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BEAUFORT COUNTY
HILTON HEAD COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE (CRC) MEETING
Hilton
Head Air service building
March 12, 2007 at 4:30 P.M.
The Hilton Head Island Airport Community Relations
Committee (CRC) met and Don Baldwin, Chairman called the meeting to order.
1.
Guest Introductions:
2.
The minutes from the prior meeting for the
month of January 2007 were approved. John Curry requested that the
minutes be cut down to just the bullet issues. Anne made a motion and
Patty seconded. All members present voted approval and the motion passed.
Harvey Ewing of the AAB reiterated that the
lengthening of the runway is not an issue under consideration.
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MEMBERS PRESENT
Bill Coleman- Palmetto Hall Plantation
Don Baldwin-Windmill Harbour POA
Patty Blackmon-Leamington Plantation
Tom Kuczkowski-Hilton Head Plantation
Ed Brown-Sea Pines Plantation
John Curry-AAB
Anne Esposito-Wexford Plantation
STAFF
Paul Andres-Airport Director
Palmer Mitchell-Administration
Absent
Jim Fisher-Port Royal Plantation
John Varol-Indigo Run Plantation
David Ames- AAB
John Moran- AAB
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GUESTS
George Williams-HHI Town Council
Pat Kelley-Port Royal resident
Harvey Ewing-AAB
David Elow
Perry Hooks
Bill Bedford
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Report from Aviation Advisory Board
The Master Plan is waiting for notice from the FAA to
see if funding has been approved.
The County Administrator still has not released the
minutes from the meeting he held with Federal, State and local agencies.
We will update everyone when these minutes are posted on the County
website.
Anne commented on the various issues Mr. Kubic
covered in this Summit Meeting:
Runway Grooving is for the safety of
aircraft landing.
The Tree Obstructions project for the
trimming or removal.
The Safety stats requested for the
airport.
The closure of the Hilton Head Airport.
Closing remarks by Dave Ames gave a good
report on the AAB’s duties and responsibilities.
Mandatory flight routes are being
researched by the FAA and County staff to determine if this is a viable
solution.
John Curry discussed that the hangar rentals are in
the hands of the consultant, who will provide the recommendations.
Delta Airlines will be coming in as Atlantic
Southeast Airlines and starts on March 17 for a seasonal operation ending
September 17, 2007. There will be three flights in and out each day.
There will be approximately 44 people flying out and 66 flying in, with
this difference due to heat and tree obstruction issues.
Paul Andres met with the ASA pilot training staff,
and they were given the routing information on our noise sensitive island.
George Williams of the Town Council brought up the
issue that the landscaping needed to be completed in order to have tenants
move into the complex. Paul Andres heard that the contractor has received
the approval.
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Report from Airport Management-Paul Andres
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Tree Obstruction & Hangar Projects were
already discussed.
The Emergency Generator is in the final
design phase.
Noise
Hotline:
The complaints that came in on Saturday were
generated by the Coast Guard helicopter operations.
Tower
Report:
Bill Baird was unable to attend. In the
month of February there were 3,088 total operations performed, of which
1,733 were IFR operations.
Paul Andres is in the process of seeing about an open
house party for the ASA group. He has extended invitations to various
individuals.
5.
Community Feedback
Bill---Palmetto Hall-There have been meetings
regarding the Noise Overlay District. Paul Andres and David Ames have
been most helpful.
Ed—Sea Pines-They continue to support the airport and
have no complaints.
Don—Windmill Harbour-There was no complaint.
Anne—Wexford- No complaints about the airport. The
residents are very happy about the new airline service.
John—Indigo Run-absent
Jim—Port Royal-absent
Patty—Leamington-Jack Schuler will be the substitute
representative in Patty’s stead.
Tom—Hilton Head Plantation- it has been very quiet at
the Plantation.
6.
Update CRC Issue List
No statistics compiling data on airport safety
according to our needs were available from the State Division of
Aeronautics. Don Baldwin suggested that the committee remove this item
from the Issue List. He also recommended that it would be a good idea to
have experts in the industry come in and talk to the group about airport
safety.
Anne made a motion; Ed Brown seconded. Discussion by
John Curry pointed out that there are stats, but they do not relate to the
community. In the past, a couple of accidents possibly could have been
avoided if an air traffic control tower was in place at the time.
All members voted in favor and the motion passed.
US Airways does not respond very quickly, and Don
Baldwin is pursuing other avenues to get a meeting set up.
John Curry made a motion to remove the US
Airways/flight paths from the Issue List. Bill Coleman seconded.
Discussion brought up that this issue was discussed many times with all
the interested parties.
All members voted in favor
and the motion passed.
The SC Department of Commerce study methodology has
been addressed in their presentation at the library.
Anne moved to remove this item from the Issue List.
Patty Blackmon seconded.
All members voted in favor and the motion passed.
7.
Old Business: None at this time
8.
New Business:
The purpose of the CRC is to receive communications
from the residents in order to bring the issues to the AAB.
Don Baldwin asked for a motion to keep the guidelines
for the CRC at its present structure. John Curry requested that the
guidelines explain that the AAB was the source for creating the CRC.
John Curry brought up that he is the Chairman of the
External Affairs Committee of the AAB.
Don Baldwin brought up a recommendation to move the
meetings on a quarterly basis in the week before the AAB meetings. Feb.
May Aug and November.
Ed Brown discussed the perception the public might
have by moving the meetings. Originally, the meetings were on a monthly
basis.
Bill Coleman noted that there are no problems with
this structure.
A comment was made that a guest would like to see the
meetings still every other month.
George Williams thought that with the projects
ongoing it would be best to keep the bi monthly schedule.
Tom Kuczkowski commented that he had no problem with
this schedule.
Don Baldwin decided to continue meeting every other
month on Thursdays and the next meeting will be on Thursday May 3 at 4:30
P.M.
Ed Brown brought up that any additions or deletions
to the CRC should be pursued. When we lose a representative from a
community, we should look into finding another representative. We should
also be looking into asking other communities to join. We have a large
commercial contingent that we could possibly encourage to join the CRC and
represent the business community.
Don Baldwin has spoken to the Baygall Community and
is working to get a new representative. We have been trying to find
another for Wexford Plantation. We want to make sure we have good
representation.
Bill Coleman related that the golf industry would be
useful to keep informed. He will find a contact person.
John Curry wanted to have an Open House style
activity to educate and inform the public. Ed Brown noted that the
members of the EAA and CAP could help with the staffing.
Public Comments:
Pat Kelley-Port Royal asked about the FAA reimbursing
the airport for cutting and trimming of the tree obstructions.
Paul Andres stated the FAA would only pay one time
for the project, but not on a continuing basis for trimming.
Members discussed their view of the FAA’s statement.
George Williams stated that the information he has
from Town Hall is that the airport would be trimming trees versus cutting
down trees. George requested that when the meeting minutes are received
that we get a notice in the paper that the minutes are on the websites.
There could be a noise problem with the emergency generator system, as the
Town will be looking at this issue. George Williams and John Curry met
with the legislative committee for the Board of Realtors recently.
The League of Women Voters is having a meeting
Wednesday with a panel to discuss airport issues.
9. Adjournment
was at approximately 5:37 P.M.
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