Oct 17, 2024 Airports Board

WE NEED IS A APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

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

UM, AND THE FIRST THING

[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO, BRIAN.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT, UH, MOVES FORWARD THEN TO THE

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVAL OF, UH, THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 19TH.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT? SO MOVE, GO MOVE SECOND.

SURE, NICK.

CHRIS, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

ABSOLUTELY.

NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SINCE WE HAVE NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SNACKS AND TREATS AT THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING IN SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC.

UH, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME, UH, IT'LL BE, UH, IT'LL BE A SURPRISE ON WHAT TREATS WILL BE HERE NEXT MONTH.

UH, SO WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE DIRECTOR'S

[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

REPORT, JOHN.

WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A QUICK HALFTIME BREAK HERE AND, UH, SEE IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION UP ON THE SCREEN.

THAT WAS QUICK.

WELL, I HOPE EVERYBODY'S ENJOYING THE COOL WEATHER OUT THERE, WHEREAS SOMEBODY AT THE GYM REFERRED TO IT THIS MORNING.

WE HAD FALL BETWEEN SIX O'CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT AND NOW WE'RE IN WINTER.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT WAS THE TAKE THIS MORNING.

BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW.

SO, UM, WE'RE IN THE, IN THE NICE SEASON, AT LEAST FOR A FEW DAYS.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WARM AGAIN NEXT WEEK, SO WHO KNOWS.

ALRIGHT, WELL HARDY IN OCTOBER.

UM, JUST A QUICK NOTE, REMEMBER NEXT MONTH AT THIS MEETING IN HILTON HEAD WE'LL HAVE OUR AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH US.

SO WE'LL HAVE THREE PEOPLE FROM AIRE AND, UH, WE'LL BE GETTING A MARKET UPDATE AND AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO, UM, THAT'LL BE DURING THE BOARD MEETING, SO WE'LL GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, SOME TIME TO TALK.

SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY FOR NOT A MARATHON MEETING, BUT LONGER THAN A 40 MINUTE MEETING.

WE'LL PROBABLY GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, 40 MINUTES OR WHATEVER TO TALK.

SO, UM, ANYHOW, THAT'LL BE NEXT MONTH.

WE'RE GONNA HOPE THAT THE CLICKER WORKS TODAY.

ALRIGHT, SO GO THROUGH.

OH, WE TOUCHED IT.

YEAH, BUT THAT NEVER ACTUALLY MEANS ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FUN PICTURE WE TOOK, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM ACROSS THE WAY AT THE R AND YOU CAN SEE THE STEEL GOING UP ON THE, ON THE BUILDING.

SO IT'S KIND OF NICE TO, UH, LOOK ACROSS THE FIELD AND SEE THAT HAPPENING.

AND THIS WAS KIND OF COOL.

I, I TOOK IT WITH MY IPHONE SO YOU KNOW, WHERE THE IPHONE, IF YOU HOLD THE PICTURE, YOU GET, YOU SEE THE MOTION, YOU KNOW? DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? NO.

THE LIVE, LIVE PICTURE, IT'S COOL, THE LIVE PICTURE, BUT IN THAT PICTURE, I TRIED TO TIME IT JUST RIGHT.

'CAUSE WE HAD A AMERICAN AIRLINES WAS JUST BACKING OUT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ONE BACKED OUT.

WE HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS TAXING UP FOXTROT AND WE HAD ANOTHER E 1 75 THAT WAS TAKING OFF.

AND ON THE LIVE PICTURE, IF YOU HOLD IT, YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT HAPPEN.

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY 5 1 75 AND ONE SHOT, WHICH IS KIND OF FUN.

WOW.

SO IT LIKE, THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL, BUSY, BUSY SHOT.

UH, BUT ANYWAY, TERMINALS LOOKING GREAT.

WE'LL WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF THAT.

HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

GIMME A, JUST GIMME A MINUTE.

WHERE DO I AIM THIS THING? DO YOU KNOW? LIKE RIGHT HERE? TRY.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, LEMME SEE IF I GET, I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS.

NOPE, THEY'RE GONNA AIM IT AT THE TV 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY MESS WITH US.

COME ON.

, YOU REALLY TESTED THIS? THIS ONE? YES.

OPERATING AND SAID CHANGE THE SLIDE PLEASE.

IS IT TURNED ON? YOU TURN IT IS IS ACTUALLY ON THERE.

BUT THANK YOU THAT I'M GONNA TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

HEAD SPACE CHOICE.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

TUBE ROTATE.

LET'S REBOOT.

REALLY? COME ON.

YOU CAN'T JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE.

I DON'T LIKE DOING THAT.

YEAH, YEAH.

THIS IS, COME ON.

IN THE OLD DAY YOU HAD ANOTHER PERSON

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OH, THERE WE GO.

THERE YOU, THAT'S WHAT HE JUST SAID.

YOU NEED NEW HEARING AID BATTERIES.

DID I DO THAT OR DID YOU DO THAT? I DID.

SHE'S LETTING YOU STRUGGLE.

YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULDA HAVE JUST LET HIM PUSH THE BUTTON AND YOU PUSH THE BUTTON AND WE, HE WOULD NEVER KNOW.

BE OUR LITTLE SECRETS.

THE, THE BLOCK REMOTE BUTTON THERE.

SO I'M UP HERE STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, , YOU JUST USE YOUR FINGER AND NEXT TO, OH GOODNESS, I COULD WALKED OVER THERE AND DONE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE, WE HAD THE FLYING FROG 5K THIS PAST WEEKEND ON SATURDAY.

UM, HAD AWESOME WEATHER FOR IT.

IT WAS LIKE LOW FIFTIES, NO WIND.

I MEAN IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE.

AND UM, AND ACTUALLY NO BUGS AT THE END, WHICH WAS SURPRISING.

NORMALLY YOU FINISH UP AND THEN THE SAND ASS DESCEND ON YOU.

UM, BUT WE HAD GOOD, UH, GOOD RACE.

I THINK WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 60 RUNNERS AT THE RACE.

UM, I DID PUT THE NAMES UP THERE 'CAUSE WE DID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER HAVE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OUT THERE TO RUN AND WE HAD A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER RUNNING AS WELL.

SO LOGAN CUNNINGHAM RAN IT AND THEN, UH, TAB TABER CAME UP FROM SUN CITY TO, TO VOLUNTEERS.

SO IT WAS GREAT HAVING SOME REPRESENTATION OUT THERE.

ALSO HAD MARK OUT THERE HELPING US OUT AND UH, DAVE S WAS THERE AS WELL.

UM, SO WE APPRECIATE HAVING THE, THE REPRESENTATION OUT THERE HELPING OUT, BUT GOOD RACE.

AND WE ARE, UM, ALREADY REGISTERED FOR NEXT YEAR.

I THINK IT'S THE 15TH, RIGHT? OCTOBER 15TH.

SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU GOT ALMOST A FULL YEAR.

YOU HAVE 363 DAYS TO START TRAINING.

IF YOU CAN'T GET A FIVE READY FOR A 5K AND THAT TIME, THEN I DUNNO WHAT TO TELL YOU.

BUT IF YOU NEED ROLLER SKATES OR SOMETHING, IF THAT HELPS, YOU CAN DO THAT.

UM, DID YOU BUT ANYWAY, SORRY, DID YOU RUN IN IT? I DID.

THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY VISIBLE.

UH, SO ANYWAY, BE READY FOR NEXT YEAR AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA RUN IT, THEN VOLUNTEER IT.

YOU GONNA VOLUNTEER TO GO OUT THERE? WE'LL HAVE SOME NEW, UH, VOLUNTEER POSITIONS I THINK OUT THERE.

AND WE DO WANNA HAVE, UM, POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR HAVE, UH, HANGAR TENANTS OPEN THEIR DOORS AND MAYBE HAVE AIRPLANES PUSHED OUT.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING TO, TO LOOK AT DURING THE RIGHT, WELL, NOT TO DRIFT OVER.

YEAH, THEY CANNOT BE POWERED UP AND WE DON'T NEED ANY PROPELLERS THAT WOULD ADD AN INTERESTING DIMENSION TO THE RACE, WOULDN'T IT? ? YEAH.

THAT COULD BE A TV SHOW.

REALITY TV.

SO ANYWAY, OCTOBER 15TH NEXT YEAR.

UM, GOOD RUN.

I DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE BUTTON.

DID YOU SEE? DID SHE'S MOVING ME ALONG.

THESE, IF, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THESE BEFORE, THESE ARE CLOSURE XS FOR THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

THESE ARE NICE LED ONES.

UM, THEY'RE THE HIGH SPEED GUYS.

REAL EASY TO SET UP, BUT, UM, THEY COME IN REAL HANDY 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN USING THE FABRIC XS THAT YOU HAVE TO LAY DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, UH, AND SANDBAG DOWN SO THE WIND DOESN'T CURL 'EM UP.

IT'S INTERESTING, I DID, UM, HEAR SOMETHING, I THINK IT WAS AT THE CHARLOTTE, UM, CONFERENCE THAT WE WERE AT.

THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO'S TALKING ABOUT RESEARCHING THESE BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLAINTS BY PILOTS THAT WITH THE LEDS IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN X, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A ONE BIG WHITE, A BLOB BLOB OUT THERE.

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY RESEARCHING INTENSITY LEVELS OF THE LEDS TO, TO TRY TO GET IT SO THAT X SHOWS UP AS AN X AND NOT JUST A BIG WHITE LIGHT AT THE END OF A RUNWAY.

WELL, THE OTHER SUGGESTION, SINCE WITH LEDS YOU HAVE THE OPTION, IT'S VERY CLEVER.

YOU CAN MAKE IT ANY COLOR YOU WANT.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO GET AROUND THAT IS THEY SHOULD MAKE THE COLOR OF THE LEDS YELLOW TO MATCH THE CROSS.

NOT YOU, THERE WON'T BE ANY CONFUSION.

ALRIGHT, TERMINAL UPDATES.

AND THEN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TOO, IS THAT COLOR'S A GOOD IDEA.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A GREAT PIECE OF GEAR TO HAVE OR TWO PIECES OF GEAR TO HAVE.

SO THAT SAVES US A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.

SO NOW WE INTO THE UPDATE.

NOW SIT BACK AND RELAX.

WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU A BUNCH OF SLIDES OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE TERMINAL.

UM, A LOT OF STEEL GOING UP, AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND YOU'LL SEE SOME SITE WORK MIXED IN HERE AS WELL.

BUT IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG.

GOT THE CRANE OUT THERE SO THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.

BUT IT IS COMING TOGETHER AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON TIME.

YOU GUYS ARE ON PRETTY MUCH ON TIME AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE.

AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GET LITTLE DELAYS HERE AND THERE INSIDE A SCHEDULE, BUT SINCE IT'S A, IT'S A TWO YEAR PROJECT, THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TO ADJUST.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE GOING IN.

THESE ARE THE, THE EXTENDED SPEED HUMPS THAT'LL BE IN THAT, THE NEW LANE ACROSS THE FRONT SIDEWALKS ARE BEING POURED THERE.

AND, UH, SOME OF THESE HAVE OYSTER SHELL FINISHES AS YOU CAN SEE THERE.

AND THAT'S A NEW ROADWAY GETTING ITS BASE PUT IN, CURBING GETTING INSTALLED.

THAT'S A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT.

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SO THERE WE ARE.

THAT'S THE TERMINAL UPDATE.

AND 43 SLIDES, .

WE'RE, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A TIME LAPSE CAMERA OUT THERE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH IT TO MAKE SURE WE GET SOME GOOD FOOTAGE OF THAT SO THAT DURING THE PROJECT AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF SHOW MOSTLY A START TO FINISH PROGRESS, UH, VIDEO OF THE TERMINAL.

SO THAT'D BE PRETTY COOL.

SO, UM, KIND OF WRAPPING UP THE, UH, THE LAST BITS HERE.

THE, UM, TITLE SIX PLAN, WE PUT THAT UP THERE.

'CAUSE THAT'S A, A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT ALONG WITH LIKE THE DBE PLAN.

AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, LIKE I SAID, A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT WITH THE GRANTS.

AND THE TITLE SIX PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT BASICALLY SAYS NON-DISCRIMINATION AND, UH, AND BIDDING AND AWARDING OF CONTRACTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT IT'S, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT BECAUSE THE, THE COUNTY, UM, I THINK IS ABLE TO USE THE, THE, THE COUNTY ITSELF WHEN IT GETS FEDERAL GRANTS IS USUALLY THROUGH U UH, SOUTH CAROLINA, DOT AS THE, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THOSE GRANTS.

SO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE IS ABLE TO LEAN ON DOT FOR ALL THESE POLICIES.

WHEREAS THE AIRPORT, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING FEDERAL GRANTS THROUGH THE FAA, HAS TO HAVE OUR OWN DVE POLICIES AND PLANS ON OUR OWN TITLE SIX POLICIES AND PLANS.

SO IT ALL FALLS TO US TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

BUT ROCIO AND MARLENE ARE, UH, WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AT THE FAA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR PLANS PUT TOGETHER AND THAT'LL ALL BE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE WHEN THEY'RE COMPLETED.

SO WE'LL BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE, THE FEDS NEED.

AND, AND THE FOLKS AT THE FAA ARE SUPER HELPFUL AND, UM, UH, THEY REALIZE THAT THE SMALLER AIRPORTS DON'T HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS SORT OF THING, SO THEY KIND OF COACH YOU THROUGH IT.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE UPDATE THERE.

SO THAT'LL BE, WHEN'S THAT WRAPPING UP? UM, WE'RE THE 30TH.

WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT.

SO WE'VE GOT THE DRAFT IN, I THINK, RIGHT? YEAH, WE SUBMIT IT NEXT WEEK.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THAT.

UM, BUT THE STAFF'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THAT.

AND THEN, UM, FA AND TSA LEGAL ISSUES, UM, I THOUGHT I HAD REMOVED THAT ONE, BUT APPARENTLY THE, MAYBE YOU DOWNLOADED IT BEFORE I UPDATE IT.

I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S MORE OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ISSUE, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS DELETING THAT ONE.

UM, BREAKFAST CLUB IS COMING UP AT A RW JUST A QUESTION ON THAT.

ARE THOSE TWO TWO SEPARATE? I KNOW, BUT ARE THEY JUST, ARE THEY YEAH, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE.

TWO SEPARATE, RIGHT.

SO I KNOW WE KNOW WHAT THE FAA ONE IS.

THAT WAS ALREADY, AND THAT WAS IN THE PAPER AS WELL.

I THINK I READ SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER LAST, LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.

ISLAND NEWS I THINK HAD SOMETHING IN THERE.

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T READ THE PAPER.

I WAS, I WAS SITTING IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

UM, AND THEN BREAKFAST CLUB IS COMING UP ON THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER.

SO THAT'S A FLYING EVENT OR COME ON OVER.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP ON THAT, I BELIEVE, FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THAT MARLENE AND ERIC ARE GONNA PROBABLY BE REACHING OUT TO FOLKS FOR SOME HELP.

SO IF ANYBODY'S GOOD AT FLIPPING PANCAKES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WHAT WAS THE DATE? DATE? 17TH.

THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER? YES, IT'S A SUNDAY.

SUNDAY I'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT.

IS A RW.

AND WE'LL GET MORE, SOME FOLLOW UP TO YOU FROM, UH, PROBABLY FROM MARLENE.

UH, QUICK UPDATE ON HANGERS OUTTA A RW.

UM, THAT IS, THAT'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL THIS WEEK.

UM, STEVE AND ERIC WERE UP AT SOUTH CAROLINA AERONAUTICS AND WE HAD APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR THE, THE SITE WORK PORTION OF THAT.

AND WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT FOR, I THINK ROUND ABOUT 1.3 MILLION 0.38, 1.38 MILLION.

SO A NICE BIG PIECE.

AND AERONAUTICS HAD JUST CHANGED THEIR FORMULA FROM UH, UH, 40 60.

SO 40% US 60% THEM TO A 30 70.

SO WE DO 30% AND THEY GOT 70.

SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

AND THAT'S A, A RECENT DEVELOPMENT, THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS.

ANN'S ONE OF THEM .

UM, BUT THAT HELPS US OUT AND IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED AT A, AT A AIRPORT, LIKE A RW.

SO WE'VE GOT THAT NOW THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR APPLICATION THAT'LL GO FORWARD TO COUNTY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE 28TH.

UM, SO ANYBODY, CHRIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA RALLY THE TROOPS AGAIN WHO CAME LAST TIME, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD TO HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS HERE.

RIGHT? UH, WE'LL GET YOU THE TIME.

IT'S USUALLY THREE O'CLOCK MEETING, UH, MONDAY AT THREE.

BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE A NOTE ROCIA, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT RAN OVER A LITTLE, THE MEETING BEFORE US RAN OVER A LITTLE LITTLE BIT, BUT YEAH.

YEAH, JUST BLOCK OFF IF YOU CAN COME JUST BLOCK OFF MORE TIME THAN YOU THINK BECAUSE IT WENT ON AND RIGHT NOW THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE GOT HAS THE SUPPORT OF, UM, COUNTY FINANCE AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

SO IT LOOKS, LOOKS

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PRETTY POSITIVE.

AND, UH, WE WILL GET THE LAST DETAILS FIGURED OUT HERE RELATIVELY SOON AND, UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

AND THEN THE CONTRACT FOR THAT IS GONNA BE GOING TO COUNTY COUNCIL I THINK ON THE SAME DAY, RIGHT? 28TH.

YES, THE 28TH.

ANYWAY, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.

UM, SO THE SITE WORK CONTRACT FOR GULF STREAM CONSTRUCTION WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL ON THAT SAME DAY.

SO, AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY COMMITTEE OR? NO, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED BY COMMITTEE.

I FORGET THE DATES.

28TH I THOUGHT.

21ST AND 28TH.

SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD TOO.

AND YOU, DO YOU THINK, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'D HAVE DATES ON WHEN, AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION IS I THINK I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THE DATES ON, WHEN DIRT IS GONNA START TO BE MOVING, THAT'S WHEN ALL THE PILOTS OUT THERE THAT ARE WAITING ON HANGERS WILL START TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S HAPPENING.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE INUNDATED OR ERIC'S GONNA BE INUNDATED.

I WON'T SAY WE WITH, WITH PHONE CALLS ABOUT IT.

AND SO WE MAY WANNA HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT THE STEPS ARE AND HAVE THAT READY TO GO.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, THAT KEEPS THE EXCITEMENT ROLLING AND WE GET THROUGH ON HOW FAR ON THAT, ON THAT WAITING LIST AND IT'LL CLEAN UP AGAIN.

RIGHT.

AND STEVE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING, THAT ONCE THIS GETS THROUGH COMMITTEE, UM, WE WILL KIND OF DIAL IN THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND GET WITH YOU GUYS AND, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT NEEDS TO BE, AND THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT WHETHER WE WANT TO ADVANCE THINGS OR, OR HOW IT WORKS.

AS FAR AS GETTING THE, UH, GRIEVANCE SET, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD SAY YOU'D WANNA DO COMMITMENTS SO THAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE EVERYBODY IS AND REALLY HOW MANY PEOPLE.

AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S JUST A CLEANING OF THE ROLES ON THAT TO SEE.

AND THEN IT, IT'LL GIVE OTHER PEOPLE MAYBE WHO DON'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER WE END UP ENDING AT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE AT, IF ANY OTHER OPTIONS COME UP.

GOOD.

UM, PFC NUMBER SIX, THAT'S, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER PASTOR FACILITY CHARGES THAT APPLIES TO HILTON HEAD, UM, THAT IS IN FOR A FINAL REVIEW BY THE FAA AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE IMPLEMENTED MAYBE NOVEMBER, RIGHT? I THINK IS WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US.

SO A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN WE THOUGHT, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, AWESOME TEAM UP IN ATLANTA AND THE FAA, UM, WORKING ON THIS STUFF FOR US.

SO THAT'LL MEAN, WE'LL, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, START COLLECTING THE PFCS AGAIN ON THOSE, UH, ON THE TICKETS.

AND THAT HELPS OFFSITE, THAT PAYS US BACK FOR OUR PORTION OF PROJECTS.

SO WHEN WE DO THAT 10% SPONSOR SHARE OF THE PROJECTS AT HILTON HEAD, WE PUT THOSE PROJECTS ON THE PFC AND THEN OVER TIME THAT PAYS US BACK.

SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

AND THE MORE, MORE PEOPLE ON AIRPLANES, THE BETTER.

SO AS WE WORK THROUGH MARKETING PLANS, ANY KIND OF PROMOTIONAL PLANS, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL OR IN THE OUT MARKETS, ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, REASONS OF WHY THAT HELPS THE AIRPORT, BUT ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS JUST PUTTING BUTTS IN SEATS.

THAT THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.

YOU NEED PEOPLE IN THOSE SEATS FLYING AND, UM, WE TELL THE HOTELS, WE'LL PUT THE BUTTS IN THE SEATS, YOU CAN PUT THE HEADS IN THE BEDS AND WE'RE ALL HAPPY.

WE ALL, WE ALL GET OUR TAXES AND FEES AND IT'S ALL GOOD.

SO STILL FOUR 50, STILL AT FOUR 50? YEP.

FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS, IT'S BEEN AT FOUR 50.

ACTUALLY JUST DID A, WE GET A MEMBERSHIP SURVEY FROM AAE EVERY YEAR AND I JUST FILLED ONE OUT YESTERDAY AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS I SAID.

AND, AND GRANTED THEY'LL GET A CHUCKLE OUT OF IT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING ON, ON BEHALF OF INCREASING THE PFC, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S, IT IS REALLY A, A TOUGH ISSUE UP ON THE HILL TO DO THAT.

THERE'S A VERY STRONG LOBBY AGAINST IT.

UM, BUT I WISH WE COULD GET JUST A, YOU KNOW, 20% OF OF THE CPI OR WHATEVER FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS WOULD BE LOVELY.

UM, SO ANYWAY, I DON'T LOOK FOR THAT TO INCREASE, BUT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT AND, AND WE WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, $4 AND 39 CENTS OF EACH OF THOSE.

'CAUSE 11 CENTS GOES TO THE AIRLINES FOR, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING IT AND WRITING THE CHECK TO US THAT THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.

ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I FORGOT? ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAD ON MY LIST.

ANYBODY'S GOT QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THE AIRPORTS.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HOWARD? NO QUESTIONS.

QUIET TODAY.

WOW.

FEELING WELL.

WHAT HAPPENED? WE'RE YET, YEAH.

UM, OKAY, SO, UH, DON'T MOVE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK OR LAST, LAST MEETING.

CORRECT.

SO WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT ON INTO THE NEW BUSINESS.

UM, AND START WITH ACTION ITEM

[IX.1. CONTRACT AWARD - RECOMMENDATION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD TO QUALITY ENTERPRISES USA FOR ARW RUNWAY 07/25 REHABILITATION PROJECT]

NUMBER ONE.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR QUALITY ENTERPRISES AND THEY'RE GONNA EXECUTE THE, UH, RUNWAY REHAB PROJECT AT

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A RW.

AND SO WE RECEIVED, I THINK WE HAD THREE BIDDERS ON THAT PROJECT AND QUALITY WAS THE, UH, LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER.

AND SO ACCORDING TO PROCUREMENT CODE, THEY'RE THE ONES WE OFFER THE, UH, CONTRACT TO.

WE'VE HAD A PRELIMINARY, UH, CONVERSATION WITH THEM JUST TO TALK ABOUT ROUGH SCHEDULES AND ONCE WE GET THAT CONTRACT IN HAND, THEN WE'LL SOLIDIFY THE SCHEDULE.

BUT, UM, THEY'RE GOOD, THEY'RE READY TO GO.

AND SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE MOVING THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THIS'LL BE ON THE, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR MONDAY, THIS COMING MONDAY, THE 21ST.

AND IT WOULD THEN BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL ON THE 28TH.

AND THAT IS, QUALITY'S THE SAME ONE THAT DID THE EXTENSION AT, AT UH, HILTON HEAD, CORRECT? CORRECT.

UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING IT? AND WE'LL, UH, YOU'LL HAVE LEEWAY.

I GUESS WE'LL WORK, IT'S GONNA BE WORKED OUT ON TIMING ON IT.

HOW MUCH ROOM DO WE HAVE ON TIMING ON THAT WHEN WE DO IT? 'CAUSE I THINK YOU HAD SAID BEFORE, IN OTHER MEANS, TAKE ROUGHLY 30 DAYS TO DO THE RESURFACING AND IT IS ACTUALLY A 15 DAY PROJECT.

IT'S A 15 DAY PROJECT.

RIGHT.

SO WE WERE, WE KIND OF HAD A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM IN THERE JUST IN CASE WEATHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THEY DO HAVE A 15, IT IS A 15 DAY SCHEDULE, SO IT'S QUICK.

OKAY, COOL.

AND WE'VE GOT FLEX.

HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY DO WE HAVE? HOW MUCH TIME? THERE'S NEVER ANY TIME OR FLEXIBILITY.

WE, WE HAVE NONE.

WE HAVE NONE.

NONE.

GET IT IN, GET IT DONE.

NO.

SO WE'RE GONNA SHOEHORN IT IN THERE.

SO WE CAN'T PICK LIKE FEBRUARY OR A MONTH THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SLOW OR THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.

WELL, YEAH, KIND OF, SORT OF.

BUT WE ALSO, UM, TOOK A LOOK AT THE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FOR SUCCESSION AND THEY'RE BUSY.

OH, I KNOW THEY ARE.

BUSY, BUSY.

SO WE, WE PICKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS BUSY AND AS LONG AS WE GET THE CONTRACT APPROVED AND THE WEATHER HOLDS OUT AND EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WITH THE ASPHALT PLANTS, THEY'LL BE GOOD.

SO TENTATIVELY WE, WE HAVE A, AND I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE DATES NOW BECAUSE OF THE, I KNOW NOBODY'S HERE TODAY, BUT THERE'S A HUGE AUDIENCE WATCHING THIS AT HOME, RIGHT? SO, UM, TWO OR 300, ONE OF 'EM IS MY WIFE THOUSAND RICH TAKES OUT.

SO I'VE GOT 33% OF THE VIEWERSHIP .

SO JOHN, THE REHAB IS JUST A CAPPING OR IS IT COMPLETE REMOVAL? NO, IT'S AN OVERLAY.

RIGHT? TWO INCH OVERLAY IS WHAT IT IS.

GROOVE, YEAH.

OVERLAY.

AND THEN, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND GROOVE IT.

FYI TO YOU MIGHT BE THE PAINT THAT GOES ON AFTER THE OVERLAY IS A TEMP PAINT AND SO THEY COME BACK AFTER 30 DAYS WHEN THE ASPHALT CURES AND DO THE PERMIT PAINT.

OH, OKAY.

SO I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GET CONFUSED WITH THAT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE AND THOUGHT 30 DAYS.

IS IT 15 DAYS? YEAH, THEY COME BACK 30 DAYS.

30 DAYS LATER.

THAT'LL BE DONE AT NIGHT.

SAME WITH THE GROOVING, THE GROOVING, WEIGHTS, GROOVING.

YEAH, SAME THING.

IS THERE TEMPERATURE ISSUES WITH PAINT THIS TIME OF YEAR OR IS THERE GONNA BE LATER NEXT YEAR? UM, LESS WITH PAINT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UH, SO I NEED A MOTION, HOWARD.

I DO IT.

BRIAN SECOND.

UH, ALL OPPOSED HEARING NONE.

UH, IT PASSES FOR THE CONTRACT AWARD, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION TO THE SECOND

[IX.2. RESOLUTION - RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE BEST OF HILTON HEAD]

RESOLUTION.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH UM, BEST OF HILTON HEAD BEFORE, BUT IT'S KIND OF AN INTERIM AGREEMENT AS THAT THEY WERE KIND OF TRYING OUT THE AIRPORT WITH THEIR SHUTTLE SERVICES.

SO NOW THEY'RE READY TO GO INTO A FULL, FULL AGREEMENT.

THIS ONE'S GOT A, A COUPLE OF, OF NUANCES TO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR ONLY BONAFIDE SHUTTLE SERVICE.

UM, BUT THE DETAILS ARE IN THE AGREEMENT AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE REST OF THESE WHERE IT IS A REVENUE GENERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE AIRPORT, SO NO COST TO THE AIRPORT.

UM, AND THERE'S A PER TRIP FEE THAT THEY'LL PAY THE AIRPORT.

YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS $5 FOR SURE.

AND THEN $1 FOR EVERY PASSENGER, RIGHT? RIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S A MINIMUM OF FIVE.

AND THEN IF THEY PICK UP 10 PEOPLE, THEN IT'S DOLLAR PER PERSON.

SO WHAT'S THE BEST OF HILTON HEAD? WELL, IT'S, IT IS THE NAME OF THEIR COMPANY.

CAN CALL AND THEY'LL PICK.

IT'S A SHUTTLE SERVICE.

IT'S A SHUTTLE SERVICE AND THEY'VE NAMED THEMSELVES BEST OF VOTE.

SO SINCE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE, IT'S VERY EASY ON THE VOTING OF WHO IS THE BEST.

WELL WE ARE BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THEIR BOARD VOTED ON NAMES AND MEDIOCRE DIDN'T PASS , THEY WENT WITH BEST.

DID THEY OPERATE A, UH, CERTAIN SCHEDULE TO GO TO CERTAIN PLACES OR IS IT ON DEMAND TYPE? NO, IT'S ON DEMAND.

WILL THEY GO ANYWHERE ON THE ISLAND OR JUST TO THE HOTELS? I THINK THEY GO ANYWHERE.

ISN'T THAT? I THINK THEY ARE OR WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THEM COMING TO US AND NOT REALLY WHATEVER ELSE THEY DO.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S A SERVICE YOU

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ARE THEY RESTRICTED TO JUST THE ISLAND? THAT I DON'T REMEMBER.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE OKAY.

I THINK THAT THEY FOCUS ON THE ISLAND.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GATED COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THEY HAVE THE GATED COMMUNITIES TOO, BUT I, I CAN'T RECALL IF THEY DO.

SO IT'S A SHUTTLE UBER KIND OF? YES.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.

RICH.

GOT SECOND.

ALRIGHT MARK, LOOK, A LITTLE HESITANT, LITTLE DISAPPOINTING, BUT YOU FINALLY GOT IT GOING.

WE'LL COME DOWN THE LINE HERE.

GET EVERYBODY.

UH, ANYONE OPPOSED? UH, HEARING NONE THAT, UH, RESOLUTION PASSES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.

[IX.3. RESOLUTION - RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AIRPORTS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY]

THIS RESOLUTION IS, UM, I MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED ON IT LAST MONTH, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GOT FROM OUR, OUR WILDLIFE SURVEY AND THEN THE REPORT THAT CAME BACK.

AND THIS WAS TO DRAFT A POLICY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS POLICY.

SOUNDS FUNNY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN THE AIRPORT, BUT WE DO.

AND UH, SO THIS IS OUR DRAFT POLICY AND UM, ONCE YOU APPROVE IT, THEN WE'LL MOVE IT ON TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAVE A RESOLUTION TO, UM, TO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL THAT BE PUT IN OUR RULE BOOK.

IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS, I'M GONNA BE SURPRISED, BUT TWO-LEGGED AND FOUR, JUST DEAL WITH TWO-LEGGED AND FOUR-LEGGED.

THIS IS JUST A FOUR-LEGGED, UH, LOOK WITH THE, WITH THE MONKEY RESEARCH CENTER IN EM EMBASSY.

I HAD ONE AT THE BOAT STORE, BUT NOT THE BOAT STORE.

THE CAR STORE A MONKEY HAD GOTTEN OUT AND WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT AT THE, AT THE UH, CAR STORE.

TOOK US ABOUT FOUR, TOOK ABOUT FOUR MONTHS.

DO WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROBLEM WAS? I, I, I DON'T KNOW OF THE TOTAL, I DON'T KNOW OF THE END RESULT.

I JUST KNOW THE MONKEYS NO LONGER, WAS NO LONGER AT THE CAR DEALERSHIP .

SO THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT.

IS HE A BUTLER MARINE NOW? YES.

SO, UH, I NEED A MOTION.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.

OH, OKAY.

THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T SEE WHEN I READ THAT WAS WHAT DO YOU DO WITH SOMEBODY THAT VIOLATES THE POLICY? I THINK THAT WAS IN THERE BECAUSE IT IS, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT.

YEAH, IT IS, I'LL SAY IS GEARED MOSTLY THE ONLY PEOPLE WE CAN REALLY INFLUENCE OUR TENANTS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE AGREEMENT THAT ANY TENANT HAS WITH THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THERE'S A CATCHALL PHRASE IN ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS THAT SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SO THAT WOULD PUT THEM AT ODDS WITH THEIR AGREEMENT.

IT MAKES IT TOUGHER IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS CONSTANTLY FEEDING ANIMALS.

CORRECT.

BCAB MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2025.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, UH, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE MOTION SECOND OVER HERE? I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GIVE IT TO YOU EVERY TIME.

I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO ANNE.

GOT THE SECOND.

TRYING TO MOVE IT ALONG.

I KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO IS THERE ANYONE THAT IS, UM, OPPOSED TO THE MOTION? NO MOTION PASSES.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FOUR, THE

[IX.4. BCAB MEETING SCHEDULE – APPROVE THE 2025 BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORTS BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE]

SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT AND, UM, YOU, YOU DON'T REALLY GET TO CHANGE IT ANYWAY.

NO, I WAS, I WAS SO EVERYBODY JUST SAY, AYE, I LOOKED, I'M LIKE OKAY, SURE.

SOUND GOOD? IT LOOKED GOOD.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THAT AS UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT, THAT'S THE POINT.

UNANIMOUS CONSENT ON IT.

THAT WORKS.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SO THAT I WELL I GUESS WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT THOUGH, DON'T WE? SURE, GO AHEAD.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE VOTE ON IT BEFORE, BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD.

WELL, IT'S MY GO AHEAD.

WE'LL BE OFFICIAL.

I'M, I'M GIVING IT TO YOU.

THIS IS A LAYUP.

ALRIGHT, SECOND JIM.

THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? LET, LET'S MOVE IT ON DOWN THE LINE TO

[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE]

OH, AND THE CHAIRMAN UPDATE.

WELL GOING THROUGH.

SO ONE THING IS, UM, WE UH, WE NEED TO MAKE A, A CHANGE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

RICH WRONGFULLY ACCUSED ME OF NOT READING ONE OF HIS EMAILS, WHICH WAS UN COMPLETELY BASELESS AND UNTRUE.

I DID READ THE EMAIL, I DID NOT REMEMBER THE EMAIL.

IT'S A PROBLEM.

SO WE NEED TO ADD RICH TO FINANCE COMMITTEE PLEASE.

OH GOD.

THEIR PASSENGER, THE REST OF THE COMMITTEES.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE ON SOMETHING? YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL GOTTEN A LIST AND ALL HAVE READ IT THOROUGHLY.

ANYONE WANNA BE MOVED ON? ANY COMMITTEES? EVERYBODY'S GOOD ON WHERE THEY'RE AT.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE, UH, COMPUTER THAT YOU USE HAS MADE IT ERROR WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE HILTON HEAD IMPROVEMENT.

YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT FOR HI, UH, BUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT TENANT.

YEAH, WE DO ENOUGH OF BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH BUFORD EXECUTIVE.

OKAY, GOOD ON HOWARD.

OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN, HOWARD'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A, UH,

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I'M NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, CHIP IS THAT CHIP, CHIP WAS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR AND THAT'S A HARD WORD FOR, FOR MY, UH, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO COME UP WITH, WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME.

SO, OKAY.

SO THAT, THAT SHOULD SOLVE THEN THAT THAT LIST SHOULD BE FINALIZED AND THAT'LL BE RESENT OUT TO YOU.

UM, WITH EVERYBODY'S ON THERE AND WE ALREADY GOT AN A RW COMMITTEE UPDATE.

UM, AND I DON'T THINK, WELL LESLIE IS, UH, RECOVERING FROM SHOULDER SURGERY, THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE.

AND SHE HAD GIVEN HER, UH, HER UPDATE, UM, LAST MONTH AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

WE WON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE UNTIL WE'RE BACK TO IT.

ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE FOR YOU THOUGH, DEALING WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A PASSENGER COUNT? DO YOU TRACK IT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR? IS IT MORE OR LESS FOR WHERE AT THE RISK OF CALLING YOU ON THAT, READING YOUR PACKAGE AHEAD OF TIME? IT DID.

NO, BUT BUT IN RELATION TOTAL, I'M TALKING FOR THE TOTAL.

YEAH, RIGHT.

IT'LL SHOW CLAIMANTS IN TOTAL.

BUT I'M THINKING ON DE CLAIMANTS FOR ALL.

IS THAT ALL STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL ONLY? YES.

ONLY.

THAT'S WHAT I WASN'T SURE IF CHARTER WAS INCLUDED SOMETIMES.

NO, WE DON'T SEE THAT AT, AT HILLMAN, SO IT'S ONLY, OKAY.

ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE, I GUESS WE'LL LET THAT SLIDE.

QUALIFICATION TO EDUCATION QUALIFICATION ISSUES AGAIN.

YEAH, IT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I WAS READING OF THE INFORMATION.

IT'S PROBABLY IN RICH'S EMAIL AT THE BOTTOM.

, YEAH.

UH, DO WE HAVE

[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

ANYTHING FROM THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE? BRIAN? NO, NOTHING NEW.

AIRPORT'S RUNNING FINE.

SO OTHER THAN THE CONTROL TOWER, CONSTANTLY LOSING POWER, WHICH SEEMS TO BE RE IS SOMEBODY FIXING THAT? I MEAN, JUST THE OTHER, I, UM, HAD TO TAKE A FLIGHT TO, UH, KANSAS LAST THURSDAY AND UM, I TAXIED OUT TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO TAKE OFF, I CALLED THE TOWER, GOT NO RESPONSE, CALLED THE GROUND CONTROL, GOT NO RESPONSE, TRIED TO RE SEE IF THE AWAS WAS WORKING FOR THE WEATHER.

GOT NOTHING.

WHEN WAS THAT FROM, THIS WAS A WEEK AGO TODAY, LAST THURSDAY.

SO I TURNED THE AIRPLANE AROUND AND POINTED TOWARD THE TOWER AND, AND WHAT DID I GET? A GREEN LIGHT GUN SIGNAL.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE OH, ALRIGHT.

THAT WAS MY CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I GOT OUT OF THERE.

AND THEN I HEARD A FEW MINUTES LATER SOMEBODY WAS ON A HANDHELD RADIO AND SAID THE POWER HAD GONE COMPLETELY OUT IN THE TOWER AND THE POWER WENT UP.

THEY STILL HAD LIGHTS FOR THE GUN.

THAT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE DONE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIOS UP THERE.

I THINK WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT LAST ONE.

WITH THE GRANT.

SO THAT CAME IN, THE RADIOS CAME IN, EVERYTHING GOT INSTALLED.

SO THE CHANCES ARE YOU WERE OUT THERE AS THEY HAD TO POWER DOWN TO PUT THE NEW GEAR IN.

AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHAKY TIME LAST WEEK WITH THE INSTALLER, SO WE GOT A NEW INSTALLER IN THERE AND EVERYTHING'S UP AND RUNNING NOW, SO HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

BUT, BUT LET US KNOW IF YOU DO HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU OBSERVE ANY OTHER POWER ISSUES.

I KNOW THE, THE A OS IS GETTING UPDATED TOO.

WE'RE HAVING SOME NEW CONDUIT RUN THERE.

UM, SO THERE WOULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS.

AT NIGHT WHEN THE TOWER WAS CLOSED, YOU COULDN'T GET ANY WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE COMING IN AFTER HOURS AND, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, THE CABLE RUNNING, RIGHT? YES.

AND IF I CAN CLARIFY JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, I WAS IN THE TOWER AND I ASKED, WHO IS THAT THAT'S CALLING? AND THEY SAID, BRIAN, I SAID, OF COURSE POWER FOR FIVE MINUTES.

IT IS BRIAN OUT THERE CALLING.

BUT ANYWAY, UM, THAT WAS AARY POWER LOSS.

THE A LOSS IS ALWAYS WORTH, AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMMUNICATION LINE RUNNING FROM THE STATION UP TO THE CAP.

OH.

SO THERE WAS A POINT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HAVING CORRECTED.

THE STATE IS IN CHARGE OF THAT AND THEY'RE COMING IN AND REROUTING THE CONDUIT LINE AND REROUTING LINES SO THAT THE DATA MAKES IT UP TO THE CAP.

THE ISSUER HAVING, THEY HAD TO COME DOWN, OPEN UP AND READ THE SCREEN ON THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT, THEN RUN BACK UP AND DO THE WEATHER.

THAT'S WHY THERE WAS AN OUTAGE ON THAT, BUT ALL THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

BUT THEIR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH HAS IMPROVED FROM GOING UP AND DOWN THE STEPS .

SO YEAH, IT'S A WIN OVERALL.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, JOHN? UM, WAS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT FROM HELENE? NO.

WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF YARD DEBRIS.

WE DID HAVE, UH, ONE TREE DOWN OVER IN THE HANGAR COMPLEX, KIND OF IN THAT GRASS AREA IN THE, IN THE BACK AND, WELL ACTUALLY NO, NOT THERE.

IT WAS BETWEEN SIGNATURE AND SIGNATURE AND IT WAS THAT, THAT FENCE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN CLEANED UP AND THE FENCE, A SECTION OF FENCE WILL BE REPLACED HAS BEEN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT BACK INTO PLACE.

BUT I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, REAL DAMAGE WE HAD THERE, OTHER THAN SOME DEBRIS

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ALONG THOSE LINES.

JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW DANGEROUS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE NOWADAYS.

THERE WAS A RUMOR GOING AROUND THE DAY AFTER ALENE FOR 48 HOURS THAT THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN HIT BY A TORNADO AND IT WAS COMPLETELY FALSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT THAT, THAT WAS SPREADING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

PROBABLY TIKTOK? NO, THAT'S BECAUSE WHERE WE LIVE, UH, A TORNADO DID DO SOME DAMAGE AND THE RUMOR WAS THAT IT WENT UP THE COAST AND HIT THE AIRPORT.

THAT'S WHY I KIND OF ASKED THAT.

THE ONLY OFFICIAL TORNADOES AFTER THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAME IN WAS TWO OF THEM HAD HIT DUSKY ISLAND AND ONE OF THEM WAS IN BEFORD.

AND NOTHING ON HILTON HAD.

YEAH, ZERO.

THEY HAD ONE BLUFFTON AS WELL.

SO WE MAYBE THE DUSKY ONE WENT BLUFFTON.

WE HAD NO REPORTABLE DAMAGE.

UH, SO I THINK THAT ENDS ALL THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR THAT.

AND WE'LL BE READY FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS NEXT MONTH AND HOPEFULLY SOME BIG NEWS ON THE EARMUFFS HOWARD, THE A RW HANGERS, , YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME OUT WHEN THEY'RE DONE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRIVATE VIEWING JUST FOR YOU.

HOWARD .

UM, SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO PUBLIC CITIZENS HERE.

I THINK WE CAN SKIP THE, THE CITIZENS' COMMENT AND WE CAN LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

RICH WHO WANTS TO SURE.

WE KEEP IT EVEN ON BOTH SIDES.

APPROVED ALL, ALL AGAINST NO ONE.

JOE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, DALE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SHERIFF.

UH, I WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TALK ABOUT IN A, ALL OF THIS IN A VERY SMALL KIND OF PRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON A NEW SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR.

UM, BECAUSE WE KNEW, AND WE HAVE KNOWN THAT TRYING TO RECRUIT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE CLASS ONE CERTIFIED, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH ARE, IS, IS A SPECIAL, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT IS REALLY A SPECIAL CANDIDATE, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THAT CLOSE IN ASSOCIATION TO OUR KIDS.

WAY WE CAN GET 'EM THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND BE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT, UH, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST.

UM, AND, BUT WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS IT CREATES, NOT ONLY IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT OUR BUT OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS A MELTING POT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

SO HAVING THAT RIGHT PERSON IN THAT JOB AND THAT ROLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO OUR KIDS LEADERSHIP, TO OUR KIDS, UH, AND GIVING THE CONFIDENCE TO THE STAFF TO WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A CLASS ONE OR A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IS ONE THAT GOES TO THE ACADEMY FOR 12 WEEKS, SPENDS 12 WEEKS FOR THE MOST PART IN COLUMBIA.

WE DO SOME OF THE TRAINING HERE LOCALLY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, HAS TO BE DONE IN COLUMBIA.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO BE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR LIFE AND THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO COLUMBIA AND GO THROUGH BOOTCAMP TO BE A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

SO I HAD OUR TRAINING STAFF PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING SYLLABUS FOR A, WHAT WE CALL A CLASS THREE.

UH, AND IT WAS A CLASS THREE DESIGNATION FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

WHAT THAT DID IS IT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A TRAINING SYLLABUS THAT WE COULD TAKE A PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF ANY AGE, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD BRING THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH BLUFFTON OR BEAUFORT OR PORT ROYAL OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, AND WE WOULD TRAIN THEM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

ALL OF THEIR TRAINING WOULD BE DONE RIGHT HERE.

UH, IT WOULD BE EIGHT WEEKS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS OF TRAINING.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS, UH, THE, OUR FIRST CLASS.

WE'D LIKE TO START IT IN JUNE.

UH, THAT

[00:40:01]

UH, I, I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM.

WE, WE, WE SENT THE TRAINING SYLLABUS TO THE ACADEMY THAT TRAINS ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THEY APPROVED IT, UH, WITH THE BLESSING OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINING COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE READY TO GET THIS THING MOVING AND GET IT STARTED.

AND I THINK FOR US, UH, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF TELL OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? UH, THE ROLE IS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

IT'S A CLASS THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT DESIGNATION.

UH, IT'S A UNIFORM POSITION, IT'S AN ARMED POSITION.

UH, THEY HAVE ARREST POWERS, UH, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE POWERS OF ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOE, SHERIFF? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING LEAD ON THIS.

UM, WE HAVE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON THAT CURRENTLY ARE NOT STAFFED BY CLASS THREE OR HIRE OFFICERS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THESE POSITIONS AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE MORE OF A SECURITY BLANKET FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

DALE.

WHO, WHO DO WE WANT TO ATTRACT? I THINK WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF RETIRED MILITARY FOLKS HERE.

MM-HMM.

THAT ARE ABLE TO RETIRE FAIRLY YOUNG AND MAY BE LOOKING FOR THAT JOB.

THEY MAY HAVE CHILDREN, CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.

UM, THEY'LL BE HOME WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE HOME, NOT IN SCHOOL.

AND, UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, SHERIFF, WE, WE NEED TO GET INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IF WE, IF WE WAITED UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, WERE TOO LATE.

SO I, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU TOOK THE LEAD ON IT.

I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME PEOPLE IN.

BUT I REALLY THINK THE YOUNG RETIRED MILITARY PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE JUST MADE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS, UH, IN THE COUNTY OF BEAUFORT AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AFTER CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M RETIRED, I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO.

AND THEN YOU START TALKING TO 'EM AND THEY'RE A RETIRED TEACHER OR RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT, RETIRED FIRE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED MILITARY, RETIRED BANKERS, RETIRED, I MEAN, RETIRED, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

AND THEY'RE STILL, STILL AT AN AGE THAT THEY COULD, UM, THEY, THEY COULD DO THIS JOB WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL OF ANY KIND.

UM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE STILL, THAT STILL FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THAT MAYBE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS BEING A JOB, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PAY AND BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND FAMILIES AND, AND ALL THAT, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANNA DO IT.

BUT HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MAKE $45,000 A YEAR STARTING PAY TO WORK BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE OF THE TEACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SCHEDULE.

IT IS, UH, TO HAVE BENEFITS, UH, TO BE IN A RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR MATURITY, UH, THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO, TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED KIDS WHO WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM JUST HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALIZE AND BE AROUND, UH, THESE FOLKS THAT BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE.

AND I, WE AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU TAKE BLUFFTON AND BEAUFORT AND, AND IN THE COUNTY AND, AND IN POOR ROYAL, THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE.

THEY ARE.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO.

AND I JUST THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST DO IT KINDA LIKE NIKE.

LET'S JUST DO IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, THE TRAINING IS, I THINK THEY'LL ENJOY ITS TRAINING AGAIN, IT'S ALL DONE RIGHT HERE.

THEY, THEY'LL STAY AT HOME, THEY'LL SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BED, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN PILLOW, AND THEN THEY CAN COME TO TRAINING AND ONCE THEY'RE CERTIFIED, UH, THEN THEY'LL START THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

SO, I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

FOR THE, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, SO WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA DO IN TOTALITY FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? I THINK, I THINK THIS PROGRAM, ONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET US OVER THE TOP.

I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

A POLICE OFFICER AND I, AND I, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS JOB.

THERE IS, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SECURITY OFFICER.

NO.

THIS IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE WELL-TRAINED, UH, IN THIS.

AND I, I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK WITH THE YOUNG CHILDREN TARGETING THE RETIREES MM-HMM.

WHETHER THEY'RE RETIRED TEACHERS, RETIRED MILITARY IS IMPORTANT.

THEY'VE GOT THE LIFE EXPERIENCE

[00:45:01]

AND, AND TO GET THAT STARTED OFF, SO HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY OPENINGS DO YOU HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM? FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO CURRENTLY.

POSSIBLY A THIRD COMING ON BOARD.

I'VE GOT NINE.

JOE, I HAVE FOUR.

SO, I MEAN, IN TOTAL, AND HERE'S THE THING.

IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WORK AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT OR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, OR PORT ROYAL OR FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO COME TO WORK.

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE A CLASS THREE SRO, DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU GO, DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY.

THE PAY IS GONNA BE THE SAME.

THE WORK ENVIRONMENT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.

THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN UNIFORM THAT YOU WEAR, THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO, UH, TO PAY.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE SAME.

SO ALL WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO IS PUT THEIR APPLICATIONS IN, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM IN DETAIL.

AND IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT, UH, THEN LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET STARTED.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, JAY? YEAH.

AND, AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIT ON IS THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT AND, AND REASON BEING IS NONE OF OUR KIDS SHOULD FEEL AFRAID GOING TO SCHOOL.

UM, THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.

UM, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER OF SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

MM-HMM.

, UH, AS THEY'RE COMING UP THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND SO, LIKE THE SHERIFF SAID, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, THIS IS A POSITION THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I JUST HOPE THE APPLICATION START POURING IN.

AND IF YOU GET MORE THAN, THAN YOU NEED THEN AND, AND WE NEED TO GO TO BEAUFORT OR WE NEED TO GO TO, UH, THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR, OR PORT ROYAL, WE JUST NEED, WE NEED TO PUT THESE PEOPLE TO WORK.

WE NEED TO FILL THESE VACANCIES, UH, AND LET'S MAKE OUR SCHOOLS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS SAFE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THESE OFFICERS WILL BE TRAINED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIRES, THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WELL, I MEAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE ARE, WE WILL BE DOING THE TRAINING TOGETHER.

IF YOU GET, IF YOU GET, IF YOU HIRE ONE OR TWO AND YOU HIRE FOUR, AND YOU KNOW, AND I CAN FILL THE NINE THAT WE NEED, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE TRAINING TOGETHER.