Aug 15, 2024 Airports Board

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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WE ORDERED 130 EVERYBODY WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IT IS TO FIGHT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE NEW REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. CHRIS IS OUT THIS WEEK SO I GET THE MEETING PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA OF INFORMATION ACT.

[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVAL OF MINUTES LAST WEEK IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE I WOULDN'T THINK THE WORD BUT THE MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES SO MOVE YOU GO SECOND AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I LIKE ALL RIGHT AND IT'S APPROVED PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'RE GOING TO NEED GOT SOME PUBLIC TODAY GOOD COMMENTS TODAY OR PEOPLE JUST SITTING AND LISTENING ENJOYING THE SHOW JUST ENJOYING THE

[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

ALL RIGHT. DIRECTORS REPORT MR. JOHN ALL RIGHT.

COME ON DOWN NOW PRETTY QUICK. I THOUGHT WE'D HAVE SOME COMMENTS SINCE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY. YOU SURE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT YOURSELF OR SOMETHING? WE NEVER GET PUBLIC HERE. IT'S EXCITING.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME. WE'RE ALREADY IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE HERE BUT ROLLING ALONG GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR SO, STARTING TO SEE SOME GRANTS COMING IN AND GRANTS GET ANNOUNCED AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THAT BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW ACTION ITEMS TO TO GO THROUGH TOO SO SEE HOW THIS WORKS. ALL RIGHT. NOW TELL ME WE'RE DIFFERENT.

EVERYTHING SERIOUSLY. WHERE DID YOU POINT IT? IS THIS OPERATOR? YES, IT DOES ALLOCATION OF AGAIN MAN OR YOU THERE OR WE PUT OH OUR MEETINGS ARE RIGHT RIGHT OKAY UH HUH ALL RIGHT WE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT I OKAY SO TAXIWAY FOXTROT REHAB IN HILTON HEAD IS JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP ALL THE BIG WORK IS COMPLETED. WE ACTUALLY DID A CONSTRUCTION MEETING THIS MORNING DOWN AT HILTON HEAD AND THE PAVING FINISHED UP.

THE TEMPORARY MARKINGS ARE ALL ON THERE SO IT IS FOR ALL INTENTS PURPOSES COMPLETE.

THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK DONE ON EDGES OF THE TAXIWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT UP AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES WITH THIS OVERLAY AND THEN SOD WILL BE LAID OUT AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT'LL FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN IN A MONTH THEY'LL COME BACK AND DO THE PERMANENT MARKINGS WITH THE GLASS BEADS AND IT'LL BE COMPLETE.

SO IT WAS A FAST PROJECT. THE PROJECT TIME WAS ONLY 28 DAYS AND THEY GOT A FEW EXTRA DAYS BECAUSE OF THE STORM LAST WEEK BUT THEY'RE INSIDE OF THE TIME SO.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB OUT THERE. I THINK IT WAS VERY MINIMAL DISRUPTION TRAFFIC.

WE DID A FEW NIGHTTIME CLOSURES WHERE THEY HAD MILL OUT THE STUB TAXIWAYS AND JOIN THOSE UP BUT EVERYTHING WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY FOR THOSE YOU HAVE THE PLEASURE OF OF GOING THROUGH THE LITTLE DIP AT RUNWAY THREE THAT'S GONE NOW THAT'S BEEN REPAIRED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. SO IF YOU'VE HAD THAT LET US KNOW HOW THAT GOES TOO BECAUSE WE LAUNCH A COUPLE AIRPLANES A DAY AND I THINK THERE'S MAYBE ANOTHER VERY SMALL DIP JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA. SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. SO IF YOU'RE ON THE CENTERLINE OR YOU CHEAT A LITTLE BIT TO THE RIGHT, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL EXPERIENCE IT. BUT WE WANT TO REMEMBER EMBRAER'S OFF AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY UP AND DOWN SO THAT WAS A GOOD SIGN.

I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS ON THE CENTRAL. THAT'S OKAY.

GOOD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US PRIDE ALL RIGHT, SO GREAT PROJECT AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT STEVE THAT TALK ABOUT ME? I THINK IT WAS PRETTY SMOOTH.

YEAH, IT WAS SMOOTH OTHER THAN WE'RE GOING GET SOME ADDED MARKINGS ON THE GATE SPOTS RIGHT. YEAH WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL PAINTING DONE BY THE BY THE TERMINAL WHICH WOULD BE A NICE ADD ON BUT PROJECT AP WAS A CONTRACTOR THERE THE KIND OF THE ONE OF TWO ASPHALT CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF OUR WORK OUT THERE AND THEY KNOW THE AIRPORT WELL AND THEY REALLY DO A GOOD JOB. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT THAT PRODUCT.

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SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF REALLY ONLY HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE WATER AS IT WAS COMING DOWN AND BASICALLY AS IT IS A WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE THINGS CLEANED UP AND THE SITE DRIED UP PRETTY QUICKLY. SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB. WE DID MOSQUITO CONTROL OUT LAST WEEK RIGHT AFTER THE STORM WHICH IS A GOOD THING THEY WERE OUT DOING SOME LARVICIDE OPERATIONS BUT IT WAS NICE TO LET US KNOW THEY WERE COMING AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA ALERTS JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT IF THEY SAW THE HELICOPTER THAT WAS HOVERING OVER AREAS THEY'RE NOT USED TO IT WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT SPRAYING LARVICIDE TO TRY TO GET RID OF MOSQUITOES BEFORE THEY HATCHED AND CAME OUT AND THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS SO THE HELICOPTER DOES A LARVICIDE BECAUSE THAT'S A LOWER SPEED LOWER ALTITUDE WORK THAT THEY DO WHEN THE SPRAYING HAPPENS. THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THE B TEN BRONCO. SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU SEE GUY YOU THINK'S A DAREDEVIL FLYING REALLY LOW AND REALLY FAST AND CAN'T DECIDE WHERE HE'S GOING BECAUSE HE KEEPS GOING BACK AND FORTH. THERE'S A REASON HE'S FLYING LOW AND IN A PATTERN AND THAT'S THE MOSQUITO CONTROL AIRCRAFT AIRPLANE THAT'S FLYING AND DOING THE AERIAL.

SO IF YOU ENJOY SITTING OUTSIDE IN YOUR YARD YOU CAN TIP YOUR HAT TO THOSE GUYS EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND IT'S VERY, VERY SCIENTIFIC SO I CAN'T GET INTO ANY OF THE DETAILS BUT IT'S IF YOU EVER WANT TO HAVE A GREAT CLASS TALK TO MOSQUITO CONTROL BECAUSE IT'S REALLY AMAZING WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHAT THEY CAN TELL YOU WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DO THEY YOU KNOW, RIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING WE'RE TRYING TO READ THE PAPER AND DRINK OUR CUP OF COFFEE. WE HAVE THIS AIRPLANE BUZZING IN OUR HOUSE AS THE SUN IS COMING UP AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO GET AHEAD OF THE HONEYBEES. YOU KNOW, SO MANY HIVES AND JUST SO MANY NATURAL BEES HERE THAT IF THEY WERE TO SPRAY WHEN THE SUN IS UP AND IT'S WARM AND ALL THE BEES AROUND THEIR ACTIVE KILLING ENTIRE HIVES WITH THE SPRAY WHEREAS IF YOU'RE EARLY YOU MAY KILL SOME SCOUT BEES BUT DON'T KILL THE HIVE. SO THERE'S A REASON BEHIND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS JUMP ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, FIND MOSQUITO CONTROL AND AND LEARN ABOUT IT. IT'S IT'S PRETTY FASCINATING.

ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN THE NEW BILLBOARD WE REDESIGNED THE BILLBOARD COMING THE ISLAND THIS IS IN BLUFFTON OVER BY THE LIGHT THERE ARE MEMPHIS ROAD BYE BYE LOWE'S AND MOE'S. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE AIRPORT AREA IN THERE BECAUSE SAVANNAH'S GOT A COUPLE THERE. WE'VE GOT THAT THERE. SO WE CHANGE SOME THINGS AROUND TO INCREASE THE SIZE, THE FONT AND MAKE THAT STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT WE'RE ABOUT HAVING FUN AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THOSE GREAT NONSTOP FLIGHTS . ALL RIGHT. THE WATER FESTIVAL HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND VISIT THAT WE AT A MAJOR SPONSORSHIP AND THAT THIS YEAR IS EXCITING SO WE HAD WE HAD AN INFORMATION BOOTH SET UP ON THE FIRST WEEKEND WE'RE HANDING OUT SOME THINGS TO FOLKS AND THEY STOPPED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AIRPORT AND MARLENE AND ERIC DID A GREAT JOB STAFFING ALL THAT AND WAY THAT WE HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBERS IN THERE I CAN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE SWEATING IT OUT ON THAT FIRST SATURDAY IS ALWAYS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE FOR SATURDAY AND MAYBE THE SECOND ONE WITH THE BRIDE TOO BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY WARM FOR THAT BUT WE DID HAVE OUR OUR NEW OUR TRUCK UP HERE SO YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IT WAS IN SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IN HILTON HEAD AND THIS YEAR WAS THE WATER FESTIVAL. SO THEY DID SHOOT THE WATER TO SORT OF TRY TO COOL SOME PEOPLE OFF AND ENJOY THAT. SO ERIC AND AND AND ERIC I GOT A CHANCE TO RIDE ON TOP OF THAT GUY AND AND AND SWEAT IT OUT SO IT WAS KIND OF COOL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE A TRUCK LIKE THIS IN THE PARADE AS WE DO WE HAVE THE ONE WITH CHIEF DAN LET ME LET ME JUMP AROUND FREQUENTLY GO FORWARD AND THEN GO BACK. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS OUR OUR FIRE CHIEF. CHIEF DAVIDSON AND HIS SON WHO'S WITH BARTON DISTRICT AND THERE ARE TWO TRUCKS. SO OBVIOUSLY OUR TRUCK IS BIGGER AND COOLER, BETTER AND FASTER BUT I'M KIND OF A COOL FATHER SON OPPORTUNITY THERE AND GOT A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA LIKES AS YOU CAN SEE OVER 35,000 ON THIS ONE. AND SO ONE OF THE I GUESS OF THE GUY WHO RUNS THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT SAID IT WAS LIKE A CUTE PUPPY DOG PICTURE WHERE LIKE THE PUPPY DOG WELL THAT'S ITS CHIEF AND HIS AND HIS SON CHASE.

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ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE'LL BACK UP AND LOOK AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S TODD OUT THERE AND HIS C RAY THAT'S FOR THE BLESSING THE FLEET ON THE LAST PART OF WATER FESTIVAL SO NORMALLY SEE BOATS GOING DOWN THE RIVER TODD HAD CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND HE BROUGHT SEE RIGHT OUT THERE AND HAVE THAT BLESSED AS WELL SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET GET BLESSED IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT SO THAT'S KIND OF A FUN PICTURE. OH OH NO I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

UPDATES ON THE TERMINAL WE DID JUST SEND OUT AN UPDATE LAST NIGHT SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SAW THAT IT'S GOT A FEW MORE PICTURES AND STUFF BUT I'VE TOLD A FEW PEOPLE THIS WEEK THAT WE'RE IN THE STAGE OF THE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF MAKING A MESS BEFORE WE BUILD SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT HAS TO BE HAVE TO BREAK SOME EGGS TO MAKE THE OMELET. BUT I ASSURE YOU THE OMELETS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURES GOT REVERSED WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SHOW. YES, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO WE'RE TEARING EVERYTHING UP AND THERE WAS NEW SEWER LINE, WATER LINE AND A LUXURY ELECTRICAL DUCT BANK THAT WENT THROUGH THIS AREA HERE. SO THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF PARKING HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY ELIMINATED AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEW ROAD IS GOING TO GO. SO IT WILL BE A FOUR LANE ROAD OUT IN FRONT OF THAT TERMINAL. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN TWO PHASES OF TWO LANES EACH.

SO THE FIRST TWO LANES WILL BE BUILT AND THEN THE INSIDE TWO LANES CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING WILL BE USED AS CONSTRUCTION AREA AND THEN ONCE IT'S ALL FINISHED WE'LL HAVE ALL FOUR LANES OPENING UP. ALL RIGHT. MORE OF THE PARKING THAT'S SOME OF THE AREA WHERE THE UTILITY LINES WENT THROUGH AND THAT'S WHERE PARKING USED TO BE FLAGPOLES USED TO BE SIDEWALK USED TO BE. SO IT'S BEEN INTERESTING JUST MAKING A PATHWAY SO COULD MAKE THEIR WAY FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE TERMINAL BUT AGAIN IT'S KIND OF AMAZING HOW WELL THE CUSTOMERS ARE ADAPTING TO THE CHANGE THEY THEY VERY EASILY ARE FINDING THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS AND MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE TERMINAL AND.

I THINK IT'S BEEN KIND OF AS PAINLESS AS WE CAN ASK FOR IT. IT'S REALLY MOVE SMOOTHLY AND THE CONTRACTORS DO A GOOD JOB OF HAVING A PRESENCE THERE AS WELL SO THAT THEY CAN HELP ANYBODY WHO LOOKS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. BUT IT'S BEEN WORKING PRETTY SMOOTHLY. ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE SEEING THE UTILITY WORK THERE. JUST A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING BECAUSE I ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE WHEN I USED TO DO WAS A STUFF NOBODY EVER KNEW WAS THERE UNTIL IT WENT WRONG. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE FORCE OF THE LIFE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERS AND THE SITE CONTRACTORS. NOBODY APPRECIATES IT UNTIL THE SEWER LINE BREAKS OR THE WATERLINE BREAKS OR SOMEBODY CUTS THE POWER LINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR BUT THESE GUYS ARE INSTALLING THE YOU CAN SEE ELECTRICAL DUCT BANK TO THE LEFT AND THEN THAT'S A SEWER MANHOLE ON THE RIGHT THERE STEEL IS ON SITE SO OOPS I HAD TAKEN HEAT OFF THE END OF THAT AND I FORGOT IT'S NOT IN SOMEBODY'S NAME STEEL IT IS THE STRUCTURAL STEEL IS COMING IN AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS START TO SEE THAT GOING VERTICAL. SO SPECIAL STEEL THAT IS SPECIAL STEEL. SPECIAL STEEL THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.

THAT'S SPECIAL. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT'S PREMIUM STEEL.

IT'S THE BEST STUFF YOU CAN GET . ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. SO A QUICK UPDATE. WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO NOW WITH THE AIRLINES AND WE TALKED THROUGH A COUPLE OF OF MAJOR ITEMS. ONE WAS A PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO.

ANOTHER ONE WE HAD DONE FIVE BEFORE. WE'RE EXECUTING NUMBER SIX NOW AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS EACH TIME YOU YOU FINISH A PFC PROGRAM AND START A NEW ONE, YOU COME UP WITH A WHOLE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THE PFC IS APPLIED TO AND THEN YOU HAVE TO VET THOSE TO THE AIRLINES AND THEY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM, COMMENT ON THEM AND THEN ONCE THAT THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMMENT AND ONCE THEY AGREE THOSE PROJECTS WE SUBMIT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE TO THE FAA FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND THEN IT MAKES APPROVED AND WE BEGIN COLLECTING THOSE PIECES AGAIN FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS IT'S A WHOLE HOST OF PROJECTS TURMOILS ON THERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ALL OF OUR AIRFIELD PROJECTS THAT ARE GRANT RELATED ARE INCLUDED IN THE PFC APPLICATION BECAUSE WE CAN BASICALLY PAY BACK OUR LOCAL SHARE OF THOSE PROJECTS. THE PFC AGAIN IF YOU REMEMBER THE PFC IS PASTOR FACILITY AND THAT IS THE THE FEE THAT'S PUT ON EVERY PLANNING PASSENGER IS A $4 AND 50 CENT CHARGE THAT'S THE LIMIT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOWS.

IT WAS SET BACK IN 2000. IT'S NOT BEEN INCREASED IN 24 YEARS NOW.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANY POLITICIANS HIT THEM WITH WE NEED TO INCREASE THE PFC WE TALK ABOUT

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WE HAVEN'T A WRITTEN REPORT BACK YET FROM THE INSPECTORS BECAUSE THEY MOVE ON TO DO OTHER AIRPORTS AS WELL AND THEN ONCE THEY GET A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO THE OFFICE THEY PUT THE REPORTS TOGETHER AND SEND THEM OUT TO THE AIRPORTS BUT THINGS PRETTY WELL.

WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. THIS WAS OUR THIRD YEAR WITH WITH THE PARTICULAR INSPECTOR THAT WE HAD AND SHE BROUGHT WITH HER THE INSPECTOR WILL HAVE NEXT YEAR SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TURNOVER GOING ON TO USUALLY GET AN INSPECTOR FOR THREE YEARS IF NOTHING MAJOR CHANGES. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH A THREE YEAR CYCLE I THINK LEARNED A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW TO HOW TO DO BUSINESS AT THE AIRPORT, HOW TO DOCUMENT WHAT WE DO AT THE AIRPORT TRAINING RECORDS AND CERTIFICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT KIND OF CAME A LONG WAY AND HAD A GOOD A GOOD INSPECTION OVERALL IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION I'VE COME UP ABOUT THE TRAINING ISSUES FROM OUR PREVIOUS INSPECTION WHICH THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS . IT IS YOU KNOW THIS DIDN'T INTERFERE THE WORK NO NO NO THIS IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE SAME PEOPLE INVOLVED YOU KNOW SAME INSPECTOR FROM TWO YEARS AGO BUT TOTALLY FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR'S INSPECTION SO THINGS WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT ON I THINK I TOLD CHRIS I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AND THEN I DIDN'T WRITE THEM DOWN SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SO I'LL LOOK AT I KNOW YEAH NO I'M VERY RELYING ON POST-IT NOTES. WHOEVER DID INVENT THAT WAS A GENIUS. SO IF ANYBODY'S GOT IDEAS WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT CAN THROW THEM AT ME. STEVE ERIC ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING FINGERS YEAH.

WE WELL, I GUESS I CAN TELL YOU WE'VE GOT A PRETTY LOADED COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONDAY. I'M GOING TO PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IS KIND OF OUR PARENT COMMITTEE WITH COUNTY COUNCIL AND I FORGET HOW MANY ITEMS IT IS BUT BETWEEN THERE'S 1515 ITEMS. YEAH SO SOME OF THOSE ARE APPROVALS OF AGREEMENTS LIKE WE'VE GOT ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. SOME OF THOSE ARE GRANT ACCEPTANCES LIKE WE'VE GOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY BUT A LOT GOING ON AT THE AIRPORTS LIKE I SAID WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL SO THOSE THE GRANTS ARE COMING THROUGH AND WHAT WE FOUND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW IS THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE GET A GOOD IDEA FROM THE FAA THAT THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR ARE GOING TO COME IN A YOU KNOW, A WINDOW OF TIME MAYBE A YOU KNOW, 90 DAYS OR SO. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PREPARED THOSE RESOLUTIONS FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AHEAD OF TIME, BROUGHT THEM YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND THEN WE GET THEM TO COUNTY COUNCIL ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GET THE GRANT OFFER AND THEN THEY'RE ALL CONTINGENT UPON THE FINAL OFFER BEING MADE FROM THE FAA TO THE COUNTY AS THE AIRPORT SPONSOR. BUT THAT'S WORKED OUT REALLY WELL BECAUSE WHEN THE FAA SUBMITS THE GRANT OFFER TO US TO ACCEPT THEM IT'S ALL DONE ELECTRONICALLY AND EVERYTHING IS AUTO FORWARD SO ONCE THE FAA MANAGER SIGNS IT IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S EMAIL AND WHEN HE SIGNS IT IT GOES TO THE ATTORNEY AND WHEN HE SIGNED THAT HE GOES BACK TO THE FAA. SO IF LINED UP AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S COMING, IT HAPPENS VERY, VERY QUICKLY. SO IT'S TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO CONTINUE THIS WE KIND OF DID THIS BY MISTAKE. YOU KNOW, WE SAID WELL WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET THESE CHEWED UP BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT COMING AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY THE WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE ALL APPROVALS IN PLACE BEFORE THAT VERY RAPID AND IT SOUNDS FUNNY IS A VERY RAPID FEDERAL PROCESS TAKES BUT IT DOES IT THEY'RE VERY EFFICIENT AT GETTING THIS THIS MONEY OUT ONCE IT'S SIGNED SO IT'S GREAT SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AHEAD OF THOSE ACTUAL OFFERS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN VERY SO FAR I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES. THE ONLY OTHER THING I MIGHT MENTION IN NOVEMBER I KNOW SOMETIMES CANCELED NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING BUT THIS YEAR IS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING I BELIEVE SO. MARK, YOUR FOR THAT.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO LINE UP WITH OUR AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS TO COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY CALL A COMMUNITY VISIT WHICH WILL BE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT BASICALLY

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SO IF YOU IF YOU CAN BE PRESENT FOR THAT PLEASE DO WHERE WILL THAT BE? ROSSIYA THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE. THERE IN NOVEMBER HERE IN THE CITY SEPTEMBER THEY'RE OVER HERE I GUESS NOVEMBER THERE. RIGHT.

OKAY SO IT BE THAT WHICH ACTUALLY WORKS FAIRLY WELL BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE OTHER MEETINGS WITH THEM SOME WITH OTHER OTHER GROUPS ON THE ISLAND.

SO ANYHOW MARK THAT DOWN AND IF YOU CAN BE THERE IT'D BE GREAT IT SHOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TO CHAT WITH THEM. WE GET A GOOD GOOD BRIEF FROM THEM.

LET'S SEE I THINK THOSE ARE BIG ONES I'VE GOT NOW. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY BEEN TRAINING FOR THE FIVE GOING DRIVE EVERY DAY? I DON'T THINK SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO JUST COME OUT FOR THE FIVE GIG AND DO IT YOU CAN WALK IT. WE DO HAVE PEOPLE PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF SO THAT'S OCTOBER THE 12TH. SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN BEING OUT THERE COME OUT ON THE ON OCTOBER THE 12TH IS THE SATURDAY AND GOING GOES AT 8:00 ZERO EIGHT. SO I'LL BE AT THE FINISH LINE OF PEOPLE.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE NEVER HAVE YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF US WHO'S RUN THE RACE AND WE'RE WE'RE GASTINEAU LIKE HERE HANG METALS AND YOU KNOW I JUST HAVE MY GATOR AND SO YEAH IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND BE THAT COOL PERSON TO HANG THE MEDALS IT DOESN'T SMELL BAD THEY SHOULD BE GREAT. SO YOU'RE INVITED. ALL RIGHT.

I WILL CONCLUDE THE DIRECTORS REPORT AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ABOUT THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM CHRIS.

ONE QUESTION, JOHN, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING BEAUFORT AIRPORT AREA W IN YOUR REPORT. SO LAST TIME WHEN YOU WERE IN HERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HANGAR PROJECT. IS THERE ANYTHING NEW ON THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD GOOD POINT THAT'S ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AND IT'S A DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMITTEE SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE TWO TO ME WITH THE COMMITTEE TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THE IDEA BEHIND THEN THE NEED FOR THE HANGARS AND THEN THE IDEA BEHIND THE FUNDING FOR THE HANGAR IS THAT YOU ALL VOTED ON LAST MONTH AND TO MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE AIRPORT'S BOARD IS RECOMMENDING A COURSE OF ACTION AND BASICALLY GET COMMITTEE TO BUY IN AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN.

SO THAT WILL HAPPEN MONDAY AND I THINK WE HAVING A MEETING PRIOR TO THAT IT 1:00 YEAH I GOT IT HERE AT THE AIRPORT OKAY ALL RIGHT I'LL HAVE TO JOIN THAT MEETING REMOTELY BECAUSE I HAVE A CONFLICTED ONE SO THAT YEAH BUT I'LL BE THERE PHYSICALLY FOR THAT WE CAN BE THERE THEY'RE PERFECT. YEAH IT'S A GREAT TO SAY THIS IS THE PERFECT TYPE OF AGENDA ITEM THAT WE NEED. SOME FOLKS AT THAT MEETING SO I REACHED OUT MOSTLY TO TO VIEW FOR FOLKS BUT JIM AND CHRIS AND DAVID AND I THINK WE'VE GOT MAYBE TOM JENKINS IS COMING AS WELL BUT YOU KNOW ALL PILOTS ALL AIRPLANE GUYS ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE AIRPORT WITH REGARD TO HANGARS AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE HANGAR. SO I THINK THAT WILL BE IMPACTFUL TO HAVE YOU GUYS PRESENT THE MEETING. SO THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT THAT PROCESS WE GO TO THAT AND THEN GET THEIR BUY IN AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT THEY STAFF IT AND IT GOES TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL RIGHT THE PROCESS THEN WITH SO IT WOULD GO FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES SAFETY COMMITTEE IDEALLY AND THEN PITCH BACK TO STAFF SAY HEY WE LIKE THIS GO DEVELOP THE DETAILS FOR THIS FIGURING OUT THE RATES, TERMS, CONDITIONS, ALL THAT AND THEN COME BACK COMMITTEE AND AT THAT POINT IT WILL COME BACK TO FINANCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT NOW BECOMES A FINANCIAL ITEM AND THEN IT GETS BRIEFED BY THE FINANCE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO COUNTY FOR POLITICAL SIGN OFF. RIGHT.

AND I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY TO GO AS AN ORDINANCE WHICH MEANS THREE READINGS OF COUNCIL.

SO IT IS A LONGER PROCESS BUT IT FORMALIZES THAT AGREEMENT WHICH IS I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT OKAY GOOD AND MEETING IS MONDAY ON MONDAY AND HERE AT 3:00 COME THEN FREE MEETINGS AT THE AIRPORT AT ONE YEAH WE'RE A WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE AGENDA I THINK BUT THEN WE HAVE

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THANKS, JOHN. AND THEN NEW BUSINESS I GUESS WE'VE GOT SOME ITEMS HERE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY. THE TRUTH PROBABLY I THINK DEFINITELY THE GRANT ACCEPTS AND I THINK PROBABLY THEY'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

OKAY. WE NEED TO HAVE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY OR WE'RE GOING TO JUST SAY IS THERE QUESTIONS ON THESE BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THE READING AND VOTING? THAT'S UP TO YOU. I MEAN THE FIRST ONE IS LIKE THERE'S ONE OF THE GRANT ACCEPTANCES. THE FIRST TWO ARE THEY ARE RELATED BUT THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE GRANTS AND THEY'RE BOTH FOR BEFORE FOR EXECUTIVE FOR THE REHAB PROJECT AND THE REASON THERE ARE TWO IS THAT THERE IS ONE THAT'S THROUGH THE THE BILL FUNDING WHICH IS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION. AND THEN ON ITEM TWO THERE IS A PIECE THAT'S OUR NORMAL GRANT FUNDING BUT THEY REQUIRED TO APPLICATION SO THAT'S WHY THERE

[IX.1. GRANT ACCEPTANCE - RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT FAA BIL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $448,000 FOR ARW RUNWAY 07/25 REHABILITATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ]

WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND WE'LL START WITH NUMBER ONE GRANT GRANT ACCEPTANCE RECOMMENDATION EXCEPT THE FAA BILL GRANT COMMISSION APPROVED THE SECOND YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION RIGHT.

I WOULD MAKE THE OKAY GO SECOND SECOND I ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTANCE I THOUGHT IT WAS

[IX.2. GRANT ACCEPTANCE - RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT FAA AIP GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,378,106 FOR ARW RUNWAY 07/25 REHABILITATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ]

THE SEASON BUT YOU CAN'T PREDICT THE GRANT CYCLE SO AND THEN IT WILL ALSO CONTRACTOR AVAILABILITY YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THEY CAN EXECUTE IT AND SUCH SO THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS WILL PLAY INTO WHAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT DATES ARE BUT IT MOVES PRETTY QUICK THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR. I MEAN I KNOW WE'RE TALKING THE GOVERNMENT SO IT'S PROBABLY NEXT YEAR BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW FOR THE GRANT FOR THE ACTUAL WORK TO BE DONE WELL ONCE THE GRANTS IS USED IT'S ON US TO HANDLE EVERYTHING ELSE LOCALLY SO THAT REALLY DEPENDS ON CONTRACTOR AVAILABILITY AND THE BEST TIME TO DO AT THE AIRPORT. OKAY.

BUT A LOT OF PRE-WORK IS DONE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SO THE GETS HERE THEN WE START THE ACTUAL EXECUTION PROJECT RIGHT . OKAY.

OKAY THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM THE AP GRANT. OKAY SO LET'S LOOK SECOND. OKAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

[IX.3. WORK AUTHORIZATION – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TALBERT, BRIGHT, AND ELLINGTON WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119-2301 FOR HXD AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN]

THAT'S OUR CONCISE CONSULTANT GRADE FOR THE SYSTEM. JUST JOHN, COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YEAH FOR THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN WHAT SPECIFICALLY CONTRACT THAT THROUGH YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THAT WORK AUTHORIZATION AT LEAST FLIP THROUGH AND IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY I THINK IT'S 30 SOME PAGES SO I'LL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU A READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF THAT. BUT BASICALLY WHAT THE LP IS IS IT'S YOUR YOUR GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? THERE'S NO REAL SET INTERVAL AS TO WHEN YOU NEED UPDATE LP FOR SOME AIRPORTS IT COULD BE EVERY FIVE YEARS IF THINGS ARE REALLY MOVING QUICKLY OR THERE'S MAJOR CHANGES AT THE AIRPORT FOR OTHER AIRPORTS IT COULD BE ONCE EVERY 30 YEARS IF THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING ON BUT US WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW, MAJOR CHANGES AT THE AIRPORT. WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THE PROJECTS ON THE MASTER PLAN. WE'VE HAD A BIG CHANGE IN THE FLEET SORT OF IN THE COMMERCIAL

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THERE'S A PUBLIC COMPONENT TO THIS AS WELL. SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE DESIGNED THE TERMINAL AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT WAS MADE UP OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES.

WE'LL HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE ADVISORY GROUP THAT COULD SET UP FOR THIS AIRPORT LAYOUT PLANNING PROCESS THERE IS SOME REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS SO DO HAVE SOME MEETINGS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. YOU DO A LOT OF ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE AIRPORT WANT TO BE WHEN IT GROWS UP AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? YOU MAY RECALL ON THE LAST MASTER PLAN THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AS TO HOW THE RUNWAY WOULD BE DEVELOPED AND SORT OF THING.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THOSE TYPES OF SCENARIOS. ANY ONE OF MY MESSAGES? YES. A REAL SIMPLIFICATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT A LOT OF SOME CONSULTANTS BROUGHT IN. IT'S A BIG TEAM THAT WILL MEET AND TALK ABOUT LOT OF THINGS. IT WILL BE A LOT OF SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE JUST REALLY WORKSHOP AND THINGS AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME PUBLIC SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE SAYING HERE'S HERE'S SOME OF THE IDEAS WE'VE UP WITH, HERE'S THE INFORMATION BOARDS AND IT WILL GATHER FEEDBACK WELL WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL SCOPE OF THE WORK AUTHORIZATION? IS THAT THE WHETHER NOT IT IS WE'VE GOT A GRANT APPLIED FOR ON THAT ONE AND I DON'T MY EMAIL OFF SORRY OF THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S YOU REMEMBER JUDY I WANT TO SAY IT'S CLOSE TO $1,000,000. YEAH.

AND MAYBE JUST OVER $1,000,000 AND LIKE I SAID IT'S IN IT'S NOT A ONE MONTH PROJECT.

THIS IS A MAJOR PLANNING PROJECT. THE THE PRODUCT IS A IS A SET OF DOCUMENTS DRAWINGS AS WELL AS WRITTEN DOCUMENTS THAT GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND THIS IS I'M NOT MISTAKEN ONE OF THE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE TO GET THE FEDERAL MONEY EXACTLY IT IS IS PLANNING GOT TO HAVE AN APPROVED MASTER PLAN YOU GOT TO HAVE ALL THESE THINGS DONE PRIOR TO FOR AND AND RECEIVING THE GRANTS IT IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS ONE OF THE SPONSOR ASSURANCES OF THE FAA RFP PROGRAM IS TO HAVE AN UPDATED AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN AND THAT PLAN ONCE THIS IS SO PEOPLE THINK THE MASTER PLAN APPROVED BY THE FAA AND IT REALLY DOESN'T THE MASTER PLAN IS A LOCAL PART THE ALPI DOES GET APPROVED BY THE FAA AND IT BECOMES A LEGAL DOCUMENT ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE FAA.

OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PROPOSE TO TALBOT RIGHT NOW WE CAN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN SOME BRANDING SEGMENT. ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THINK YOU ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ONE COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT. CAN YOU BRIEF US ON THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT? THIS IS A GOOD YES. YEAH.

WHAT WAS IT? YEAH, HOWARD THE MOTION AND BRIAN MADE THE SECOND GOT THE

[IX.4. COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A NON-TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND EGA AERO SPECIALTY SERVICES]

THE COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT IS FOR ONE OF OUR TENANTS OUT TO BE FOUR EXECUTIVE SOMETIMES RENT THIS AIRPLANE OUT OKAY SO IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAKE A TRANSACTION YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH THE AIRPORT.

SO THAT COVERS HIM IN THE AIRPORT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT ONE REPRESENTS. OKAY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVED WHICH IS A LITTLE GO SECOND RIGHT MARKS THE SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE OPERATING AGREEMENT OKAY I'M SO MOVED AND THEN NUMBER

[IX.5. LEASE AGREEMENT – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND UNITED PARCEL SERVICES, INC (UPS)]

THIS IS JUST KIND OF A RENEWAL OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE GOT WITH UPS.

THEY THEY USE SOME OF A PARKING LOT THAT WE'VE GOT IT ALONG HUNTER ROAD FOR SOME OF THEIR OVERFLOW PARKING AND SO WE GENERATE A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE FOR WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP IT. OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION APPROVAL SPEAK

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[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE ]

MAYBE LESLIE CAN BREAK US ON THE ONGOING INVESTMENT PROGRAM. WELL WE GOT AN EMAIL.

[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

PASSENGER SERVICES COMMITTEE WE'RE DOING VERY WELL. WE'LL FINISH UP SEPTEMBER 1ST BUT IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER FOR EVERYONE AND WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD AMBASSADORS AND I REACHED THE POINT WHERE I PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME AND WANT TO DO IT NEXT YEAR SO WOW BECOMING VERY POPULAR JUST TO MAKE THE SHIRTS. YEAH I HAVE A DIFFERENT RECORD BECAUSE NOT ONE PERSON HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIRTS THIS YEAR NO THANKS TO STEVE, RIGHT? YEAH. SO SHE DID A GOOD JOB. WE'RE GOING FOR AND SKIRTS NEXT YEAR TO COMPLIMENT THE SHIRTS UNIFORM OKAY BREAKING ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE SHERMAN I HAVE ONE COMMENT AND THIS IS MORE OF A PROCEDURAL THING AND IT REALLY DOESN'T IT'LL SAVE IT FOR ME. BUT YOU KNOW, I WORK THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THERE'S APPARENTLY A STATUTE PASSED RECENTLY REALLY TALKING TO ROCIO WHO APPARENTLY WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ON AGENDAS ANYMORE. THE BLUFFTON IS TAKING ALL THAT OUT OF ALL THEIR PUBLIC AGENDAS YOU DON'T HAVE TO SO WE CAN SAVE A TINY BIT OF INK AND 3 SECONDS OF APPROVALS THE THOUGHT OF DOING THAT GOT HER LOOK INTO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CONTINUE SEE A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THAT'S ALL I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMITTEES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT THIS WEEK THIS MONTH? NOPE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE GET OUR SECOND CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.

ANY NEW ONES COME IN? NOPE YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO. 1407 JUST WORKING ON ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN YOU CAN GET EMOTIONAL. THAT'S WEIRD.

SO MOVE TO GO SECOND

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.