS BACK FROM THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THAT APPLICATION.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT TOWN TOOK IN A LOT OF A TAX MONEY THIS YEAR.
UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
A COUPLE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MENTIONED THAT IT'S, UM, A NICE PHRASE.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD IN ALL OF OUR EIGHT TAX APPLICATIONS AND BASICALLY THIS IS A NO BRAINER.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THROUGH THE NUMBER OF, UH, TOURISTS THAT WE'VE SEEN COME IN THUS FAR AND THEN PROJECTED TO THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
WE SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF 150 TO 160,000 TOURISTS.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT ALL OF OUR RIVALS WITH THAT TOUR.
UM, SO BASICALLY THE, A TAX IS ABOUT A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR REQUEST.
A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, I LISTENED TO SOME OF THE OTHER PITCHES, A LOT OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THEIR, THEIR FORMULA AND NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT THEY GET TO THEIR EVENT OR VENUE AS 20, 30, $40 PER VISITOR IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO INVEST.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A DOLLAR PER VISITOR OR LESS.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE PACK ON THAT ONE.
SO I'LL LOOK FOR GOOD THINGS THERE.
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE I DO ONCE WE GET THE AIR.
W I DO WANT TO KIND OF BRING UP PAUL AND I KNOW HE'S ON HERE AS WELL, SO WE'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR W
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WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS. SO WE'LL, I'LL KIND OF SAVE THAT UNTIL WE GET TO THOSE, UH, THOSE ITEMS, UM, FOR, UH, FOR HILTON HAVE THEM COME, USUALLY DO AIR W FIRST.LET'S JUST BLAZE THROUGH HILTON THAT'S EIGHT TAX.
UM, WE'RE ALSO APPLYING FOR, UM, ON BEHALF OF YOUR PORT COUNTY, A TAX MONEY.
UM, BUT, UH, WE DID PUT IN AN APPLICATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK.
IT'S A VERY SHORT SLATE, 10 MINUTE WINDOW.
WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO JUST CHECKED IN HE'S REALLY LOUD.
I'M NOT SURE WHO'S CAN EVERYBODY MUTE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOU GENTLEMAN, IF YOU'RE OVER THERE DOING THE RICHARD SIMMONS NOONTIME WORKOUT OR SOMETHING, BUT SO WAIT UNTIL THE OLD THESE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO, OR WE HAVE APPLIED FOR COUNTY EIGHT TAX MONEY.
I'LL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ON THAT.
I'M ALSO A HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT.
WE'RE WORKING ON A REBRANDING, UM, CAMPAIGN EFFORT.
WE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER IN THE SUMMER, AND WE'VE GOT A FIRM ON OUR CONTRACT FOR THAT.
IT'S GOING ALONG VERY, VERY WELL.
WE'RE NOT READY FOR THE BIG REVEAL JUST YET.
UM, WE'VE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AWAY FROM DOING THAT, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IN THE LOOP.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS MOVING ALONG AT A GOOD, STEADY PACE.
AND, UM, SO ONCE WE GET READY TO ROLL OUT A NEW LOGO AND FULL NEW BRANDING PACKAGE, UH, THAT WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL IN THE LOOP ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE OLD BRIAN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PROPERLY RETIRE THE OLD BRAND? UM, OR MAYBE NOW WE'VE GOT CONCESSIONS IN THE TURMOIL.
MAYBE WE HAVE SOME VINTAGE, UM, PARAPHERNALIA THAT WE CAN SELL.
PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE SOME RETRO, RETRO LOGO PARAPHERNALIA, AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN BUY THAT.
SO WE'LL SAY ANYTHING FOR A DOLLAR, RIGHT? UH, LET'S SEE PROJECTS, WE'VE GOT THE RENT PROJECT GOING ON IS MOVING ALONG AT A GOOD PACE IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE AIRPORT AND YOU SEEN THAT NICE BIG CLEAR AREA IS GENERATING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.
UM, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE ANOTHER PROJECT UNDERWAY.
SEE, WE'VE ALSO GOT, UM, A FEW PROJECTS WE'LL BE DOING IN THE TORONTO DURING THE OFF SEASON.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS, AS WE LAUNCH THOSE, BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE, WE KNOW SINCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE BUSY SEASONS IN THIS TERMINAL, UH, AS IT IS.
AND, AND THEN AS WE KIND OF FLEX INTO THE NEW BUILDING, WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, COORDINATION TO DO.
WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE THINK CAN MAKE LIFE A LITTLE BIT EASIER, A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIABLE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE IN THE OFF SEASON.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS WE KICK THOSE OFF.
UM, SPEAKING OF CONCESSIONS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CONCESSIONS GROUP IN THERE IN FULL SWING OPERATING.
SO IF YOU ARE IN THE AIRPORT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW MY LITTLE FACEBOOK THING ABOUT THE COFFEE, THEY HAVE GOOD COFFEE, UH, SO SWING BY AND PICK UP A CUP OF COFFEE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH SECURITY, GO AHEAD AND STOP IN THE LOBBY, GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE.
THEY, I THINK THEY'RE DOING SMOOTHIES AND STUFF NOW.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THEM OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, PASSENGERS AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO DELIVER THAT.
LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? I THINK THAT'S IT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE TAX FUNDS, THOSE FUNDS, IF YOU GET THEM, DO THEY COME WITH ANY STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM? SOME OF THOSE FUNDS ALSO BEING USED OVER IN THE NEW TERMINAL PROJECT.
NOW THEY COME WITH MANY, MANY STRINGS ATTACHED.
UM, SO NO, THEY CANNOT BE USED LOCALLY.
WE APPLY FOR MARKETING FUNDS FOR EIGHT TAX MARKETING.
SO THOSE ALL NEED TO BE USED IN THE INBOUND MARKETS, MEANING OUTSIDE OF 50 MILES.
UH, SO WE, WE USE THOSE ON CAMPAIGNS THAT WE EXECUTE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, BOSTON, PITTSBURGH, DC, CHICAGO, NEW YORK CITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STRICTLY MARKETING, UM, FOR THE INBOUND CROWD.
NOW, SOME OF THE H TAX MONEY, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY BECAUSE AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE RECEIVED A TAX FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY, UH, LAST SPRING IN APRIL, AND WE'LL USE THE FUNDS FOR ARW ON, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERNAL RENOVATIONS INSIDE THAT, THAT TERMINAL.
SO THE LOBBY AND KIND OF THE CAFE KITCHENETTE AREA IS GOING TO BE RENOVATED.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE AGE TAX FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE.
UM, SO WE CAN DO THAT UP IN AIR W BUT, UM, WE DID RECEIVE SOME AGE TAX FUNDS AT HILTON HEAD AS WELL.
AND THAT, THAT WE'RE USING AGAIN FOR MARKETING AND REBRANDING, NOT AS MANY STRINGS, SO WE CAN USE IT A LITTLE BIT LOCALLY, BUT A TAX YOU REALLY CAN'T USE LOCALLY.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HILTON HEAD, STEVE, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN?
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IS THERE, WHAT AM I FORGETTING? NO, YOU'RE NOT FORGETTING ANYTHING.UM, OTHER THAN MAYBE IT'S SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE SEASON.
SO THE, UH, AIR TRAFFIC IN HERE IT'S, UH, NOT NEAR AS BUSY, IT IS, IT WAS DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANTED TO INVITE LESLIE IN TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT UPCOMING AMBASSADOR OR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
YEAH, PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA.
JUST KIND OF DOVETAIL ON THAT WAS STEVE, THAT, UM, AIRLINES WERE BASICALLY DOWN TO THEIR, THEIR MAIN HUBS AT THIS POINT, UH, UNITED, AS YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO STICK AROUND YEAR ROUND.
SO THERE'LL BE DOING THE, UH, THE DULLES HUB, BUT EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKING AT A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE A DAY INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, TOPPING OUT AT A THOUSAND MORE EVERY DAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT AS LOW AS IT USED TO BE, BUT AS IT'S SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK.
UM, ONE THING REALLY BEF BEFORE I DID LESLIE, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, UM, IS THE CONCOURS, D'ELEGANCE THOSE, THE TWO EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND SIXTH, A FRIDAY NIGHT IS THE GALA.
SO IF ANYBODY'S DOING THE BLACK TIE THING FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE HANGER AREA, THAT'S ON THE FIFTH, AND THEN ON THE SIXTH DURING THE DAYTIME IS AN ARROW EXPO WHEN WE'VE GOT THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CARS IN THE HANGAR COMPLEX.
SO FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO CHECK THAT OUT.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF, IF YOU BOUGHT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A BADGE THROUGH THE REGULAR CONCOR THING, THEN THERE'S THE OBVIOUS WE CAN TAKE PART IN THE, IN THE ARROW EXPO.
UM, SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, LESLIE, DO YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT, GOT TO UNMUTE WISELY? UM, I HAVE TO YOU AND STEVE FOR REVIEW A SYNOPSIS OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER IN THE SPRING WHEN THE SEASON PICKS UP AGAIN FOR, UM, OUR AMBASSADORS TO USE IT, IT WOULD BE BASICALLY A TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND I ENVISION NO MORE THAN TWO AMBASSADORS IN A ROVING CAPACITY TO MOVE AROUND BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR MORE THAN THAT.
UM, BUT WE WOULD START OUT WITH MAYBE WE'LL SEE HOW MANY WE CAN GET.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WEEKENDS ONLY.
IT WOULD BE WHEN THE BUSIEST TIMES ARE FOUR HOURS, TIME TABLES.
SO, AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT MANY, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF PLACES WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN GO TO, TO FIND PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THEM'S RIGHT HERE WITH THIS GREAT BOARD, WE'VE GOT SITTING HERE LOOKING AT WAIT, CAN'T WAIT TO GET OVER AT THAT AIRPORT, BUT THERE'S MANY OTHER PLACES TO ALL THE RETIRED GATED COMMUNITIES HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WILLING AND READY TO DO THIS SORT OF THING.
AND THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND MANY PROGRAMS THROUGH GIC, WHICH YOU'RE A MEMBER OF, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE NO TROUBLE GETTING THE VOLUNTEERS WE NEED.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT.
UM, IT, IT REALLY DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THE AIRLINES APPRECIATED THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY WANT TO JUMP INTO IT IN THE OFF SEASON AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROGRAM HAS WHAT IT NEEDS TO GET STARTED.
SO ALONG WITH THAT REBRANDING EFFORT I TALKED ABOUT AND THE NEW LOGO, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THAT NEW LOGO, IT WOULD BE OUR AMBASSADOR CREW.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROPERLY OUTFITTED AND, UH, PEOPLE WILL SEE YOU IN THE AIRPORT, COLORS AND LOGO.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION TOO THAT, UM, UM, WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEN FROM BUFORD COUNTY VOLUNTEERED FOR US AND LET'S DO RODMAN AND HE SEEMED TO REALLY ENJOY IT.
SO I, I, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME CELEBRITIES OVER THERE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE UP FOR REELECTION.
SO WE'LL SAY, UM, JOHN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON RELATED TO BASADUR, HOW'S IT GOING WITH THE NEW DOORWAY, THE NEW GATE DOOR THAT YOU PUT IN? IS THAT WORKING OUT? OKAY.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? YEAH, WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT AS A NEW EXIT LANE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER TO THE AIRPORT, LIKE YOU NO LONGER EXIT, UM, THROUGH THE OLD LANE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT.
SO NOW YOU ACTUALLY EXIT OUTDOORS.
YOU GO PAST THAT, UH, GATE TWO, WHICH IS A MODULAR BUILDING, AND THEN YOU COME IN RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW CONCESSIONS AREA.
SO, UM, WE BROKE THROUGH THE WALL, PUT A COUPLE OF NEW DOORS IN, AND THAT IS THE ONLY KIND OF WRINKLED THERE IS SINCE IT'S DOWN, NOT CO-LOCATED WITH THE TSA CHECKPOINT.
UM, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A, UH, A PERSON WHO'S AT THAT EXIT LANE.
UH, ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD BE COMING OUT, ANYTIME SOMEBODY PASS IT, THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE MANNING THAT, THAT EXIT LINE.
SO WE'VE PUT A SECOND PERSON ON OUR, UM, HIRED SECURITY STAFF
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AND THEIR POST IS RIGHT AT THAT LANE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A TURNAROUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE DON'T SEE.SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE, WE'VE GOT CAMERAS.
UH, SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE KIND OF MANAGING THAT HAS BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL, JUST TAKING PEOPLE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET USED TO CAUSE YOU, YOU STILL GET SOME PEOPLE DESPITE AS YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY SIGNS YOU PUT UP.
UM, AND, AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, DO NOT ENTER AND EXIT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM.
SO WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH IS IF THEY COME OUT AND THEY TRY TO GO BACK IN AND THE PERSON SENDS THEM BACK OVER TO THE SCREENING CHECKPOINT, AND THEY GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE A NEW FRIEND.
AND THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS IF THEY DO GO BACK IN THAT DOOR AND GET AWAY WITH IT, AND IT IT'S A MAJOR SECURITY BREACH FOR THE AIRPORT AND COULD POTENTIALLY SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING, WHICH IS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY THERE'S SOMEBODY STATIONED AT THAT DOOR.
JOHN, COULD YOU EXPLAIN, UH, THE REMAINING STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE TERMINAL BUILD-OUT, UH, AND A, A ROUGH APPROXIMATION OF A TIMELINE WHEN YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME TO GET A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND? UH, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE STEPS ARE.
I CAN TELL YOU THE TIMELINE, THE, UH, THE STEPS ARE WE HAVE TO GET THE REST OF THE FUNDING SQUARED AWAY, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I, I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE FOR YOU JUST YET.
THAT IS, THAT IS MOST OF WHAT I DO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TALK TO ON THAT ONE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON HILTON HEAD AND THEN WE'LL SHIFT ACROSS THE RIVER.
I'M GOING TO LET PAUL JUMP IN IF HE WANTS TO AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NRW AND BUSY OVER THERE AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR US.
UM, JUST LOOKING BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE'VE SOLD ABOUT ALMOST 15,000 GALLONS, IF YOU WILL, WHICH IS THREE TIMES WHAT WE SOLD LAST YEAR.
SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'VE HAD OVER HERE.
THE BAD THING IS THE FUEL COST HAS GONE UP 30 CENTS WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
SO WHAT I WAS PAYING FOR FUEL, UH, 3 72 IN SEPTEMBER NOW IN OCTOBER, I'M OVER ABOUT $4 AND 10 CENTS A GALLON.
UM, IT HASN'T SLOWED DOWN THE FUEL SALES YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL COMPETITIVE IN THE AREA.
SO PEOPLE WERE STILL FLYING AND PEOPLE WERE STOPPING AND GETTING FUEL.
UH, WE'VE HAD ABOUT BETWEEN, UH, FIVE AND 600 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE TERMINAL THIS MONTH THAT ARE NEW TO THE AREA.
WE DON'T COUNT RETURN CUSTOMERS AS PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND LIKE OFF OR SOME, UM, TERMINAL REMODELS SHOULD START.
UH, JEFF HAS ASSURED US THAT GOING TO START ON THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER.
SO IF HE COME OVER HERE, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, WHICH IS PROGRESS.
WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $14,000 IN THE LAST MONTH ON OUR HANGERS, REDOING LIGHTING.
AND THEY'RE OUT THERE TODAY, UH, FIXING SOME OF THE HANGER DOORS THAT WERE BROKEN.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT KIND OF STUFF CLEANED UP.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE ALSO HIRED TWO NEW EMPLOYEES HERE FOR A TIME OF LINEMEN TO WORK, UM, HALEY STIBO AND, UH, FRANK PLAYER.
SO IF YOU'RE OVER HERE AND YOU SEE THEM BE SURE TO STOP IN AND WELCOME THEM TO, UH, THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, ALSO THIS MONTH, THEY DID, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LANDLEASE LEASE.
THEY'D DONE SOME DRILLING UP HERE BY THE MOSQUITO CONTROL HERE TO TRY TO GET SOME, SOME INFORMATION.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AS FAR AS BUILDING THE COMMUNITY HANGERS, UM, WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST THEM AS FAR AS CONCRETE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I SHOULD HAVE SOME NUMBERS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THAT SHOULD BE A PROJECT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE GOING FORWARD VERY SOON.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.
UM, I'VE HAD TWO, UH, MAJOR PLAYERS IN THAT IN THE LAST WEEK EXPRESSED INTEREST THAT, UM, THIS PROJECT COULD BE BIGGER THAN WE HAVE ENVISIONED IT AS FAR AS THE SHORT TERM.
SO, UH, THINGS ARE HAPPENING OVER HERE.
IF YOU'RE OVER HERE IN THIS AREA, PLEASE STOP BY.
EVERYBODY'S MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE HAD THE 5K A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD ABOUT 60 SOME RUNNERS IN THE RACE.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND JUST KIND OF CHECKED OUT THE AIRPORT IF THERE WAS, IT WASN'T A REAL LARGE CROWD, BUT IT WAS STEADY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO THAT WAS AN OVERALL SUCCESS AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING OVER HERE AT OUR AIR W AND, UM, I INVITE EVERYBODY.
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AND CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT RECAP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING THINGS OVER THERE YESTERDAY, I WAS THERE AND THERE WERE SEVERAL JETS ON THE GROUND.
UM, AND, UH, AND THE RAMP WAS, WAS PRETTY FULL AND IT'S BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY FULL.
SO THAT, THAT SHOWS THROUGH, IN THE NUMBERS OF YOU FLIP THROUGH THE BACKUP THAT, UH, LAINA SENT OUT, YOU'LL SEE THE FUEL NUMBERS.
AND IF YOU LOOK YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, THEY ARE W WASN'T REALLY STRINGING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN OVER 10,000 GALLONS OF FUEL SALES AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING MORE OFTEN THAN IS NOT HAPPENING NOW.
UM, HOPEFULLY IAN YOU, AND, UH, AND THE REST OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP ARE SEEING SOME OF THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IT, TURN THAT RIPPLE INTO A WAVE, UM, AND BRING THEM INTO THAT ARIEL GATEWAY.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT ACTIVITY IS GREAT.
AND WE THINK WE'VE GOT NEXT FEW YEARS AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITING OUT THERE.
UM, SO JUST STAY TUNED AND, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THE RUNNING SHOES ON BECAUSE WE'LL BE MOVING QUICKLY OR THERE, ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL ON AIR W OR FOR ME? UH, JOHN, I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING WE GOT, UH, IN OUR HANGAR, WE GOT THE NEW LIGHTS, THEY ARE A MAJOR, MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW DIRTY MY HANGER WAS UNTIL THE NEW LIGHTS CAME ON.
SO IT'S WAS IN CLEANING MODE, BUT, UH, THE LIGHTS WERE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT, I THINK.
UH, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY AS WELL.
WELL, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO DEPAUL'S EFFORTS OVER THERE, AND HE'S, HE'S REAL SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BASE CUSTOMERS AND, UH, AND HE'S, HE'S SHOWING IT, SO, UM, I'D INVEST IN THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THANK YOU FOR NOTICING, I APPRECIATE IT.
ANYBODY ELSE ON AIR W ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'LL CONCLUDE, UH, THAT PART OF MY REPORT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM AUGUST AS ANY BOARD MEMBER NEED TO ADDRESS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
UM, LET'S GO BACK TO NEW BUSINESS AND JOHN RIGHT BACK TO YOU AGAIN.
UM, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST A FEW TIMES, WE'VE GOT TWO OF THE ACTION ITEMS YOU CAN TAKE TOGETHER IF YOU WANT IT TO, BUT THE JANITORIAL SERVICES, I HAD EVERYBODY LOOK AT THAT AND VOTE ON IT VIA EMAIL, SO THAT WHEN WE TOOK IT TO COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS THIS PAST MONDAY, I COULD LET THEM KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAD SEEN EVERYTHING, BUT I DO LIKE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE WITH AN ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, QUOTE UNQUOTE, MEETING VOTE.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN ALL TAKE THAT UP, IF YOU, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN THINK OF BOTH TOGETHER OR SPLIT THEM, WHATEVER IS THE, UH, THE CHAIRMAN'S PREFERENCE.
BUT IF, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING AHEAD AND JUST, UH, ECHOING WHAT YOU ALREADY VOTED ON VIA EMAIL, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT IN THE RECORD.
AND, UH, AND THEN THE MINUTE DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO JOHN ABOUT THE TWO CONTRACTS, ONE FOR BUFORD EXECUTIVE, AND ONE FOR HILTON HEAD? OH, YOU SHOULD.
WE'LL READ THE MATERIAL THAT WAS SENT OUT EARLIER.
UM, I'LL ACCEPT THE MOTION AND WHY DON'T WE TIE THEM BOTH TOGETHER TO APPROVE THE BUFORD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT JANITORIAL SERVICES CONTRACT AND THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AIRPORT SERVICES, JANITORIAL CONTRACT, EXCEPT THE MOTION FOR THAT BY SOMEBODY PLEASE.
WE'VE GOT A SECOND JIMBO, A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND OR SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED WITH A HAND OR A DAY, THE MOTION PASSES FROM BOTH CONTRACTS, JOHN, UH, ARE APPROVED.
PARDON? THE TAXING JET OUT THERE.
I BELIEVE NEXT MONDAY IS ONE WE'LL GO TO FULL COUNCIL.
UH, IF I'M NOT INCORRECT FOR THE HILTON HEAD CONTRACT, THE OTHER ONE'S GOOD WITH JUST COMMITTEE, SO WE'LL GET EVERYBODY MOVING.
UM, AND AS WE HAVE GOTTEN GREAT REVIEWS ON BOTH COMPANIES THAT WE ENDED UP SELECTING, THEY WERE, THEY WERE THE COMPANIES THAT HAD THE INTERIM CONTRACTS DURING THE MONTH AND DID A FANTASTIC JOB, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN HILTON HEAD WITH ALL THAT INCREASED TRAFFIC.
WE REALLY NEEDED THAT NEW PROVIDER THIS YEAR.
AND THEY, THEY REALLY CAME THROUGH AND DID A GOOD JOB.
SO, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO KEEP THEM ON BOARD.
UM, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE WE SEE THIS ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR, UM, JUST IN KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF, UH, OF MAINTAINING HANGERS AND DOING WHAT PAUL JUST DID, REPLACING LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN MIND FOR, UH, FOR HILTON HEAD, BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, GET TAKEN TO COMMITTEE, UH, UH, A RATE INCREASE LIKE WE DO EVERY, EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO, UM, WHAT I LIKE TO HAVE THERE IS AGAIN, JUST YOUR, YOUR, UH, APPROVAL THAT, AND WE'LL MOVE THAT FORWARD TO COMMITTEE.
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FIRST.WE SEEM TO HAVE A NEW YOUNG BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS JUST JOINED US.
BUFORD EXECUTIVE FIRST IS A PROPOSED 5% HANGAR RATE INCREASE FOR EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
UM, ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT? CONVERSATIONS, IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE A 5% HANGAR RATE INCREASE AT BUFORD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
NOBODY CARE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
AND A SECOND, LESLIE, I SEE YOUR HUSBAND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT 5% INCREASE BIG, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND OR SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED.
SO, YOU KNOW, OPPOSITION, THE 5% HANGOUT RATE INCREASE THE PUPIL EXECUTIVE AIRPORT MOTION PASSES, UM, HILTON HEAD AIRPORT, 5% INCREASE.
I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, JOHN, IF WE CAN REPORT ON THAT, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT, UH, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT GO BACK PROBABLY 5, 6, 7 YEARS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE AIRPORT THERE, AS YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL AVIATION SIDE OF HX D IS SOMEWHAT OF A STEPCHILD, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FOCUS ON THE TERMINAL ACROSS THE WAY, BUT BASICALLY FOR THE HANGAR TENANTS AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, TIDY UP TENANTS, IT'S DONE A LOT OF SERVICE BEING PROVIDED UNDER THE HANGER, AS YOU'VE INDICATED.
I THINK SOMETIME LAST YEAR, MOTIVES AND WIRES, BUT INSIDE THE HANGERS IS PAINT, CHIPPING AND PEELING FALLING ON THE FLOORS, THIS PAINT PEELING OFF THE WALLS.
AND THERE'S STILL THOSE DUST BOWLS AND BETWEEN THE HANGERS, WHICH I THINK WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AS, AS IF ANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON YOUR AGENDA, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE HANDFULS ACROSS THE WAY, BUT THERE'S STILL HAGGARD TENANTS PAYING MONEY FOR THEIR SPACE AND THEY NEED SOME SERVICES OR NOT AS MUCH AS WE'VE SEEN AT ARW, BUT CERTAINLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND I'M, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED SHORTLY.
SO JOHN, REALLY THE QUESTION IS, YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THAT AS WE'RE TRYING TO BANK SOME OF THE FUNDS THERE, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE DUST BOWLS OUTSIDE IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT WAS A UNFORTUNATELY A BAD DESIGN REQUIREMENT BY THE TIME TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO HAVE TO PUT THOSE IN THERE.
UM, SO WILL OUR PLAN IS TO GET THOSE DONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.
THAT'S THE PRIMARY CONCERN, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL JUMP INSIDE THE HANGERS AND DO THINGS AS WELL.
UH, WE DID GO THROUGH AND DO THE PMS ON, ON DOORS AND THINGS THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TOO.
UH, BUT THIS DOES ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE OF A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO TAKING CARE OF OUR FACILITIES.
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE DUST BOWL THING CONCEPT SHOWS UP NOT ONLY SAND, BUT ROCKS IN THE TAXI WAYS, AND IT BECOMES ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO REVIEW TWO PLANES THAT ARE TRYING TO TAXI OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE LEAD PLANE HAS GOT AS PROPS GOING, BLOWING ALL THE JUNK BACK INTO THE SECOND GUY IN LINE, BUT NOT HEALTHY FOR THE AIRPLANE.
SO IS THERE ANY SORT OF TIMELINE ON THE DUSTBOWL ISSUE? UH, WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM YET.
WE HAVE TO GO ON AND LOOK AT BIDS IN THAT FIRST.
HOPEFULLY THAT'LL GET DONE CURRENTLY.
UH, ALL RIGHT, WELL CHECK THE MOTION TO HAVE A 5% HANGER RATE INCREASE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AIRPORT, ACCEPT EMOTION FROM SOMEBODY PLEASE.
UH, BRIAN, SO YOU GO UP, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE 5% RATING, PLEASE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT TO SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, OR RAISING YOUR HAND, ANY OPPOSED, SAME THING, PLEASE SIGNIFY RAISING HAND OR SAYING, HEY, NO NAYS.
THE MOTION TO RAISE THE HEAD EYE ON AIRPORT HANGAR RATE BY 5% IS APPROVED.
AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM, UH, FROM PAST INCREASES, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE IT TO A DOLLAR LEVEL AND NOT A DOLLARS AND CENTS LEVEL.
WE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY IT WAS JUST, JUST GET US TO A GOOD NUMBER AND THEN WE'LL BE GOOD WITH THAT.
SO IT MIGHT BE FIVE, IT MIGHT BE 4.9.
I MIGHT BE 5.2, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THAT BALLPARK.
WE'LL GET YOU TO A NICE EVEN NUMBER.
SO IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP TRACK OF.
EXCELLENT AND APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY DOWN EACH COMMITTEE ONE AT A TIME.
ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN THAT HAD REPORTS TO THIS MONTH? IF SO YOU MIGHT, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE, AND STEVE TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.
CAUSE I THINK YOU GAVE ME THE INFORMATION, UH, TO YOUR IMPORTANT PAUL.
I DIDN'T MENTION WAS THE SEWER HOOKED UP AT ARW NOW THE SEWER IS HOOKED UP AT AWS.
THE ONLY THING IS YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.
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ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR REPORT TO MAKE THIS MONTH? I KNOW TRADE NEXT MONTH WILL BE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON OUR COMMITTEES.UH, SO, UH, WE PREPARE FOR A SLIGHTLY ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
COMMITTEE REPORTS SO WE CAN MOVE BACK INTO THE CITIZEN COMMON PERIOD.
WE HAVE A, US CITIZENS ARE PUBLIC WITH US, SO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS TO THE BOARD.
UM, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. DAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
UH, WE HEARD A RUMOR THAT DELTA WAS GOING TO TAKE A SABBATICAL IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022.
UH, WONDER IF, UH, JOHN CAN CONFIRM THAT AND IF SO, WHY WOULD THEY CONSIDER DOING THAT? IF VIEW THE NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS INCREASED? CAN'T HEAR ME.
I GOT YOU NOW, JIM, IT DELTA IS DELTA GONNA BE OFF DURING, UH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
UM, I HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED A REASON FOR THAT.
I JUST ASSUMED THAT AS THEY LOOK AT THEIR OVERALL NETWORK NUMBERS, THAT THEY FOUND A, UH, A LOW POINT DECIDED THEY'LL EITHER MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AND MOVE AIRPLANES AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEY BACK IN TIME FOR THE SEASON.
UH, I PICKED UP THIS INFORMATION CASUALLY AND FROM AN, AN, UH, SOURCE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE SHARED IT AND THEY INDICATED THEY THOUGHT IT WAS RELATIVE TO EMPLOYEE ISSUES.
AND I WASN'T SURE WHETHER THAT WAS THE LACK OF, OR INABILITY TO RETAIN OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THAT WORKS AT OUR AIRPORT, SO I JUST LISTENED AND WALKED AWAY.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF JOHN HAS ANY COMMENT IN THAT POTENTIAL REGARD.
NO, I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ON SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
UH, JOHN I AND ONE OTHER ISSUE BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE SIGN OFF YOU AND I HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT NOISE ABATEMENT KNOW IT SEEMS TO BE NOW GROWING AGAIN.
IT IS DEFINITELY CHANGING THE FLIGHT PATTERN DEPARTURES FOR DELTA, AND NOW AS THEY USED TO DEPART TO THE NORTHEAST, MAKE A LEFT, TURN UP THE SOUND AND THEN HEAD OVER TOWARDS ATLANTA.
BUT NOW THEY'RE ALL MAKING RIGHT TURNS OUT.
UM, SOME OF THE PILOTS SAID SOMEWHAT LOW WOULD TAKE OFF POWER AND FLYING OVER THE PLANTATIONS ON THE, ON THE SIDE OF THE ISLAND.
SO I THOUGHT YOU CHECKED PRELIMINARILY WITH THE TOWER.
DIDN'T GET A, FROM FEEDBACK THAT I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND GRABS GET SOME HELP FROM OUR END HERE IS CONSIDERABLE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE INCREASED LEVELS OF NOISE, NOT ONLY FROM DELTA WITH THE FLIGHT PATTERN CHANGE, UH, BUT WE HAVE MORE AND MORE OF THE PRIVATE COMMERCIALS THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING, UM, WHEN THEY'RE HEADED WEST.
UM, SO I WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE BILL OR HOW YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
WELL, I DIDN'T SEND ANY MAIL BACK ON THAT.
MAYBE, MAYBE HE DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT I SENT YOU SOME FLIGHTAWARE DATA.
AND I WENT BACK PROBABLY ABOUT 60 DAYS FROM WHEN WE FIRST TALKED AND THERE WERE, I THINK FOUR FLIGHTS WERE DELTA TURNED RIGHT INSTEAD OF LEFT.
UM, AND THEY TURNED OUT OVER THE WATER AT AN ALTITUDE THAT, THAT WHEN I SENT, YOU HAD THEM UP AT ABOUT 13 OR 1400 FEET WHEN THEY EXECUTED THE TURN.
SO, UM, I KNOW PERCEPTION IS PERCEPTION, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S BLACK BOX DATA.
SO, UH, IT'S THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES.
UM, THEY'RE NOT TURNING EARLY.
UM, NOT BASED ON THE DATA THAT I CAN SEE.
UM, AND ALL I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO SPECULATE ON WHY THEY'RE THERE DOING THAT.
IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, AIR TRAFFIC AND OTHER PARTS.
UH, IT COULD BE OPERATIONS AT THE AIR STATION WHO KNOWS.
UH, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW FLIGHT AWARE.
SO I CAN JUST TELL YOU THE ONES THAT I CHECKED.
I HAD TO LOOK PRETTY HARD TO FIND SOME, THERE WERE CERTAINLY NOT EVERY DELTA FLIGHT.
IT WAS ONE OUT OF, I DUNNO, ONE OR TWO A WEEK IS ALL I COULD FIND AT THE MOST.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT CAUSED THAT, THAT SMALL CHANGE.
CAN WE CHECK WITH BILL JUST TO GET AN ANSWER TO, HE MIGHT, I MEAN, YOU MAY BE WRITING.
I TALKED TO HIM AS WELL AND UH, HE DIDN'T KNOW, HE, HE AND I BOTH
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LOOKED AT ONE OF HIS CONTROLLERS AND I BOTH LOOKED THROUGH FLIGHTAWARE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND.SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A PERVASIVE ISSUE.
UM, SO I, I JUST, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU.
I MEAN, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, BUT I, I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY A, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
THE DATA SAYS IT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
UH, WITH THAT ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, AND EVERYBODY, OUR, UH, UH, NEXT MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2020 1, 1 30.
UM, I WAS ASSUMING IT'S A VIRTUAL MEETING.
JOHN WILL LET US ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETING, UH, PLEASE LET ELENA WAS EARLY IN THE CYCLE, AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT, BRIAN AND A SECOND, SO THAT YOU KNEW WHO I SAW AT TIMES, TOM, I SAW THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ANY OPPOSED MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THE COUNTY CHANNEL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO, ON DEMAND, GO TO BUPA COUNTY, SC.GOV, SCROLL DOWN TO PUBLIC MEETINGS, CLICK WATCH NOW.
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AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
THIS IS LARRY ROLAND, AND THIS IS A BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS OF COLOGNE, THE COLONIAL SEA ISLANDS WAS THE ARRIVAL OF NUMEROUS FREEBOOTERS AND PIRATES IN THIS AREA.
THE PIRACY AND THE CARIBBEAN WAS ESSENTIALLY ENDED IN 1713 WITH A TREE BETWEEN SPAIN AND ENGLAND.
BUT THE PIRATES WHO, UH, HAD INFESTED THE SPANISH MAIN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, MOVED NORTH MANY, MOVED INTO THE BAHAMAS.
MANY MOVED INTO THE SEA ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND INTO THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS AREA, THE COMMON PIRATE HANGOUT WAS THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH WAS LESS POPULATED AND LESS DEFENDED THAN EITHER OF THE SEA ISLANDS OR THE NORTH COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO IN 17, 19 SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A FLEET TO NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH CAPTURED STEVE BONNET AND SANK.
HIS VESSEL DROVE BLACKBEARD'S NORTH INTO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE VIRGINIANS CAPTURED HIS VESSEL AND KILLED THE BLACK BEAR AND HIS VESSEL QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE IS BEING ARCHEOLOGICALLY RECOVERED OFF OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, AS WE SPEAK, UH, SOUTH OF CHARLESTON, THIS PLACE BECAME A VERY ACTIVE CENTER FOR A PRIVATEER WAR IN THE 1730S AND 1740S.
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A CONTEST BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND ST.
AUGUSTINE AND THE ENGLISH AND CHARLESTON DURING THE 1740S SPANISH PRIVATEERS INFESTED THIS COAST AND VIRTUALLY STOPPED THE MARITIME TRADE FROM PORT ROYAL, NEAR BUFORD, AND FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR.
THE MOST NOTABLE OF THOSE SPANISH PRIVATEERS WAS FRANCISCO LORENZO.
HE CAPTURED MANY SOUTH CAROLINIANS IN HIS VOYAGES CAPTURED 56 ENGLISH VESSELS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE SINGLE YEAR OF 1741.
BUT ALL OF IT, HIS PRISONERS, HE TREATED WELL WHEN HE WAS FINALLY CAPTURED BY SOUTH CAROLINA NAVAL FORCES IN LATE 1741, HE WAS TAKEN TO CHARLESTON AND THE POPULATION ASSEMBLED AND CHEERED HIM WHEN HE CAME TO SHORE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SUCH AN HONORABLE PIRATE.
IF THERE IS SUCH A THING, OTHER PIRATES, FRENCH AND SPANISH CONTINUED TO INVEST THE COAST FROM 1742 TO 1744.
AND THEN AGAIN FROM 1748 TO 1751, THE LAST SPANISH PIRATE DON
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JULIAN DE VEGA, UH, WAS HERE AS LATE AS 1760.AND HE WAS CAPTURED BY SPANISH GARDA, KOSTAS, NOT ENGLISH COAST GUARD.
DURING THAT TIME, THE BUFORD TONY ANS AND THE CHARLESTONIANS BUILT TWO INLAND GALLEYS ROWED GALLEYS WITH HEAVY GUNS THAT COULD PROTECT THE INLAND WATERS FROM THE SPANISH AND FRENCH FREE BOOTS.
BUT BETWEEN 1739, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR OF JENKINS EAR AND 1763, WHICH WAS THE TREATY OF PARIS THAT ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
THIS WAS AN ACTIVE AREA FOR PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES AND THEIR COUNTER FORCES, THE GALLEYS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND JORDAN.
THIS HAS BEEN A BUFORD COUNTY TO SEE MORE B FOR COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
VERIFICATION IS HE BREATHING MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING IN, THEY'RE HAVING WHAT MIGHT NOT BE AN EMERGENCY TO YOU, BUT IT IS AN EMERGENCY TO THEM AND THEY NEED SOMEONE.
THEY CAN TALK TO WHO, I MEAN, NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT IS COMPASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND EMPATHETIC AND TRYING TO KEEP THEM CALM UNTIL HELP THEM GET THERE FOR THEM.
BATCHER REALLY IS THE FIRST RESPONDER FOR THE LIFELINE TO CONNECT YOU WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, THE INITIAL INFORMATION THAT THE FIRST PERSON THAT A COLOR SPEAKS TO, TO GIVE THEM THAT EMERGENT INFORMATION THEY HAVE, AND THE OFFICERS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO SPEAK TO THEM, TO GET THEM ROLLING AND GET THEM IN AROUND NON EMERGENCY CALLS AND EMERGENCY CALLS.
EVERYTHING FROM, I NEED A NUMBER FOR THIS PLACE, THE VEHICLES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, VANDALISM, ARMED ROBBERIES SHOTS FIRED LOOSE DOGS UP UNTIL DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER.
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING IN ARE NOT HAVING THEIR BEST DAYS.
THIS COULD BE MY FAMILY AND UP ON THE LINE AND I WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE I CAME TO MY FAMILY.
SO I TIED IT TO EVERY PERSON THAT CALLS INTO THE CENTER VISIT WAS A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE.
THERE ARE DAYS WHERE IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING ONCE YOU GET, WE'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED AS FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT WE ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMEBODY TO HELP IN THE TIME OF NEED IS THE BEST THING.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME TO WORK, DO COME TO WORK, TO HELP.
IT'S A VERY, VERY REWARDING CAREER.
IT'S NEVER THE SAME FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GETTING SOMETHING NEW.
SO TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY, TO ME IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING ABOUT YOU FOR KILLING HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS JOHN RUMBLE.
I'M THE AIRPORT'S DIRECTOR HERE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
AND I WANTED TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TODAY.
ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF OUR AIRPORTS BOARD, WHO ARE HERE, MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, AND A BIG WELCOME TO UNITED AIRLINES, OUR NEW LINE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UNITED AIRLINES STARTED THEIR AIRLINE SERVICE HERE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND WITH THEIR DIRECT CONNECTION TO WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
AND WE'RE LUCKY TODAY TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH UNITED AIRLINES AND WASHINGTON DULLES AIRPORT.
AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT UNITED SERVICE REPRESENTS REALLY A GIANT LEAP FOR US ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
IT CONNECTS OUR AIRPORT AND OUR ISLAND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
LITERALLY THE NEW SERVICE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTES TO OUR MISSION AT THE AIRPORT OF PROVIDING THE MOST EFFICIENT, SAFE, AND RELIABLE TRAVEL OPTIONS TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS TO THE ISLAND.
IT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE UNITED HERE IN HILTON HEAD WELCOME UNITED.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR UNITED AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVE NOEL DAMAR COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
I HAVE TO GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO NOEL.
SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WITH UNITED, AS FAR AS GETTING THE STATION READY FOR SERVICE.
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SO, UM, SHE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.WE'VE WORKED A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
ON BEHALF OF THE 90,000 UNITED EMPLOYEES, UM, AT UNITED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WARM WELCOME THIS MORNING.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW HILTON HEAD ARIENS PLACE.
THIS IS A NEW LOCATION FOR US, AND THIS TEAM WILL BE HELPING TO MAKE THESE FLIGHTS A GREAT SUCCESS.
UNITED AIRLINES IS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO BE HERE AND TO WELCOME HILTON HEAD TO THE UNITED AIRLINES FAMILY.
AS WE LAUNCH A NEW SERVICE TO OUR HUBS IN WASHINGTON, CHICAGO AND NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ADDING A NEW ROUTE LIKE HILTON HEAD, WHAT CONNECT CUST CUSTOMERS TO OUR BUSTLING HUBS, OFFERING MORE OPTIONS TO TRAVEL TO HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE AT UNITED.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS IS MORE THAN JUST A TRANSACTION TO US.
EVERY CUSTOMER, EVERY FLIGHT, EVERY DAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING ALL THAT UNITED HAS TO OFFER WITH NEW AND RETURNING CUSTOMERS TO HILTON HEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS ON BEHALF OF UNITED.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US TO CONNECT YOU TO THE WORLD.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DIONNE BARRY.
WHO'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM AUSTIN, DALLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
GOOD MORNING ON BEHALF OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT, TO OUR, TO YOUR NATION'S CAPITAL AND TO THE DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE SERVICE FAMILY.
YOU'RE JOINING A LARGE FAMILY OF UNDER MORE THAN 140 MEMBERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE LOCATED IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, JUST OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, DC DULLES INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF UNITED'S FASTEST GROWING HUBS TOGETHER WITH ITS STAR ALLIANCE PARTNERS.
UNITED OFFERS 271 NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO 127 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS, PROVIDING EASY CONNECTIVITY, BIG AND SMALL TO COMMUNITIES.
BIG AND SMALL SOON DULLES INTERNATIONAL WILL HAVE THE SILVER LINE METRO RAIL ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, DC TAKING PASSENGERS FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY AND UNDER AN HOUR WITHOUT HAVING TO TRANSFER TRAINS.
THIS WILL MAKE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL.
ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH A STATION ON ITS CITY'S SYSTEM, SUBWAY SUBWAY SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA IT'S GROWING AREA, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT MANY BEAUTIFUL AWARD-WINNING WINERIES, SHOPPING DISTRICTS AND HISTORIC TOURIST DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR AREA AS THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, IT'S OUR GOAL TO MAKE DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PREDOMINANT GATEWAY, NOT ONLY TO THE WASHINGTON DC METRO REGION, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE EAST COAST IN AN EFFORT TO HELP OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, AIRPORTS LIKE HILTON HEAD GET BETTER CONNECTED TO THE NATION'S CAPITOL AND TO THE WORLD.
AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE DULLES INTERNATIONAL FAMILY.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE LINKED UP WITH WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THE UNITED.
AND NOW AT THIS TIME, I LIKE TO HAVE OUR HOMETOWN MAYOR, JOHN MCCANN COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THINGS TO DO SO WELCOME MR. MAYOR.
I LIKE TO HEAR THAT BACKGROUND SOUND EFFECTS AGAIN TO LIKE THE YOUNG LADY THAT JUST GOT JUST NOW.
I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY IN AN AIRPORT, IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, I WELCOME YOU ALL TODAY, SUSAN, IT'S NICE HAVING YOU HERE WITH US.
UH, THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE FOR THE FRIENDLY SKIES OF UNITED TO FLY OVER THE, OVER THE NUMBER ONE ISLAND IN THE COUNTRY.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND CAN OPERATE TO LODGE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT NETWORK ALL THROUGH THE WORLD.
AND I MUST TELL YOU A PERSONAL STORY.
WHEN I WAS DATING MY WIFE, VALERIE, SHE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I FLEW THE UNITED FLIGHT EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT FOUR O'CLOCK FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, UH, MONTHS AND MONTHS IN A ROW WORTHWHILE TRIP.
BUT I MUST TELL YOU WHEN YOU FLY THE SAME PLANE EVERY WEEK, SAME TIME, IT'S THE SAME MOVIE.
YOU GET THE SAME MOVIE FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
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SO I HAVE VERY, VERY MEMORABLE AND DEAR EXPERIENCES FLYING AT NIGHT AT ALL THROUGH THE COUNTRY.OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THE, THE WELCOMING AND THE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TOURISTS.
AND I FEEL THEY'RE IN SAFE HANDS WITH YOU WITH UNITED COMING IN.
UM, WHAT WILL, THIS HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY JOHN RUMBOLD AND HIS PEOPLE ALL TOO OFTEN, WE GIVE OURSELF A LOT OF CREDIT, THE TOWN, ITS EMPLOYEES, BUT JOHN AND HIS STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THIS JOHN AND BEHALF OF THE TOWN.
I'M HAPPY PERSONALLY TO HAVE UNITED HERE AND BACK INTO MY LIFE.
AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND GO UNITED.
NOW WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND MR. STU RODMAN.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.
UM, THE EXPANSION OF ALL OF THE AIRLINES HERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT EVENT FOR HILTON HEAD AND FOR THE AREA, BOTH FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT AND FOR A TOURIST STANDPOINT, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY PICK UP BETWEEN ALL OF THE AIRLINES, PROBABLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONAL PEOPLE COMING THAT WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE COME TO THE AREA FOR BOTH TOURISM AND FOR CORPORATE HOSPITALITY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, A LITTLE HISTORY.
UH, I USED TO WORK FOR UNITED TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH WAS RE ORIGINALLY UNITED AIRCRAFT AND 90 YEARS AGO, UNITED AIRCRAFT, UNITED AIRLINES AND BOEING WERE ALL THE SAME COMPANY.
IN FACT, UNITED WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY BOEING.
SO I REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE HISTORY.
SO 90 YEARS AGO, UNITED HAD 60 PILOTS.
THEY'RE BASICALLY IN THE, UH, AIR CARGO BUSINESS.
AND, UM, THEY DID THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS.
BOARDING DAILY WAS ABOUT 25 AND IT TOOK FOUR OR FIVE DAYS TO FLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO THERE WERE PROBABLY A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ROUTE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME.
THE STEWARDESSES WERE REGISTERED NURSES AND THE HUBS ARE THE SAME AS THEY ARE TODAY FOR THE MOST PART.
SO SOME, SOME INTERESTING HISTORY, BUT WE DO WELCOME UNITED.
LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH YOU.
AND THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
I SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE AIRPORT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND, UM, COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL.
AND NOW ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT PERSON I WANT TO INTRODUCE.
SHE'S KIND OF SNEAKING AWAY OFF THE SIDE THERE, BUT, UM, THE PERSON WHO I REFER TO AS THE NUMBER ONE CHEERLEADER FOR THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT IS LESLIE RICHARDSON.
I THOUGHT SHE SNUCK OFF WITH THEIR CREW.
SHE'S ALWAYS GETTING THE CREW MOVING AROUND TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, WHEN I MENTIONED TO LESLIE THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THESE EVENTS, SHE JUMPED UP AND BASICALLY JUST KIND OF PUSHED ME OUT OF THE WAY AND SAID I GOT THIS.
SHE IS THE BIGGEST CHEERLEADER FOR THE AIRPORT.
I'M SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HER IN A GROUP INVOLVED.
AND THE YACHT CLUB WAS HERE YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT IN AND THE FIRST DEPARTURE.
SO EVERYBODY GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING OF THAT SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WHEN THEY CAME TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THE ONES LEAVING.
CERTAINLY, UH, WE'LL MISS IT WHILE THEY'RE GONE, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK.
WELL, I HOPE YOU ALL GOT TO SEE MY STAFF HERE.
AND THEY HAVE MADE THE MOST INCREDIBLE CUPCAKES WITH H H H TWO I A D.
SO BE SURE YOU TAKE ONE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A COLLECTOR'S ITEM.
ANYWAY, I AM LESLIE RICHARDSON AND WE LOVE THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT.
WE ARE SO EXCITED AND MY DAUGHTER HAS JUST ACCEPTED A JOB IN WASHINGTON DC.
SO I PROMISE I WAS TALKING TO YOU YESTERDAY ABOUT SALES.
WE WILL BE GOING ON THIS FLIGHT SO MANY TIMES WE ARE SO EXCITED AND I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU, JOHN RAINBOWED AND HIS LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY BEEN AMAZING AND YOU HAVE DELIVERED ON ALL THE PROMISES YOU MADE.
I DID MENTION THIS IS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENTS, SO NO, THAT WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THE CHAMBER BEING HERE IN SAYING A FEW WORDS.
SO I WANT TO HAVE OUR CHAMBER PRESIDENT CEO, BILL MILES COME UP AND RIGHT AFTER BILL SPEAKS, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR RIBBON CUTTING AS WELL, BILL.
AND IT IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
AND WHEN YOU THINK BACK MAYBE A YEAR AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE WOULD'VE SAID APRIL 1ST, WE'LL BE AT THE AIRPORT ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR RIBBON CUTTING FOR UNITED.
SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST
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APRIL FOOL'S JOKE GOING.SO THE GREAT THING IS IT'S NOT.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO WELCOME UNITED AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT IN BELLA'S TO THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, FAMILY.
IT'S INDEED A PLEASURE TO HAVE, UH, YOU SERVICING OUR LOCAL AIRPORT HERE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS TO COME AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE WILL HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
NOT ONLY FOR OUR, OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS IS GREAT FOR OUR VISITORS, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A THRIVING COMMUNITY, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A VIBRANT AIRPORT.
AND THIS AIRPORT RIGHT NOW IS VIBRANT.
AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND FROM JOHN RAMBLE, HIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE COUNTY, THE TOWN, SO MANY PEOPLE, UH, HAVE HELPED THIS DAY COME TO FRUITION.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, WE THANK YOU.
WE SALUTE YOU AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE UNITED SERVICING HILTON HEAD ISLAND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, REFRESHMINTS OVER ON THE SIDE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS WITH THE FAA, THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND AERONAUTICS COMMISSION.
AND OF COURSE THE TOWN, THE COUNTY, I'M GOING TO THANK TSA.
NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK TSA, BUT THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT WITH US.
SO WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR FLEXIBILITY.
WE'LL DO PHOTOS UP FRONT AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY.