Control of the PP Complex is overseen by the South Carolina Patriots Point Development Authority.
Patriots Point Development Authority
40 Patriots Point Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC
Tel: (843) 884-2727
From the 1998 Audit: Parcel Six will include a 35-acre athletic complex. The
Authority entered into a lease in December 1996 with the College of Charleston for the complex which will consist of fields for baseball, softball,
soccer , and nine tennis courts. Total rental payments
to the Authority for this parcel are projected to be approximately $1.7 million through the year 2007. Of the three parcels (three, five, and six) under development, the rate of return on parcel six is the
lowest .
REFERENCE:
http://www.lac.sc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A42A985C-1E74-4F4A-B607-AB4255628440/0/ppda_summary.pdfThe Patriots Point Development Authority is a State of South Carolina "enterprise agency" and is responsible for the operation of the naval and maritime museum. As an Enterprise Agency, the museum receives
no appropriated funding from the state legislature . Primary sources of operating revenue are museum admissions, sales at the museum gift shop, educational programs such as the youth education and camping programs, and
commissions from lease functions, on-site vending franchises and the Patriots Point Links.
Additional income from landside leases has for some years been dedicated to a capital fund for maintenance of the historic museum ships and other capital projects at Patriots Point .
Overall governance of the Patriots Point Development Authority is vested in a Board of Directors
appointed by the Governor of South Carolina with each member serving a term of four years. Selection of three members of the Board, including its chairman, is at the discretion of the governor. The two remaining appointed members are legislatively mandated, one to be appointed by joint recommendation of the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Speaker of the House and the other by joint recommendation of the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The Mayor of the Town of Mount Pleasant, as an ex-officio member, rounds out the Board as its sixth voting member. This Board meets regularly to approve strategic planning initiatives, revisions to development plans and contracts, long-term leases, etc.
The executive director, reporting to the Board of Directors and working closely with its chairman, is responsible for long-term planning and day-to-day management of the agency, including the museum and all of its ancillary services.
Here is the list of trustees:
http://www.patriotspoint.org/support/trustees/Patriots Point Development Authority Members
Chairman: Mr. John B. Hagerty, Esquire
Vice Chairman: Mr. Wayne Adams
Member: Mr. Michael "Mike" Dixon
Member: Harry Gregorie
Member: Susan C. Marlowe
Ex-Officio Member: Mayor Harry M. Hallman, Jr.Legal Counsel: Mr. William E. Craver, III, Esquire
Executive Director: Hugh Tant
College of Charleston is responsible for the Athletic Complex including security services such as patrolling which they do not do because of the distance to the college, Mt Pleasant police provides these services for them.
