Aug 17, 2023 Airports Board

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED IN DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

UH, AS USUAL, EVERYBODY

[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

RECEIVED, UH, AN AGENDA.

ANY CORRECTIONS, CHANGES OR COMMENTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? UH, HEARING NONE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

UH, CHRIS AND, UH, MARK.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AGENDA PASSES.

UH, SAME

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

STORY ON THE MINUTES.

UM, MINUTES WAS SENT AROUND OF JULY MEETING ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS DISCUSSIONS ON ANY OF THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE WILL, UM, ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.

AND NICK, UM, IS THE MOTION MAKER AND, AND TOM? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

IF ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS ANY ISSUES DEALING WITH THE AIRPORT, HOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO? ALRIGHT.

HEARING NONE.

WE'LL SIMPLY MOVE ON.

JOHN.

[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, I DIDN'T BRING AN AGENDA WITH ME, SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP ME ON TRACK HERE.

UM, FIRST THING, I HAVE ROCIO KIND OF QUEUE UP.

QUEUE UP THE QUEUE UP FOR A LITTLE POWERPOINT SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT.

RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

SO AUGUST ALREADY.

UM, LET'S SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ROCIO.

AND, UM, FIRST BULLET THERE THAT WE'RE HIRING, WE DO HAVE OPEN POSITIONS, UM, SOME AT BOTH AIRPORTS.

SO I KNOW AT, AT HILTON HEAD WE'VE GOT SPOTS OPEN FOR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND WE ALSO HAVE SPOTS OPEN FOR OUR STAFF.

UM, TWO, RIGHT, STEVE FOR TWO? YES.

FIREFIGHTERS.

YES, SIR.

UM, WE HAVE ONE RETIRE AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE WHO'S LEAVING.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT TWO SPOTS FOR, UH, FOR ARF.

SO ANYWAY, IF ANYBODY'S LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AT HILTON HEAD, THOSE ARE THE OPEN POSITIONS.

AND THEN OVER AT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LINE SERVICE TECH POSITIONS, UM, THAT'LL BE OPENING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE, THEY SHOULD BE HITTING THE WEBSITE HOPEFULLY TODAY OR TOMORROW, THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET, UM, KIND OF DIP THEIR TOE IN AVIATION, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET STARTED.

OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHOSE WIFE'S READY TO THROW 'EM OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE RETIRED, HAVE 'EM COME SEE US AS WELL.

AND WE'LL TRY 'EM OUT TOO.

SO THOSE ARE USUALLY, AT BEST, WE GET THE VERY, VERY YOUNGS AND WE GET THE EXPERIENCED.

SO WE'LL TAKE ANY, UM, THAT'S THAT.

AND THEN 1200 ARROW IS A NEW PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT, THAT WE'RE DEMOING AT, AT BOTH AIRPORTS.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A, STEVE'S GONNA TRY TO LINK US UP WITH JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION SO WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS KIND OF LIKE A COMBINATION OF FLIGHT AWARE AND A D S B EXCHANGE ON STEROIDS.

MM-HMM.

UM, YEAH, HERE WE GO.

IT'S, IT IS PRETTY INTERESTING 'CAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO TRACK ANY, ANY AIRCRAFT PERIOD.

BUT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH AIRCRAFT THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF EITHER ONE OF OUR FACILITIES.

UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS FILED THE FLIGHT PLAN THE WAY SOMETHING LIKE FLIGHT AWARE WORKS, THIS IS EVERY AIRPLANE THAT TURNS ON AND HAS A TRANSPONDER, AN ACTIVE TRANSPONDER.

UM, SO THAT'S RIGHT NOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE A HILTON HEAD.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S ONE AIRPLANE THAT'S, THAT'S GOT IT'S ENGINES TURN ON, AND, UH, IT'S EITHER GETTING READY TO MOVE OR IT ALREADY PARKED AND IT'S GONNA SHUT DOWN SOON.

UM, WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY.

THERE'S SOME SOMEWHAT SOME TECHNICAL ISSUE OR SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY CAN SEE.

OH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, IF YOU GUYS, OH, YOU IN A MINUTE.

THANKS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEND THEM A MESSAGE SOMEHOW AND SAY THEY CAN'T SEE THIS PART.

HEY, CAN I HEAR YOU, JOHN? I MEAN, UH, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? WE'LL SEE, LET'S HOPE WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE ROOM, BUT NOT THROUGH, NOT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

WE JUST HEAR YOU BECAUSE

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WE'RE CLOSE PROXIMITY.

ALRIGHT, SO IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

I JUST, NOW THEY CAN TALK TO THEM.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NOPE.

HOLD ON.

LEMME GET OUTTA HERE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON MUTE THERE.

I SEE.

MAYBE WE NEED TO BE UNMUTED.

BOTTOM LEFT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I CAN HEAR YOU.

ALRIGHT, JOHN.

PERFECT.

ALRIGHT, NOW HERE'S, WE'VE GOT A DEMO THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

YOU PROBABLY CAN'T.

UM, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PLUG FOR, THAT'S ANOTHER PLUG FOR SHOWING UP IN PERSON.

, UH, LIKE HOW I DID THAT, HOWARD, I KIND OF SNUCK THAT IN THERE.

I, I WISH I WAS THERE, JOHN.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

SO WE WISH YOU'RE HERE TOO.

UM, WE'RE GONNA HAND OUT TREATS AT THE END FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAD, SO PLEASE.

CREAM AND STICKERS TO WEAR STICKERS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA JUMP BACK.

WE GOT A LITTLE PRESENTATION WE'RE SHOWING IN-HOUSE, SO I'M SORRY YOU GUYS CAN'T SEE IT.

UM, BUT IT'S CALLED 1200 ARROW AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE SHOULD I SAY ABOUT THAT, STEVE? I'LL, UM, IS THIS ON? NO, THERE WE GO.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME FROM HERE? YES.

SO, UH, JUST A AND, AND I WISH YOU GUYS WERE HERE TO SEE IT, BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE CAN SEE IT.

I'M GOING THROUGH JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF 1200 ARROW, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A VIRTUAL TOWER, UH, WE HAVE AT HILTON HEAD RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, THE RIGHT IS THE MAP.

AND THAT SHOWS REAL TIME ANY AIRCRAFT THAT IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWER, ANY AIRCRAFT THAT'S HAS A D, SS B, UM, WE CAN SEE AND THEY TRACK THAT.

ON THE LEFT, WE CAN SEE HOW MANY OPERATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY PARKED, HOW MANY CAME OVERNIGHT, WHICH IS BENEFICIAL FOR US TO, SOMETIMES PEOPLE USE THE AIRPORT AT NIGHT, THEY COME IN, THEY LAND AND THEY TURN AROUND AND LEAVE BEFORE ANYBODY SHOWS UP IN THE MORNING.

THAT CAN BE CONSTRUED AS MAYBE SOME LOST REVENUE THAT WE MIGHT BE JOINING THERE.

UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY THROUGH THIS SOFTWARE TO TRACK INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, SAFETY, UM, NOISE COMPLAINTS, NOISE ABATEMENT, COMPLAINTS, HOW THIS COMPANY TRACKS ALL THAT AND HOW THEY GET THE INFORMATION, UH, IS THEIR TECHNICAL WIZARDRY.

BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE.

I CAN ALSO SEE CURRENT FLIGHTS.

I CAN SEE WHAT'S SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE, WHAT'S SCHEDULED TO DEPART.

I CAN SEE NO FLIGHT PLANS AS THEY'RE COMING IN, IF THEY'RE COMING IN OR IF THEY'RE EN ROUTE LEAVING OR THEY'RE ARRIVING TO THE AIRPORT AND WE CAN RUN WHATEVER REPORTS.

UM, WE HAVE TO GENERATE REPORTS ANYWAY, UH, TO SATISFY, FOR EXAMPLE, BASED AIRCRAFT, HOW MANY OPERATIONS WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT.

THIS GIVES US A MUCH MORE ACCURATE ABILITY TO GET WITH THE TOWER.

'CAUSE THEY KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING.

NOW WE CAN CONSOLIDATE BOTH AND SAY THESE ARE OUR ACTUAL NO KITTEN NUMBERS IN THEIR VERIFIED BY TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES, UH, WHICH IS GOOD.

AND THAT CAN BENEFIT US AS THIS IS DAVID.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M ON THE 1200 ARROW WEBSITE.

I'M SHARING IT WITH THE ONLINE VIEWERS SO WE AT LEAST GET A, GET AN IDEA.

THE, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WE HAVE THE ACTUAL HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AND SEE WHAT'S ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.

WHAT'S FLYING OVER.

I CAN ZOOM IN.

I CAN ZOOM OUT.

UM, AND WE ARE GETTING THIS INSTALLED TODAY AT A R W AS WELL.

AND DO THEY, WILL THAT WORK WITH ONLY, ONLY, UM, MODE WILL WORK ON MODE C AS WELL AS MODE C A A D, SS B UH, APPROACH COMMS TOWER COMMS, UH, THAT'S HOW THEY GATHER THEIR INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY AN AIRPLANE AND WHERE IT'S GOING OR WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

SO IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A TRANSPONDER, BUT IT'S DOING FLIGHT FOLLOWING, IT'LL SHOW UP.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'LL PICK THAT UP ON A RADIO TRANSMISSION, IDENTIFY IT, SEND IT TO THIS SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE SO WE CAN SEE IT.

AND YOU CAN REACH DOWN TO CONTACT.

TYPICALLY THE ONLY THING YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THEN IS PEOPLE IN THE PATTERN THAT WON'T BE DOING FLIGHT FOLLOWING, BUT YEP.

OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A RADIO YEAH.

DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT AND THEY'RE JUST OKAY.

ZOOMING AROUND THE WATER OR SOMETHING.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU CATCH FOLKS THAT AREN'T ON, AREN'T ON FLIGHT PLANS.

YES.

BUT QUITE FRANKLY, IF IT DOES OFF COMMUNICATIONS, ANYBODY IN THE PATTERN, ANYBODY WOULD END UP BEING PICKED UP ANYWAY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE IN THE TOWER, AS LONG AS YOU'RE TALKING TO TOWER.

BUT IF YOU'RE ONLY TALKING TO UNICOM, THEY WOULDN'T PICK UP UNICOM.

THEY'LL HEAR IT ON UNICOM.

THEY WILL PICK IT UP ONCOM, THEY PICK UP TOWER AND THEY PICK UP UNICOM.

WOW.

YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYMORE.

BAD NEWS, CHRIS.

THAT IS, YEAH.

BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE STEVE SAID, IT, IT'S STRONG FOR US, NOT NOT JUST FROM THE REVENUE STANDPOINT OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KNOW IS SOME LOST REVENUE THAT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOVER.

BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS YOU TO DO THAT.

'CAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU SEE THE AIRPLANE, BUT YOU, YOU CAN PINPOINT TAIL NUMBERS, OWNERSHIP

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SO THAT'LL HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THE GAP ON ACTUAL OPERATIONS AND RECOVERING THE COST TO OPERATE EACH AIRPORT, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, STEVE, YOU GO BACK TO THE LIVE STATS YEP.

THAT SHOWS YOU THE OPERATIONS AND IT SHOWS YOU BY HOUR.

SO IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S SCHEDULED AND THEN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

AND SO LET'S SAY A BIG THUNDERSTORM COMES THROUGH AND YOU HAD A BUNCH OF SCHEDULE OPERATIONS THAT MAY PUSH THOSE A COUPLE OF HOURS.

BUT IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO US TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE NOW THAT, THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL HOLD THE DATA FOR I THINK TWO YEARS AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS IT FARTHER BACK.

BUT IF WE NEED TO DEVELOP TRENDS FOR WHATEVER REASON, OR IF WE NEED TO SCHEDULE A PROJECT, WE KNOW WHEN THE BEST TIME IS GOING TO BE TO SCHEDULE PROJECTS ON TAX AWAYS, RUNWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO CAUSE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC.

SO WE HAVE YET TO EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE, THE POWER OF THIS SOFTWARE.

WE LITERALLY JUST PULL IT UP YESTERDAY.

UM, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN.

WE'RE IN A DEMO PHASE NOW.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY SAFE BET THAT, THAT WE'D MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY POWERFUL FOR US.

SO WHEN YOU SAY DEMO PHASE, IT'S THEY'VE, THEY'VE BROUGHT IN OR TRYING TO, TRYING TO SELL YOU ON IT.

IS THAT IT? OR, WE BOUGHT IT ALREADY, CORRECT? WE HAVE NOT BOUGHT IT YET.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL LICENSE PRODUCT, NOT A PURCHASE.

UH, THAT'S CORRECT.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HARDWARE THAT GOES WITH IT, ANTENNA AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S OURS TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE BUY THE SYSTEM.

WHAT IS 90 DAY OR 60 DAY? 30 DAY NOW, WHAT DO WE SIGN UP FOR? I FORGET.

WAS IT 60 DAYS? I THINK IT WAS A MINIMUM OF 90.

I THINK 60 I THINK, I THINK WE DID 90 MONTHS TO BUILD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY NEEDED THREE, THREE MONTHS TO GET US A GOOD DATABASE.

MAKES SENSE.

21 PARKED AIRCRAFT.

IS THAT, THAT'S HOW MANY THEY'VE PARKED TODAY? TODAY.

TODAY.

I CAN GO BACK AND PULL A REPORT AND THEN I CAN, I CAN PULL A REPORT AND I CAN PUT IN THE CALENDAR.

I WANNA SEE HOW MANY FROM THIS DATE TO THIS DATE WERE PARKED.

HOWEVER I WANT TO DO IT.

I CAN, I CAN MAKE IT FIT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

BUT IF, IF IT, IF AN AIRCRAFT PARKED FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND LEFT, WOULD IT SOMEHOW KNOWS TO SUBTRACT THAT? YEP.

THE PARK AIRCRAFT.

WELL, IF IT PARKS, IT PARKS, IT ADDS IT AND THEN IT DEPARTS, IT'LL LOG AS A DEPARTURE.

DOES IT? PARKED AIRCRAFT INCLUDES THE TIE DOWN TENANT.

SO IT, THIS IS JUST TRANSIENT.

ANYBODY THAT TURNS OFF THEIR EQUIPMENT IN THAT AIRCRAFT AND IT'S PARKED.

WOW.

IS THIS INFORMATION GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO THE CONTROL TOWER? UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

BRIAN IS, THAT'S A REAL GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE'RE GONNA COORDINATE WITH BILL BECAUSE, UM, SINCE THEY WORK FOR A, UH, A DIFFERENT COMPANY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CHECK BACK WITH, WITH HEADQUARTERS TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT.

UH, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN ALWAYS SCHEDULE SESSIONS WITH BILL TO, TO GO THROUGH THE SOFTWARE, PROVIDE 'EM WITH REPORTS, AND JUST SEE HOW, HOW WELL IT GELS WITH, WITH THE REPORTS THAT HE PRODUCES.

LIKE STEVE SAID, WE'LL GET, GET A CHANCE TO KIND OF CORROBORATE THE, UH, THE DATA.

WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME NOW, ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CONTROL TOWER DOESN'T HAVE ANY RADAR INFORMATION OR REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AND GOING.

THIS COULD MAKE A REAL DENT IN SOLVING THAT PROBLEM.

IT COULD, BUT BRIAN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OFF THE SHELF, UH, SOFTWARE PACKAGES THAT THE FA IS NOT APPROVED.

SO THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE ASK 'EM, IT'S 24 MONTHS BEFORE THEY HAVE A, A PLAN TO GENERATE A SOLUTION, UH, TO THE RADAR PROBLEM.

SO THEY, THEY'VE NOT YET AUTHORIZED ANYTHING OFF THE SHELF.

CHRIS IS LAUGHING.

'CAUSE WHAT THAT MEANS IS, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO IT AT SOME POINT GUYS.

YOU KNOW, OR RADAR PICTURE FROM ANOTHER SITE, WHETHER IT WAS THE AIR STATION OR SAVANNAH.

NO TIME SOON.

UM, SO YEAH, WITH THIS, WITH THIS SEMI ABSURD BECAUSE THE F A A IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF SAFETY.

SO THEY'RE TELLING THE CONTROL TOWER, THEY HAVE TO BE DEF DUMB AND BLIND UNTIL THEY APPROVE THE SYSTEM.

THAT MAY BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

IT'D BE NICE IF THEY COULD JUST ALLOW SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S OFF THE SHELF TO BE USED IN BETWEEN.

I REALIZE YOU GUYS ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT THIS IS A REAL ISSUE THAT'S GONNA GET WORSE IF TRAFFIC INCREASES AT DELTON HEAD AIRPORT.

YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT BRIAN.

AND, UM, I GUESS MY SUGGESTION, MY REQUEST TO THE BOARD WOULD BE THAT MAYBE WE SIT DOWN AND, AND THINK, THINK THROUGH HOW TO PUT A LETTER TOGETHER.

UM, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK AT ALL ABOUT THIS ALL DAY LONG, BUT UNTIL IT HITS SOMEBODY'S DESK IN WASHINGTON, THIS IS A NON-ISSUE.

AND I'VE TALKED TO THE F A A, UM, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT IT.

HE KNOWS IT'S AN ISSUE, BUT EVEN AS A REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, HE'S ONLY GOT SO MUCH JUICE.

UM, WHAT IT TAKES IS BOARDS LIKE THIS AND BOARDS AT OTHER AIRPORTS LIKE OURS THAT HAVE CONTRACT TOWERS WHO DON'T HAVE RADAR.

AND WE COULD GET THAT REPORT PRETTY EASILY.

UM, AND, UH, COORDINATE WITH THEM AND, AND GET SOME LETTERS GOING UP TO WASHINGTON.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY ANYTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.

SO AT ONE POINT WE TALKED ABOUT PIPING IN OR RADAR,

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UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS IN THAT? I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT NEED? WHAT DO WE NEED TO PURSUE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GET THAT PICTURE PIPED INTO THE AIRPORT SHOT LINE? WELL, THE SHOT LINE GETS US PART OF THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T GET, GET US THE PICTURE YET.

SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS, IS GONNA PROBABLY BE A PARALLEL TRACK TO WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED FOR THE OFF THE SHELF STUFF.

SO I WOULD SAY EITHER OR OR BOTH OF THOSE SOLUTIONS WOULD WORK FOR US.

SO JOHN, THIS IS DAVID.

SO ASSUMING THE DEMO PHASE AT, UH, A R W GOES WELL AND YOU IMPLEMENT THERE, YOU THEN HAVE PLANS TO IMPLEMENT IT? HILTON HEAD OR AT LEAST, UH, WELL I GUESS IT'S, UH, IT'S THIS SIGNATURE OVER THERE, SO NO.

WHO, NO ONE WOULD REALLY USE IT OVER THERE, RIGHT? OH NO, WE WE COULD, YEAH, WE COULD USE IT JUST AS AIRPORT STAFF.

WE CAN USE THIS AT BOTH AIRPORTS.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN INTERNAL THING.

CORRECT.

WE'RE WE'RE RUNNING A DEMO, TWO DEMOS, ONE AT EACH AIRPORT.

I WISH YOU GUYS ONLINE COULD SEE THE, THE INFORMATION ON THE LEFT SIDE.

UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR DEMO IS THE AIRPORT, BUT ON THE LEFT SIDE, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE AIRPORT GATHERS USING THIS SOFTWARE.

SO IF, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE ME TO SHOW YOU, UH, WHEN I'M OVER IN HILTON HEAD, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, YOU GUYS COME OVER AND WE SIT DOWN AND I CAN SHOW YOU DEMO THIS AS WELL.

I, I JUST ACTUALLY SAW THE SOFTWARE NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS.

I WAS IN MARCO ISLAND ON TUESDAY OR MONDAY, SUNDAY AND TUESDAY.

BUT I LOOKED AT IT CLOSER WHEN I WAS LEAVING AND WHEN YOU HAD ALL THE LANDINGS AND, AND UH, COMING IN AS WELL.

I NOTICED IT, IT WAS KEPT UP ON A, ON A FLAT SCREEN THAT EVERYBODY COULD SEE AND, AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, LOOK AT THAT.

HOW THEY KNOW ALL THESE PLANES ARE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT WASN'T FLIGHT AWARE 'CAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT INFORMATION.

UM, BUT YEAH, FOR OPERATING AN AIRPORT, IT CERTAINLY GIVES YOU, AND EVEN IF THE TOWER JUST HAD ACCESS TO LOOK AT IT, THEY AT LEAST KNOW WHEN STUFF'S COMING AND WHEN THEY SHOULD BE HEARING FROM SOMEBODY.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE FOR FLIGHT IT'S GIVING YOU INFORMATION, BUT IT'S NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

YEAH, YEAH.

WE'RE SEEING SOME PRETTY GOOD SCREENS ON THE WEBSITE.

UH, SCREEN GRABS OF METRICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WEALTH OF DATA YOU FILTER AND ACCURATE, YOU CAN FILTER THIS.

SO THEY'RE JUST SHOWING YOUR AIRPORT AND NOT ALL THE OVER FLIGHTS.

CORRECT.

THAT'S TAKEN OFF.

IS THERE ANY HERE EXAMPLE, THERE'S AN AIRCRAFT TAKEN OFF A HILTON HEAD RIGHT NOW AND THE DEPICTION IS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY.

SO IT'S EXTREMELY ACCURATE.

HEY, STEVE? YES.

SO THAT'S INTERESTING.

THIS WILL, THIS WILL SH YOU CAN FILTER OUT SO THAT YOU DON'T GET OVER FLIGHTS.

CORRECT? I CAN, I CAN FILTER OUT AND PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT I WANT TO SEE AS I CAN WHITTLE IT DOWN TO EXACTLY WHAT I WANNA SEE.

BUT I DO DO OVER FLIGHTS.

WE SEE THOSE AS WELL.

WELL, IT, IT, I GUESS KIND OF DEPENDS THE GUY GOING FROM, FROM, UH, DULLES DOWN TO PALM BEACH, WE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT HIM.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IT KIND OF CLUTTERS UP THE SCREEN OTHERWISE.

INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE TYPE OF SOFTWARE THAT, THAT BEFORE NOW WAS ALMOST INACCESSIBLE.

IS THERE ANY BENEFIT IN MAKING THIS AVAILABLE TO TENANTS, UM, ON A SCREEN? OR IS THIS STRICTLY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP IN-HOUSE FOR THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE? WELL, I, I THINK TO CHRIS'S POINT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AT A R W WHERE WE ARE, THE F B O, THERE, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO HAVE A, A MONITOR UP OR PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CONSIDER.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE IN OUR LIST OF QUESTIONS WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE FOLKS AT 1200 ARROW AND JUST SAY, HEY, SHOW US HOW AIRPORTS OF OUR SIZE HAVE BEST IMPLEMENTED THE SOFTWARE, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO LEARN FROM WHAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE DONE AS WELL.

BUT I, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT FEATURE TO A W YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

JOHN, THEY HAVE A, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE IS, THEY CALL IT 1200 ARROW TV.

SO YOU BASICALLY PUT ALL THE DATA THAT YOU WANT 'EM TO SEE UP ON A BIG SCREEN AND IT'LL SHOW YOU THE AIRCRAFT THAT ARE COMING IN AND WHO'S LANDING AND EVERYTHING.

AND IT'LL ROLL THROUGH AND KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AND IT'S FOR YOUR LOBBY OR WHEREVER YOU WANT.

SO WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR A R W I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PLACE TO PUT IT WHERE IT WOULD BENEFIT, UM, H X D AT THE MOMENT, BUT UNLESS YOU PUT IT IN THE LIKE FLIGHT PLANNING ROOM OR SOMETHING.

AT, AT, UH, SIGNATURE SIGNATURE HAS THEIR OWN, THEY GOT THEIR OWN PROPRIETARY PROGRAM THAT THEY USE TO TRACK AIRCRAFT.

SO I DON'T THINK THEY, THEY WANT THIS, IT DOESN'T HELP THE OTHER PILOTS IN THE BUILDING THOUGH.

BUT WHATEVER.

WELL SIGNATURE GROW, ALWAYS PAY FOR IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S 1200 ERA.

WE'LL HAVE MORE, UM, REPORTS TO YOU AS WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, UM, MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL LEAVE IT ON THE AGENDA EACH MONTH JUST TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT OR NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

IF WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING, WE'LL WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

BUT IT'S KIND OF NEW AND EXCITING.

UM, AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S AN

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IT WAS, IT'S STILL CUTTING EDGE, BUT BEFORE IT WAS CUTTING EDGE AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

NOW IT'S CUTTING EDGE AND AFFORDABLE.

SO THAT'S A AND IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR SECRET SAUCE WORKS, HOW THEY PULL ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, BUT THEY DO.

IT WORKS.

THAT'S A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.

GOOD, GOOD JOB TEAM.

I REALLY LIKE THAT.

WELL, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY THAT WE GO TO THE STATE CONFERENCE EVERY YEAR, UM, AND SOMETIMES THE SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE AND, AND THIS CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE CONFERENCE.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE THERE.

THEY DID A QUICK DEMO FOR ME THERE.

WE SCHEDULED THE FOLLOW ON DEMO AND, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO IT WORKS.

SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ARE TALKING TO AERONAUTICS COMMISSION OR TALKING TO SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION ASSOCIATION, THOSE CONNECTIONS MEAN SOMETHING AND THEY REALLY BENEFIT AIRPORTS LIKE OURS.

SO THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR.

DO YOU KNOW JOHN, ROUGHLY HOW MANY OTHER AIRPORTS, UM, ARE USING THE SOFTWARE? OH, I, STEVE JUST SCROLLED THROUGH 'EM ON THERE, BUT IT'S BIG LIST.

YEAH, IT'S A LOT.

I KNOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

SCROLL THROUGH IT.

THE BIGGEST ONE I KNOW IS MIAMI INTERNATIONAL USES IT REALLY BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S MARKETED OR BRANDED TOWARDS GA AIRCRAFT OR GA AIRPORTS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY FIRST FIRST STARTED.

BUT THEN COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WE COULD REALLY USE THIS DATA AS WELL.

AND, AND I ASKED THEM THAT QUESTION AND THEY SAID, WELL, MIAMI HAS IT.

I SAID, WELL THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR MIAMI.

I GUESS WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU EVALUATOR AND THAT WORKS.

THAT'D BE A GREAT, SO FAR IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

JOHN, IT'S DAVID AMES.

MAY I, MAY I, UH, INTERRUPT AND ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THIS? SURE.

UH, IF MIAMI USES IT, WHERE, WHO IN MIAMI IS USING IT? IS IT AN F B O, ARE THE TOWERS OR, I MEAN, CAN WE, CAN WE DRILL DOWN WHO THE RES UH, USER IS IN THE LARGER AIRPORTS TO SEE IF THERE MAY BE AN OPENING WITH A F A A? THANKS.

SURE.

YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL ASK THAT QUESTION AND FIND OUT.

I THINK IT'S JUST THE AIRPORT, BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY.

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY A LOT BIGGER THAN WE ARE, SO WE'LL WRITE THAT DOWN AND, AND CHECK IT OUT DAVE.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THANKS.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ALONG.

NEXT ONE, CIA.

OKAY, SO I DO A STAFF SPOTLIGHT EVERY MONTH AND UM, MARLENE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH I'VE PUT UP THERE.

DON'T CALL HER TRACY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT ON HER EMAIL.

YEAH, IT'S UM, ALLEGEDLY THAT'S HER REAL FIRST NAME.

BUT DON'T CALL HER TRACY.

CALL HER MARLENE.

UH, THAT'S HER JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS AT AIR FORCE BASIC TRAINING AND UH, SAN ANTONIO.

UM, SHE LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME TODAY.

IF YOU SAW HER IN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US FOR JUST OVER THREE YEARS AS OUR BUSINESS MANAGER.

UM, AND I SAY THAT TONGUE IN CHEEK 'CAUSE SHE'S HAD PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN ROLES JUST TO FILL ALL THE GAPS THAT WE'VE NEEDED HER TO FILL.

UM, BUT SHE'S, WE'RE KIND OF, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT BRIAN AS OUR FINANCE MANAGER, SHE'S REALLY GETTING MORE INTO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS AND SHE'LL BE MANAGING ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY'S KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR ABOUT MAKING SURE YOUR AGREEMENT'S UP TO DATE, IT'LL BE MARLENE.

SO, UM, AIR FORCE VETERAN, SHE WAS IN THE, UH, THE MEDICAL SIDE OF THE AIR FORCE AND WITH UH, I THINK WITH SOME AVIATION UNITS.

SO SHE KIND OF BRINGS ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, TO BEAR IN THIS POSITION AS WELL.

SO, UM, SHE GAVE ME A LOT OF PICTURES AND STUFF TO READ.

SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, SHE CALLS THIS HER PRIDE AND JOY SAYS HER TWO BOYS, HER OLDER SON, UM, IS OBVIOUSLY IN THE AIR FORCE NOW AS WELL.

HE FINISHED BASIC JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

AND THE FUNNY THING IS, IS HE WAS ALSO IN SAN ANTONIO AND STAYED IN THE SAME BARRACKS AND I THINK THE SAME ROOM THAT HIS MOM DID LIKE THREE YEARS AGO.

UM, THAT WAS A JOKE.

, I FEEL LIKE NANCY PELOSI, , SHE WAS WEARING BDU IS THE MOMENT.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS CALLED FLOWER SACK QUILTS.

SO ANYWAY, SHE RECENTLY WENT TO DC WITH THE BOYS AND UH, WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT PICTURE WITH THE CAPITAL IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO FUN STUFF THERE.

UM, NEXT ONE.

ALRIGHT, SO DON'T CLICK YET.

THIS IS A BEFORE AND THEN I'M GONNA SHOW YOU AN AFTER.

BUT A REALLY INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MARLENE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.

THIS IS WHAT'S FUN ABOUT THESE SPOTLIGHTS.

UM, I LEARNED THAT MARLENE RESTORES HEADSTONES.

SO CLICK TO THE NEXT ONE.

THAT'S AN UNUSUAL, THAT'S THE HEADSTONE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY IF YOUR HEADSTONE NEEDS FIX , I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA COME OUT RIGHT.

JUST KNOW THAT SHE DOES THAT.

ALL RIGHT, CLICK TO THE NEXT ONE.

YOUR GRANDPARENTS.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THIS.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY RECOGNIZES THE SHOW, BUT IF YOU'RE AN OUTER BANKS FAN, MARLENE'S FAMOUS, SHE WAS ON OUTER BANKS AS AN EXTRA WAY OF LAUGHING OR CLAPPING OR WHATEVER IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS SCENE.

SO IF YOU'RE AN OUTER BANKS FAN, YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER FACE THERE.

UM, NEXT ONE.

OKAY, NOW THIS IS A, WHAT DOES SHE CALL THIS? I GOTTA READ IT.

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I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS, BUT I KNOW THAT QUILTING IS EXTREMELY INTRICATE AND COMPLICATED 'CAUSE MY MOM DOES IT.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE GETS A SPARE TIME, BUT BETWEEN DOING HEADSTONES AND EVERYTHING AND MOVIES, SHE ALSO DOES QUILTING.

SO ANOTHER COOL THING THAT MARLENE DOES.

UM, AND NEXT ONE.

AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF MARLENE AT THE FLYING FROG A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I THINK THE FIRST YEAR WE MOVED IT INTO THE FALL, IT WAS A PRETTY COOL MORNING.

SO SHE WAS DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION.

UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

IS THAT ALL FOR FOR HER? YES.

SO THAT'S MARLENE.

SO IF YOU SEE HER, DON'T CALL HER TRACY, CALL HER MARLENE.

UM, WE'RE SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON STAFF.

UM, SHE DOES A TON FOR US.

YOU'LL SEE HER AT BOTH AIRPORTS.

SHE LIVES IN BEAUFORT.

UM, SO SHE IS TYPICALLY AT A R W ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

SO IF YOU, UH, IF YOU NEED TO RUN INTO HER, THAT'S ONE TO CATCHER.

BUT WE'VE GOT AN AWESOME TEAM AND, UM, I HATE TO SAY THAT WE'RE SO SMALL.

I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF FOLKS TO SPOTLIGHT, BUT WE WILL SOON.

SO WE'RE GONNA GET SOME NEW HIRES AND, AND REFRESH SOME THINGS .

AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GROW SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE FOLKS UP HERE.

BUT I WANT YOU TO ALL TO, TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET THE STAFF TOO.

UM, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO, WHO ALLOW ME TO COME UP HERE AND REPORT WHAT I REPORT TO YOU.

UM, AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, BY AND LARGE A REASON THAT WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL BOTH AIRPORTS.

SO HATS OFF TO MARLENE.

OKAY, THAT'S OFF.

JOHN, THIS IS DAVID.

UH, SPEAKING TO STAFF AND FAMILY.

I HEAR RUDY, YOUR SON STARTING THE ACADEMY TODAY? WELL, TODAY'S, UH, HIS FIRST DAY OF CLASSES HE STARTED IN JUNE.

OH, OKAY.

WE WENT UP LAST WEEKEND FOR PARENTS WEEKEND, WEEKEND ACADEMY TODAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

I'M LATE, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

NOPE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL SEE HOW ACADEMIC YEAR GOES.

, HE'S STARTING HARD IN, IN, IN MY WORLD, IN MY WORLD, WE CALL IT THE GREAT HUMBLING .

I THINK HE MIGHT DO A LITTLE BETTER.

UH, LIKE JOHN MCCAIN SAID, I WAS ON THE PART OF THE CLASS THAT MADE THE TFA POSSIBLE, BUT I WAS IN VERY GOOD COMPANY.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW.

ALRIGHT, ONTO A R W REPORT.

UM, YOU PROBABLY READ IN THE PAPER ABOUT THE EMERGENCY LANDING WE HAD OUT AT SEA ISLAND, UH, PARKWAY, RIGHT ACROSS FROM PUBLIX.

A LOT OF THINGS WENT RIGHT WITH THAT WHOLE INCIDENT.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENED AT NIGHT ABOUT PROBABLY AN HOUR BEFORE A, A HORRIBLE THUNDERSTORM CAME THROUGH.

UM, SO AT LEAST WHEN IT OCCURRED, IT HAPPENED IN DECENT WEATHER.

UM, SOMEHOW THEY BROUGHT IT BETWEEN TWO SETS OF POWER LINES THAT ARE, AS YOU'RE DRIVING, THEY SEEM PRETTY FAR APART.

BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE COMING IN ON APPROACH INTO THE PARKWAY, THEY WOULD NOT SEEM VERY FAR APART.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SEE THOSE AT NIGHT.

SO BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THEY LANDED WHERE THEY DID, THERE WASN'T IMMEDIATE IN THAT PART OF THE ROAD.

SO BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THEY LANDED WHERE THEY DID, UM, YOUNG, UH, TRAINER AND YOUNG STUDENT, UM, HANDLED THE SITUATION VERY WELL.

NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

UM, AND THEN ERIC, THANKS TO HIM, HE, HE GOT CALLED OUT, UM, TO RESPOND TO IT BECAUSE IT WAS AN AIRPLANE.

AND I TELL PEOPLE JUST, JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN AIRPLANE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S THE AIRPORT'S BUSINESS.

UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT, WELL DEFINITELY IF IT'S OFF AIRPORT, BUT IT'S A GOOD THING THEY DID BECAUSE ERIC WAS ABLE TO GO AND GET THE TOW BAR.

AND SINCE IT WAS ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, HE COULD TOW IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CUTTING WINGS OFF AND LOADING ON A FLATBED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I'M SURE THE AIRCRAFT OWNER IS VERY HAPPY THAT ERIC RESPONDED AND TOWED IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT.

UM, SO ANYWAY, A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS SITUATION, UM, BECAME SOMETHING THAT THAT ENDED WELL.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM IT.

BUT, UM, I JUST AM THANKFUL THAT IT, THAT IT WENT THE WAY IT DID AND THAT WE HAD FOLKS WHO COULD RESPOND AND CLEAR THAT ROAD BEFORE THE, THE MORNING CAME AND, YOU KNOW, MORNING RUSH HOUR STARTED.

SO HATS OFF TO ERIC FOR RESPONDING TO THAT.

ANOTHER HAT'S OFF FOR, TO ERIC TO, FOR NOT TEXTING ME UNTIL LIKE FIVE IN THE MORNING.

THAT WAS GREAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT .

UM, SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL, THAT'S THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT SITUATION.

THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EMERGENCY, THAT'S THE KIND OF HAVE.

SO YEAH, I, I'LL SECOND THAT.

I DRIVE THAT ROAD EVERY DAY AND NOW I'VE LOOKED AT THOSE POWER LINES AND I DON'T SEE HOW IN THE WORLD HE GOT IT DOWN BETWEEN ALL HIS LINES.

AGREED.

I MEAN, I DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY AND I WAS YEAH, POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS.

AND ANGEL'S ON THE WINGS FOR SURE.

SO, BUT I, I HEARD, DO YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE FUEL STARVATION? DID WE KNOW A CAUSE? YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A A CAUSE YET.

UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S NOT A FORMAL INVESTIGATION, SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ENDED WELL.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME INTERNAL DEBRIEFS BETWEEN THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND, YOU KNOW, MORE EXPERIENCED PILOTS, BUT WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT PARTY TO THAT.

INVOLVED IN THAT? NO, NO, NO.

SO N G S P DOESN'T GET

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I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT ACCIDENT.

THERE WAS NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE.

IT'S AN INCIDENT, NOT AN ACCIDENT.

AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE THERE'S A REPORTING REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT'S AN INCIDENT, NOT AN ACCIDENT.

CORRECT.

BUT THE F D A WILL PROBABLY GET INVOLVED.

THERE WAS A REPORT SAFETY FROM THE MECHANIC.

REPORT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THERE WAS NO ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT WHATSOEVER.

IT COULDN'T, COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON THE GROUND.

SO WE'LL SEE.

IT'S A GOOD JOB REGARDLESS.

IT WAS.

YES, VERY MUCH.

VERY MUCH SO.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE ON THERE IS RUNNERS.

THE FLYING FROG, FIVE K.

THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH ANNUAL RACE ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER.

SO RIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN, IF YOU WANT TO WEAR YOUR COSTUME, YOU CAN.

UM, BUT WE, WE ARE TRYING TO SIGN FOLKS UP.

SO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.

I KNOW THERE'S A LINK ON THERE.

I THINK WE SENT OUT A LINK BY SOCIAL MEDIA.

MARLENE HAS A LINK TO THAT.

SO IF YOU NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET INVOLVED, GET IN TOUCH WITH MARLENE.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT NOT ONLY, UM, SIGNUPS FOR THE RUNNERS THAT ARE OPEN, BUT IF YOU WANT A SPONSOR AND GET YOUR NAME ON THE T-SHIRT, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

UM, WE'RE STILL COLLECTING THOSE, SO CERTAINLY ALL COMERS ARE WELCOME.

AND AGAIN, WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE WILL TAKE A PORTION OF THOSE, UM, PROCEEDS ONCE WE'VE PUT SEED MONEY IN FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT.

AND THAT WILL GO TO ALTITUDE ACADEMY AND THAT'S A 5 0 1 C THREE.

AND THAT, UM, HELPS FOLKS WHO ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPOSED TO AVIATION.

UH, PRIMARILY ON ST.

HELEN ISLAND.

UM, UNDERPRIVILEGED FOLKS NOT EXPOSED TO AVIATION TO HAVE CLASSES TO GET DISCOVERY FLIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A GREAT, UM, GREAT ORGANIZATION.

THEY ACTUALLY GOT A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE AVIATION ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT'S A BOOST FOR THAT ORGANIZATION AND IT, AND IT INCREASES THE INTEREST IN AVIATION IN THE, IN THE AREA.

SO THAT'S WHO WE'VE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT.

Y'ALL SUPPORTED THAT LAST YEAR, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT GOING.

JOHN, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT ELSE? UM, WE'RE DOING TO PROMOTE THE EVENT OUTSIDE OF THE WEBSITE ALONE.

UM, WE ARE TRYING TO GET FLYERS IN THAT TO GYMS AND RUNNING CLUBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, RUNNING STORES.

ANYBODY WHO WILL, UM, POST A FLYER, IF ANYBODY'S GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD CLUBHOUSE RECREATION CENTER THAT THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN POSTING A FLYER IN, WE'LL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH MARLENE AND HAVE YOU POST THOSE.

'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S THOSE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS THAT, THAT WORK THE BEST.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE MAIN THING IS TRYING TO GET 'EM IN THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

FACILITIES.

AND THEN IF YOU'VE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PLEASE SHARE IT OUT.

AND IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN OUT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND HOW ABOUT PRESS RELEASE FOR NEWSPAPERS OR MAGAZINES OR LOCAL STUFF? YES, WE'LL GET THAT OUT.

AND WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE, UH, JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE OF BEAUFORT AND THEIR TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT, WHICH WILL HAPPEN JUST A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE RACE.

SO ONCE THEY GET THEIR MARKETING AGAINST FULL SWING, WE'LL BE INCLUDED WITH THEIRS AS WELL.

SO WE'LL KIND OF CROSS POLLINATE WITH THEIR AUDIENCE.

SO, BUT ANY OTHER IDEAS ABOUT WHERE TO GET INFORMATION OUT? WE ARE, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT, THAT THAT MIDNIGHT RUN, UH, THAT HYPER SHAM DOES IS, I KNOW IT HAS A PRETTY BIG FOLLOWING FOR THAT FIVE K EVENT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IF THEY KEEP TRACK OF THEIR LIST OF, OF PREVIOUS RUNNERS, MAYBE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE BACK INFORMATION TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE RUNNERS.

AND MARK ROBERT RUNNING HAS A MAILING LIST TOO.

I KNOW THEY'VE, UH, AND MARK IS THERE STILL THERE PATROL ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH HIM TO PROMOTE THE EVENT.

WE COULD HELP WITH PUBLICITY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WELL YOU COULD MAKE IT A PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST.

GIVE IT A TRY.

YOU COULD MAKE IT AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.

MARK, YOU I'LL ASK .

I'LL ENDORSE YOUR MEMO.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S FIVE K.

UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS A COUCH TO FIVE K PROGRAM THAT'S ONLINE IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED.

IT WORKS.

HOSTED AND, UH, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 25 PEOPLE THERE.

ENOUGH ABOUT THAT JOB OPPORTUNITIES WE TOUCHED ALREADY.

SO IF WE'VE GOT AN A R W TWO LINEMAN SPOTS OPEN, SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, TAKE A LOOK ON THE, UH, COUNTY WEBSITE AND ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT A R W? UM, ACTUALLY IT'LL COME UP ON THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS, BUT I HAVE ONE WE, LAST MONTH, UM, YOU MADE SOME CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES THAT A R W, UM, AND PROCEDURES, RATES, ET CETERA.

ANY PUSHBACK, ANY FEEDBACK FROM TENANTS? WE'VE HAD A FEW JUST QUESTION AND ANSWERS, BUT NOTHING MAJOR GOOD.

UM, AND THAT WHOLE LIST OF, OF CHANGES GOES IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

COUNCILS BE KINDA OFF FOR THE, THE SUMMER.

SO THOSE ALL GO TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT, ON THE 28TH WE GO TO COMMITTEE AND THEN SEPTEMBER 11TH FOR FULL COUNSEL.

EXCELLENT.

I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, JOHN.

UH, I WENT TO THE, UH, UH, THE EVENT THAT, UH, THE QUARTERLY EVENT THAT, UH, ERIC AND, AND SAM

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AND I WAS WORRIED THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE CONFRONTATIONAL ABOUT THE LAST ONE BECAUSE THIS WAS AFTER THE FACT THAT WE ANNOUNCED THE INCREASES AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THE AIRPORT STAFF EXPLAIN WHY THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

UH, THAT THEY'RE NOT ARBITRARILY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT OR JUST RAISE PRICES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SOMEWHAT CONSTRAINED, ARE VERY MUCH CONSTRAINED BY THE COUNTY AT ONE LEVEL.

AND THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THEY CAN DO AND CERTAIN THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO.

AND REALLY THAT MITIGATED SO MUCH OF THE, I GUESS, HOSPITAL VITRIOL THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

I, I FOUND IT VERY, ALMOST A NON-EVENT AS FAR AS PEOPLE GETTING UPSET.

I THINK PEOPLE WENT, OH, OKAY, NOW WE UNDERSTAND.

I THINK THE GUY DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING WHY A R W'S DOING THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING.

AND, UM, I I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL.

GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

AND JUST ALSO AS ANOTHER FOLLOW UP ON LAST ONE STUFF, YOU, YOU HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH, UM, TALBERT BRIGHT, UH, AND ELLINGTON AND THE F A A WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW PROJECT, THE TERMINAL PROJECT.

ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT COME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT, I'M GONNA HIT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

GREAT.

H X D, ANYTHING ELSE? AT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW MERCHANDISE FOR SALE OUT THERE.

SO YOU USED TO THE FROGMORE, SO NOW WE'VE GOT BOTH LOGOS ON A T-SHIRT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, GOLF SHIRTS.

ERIC CAN, UH, CAN MODEL ONE OF THOSE FOR YOU, BUT THEY'RE, THEY CAME OUT REAL SHARP SHARPS, THE NEW BALL CAPS OUT THERE AS WELL.

SO, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ON THAT NEW MERCHANDISE, IT'S THERE.

SO THE TIME TO START CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS NOW .

THE TIME IS NOW.

THE TIME IS NOW.

I HEARD PUMPKIN SPICES OUT OF DUNKING DONUTS.

SO YOU CAN CHRISTMAS SHOP AT A R W.

ONTO H X D.

UM, THE F A A MEETING THAT HOWARD JUST ASKED ABOUT, UM, I WAS AT THAT WHEN ERIC AND, UH, STEVE TOOK CARE OF THE MEETING OUT AT A R W.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A, A MYRIAD OF, OF ITEMS REGARDING H X D, BUT THE MAIN THING WAS THE, UH, THE CHANGE IN AIRPORT DESIGN GROUP FROM C TWO TO C THREE AT H X D AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE AS FAR AS THE AIR, UH, A L P GOES.

UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, PLANS, PROJECT PLANS FOR THE NEXT 10, 20 YEARS.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE NEAR TERM THOUGH.

MOST OF THE DISCUSSION WAS CENTERED AROUND TAX AWAY FOXTROT BECAUSE THAT, THAT, UM, REHABILITATION PROJECT IS, UM, IS IMMINENT.

WE'VE ALREADY BID THE PROJECT AND WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD THOSE BIDS, THANKFULLY.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF MODS THAT HAVE TO BE OBTAINED FOR THE F A A BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE A C THREE NOW INSTEAD OF A C TWO.

THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT.

UH, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE COORDINATING SOME OF THAT WITH THE TOWER STAFF AND, UM, THE COMPANY THAT, THAT RUNS A TOWER.

AND THEN ANOTHER PART OF THAT IS, IS ON US WITH JUST KIND OF AN ASBUILT SURVEY TO SHOW THAT THE TAXI A O F A IS A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAR FOR THE E ONE 70 FIVES, WHICH WE KNOW IT IS.

WE JUST HAVE TO GRAPHICALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT.

THEN ONCE WE ACHIEVE THOSE TWO MODS, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE STATE GRANT FOR THAT.

WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE FEDERAL GRANT FOR THAT.

SO THAT WAS THE, THE MAIN PIECE.

UM, WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT, UM, PROJECT CLOUD, WHICH IS AT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE, UH, THE AIRPORT.

UM, I'VE SUBMITTED SOME INFORMATION TO THE F A A SO THAT THEY CAN REVIEW IT FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE MADE, UM, HAVE THE FA A'S EYEBALLS ON THEM FROM A, JUST FROM THAT COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT.

'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE SPONSOR ASSURANCES AND THAT.

SO WE'VE ASKED THEM TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT AND GET US SOME FEEDBACK.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL AWAIT THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY WE SPOKE ABOUT ST.

JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, AND HOW WE MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD.

THE FA HAD SOME GOOD, UM, ADVICE FOR US.

THE PRIMARY PIECE OF ADVICE WAS PUT IT ON THE C I P SO PUT ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS LIST BECAUSE IN THE FA A'S EYES UNTIL IT'S ON THAT LIST, IT REALLY DOESN'T EXIST FOR THEM TO CONSIDER AS A PROJECT.

SO WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR C I P LIST SO THAT OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WILL, WILL THEN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, I GUESS URGENCY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD ON THAT AND WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS WITH COUNTY STAFF, TOWN STAFF AND THE, THE CHURCH FOLKS TO JUST KIND OF COORDINATE NEXT STEPS.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE F A A MEETING.

IT'S KIND OF A, THE QUICK ONE, BUT A MEETING ONE, UM, ON THE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MEETING? BIG THANKS.

INSPECTOR CAME DOWN ON MONDAY AND WE HAD THREE DAYS SCHEDULED FOR IT.

AND THEN PART 1 39, WE HAD THAT ANNUAL INSPECTION LAST WEEK.

UM, THE

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IT ENDED UP TAKING REALLY JUST TWO DAYS OR KIND OF A DAY AND A HALF.

WE WERE FINISHED BY TUESDAY, I GUESS, KIND OF EARLY EVENING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

A LONG, LONG NIGHT MONDAY, UH, TO DO THE NIGHT INSPECTION.

ERIC AND STEVE HANDLED THAT WITH, UH, WITH DAN DOWN AT HILTON HEAD AND UM, AND THINGS WENT PRETTY WELL.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES AS FAR AS RECORD KEEPING AND TRACKING SINCE LAST YEAR.

UH, THEY SEEMED TO LIKE THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE SET UP.

THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS.

WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR OFFICIAL OUT BRIEF YET, UM, WITH ANY OF THE, UH, DISCREPANCIES THAT THEY WANT US TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO WE'RE WAITING THAT FINAL REPORT AND WHEN WE DO, UM, WE'LL ADDRESS WHATEVER ITEMS THE INSPECTOR FOUND THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.

SO ALL IN ALL, A GOOD, GOOD EVENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT, BUT, UM, I THINK A BIG IMPROVEMENT AND WE SHOWED A LOT OF GROWTH OVER LAST YEAR.

JUST THE MAIN THING WAS RECORD KEEPING AND BEING ABLE TO PROVE THAT TRAINING HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, NEXT ONE, TERMINAL CONTRACT.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING AND, AND YOU ALL APPROVE THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT HAS BEEN SLOW WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, SCHEDULED DURING THE SUMMER, BUT THAT SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE, UM, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH.

AND THEN IN TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT DONE, GETTING CONTRACT AWARDED AND THEN STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER THE SCHEDULE AND UM, BE ABLE TO REALLY SHOW SOME, SOME PROGRESS THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UH, SAME QUESTION AS MY USUAL ONE.

, WHEN ARE WE GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND? STILL UNKNOWN.

IT IS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T AWARDED THE CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL DEVELOP THE SCHEDULE, SO WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT.

SO KIND OF WE'RE WAITING ON COUNCIL, THEY'RE WORTH THE CONTRACT.

AND THEN SO WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PIPELINE, BUT THE PIPELINE IS THE PIPELINE.

THAT PIPELINE, UH, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, SO LIKE YOU'RE, UM, LIKE YOUR D H C PERMITTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HAVE THOSE ALL BEEN DONE AHEAD OF TIME? SO BASICALLY IT'S, IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS APPROVED.

IT'S REALLY JUST A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT YOU HAVEN'T, ARE YOU'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS SELECTED OR IS THAT CONTRACT LOCKED UP AND DONE? NO, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER WE'RE READY TO GO.

AND YOU APPROVED THE NUMBER LAST MONTH? YEAH.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

THAT IS A NUMBER.

ALL WE WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WAITING , WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU.

, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOMEWHERE IN A 30, 60 DAY MOBILIZATION PERIOD, SO, WELL, AS SOON AS THAT CONTRACT'S DONE, THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO BEFORE YOU IS ABLE TO GET GOING.

TO A LARGE EXTENT WHAT WE DO AT HILTON HEAD DEPEND ON SIGNATURES, COOPERATION, UM, BECAUSE PARKING IS THE MAJOR ISSUE, UH, FOR AN AIRPORT OUR SIZE AND THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT THAT MAY POTENTIALLY USE THE AIRPORT AS A LANDING SITE.

SO I MEAN, I, I DON'T WANNA SPECULATE ON, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS PROCUREMENT, LABOR STAT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING TO THE TABLE.

SO NO, EVERYBODY JUST ANXIOUS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

I'M SURE YOU ARE TOO.

NONE MORE THAN ME, HOWARD THAT I CAN PROMISE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ONE IS, UH, THE R B C HERITAGE.

THE REASON I WANT TO BRING THIS UP IS THAT I JUST HAD A CHAMBER BOARD MEETING TWO DAYS AGO AND, UM, STEVE WILMONT, WHO'S THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AND I HAVE BEEN IN PRETTY CLOSE COORDINATION ABOUT HOW TO BRING OUR AIRPORT INTO THAT TOURNAMENT.

MORE HOW TO BRING THAT TOURNAMENT ONTO THE AIRPORT MORE.

AS YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR IT WAS, UM, IT WAS CALLED AN ELEVATED EVENT THIS YEAR IT'S CALLED A SIGNATURE EVENT.

THERE'S ONLY EIGHT SIGNATURE EVENTS ON THE ENTIRE TOUR AND WE HAVE ONE OF THEM.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TOP-NOTCH PLAYERS.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AIRPORT FOR ALL THE TOP-NOTCH PLAYERS.

WE NEED TO FIND OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS AIRPORT THE VERY BEST IT CAN BE FOR THAT TERMINAL.

WE NEED TO START NOW 'CAUSE IT'S IN APRIL.

SO IN MY OPINION, WE'RE BEHIND THE POWER CURVE ALREADY.

I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH STEVE AND P G A PLANNING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THOSE PLAYERS KNOW THAT THEY CAN FLY DIRECTLY TO THE TOURNAMENT BY COMING TO OUR AIRPORT.

I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE MANIFEST OF ALL THE PLAYERS LAST YEAR AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

AND WE SERVE A LOT OF THOSE AIRPORTS WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS.

SO THEY SHOULD BE COMING RIGHT TO US, NOT TO OUR NEIGHBOR IN ANOTHER STATE.

SO WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.

BUT A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WORKING WITH P G A BECAUSE THE PLAYERS DON'T BOOK THEIR TRAVEL.

P G A BOOKS IT FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.

BUT I, I TOLD STEVE, I SAID, WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH, LET ME KNOW.

IF YOU WANT THE AIRFIELD, PAINTED PLAID, WE WILL PAINT THE AIRFIELD PLAID .

UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE THE AIRPORT FOR THIS EVENT.

AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO YOU.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD THIS YEAR AND, AND REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THIS TOURNAMENT AND SHOW THEM THAT WE CAN HOST THE TOURNAMENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT OUR TERMINAL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WE NEED TO BE THE AIRPORT FOR THIS TOURNAMENT DOESN'T,

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IT DOES.

AND AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SIGNATURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST PARTNER FOR THIS EVENT.

THAT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING IN.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, YOUR TOP PLAYERS ARE GONNA COME IN ON THEIR PRIVATE PLANES AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU WATCH A FULL SWING, UM, , THEY, THEY PARTNER TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FLYING TOGETHER.

'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY, THEY GOOD PLAYERS WANT TO BE AROUND AND I SHOULDN'T SAY GOOD PLAYERS.

UH, EXCELLENT PLAYERS, TOP-NOTCH PLAYERS TEND TO HANG OUT TOGETHER AND LIVE AROUND EACH OTHER.

AND SO THEY'LL SHARE THAT.

BUT YOUR OTHER PART OF THE, THEN THE OTHER GROUP OF PLAYERS IS GETTING THEM TO KNOW AND COME IN INTO SIGNATURE SIGNATURE'S, THEN GONNA BE FOR THE REST OF US THAT ARE COMING TO THE EVENT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT ARE GONNA COME IN AND WATCH IT AND LEAVE OR, YOU KNOW, ARE ALREADY KINDA SECOND HOME HILTON HEAD RESIDENCE.

I THINK THE P G A STARTING WITH THE P G A, IF THEY'RE, WHICH IS SOMETHING I LEARNED IF THEY'RE BOOKING THAT TRAVEL FOR THOSE PLAYERS, IS TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND, HEY, THAT'S A DIRECT, YOU CAN GET A DIRECT FLIGHT RIGHT INTO RIGHT INTO HILTON HEAD.

UM, YOU KNOW, VERSUS CHARLESTON OR SAVANNAH WOULD BE THE OTHER TWO PLACES I WOULD THINK THEY'D BE COMING IN.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PLACE IS WORKING WITH, UM, THE P G A P G A, UH, EXCUSE ME.

P THE EVENT BEFORE IS AUGUSTA.

P G A SHOULD CHARTER A 1 75 FROM AUGUSTA TO HILTON HEAD AFTER THE TOURNAMENT.

THAT'LL WORK.

AND THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THE PLAYERS THAT ARE IN THE TOP.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS 60? NO CUT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF OBVIOUSLY THE BIG TOP GUYS HAVE THEIR OWN AIRPLANES.

WE'RE WE'RE ALSO GONNA D O T TO SCHEDULE A BRIDGE PROJECT BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH AND BLUFFTON .

IF JOHN, ON A SERIOUS MATTER, IF THERE'S A ROLE FOR THE TOWN TO PLAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, UM, DAVE, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT THE TOWN DID STEP IN LAST YEAR.

UH, WITH THE BANNERS AND THAT AROUND THE, UH, AROUND THE TERMINAL AND UH, THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK TO INCREASE THAT PARTNERSHIP.

YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE ISLAND.

SO THE TOWN HAS A ROLE.

HEY JOHN, THIS IS TOM REITS WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL.

IF YOU NEED HELP, WE'RE THERE FOR YOU AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, THAT.

I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT AS A LOGISTICAL ISSUE HERE, UM, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT NOBODY'S THOUGHT ABOUT.

IF THESE PLAYERS FLY TO EITHER SAVANNAH OR CHARLESTON, THOSE AIRPORTS HAVE MORE THAN ONE RUNWAY THAT THEY CAN LAND ON.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE RUNWAY AT HILTON NET AIRPORT AND WE'RE ONLY ONE DISABLED AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM SHUTTING THE AIRPORT DOWN.

WE HAD AN INCIDENT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHERE THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED FOR ALMOST 15 HOURS BECAUSE AN AIRPLANE WAS STUCK ON THE WRONG ONE.

IS THERE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THAT? UH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, BRIAN.

UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE PUT ON OUR CAPITAL LIST ON THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT IN PLACE.

UM, BUT THAT, I THINK EVEN IF WE HAVE THAT, I THINK WE OUGHT TO COORDINATE EARLY WITH SIGNATURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT US TOO.

'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, IT'S THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR TUGS THAT WE USE.

WE HAD A, AN AIRPLANE THIS WEEK THAT, UM, THAT BLEW A TIRE ON LANDING AND, AND WE SIGNATURE WAS OUT THERE IN NO TIME TO, TO TUG THAT OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

SO, GREAT POINT.

UM, I'LL HAVE STEVE KIND OF MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND, AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP THAT THAT'S A GREAT THING TO PREPARE FOR.

SO EVERYBODY'S IN TO HELP, RIGHT? COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.

WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER BETWEEN US, THE TOWN, THE COUNTY, UM, ABSOLUTELY.

AND STEVE, UH, AT THE, UH, R B C HERITAGE OR, UM, HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION AND THE CHAMBER.

AND, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS A, A PRETTY COOL EVENT.

SO EVEN IF WE HAVE TO, JOHN, JOHN, I MIGHT, I MIGHT SUGGEST IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY ON YOUR, UM, RADAR.

YOU, YOU MIGHT PUT, UH, SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNTY, SOMEBODY FROM THE TOWNS CHAMBER, WHOEVER YOU WANT IN A ROOM FAIRLY SOON, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND WE CAN START RESPONDING TO THOSE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK THE FORWARD PLANNING, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED IS REALLY CRITICAL.

THANKS.

THANKS DAVID.

OKAY, SO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT, JUST BRAINSTORM THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HELP US OUT.

I'M ONLY ONE BEAR OF VERY LITTLE BRAIN, SO, UM, I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT.

ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN MAVE.

OKAY, A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS TODAY.

UH, JOHN, UH, ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM THE BOARD THAT WE ALREADY WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED YET? HEARING NONE, JOHN.

NOT MUCH OF ARREST.

TRY RIGHTS

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AND VOTE .

[IX.1. HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE BEST OF HILTON HEAD]

UH, FIRST ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT.

UM, ACTUALLY NOT, I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT.

I'M GONNA NOT CALL A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT.

I'M GONNA CALL IT, I'M GONNA CALL IT AN INTERIM SHUTTLE AGREEMENT.

THAT'S IN EFFECT WHAT IT IS.

UM, IT WILL BE A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SORTS WITH THIS SPECIFIC COMPANY.

UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT, UM, WITH A COMPANY CALLED THE BEST OF HILTON HEAD.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS PROVIDE, UM, A SHUTTLE SERVICE, SO A ON-CALL SHUTTLE SERVICE, NOT A TAXI, NOT AN UBER, NOT A LYFT, BUT A SHUTTLE SERVICE.

UM, NOT UNLIKE A A LIMO SERVICE, AND WE DID NOT HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

THERE HAD NOT REALLY BEEN A DEMAND FOR THAT SERVICE.

I APPROACHED THE RESORT SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT IT, BUT THERE WAS REALLY NO APPETITE FOR IT.

A PRIVATE COMPANY APPROACHED US AND THEN A COUPLE MORE APPROACHED US AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, IN PROVIDING A SHUTTLE SERVICE TO AUGMENT TAXIS AND, AND TNCS.

SO WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU IS, IS THE INTERIM LETTER OF AGREEMENT.

AND THE WHOLE REASON THAT I'D LABEL IT AS INTERIM IS THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO KIND OF TEST DRIVE THIS, UM, AND, AND SEE HOW THIS WORKS, SEE HOW THE COMPANIES RESPOND TO IT.

AND THAT WAY IF WE NEED TO ADJUST IT AFTER THE FIRST TERM, WE CAN DO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THAT FIRST ITEM IS IN FRONT.

SO JOHN, IS THIS, IS THIS ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO OTHER TYPES OF, UH, OPERATING AGREEMENTS WE HAVE WITH OTHER VENDORS AT THE AIRPORT? ALTHOUGH THIS IS A, A KIND OF A STANDALONE OPERATION BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE, IT'S ROUGHLY SIMILAR IN THAT IT, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME CADENCE, SO TO SPEAK, OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE, THE NORMAL TERMS IN THERE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS A SHUTTLE AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S IN STEP WITH OTHER SHUTTLE AGREEMENTS AT SIMILAR AIRPORTS.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS REACH OUT TO OTHER AIRPORTS WHO ARE LIKE US AND UH, KIND OF GOT THEIR FEEDBACK AND I WENT OUT ON THE AAA HUB AS WELL AND SOLICITED INPUT FROM OTHER AIRPORTS.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE COBBLED TOGETHER THE BEST OF, OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS, UH, WERE THE, THE POINTS MADE AND HAS BEEN THROUGH THE LEGAL REVIEW PROCESS AT THE COUNTY FOR A FIRST DRAFT.

THEY'LL GET ANOTHER SHOT AT IT, BUT IT'S IN, IN KEEPING WITH THEIR STANDARDS AS WELL.

AT THIS POINT, THE, THE, THE COMPANY NAME IS THE BEST OF HILTON HEAD.

THAT'S THE NAME.

AND DO THEY ACTUALLY RESIDE OR HAVE AN OFFICE ON HILTON HEAD OR ARE THEY, I BELIEVE THEY DO.

RIGHT? I NEED TO SPEAK IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

UM, YEAH, THEY HAVE A, YEAH, YOU MAY WANT TO COME OVER HERE PLEASE.

YEAH, HOWARD, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

THEY, THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD AND, UH, THEY HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS, UH, DEALING WITH FISHING AND CHARTER BOATS.

AND THAT'S WHERE HE RECOGNIZED THE NEED OF HIS CUSTOMERS.

AND SO HE'S ADDING TO THAT BUSINESS WITH SHUTTLE SERVICE TO GET PEOPLE ON ISLAND FROM WHERE THEY ARE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

AND HE WANTED TO INCORPORATE THE AIRPORT.

HE SAW THAT NEED.

ALRIGHT, SO, SO HE IS LOCAL, THEY'RE AN ONGOING BUSINESS.

YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT AND THE BEST OF HILTON HEAD.

SO, MOVE THOMAS.

MOTION MAKER.

SECOND, SECOND TO OH.

AND DIDN'T SEE HIDING BACK THERE.

SECOND GOES TO ANNE .

JUST MARK IS, YOU KNOW, LEANING FORWARD.

THERE YOU GO.

UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

THAT MOTION PASSES.

AND I J JUST A REMINDER TO, UH, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN JOHN SENDS OUT THIS STUFF OR ER SENDS OUT THIS STUFF, I'M HOPING YOU'RE READING IT 'CAUSE WE ARE VOTING ON IT.

YOUR NAMES GO ON AN APPROVAL LIST THAT SAYS THE COUNCIL, THAT THE AIRPORT BOARD VOTED ON IT.

SO PLEASE TAKE TIME AND READ THIS STUFF, UH, BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING.

NUMBER

[IX.2. BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ARW) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND GITIBIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC DBA GO RENTALS]

TWO.

THE NEXT ONE IS, AND, AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS ONE AT HILTON NET ISLAND AIRPORT BEFORE, BUT THIS WOULD BE FOR EXECUTIVE.

THIS IS, UH, THE COMPANY KNOWN AS GO RENTALS.

AND WHAT THEY ARE IS A, A CAR RENTAL COMPANY AND THEY SERVE ONLY, UH, GENERAL AVIATION POPULATION.

SO THEY'RE ALSO LINKED IN WITH, UH, PLAIN SENSE AND WHEELS UP AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHARTER SERVICES, UM, AND NET JETS.

AND, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THEY PROVIDE NICER RENTAL CARS, UM, TO THE, THE FLYING POPULATION.

IT'S NOT OPEN, UM, TO A, UH, TO A WALKUP GROUP OR, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE DRIVING IN AND JUST WANNA RENT A CAR FOR A WEEKEND.

IT, IT IS NOT OPEN TO THEM.

IT'S RATHER EXCLUSIVE TO THE AVIATION COMMUNITY.

UH, AND THEY ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OPERATING AT

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A R W.

THEY SEE A NEED THERE, WE SEE A NEED THERE.

THEY'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF CARS AT THE AIRPORT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON CARS THAT COME ACROSS TOWN.

UM, AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL IN, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP RESERVATIONS AND HELPING OUR STAFF HELP THEM.

SO, UH, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THEM ON BOARD FULL SWING, UM, AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO OUR AVIATION POPULATION.

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A R W AND FOR THE COMPANY AS WELL.

IT'S ONE OF THE WEAK POINTS THAT A R W HAS HAD.

VERY DIFFICULT, IF YOU FLY INTO RENT A CAR, WE HAVE A LOANER, BUT RENTER IS, UH, ARE KINDA LEFT HIGH AND DRY.

SO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN ON THIS AGREEMENT? YEAH.

UM, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE TERMINAL THEN, OR IS IT, IS IT UP TO THEY'LL HAVE THE PAPERWORK THAT'S THERE AND SIGN IT.

THE PAPERWORK IS THERE AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO SOME OF THIS IN ADVANCE ONLINE WITH THEM.

SIMILAR TO THAT.

UM, AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN PULL THE INFORMATION WE NEED, BUT THEN ANY FORMS THAT NEED TO BE SIGNED, IT'S VERY CLEAR AS TO WHERE CUSTOMERS NEED TO SIGN.

AND SO, SO YOU GUYS HOLD THE KEYS? THEY PICK UP THE KEYS AT THE DESK.

I THINK THE WAY WE'RE DOING THE KEYS ARE OUT IN THE LOT, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE LEAVING US THREE KEYS ALL THE TIME.

SO THREE CARS CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT.

WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL FILL OUT THE CONTRACT.

IF YOU FLEW IN TODAY AND YOU WERE LIKE, HEY, CAN I GET A CAR? I DO ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR YOU.

I TAKE A COPY OF YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, GET A COPY OF YOUR CREDIT CARD, AND THEN A COPY OF THE CONTRACT AND I WOULD EMAIL THAT TO GO RENTALS.

AND THEN THEY WOULD START YOUR CONTRACT FROM THERE? NO, AND WE RETURN THE CAR, WE LET THEM KNOW IT CAME BACK.

THEY'LL COME OUT AND CLEAN IT AND THEY CLEAN IT EVERY DAY ANYWAYS.

THEY'LL GET THE LAST MILEAGE AND CLOSE IT OUT.

AND THEN IF YOU WERE TO GO ONLINE AND BOOK IT AHEAD OF TIME, THEY'RE GONNA SEND ME AN EMAIL TO THE A R W OR OUR WHOLE TEAM AT A RW AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, HEY, I'VE GOT JOHN SMITH COMING IN.

HE'S ON THIS TAIL NUMBER, THIS IS HIS CAR.

AND WE, YOU CAN EITHER GIVE 'EM ONE OF THE THREE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR THEY WILL DRIVE ONE DOWN FROM HILTON HEAD OR CHARLESTON.

DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY END.

RENT.

IF YOU RENT SOMETHING I DON'T HAVE ON HAND.

SO THERE'S FLEXIBILITY THERE.

YOU, YOU MAKING AN ADVANCED RESERVATION IS GREAT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU FLY IN AND DECIDE YES, YOU WANNA SPEND, SPEND THE NIGHT, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY.

OKAY, LET'S GO.

THEY HAVE DEDICATED PARKING SPOTS SIGNED YES.

AT THE AIRPORT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY USED OR NOT, THOSE SPOTS BELONG TO THEM.

YES.

AND THEY'RE RENTING ALL THREE OF 'EM.

GREAT.

SO DO WE CHARGE EXECUTIVE FLIGHT TRAINING FOR THEIR PARKING SPOTS ALSO? WILL, YES.

YEAH, I GUESS WE'LL EVENTUALLY DO THAT.

WE, WE HAVE NOT TO THIS POINT.

I GONNA SAY THAT'S JUST A A POINT TO REMEMBER.

I'LL ALSO, UM, PARKING LOT IS, IS LIMITED, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE AIRCRAFT OWNERS, YOU KNOW, PARKING OVER THE PARKING LOT.

UH, ARE WE GONNA EXPAND THE PARKING LOT OR ARE WE GOING TO IMPROVE THE PARKING LOT? WE ARE GONNA IMPROVE THE PARKING LOT.

UM, THAT'LL HAPPEN PROBABLY IN THE NEXT TWO-ISH, TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

MONTHS, TWO, THREE.

WEEKS, MONTHS, COUPLE MONTHS, RIGHT? COUPLE, TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

COUPLE MONTHS.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT THAT GETS REDONE, BUT THE TROUBLE AREA IS RIGHT UP FRONT WHERE THE TREE TREE STUMPS GONE.

UM, AND THOSE SPOTS WHERE WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THE TREES REMOVED, THOSE WILL ALL BE REPAVED.

OKAY, WELL LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THAT ONE TREE STUMP ONE THERE IN THE FRONT.

PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT'S A PARKING SPOT.

I KIND OF LIKE IT.

STOLE YOUR SPOT.

WHOSE CAR THAT WAS.

IT ALMOST GOT TOWED.

WELL, CHRIS'S IS ALWAYS RUNNING, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S HIS.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN ON THIS? UH, ON THIS, ON THE CAR RENTAL? NO.

I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND IS IT, IS IT THE GI BIN? HOW DO THEY PRONOUNCE IT? WE JUST CALL IT GO RENTALS.

AND GO RENTAL ASSOCIATES.

UM, WELL DOING BUSINESS AS GO RENTALS.

ACCEPT A MOTION FOR THAT ANN MOVE.

AND CHRIS IS THE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

A LITTLE UPDATE, UH, FOR ME.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES ALL I HAVE.

[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE]

LESLIE IS NOT HERE, SO I WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM GOING ON AT HILTON HEAD AIRPORT, WHICH IS, UH, SHE'S ORGANIZED VERY WELL AND IS WORKING OUT EXTREMELY WELL, UM, BENEFITING BOTH THE PASSENGERS ARRIVING AND DEPARTING AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES IN T S A AND SECURITY WHO ARE SOMEWHAT RELIEVED FROM SOME OF THE MORE TEDIOUS QUESTIONS THAT THEY GET INTERRUPTED WITH.

SO, UM, WE'VE HAD GOOD TURNOUT FOR VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR.

UM, HOPEFULLY LESLIE WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

UM, MAYBE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A LARGER PRESENCE.

I THINK, UH, THE ONLY DRAWBACK THERE IS THAT WHEN THE AIRPORT REALLY GETS CROWDED ON SATURDAYS, ON THE, ON, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, EVEN WITH THE BRIGHTLY COLORED AND NICE LOOKING SHIRTS THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS RECEIVED, WE GET KINDA LOST IN THE, IN THE SHUFFLE.

UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT GOOD PROGRAM, GOOD IDEA.

AND I THINK, UH, WORKING OUT VERY WELL,

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UM, IT IS MY INTENT AND I'VE HAD A VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY, UH, TO TRY AND UPDATE SOME OF THE ENABLING LEGISLATION THAT CREATES OUR BOARD.

UM, I WENT AT THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR, HAD A VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH JOHN, UH, KIND OF LET IT DROP, BUT THE, SINCE THE ENABLING LEGISLATION WAS CREATED WHEN OUR AIRPORTS WERE VERY DIFFERENT AND THE BOARD MAKEUP AND THE ISLAND WAS VERY DIFFERENT, UH, I THINK IT'S TIME TO REVIEW SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, UH, ACTUALLY BROADENING IT SOMEWHAT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE LESS RESTRICTIVE, BUT STILL FIND QUALIFIED MEMBERS.

SO I WILL BE PRODUCING THAT.

I WILL SEND IT AROUND TO BOARD MEMBERS, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON IT.

I'LL SEND IT ON TO JOHN, OF COURSE.

UM, AND HIS OFFICE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON IT.

AND THEN, UM, THE PROCEDURE, I HAVE THE PROCEDURE FOR TAKING THIS THROUGH AND IT IS A, IT'S NOT A SHORT TERM PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY , UH, BUT THERE IS A PROCEDURE FOR GETTING IT DONE SO THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF OR TWO WEEKS AND THEN JOHN A WEEK OR SO AFTER THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE, UH, HOW WE PROCEED.

IN ADDITION, I'VE HAD A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY WITH RESPECT TO ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE AT OUR MEETINGS, UM, DURING COVID.

AS YOU KNOW, THE ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE, UH, WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND BECAME A MAINSTAY OF NOT ONLY, UH, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, BUT FOR COMMITTEES AND AND BOARDS AS WELL.

UM, THERE'S NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT THAT WE OFFER A ZOOM OR ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR ATTENDING.

AND IT'S MY INTENT AFTER I ONCE AGAIN CIRCULATE TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR OPINIONS, UH, IS TO REMOVE THE OPTION OF ATTENDING AND ASK FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO GET TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE SEEM TO HAVE A PATTERN THAT IS DEVELOPED, UM, THAT LESSENS OUR ATTENDANCE FROM SOME BUFORT PEOPLE OVER AT HILTON HEAD AND LESSER ATTENDANCE FROM SOME OF OUR HILTON HEAD PEOPLE OVER AT BUFORT.

WE DO BETTER WHEN WE MEET IN PERSON.

UH, WE GET MORE DISCUSSION ON TODAY.

FRANKLY, TODAY'S DISCUSSION WAS EXCELLENT.

UH, SO I'LL BE SENDING A NOTE AMOUNT LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

UH, AND IF THE FEELING IS TO GO AHEAD, I HAVE A, THE COUNTY ROUTE TO PURSUE THAT AS WELL.

UH, JUST A REMINDER TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UM, WE ARE ENTITLED TO THREE ABSENCES FROM BOARD MEMBERS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

IT IS NOT EXCUSED VERSUS UNEXCUSED.

IT IS ABSENCES PERIOD.

SO REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, UM, THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE IS REQUIRED TO SEND TO THE COUNTY A LIST OF OUR ATTENDANCE REPORTS AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, THE COUNTY DOES LOOK AT THAT.

UH, SO IT'S JUST A HEADS UP TO REMIND YOU ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

UH, SO THAT'S ALL FROM MY END.

ANYBODY ELSE?

[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

A W GROUP? UH, THE ONLY THING, WE, WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK, UH, OR THIS MONTH IN BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS.

UH, I THINK, UH, DAVID DID A GOOD JOB ON UPDATING SINCE HE MADE THE PILOTS MEETING.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SET THE QUARTERLY PILOTS MEETING YET FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, IS THAT CORRECT, ERIC? THE DATE HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED.

I'M LOOKING FOR PROBABLY THE 20, I THINK IT WAS THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER OR THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER.

UH, I'LL COME, I'M GONNA SEND OUT, UM, A COUPLE DATES THEN WE'LL PICK.

CAN I ASK THAT, UH, WHEN YOU DO GET A DATE SET THAT YOU NOTIFY EACH BOARD MEMBER BY EMAIL THAT YOU HAVE SET A DATE AND FOR THE PILOT'S MEETING, UH, THERE MAY BE AN OPTION FOR SOME OF US TO COME OVER WHO ARE NORMALLY NOT ON THE A R W SIDE TO COME OVER AND JUST KIND OF SIT IN AND LISTEN.

SO IT'D BE NICE IF YOU, AND YOU COULD COME IN BY ZOOM IF YOU WANT TO.

HOWARD .

I WAS HOPING.

I I WAS HOPING YOU'D COME PICK US UP THERE.

SO SOME THAT'S WHAT I'M COUNTING.

THERE WE GO.

FLY US OVER THERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, BUT I DON'T, NOTHING ELSE FROM A R W OTHER THAN WE'VE ALREADY SET OUR MEETING FOR THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU GUYS ON THE A R W IMPROVEMENT, IT'LL BE THE 12TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK OF SEPTEMBER.

AND TO THE REST OF I ZOOM IN? YES.

YOU SURE? ABSOLUTELY.

WE DON'T HAVE ZOOM THERE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PUT IT ON THE CELL PHONE.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, JOHN, STEVE, OR ERIC WHILE AROUND? I DO.

I DO.

DAVID.

UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE JOHN'S COME TO THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND BROUGHT COUNCIL UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

UM, SO JOHN, WHEN YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU'VE GOT SOME NEWS THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH TOWN COUNCIL, LET'S SCHEDULE A MEETING AND I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU SAY TO TOWN COUNCIL IS THAT NEXT HERITAGE IS GOING TO BE A BIG EVENT AND, UH, ALL HANDS ON DECK, ET CETERA.

DAVID, THE ONLY CONDITION I HAVE IS THAT YOU KEEP THAT MEETING UNDER SIX HOURS.

, I, UH, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU START OFF THE MEETING, NOT, NOT THE END OF IT.

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I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, I, I I'M REALLY THINKING THAT, UH, THE, THE TERMINAL IS THE BIG ITEM AND THEN END OF THE SUMMER STATISTICS AND ANYTHING YOU ELSE YOU HAVE THAT, UH, YOU FEEL WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMU COMMUNITY TO KNOW.

NO, I'D, I'D BE HAPPY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

JUST LET ME KNOW SO I CAN, UH, CLEAR IT WITH THE, UH, MAYOR.

WILL DO.