Nov 13, 2025 Airports Board

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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY .

ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THIS MEETING IN ORDER.

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER BEHALF, INVIS WITH LIBERTY.

JUSTICE.

HI.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

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

OKAY.

UM, AGENDA.

[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

YOU GOT APPROVAL OF IT.

GOT 'EM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

GOT 'EM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

ALL RIGHT.

, YOU GOT A SECOND? YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE, DIDN'T THEY? YOU GOT 'EM ALL OVER.

ALL RIGHT.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA PASSED.

ALL RIGHT.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – OCTOBER 9, 2025]

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST? YEP.

GOT A SECOND.

RIGHT? NOBODY DISAPPROVED SO THEY'RE APPROVED.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

[VI. PUBLIC COMMENT]

UM, TOM RES, BUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME HERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, DO A GREAT JOB.

UM, LESLIE, THIS, UM, SATURDAY NIGHT FROLIC WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AND IT WAS GREAT MEETING YOUR HUSBAND.

AND, UH, UH, THAT HUMANE SOCIETY IS JUST AN AMAZING, INCREDIBLE EVENT.

PROBABLY 300 PEOPLE THERE.

AMAZING.

AND THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL TOO.

I AM SHOCKED.

NOT SHOCKED THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, BUT HOW GOOD IT WAS.

BUT, UM, UH, FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS.

UM, I'VE BEEN YOUR LIAISON FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.

UH, HOWARD AND I STARTED, UH, DISCUSSING CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD.

AND SOME OF YOU ARE UP THERE BECAUSE OF HOWARD AND I IN THE LAST YEAR.

I'VE INTERVIEWED, UM, SEVERAL CANDIDATES THAT ARE ON MATCH BOARD RIGHT NOW.

UH, I TELL YOU, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD CREW IN THE WINGS WAITING TO GET IN THESE SPOTS.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANNA DO.

I WANNA WORK WITH MR. ROCIO AS WELL.

UM, GETTING A LITTLE BETTER COMMUNICATION 'CAUSE WE GOT SUCH GOOD PEOPLE, AND I'VE PUT TOGETHER MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AND SPOT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF BRIAN THERESE AS MAKING SURE HE GETS TO THE PROXIMITY OR THE PILOT TYPE, UH, POSITION, AND GET THE NEW PERSON THAT ROCIO IS GONNA RECOMMEND TO OCTAVIA, OUR CLERK THAT DOES THIS.

UH, AND, AND THE ONE I'M TRYING TO ASK OF TODAY IS LET'S GET TOGETHER AND CLARIFY SOME OF THE WAY WE DO IT AND STREAMLINE IT AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATIVE WITH, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON MATCH BOARD.

THERE'S SOME GOOD PEOPLE THEY'RE WAITING FOR AN ANSWER TO THIS.

BRIAN'S BEEN WAITING FOR HOW LONG NOW? ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

SIX MONTHS.

SO, MY THING IS IN MR. BUTLER, UH, CHAIRMAN BUTLER AND CHAIRMAN STARNS, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT.

UM, BUT PLEASE, LET'S, UM, I DON'T WANNA LOSE ANY GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE IN MATCH BOARD.

WE HAVE ABOUT 12 PEOPLE CANDIDATES.

WOW.

AND WHEN I STARTED THIS THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE WINGS AND THERE WAS SPOTS THAT WERE OPEN AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAME IN.

I THINK THE REASON WHY THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE IS THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION.

AND THE WAY YOU'RE DOING THINGS AND HELPING JOHN AND STEVE WITH THE EXPANSION AND ALL THINGS, THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL.

I DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT POOL OF TALENT THAT, I MEAN, SEVERAL OF YOU OR FOUR OF YOU UP THERE, I THINK 'CAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS, HOWARD AND I.

UM, AND WE DIDN'T WANNA LOSE ANY OF YOU.

SO MY THING IS, HELP ME STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS TO MAKE IT CLEAR BETTER, UM, AND, AND TAKE, LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE CURRENT FOLKS THAT WE HAVE THAT NEED TO BE IN THE POSITIONS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UH, BRIAN, DID I ADDRESS THAT? OKAY.

DO YOU THINK SO? I, AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA LOSE ANYBODY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY, BUT, UM, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

I APPRECIATE IT, APPRECI.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

COMMENTS? NOPE.

GOOD MORNING.

UH,

[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

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UM, DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH HERE AND MAKE SURE IT'S WORKED.

YES, TERMINAL UPDATE.

UM, IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THE TWO YEAR PROJECTED MARK.

I THINK WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY.

UM, AND THE PROJECTION FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, JOHN ALWAYS SAYS THE SPRING, AND I'LL KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER DETAIL.

WE'RE LOOKING AT MARCH, MIDDLE OF MARCH, UM, AND THEN FINAL COMPLETION SOMEWHERE AROUND MIDDLE OF APRIL.

UH, SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WE KNOW MOST THE WEATHER HAS KIND OF PASSED BY AND THE THINGS THAT WOULD HOLD US UP ARE PROBABLY NOT GONNA HOLD US UP.

SO THOSE DATES CAN STILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE FRONT SIDE OF THE TERMINAL.

UH, THE SIDING IS UP AND I THINK IT LOOKS, UH, WONDERFUL.

THE ROOF IS COMPLETELY ON.

THERE'S STILL SOME SIDING THAT HAS TO GO UP ON THE UPPER ELEVATIONS AND UNDER THE OVERHANG, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PAINTED.

UH, SO I THINK THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND TOUCH UP SOME SPOTS, BUT THAT'S THE PAINT AND WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE INSIDE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, AND THE THING THAT'S TELLING ME THAT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE END IS THE FLOORS AND APOLOGIZE FOR THE PAPER, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT US WALKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT IS THE TERRAZZO FLOORING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE TEST STRIP IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE FLOWER PETALS AND THE DIFFERENT COLORS ON THERE.

BUT IN PERSON, I'M TELLING YOU, IT LOOKS A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER THAN A PICTURE COULD GIVE IT.

UH, THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE IS LEADING INTO ONE OF THE BATHROOMS, AND THAT'S ALSO TERRAZZO FLOORING THAT GOES IN THERE, WHICH IS, UH, UM, ANOTHER COLOR GREEN THAT MATCHES THE AIRPORT LOGO IN THE, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.

SO THE COLORS ARE STARTING TO POP IN THERE.

THE TILES GOING UP, LIGHTING IS GOING UP.

THOSE PICTURES ON THE LEFT, I THINK THOSE ARE CALLED CORBELS CIO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.

BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE AESTHETIC PIECES THAT GO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TERMINAL.

THEY PAINTED 'EM ON THE INSIDE AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO HANG THOSE.

SO WE'RE GETTING THERE.

THIS IS THE BACKSIDE OF THE TERMINAL WITH THE SIDING.

A LITTLE BIT BETTER PICTURE AND A NICE, UH, HALF DRINKING GLASS OF TEA THERE.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PAINT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE WINDOWS AND IT, IT'S REALLY LOOKING GOOD.

UM, SOME PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, IN THE TERMINAL, IN THE PARKING LOT, AND IF EVERYBODY REMEMBERS, WE DON'T GET FUNDING FOR PARKING LOT, WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON OUR OWN.

UM, BUT WE, UH, PAID SOME MONEY TO PUT SOME NICE INFORMATIONAL SIGNS, KIND OF REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE, BUT PUT IT ALL IN ONE SPOT AND KIND OF, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S OVERSIZED.

THOSE ARE NORMAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SIZE SIGNS.

BUT WE WANTED IT KIND OF TO, TO BE POINTED OUT.

SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY SEE THERE'S A SIGN, THEY CAN START FOLLOWING SIGNS AROUND THE PARKING LOT.

AND THIS IS AROUND THEIR CIRCLE.

AND I'M GOING TO ONE, THIS IS NOW COMPLETED.

AND THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET SOME SIGNAGE INSIDE THE PARKING LOT TO SHOW 'EM WHERE EXITS ARE AND DON'T PARK HERE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE SEE IS NOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE A RENTAL CAR, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO AND THEY'RE NOT CUTTING THROUGH THE WRONG WAY.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO DROP OFF THEIR, THEIR RENTAL CARS.

UM, TREES HAVE BEEN A HUGE TOPIC.

UM, YEAH, BRIAN, I SEE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

TREES HAVE BEEN A HUGE, UM, ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

SO I'VE SEPARATED INTO THREE AREAS, UH, THE TWO ONE END OR THE NORTH END.

AND THIS IS THE WORK IN, IN THAT TOP RIGHT PICTURE.

THAT WAS THE , THE LAST REMAINING TREE.

AND THAT GIVES A GOOD DEPICTION OF KIND OF HOW MUCH THE TREE WAS PENETRATING.

I WANTED TO GET IT BEFORE, UH, THAT TREE CAME DOWN.

YOU CAN SEE THE TREES AROUND IT ARE A LOT LOWER, BUT THAT TREE WAS PENETRATING THE LOW APPROACH, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS 10 OR 12 FEET INTO THE APPROACH.

SO THOSE HAD TO COME OUT.

WE'VE REMOVED ALL THE TREES ON THE NORTH END SIDE, AND THE NORTH END IS BACK OPEN.

IT'S NOT NOUM DOWN, UH, ANYMORE.

UH, THE SOUTH END IS STILL NOUM FOR NIGHTTIME IFR TRAFFIC AND WE ARE WORKING.

UM, AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA GIVE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD A HUGE, UH, KUDOS AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT TO HELP US MITIGATE THIS TREE PROBLEM, UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT, AND REALLY JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO GET US THOSE PERMITS TO GET THESE TREES REMOVED ASAP FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC.

UH, SO THANK YOU.

TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.

UM, MOVING TO TERMINAL LOT TREE.

THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT TREE SECTIONS.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED, OR WE STARTED AT AIRPORT WAS TERMINAL LOT TREE KIND OF

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YOU CAN SEE THEIR BROWN LEAVES.

THEY WERE DEAD.

SO I BROUGHT IN A TREE COMPANY AGAIN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREES IN THE, IN THE TERMINAL PARKING LOT.

UH, REMOVE THE DEAD TREES.

UM, THERE WERE NO SPECIES TREES THAT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED, SO IT'S JUST PINE TREES, DEAD PINE TREES AND, AND SMALLER DEAD GUM TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THEM, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY, I GUESS I'D SAY RAISED THE CANOPY FROM THE GROUND UP.

UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE LIMBS, UH, HANGING AND DANGLING ON THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S CARS WHILE THEY'RE PARKED IN THERE.

SO, UH, CRAIG WEBER SECURITY, HE TOOK THE LEAD ON THAT TO, TO ORGANIZE THE PARKING LOT WHILE THEY CAME IN AND DID THIS WORK.

AND, AND THEY DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

AND THAT CENTER AISLE AND THE ROUND PICTURE THERE, IT REALLY, IF YOU GO THERE AND LOOK, THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND THE TREES LOOK NICE AND PRETTY IN THERE INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO, UM, REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.

PICTURES DON'T SHOW THE JUSTICE OF WHAT IT DID IN THERE.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT PARKING LOT AND MAKE IT A PLACE, UH, THAT PEOPLE ENJOY COMING TO.

AND THE LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE 'EM NOW WHEN THEY TURN ON , THE, THE LIGHTS RUNNING, THE TREES.

UM, QUESTION, DID THE TOWN REQUIRE US TO PUT ANY REPLACEMENT TREES IN? OKAY, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THANKS FOR ANSWERING THAT.

THERE IS A MITIGATION, UM, WITH THE TREE REMOVAL THAT WE DID BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY AND THE EMERGENCY PROSPECT OF THIS.

UM, WE WORK THROUGH TO GET, LET'S GET THE REMOVAL DONE AND WE'LL GET THE TOWN A FINAL COUNT ON MITIGATION.

AND THEN JOHN IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE TOWN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MITIGATE, REMEMBER, UM, ON THE NORTH END OF THE SOUTH END.

UM, THERE IT IS, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAINTAIN THE AIRSPACE.

HOW MANY PROPERTY OWNERS REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IF THEY LIVE AROUND AN AIRPORT? THE AIRSPACE ABOVE, THEY DON'T.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THEIR MIND.

SO MITIGATING THESE TREES IS GONNA BE A TOPIC WITH THE TOWN THAT JOHN AND I THINK TREY IS HIS NAME, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THE TOWN TO, UH, BECAUSE THE PROPER OWNERS REALLY SHOULD HAVE PAID, BUT THE AIRPORT FRONTED THE BILL TO DO THIS AS A GOOD, GOOD GESTURE, UM, AND MITIGATE THOSE TREES IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL.

THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TREES GROWING RIGHT BACK UP IN THE APPROACH IN THE FUTURE.

I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, ACTUALLY SUGGEST FROM PASSENGERS, WE COULD PUT A COUPLE OF PALM TREES IN THE GREEN SPACE AREA THERE TO PARKING LOT, RIGHT? OKAY.

PARKING LOT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE, THE FRONT ENTRANCE.

YEP.

HERE'S THE BEAUTY.

WHEN WE DID THAT CANOPY LOWERING AND REMOVED THE DEAD TREES, MIRACULOUSLY SIX PALM TREES APPEARED RIGHT WHEN YOU PULL INTO THE FRONT, ALMOST LIKE THEY WERE PUT THERE WHEN THE PARKING LOT WAS BUILT.

AND THEY WERE MONUMENT SIX TREES, PERFECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE CENTER GOING INTO THE AIRPORT.

I WAS LIKE, JOHN, DID YOU NOTICE THAT? HE GOES, YOU'D NEVER RECOGNIZE THOSE PALM TREES UNTIL THE TREES, THE DEAD ONES AROUND.

IT CAME DOWN.

NOW WE HAVE SIX PALM TREES RIGHT IN ENTRANCE.

WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO MITIGATE 'EM.

BUT YES, I AGREE WITH THAT DIRECTLY BUILDING WHERE THERE'S GRASSY AREAS, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY KIND OF LANDSCAPE HERE.

JUST GRASS AND WES MM-HMM .

WOULD, OKAY, I GOT IT FOR RECOMMENDATION.

ALSO IN THE TERMINAL PLAN, THERE IS A, A LANDSCAPING PLAN FOR THAT WHOLE FRONT AREA.

SO I'LL ADD THAT IN THERE.

OKAY.

BRIAN, GO AHEAD, BRIAN.

SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, TO THE TREES ON THE APPROACH END TO THE RUNWAY, BECAUSE THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHEN WE LENGTHENED THE RUNWAY BACK IN 2017.

DID WE ACTUALLY TAKE TREES DOWN THIS TIME OR JUST TRIM THEM? WE TOOK TREES DOWN ON THE NORTH END.

ALL THE, ALL THE PROBLEM TREES THAT WE'RE PENETRATING, THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED.

OKAY.

THE MITIGATION WILL COME IN ONCE JOHN AND THE TOWN GET TOGETHER TO DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR MITIGATION.

YEAH, BECAUSE THE, UH, THE SOUTH END STILL HAS A NODOM ON THERE FOR, RIGHT.

SO THERE'S STILL AN ISSUE.

THERE'S STILL AN ISSUE ON THE SOUTH END THAT NODOM IS THERE.

JOHN AND I MET WITH AN ARBORIST IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ON MONDAY.

UM, AND REALLY THE TOWN'S CONCERN WAS THERE'S A BIG LIVE OAK AT THE CIRCLE K.

UM, DO WE TRIM IT? DO WE CUT IT? THAT'S UP TO THE ARBORISTS TO GIVE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN.

UM, BUT THE REST OF THE TREES THAT WERE PROBLEM TREES ON THE SOUTH END, THE TOWN IS THUMBS UP.

WE'RE MOVING AHEAD TO GET THOSE REMOVED.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT I KNOW THE TOWN

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WE ALL LOVE TREES AND THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

BUT IF ALL WE'RE GONNA DO IS TRIM THE TREES, THIS IS GONNA KEEP COMING BACK EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.

'CAUSE TREES WE'RE KEEP GROWING.

IF WE TRIM, IF BASED ON THE ARBUS, IF WE TRIM A TREE THAT LIVE OAK AT THE CIRCLE K, WE WILL GET TRIMMED BELOW THE SURFACE JUST TO SEE HOW IT, HOW IT REACTS.

IT'S GONNA TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TRIMMING TO GET IT DOWN.

AND HE'S GONNA, HE'S GONNA MONITOR THAT TREE AFTER THEY TRIM IT.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE REMOVALS.

HOWARD, THE FUN GSG, BECAUSE THE FUNDS FOR THE TREE TRIMMING BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH END COME FROM THE COUNTY.

THEY COME FROM THE TOWN.

IT'S COME FROM THE AIRPORT.

WHERE DO THE FUNDS COME FROM TO DO THAT WORK? AIRPORT TRIMMING.

WELL, YOU, YOU WE'RE REMOVING THE TREE, NOT THE TREES AT THE NORTH END.

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SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU WILL SEE THAT ON SOUTH END JUST TALKING ABOUT WHO PAYS FOR THAT.

UH, THE AIRPORT'S PAYING FOR THAT AIRPORT IS PAYING FOR THAT.

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AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTION ITEMS. YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON ENTITLEMENT FUNDING TO PAY FOR THOSE.

OKAY, STEVE? YES, SIR.

JUST FOR CLARITY, TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, HOW MANY HOMEOWNERS ARE IN QUESTION? UM, AND TWO, WHO DID YOU SAY WAS WILL PAY FOR THAT RESPONSIBILITY? THE AIRPORT IS PAYING, IS RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT ON THE AIRPORT.

THE RESPONSIBILITY ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

BUT IN THE GOOD GESTURE AIRPORT, AND FOR THE SAFETY REASONS, WE NEED TO GET IT DONE NOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES AND THERE'S ZERO HOMEOWNERS.

THESE ARE ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND OR BEAUFORT COUNTY PROPERTY AND OR TOWN OF HILTON HEAD PROPERTY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S, DOES THAT CLARIFY? YES, SIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY, CAN I'M GOOD.

MOVE FORWARD.

HOWARD HITTING ME UP.

HOWARD, UM, GO BACK, DO THAT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, BACK TO BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE HANGAR UPDATE.

THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

UH, WE JUST RECEIVED ALL THE STORM WATER, UH, FIXTURES THAT HAVE TO GO IN THE GROUND.

SO THEY GOT THE, THEY'VE GOT THE GRADING DONE OVER AT BEAUFORT, EXECUTIVE BEAUFORT.

JASPER IS CHIMED IN AND THERE'S A PRECON THAT'S COMING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

ONCE THAT PRECON IS DONE, THEN THEY'RE GONNA START, UM, WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO TO PUT THESE CEMENT STRUCTURES IN THE GROUND FOR THE STORM ROT RETENTION AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING THE SITE WORK PREPPED.

UM, SO THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AROUND FEBRUARY BEFORE THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THE SITE WORK.

UM, FUNDING FOR HANGERS IS STILL OUT THERE THAT WE NEED.

SO, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S LOOKING INTO THAT.

CHRIS ISN'T HERE, DAVID ISN'T HERE, BUT JIM, YOU ARE HERE.

UH, WE NEED TO WORK ON FUNDING FOR THE HANGERS, UH, ONCE THE SITE WORK GETS DONE OVER THERE, LOTS OF PEOPLE.

THAT'S MY BUFORT EXECUTIVE HANGAR PITCH.

SO WE NEED SOME MONEY.

UM, AND, AND SIDEBAR, WE CAN HAVE A MEETING LATER AND PROBABLY A COMMITTEE MEETING OVER AT BUFORT.

I CAN LET YOU KNOW CLOSER OF SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT I DO HAVE LEFT OVER, UH, WHICH MIGHT HELP IN THAT AND SOME OTHER AVENUES.

BUT WE DO NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS.

YES, SIR.

ANOTHER QUE THAT THAT PROJECT SEEMS TO HAVE KNOCKED OUT THE WEATHER REPORTING AT THE AIRPORT.

THE, THE A HAS BEEN REMOVED.

SO IS THAT GONNA STAY THERE UNTIL THIS WHOLE PROJECT'S DONE? UM, IT'S PART OF THEIR PLAN TO REBUILD THE AWAS.

THE FAAA HAS GIVEN US A SPOT THAT THEY RECOMMEND.

UM, AND IT'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR YOU TO REBUILD THAT AWAS DUE TO OUR LOCATION WITH THE BUFORT AIR, THE AIR STATION MARINE CORPS AIR STATION AND HILTON HAD, THE WEATHER IS AS ACCURATE COMING FROM THERE.

WE DID PURCHASE A STANDALONE MINI WEATHER STATION THAT WE STILL HAVE, UM, UH, WEATHER AVAILABILITY INSIDE THE TERMINAL, BUT IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO A FREQUENCY.

WHEN YOU SAY IT'S, IT'S IN THERE FOR THE PROJECT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S IN THERE FOR THE HORIZONTAL WORK OR IS IT THAT DEFERRED TO THE VERTICAL WORK, WHICH IS YET FUNDED? IT? NO, IT'S IN THERE FOR THE SITE WORK PROJECT.

THEY HAD TO REMOVE IT AND MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO REBUILD IT.

IT'S A GIGANTIC CEMENT SLAB THAT'S GROUNDED.

AND THEN THE WEATHER EQUIPMENT GOING THERE.

THE STATE ALSO COVERS THE MAINTENANCE ON THE WEATHER EQUIPMENT AND THEY HAVE, UH, HINTED THAT THEY MAY PUT NEW EQUIPMENT IN AT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE.

SO I HAVEN'T GOT WORD ON THAT YET, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.

UM, BACK OVER TO BEAUFORT, UH, HILTON HEAD.

AND SO THE TERMINAL, WE HAD, UH, A TENANT APPRECIATION EVENT.

UM, THANK YOU TO ROCIO AND AIRPORT STAFF.

WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS OVER THERE.

OPERATIONS, UH, WE BROUGHT IN PIZZA FOR TENANT APPRECIATION.

UM, THEY APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, UM, JUST TO SHOW THE TENANTS, THE AIRLINES AND EVERYBODY THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING OVER THERE.

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DELTA AND UNITED, THIS IS, THEY HAVE BEGUN THEIR OFF SEASON.

SO WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY DID A, A SEA, A DELTA, SEA UNITED, UH, CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME BACK.

UH, THESE IS OUR WAY OF TRYING TO LURE THEM INTO COMING BACK.

UH, I WOULD SAY ROCIO, WE PROBABLY NEED TO BACK OFF OF THAT 'CAUSE WE WANT 'EM TO STAY YEAR ROUND.

AND IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA GET GOOD GOODIES, IF THEY LEAVE, MAYBE THEY'LL, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

WE WANT 'EM TO STAY.

UM, BUT, UH, THEY APPRECIATE THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THEM AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 'EM BACK.

UM, COUPLE FIELD TRIPS THAT WE HAD OUT AT, UH, HXD.

THIS ONE WAS ROYAL OAKS ACADEMY.

THESE WERE THE YOUNG ONES.

UM, UH, WAS TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE INFATUATED WITH MAPS, SO A LOT OF 'EM HUNG AROUND THAT MAP THAT WE HAVE IN THE ARF.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO ROCIO.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ARF CHIEF, UH, IS DOING AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB OVER THERE AND REALLY, REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB, UM, TEACHING THESE KIDS, UH, INFORMING THEM ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE AIRPORT.

AND THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME.

AND I THINK ROCIO, YOU WERE TELLING ME THIS GROUP WAS NOT EXPECTED TO GET ON THE RF TRUCK CHIEF AND OR THE TOWER BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION LAST MINUTE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE A FIRETRUCK RIDES TO EVERY KID AND EVERYONE GOT TO GO INTO THE TOWER.

SO THEY REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

SO THANKS AGAIN.

UM, THE NEXT, THE HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, THEY WERE COMING.

THAT WAS THE NEXT TOUR.

AND GOT SOME CANDID PHOTOS, BUT THAT'S GETTING READY BEFORE THE KIDS ARRIVED, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S SQUARED AWAY FOR THEM.

AND THESE ARE THE OLDER ONES, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, KIDS.

AND, AND THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO ME, UH, AND CHIEF AND JOHN AND CIO IN THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THIS IS THE NEXT GROUP THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE THAT'S GONNA REPLACE US.

AND SO THE MORE OF THESE YOUNGSTERS THAT WE CAN SHOW THE AIRPORT, SHOW THE, IT'S NOT JUST FLYING AN AIRPLANE.

IT'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, IT'S ARF, IT'S MAINTENANCE, IT'S OPERATIONS.

UH, THERE'S SO MANY MORE FACETS TO AN AIRPORT THAN THEY REALIZE.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN SPARK THAT INTEREST IN ONE OR TWO OF THESE DURING A TOUR, UH, MAYBE THEY'LL BE HERE TO REPLACE ME IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO.

SO, UM, THAT'S THE GOAL.

MAYBE SOONER.

YEAH, MAYBE SOONER.

YOU'RE RIGHT, TOM.

UM, GOOD NEWS, I GUESS.

YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT WE CAME OUT OF THE SHUTDOWN, BUT, UH, THAT WAS A LONG ONE.

UM, AND DURING THE SHUTDOWN, THE ONLY GROUP THAT WAS NOT GETTING PAID AT THE AIRPORT WAS THE TSA AGENTS.

AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY REALLY, REALLY, I CAN'T THANK 'EM ENOUGH.

THERE'S A LIST OF EVERYBODY, UM, PERSONAL PEOPLE, UH, SOME PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, UH, AIRPORTS BOARD, UH, PITCHED IN, UM, ALL THESE BUSINESSES AND, UM, EVERY DAY, UH, TSA AGENTS DURING THE DAY AND ON THE WEEKENDS, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A SMALL PART BY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM LUNCH.

THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET LUNCH WHEN THEY CAME TO WORK, SO THAT'S ONE LESS THING THAT THEY HAD TO BUY AND PREPARE FOR.

UH, SO WE DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE GUYS.

UM, DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOME ADDITIONAL LUNCHES 'CAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OPENED BACK UP LAST NIGHT, BUT WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN THE, GOTTA GET OUT OF THAT FUNK.

UH, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GO IN AGAIN.

SO, UH, THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE LUNCHES COMING THEIR WAY, SPECIFICALLY MONDAY WITH THANKSGIVING.

UH, SO WE GOT A LITTLE SPECIAL TREAT FOR 'EM.

SO, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU SEE ANY OF THESE, KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, LOOK AT IT, KNOW ANY OF THESE RESTAURANTS, PLEASE GIVE A A A SHOUT OUT TO 'EM.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID.

UM, BUSINESS UPDATE, AND I'M TRYING TO GO FAST, JIM, I KNOW YOU LIKE QUICK MEANS.

UM, I HOPE EVERYBODY SAW AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, RESPOND TO THE LIMITED PORTABILITY, UM, TO SET AND COLLECT USER FEES.

AND IN SHORT, WHAT THAT WAS, SENATOR CRUZ PUT OUT A ROTO ACT BASED OFF OF THE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN DC.

UH, AND HE WANTS, UM, A BILL THAT REQUIRES MOST, IF NOT ALL AIRCRAFT, TO HAVE A DSB INSTALLED.

NON-AVIATION PEOPLE, PILOTS.

A DSB ALLOWS, IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR AIRCRAFT, IT ALLOWS ANY OTHER AIRCRAFT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AIRCRAFT.

AND CONVERSELY, UM, OTHER AIRCRAFT CAN SEE USE.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A PICTURE THAT YOU SEE AND ABLE TO FLY AROUND SOME OF THESE AIRCRAFT PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A DSB, YOU HAVE TO RELY ON CONTROLLERS TO TELL YOU WHERE SOMEBODY IS.

SO YOU CAN SEE ELECTRONICALLY, YOU CAN, RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IT ELECTRONICALLY.

UM, THAT'S A GOOD PART OF, OF THIS.

AND WE WANTED THAT PASSED.

AND AMENDMENT THAT CAME IN WAS CALLED THE PAPA, PAPA.

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AND THEY WANTED TO ADD THIS AMENDMENT THAT SAYS IF THEY HAVE A DSB AIRPORTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MONITOR THAT AIRCRAFT AND ASSESS LANDING FEES.

WELL, WE ALREADY USE AIRCRAFT WITH A DSB.

THAT'S ONE WAY WE CAN GET PEOPLE, UH, WHEN THEY LAND OR TO TAKE OFF ALL AIRPORTS, NOT JUST OURS.

UH, TO IDENTIFY AN AIRCRAFT WHEN THEY LAND AND THEY LAND LATE AND LEAVE EARLY, MAY NOT PAY THEIR LANDING FEES OR WHATEVER FEES THE AIRPORT ASSESSES ON 'EM.

SO LUCKILY, ON OCTOBER 21ST, I BELIEVE, UH, THEY DID PULL THAT AMENDMENT, BUT IT'S STILL GONNA BE OUT THERE.

SO WE STILL GOTTA FIGHT FOR IT, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT IN THE ROTO ACT.

SO THAT'S SOME GOOD NEWS.

UH, ANOTHER ROUND OF GOOD NEWS UNITED, UH, HAS LET US KNOW THAT THEY ARE EXPENDING TO CHICAGO WHEN THEY COME BACK.

UM, AND THAT EQUALS 10 NEW ROOTS, INCLUDING HILTON HEAD.

UH, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, JOHN AND I ARE CONTINUING OUR PRESS AND PUSH WITH DELTA AND UNITED TO, UH, ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN HERE YEAR ROUND.

UM, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT OTHERS AFTER THAT.

BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS BRINGS MORE GOOD NEWS IN THE FUTURE, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE EXPANDING THEIR SERVICE TO CHICAGO.

HOW MANY FLIGHTS A WEEK? UM, THIS WILL ADD 10 NEW ROUTES NEXT YEAR, RIGHT ON TOP OF WHAT WE WERE DOING THIS YEAR.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY'RE COMING AND GOING FROM HILTON HEAD YET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT SCHEDULE YET.

IT HASN'T BEEN PUT OUT.

UM, CONTROL TOWER REHAB, LUCKILY FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN.

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

OUR TOWER IS NOT FAA TOWER, IT IS A CONTRACT TOWER, SO IT DIDN'T INVOLVE OUR CONTROLLERS AT OUR TOWER.

UH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE STILL WERE CONTINUING WITH REHAB ON THAT TOWER.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE PAINTED OUTSIDE, DID ALL TO OUTSIDE WORK AS OF LATE.

THEY HAVE LAID DOWN NEW FLOOR AND TILE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, PAINTED THE ROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THEY'VE DONE THE TILE AND PAINT.

UH, WE HAVE THE NEW COUNTERTOPS FOR THE CAB BUILT.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TIME AT NIGHT AFTER THE CONTROLLERS LEAVE TO GET UP THERE AND TAKE THE OLD OUT, PUT THE NEW IN, CONNECT EVERYTHING BACK UP.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT'S LEFT IS THE, IS THE CAB WORK AT THE VERY TOP, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE PIECE.

SO I LOOK FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO ON THE TOWER REHAB PROJECT BEFORE THEY'RE COMPLETE AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET FINAL PICTURES TO SHOW YOU GUYS IN JANUARY.

HOPEFULLY.

ALSO, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE AIRPORT, THE CONCOURSE TO ELEGANCE IS HELD IN HILTON HEAD EVERY YEAR.

UH, A PORTION OF THAT, WHICH IS THE FLIGHTS AND FANCY WAS HELD ON THE AIRPORT AGAIN.

UM, IT WENT, IT WENT DOWN WITH, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUCCESS.

UH, ONE CHANGE THIS YEAR FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, INSTEAD OF DOING IT FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND THEN SATURDAY IS THE PUBLIC COMES IN, UH, TO VIEW EVERYTHING.

THEY DIDN'T DO THE FLIGHTS OF FANCY FRIDAY NIGHT.

THEY DID IT SATURDAY NIGHT.

SO THE PUBLIC CAME IN DURING THE DAY SATURDAY, AND THEN THEY TRANSITIONED FROM THE PUBLIC OVER TO THE FLIGHTS OF FANCY PIECE.

AND, UH, THAT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AS WELL.

UH, THANK YOU TO BMW OUT OF GREENVILLE.

THEY CAME DOWN WITH THREE CARS THIS YEAR AND WERE ABLE TO GIVE RIDES TO PEOPLE, UM, IN THEIR CARS.

SO, UM, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT, I BELIEVE.

YEP, THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

AND THEN I GET THIS PICTURE AT THE END WHEN THE CATS ARE AWAY.

OBVIOUSLY JOHN AND I WEREN'T AROUND, SO HERE THEY GO.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I I LOVE IT.

YOU GUYS KEEP DOING THAT.

UH, IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, THAT'S CHIEF ROCIO, BRIAN, OUR FINANCE MANAGER, AND SANDY, OUR, OUR ACCOUNTANT.

OUR ACCOUNTANT IN THE AIRPORT FINANCE, UH, HAVING SOME FUN AND STEALING SOMEBODY'S CAMERA AND TAKING SELFIES.

SO THAT'S AWESOME.

UH, AND THAT IS THE END FOR ME FOR RIGHT NOW.

AWESOME.

SPEED.

UM, UPDATE ON THE JET WAVES.

WHEN ARE THEY PROJECTED TO SHOW UP AND BE OPERATIONAL? UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE OPERATIONAL BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.

WHEN THEY SHOW UP IS, I'M THINKING IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE.

UM, THERE'S STILL SOME CONCRETE WORK THAT HAS TO GO ON IN THE BACK ON TOP OF THE ASPHALT.

SO THE CONCRETE HAS TO BE POURED.

THOSE JET BRIDGES WILL SIT AND WAIT UNTIL THE CONCRETE IS POURED AND DRIED AND READY TO BE INSTALLED BACK THERE.

MARCH IS WHEN YOU'RE TARGETING TO OPEN UP THE NEW WING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

MIDDLE OF MARCH IS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.

MIDDLE OF APRIL WOULD BE FINAL COMPLETION.

THAT MEANS BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL, THAT GIVES, JUST LIKE IF YOU BUILD A HOME, THAT GIVES US A MONTH TO GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES THAT CORRECT ALL THE ISSUES.

BUT THOSE BRIDGES WILL BE UP BY THEM.

TA WILL BE READY AS WELL TO TURN THIS SYSTEM AROUND.

AND WHEN WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC, TSA WILL BE READY TO GO.

AND THE NEW

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RIGHT NOW IT'S FORECAST IN THE MIDDLE OF APRIL.

THE NEW SPACE WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THE MOBILE LOUNGE GO.

THE MOBILE LOUNGE, THE TRAILER.

OH, THE TRAILERS.

UM, WHENEVER WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO BUY 'EM AND FUNDING TO GET 'EM OUT OF THERE, BUT AS SOONER THE BETTER.

AS SOON AS WE OPEN UP THE NEW SIDE, WE'LL TRANSITION TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

RIGHT NOW THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE COST FOR PHASE TWO.

AND HERE'S MY, WE STILL NEED PHASE TWO FUNDING.

JOHN'S WORKING HARD ON PHASE TWO FUNDING, WHICH AS A REMINDER, IT TAKES THE CURRENT TERMINAL, THE OLD TERMINAL REFURBISHES, IT MOVES OUT WALLS, GETS RID OF THE PORTABLE TRAILERS AND REFURBISHES EVERYTHING.

WE GET, UM, NEW BAGS BAG CLAIM AND THE, THE, UM, THE BELTS FOR ALL THE BAGGAGE.

UH, NEW AIRLINE TICKET COUNTERS, NEW RENTAL CAR COUNTERS, EVERYTHING OVER THERE ON THAT SIDE.

AND IT MATCHES THE NEW SIDE.

UH, BUT FUNDING IS STILL AN ISSUE, SO WE NEED FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UH, BUT THAT IS PART OF PHASE TWO IS TO GET RID OF THAT.

NOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME MONEY SOMEWHERE TO GET RID OF 'EM PRIOR TO THAT, SOMEONE WE OWN IT.

IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT 'EM.

SO WE'RE NOT GONNA MOVE 'EM.

NO, YOU NEED ONE.

LESLIE, MY HOUSE IN-LAWS ACCOMMODATION, , RENT IT OUT.

TINY HOUSE.

UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I KNOW THIS WAS DISCUSSED MANY MONTHS AGO, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE OLDER, WHAT WILL BE THE OLD WHOLE ROOM? OLD HOLD ROOM? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL WHOLE AIRPORT BEFORE WE HAD TO SPLIT IT IN THE PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO.

UM, AND IT'S STILL PLANNED OUT TO BE THAT WAY.

ONCE WE GET PHASE TWO UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WHEN THE CONTRACTORS MOVE TO RENOVATE THE TICKET, AIRLINE TICKET COUNTERS IN THEIR OFFICES, THEY WILL TEMPORARILY MOVE INTO THE OLD HOLD ROOM AND OPERATE THERE WHILE WORK IS GOING ON.

WHEN THEIR WORK IS COMPLETED, THEY CAN COME OUT AND TAKE OVER THEIR NEW PLACES.

THEN WE MOVE TO THE RENTAL CARS.

NOW THE RENTAL CARS WILL BE TEMPORARILY MOVED INTO THE OLD WHOLE ROOM WHILE WE DO THEIR AREA.

WHEN THEIR AREA IS COMPLETE, THEY COME BACK OUT WHEN THE, THE PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, UM, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, IT'S, IT'S PLANNED RIGHT NOW TO BE REMOVED, SO IT'LL BE PLANNED TO CUT OFF AND BE REMOVED.

THERE'S NO USE FOR THAT HOLD ROOM BEFORE WE REMOVE IT.

AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME TIME, AND I THINK I MIGHT TRY TO PUT A CONFERENCE ROOM OR SOMETHING IN THERE AND OFFICES FOR SOME STAFF TO UTILIZE BACK THERE.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED.

SO WHAT'S THAT GONNA DO AGAIN? THE GATES? ARE WE STILL GONNA JUST HAVE THREE GATES AS IT, IT NEVER WAS INCREASED IN GATES.

IT'S NEVER BEEN IN THE PLAN TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GATES.

CURRENTLY WE OPERATE THREE GATES AROUND THE OLD HOLD ROOM.

THOSE THREE GATES ARE MOVING OVER TO THE NEW SIDE WITH THE JET BRIDGES.

AND THERE IS A FOURTH GATE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A JET BRIDGE.

IT'S A WALKOUT GATE AND IT'S A TEMPORARY OVERFLOW.

UH, A REMAIN OVERNIGHT AIRCRAFT OR SOMETHING ON MAINTENANCE CAN GO AROUND TO THAT SIDE, BUT THERE IS NO INCREASE IN GATES.

AND WITH THE CALENDAR PLAN, THE HERITAGE, WHEN IT COMES, WE'LL HAVE THE NEW TERMINAL OPEN.

WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE IT IS OPEN PRIOR TO THE HERITAGE.

THE CONTRACTOR IS WELL AWARE OF THAT.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, STEVE.

YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED ONE OF THEM, UH, WITH THE OTHER OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.

UM, TALKED ABOUT ADS B ISSUES A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

UM, A MONTH OR TWO AGO, WE APPROVED A, UM, GOING FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT FOR A COMPANY TO PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE TYPE SERVICES, UH, FOR THE TOWER.

ANY UPDATE ON THAT OR WHERE IT'S HAPPENING WHEN IT'S YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON THAT? PARDON? WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT.

OKAY.

YEP.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER NEWS ABOUT EVENTS AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT AND THE, UH, PROJECTED FBO ATTEMPT? NO NEW NEWS ON THAT? NOTHING, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS STEVE.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? I DON'T HAVE ANY.

NO.

OKAY.

WELL LET'S GET TO THE NEW BUSINESS.

LET'S SEE.

WE GET SOME VOTES HERE, SO, OKAY.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE BUSINESS.

I'M, I GUESS I'M JUST STANDING WAITING FOR THE ACTION ITEMS. OKAY.

UH, ACTION ITEMS HERE

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WE GOT A GRANT

[IX.1. GRANT ACCEPTANCE – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT SCAC GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,455.00 FOR TERMINAL LOT TREE REMOVAL]

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MOTION.

SO, SO DOES THIS HELP THE TREES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED? WE'VE ALREADY REMOVED THEM.

THIS IS PAYING FOR THAT REMOVAL.

ALRIGHT, YOU GOT SECOND? SECOND.

YOU GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE NOT IN FAVOR.

SPEAK UP.

ALL RIGHT.

HAVING HEARD NONE, THAT'S, UH, APPROVED.

YEAH.

NO, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM

[IX.2. HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (ACIP) LIST ]

HAS EVERYBODY SEEN THAT, THAT LAST WEEK OR, OR LAST MONTH? OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE HAVE A MOTION TO WAIT A MINUTE.

WE GOT A QUESTION.

HELLO, MELINDA TURNER.

TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.

FIRST OF ALL, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE CONCOURSE, UH, IT WAS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER TO SEE THE AIRPORT, UH, SIDE DURING THE DAY WITH THE DISPLAY OF THE PLANES AND THE CARS, AND IT WAS EXCELLENT AND I THINK IT REALLY ADDED TO THE EVENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I DID HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND I SEE WITHIN THAT, UM, THERE IS A PLAN FOR 26, 27 AND IN FUTURE YEARS IN REGARDS TO THE PURCHASE OF LAND, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE RUNWAY, UM, MOVEMENT, NOT THE RUNWAY, THE TAXIWAY MOVEMENT.

AND, UM, JUST WAS, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOVEMENT, NOT ONLY, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY RELATED CONCERNS, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OUR DESIRE TO RETAIN THOSE BUSINESSES.

SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS SURPRISED THIS WAS PA PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

UH, LAST DISCUSSION I HAD WITH JOHN WAS THAT, UM, ANY DECISIONS REGARDING, UM, MOVEMENT OF THE TAXIWAY AND IMPLICATIONS TO BUSINESSES WOULD BE PART OF THE MASTER PLAN AND AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.

SO I'M WONDERING, UM, YOU KNOW, PROCESS WISE IF THAT'S WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE VERSUS THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO IS THAT QUESTION, AM I CLEAR ON MY QUESTION? OH, I'M VERY CLEAR ON THE QUESTION AND I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT.

I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ALLOWED TO ANSWER PUBLIC WHILE I'M HERE OR IF YOU GUYS ANSWER.

I'M JUST NOT SURE OF THE DECORUM TO DO THAT.

BUT I'M FULLY AWARE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.

I, I, I THINK IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, I MEAN, WE'RE APPROVING THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ON THE LIST AND A THIS IS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF, RIGHT? IT'S IN THEEND MASTER PLAN.

SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS YOUR QUESTION COMING FROM THE COUNCILWOMAN.

YES, SIR.

UM, OKAY.

SO THE, NOW LET ME MOVE INTO THAT.

YES.

RIGHT NOW THE AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH AN AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN PROCESS, UM, A MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'RE REWRITING REWORKING OUR MASTER PLAN.

THAT PROCESS IS A ROUGHLY A TWO YEAR PROCESS.

WE STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT PROJECT PLANS TO THE STATE AND TO THE FAA, IDENTIFYING THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD LISTED AND BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FAA AND I, I GOTTA SAY THIS THE RIGHT WAY.

WE'RE WORKING AND GOING TO MEET WITH THE FAA.

AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO UP THERE WITH ARE TWO CIPS.

ONE WITH THE OPTIONS ON THE MASTER PLAN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS AGAIN, HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED YET, WOULD WE LIKE THEM APPROVED? AND, AND THE MASTER PLAN, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, HAVE NOT SEEN THESE OPTIONS YET.

IT'S GONNA BE THEIR DECISION ON WHICH WAY WE GO WITH THE AIRPORT.

SO THAT IS GONNA BE A SECOND PLAN OFF THE SIDE THAT FAA IS WELL AWARE THAT WE ARE DOING STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO GO BRIEF THEM, LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE, UH, A LP COMMITTEE, BRIEF THEM, AND THAT ABSOLUTELY COULD CHANGE.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE PLAN TO GO UP, RIGHT? THESE, THESE LISTS ARE WHAT WE USE TO HELP GET FUNDING FROM THE THAT'S RIGHT.

YEP.

WE HAVE TIMEFRAMES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE SUBMITTED.

AND WITH THE A LP BEING A TWO YEAR PROCESS, THAT THAT WILL BE QUASI SUBMITTED

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NOT ON THE LIST.

WE DON'T GET FUNDING FOR IT.

RIGHT.

PERIOD.

OKAY.

UH, GETTING BACK TO THE ITEM NUMBER TWO.

DO WE, DID WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? YEP.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY NOT APPROVE? UH, DOES NOT APPROVE IT.

SO SPEAK UP.

OKAY.

DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.

SO THAT MOTION IS APPROVED.

[IX.3. BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ARW) - RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (ACIP) LIST ]

UH, APPROVE THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM LIST.

UH, FIRST AND THE SECOND.

GOT ANOTHER ONE.

GOT A THIRD.

GOT A THIRD.

TOO LATE.

DIDN'T SEE A .

GOTTA SPEAK UP.

RICH HOWARD DIDN'T RAISE IT.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

UH, ALL THOSE NOT IN FAVOR.

SPEAK UP.

ALRIGHT.

HAVEN'T BEEN HEARING NONE.

MOTION IS APPROVED.

UM, I GOT SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS TOO.

OH, OKAY.

WHILE YOU WANT TO HEAR IT, I'LL ADD TO IT.

UM, YESTERDAY, LATE YESTERDAY EVENING, THE FAA WAS ABLE TO CONNECT FIBER TO THE TOWER.

SO NOW WE'RE NOT ON LANDLINE COMMUNICATIONS, WERE ON FIBER, SO THAT MEANS WEATHER, WEATHER GETS BAD, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN FOR WEATHER.

SO IT'S GOOD NEWS.

GOOD NEWS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS STEVE.

UH, CHAIRMAN

[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE]

UH, CHRIS DID NOT LEAVE ME ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS. I KNOW, UH, WE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER ON THE HANGERS AT A RW IF, CAN YOU SET THAT MEETING UP, SEND THE INVITES OUT? I CAN ABSOLUTELY SET UP THE MEETING.

UM, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TO YOU GUYS AND PROPOSE SOME DATES AND LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOOD AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET A MEETING GOING.

YES, SIR.

UM, NO, THERE'S NOT A REPORT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A COMMITTEE MEETING TOGETHER FOR OVER A MONTH NOW.

WE'RE HAVING SCHEDULING PROBLEMS. JOHN HAS BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING.

MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN RESTRICTIVE.

SOME COMMITTEE MEETING.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST, JUST KEEP TRYING.

ONE ISN'T HERE, .

JUST KEEP TRYING.

OKAY.

UM, SOME COMMENTS WHILE WE'RE HERE.

ONE, ONE MORE THING THAT, THAT, SINCE WE JUST APPROVED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT BEING ON THE ISLAND HERE AND TALKING TO THE ISLAND RESIDENTS, THERE IS THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE PROJECT TO, TO HAVE TO WORK ON THE TAX AWAY IS SOMEHOW GONNA RESULT IN THE RUNWAY GETTING LONGER RIGHT NOW.