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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.CALLED TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT'S BOARD.
UH, IF YOU'LL ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLACE RIGHT PLEDGE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE RELIGIOU NATION, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY JUSTICE.
AND JUST TO VERIFY, MARK, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE LINE WITH US TODAY.
IF YOU CAN HEAR US, JUST SAY HELLO.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED IN, DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AS WE'VE DONE ON THE PAST.
EVERYBODY'S RECEIVED AN AGENDA, HOPEFULLY BY NOW YOU'VE ALL REVIEWED IT.
DOES ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, ADDITIONS, UH, TO THE CURRENT AGENDA? IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, UH, THAT WAS SENT OUT BY THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE.
ANY COMMENTS, CHANGES, CORRECTIONS TO OUR MINUTES? HEARING NONE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.
SECOND, OR LESLIE WAS QUICKER THAN I.
IS THE MOTION THE MOTION? CHRIS? THE MOTION IS THE SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, NOW LOOKING AROUND, I, I SEE WE HAVE NO, UH, PUBLIC TODAY.
UH, SO WE WILL SKIP PAST OUR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND WE'LL WRITE ONTO JOHN'S REPORT.
WELL, IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DATE CHANGE, BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS NORMALLY PACKED, ISN'T IT? HOWARD
PURELY A SCHEDULING ISSUE, HOWARD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH FEBRUARY ALREADY IN 2023.
SO IF YOU STILL HOLDING STRONG ON YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, GOOD JOB.
LET'S GET INTO THE REPORT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO POINT THIS THING AT YOU AT THAT.
NOW LET ME, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS ADVANCE AT ONE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE TO POINT IT.
DID THEY TELL US RIGHT OVER THERE? I'M GONNA POINT IT AT JIM.
I WOULD ASSUME IT'S OVER THERE BY THE COMPUTER, BUT YEAH, JUST, JUST, YOU'LL HAVE TO DO IT.
GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE IT ONE AND WE'LL SEE HERE.
JUST REAL QUICK, DEPARTMENT UPDATE.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GENERAL NOTES THIS MONTH, BUT, UM, STEVE AND I DID ATTEND THE, THE STATE CONFERENCE AT SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION ASSOCIATION THERE.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK, UM, WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY, NOON UP IN SPARTANBURG.
IT'S ALWAYS, THE STATE CONFERENCE IS ALWAYS AN, AN EXCELLENT CONFERENCE, NOT JUST FOR THE, THE CONTENT THAT THEY HAVE IN THE SESSIONS, UM, BUT ALSO JUST THE PERSONAL EN ENCOUNTERS THAT YOU HAVE THERE, THE FOLKS YOU RUN INTO AND WAS THERE AS WELL, REPRESENTING YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE, UH, AERONAUTICS COMMISSION CUZ SHE'S OUR COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT ONE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S EXHIBITORS AT THE, AT THE, UH, CONFERENCE AS WELL AS LOTS OF ATTENDEES WHO IT IS GONNA RUN INTO.
AND, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE LIKE OUR EMOS REPRESENTATIVES OF FOLKS WHO, WHO SUPPLIED THOSE BLOCKS FOR
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US AT EITHER END OF HILTON HEAD.THEY WERE THERE AND WE TALKED A FEW, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC PROJECT ITEMS WITH THEM.
CUZ OUR EMASS BEDS ARE, THEY'LL BE FIVE YEARS OLD IN MAY, SO WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO DO SOME TESTING ON THOSE BEDS.
UM, AND THEN DO SOME MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ON THOSE AS WELL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO IT'S GOOD TO TALK WITH HIM.
ALSO, RAN INTO SOME FAA FOLKS THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN INTO, UM, AS IN REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH WAS GOOD TO HAVE SOME FACETIME WITH THEM AND, UH, AND LET THOSE FOLKS KNOW WHAT OUR, OUR IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE, UH, AT, AT BOTH AIRPORTS, PRIMARILY HILTON HEAD.
AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ARE THERE AS WELL.
SO OUR TEAM OF ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS, UM, GET TOGETHER WITH US AND THE FAA STAFF AND GET A CHANCE TO TALK THROUGH PROJECTS.
SO THERE'S REALLY JUST NO REPLACEMENT, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THOSE, THOSE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS OR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S A PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THE CONFERENCE.
AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE, UH, DISCUSSION, YOU ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM OTHER AIRPORTS AND JUST FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE OTHER AIRPORTS ACROSS THE STATE.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY A GOOD TIME AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AS WELL.
UM, SO OUR NEXT THING I'M GONNA INSTITUTE EACH MONTH I'M GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO A MEMBER OF THE AIRPORTS TEAM, CUZ SOME OF YOU MAY RUN INTO FOLKS FROM TIME TO TIME AND, AND SOME OF YOU MAY NEVER ENCOUNTER ANY MORE OF OUR STAFF THAN YOU SEE AT THE MEETING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHO'S MAKING US SUCCESSFUL, WHO'S, WHO'S MAKING STEVE AND I LOOK GOOD BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE YOU, UM, TO ROBERT STREET AND, UH, ROB CAME TO US IN THE SUMMERTIME.
STEVE, I FORGET WHAT ABOUT SUMMERTIME? SUMMER.
UM, AND, UH, ROB'S AN ARMY VETERAN.
SO WE, WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NAVY PERSON.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, HE'S OUR ARMY GUY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE AIR FORCE FOLKS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF MARINES.
SO IF YOU'RE A NAVY PERSON OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A REALLY COOL JOB, COME TALK TO US AND WE'LL FIND A PLACE FOR AT THE AIRPORT.
HE'S, HE'S GOT A PRETTY INTERESTING BACKGROUND IN THE ARMY.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE DID, BUT PART OF HIS BIO SAYS THAT, THAT HE WAS IN, UH, BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ TRAINING COMMANDOS.
SO DON'T MESS WITH ROB, I THINK IS IS THE MESSAGE BEHIND THAT.
UM, BUT HE'S A, UH, HE'S VERY TECHNICAL, UM, VERY PERSONABLE.
UH, AND HE, HE'S ALREADY SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE HE WORKED FOR OVERHEAD DOOR BEFORE HE CAME TO US.
SO HE'S DONE A LOT OF, UH, PMS ON OUR HANGAR DOORS.
HE'S GONE THROUGH EACH ONE OF OUR HANGERS ABOVE AIRPORTS, CHECKED OUT DOORS.
UM, AND HE IS GOT A LIST OF THINGS THAT, THAT EITHER NEED TO BE DONE OR THINGS HE'S ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO, TO FIX ON THOSE DOORS.
AND HE ALSO KNOWS QUITE A BIT ABOUT OUR MECHANICAL GATES, WHICH ARE, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING MECHANICAL, YOU KNOW, THAT SOONER OR LATER, PROBABLY SOONER YOU CAN HAVE ISSUES WITH HIM.
AND THE GATES ARE DEFINITELY NO, YOU KNOW, NO DIFFERENT THERE.
SO HE IS BEEN A HUGE HELP TO THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ALL THAT STUFF AND, AND IN A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO CALL A CONTRACTOR TO COME UP AND FIX THINGS, ROB CAN HANDLE IT.
SO HE'S, HE'S BEEN A, A HUGE ASSET TO US, SAVED US TIME AND MONEY.
UH, AND SOMETIMES YOU STILL HAVE TO CALL A SPECIALIST TO COME IN, BUT AT LEAST ROB'S BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME DIAGNOSIS, UM, BEFOREHAND AND, AND IDENTIFY A PROBLEM.
SO HE'S BEEN A HUGE, UM, ASSET TO THE TEAM.
HE'S GOT A GREAT ATTITUDE AND, UH, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM AS, UM, KIND OF AS A, AS A NEW JOIN, A A KIND OF A LEADER OF OUR MAINTENANCE CREW OVER AT HILTON.
HAD A REALLY A, A SHARED ASSET BETWEEN THE TWO AIRPORTS.
HE'S POSING IN FRONT OF OUR, UH, OUR NEW FIRETRUCK.
SO, UM, BUT IF YOU SEE HIM OUT AND ABOUT, HE COULD BE AT EITHER ONE OF THE AIRPORTS FIXING SOMETHING, UH, BUT TAKE THE TIME AND SAY HI, TIM, HIM, AND, AND THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE DOES, CUZ SO FAR HE'S DEFINITELY EARNED HIS PAYCHECK WITH US, SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON THE TEAM.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT BUFORD EXECUTIVE.
AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, RIGHT AFTER OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WERE HAVING THE FLY IN THE, THE BREAKFAST CLUB FLY IN.
AND, UM, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, WE, WE HAVE SUN BEFORE THE EVENT AND AFTER THE EVENT, BUT NOT AT THE EVENT
SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THAT EVENT.
AND I ONLY HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO FLEW IN, BUT WE HAD, I THINK WE HAD PROBABLY 35 ISH PEOPLE WHO, WHO WERE THERE FOR THE BREAKFAST.
HAD SOME LOCALS WHO CAME IN AS WELL, WHICH WAS NICE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING WAS WE HELD THAT EVENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT COOL THAT DAY, IT WARMED UP AS, AS THE DAY WENT ON, BUT IT STARTED OUT A LITTLE BIT BREEZY AND, AND COOL.
SO EVERYBODY KIND OF MIGRATED INSIDE THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, ENJOY THAT RENOVATED TERMINAL AND EVERYBODY REALLY LIKED IT.
SEVERAL OF THE, THE FOLKS WHO FLEW IN HAD NOT BEEN THERE IN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WERE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE RENOVATIONS.
IT KIND OF GOT US ON THE MAP WITH THEM TOO, BECAUSE I, I THINK THEY'LL SPREAD THE WORD AT, AT HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS TO FLY INTO BEAUFORT, UH, AND TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
SO WE ARE DUE FOR A BEAUTIFUL, LIKE THREE OR FOUR DAY STRING OF SUNSHINE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND 75
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AIRPLANES.THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME.
IF WE HAVE A SUNNY, SUNNY COUPLE OF DAYS TOGETHER SO THE PILOTS CAN PLAN THAT, THAT WE COULD FILL THAT RAMP.
SO NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR, UM, THE NEXT ONE THERE TERMINAL IS A VENUE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A STAFF AND I KIND OF JUST WANNA GET YOUR BUY-IN AS A BOARD ON THIS WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
THIS IS SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING.
UM, AND THIS IS, THESE WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
UM, ONCE WE GET IT ALL DONE, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE YOU OUT THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
BUT WE, WE HAVE COMPLETELY RENOVATED THAT FACILITY INSIDE AND NOW OUTSIDE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GRANT FUNDS AS WE'VE DESCRIBED IN THE PAST.
BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY A COUPLE OF GROUPS WHO, WHO THOUGHT THAT'D BE A REALLY COOL PLACE TO HAVE A, A SMALL, KIND OF AN INTIMATE, UM, GATHERING.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY BE A, A NONPROFIT BOARD THAT DOES AN ANNUAL MEETING.
IT COULD BE WHO KNOWS, A, UH, A BABY REVEAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY MAY DO, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE 50 TO 60 PEOPLE BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR.
YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE OUT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN AREA THAT'S FORMED UP WITH SOME LUMBER THERE.
WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THE PATIO OUT THERE.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE AREA, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE KIND OF PORTABLE SHADE THAT GOES OVER THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA EXTEND THE ROOF CUZ THE ROOF THAT'LL KIND OF MESS UP THE ROOF LINE.
BUT THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE A REAL NICE PLACE TO HAVE SOME OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE, HAVE SOME LIGHTING OUT THERE.
JUST MAKE IT A REALLY, REALLY NEAT SETTING.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP, SO YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE COOLER THAN, THAN HAVING A GLASS OF WINE AND, AND SEEING AIRPLANES, YOU KNOW, 50 FEET FROM YOU.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A NO SMOKING RULE OUT THERE THOUGH,
WE THINK THAT IT COULD REALLY BE AN INTERESTING, NOT JUST A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT A, A GREAT WAY TO GENERATE INTEREST AND, AND JUST OPEN UP THOSE GATES.
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THESE, THESE, THESE AIRPORTS ARE THE COMMUNITY'S AIRPORTS.
LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE FENCES AROUND THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE WILDLIFE, NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT.
UH, WE DO HAVE OUR SECURITY CONCERNS OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE HANDLE THAT.
BUT WE WANT FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR AIRPORTS.
SO WE THINK THIS WOULD BE A FANTASTIC WAY TO, TO OPEN UP YOU FOR EXECUTIVE NOW THAT IT IS MUCH MORE OF AN EXECUTIVE FEEL THERE.
UM, AND, AND HAVE IT OUT THERE AS A VENUE.
SO INTERESTED IN ANY FEEDBACK THAT, THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
I'M, I'M WORKING TOGETHER WITH LEGAL.
WE'LL JUST KIND OF WRITE OUR OWN INTERNAL POLICY ON THAT.
UM, BUT INTERESTED TO, TO FIND OUT WHAT THE BOARD FEELS ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU CAN EITHER DO IT NOW OR YOU CAN HIT ME ON THE WAY
THAT WAS AN INVITATION FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
JOHN, IF YOU'RE INVITING A QUESTION OR TWO.
UM, I COMMEND YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, BUFORD, AND BRINGING IT MORE INTO THE PUBLIC EYE.
HOW MUCH UTILIZATION IS THERE OF THE COURTESY CARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE? IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS OUT.
IS THERE, IS THERE A TRACKING ON THAT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO ADD TO THE FLEET? WE PROBABLY COULD.
WE ACTUALLY WERE DISCUSSING THAT YESTERDAY.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S A VERY POPULAR ITEM FOR ANYBODY WHO FLIES IN AND OUTTA GA AIRPORTS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU ASK OR YOU CHECK BEFORE YOU GO, DO YOU HAVE A COURTESY CAR BECAUSE YOU, YOU EITHER HAVE A MEETING GO TO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME FOOD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT IS OUT NONSTOP ON A DAY LIKE THIS WITH DECENT WEATHER.
IT'LL BE OUT ALL DAY TODAY AND AN IN AND OUT.
WE, WE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT CAN GO OUT, BUT IT'S CONSTANTLY BACK AND FORTH.
AND DO WE MARKET THAT IN ANY WAY? UM, JUST I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON OUR AIR NAV LISTING OR NOT, BUT IT IS.
IT'S FOUR FLIGHT AND CARMEN PILOT.
AND AGAIN, COMPLIMENTS ON TRYING TO BRING SOME PRIVATE OR SEMI-PRIVATE MEETINGS.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT YOU WILL BE ADDRESSING THE SECURITY ISSUES.
UH, YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AT A MEETING OF THAT NATURE.
THE AVAILABILITY FOR THEM TO GET TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT WOULD SCARE ME A LITTLE BIT.
AND, AND PART OF THE UPGRADES WILL BE A CAMERA SYSTEM AND THAT KIND OF THING TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDRESSED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ANY GROUP THAT COMES IN IS GONNA BE BRIEFED ON, UH, WHAT THE RULES REGULATIONS ARE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL POST SOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE FOR EVENTS BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, IT IS, THIS IS THE AIR SIDE, SO YOU DO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE APRON.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST HAVE SOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO.
AND, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL, WE'LL VET THE GROUPS THAT, THAT COME OUT THERE.
I KNOW THE IDEAS IN ITS INFANCY, BUT IF A GROUP APPROACHES, UH, YOUR OFFICE, IS THERE A FEE FOR AN EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE AIRPORT? HAS A FEE, UH, SCHEDULED, BEEN ESTABLISHED YET OR THOUGHT ABOUT? ALL RIGHT.
NO, THAT SCHEDULE HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED YET.
CAUSE WE HAD A, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY BEFORE, WE HAD A DECENT, A FEW DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT MET KIND OF REGULARLY OUT THERE.
AND, AND THOSE CHRIS, THOSE WERE MORE, UM, I
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KNOW WE HAD A, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT MET OUT THERE.UM, SO WE HAD SOME GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHO MET THERE.
YEAH, WE HAD SOME, DIDN'T WE HAVE A A, A CHURCH EVENT? YEP.
THEY STILL, WE HAVE A CHURCH GROUP THAT STILL MEETS OUT THERE ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS.
UH, BUT WE OPEN UP THE WHOLE PLACE TO THEM CUZ THEY'VE EXPANDED BEYOND THE, THE INITIAL THEY WERE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM BEFORE THEY HAVE MORE PEOPLE, WHICH I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SO THEY'VE EXPANDED INTO THE LOBBY.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME INTERESTS THERE.
UM, THIS WE'RE KIND OF SEEING AS A, UH, YOU KNOW, WINE AND CHEESE KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, A NEAT EVENING VENUE.
UM, GOD BLESS HIM IN SAND THAT SEASON.
BUT, UM,
BUT WE THINK IT COULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING VENUE ADDRESSING YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION.
I THINK THE PATIO'S A GREAT IDEA.
I CAN, I CAN PICTURE SOME BISTRO TABLES OUT THERE AND PEOPLE LEANING UP AGAINST THE TABLES.
ANYBODY ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? NO, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE QUITE A BIT.
UM, SO I'VE JUST KIND OF SEEN IT IN STAGES.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN, UM, FUN TO KIND OF WATCH IT ALL LOOKING.
CAN YOU CLICK TO THE NEXT ONE? YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE AIRSIDE LOOKS LIKE.
SO I, I KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT LITTLE RAIN GARDEN.
WE'VE GOT ONE ON EACH SIDE IN THE FRONT OF THE AIRPORT.
AND WHAT WE DID, WE, WE REPLACED ALL THE GUTTERS ON THE BUILDING TOO.
THEY WERE GETTING, GETTING OLDER.
SO WE HAD SEAMLESS GUTTERS ACROSS THE BOTH SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE TIE THE DOWNSPOUTS TOGETHER.
THEY USED TO JUST KIND OF HAVE SPLASH BLOCKS AND RUN ACROSS THE LAWN.
AND THE PROBLEM OUT THERE YOU CAN SEE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A SLOPE THAT GOES DOWN TOWARDS THE APRON.
AND, AND THAT HILL AFTER IT RAINED, I SWEAR WOULD, WOULD WEEP ONTO THE APRON FOR A WEEK AFTER.
AND WE JUST CONSTANTLY HAD SOME MOISTURE DOWN THERE.
SO, UH, WE WORKED WITH THE LANDSCAPE FOLKS AND CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO DO KIND OF A, A RAIN GARDEN.
SO THOSE ROOF DRAINS NOW ARE CONNECTED AND THEY, THEY WILL GO INTO THESE, IT'S, IT'S A PIT UNDERNEATH THOSE, THOSE PLANTS.
BUT THESE ARE PLANTS THAT LIKE TO BE IN A, IN A WET ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE THE STORM WATER.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT, UM, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE UTILITARIAN AND, AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE.
AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE FRONT SIDE OR THE, THE LAND SIDE.
SO THIS IS A, AS YOU WALK IN, AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T ALL MUL, IT'S NOT DONE, THIS IS LAST NIGHT AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
UM, BUT NOW IF YOU REMEMBER WALKING UP THAT SIDEWALK BEFORE THE FRONT DOOR, YOU BASICALLY JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GRASS AND AND STUFF ON EITHER SIDE OF IT.
UM, SO NOW YOU'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE BEDS, PLANTED BEDS ON EITHER SIDE OF YOU AS YOU WALK UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU SEE THE AREA WITH A LITTLE RETAINING WALL.
THERE'S KIND OF A LITTLE PLANTER AREA THERE.
UM, SO ONCE THAT GETS ALL FILLED IN AND, AND STARTS TO MATURE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE APPROACH UP TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BUILDING AND THE, ALL THE DOORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A LOT AND YOU GOTTA PULLING THAT DOOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU USED TO CUZ THEY ACTUALLY SEAL NOW.
BUT, UM, SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT AND CAN'T WAIT TILL IT'S COMPLETE.
WE ARE DOING, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE FOR A, UH, A CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS AT THE END OF APRIL.
AND UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DO A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE SAME TIME OF THE, THE NEW RENOVATED FACILITY.
SO DO YOU HAVE A DATE ON THAT APRIL ON THAT? IT'S 28TH.
WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL SEE IF YOU MAKE A NOTE, I'M ALMOST SURE THAT IT'S THE 28TH, BUT, UM, WE'LL HAVE A NICE EVENING EVENT OUT THERE.
THEY USUALLY ABOUT 5, 5 30, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY LAST FOR AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPONSORSHIPS THERE TOO.
SO IF YOU OWN A LOCAL BUSINESS, EXPECT TO GET A PHONE CALL.
SO WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR YOUR MONEY,
WE HAVE ANY MORE ON A W I THINK THAT'S IT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BEEN UPDATING THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, I LIKE SOME PICTURES OUT THERE AND I LIKE THE UPDATES, SO.
I THINK MARLENE'S DOING THAT, RIGHT? HE'S LIKING SHARE THOSE.
YOU AND MARLENE DOING THAT? YES.
I'M NOT GOOD AT FACEBOOK UNLESS I'M MAKING FUN OF MY KIDS.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THERE? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE FOR A W LET'S CLICK, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE A VIEWER HERE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR, BUT, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE A W BEFORE WE MOVE OVER TO HILTON THEN? SO ONE MAYBE COMMENT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
UH, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOSTING A, UH, A BOARD MEETING EITHER AT A R W OR A HILTON HEAD? YOU KNOW, WE USED TO DO THAT, NICK.
UM, AND THEY USED TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE AIRPORTS, BUT THEN YEARS AGO, I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY THE MID TWO THOUSANDS.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, ANNE? YEAH.
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WHOLE, EVERYBODY'S ON TV FOR EVERY MEETING HAPPENED WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE, THE COUNTY CHANNEL AND ALL THE WHOLE TRANSPARENCY.AND SO THAT KIND OF CHANGED HOW WE DID THAT.
AND THERE WASN'T AS MUCH ROOM FOR A PUBLIC VENUE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PEOPLE NEEDED PLACE TO SIT
BUT ANYWAY, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WORTH TAKING BACK UP.
I WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO MEET AT HILTON HEAD THOUGH.
AND, AND A OR W YOU'VE GOT THE LOBBY.
I MEAN WE JUST, WE DON'T HAVE A BIG GATHERING SPACE SO TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE ENOUGH OR ABOUT YOU GUYS AND THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE TO MEET OVER THERE.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE A CONFERENCE ROOM IN THAT SIGNATURE'S, GOT A LITTLE CONFERENCE ROOM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A BIG ONE.
IT WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR US, BUT IT WOULD NOT FIT PUBLIC.
YEAH, EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE ONE AT HILTON HEAD, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE THAT FINISHED.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT.
UM, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY DID BY PUTTING IT IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WAS TO TRY TO GIVE THE COMMUNITIES A, A SENSE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO WANT TO ATTEND.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB.
ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT HERE? W ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT HILTON HEAD A LITTLE BIT, FEW MORE BULLETS HERE JUST CUZ UH, I HAD A FEW SPRING CLEANING ITEMS, OR PRETTY SPRING CLEANING ITEMS GOING ON THERE.
UM, THIS WAS WORTHY, I, I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OR PUT A PICTURE ON HERE FOR THE TERMINAL ROOF.
BUT WE, WE HAD THAT POWER WASH A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS, IT DIDN'T, IT LOOKED DIRTY, BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT DIRTY UNTIL YOU STARTED WASHING IT.
SO THE BUILDING IS, IS MUCH NICER LOOKING TO HAVE THE WHOLE FRONT OF IT PRESSURE WASH IN ADVANCE OF THE, THE SEASON.
SO SPRING BREAK WILL KICK OFF HERE ANY DAY.
IF YOU HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE ISLAND ON HILTON HEAD THIS WEEK, YOU'LL REALIZE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS JUST OUT OF CONTROL.
IT JUST STARTED THIS WEEK AND IT IS CRAZY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I ALWAYS SAY THE, THE ISLAND DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF MARKETING ITSELF, SO WE NEED TO GET A FEW MORE CARS OFF THE ROAD AND GET A FLYING IN.
BUT THE TURMO IS LOOKING A LOT BETTER NOW ON THE FRONT.
AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET THERE TALKING ABOUT THE AIRSIDE PAINTING THAT'S BEING LINED UP AS WELL SO THAT ALL THE EXPOSED STEEL ON THE, ON THE AIR SIDE OF THE BUILDING WILL GET CLEANED UP AS WELL BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THAT WHOLE ROOM'S GONNA BE THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S BEING USED AS A WHOLE ROOM, IT'S STILL GONNA BE THERE.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST VISUAL IMPRESSION THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING OF THE ISLAND WHEN THEY TAXI UP TO THE GATES.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLEAN THAT UP AND MAKE SURE IT LOOKS GOOD.
UM, NEXT ITEM IS RUBBER REMOVAL AND PAINTING ON THE RUNWAY.
AND THAT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF OUR INSPECTION COMMENTS WE HAD LAST YEAR.
UM, OUR RUBBER REMOVAL JUST KEEPS GETTING DELAYED, SO WE KEEP TRYING TO GET THAT SCHEDULED AND SOON AS WE DO THAT, THEN WE CAN REFRESH THE PAINT OUT THERE.
SO THAT'LL GET, THAT'LL GET SQUARED AWAY SOON.
TOMORROW IS THE, UH, TRI-ANNUAL SO THAT EVERY THIRD YEAR WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE FAA TO DO A LIVE RF DRILL AT THE AIRPORT.
AND WITH THAT WE COORDINATE WITH O SAY WE, IT'S REALLY, UH, CHIEF WHO DOES THIS.
HE COORDINATES WITH ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING ENTITIES.
COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, HILTON, THAT ISLAND FIRE RESCUE TO THE FBI.
EVERYBODY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SCENARIO IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT, NOT EVERYBODY WILL NECESSARILY BE AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FOLLOWING IN THEIR PLAYBOOK.
THE KEY PLAYERS WILL BE OUT ON THE AIRPORT, WILL HAVE A SIMULATED INCIDENT OUT THERE.
UM, THERE WILL BE FIRE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT ON, UH, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD LETS US USE THEIR EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAVE A NICE, UM, HELICOPTER, UH, FUSELAGE THAT'S, UM, PROPANE FED.
SO THE GUYS ACTUALLY GET TO FIGHT FIRE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CASUALTY SCENARIO THAT'S GOING, GETS RUN THROUGH.
AND SO THE, THE EMS FOLKS, UM, HILTON HEAD ISLAND FIRE RESCUE WILL GO THROUGH THEIR, THEIR TRIAGE PROCEDURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S AS REAL LIFE AS IT CAN BE, UM, WITHOUT HAVING AN, AN ACTUAL INCIDENT OUT THERE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PROBABLY CHALK TALK IT FOR A GOOD WHILE TOO AND THEN JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER ADMIN PROCEDURES THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN IN AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS IF, IF IT'S A COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE WITH, YOU KNOW, 70 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND YOU HAVE CASUALTIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CASUALTIES, WELL HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU REUNIFY ALL THOSE PEOPLE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? CUZ YOU KNOW THAT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, EVERYONE IS GONNA SHOW UP AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE AIRPORT ASKING QUESTIONS.
ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE MANAGEMENT OF AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS.
SO WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CHALK TALKED THROUGH ALL OF THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'S A PRETTY INVOLVED DEAL.
UM, CHIEF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
HE'S GOT EXTRAORDINARY BUY-IN FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND FIRE AND RESCUE AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT I THINK CHIEF'S TAKEN IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF THEM FOR DOING THAT.
UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COUNTY CHANNEL OUT THERE, RIGHT? DID WE CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE COMING OUT? SURE THEY DID.
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CHECK AND SEE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF REASONS TO HAVE THE COUNTY CHANNEL OUT THERE IF THEY CAN MAKE IT.NUMBER ONE IS IT'S, IT MAKES FOR SOME REALLY GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNTY TO SHOW THE TRAINING AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A SPORTS TEAM, IT ALLOWS OUR GUYS TO GO BACK AND WATCH THAT FILM AND, AND SEE HOW THEY DID.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF NOT ONE OF US WILL BE OUT THERE WITH THE IPHONE AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR 'EM ON THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION.
AND YOU RAISED SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, SOMETIMES UNFORTUNATELY SOCIAL MEDIA'S THERE AND IF WE, ARE WE ADVISING PEOPLE THAT IF SOMEONE HAPPENS TO BE THE, THE FIRE DRILL AND, AND THEY GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY START CRAPPING AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA AND CREATE A, AN IDEA THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I'M NOT SURE I'LL, I'LL CHECK ON THAT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL LET'S, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SAY IF, IF YOU'RE LANDING AND YOU SEE SOMETHING OR DRIVING BY OR AT THE RECYCLE CENTER OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UH, PEOPLE TEND TO JUMP INTO THINGS WITHOUT LOOKING, ASKING, OR REALLY SEEING AND EXACTLY RIGHT.
YEAH, WE'LL PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND NOTEMS WILL GO OUT ON THE AIR SIDE AS WELL.
THAT WAY THE PILOT'S FLYING IN.
THANK YOU STEVE NOTUMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY, THE FOLKS ON THE AIRFIELD ARE USED TO SEEING THE RESCUE VEHICLES GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH LIGHTS ON BECAUSE WE DO ASSIST IN A LOT OF MEDEVACS.
AND THEN ANYTIME THEY'RE EVEN DOING AN INSPECTION ON THE AIRFIELD, THEY'VE GOT THE LIGHTS ON AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON THING, BUT IF THEY SEE 'EM STOP AND DISPENSE, YOU KNOW, WATER ONTO SOMETHING, THEY MIGHT WONDER.
ALTHOUGH AGAIN, CHIEF HAS DONE, HE, THEY TRAIN, THEY LIVE TRAIN ALL THE TIME NOW.
SO IF YOU'RE AT THE AIRFIELD, YOU'LL SEE THAT TRUCK RUN A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK AND ACTUALLY PUT WATER OUT THERE, WHICH IS, IT'S GOOD.
SO, AND THEY'RE KEEPING THE GRASS GROWING.
KEEP OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS BUSY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE NEW FIRER IN THERE.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT TWO TRUCKS, TWO BIG TRUCKS.
WE CAN MEET OUR INDEX WHILE PUTTING A TRUCK IN THE PARADE.
UH, WE'VE WANTED TO DO IT FOR YEARS AND REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE ON MARCH THE 12TH.
UM, IT'S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SO WE WILL BE, WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS ON THE TRUCK.
JOHN, UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ME ON THE TRUCK.
THERE COULD BE A LEPRECHAUN ON TOP.
UM, THERE WON'T BE ANY GREEN BEER ON THE TRUCK THOUGH,
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, THE GOLF SPONSORSHIP.
THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS APPROACHED BY JACK SCHULER.
SOME OF YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW JACK FROM THE AIRPORT.
UM, HE'S DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE AND SO THEY DO A, UH, I GUESS IT'S A PRO-AM GOLF TOURNAMENT.
AND SO WE'RE A BIRDIE LEVEL SPONSOR, WHICH IS A HIGHER LEVEL SPONSOR.
WELL, ACTUALLY WE GET TWO FOLKS TO TWO ENTRANCE AS WELL.
SO TWO OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE GONNA PLAY AND THEY'LL GET MASHED UP WITH SOME LOCAL PROS TOO, WHICH SHOULD BE FUN FOR THEM.
UM, THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO PLAY, AND I LET 'EM KNOW THAT MY HANDICAP IS GOLF
SO THEY, THEY QUICKLY ASKED ME IF ANYBODY ELSE MIGHT BE INTERESTED,
UM, SO WE'RE DOING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
I THINK IT GIVES US GREAT EXPOSURE AS A LOCAL EVENT THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WE GET ASKED A QUESTION, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR LOCAL MARKETING? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL SERVICE AT THE AIRPORT.
SO THESE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE'LL DO TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND OH, BY THE WAY, WE'VE GOT SOME, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL SERVICE AS WELL.
SO WE DO IT AS A BUDGET ALLOWS, BUT WE FELT THAT THESE TWO HAD, UH, PRETTY GOOD BANG FOR THE BUCK AS WELL.
UM, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE RBC HERITAGE COMING UP TOO.
THERE'LL BE ADVERTISEMENTS, UH, FROM, WE DID BUY SOME TV TIME FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU'LL SEE US ON NATIONAL TV, UM, KUDOS TO ROCIO FOR THE NEXT ONE.
UM, WE'VE, SHE MADE UP 60 SOME LITTLE BAGS OF, OF CANDY AND GOODIES AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WENT AROUND AND, AND DELIVERED THOSE TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF ALL THE TEAMS WITHIN THE TURMOIL.
SO EVERYBODY FROM THE AIRLINES TO TSA TO OUR CLEANING CREW, UH, WERE TREATED WITH A, UH, A VALENTINE'S DAY TREAT LAST WEEK.
UM, AND THANKS TO ROCIO FOR, UH, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS, YOU KNOW HOW IT IS AT HOME, THEY ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE BEST IDEA.
SHE'S ALREADY THINKING ABOUT EASTER.
I'M NOT WEARING A BUNNY OUTFIT,
UM, BUT SHE'S COMING UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST LET THOSE TENANTS KNOW THAT, THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM AND IF WE CAN HELP THEM HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE WHEN OUR CUSTOMERS COME IN, THEN OUR CUSTOMERS FEEL BETTER.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FEEL AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO BE EFFECTIVE, BUT WE WANT THE CUSTOMERS TO REMEMBER HOW THEY FELT.
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EMOS.
UM, SO WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT AT FIVE YEARS IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO
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FIELD STRENGTH TESTS OF THOSE.YOU HAVE, BASICALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE SOME CORE SAMPLES, YOU ANALYZE THOSE AND SEVERAL OTHER, UM, TESTS THAT THEY DO AT BOTH ENDS OF THE AIRPORT.
AND THAT WILL JUST TELL US IF THOSE BEDS ARE, ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR EXPECTED, UH, EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL, FIVE YEARS IN.
AND THEY HAVE A, IS IT A 10 YEAR LIFE SPAN OR 20 A 10-YEAR LIFESPAN, 10-YEAR LIFESPAN UNTIL YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY UPGRADING, CHANGING OUT SOME BLOCKS.
UM, AND WHERE YOU TYPICALLY GET THE MOST WEAR IS A FRONT FEW ROWS OF BLOCKS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF JET BLAST.
THERE'S A JET, THERE'S A BLAST DEFLECTOR AT THE VERY TOE OF THE SLOPE, UH, OF THAT BAD BUTT.
IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
SO YOU END UP GETTING SOME, SOME SEAM WEAR OFF, SOME SEAM SEAL WEAR OFF ON THAT.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'LL GET THOSE TESTS DONE, WE'LL FIND OUT THE RESULTS, AND THEN THAT WILL ROLL US INTO PROBABLY A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
SO THAT'LL BE THE BIG ONE WHEN WE FIGURE THAT OUT.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST ONE.
I HAD A MEETING, UM, TUESDAY ABOUT PROJECT CLOUD, WHICH IS THAT ONE WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE, THE FAR NORTH END.
IT'S KIND OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT, CURRENTLY NOT ON AIRPORT PROPERTY, IT'S OFF PROPERTY.
BUT THERE'S A DEVELOPER WHO'S WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THEY, THEY'RE STARTING TO REALLY GET THEIR, THEIR GAME FIGURED OUT.
I THINK THEIR BUSINESS HAS, HAS GROWN SINCE WE FIRST STARTED TALKING.
UM, AND IT'S ENCOURAGING HOW THEY'VE GROWN.
SO WE MET WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ALSO FROM THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOLKS WHO, THEY'RE NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE HAT THAT THEY WEAR FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ENTITIES.
UM, AND THE DEVELOPER THIS WEEK AND JUST TALK THROUGH SOME MORE OF THE PROJECT AND, AND WHAT IT'S KIND OF TRANSFORMED INTO.
AND IT'S BE, I THINK IT'S BECOMING PRETTY EXCITING.
SO WE HAD TO GIVE THEM SOME, SOME ASSIGNMENTS TO GO BACK AND PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MEAT ON THE BONE OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BUT THE TOWN FOLKS, THE COUNTY FOLKS ALL SEEM TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THE CONCEPT.
SO WE'LL WAIT FOR SOME MORE INFORMATION COME BACK.
AND THEN I THINK THE FIRST STEP, UM, ONCE THAT INFORMATION IS LOOKING GOOD, THE FIRST STEP WILL BE TO, TO PROBABLY ENGAGE, UM, TOWN COUNCIL FIRST SINCE IT'S ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND JUST GET THEIR, THEIR BUY-IN AND, UM, AND THEN MOVE ON FROM THERE.
SO ONCE WE GET TO THAT STAGE, I'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BRIEF YOU WITH A FEW MORE DETAILS OF WHO AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY THAT INVOLVES, BUT IT'LL BE, UH, IT, IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE A, A PRETTY GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK, JOHN, THERE ARE TWO PARCELS AT THE, AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT.
UH, TWO DIFFERENT, AS I UNDERSTAND, TWO DIFFERENT OWNERS OF THE PARCELS.
WHICH PARCEL ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BOTH PARCELS? WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST TWO, AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TAX MAP, BUT ONE IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND THE DEVELOPER HAS AN OPTION ON THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS ACTUALLY TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND PROPERTY.
AND THAT PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED YEARS AGO BY THE TOWN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT FITS IN VERY NICELY WITH THE CONCEPT.
UM, I THINK IT'S JUST ONE PARCEL.
IT'S IT'S SEPARATED BY A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT GOES THROUGH.
SO THE DEVELOPER HAS SOME WORK TO DO WITH THE CORE OF ENGINEERS AS WELL, SO THEY CAN TRY AND CROSS THAT DITCH, BUT AS LONG AS THEY CAN CAN BRIDGE THAT, UM, THEN THAT OPENS UP SOME MORE ACREAGE FOR THEM AND IT MAKES THEIR, THEIR LARGER PROGRAM WORK, WHICH IS MORE BENEFICIAL.
QUESTIONS ON THAT? THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
SO JOHN, THIS IS A VAGUE MEMORY FROM WHEN THE RUNWAY WAS EXPANDED AND THE EMOS WAS INSTALLED.
I THOUGHT I RECALLED THAT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AT THAT TIME ABOUT THAT PROCESS BEING CONTINUED IN THE FUTURE.
AND I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOU TALK TO THEM AT THE CONFERENCE.
AND YOU HAVE A GOOD MEMORY, JIM.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AS WE WERE PROCURING THOSE BLOCKS TO INSTALL, OR MAYBE JUST AFTER WE PROCURED THEM, I HAD THEM INSTALLED THE ORIGINAL COMPANY, ZODIAC AEROSPACE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEY DID NOT PRODUCE BLOCKS ANYMORE.
WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, WE KIND OF KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE GROUP THAT PRODUCES THESE BLOCKS.
THEY CHANGED SOME NAMES, THEY CHANGED SOME PEOPLE.
THEY GOT THE INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS TRANSFERRED, PRESERVE, WHATEVER THEY HAD TO DO.
AND NOW IT'S CALLED RUNWAY SAFE.
WE DEAL WITH THE SAME PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME BLOCKS, THEY JUST HAVE A NEW LOGO.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW COMPANY THAT OWNS THEM.
BUT ALL THE INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS ARE THERE.
UM, ALL THE, THE PROJECT, ALL THE MANUFACTURING RIGHTS IN THAT ARE STILL, UM, STILL SOLID FOR THEM.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PRODUCTS NOW.
SO BACK WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS, UH, THE DESIGN FOR THE EMOS BEDS, THERE WAS A SECOND PRODUCT THAT WAS IN DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK ONE HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED AT CHICAGO MIDWAY.
AND IT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT JUST LIKE THE, THE EMOS, BUT IT'S MADE WITH EMULSIFIED RECYCLED GLASS.
SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PRODUCT, BUT SAME CONCEPT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO, TO
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AT LEAST STUDY IN THE FUTURE.YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANALYZE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME WE, WE GET AROUND TO THIS.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THROUGHOUT THE, THE DRAMA THERE, IT ENDED UP THAT NOW THEY'RE CALLED RUNWAY SAFE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PRODUCT.
SO WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND LET MY WIFE KNOW MY MEMORY'S GOOD
AND THEN THEY EXTRAPOLATE THAT INFORMATION ACROSS THE BED.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL SAMPLE BLOCKS FROM DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND THEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT DEPTH OF BLOCKS THERE CUZ IT, IT'S ALMOST MM-HMM
SO AT THE BACK THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
SO I THINK WHAT THEY'LL DO IS, UM, THEY EXTRAPOLATE THE INFORMATION SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE BLOCKS ARE, ARE GENERALLY DOING.
IF THEY WERE TO TEST ONE THAT HAD A FATAL FLAUNTED, THEY CAN REPLACE THAT BLOCK.
SO A SINGLE ALL, THEY'RE ALL SIX BY SIX BLOCKS.
SO THOSE BLOCKS CAN EACH BE EXTRACTED.
IT'S NOT CLEAN BECAUSE THEY'RE CEMENTED DOWN.
UM, SO IT, IT'S A MESSY OPERATION, BUT IT, IT CAN BE DONE.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU HAD AN INCURSION.
YOU WOULDN'T REPLACE THE WHOLE BED.
YOU DON'T REPLACE THE BLOCKS THAT ARE DAMAGED.
SO IT IS AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR IF YOU HAVE AN INCURSION.
BUT, UM, IN THE EVENT OF A TEST, I THINK IT'D BE A ONE FOR ONE SWAP.
ANYTHING ELSE ON HILTON HEAD? IS THAT THE END OF THE SLIDES? THAT'S THE END OF THE SLIDES.
ARE YOU GONNA CONTINUE ON HILTON HEAD OR YOU MOVING ON? WELL, IT'S THE END OF MY SLIDES, SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
CAN WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS FOR THE TERMINAL WHERE WE ARE IN BIDDING? AND, UM, GREAT QUESTION.
UH, YES, THE PROJECT ARCHITECT WAS IN TOUCH WITH US THIS WEEK.
UM, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO PUTTING THAT BACK OUT FOR BID.
UM, THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS FIRST PART OF MARCH TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE THOSE BIDS.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT NOW TO GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS UPLOADED ONTO THE ONLINE SYSTEM.
UH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS, UM, RIGHT NOW THE 3RD OF MARCH, IT'S FRIDAY IS WHEN WE'D HAVE THOSE OUT FOR ADVERTISEMENT.
AND THEN IS THERE A 30 DAY OR SIX DAY DAY WINDOW FOR RESPONSES? OH, WHAT DO WE HAVE? I THINK IT'S SIX WEEKS.
CAUSE I THINK APRIL 19TH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS OUR TENTATIVE BID OPENING DATE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
I MEANT TO, TO MENTION THAT THE BIGGEST PROJECT
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'LL LET, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU CAN, I'LL STAY HERE CUZ I THINK WE HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS. YEP.
I DON'T RECALL ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS, THEY'D LIKE TO BRING BACK UP.
IF NOT, JOHN, WE'LL RIGHT BACK TO NEW BUSINESS.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS. SOME OF THESE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT FORWARD LOOKING, BUT I WANTED TO GET THEM TO YOU NOW IN CASE THINGS ACCELERATED.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, YOU HAD SOME BACKUP INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, AND I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OR STILL AS PART OF EXEC AIR, WHICH IS THE PRIVATE HANGAR COMMUNITY DOWN AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT AT HILTON HEAD.
UM, BUT THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF ONE OF THEIR PARCELS.
IT WAS A NICE RECTANGLE OR PARCEL.
UM, AND THAT PORTION BASICALLY BECAME DE FACTO AIRPORT PROPERTY WHEN WE DID THE TAX WEIGHT PROJECT BACK IN 2017.
AND THE REASON THAT HAPPENED IS WHEN THE TAX WAY GOT MOVED OVER THE LIGHTS, THE UTILITIES, THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE ALL HAPPENED IN THAT PARCEL.
SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH EXEC AIR, UM, I GUESS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING PART OR MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE MEMBERS BROUGHT THAT UP AND SAID, HEY, THAT'S, THAT'S STILL LISTED AS OUR PROPERTY, BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET THERE.
EVEN IF WE WANTED TO MOW THE GRASS, WE CAN'T DO THAT CUZ IT'S, IT'S IN THE ACTIVE ON THE ACTIVE AIRFIELD.
UH, AND I SAID THIS IS A WONDERFUL POINT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ACQUIRE THAT.
UM, THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFIDENT IN PUTTING IN NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER ON THE, UH, THE AGENDA HERE FOR YOU.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE WITH, UM, SOFT COSTS AND PROPERTY COSTS FOR LESS THAN $50,000.
SO AT SOME POINT POTENTIALLY BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS, WE'LL BE TRYING TO GET THAT INTO A COMMITTEE CYCLE FOR PURCHASE.
UM, SO I WANTED TO GET YOU YOUR, YOUR VOTE OF APPROVAL ON THAT.
SO WHEN WE DO END UP GOING TO COMMITTEE, ACTUALLY WE DON'T HAVE TO AT THAT DOLLAR LEVEL, BUT WHEN THE ADMINISTRATOR ASKED ME, HAVE YOU TAKEN THIS TO THE BOARD, WE CAN SAY THAT YOU'VE REVIEWED IT AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THAT ONE.
HA HAVE YOU AGREED ON THE PRICE YET OR IS THAT STILL PART OF THE NEGOTIATION? WE
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HAVEN'T MADE AN OFFER YET.SO WE'VE GOT THE, WE'VE GOT THE APPRAISAL FINISHED AND THE REVIEW APPRAISAL FINISHED.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET OKAY FROM ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE OFFER.
SO JOHN, DO YOU SEE ANY POTENTIAL NEW USE FOR THAT PROPERTY ONCE WE HOPEFULLY ACQUIRE IT? NO, WE'RE ALREADY USING IT.
WE'RE ALREADY USING IT AS A AIRFIELD, RIGHT? NO NEW CONSTRUCTION HANGERS OR ANYTHING.
IT'S IN BETWEEN, IT'S IN BETWEEN TWO TAXIWAYS.
SO IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND GIVING ME A POSITIVE VOTE ON THAT.
UH, I NEED, UH, LIKE SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A PORTION OF THE EXECUTIVE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE TAXI WAY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE AND I, I DO WANT TO TAKE THESE SEPARATELY JUST FOR PURPOSES OF, OF OUR MINUTES.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE APPLY FOR THESE, THESE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE HOSPITALITY GRANTS, AT LEAST ON THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX AT HILTON HEAD, THEY WANT TO SEE THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THE USE OF THOSE OR THE, THE APPLICATION FOR THOSE FUNDS.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO RELAY STEVE WHAT YOU THINK WE HAVE UP HERE? WOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE HAVING AN ART INTERPRETATION SESSION HERE, BUT EXCUSE ME FOR BEING DISTRACTED.
UM, SO THIS NEXT ONE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE APPLY EVERY YEAR FOR ACCOMMODATIONS TAX, UH, GRANT FUNDS FROM THE TOWN OF HILTON ISLAND.
AND WE DO THAT IN THE, USUALLY IT'S THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME.
SO I'M REALLY EARLY ON THAT, BUT I WANT TO GET THAT FINISHED NOW, GET IT IN OUR MINUTES, AND THEN IT'S EASY FOR ME TO PULL THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME THING WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE USE THOSE FUNDS FOR MARKETING AND ALL OF THOSE FUNDS, LET'S SEE, THOSE ARE ATACS.
SO ALL THOSE FUNDS ARE USED FOR OUT OF MARKET MARKETING, SO FOR INCOMING PASSENGERS.
SO WE'RE OUT IN NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, ALL THOSE PLACES DOING, UH, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE ADVERTISING WITH THOSE FUNDS.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A, AN APPROVAL ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION FOR THE, UH, AN APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLANDS ACCOMMODATION TAX, A TAX BAN FOR TOURISM AND MARKETING.
MOVE SECOND, RIGHT? NICK? WHO WAS THE SECOND? JIM AGAIN? JIM.
ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
BUT JIM, YOU'RE ALSO PAYING ATTENTION, SO I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE YOU HAVE A GREAT MEMORY AND AND YOU'RE JUST ON TOP OF THINGS TODAY.
NEXT ONE THERE IS, UM, SIMILAR BUT THIS IS FOR COUNTY HOSPITALITY TAX FUNDS AND THIS ONE WE, IF YOU MAY RECALL, WE USE AT BOTH AIRPORTS.
SO AT, UH, HILTON HEAD, WE USE THAT FOR LOCAL MARKETING.
UH, AND THEN AT, UH, BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE, WE'VE USED THAT TO LEVERAGE THE STATE GRANTS TO DO THE RENOVATIONS WE'VE DONE ON THE TURMOIL.
SO IMPORTANT FUNDS THERE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR.
BUT, UH, WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND GET THE BOARD ON RECORD FOR APPROVING OUR APPLICATION FOR THOSE FUNDS.
WHEN DO WE DO THAT? IN THE FALL, RIGHT? OR DECEMBER, NOVEMBER.
SO WE'RE WAY IN ADVANCE OF THAT, BUT I FIGURED IF WE'RE GONNA DO A TAX PLANS, WE'LL DO H TAX.
WE'LL OBTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE, UH, FOR THE OFFICE, THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TO APPLY FOR THE COUNTY HOSPITALITY TAX GRANT FOR TOURISM, UH, MARKETING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
TOM IS THE MOTION MAKER AND IS THE SECOND I'M GETTING ANY DISCUSSION.
I'M GETTING THE REPUTATION NO, TO THE PAST.
JIM, WE, UH, SUBPOENA MINUTES.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO AS WE DO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, MAYBE WE'LL PUT GAME SHOW BUZZERS IN FOR YOU GUYS.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, FOR GETTING A LITTLE MORE OF THE LOCAL MARKETING IN.
I THINK, I THINK IT WILL DO THE AIRPORTS A LOT OF GOOD AS WE GET DOWN THE TRACK.
UH, AND JUST, UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, ROIA, I NOTICED THAT BRIAN HAS LOGGED IN FOR TENNIS.
I NEED TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION, UH, WHICH I NOTED IN AN EMAIL A WEEK OR SO AGO.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE BOARD FROM NORTH OF THE BOARD.
A R W IAN HAS RESIGNED, UH, CITING WORK CONFLICTS FOR HIS POSITION ON THE BOARD.
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VACANCY.UH, AND RECENTLY A BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN ASKED TO STEP OFF THE BOARD BASED ON ATTENDANCE ISSUES.
SO I WANNA REMIND THE BOARD, UM, THAT THE COUNTY, THE FIRST, THE AIRPORT'S DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL ATTENDANCE REPORT BASED ON OUR ATTENDANCE AT EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND BASED ON THAT REPORT, INFORMATION IS REVIEWED AND THE COUNTY HAS THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY BOARD MEMBER IF THEY MISS MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE BOARD MEETINGS DURING THE YEAR.
OR THEY MISSED THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS DURING THE YEAR.
AND IN FACT, THAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, FOR A TRAY.
SO IT DOES CREATE A SECOND VACANCY ON THE A R W SIDE.
SO IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES WHO CAN FILL THOSE VACANCIES BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT THE COUNTY IS OUTLINED.
AND I'LL REFER YOU TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ARTICLE FIVE, WHICH LISTS THE CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD.
UH, PLEASE LOOK TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO RECRUIT THAT PERSON.
I KNOW THE VACANCIES ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE AS WELL.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE EXAMINING, WE HAVE NO VACANCIES CURRENTLY ON THE HILTON HEAD SIDE, ON THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD, ALTHOUGH I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LONGEST TIME I CAN REMEMBER.
UH, WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS THAT ARE ANXIOUS TO JOIN THE BOARD WHO WOULD FILL SOME OF THE CRITERIA, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR US.
SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FROM NORTH OF THE BROAD SO WE CAN FILL THOSE SEATS.
UM, WELL JUST, UH, SINCE PEOPLE MAY BE WATCHING ON, UH, FROM HOME, UM, WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT? BECAUSE TYPICALLY ONE IS A PILOT AND THEN WITHIN THREE MILES I DID NOT, I DID NOT BRING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH ME.
UH, BUT THEY'RE READILY AVAILABLE ON THE SITE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST AS BOARD MEMBERS WE GO VISIT THE COUNTY SITE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 11 SEATS, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE BOARD.
UM, IT IS, WELL, PLEASE DO THAT, YOUR CONVENIENCE SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I ALSO, UH, WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK NEXT MONTH FROM THE BOARD.
UH, I HAVE CONSIDERED WRITING TO THE COUNTY AND DISCUSSING WITH JOHN THE ELIMINATION OF SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR BROADENING THEIR SCOPE.
UH, IT GETS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND VOLUNTEERS TO FILL SEATS ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, ARE SOMEWHAT TIGHT.
SO I'D LIKE YOU TO EACH GO LOOK AT THE SITE, LOOK AT THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS, AND NEXT MONTH BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE WAY THEY'RE CURRENTLY STATED AND WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE SHOULD ASK THE COUNTY AND JOHN TO CONSIDER BROADENING THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED.
SO LITTLE HOMEWORK FOR EVERYBODY TO DEAL WITH.
MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, IF I CAN HELP, UM, I THINK JUST TO ANSWER CHRIS'S QUESTION, IF I RECALL, UM, THE, ONE OF THE POSITIONS IN, IN BU SAYS WITH IAN IS THE, UH, BOARD, UH, OR THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAMBER, BEFOR, REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THEY, THEY CAN PICK SOMEONE.
I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CHAMBER.
AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY REQUIREMENT.
THE OTHER ONE IS A, A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO'S AN AIRCRAFT OWNER BASED AT A R W.
CAN, CAN WE SWITCH WITH I, BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER ALREADY, PLUS I'M A PILOT.
WELL, LET'S, UM, WELL WE CAN DO, LET'S COORDINATE A COMPANY WITH ROSSI AND, AND WHAT WE, MAYBE WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO IS MAYBE WE CAN GET FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE JUST A ROSTER OF ALL, CUZ YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHICH SEAT YOU'RE IN.
WE'LL GET A ROSTER AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHICH OF THOSE SLOTS EACH OF YOU IS IN AND HAS.
DIDN'T BRING THAT COPY, BUT, AND SHE'S ALWAYS A STEP.
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST ACTUALLY, AND THEN I SWITCHED AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
IF THAT, YEAH, CUZ I MEAN, TO HELP TRY TO GET SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY.
SO IF THAT HELPS, WE'LL GET ROSSIO TO, TO HELP RUN THE NON-AVIATION OR NON-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES.
MEMBERS ARE REFERRED TO US PROXIMITY MEMBERS AND I THINK IT'S WITHIN TWO MILES OF ONE OF THE AIRPORTS.
WE GOING TO EXTEND THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, BUT I, THE SUGGESTION IS PLEASE REVIEW IT ONLINE AND NEXT ONE SPEAKING, LET'S BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT AND, AND I'LL SEE IF, IF I COULD ASK YOU, UM, TO TAKE A LOOK SOMEPLACE IN THE SYSTEM AND SEE IF YOU HAVE THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH OF US BASED ON HOW WE FIT THE CRITERIA.
IF YOU COULD SEND IT TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, WE HAVE IT HERE AFTER THE MEETING AS WELL.
I HAVE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UH, NO, I JUST HAVE A, WAS THAT, UM, UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, UH, WITH, UH, THE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT, WAS HE WORKING ON THE GATE MAYBE LAST WEEK OR A WEEK BEFORE? WAS THAT HIM? YES.
HE'S BEEN UP AT BUFORD EXECUTIVE SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO I KNOW THAT'S YOUR FAVORITE GATE.
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MY FAVORITE.HE HAD IT WORKING, DIDN'T HE? AND THEN IT BROKE AGAIN.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING OKAY THERE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND LIGHTNING, SO, OH, WHO KNOWS? THEN YOU GOT ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL NEW GATE, WHICH REMINDS YOU IT'S ANOTHER THANK YOU, JOHN, BECAUSE I THINK ADDING THAT TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS, INTRODUCING US TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF, OF YOUR OFFICE I THINK WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
DOWN THE ROAD AND VERY INFORMATIVE FOR US AS WELL.
AND IN CASE ANYBODY'S WONDERING IF YOU REMEMBER JOEL FROM A R W? YEAH.
UM, HIS BIRTHDAY WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND, SO I ALWAYS GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND HE VERY KINDLY TUESDAY MORNING WHILE I WAS AT WORK, SENT ME A PICTURE OF HIMSELF IN HIS BASS BOAT ON LAKE HARWELL SCOUTING OUT FOR THIS SATURDAY'S TOURNAMENT.
SO JOEL'S DOING JUST FINE JUST TO REPORT ON JOEL.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PORTION OF THE MEETING THAT ONCE AGAIN ENTERTAINS OUR CITIZEN COMMENT.
HEARING NONE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? IF NOT, UH, WE WILL CONSIDER THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AFTER REMINDING YOU THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH, 1:30 PM BACK IN THE HILTON HEAD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, PLEASE MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO ATTEND IN PERSON IF YOU CAN.
I NOTICED ON THE ATTENDANCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME A LOT, BUT I FEEL LIKE I NOT LISTEN.
UH, SO WITH THAT MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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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'S LIFE.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS EVOLVED NATIONALLY.
THE COUNTY UNIT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REGARDED AS A LOCAL EXTENSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 1970S LED TO THE 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.
BEFOR COUNTY WENT FROM HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A COUNTY COUNCIL.
MEMBERS OF THE 1975 COUNCIL INCLUDED CHAIRMAN ARTHUR HORN, VICE CHAIRMAN, GRADY THAMES, LEROY BROWN, GARY FORDHAM, WILLIAM GRANT, HARRIET KEISLING, 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 JURISDICTION'S 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 KELAND WAS A MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS HER IDEA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IDENTIFY OUR BEAUTIFUL BEAUFORD COUNTY.
WE MET THEN UP AT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A CAROLINA BANK, AND SOME YEARS AGO, BACK THERE ON WEST STREET, AND THEN WE PUT 'EM IN PILES.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, GOOD, BAD MAYBE UNTIL WE FINALLY
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GOT IT DOWN TO THE ONE THAT WE NOW USE.COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SEAL COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND NATURAL BEAUTY.
THE SEAL'S COLORS OF BLUE AND GREEN REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE COUNTY'S OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH ITS MANY WATERWAYS, MARSHLANDS, AND MARITIME FOREST.
THE FIVE IMAGES WITHIN THE SEAL DEPICTED 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 INLETS.
I THOUGHT IT ENCOMPASSED WHAT THE, WHAT WE AS A BODY WERE LOOKING FOR A SEAL THAT WOULD, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, IT REALLY COVERS THE ASPECTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WHOLE DEAR AND WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY.
COUNCILMAN BILL MCBRIDE WAS IN OFFICE WHEN THE CONTEST WAS HELD AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE COMMITTEE REVEALED THE WINNING DESIGN.
I THINK COUNCIL WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE, THE SEMIS ON THE SEAL REPRESENTED, UM, ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BU COUNTY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU HAVE THE SHRIMP BOAT TODAY.
INITIALLY, THAT WAS A PLEASURE CRAFT, A SAILBOAT YACHT TYPE BOAT, AND, UH, IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION, UM, OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ASPECT OF BU COUNTY LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON THE SEAL THAT REPRESENT THE PLEASURE AND RECREATION, THE FISHING AND THE BEACH.
SO THEY THOUGHT THE SHRIMP BOAT, WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF BU COUNTY CULTURE, SHRIMPING, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME, WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SEAL.
THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS AN ARTIST FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE LATE LEE PAYNE, WHOSE DESIGN WAS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 126 ENTRIES SUBMITTED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS INDIANA AND TENNESSEE.
HE WAS AWARDED $250 FOR HIS DESIGN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE CAPTURED THE LEGACY OF OUTDOOR BEAUTY, CULTURE, AND HISTORY THAT HELP TO DEFINE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
HEY GUYS, I'M ADAM FAR WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARIES, AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR NEW STREAMING SERVICE CALLED HOOPLA.
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