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[CALL TO ORDER]
THE 11TH.IT IS 3 0 1 AND I, MY NAME IS EUGENE SEPAL.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
UM, THANK YOU TO OUR GUESTS WHO ARE HERE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND ONLINE.
WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
IT'S OUR FIRST TIME IN THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY HALL AT THE DOWNTOWN, AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM.
UH, SO ALL OF US NEED TO BE REMEMBERED THAT WE'RE NOW LIVE.
UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM, MS. VICKY SEPULVEDA.
RAYMOND YOUNG, CHAD ENNIS, WENDY PRICE, EUGENE SEPULVEDA AND JEREMY HENDRICKS ARE HERE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? JOHN JONATHAN C**N ONLINE? YES.
AND, AND PLUS JONATHAN C**N ONLINE.
AND JONATHAN, JUST REMEMBER WHEN WE COME FOR VOTES, WE'LL NEED YOU TO SHOW YOUR FACE.
UH, I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS FOR GENERAL CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION.THE FIRST IS AMANDA CARILLO, AND I KNOW SHE'S ONLINE.
NICOLE, CAN YOU BRING AMANDA ON? AMANDA, ANYTIME YOU'RE READY, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WELL, MY NAME IS AMANDA CARILLO.
A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM THE TANK FARMS, UM, IS BEING BUILT.
THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE TANKS IS MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY, SO IN THE MATTER OF NINE MONTHS, UM, SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL LET THEM MOVE FORWARD, THEY HAVE BUILT TWO JET FARM FUEL TANKS.
UM, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN NO NOTICEABLE CHANGES TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCLUDING WILDLIFE, WHICH, UM, I'VE SEEN RUN INTO MY YARD.
UH, THE RUNWAYS, UH, NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THE NOISE HAS INCREASED SINCE THEY'VE PUT THE TANKS UP.
UM, THE, THE NOISE IS DISTURB OUR SLEEP, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WORK SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN SEVERAL MEETINGS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN EVIDENCE OF HOW MUCH THIS PROJECT IS AFFECTING PEOPLE OF COLOR WITHIN A MINOR MINORITY GROUP.
UH, WITHIN THE NINE MONTHS, THE RISK OF OUR SAFETY IS THAT THREAT FOR OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC THAT HAS INCREASED WITHIN THESE PAST NINE MONTHS.
WE HAVE, UH, COMMERCIAL TRUCKS GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE, UH, TRYING TO GET DOWN TO 180 3 AND USE OUR STREETS AS A SHORTCUT, UM, PUTTING OUR CHILDREN, UM, AT RISK, UM, WITH THESE HUGE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE TWO SIGNS AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END, UH, SHOWING THAT IT IS A NO TRUCK.
UM, BUT WHILE CONSTRUCTION ON THE FARM IS HAPPENING QUICKLY, AND THE NEW EXPANSION PRO PRO, UM, EXCUSE ME, PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING QUICKLY, THE PROMISE THAT THE AIRPORT MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY ARE NOT HAPPENING AT ALL.
ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE DECISION TO PUT THE TANK FARM WHERE IT IS, IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN ZERO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE AIRPORT SAID THEY DID NOT LEGALLY NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
GIVEN AUSTIN'S HISTORY, THE, THE, UM, WITH LOCATING PAINT FARMS NEAR POOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN EAST AUSTIN, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NO-BRAINER.
BUT TO AVOID CITY COUNCIL TO, UM, BUT TO A, EXCUSE ME, BUT TO AVOID HAVING CITY COUNCIL TELL THEM TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE SITE, THE TANK FARM FOR THE TANK FARM, THE AIRPORT MADE PROMISES THAT THEY WOULD DO BETTER MOVING FORWARD AND NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AGAIN.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD CREATE A GREEN TEAM TO ENSURE THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT HAPPENS.
AGAIN, WITHIN THE NINE MONTHS, THE AIRPORT HAS A FANCY NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN CALLED JOURNEY WITH A U S BUT NOT A GREEN TEAM.
UH, AMANDA, UH, I WILL TELL YOU, THE GREEN TEAM IS, I'M SORRY, AMANDA, EXCUSE ME.
UH, YOU'RE AT YOUR THREE MINUTES.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE, BUT WE NEED TO WRAP UP IN, WE'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO ALLOW THREE MINUTES.
SO, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE GREEN TEAM.
WE ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS SOME, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO WANT BETTER TRANSPARENCY OVER THE SITE AND THE BUILDING OF THE TANK FARM, UH, BY THE PRIVATE AIRLINES.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME, SOME MUD WATERS AND WE IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE WEREN'T EVEN NOTIFIED UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO OF THIS HAPPENING, WHICH CAN, YOU KNOW, CAN ALSO, UH, CAUSE FLOODING AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE AT RISK FOR FLOOD ZONE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WHICH CAN GO INTO OUR YARD.
WE NEED SOMETHING DONE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WANT AIR QUALITY EQUIPMENT
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OUT THERE AND, AND NOBODY'S SPOKEN TO US ABOUT ANYTHING.WE NEED THIS AND WE NEED THIS NOW, NOT LATER.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE YOU GUYS EVEN STARTED BREAKING GROUND.
UM, MS. GUILLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I WILL BRING, BE BRINGING THESE ISSUES UP WITH THE STAFF TO GET SOME ANSWERS.
I THINK, I THINK YOU CERTAINLY THROUGH BOBBY, HAVE MY, UH, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, LAUREN ICE, WHO IS ASKED TO MAKE A GENERAL PRESENTATION, UM, GENERAL COMMENTS, AND THEN, UH, SEPARATELY TO COMMENT ON ITEM NINE ON THE AGENDA.
SO I'VE AGREED TO GRANT YOU TWO, THREE MINUTE SLOTS.
UM, IS THIS ON? Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME.
UM, I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY.
I'M HERE ON MY, UM, INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, THOUGH AS A, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE.
AND AS AMANDA SAID, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, FOLKS NEAR THE AIRPORT FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE TANK FARM THAT WAS BEING BUILT.
UM, ONE OF MYSELF AND ONE OF MY LAW PARTNERS KIND OF VOLUNTARILY JOINED IN THE OPPOSITION WITH THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN JUST HOW WRONG THAT FELT.
AND WE SUBMITTED TWO PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS TO THE CITY IN MARCH AND APRIL OF LAST YEAR THAT ASKED FOR, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO IT HERE, BUT A VARIETY OF INFORMATION, UM, RELATED TO THE TANK FARM, RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE.
UM, TO SUMMARIZE THAT INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION RELATED TO, UH, OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PERMITS, CONTRACTS, AND INVOICES AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE FIRM THAT PREPARED THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, UM, AND THE FIRM THAT DID THE EMISSIONS MODELING, UM, THE FUEL FARM MASTER PLAN ITSELF, UM, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER COMMUNICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AIRLINE CONSORTIUM AND THE CITY STAFF.
THE SHORT STORY IS, IS THAT THE CITY HAS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST NINE MONTHS, AND REFUSE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY OF THIS INFORMATION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PAID NEARLY $450 FOR THAT INFORMATION.
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS DIRECTED THE CITY TO PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND SO, I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THIS COMMISSION.
UM, GIVEN THAT I THINK PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS ONE OF YOUR OBJECTIVES TO PUT THIS ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION THAT'S MISSING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS NOT JUST TO THE DECI, HOW IT WOULD'VE BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE TANK FARM, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE EXPANSION PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO SEE, BUT ALSO THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY THAT'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPANSION, UM, NEEDS TO SEE.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT TAKES TWO OF Y'ALL TO ASK FOR A, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON THIS.
AND SO I, I'M HERE TO JUST MAKE THAT REQUEST THAT, THAT THIS BECOME AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC, UH, DISCUSSION.
ANYTHING ELSE TO YES, UH, CAN MIND THE COMMISSIONER AUTHORIZATION OF NEGOTIATION EXECUTION CONTRACT? OH, YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT RIGHT.
UH, SO, UH, LAUREN IS NOW GONNA SPEAK ON ITEM NINE, WHICH IS TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MARKET AND SUPPORT MS. ICE.
AND AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS LAUREN ICE.
UM, ITEM NINE IS LISTED AS POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MARKETING SUPPORT WITH A FIRM CALLED THE EISS DESIGN INCORPORATED, UM, FOR AMOUNT AT 2.5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
I WANNA FOCUS ON THE TERM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AS YOU HEARD MS. CARILLO SPEAK TO EARLIER.
UM, WHAT I SEE HERE IN THIS PACKAGE IS NOT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, I LOOKED AT THE FIRM'S WEB WEBSITE, NOTHING AGAINST THIS FIRM, BUT IT'S JUST THEY DON'T SEEM TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEY SEEM TO DO BRANDING AND MARKETING.
SO MAYBE IT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE WAY THE AIRPORT DEFINES IT, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE, WHAT THE, THE KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT AMANDA AND HER NEIGHBORS WERE PROMISED.
UM, THE JOURNEY WITH A U S CAMPAIGN DOES NOT SEEM TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IT SEEMS TO BE MARKETING AND BRANDING AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
AND THIS IS MORE THAN JUST SEMANTICS.
AS YOU HEARD AMANDA SAY, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY.
AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE TANK FARM FIGHT WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT ENGAGED AND THE COMMUNITY WAS TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ENGAGED.
AND THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED TO PREPARE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SPECIFICALLY SAID THEY DIDN'T DO ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO THE FEAR IS BY CONTINUING TO USE THIS TERM, UM, IN A, IN THE WRONG MANNER, YOU COULD BE HIRING A FIRM THAT'S TELLING THE AIRPORT HOW TO NOT DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HOW TO AVOID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED A FUNDAMENTAL, UH, REDEFINING
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OF WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEANS WITH THE AIRPORT.UM, AND I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT BEFORE US THAT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED.
AND AS YOU HEARD AMANDA SAY, THAT COMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN REACHED OUT TO ONCE SINCE THIS DECISION ON THE TANK FARMS WAS MADE MORE THAN NINE MONTHS AGO.
AND SINCE THE COMMUNITY WAS PROMISED MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD, AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO POSTPONE TAKING ACTION ON THIS ITEM SINCE IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THE SUBJECT REALLY IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY SO WE KNOW WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS REALLY FOR.
AND IF IT IS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN THAT THE AIRPORT SEEMS TO BE DEFINING, UH, LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD SINCE IT'S SUPPOSED TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
I'M GONNA MOVE IT ON TO CHAIR YOUR MICROPHONE.
AND I'M GONNA MOVE US TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, CHAIR? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HAD A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AND THIS IS A, A FIRST STEP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEING HERE.
AND AS TO ECHO THE CHAIR, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE AT CITY HALL, UM, AND, AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN REAL TIME AT THIS MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, WHAT I HEARD FROM MS. CARILLO, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED, WAS THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE PROMISED MONITORING OF THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION SITE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A, THERE IS INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF AN A QUESTION FOR STAFF, BUT IS THAT, WILL THAT INFORMATION OF, OF THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF THE AIR QUALITY AT THE, DURING CONSTRUCTION AND FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION, IS THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION OR WILL THAT ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT IS PROPRIETARY TO THE AIRLINE CONSORTIUM OR SOME OTHER ENTITY, IF I MAY RESPOND? UH, TRACY THOMPSON, DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.
WE HAVE ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA AN ENTIRE FUEL FARM UPDATE.
SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT QUESTION AND MAKE SURE THAT GETS ANSWERED AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
WELL, UH, LET'S HOPE THAT, THAT THE ANSWERS IN FEBRUARY REFLECT 10 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
[1. Approve the minutes of the AAC special called meeting on December 12, 2022.]
COMMISSIONER.UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? MS. SEPULVEDA? UH, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, WENDY? I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED.
[2. November 2022 Financial Results presented by Rajeev Thomas, Deputy Chief Finance Officer.]
WE'VE GOT STAFF BREEDING BRIEFINGS.UH, RAJIV THOMAS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF FINANCE.
UH, THE NOVEMBER RESULTS AS, UH, AS SHOWN IN THE WRITTEN BRIEFING, UH, WAS VERY GOOD.
THE OPERATING REVENUES WERE ABOUT 3.3 MILLION OVER NOVEMBER OF 2021.
UM, THE OPERATING REVENUES CAME IN AT 22.6 MILLION VERSUS 19.3 MILLION IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I THINK YOU HAD CHAIR WAS ON THE OPERATING EXPENSES, HOW IT WAS ON, AND THAT OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WAS 27.8% HIGHER THAN I WASN'T WISHING THAT THEY WOULD INCREASE.
I JUST EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD.
AND YEAR TO DATE, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON A YEAR TO DATE BASIS, IT ONLY SHOWS ABOUT A 6.6% INCREASE.
BUT THAT IS BECAUSE LAST YEAR, OCTOBER, 2021 HAD A THREE PAY PERIOD MONTH.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, ACTUALLY YEAR TO DATE, IT HAS GONE UP ALMOST 20, 19%.
SO, OTHER THAN THAT, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS A VERY GOOD MONTH.
NOTHING UNUSUAL TO SPEAK OF IN TERMS OF WHAT WE EXPECTED IN TERMS OF THE RESULTS.
UH, IT WAS WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD COME IN.
AND, UH, UH, A VERY GOOD MONTH, THAT 22.6 MILLION COMMISSIONERS.
QUESTIONS FOR RAJIV? UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE, WELL, REALLY NOTATIONS, I JUST WANNA CALL OUT THAT SINCE NOVEMBER, 2019, WE HAVE 68 MORE DAILY DEPARTURES.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING NOTE OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN I, I WANTED TO ASK RAJIV IF, SO, WE'RE AT 44% AIRLINE REVENUES, 55% NON-A AIRLINE.
WHAT HAS THAT BEEN HISTORICALLY IN 2019? IT WAS ROUGHLY THE SAME.
THAT MIX WAS ROUGHLY THE SAME.
AND, UH, BUKI DO, DO YOU THINK WE'RE, I KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE UNDER CAPACITY FOR CONCESSIONS PER PASSENGER TRAFFIC RIGHT
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NOW? YEP.YOU THINK THAT'S AT RISK OF UPSETTING NON-A AIRLINE REVENUES? WELL, THE CONCESSIONS REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED IN INSIDE OF THE TERMINAL, SO IN TERMINAL CONCESSIONS IS, IS GROSSLY UNDER, UNDER WHAT WE SHOULD BE SERVING BASED ON THE PASSENGER LOADS.
UM, DO I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S LEAKAGE, MEANING THAT CUSTOMERS ARE JUST NOT PURCHASING? UM, YES, BUT WE, WE, WE'VE MADE SOME EFFORTS WITH PRODUCT AND FOOD DELIVERY AND STORAGE ON THE PROPERTY INSIDE OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING SO THAT THE CONCESSIONAIRES CAN REPLENISH AND SERVE.
AND THEN AS THEY'VE BEEN RAMPING UP, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE LABOR CRISIS AND THEY'RE STABILIZING NOW WITH WORKFORCE, WE'RE SEEING THAT, UM, THEY ARE ABLE TO SERVE.
BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT IN CAPACITY, WE WILL SEE THAT LEAKAGE.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO JUST FOOD, BEVERAGE AND RETAIL, IT'S NOT THE LARGEST REVENUE DRIVER OF NON-A AIRLINE REVENUE.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE PARKING REVENUES THAT ARE THE, THE, THE SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS.
SO, UM, IN TERMS OF THE METRICS AND THE INDICATOR, I THINK IT'LL HAVE A SLIGHT IMPACT, BUT WON'T MOVE THE NEEDLE AS MUCH.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW FOOD VENDING MACHINES, WHICH I KNOW HELPED
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RAJI? RAJI? THANK YOU.
[3. Air Service Update presented by Jamy Kazanoff, Air Service Development.]
UH, MOVING ON TO AIR SERVICE UPDATE, AND I KNOW JAMIE IS NOT HERE TODAY.TRACY, YOU WANNA TAKE QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS OR LOOK AT PAGE 14 OF, OF YOUR PACKAGE IS JAMIE'S REPORT.
I'M PLEASED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF I CAN'T ANSWER THEM, I'M PLEASED TO GET THE ANSWERS AND, AND REPORT BACK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN EMAIL ME LATER AS WELL.
YES, WENDY? UH, YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROJECTION FOR JANUARY.
IT SEEMS, UM, EXCITING THAT THERE'S A BIG SPIKE IN, UM, FLIGHTS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT IS HISTORICALLY, UM, BECAUSE JANUARY'S A VERY BUSY MONTH, OR I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE, UM, PROJECTED INCREASE FOR JANUARY 23 WAS UNLESS, YEAH, IT WAS SO HIGH, SO MUCH HIGHER THAN FOR OTHER MONTHS BASED ON, UM, THE SORT OF ANNUALIZED FLIGHT, UM, PATTERN.
I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE, UH, THE ANSWER.
SOMETIMES IT'S A RELATIVE MEASURE AGAINST PREVIOUS JANUARYS MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, WITH THE CO WITH COVID BEING OUR MOST RECENT JANUARYS AND COVID, IT, IT, THAT MAY BE PART OF IT, BUT LET ME GET THAT, UH, SPECIFIC ANSWER FROM JAMIE AND I'LL REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
AND COMMISSIONERS, I'LL POINT OUT TO THE REST OF US JUST THAT, THAT WE OPERATED AT 20 MILLION PASSENGERS LAST YEAR.
WE HAD SIX OF OUR SEVEN HIGHEST DAYS EVER LAST YEAR.
UM, I BELIEVE WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED OUR, OUR CAPACITY AT 15.6 OR 15.8, SO WE'RE OPERATING THAT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER CAPACITY.
AND MOKI, YOU HAD A, YEAH, JUST ONE, ONE CLARIFICATION FOR WENDY, JUST TO SUPPORT THE, THE CHART THAT YOU SEE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE SNAPSHOT.
THE 54% FOR THIS COMING JANUARY IS THE TOTAL SEAT GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE JANUARY OF 19.
SO THAT'S A COMPOUNDED SEAT GROWTH.
UM, TECHNICALLY JANUARY OF, UM, THIS PAST JANUARY OF 22 TO JANUARY OF 23, REALLY, THE SEATS I THINK ARE ADJUSTED TO ABOUT 10%, IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON AVERAGE.
AND THE SCHEDULES, WHEN THESE THINGS ARE PUBLISHED, THE SCHEDULES ARE A LITTLE, UM, JUST TO USE MY WORD WONKY, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE PUBLISHED AND THEN CARRIERS WILL ADJUST SCHEDULES.
AND SO THE SEAT CAPACITY CHANGES, UH, BUT IT'S ABOUT 10%.
SO A 10% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR IS STILL DRAMATIC, RIGHT? LIKE, THAT'S, IT'S A VERY BIG INCREASE FOR US TO SEE.
BUT THAT IS, UH, IS JUST A LITTLE, PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.
WENDY, TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, THE BONDING COMPANIES DON'T ALLOW US TO SEE MORE THAN WHAT FOUR PERCENTS ON THE HIGH END, IF A YEAH, I MEAN, ROUGHLY, YEAH.
45% IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE, BUT LAST JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WAS AFFECTED BY OMICRON, SO THAT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, DEPRESSED.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU ARE SEEING THE, THE EFFECT OF SINCE LAST SUMMER, THE PUSH IN INCREASE IN SEEDS, AND THAT'S KIND OF CULMINATING IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
IT, AT SOME POINT, ARE WE GETTING CLOSE TO, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING 30%, 40, 50% INCREASES, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PAST.
WE'VE GOTTA BE GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE YOU CAN'T SQUEEZE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE INTO THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT HOW, HOW CLOSE IS THAT TO WHERE WE START SEEING THESE DROP BY TO 4% BECAUSE OF NECESSITY? WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN, RIGHT NOW THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE COMPARING IT TO LAST NOVEMBER,
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UH, WHICH WAS JUST BARELY GETTING TO 2019 LEVELS IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, RIGHT? SO WE'VE SEEN THAT DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH THAT WE'VE, UH, THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, AND PART OF THAT HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY CONNECTING TRAFFIC TO THE INCREASE ON THE CONNECTING TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE SEEN TOO.RIGHT? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE JANUARY BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, THE DAILY TRAFFIC NUMBERS IN JANUARY, IT IS COMING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE LOWER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT WHERE VERSUS THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY.
WE ARE TRENDING TOWARDS MAYBE ABOUT 650 TO 700 EMPLOYMENTS IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING.
SO THAT WILL KIND OF PUT IT, PUT IT BACK TO NORMAL, UM, INTO WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING, BUT ALSO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL REALLY DIDN'T REBOUND UNTIL, YOU KNOW, MUCH LATER IN 2021 TOO.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT EFFECT.
SO THROUGH, I THINK THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE SOME, YOU KNOW, PRONOUNCED INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT I THINK THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA NORMALIZE INTO NORMAL GROWTH RATES BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE COMPARING, YOU KNOW, APPLES TO APPLES IN TERMS OF BUSINESS TRAVEL AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
AND, AND JUST TO ADD TO YOUR, UH, QUESTION ABOUT DOES IT, DOES IT STOP OR DOES IT SLOW DOWN? UM, THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION, AS WE CALL IT.
SO WHEN AN AIRCRAFT LAND LANDS AND THERE'S CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GROUND TIME FOR THAT CARRIER TO PROCESS, SOME CARRIERS DO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO SHRINK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UTILIZE THEIR GATES A LITTLE BIT MORE, TURN AIRCRAFT A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
SO WE MAY SEE SOME OPTIMIZATIONS IN SCHEDULES.
UM, AND THAT JUST COMES FROM LEARNING, UH, THE STATION MANAGEMENT FOLKS, THE AIRLINE, THE NETWORK, IF THEY HAVE THAT RELIABILITY, THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY DO THAT.
SO I THINK THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR CAPACITY GROWTH TO COME.
WOULD THIS BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK ABOUT, UM, AIR SERVICE TODAY AND WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? UH, WE DON'T HAVE, I SEE THAT THE DIRECTORS ON THE LINE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE CHIEFS HERE.
IS THERE ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU CAN MAKE AS TERMS OF AIR SERVICE, IMMEDIATE AIR SERVICE, BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING? THE, THIS, THE, UM, STOP IS JUST LINE IS JUST LINE WITH US OR JACKIE? CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? HEAR ME? THIS IS JACQUELINE.
UM, DID YOU HEAR WENDY WAS ASKING HER THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT TODAY'S, UM, F A DISRUPTION? WE DO NOT.
UM, IT WAS AS THE GENERAL INFORMATION WE HAVE AS THE SYSTEM FAILURE WITH THE F A, THEY QUICKLY WORKED ON RETURNING IT BACK AND CANCELING THE GROUND STOP AS THE SYSTEM RECOVERED BACK AND BEING ABLE TO HANDLE IT.
WE HAD SEVERAL CALLS TO WASHINGTON AND THE FA AND THE AIRLINES.
UM, IT, WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY DISRUPTIONS AT THE AIRPORT, BUT WE'RE COLLECTING ALL THE FLIGHT, THE NUMBERS OF THE FLIGHTS THAT GOT CANCELED OR, UH, DELAYED.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER YET, BUT, UH, BECAUSE OF, WE'RE POST THE HOLIDAY SEASON WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY LOW.
UM, AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, WHERE ARE WE? UH, WE ARE,
[4. Journey with AUS (AUS Capital Improvement Program) presented by Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer. ]
OH, OKAY.UH, SUMMER ON THE JOURNEY WITH AUSTIN KEPPER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
LYNN'S GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE UPDATE.
SHARE, SHARE, SHARE THE PROGRESS, THE GOOD NEWS WHERE WE, WHERE WE HAVE IT.
SO, UM, FOR THE RECORD, LYNN, ESTHER BROOK, I'M THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND DIVISION MANAGER, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE ACTIVE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE KE PROJECTS EXPANSION AND THIS LITTLE, UM, AND THEN SUMMER WILL ALSO GO OVER SOME OF THIS PACKETS.
SO THIS IS THE MAP JUST TO REFERENCE EVERYONE ON WHERE THE ACTIVE PROJECTS ARE TO DATE, COLOR CODED BY TYPE OF PROJECT.
AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE BLUE IS THE AIRPORT AIRFIELD, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
THE, UH, SORT OF REDDISH COLOR IS THE CARGO DEVELOPMENT EAST, THE GREEN COLOR.
IF YOU ZOOM, SORT OF RIGHT IN ON THE CENTER, THAT'S THE WESTGATE EXPANSION AND GATE 13 PROJECT.
THE ORANGEISH COLORS, THE MIDFIELD INVESTIGATION PROJECT, THE YELLOW
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SORT OF RIGHT IN THE CENTER.THAT'S THE, UM, BAGGAGE HANDLING PROJECT.
AND THEN THE PURPLE IS THE FUEL FACILITY.
NEXT, SO THE AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, THIS IS, UH, EXTENSIVELY THE PROJECT THAT CREATES TWO CROSS MIDFIELD TAXIWAYS.
THOSE ARE IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THOSE ARE HIGHWAYS FOR PLANES THAT CONNECT YOU TO THE RUNWAYS ARE RUNWAYS GO NORTH, SOUTH, THIS GOES EAST, WEST.
SO IT'S AN EAST WEST, A NEW CONNECTION.
THE REASON WHY WE NEED THIS NEW CONNECTION IS BECAUSE THE EXISTING CONNECTION WILL BE WHERE THE NEW CONCOURSE GOES.
AND SO WE CAN'T SORT OF START BUILDING THAT NEW CONCOURSE UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEW ROADWAY CONNECTION FOR THE PLANES TO THE, THE, UM, THE RUNWAYS.
SO THIS PROJECT IS SORT OF IN THAT PRELIMINARY PHASE.
THE TEAM IS WORKING ON A PRELIMINARY, UM, ENGINEERING REPORT.
AND SO THAT'S SORT OF THAT, UM, FIRST PHASE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT TO FINISH, UM, BY THE END OF THE, UM, END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS, THIS NEW CALENDAR YEAR.
LYNN, BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT PAGE, MAY I ASK? SURE.
I KNOW I'VE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE.
SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN.
EXPLAIN TO ME THE BOX, THE PROJECT BUDGET BOX, THE DIFFERENCE.
SO TODAY, OBLIGATED IN TOTAL BUDGET.
SO TODAY IS THE SORT OF CURRENT TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET.
SO NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION, EVERYTHING OBLIGATED ARE WHAT WE'VE CONTRACTED FOR, WHAT CONTRACTS DO WE HAVE.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THE TOTAL BUDGET IS THE, THE TOTAL BUDGET, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET.
SO TODAY IS SORT OF THE, WHERE WE, UM, WHERE WE ARE EX WHERE WE ARE NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE.
UM, OKAY, SO YOU'RE, WE'RE, SO WE SPENT, OKAY, SO WE'RE REVISING TODAY IS WHAT IS SPENT.
SO LET'S THAT, CAN WE CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE? YES.
SO, YEAH, SO, OR, OR THAT'S FINE.
WE'LL JUST REMEMBER THEN OBLIGATED, SO WE CAN CHANGE IT.
SO YOU WANT THE TODAY TO SAY SPENT WELL, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK I'LL RE I'LL REMEMBER NEXT TIME.
CONTRACTS DID IN TOTAL, THAT'S ANTICIPATED TOTAL BUDGET.
THE, YOU MAY, I MAY JUST NEED TO CALCULATE THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN LOOKING WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE COMPLETION AND THE PERCENTAGE SPENT RELATED TO BUDGET.
BECAUSE THOSE DELTAS GENERATE QUESTIONS.
SO IF, IF IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO ADD TO THESE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO NEXT, SO THIS IS THE, UM, DEMOLITION PROJECT, THE BUILDING DEMOLITION PROJECT.
AND THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN THE BID PHASE.
SO IT'S ON THE, UM, WE'VE, UH, HAVE SOME OF THE BIDS GOING, COMING, AND WE SHOULD GET ALL OF THAT, UM, IN THE COMING DAYS.
AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS BY NEXT COUNCIL, UM, BY NEXT MONTH COMING TO YOU WITH THE ACTUAL BIDS SO THAT WE CAN THEN GO TO COUNCIL THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE THIS PROJECT IS.
UM, IT, IT ALSO IS A PROJECT THAT IS GETTING FUNDED BY THE F FAA.
PARTIALLY, THAT'S ALL THAT'S EXTRANEOUS.
IT'S A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS ARE FULL BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE THAT WE'VE TRIED TO UTILIZE AND MADE THE BEST OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR AS LONG AS WE COULD.
AND NOW THEY'RE REALLY, UM, IN THE WAY, AGAIN, OF THOSE NEW MIDFIELD TAXIWAYS, AND THEY'RE WAY PAST THEIR LIGHT.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE REMEDIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
THEY'VE ALREADY HAD REMEDIATION DONE.
SO THE FOAM FIELD IS ALREADY DONE, THE BUILDING REMEDIATION.
AS IS ASBESTOS LED, THAT KIND OF THING.
NEXT, THIS IS THE DEM, THE CARGO BUILDING.
AND SO THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE STEEL, THE STEEL FRAME IS ACTUALLY UP.
SO IF ANY OF YOU GUYS, UM, DO COME TO THE AIRPORT IN THE COMING WEEKS, OR HAVE COME IN THE, COMING IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, YOU'LL SEE THE STEEL, UH, IS ERECTED IN.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, IS SCHEDULED TO FINISH, UH, THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS, UH, NEW CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS A BUILDING THAT WE WILL THEN RENT OUT TO CARGO DEVELOPERS.
SO IT IS A RE REVENUE GENERATING FOR US NEXT.
SO THIS IS THE WESTGATE EXPANSION PROJECT.
UM, THIS PROJECT ADDS THREE NEW GATES AT THE END OF THE CONCOURSE.
THIS'LL THEN ALLOWS US TO TEAR DOWN THE
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THREE GATES IN THE CENTER OF THE CONCOURSE IN ORDER TO BUILD THE NEW TUNNEL THAT WILL CONNECT US TO THE NEW CONCOURSE.SO IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL GATES AS WE CONSTANTLY REMIND THE AIRLINES.
UM, IT'S L GATES IN LIEU OF, UM, SO THAT WE CAN THEN BUILD THAT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT'S A LOT MORE CONCESSION SPACE FOR MOOKY.
IT ADDS IN BATHROOMS. BATHROOMS. IT ADDS, UM, ANOTHER PET RELIEF AREA.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SENSORY ROOM.
THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER DECK THAT'S OUT, UM, OUTSIDE AS WELL.
THERE IS GOING TO BE, UM, A NEW PLAY, A PLAY AREA, PLAY SCAPE AREA FOR CHILDREN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BATHROOMS. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A I P P ON THAT, AS WELL AS ON A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS FOR ART.
UM, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH THE DESIGN TEAM IN PARALLEL WITH, UM, THE PROPERTIES TEAM TO DECIDE WHERE ALL OF BOTH THE ART AND THE, UM, THE ADVERTISING WOULD GO SO THAT THE DESIGN TEAM COULD PICK SORT OF THE LOCATIONS AND MADE SURE THEY WERE APPROPRIATE AND NOT OVERWHELMING TO THE PASSENGERS.
SO WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO COORDINATED ALL OF THAT? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BRING THIS IN IN 2025? UH,
IS THERE ANY, ANY THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULD, RIGHT NOW, THE, IT, IT, IT'S ABOUT, UM, PROCURING, UM, SOME, THE LONG LEAD ITEMS UP FRONT IS IN THE PHASING OF JET BRIDGES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF JET BRIDGE RE REPLACEMENTS, PROCURING THOSE EARLY ON.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SH SOME SHRINK SHRINKING OF THAT SCHEDULE OR COMPRESSING OF THAT SCHEDULE IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THOSE.
BUT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE SAYING, REALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IT WILL BE.
WE ARE HAVING SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE TEAMS ARE LOOKING AT WITH OUR, WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH PENCIL PHELPS TO MOVE THOSE IN.
SO I THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT TO REDO THE SCHEDULE TO SEE THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT IT'S THE MI IT'S A MICRO PHASING, WHICH IS CAUSING THIS A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WHAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD'VE.
THIS IS THE GATE, OOPS, SORRY.
SO, UM, THIS ALLOWS ADDITIONAL, UM, SERVICE FOR ADA.
THERE'S TWO NEW ESCALATORS AND A MUCH LARGER STERILE AS WELL TO GET PEOPLE DOWN TO GATE 13.
UM, A GATE SOMETIMES WE USE FOR THOSE, UM, PLANES THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN DEPARTED TO US, UM, FROM OTHER, UM, AIRLINE, FROM OTHER AIRPORTS WHERE THEY HAVE TO NOW LAND AT AUSTIN BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE WEATHER.
SO THESE ARE JUST IMPROVEMENTS TO GATE 13 TO MAKE THAT A MORE OPTIMIZED SPACE.
WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME REFRESH IN THE WHOLE ROOM ITSELF.
SOME NEW CARPETING, NEW LIGHTING, NEW SEATING, THAT KIND OF THINGS TO MAKE, UM, IT MORE PLEASING SPACE.
AND, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS QUARTER.
YEAH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
BUT WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES CONSTRUCTION MEAN? IT'S REALLY OUR WARRANTY PHASE.
ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE, WE GIVE A YEAR.
THE CITY GIVES A YEAR TO SORT OF MANAGE THE SPACE AND MAKE SURE NOTHING BREAKS OR, BUT WE CAN BE OPERATING IT, WE OPERATE IT AND IT'S A WHOLE WARRANTY PERIOD.
WE THEN ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO COME BACK AND IT FIX THINGS.
SO WE'LL BE ONLINE SECOND QUARTER.
IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S ON SCHEDULE.
I JUST HAVE A, A SECOND QUESTION.
I HEARD YOU MENTION ACCESSIBILITY.
IT'S NOT IN THIS RENDERING, BUT IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE OF, OF IT, BUT THERE IS CURRENTLY AN ELEVATOR.
SO THIS IS OUR MIDFIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND, AND CHECK, UH, VEHICLE CHECKPOINTS.
SO LARGELY THIS PROJECT IS GEOTECH SURVEYING, TESTING OF THAT WHOLE AREA WHERE THE NEW CONCOURSE AND MIDFIELDS WILL GO.
IT ALSO PROVIDES, UM, IMPROVED, UM, CHECKPOINTS INTO THE AIRFIELD.
SO WE'RE ADDING SOME ENHANCED SECURITY THINGS LIKE FASTER GATES AND, UH, UH, ACTUAL GUARD SHACK THAT'S GOT ALL THE AMENITIES THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR SOMEONE STANDING THERE 24 7.
SO THIS IS THE BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM UPGRADE.
AND THIS PROJECT IS ALSO A PHASED PROJECT.
SO, UM, IT'S GOT, PARTS OF IT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND IF YOU DO GO TO THE AIRPORT AND YOU'RE IN BAGGAGE CLAIM, YOU'LL SEE A GIANT CONSTRUCTION WALL UP ON BAGGAGE CLAIM.
UM, THIS IS PROJECT, WE'LL ALSO ADD, UM, SCREENING LANES IN WHAT WE CALL THE WEST EN FILL AND BUMP OUT.
AND SO THERE'LL BE SOME MORE NEW SCREENING LANES AS WELL THAT HAVE NEW SCREENING BAGS SYSTEMS
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IN THEM, UM, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE NEW BAGGAGE SYSTEM TO GET US TO THAT 30 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS NEXT.SO THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA HAND OFF TO SUMMER.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE A UPDATE, UM, ON, UH, 2023.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT'LL BE GOING ON INTERNALLY, UM, WITH MY TEAM AND, UM, WITH OUR PARTNERS, UM, H AND TB WSP.
UM, AND, UM, SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LOOK AHEAD AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BECAUSE MAY SEEM SOMETIMES WE'RE REMOVING AT GLACIAL PACE, UH, WITH THESE BIG PROGRAMS. SO AT THE, THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE, UM, FINALLY, UM, DESIGNATING OUR DESIGN DAY FLIGHT SCHEDULE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WENT IN FLUX AFTER THE EXPONENTIAL EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF, UH, 2022.
SO WHAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO BE IN 2040 IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN 2028.
THIS REALLY CHANGES THE WAY WE LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE'RE REALLY SETTLING IN ON THAT DESIGN DAY FLIGHT SCHEDULE THAT ALLOWS US TO START PROGRAMMING WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED IN THE BUILDING.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL, SEVERAL MONTHS AS THE, THE GROWTH HAS STARTED TO SETTLE DOWN OR GET MUCH MORE PREDICTABLE FOR US, THAT IN ITSELF, UM, LENDS US TO OPERATING WHAT WE WOULD WE'RE CALLING OUR TRIGGER MODEL.
THIS GOES TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
AT SOME POINT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE ANYMORE OUT OF THIS, THIS AIRPORT.
THIS ACTUALLY LETS US KNOW BY PROCESSING UNIT IN THE AIRPORT.
UM, THINK ABOUT SECURITY TICKETING OR, UH, LOBBY GATE, WHEN THEY START TO SEE A LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE AND WHEN IT COULD TRIGGER EVEN IN THE FUTURE YEARS, 10, 15 YEARS.
NOW, WHEN WE WOULD TRIGGER TO NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO PLAN BETTER OPERATIONALLY WITH OUR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS AIRLINE OPERATIONS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GREATLY NEEDED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO MANAGE THAT GROWTH AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS.
FROM HERE, WITH THOSE TWO THINGS, UH, IN HAND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KICK OFF OUR PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENTS AND DEFINE OUR MAJOR C COMPONENTS OR ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND THOSE REALLY ARE THE B BJ T OPTIMIZATION, THE TERM OF THE CONCOURSE, THE TUNNEL, UH, THE CRO, THE TAXIWAYS, AND THEN THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT, POTENTIALLY LANDSIDE AS WELL.
ONCE WE START TO HAVE THOSE PARAMETERS, WE'RE GONNA KICK THAT OFF.
THOSE DOCUMENTS WILL TAKE A WHOLE YEAR LONG PROCESS EACH ABOUT, BUT THAT REALLY IS A LOT OF DECISION MAKING WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THE AIRPORT.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN, UH, A LOT OF COLLABORATION WILL BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT NINE TO 12 MONTHS.
DURING THIS PROCESS, WE'LL BE DOING RISK ASSESSMENTS, DETERMINING DELIVERY METHODS FOR ALL OF THESE, THESE ELEMENTS.
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL, SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF 500 MILLION, A BILLION EACH, UM, IN THE, THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL START, UM, OUR, UM, WE'RE KICKING OFF OUR COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY OUTREACH WITH COMMUNITY.
UM, JANUARY 19TH, WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST OPEN HOUSE, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, WHERE WE WILL BE HAVING ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT INDUSTRY DAYS, WE PLAN TO HAVE THEM IN THE SPRING AND FALL OF 2023.
SO BY THE END OF JANUARY, WE'LL HAVE US SAVE THE DATE, BUT THIS WILL BE A BIG EVENT WHERE WE START TO TALK ABOUT REALLY THE SCOPE AND REALLY HOW OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS CAN WORK WITH US TO HELP, UH, WHEN WE START TO GET THESE RFPS OUT, WHICH WILL BE TOWARDS THE FOURTH QUARTER OF NEXT, NEXT YEAR, FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.
WE'LL GO IN DEPTH WHAT THE SCOPE AND DELIVERY METHODS ARE AND HOW WE GO ABOUT IN THE PROCUREMENT AND WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR.
THIS WILL ALSO GIVE THE TIME FOR OUR PRIMES AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HAVE NETWORKING AND START TO MEET WITH EACH OTHER.
WE'LL GO OVER HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, HOW TO REGISTER YOUR FIRM IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, WE'LL BE MEETING WITH, WITH, UH, EDWARD COMPOST TEAM TO START BUILDING A STRATEGY OF WHAT THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE, UM, FOR ALL OF AUSTIN, FOR ALL OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS HERE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR US TO DO THAT, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK FOR US TO GET THERE BY, BY MID-APRIL.
UM, THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'LL START TO SEE PUBLISH OF PROCUREMENTS.
THIS IS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT NOW, UM, IS THAT WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL BILLION, THREE TO 4 BILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS COMING OUT IN ABOUT 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
WE REALLY NEED TO EDUCATE, INFORM, AND BRING ALONG OUR, UH, COMMUNITY FOR THIS.
UH, THE TEAM WILL BE GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY, SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE A U S EMPLOYEES AND ALSO, UM, OUR STAFF AUGMENTATION WILL GROW.
UM, WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A NEW GOVERNANCE PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGY TO THE, TO THIS, TO THIS PROGRAM.
A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY, A LOT MORE, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE SHOULD KNOW HOW WE'RE SPENDING EVERY DOLLAR, WHAT DAY WE'RE SPENDING IT.
SO ALL OF THOSE ENHANCED PROCEDURES WILL
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GET DEFINED AND IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UM, WE'VE KICKED OFF LAST YEAR, THE END OF THE LAST YEAR, OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT WILL ALSO BUILD INTO, UM, WHAT IT IS FOR THE AIRPORT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN ALL FORMS, JUST NOT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, REALLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM MEANS.
AND THEN START TO HAVE A LONG STRATEGY FOR US.
AND THEN WE'LL BE DEVELOPING THE DESIGN STANDARDS, ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, AS WELL.
THESE WILL BE IMPORTANT TO FINISH BEFORE THE PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE OUT WITH OUR PROCUREMENTS.
A TON OF WORK, UM, PROBABLY WON'T BE SEEING THE FAMILY ANYTIME SOON, LONG NIGHTS AT THE OFFICE FOR US.
SO BEFORE YOU MOVE ON AND ASK WHERE, UM, IN THE TIMELINES, WHERE DOES CITY PERMITTING? WE'LL GO FROM CREATING OUR PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENTS, PUBLISHING.
FROM PROCUREMENT, WE WILL THEN, UH, CONTRACT OUT THE DESIGNERS.
UM, THEN DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT DELIVERY METHODS WITH THE DES, WHETHER WE DO DESIGN BUILD OR C A R OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THEN WE'LL START THE PER THE PERMITTING PROCESSES AT CERTAIN POINTS OF THE DESIGN.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY A GOOD TWO YEARS AWAY FROM THOSE BIG PROGRAMS. GETTING INTO THAT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVEN'T STARTED WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT DSD ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT LYNN HAS DONE BEFORE I EVEN CAME ON BOARD, IS TO REALLY REFINE THAT AND, UM, CREATE REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE LOOK TO ROLL OUT, UM, IN THE UPCOMING YEARS TO HELP US IN THIS PROGRAM.
WHAT, AND I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT, UM, HOW WE PARTNER WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS,
AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO, IT'S LIKE THEIR CAPACITY'S PRETTY STRETCHED NOW.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ALL OF THAT PLANNING.
UM, THEY STARTED TO, UM, WITH CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS WHAT WE NEED TO RAMP UP.
AS WE START TO GET THESE IN, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF SOME OF THESE INITIAL SCHEDULES.
WE'LL START WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT THEN THEIR RESOURCE PLANS ON THERE.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE HERE IS BUILD THE RESOURCE PLANS.
IT'S FOR PUBLIC WORKS, IT'S FOR CCO, IT'S FOR ALL OF THOSE TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THAT AMOUNT OF WORK, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
SO DO THOSE COST, WILL WE BEAR THE COST OF INCREASED CAPACITY? THOSE ARE ALWAYS INCLUDED IN OUR PROJECTS.
THE TIME THAT THEY ARE SPENT ARE BILLED BACK TO OUR PROJECTS THAT CITI.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THOSE MECHANISMS ARE ALREADY SET UP IN PLACE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMING YEAR? UM, HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS ON THIS LIST ARE FUNDED CURRENTLY? WHAT'S, WHAT'S FUNDED IN THE, THE BOND THAT WENT OUT OR ON THE ACTIVE PROJECTS? UM, AND THEN A PORTION OF THE PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN OF, OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO THE ACTIVE PROJECTS LIKE THE BAGGAGE, THE WESTGATE, THOSE THINGS FUNDED.
THESE WILL GET FUNDED AS WE DEFINE AND THEN HAVE THE MOMENT TO, AND, AND ONCE THEY'RE DEFINED TO A CERTAIN POINT, WE'LL THEN GO BACK TO MARKET FOR THOSE BONDS.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS CURRENT, YOUR, YOUR PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, THIS 2023 PAGE HERE, THIS SORT OF INCREMENTAL, THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE MM-HMM.
CHIEF, CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK YOU TOLD US THAT WE, ON CURRENT TIMELINES, WE DON'T NEED TO GO BACK OUT UNTIL 2025.
SO WHAT WHAT IS FUNDED IS ALL THE BJT OPTIMIZATION PROJECTS, UM, EXCEPT THE, THE ATRIUM INFO.
UM, SO ALL THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR THE THREE GATE EXPANSION, UH, THE BHS PROJECTS, THE WEST INFILL, THE GATE 13, IT'S ALREADY KIND OF FUNDED WITH THE, THE 2022 ASSURANCES.
AND SO AS THAT SPENDING COMES DOWN, WE EXPECT IN 2024 IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NEED TO GO OUT, GO BACK OUT FOR, TO START FUNDING IN 2025.
AND ALL THE EXISTING DEBT IS FIXED RATE.
ON THE NEXT COUPLE PAGES, I INCLUDED A SCHEDULE, UM, THAT H AND T B SHARED WITH US.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF, WANTED TO BE CLEAR IN THEIR SCOPE.
THERE ARE MASTER A AND E, OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, AND REALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS HELPING US GO THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, DOING MORE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, AND THEN HELPING US WITH THE PD D.
UM, THEY WILL THEN HELP US WITH THE QA, ASSIST US WITH THE QA, QC, AND THE DESIGN PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION
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ADMINISTRATION PROCESS.SUMMER, UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEWLY INITIATED, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE USE THE
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL CATCH MYSELF OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A, A LITTLE SIGNAL IF I, I GO OFF A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THEY WILL BE PART OF, IT'S THE QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY CONTROL OF THE DESIGN AS WELL IN 30, 60, 90 REVIEWS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE INTERNAL STAFF TO, TO DO THAT WORK.
UM, SO THEIR CONTRACT SCOPE GOT PULLED IN, THOUGH IT IS WAY MUCH MORE, UM, THAN, THAN WHAT IT WAS IN WHAT WE INTENDED IT TO.
UM, THEY WILL NOT BE SEEING DESIGNS THROUGH 30%.
THEY'LL BE HELPING US WITH THOSE PDS.
SO WE WE'RE, WE WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO HIRE ON, UM, MANY MORE A AND E FIRMS THAT WILL BE COMING ON AT THAT POINT, HELPING US FINISH THROUGH CONCEPT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
UM, THE LAST PAGE I WANTED TO SHARE OF THEIR SCHEDULE, WE REALLY GET INTO THE PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT.
UM, YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS FINISH UP IN THE, THE FOURTH QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR PLAN AND OUR SCHEDULE IS, IS TO FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AFTER THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE, UM, FINISHED, UM, THAT PROCUREMENTS ARE STARTING TO GO WITH THOSE ELEMENTS.
UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PUBLISHED IN A PUBLIC WAY SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN WE WILL THEN DO THE PROCUREMENTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING FIRMS, CONSTRUCTION FIRMS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRMS IN, IN, IN, UH, AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY CONTRACTS THAT MAY COME WITH THAT.
A LOT OF THAT PROCESS WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST QUARTER, AND WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF CONTRACTS IDENTIFIED FOR US FOR OUR INDUSTRY DAY MID APRIL.
SO I WANTED JUST TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE STEPS ARE IN THESE REALLY BIG PROGRAMS SINCE THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE AIRPORT.
THESE ARE, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE REALLY INITIATING, UM, INITIATION PHASE, WHAT WE CALL ENVISION.
WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL CONCEPTUALIZING COMING UP WITH THE DEFINITION ON, ON, ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.
UH, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE B J T OPTIMIZATION.
WE SOMETIMES, UH, REFER IT AS THE ATRIUM INFO.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS COME TOGETHER THAT WE ARE, THAT WE GIVE THOSE UPDATES ON, LIKE THE, UH, BAGGAGE PROJECT.
UM, WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, COMING INTO PLAY, WE'LL START TO SEE, AND WHEN THEY FINISH A LITTLE BIT MORE RELIEF TO THE OPERATION WITH SPACE FOR, UM, EXPANSION OF OUR CHECKPOINTS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT HELP US GET TO THAT 30 MILLION.
SO THAT IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW INTO PLANNING.
UM, WE'LL START TO YOU ON THE NEXT ONE IS A CUSTOMS ESCALATOR REFURBISHMENT.
UM, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM DEFINITION, WE'LL KNOW WHAT ESCALATORS ARE STAYING
AND THEN WE WILL, UM, JUST LIKE THIS ONE, WE'LL START TO DO A WHOLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE CUSTOMS AREA WHEN I NOTICED GATE GATE 13 IS ON HERE NOW, BUT IF WE'RE TR IF WE'RE BRINGING THAT ONLINE NEXT QUARTER, DOES THAT NOT GET SOME PRIORITIZATION? IT, THE, THERE'S ONE NEAR IT.
SO THERE'S ONE IN THE CUSTOM, NOT THE SAME.
13, BUT IT'S IN THE CUSTOMS FACILITY.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE KICKING OFF, UH, THE, THE PROJECT FOR THE CUP, UM, ESSENTIAL UTILITY PLANT.
WE WILL CALL IT CUP IN OUR WORLD, BUT CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT.
UM, AND WE'LL BE BUILDING A NEW ONE.
SO WE WILL BE KICKING OFF THAT, UM, THIS YEAR AS WELL EARLY ON THIS YEAR TO DO THE PRO, UH, PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENT AND ALL OF THESE RIGHT HERE, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT ONE, THE TUNNEL, THAT YOU START TO SEE THESE THINGS IN A REPETITIVE WAY, CONSISTENT WAY, AND THEY WILL GET MORE MEAT ON THEM AS THE, THE PROGRAMS START TO DEVELOP EVEN FURTHER ALONG THE YEAR.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, KICKING OFF THE PASSENGER UTILITY TUNNEL AS WELL.
UM, AND THE GATES ON THE VERY LAST SLIDE IS OUR UPCOMING RCA FORECAST.
UM, I JUST WANNA BRING ATTENTION
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TO A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU WILL BE SEEING FROM US.UM, ONE WILL BE ON A PROJECT, UM, COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, GOING TO COUNCIL IS THE SOLICITATION FOR THE CONTRACT ON THE BUILDING DEMOLITION PROJECT THAT LYNN JUST SPOKE OF.
UM, AND THEN COMING UP IN, UM, UH, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND QUARTER AND THE SECOND QUARTER, YOU'LL ALSO SEE US COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE BAGGAGE PROJECT.
WE'VE EXPANDED THAT SCOPE TO THE BAGGAGE PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE INFILL AND A BUMP OUT TO THE BUILDING, TO THE NORTH, AS WELL AS MEZZANINE.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE SECURITY CHECKPOINTS, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
ADD A RESTROOM IN THAT AREA, AND THEN ALSO ADD ADDITIONAL, UH, SUPPORT SPACE TO THE MEZZANINE.
AND IN NEXT MONTH, I CAN SHOW YOU A PRELIMINARY CONCEPT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL IN THE WORKS.
OTHERWISE, I WOULD SHOW Y'ALL ON THE 23RD CALENDAR.
THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT, UM, A U S IS LEADING.
THOSE ARE OUR, OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GIVING THE UPDATE ON.
UH, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS FOR SUMMER OR LYNN? ANY OTHER? I, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION, UH, CHAIR.
IT'S MORE, MORE OF A, A COMMENT, BUT I'VE NOTICED IN, IN THE PROJECT COSTS AND, AND WHAT MIGHT HOPE BE BETTER PROCESSED INFORMATION IS THAT IT, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE A NORMALIZATION OF, OF THE TERMS. SO, UM, AS, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW, IN SOME BOXES WE'LL SEE OBLIGATED OTHERS TOTAL BUDGET, OTHERS APPROVED SPEND, CURRENT BUDGET, AND TOTAL PRODUCT, UH, PROJECT COSTS.
IS THERE A WAY TO ENSURE THAT FOR EACH KIND OF PROJECT SLIDE, WE CAN HAVE SORT OF JUST A, A COMMONALITY.
IT'LL JUST MAKE IT EASIER, AT LEAST FOR FOLKS LIKE MYSELF TO, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
OTHERS COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER TODD? UH, YEAH, CHAIR, I, UM, COMMISSIONER BROCK.
AND I, I, I ALSO NOTICED SOME CHANGES AND I THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEM.
LIKE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE BID FOR LOW COST BID, SO THEY DON'T APPEAR AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR ON THE BAND ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
BUT THIS INFORMATION IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND LONG OVERDUE FOR US TO DO OUR JOB AS PUBLIC OVERSIGHT.
AND IT'S ABOUT OPTIMIZING, SO.
SUMMER, LYNN, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? NOPE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM, MARK AND COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WHO'S PRESENTING ON THIS? HI, SAM.
BUT MY DECK, I HAVE A NEW PARTNER.
UM, OH, YOU'RE GONNA DO THE OPEN HOUSE FIRST? UM, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT ON THE NEXT ON AGENDA IS THE OPEN HOUSE.
[5. Overview of January 19, 2023 Airport Open House presented by Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer.]
OH, I'M SORRY.THIS IS DEF SAM IS DEFINITELY MY PARTNERS.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR FIRST AIRPORT OPEN HOUSE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS.
UM, NEXT THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, FROM FIVE 30 TO 8:00 PM UM, WE'LL BE HOST HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AT THIS OPEN HOUSE ARE, THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO HOST A CASUAL AND APPROACHABLE EVENT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A U S EMPLOYEES, UM, MY TEAM MEMBERS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF, HR, EVERYBODY THERE AS WELL.
AND TO REALLY HAVE A LISTENING SESSION AND IF ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
THIS ONE IS FOCUSED ON, UM, ONGOING CURRENT PROJECTS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS.
UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE, UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT CAREERS.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE FREE FOOD.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, MUSIC AS WELL.
AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, TRANSLATORS AT THE EVENT, UM, IN SPANISH.
UM, I'LL LET, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL LET, UH, SAM GO OVER KIND OF REALLY HOW WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF, OF THIS, UM, EVENT.
WE CONSIDER THIS OUR FIRST EVENT.
WE'D LIKE TO AT LEAST HOST ONE MORE MID-YEAR OF THIS TYPE OF INFORMATIONAL EVENT, EVEN THOUGH WE WILL HAVE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE, UM, MORE ENGAGING
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OR ACTIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.ARE THOSE DEFINED YET? NO, THIS IS THE FIRST BACK OF A FEEDBACK SESSION OF WHAT DO OUR NEIGHBORS WANT FROM US AND EXPECT FROM US.
WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THOSE SORT OF IN INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON, IN THIS EVENT.
AND SAM, IF YOU'LL ADDRESS HOW, HOW THE NEIGHBORS WERE INVOLVED IN PLANNING THIS EVENT, TOO.
I'M A SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND THE ACTING MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR THE AIRPORT.
AND FOR THIS EVENT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED BY STAFF, BUT REALLY WE'RE THE, WHERE THE PUBLIC AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE INVOLVED IS US GOING OUT TO THEM.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE UP ON THE SLIDE THAT WE'RE USING A COMBINATION OF PAID MEDIA EFFORTS, OWNED MEDIA EFFORTS, EARNED MEDIA EFFORTS, AND THEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH SEPARATE FROM ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS TO SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.
AND TRY TO JUST GET SUPPORT, EXCITEMENT AND GET PEOPLE IN THE KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN SHOW UP, UM, AND REALLY COME OUT AND LIKE SUMMER SAID, TALK TO US.
AND, UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LISTEN TO THEM.
WHY, WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY SINCE NEIGHBORS ORGANIZED AND MS. GAIL KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AS ONE OF THE NEIGHBOR LEADERS AND SPOKESPEOPLE, WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE ENGAGED THEM IN THE PLANNING OF THIS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GREEN GREEN TEAM CAN SOLVE FOR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ONCE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND A PROGRAM THAT CAN SOLVE FOR, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE FULL-TIME STAFF DEDICATED TO THIS.
SO IT'S BEEN MYSELF AND OTHER PIO TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN STEPPING IN AND DOING THIS WORK ON TOP OF OUR DAILY WORK OF MEDIA RELATIONS, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO, BUT THIS IS LOW HANGING FRUIT.
THIS WOULD'VE SEEMED LIKE QUITE A NATURAL, I MEAN, DO WE KNOW THAT THE TIME WORKS FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS? AND, UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT TOO WITH, WITH THE FUEL FACILITY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM LAST JANUARY.
WE TALKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND DETERMINES THAT A WEEKEND WOULD WORK BEST.
FOR THIS ONE, WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, WE ARE INCORPORATING FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD SPECIFICALLY FROM THOSE FUEL FACILITY MEETINGS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HEARD, WHY ARE YOU ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO YOU, TO THE AIRPORT AT THIS BUILDING? THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHERE IT IS OR THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
SO FOR THIS EVENT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS BRING THAT AIRPORT EXPERIENCE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S AT THE LIBRARY AND NOT HOSTED ON THE AIRPORT CAMPUS.
UH, SAM, HAS THERE BEEN A, ANY COMMITMENT FROM LIKE A, ONE OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS OR A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR, UM, THE, UM, UH, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE, UM, ASIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? LIKE, I KNOW THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THOSE, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ON YOUR MAILING LIST, BUT IS THERE A COMMITMENT AS A SORT OF CO-HOSTING THING? I KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY IS AWARE OF THIS EVENT AND, UM, THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO PROMOTE IT AS WELL, BUT THAT, THAT IS LIKE TOP DOWN CITY OUTREACH AND AS WE KNOW, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL WITH DOING THAT.
IT'S BETTER GENERATED IN, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE GOTTEN A COMMITMENT FROM ANY, UM, UH, ADVO ADVOCACY OR AFFINITY GROUP.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CO-HOSTS FOR THIS EVENT.
AND LIKE SUMMER SAID, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF OUR BASELINE.
SO IF WE MISSED THE MARK ON SOME THINGS OR THERE'S MOVEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITY WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES WITH COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND SO FOR THIS EVENT, WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT BASELINE.
SO AS FAR AS A CO-HOST, NO, WE, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMITMENTS, BUT TWO, WE HAVEN'T ASKED ANY ENTITIES TO CO-HOST WITH US.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH DEL VALLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND A COUPLE OF THE AREA HOAS, DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY COALITION I'VE REACHED OUT TO AS WELL, RICH LINDA STATES.
AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REACH OUT TO FOLKS WHILE ALSO KNOWING THAT THE AIRPORT IS VERY BUSY.
MY STAFF IS VERY SMALL, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO SPOOL UP AND GET THE COMMUNICATIONS OUT THERE THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS LOW-HANGING FRUIT WOULD BE THOSE GROUPS THAT ORGANIZE THE COMMUNITY GATHERING AROUND JET FUEL FARM.
HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM? YES.
SO, MS. ICE, ARE YOU STILL HERE? YES, I'M HERE.
LAUREN, DO YOU KNOW, IS THERE, IS IT THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE? I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME.
UM, PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT IT, I MEAN, THEY, THEY CERTAINLY KNOW ABOUT IT.
I THINK THEY DO KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE WHETHER OR NOT ANYBODY WAS ENGAGED IN THE TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WELL, AT THIS POINT WE JUST HOPE THAT THEY'LL SHOW UP.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW, IF, UM, YOU OR AMANDA WANNA REACH OUT TO SOME OF US OR CAN REACH OUT TO SAM OR, OR SOME OR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND LET US KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET SOME MORE OF THE NEIGHBORS THERE.
AND WE WILL HAVE A SURVEY FOR THOSE THAT
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DO ATTEND.WE WANNA KNOW WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE AT THE NEXT EVENT.
AND THEN TWO, IN ALL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PIECES THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT FOR THIS, WE'RE ADDING OUR EMAIL.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY ACCESSIBLE.
WE'VE JUST HIRED THREE PEOPLE ON MY TEAM THAT SPEAK SPANISH.
I KNOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO HAVE AIRPORT STAFF WHO CAN GO OUT AND SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE TAKE THAT TO HEART AND IT'S DEFINITELY A PRIORITY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALWAYS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WENT INVOLVED.
IT'S GREAT TO GET 'EM INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD, WE HAD ALREADY LEARNED LAST YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T CARRY FORTH THIS YEAR.
WENDY, UH, I, I'M ALSO WONDERING WHETHER ACC OR CAPITAL IDEA HAS BEEN ENGAGED.
AND NOW ON YOUR, UM, OUTREACH LIST, UH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH CAPITAL IDEA, BUT IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS AND THIS, THIS IS AN OPEN INVITE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS.
IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS THAT WE SH SHOULD BE CONNECTING WITH AND ADDING TO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISTRIBUTION, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ADD THOSE GROUPS TO OUR CONTACT LIST.
HAPPY TO DO PHONE CALLS TO REACH OUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS WEEK.
VICKY, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT YOU'RE, YOU LOOKS LIKE YOU DID SOME PAID MEDIA EFFORTS THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY.
WELL, THE EVENTS LIKE NEXT WEEK.
SO WHAT ELSE, JUST BECAUSE I'VE DO HAVE DONE EVENT PENDING IN THE PAST, LIKE IF YOU DON'T GIVE ENOUGH NOTICE TO PEOPLE, THEN THEIR CALENDARS GET BOOKED UP.
SO HOW LONG IS THE, UM, I GUESS, PROMOTION OF THE EVENT BEEN HAPPENING? SURE.
WE ANNOUNCED THE EVENT 30 DAYS LEADING UP TO THE EVENT.
AND SO THAT STARTED WITH ALL OF OUR OWN MEDIA CHANNELS.
WE KICKED IN THE PAID ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS, UM, IN DECEMBER AS WELL.
WE HAVE ADS RUNNING IN COMMUNITY IMPACT, THE KU U T RADIO ADS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE IN JANUARY ONLY.
JUST TWO WEEKS CUZ WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY SATURATE THE MARKET THERE WITH THOSE ADS.
AND THEN, UM, JUST THIS PAST WEEK WE'VE BLOCK WALKED MCCALL LANE, SEASON DRIVE, COLORADO CROSSING, AND THEN TOMORROW.
THEY'RE A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL ABOUT THIS EVENT AND FEEL WELCOMED AND ENVIRON.
SO WE GOT LEAVE BEHINDS THAT WE'RE YES.
I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME IF OH, PLEASE.
IF ANY, UH, COMMISSION PICK SOME FLYERS UP.
UM, SO TOMORROW THE TEAM WILL BE BLOCK WALKING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.
WE'LL BE VISITING RICHLAND ESTATES, UM, A COUPLE OF THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES NEAR THE AIRPORT AS WELL.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD AND EXCITED THAT IT'S AIRPORT STAFF.
AND YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND, AND, UM, AND GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH A PROCESS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE BUDGET, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DO THIS TOO, BUT WE ALL HIRE IN DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS, SO.
I HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE COMMENT, UM, ON THE CHAMBERS.
SO THE CHAMBERS HAVE FORMED A COALITION, IT'S CALLED DECA, THAT TINA CANNON PUT TOGETHER.
I WOULD REACH OUT TO HER BECAUSE IF YOU REACH OUT TO HER AND YOU, YOU THEN SHE CAN SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL THE OTHER CHAMBERS.
UM, AND PART OF WHAT THEY DO IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
CAN WE GET THAT CONTACT FROM YOU? YES.
VICKY, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE 'EM BY EMAIL TO TINA? YES, I WILL.
CAN I THINK TOO, THE CHAMBERS ARE REALLY, UM, A GROUP THAT SUMMER'S TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON WITH THIS INDUSTRY DAY IS PLANNING.
BUT I CAN SEE THE VALUE TOO IN ADDING THEM IN JUST GENERAL STAKEHOLDER, NEIGHBOR, TRAVELER OUTREACH AS WELL.
DO YOU KNOW GUSTAVO AT PEOPLE FUND? UM, YES, I DO.
I'LL MAKE THE, OR IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT INTRO TOO, THAT'D BE GREAT.
CUZ HIS CONSTITUENCY WOULD BE GREAT FOR HIM TO SEND OUT A, A MAILER ON THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
[6. Overview of Marketing, Communications and Community Engagement Support for Journey with AUS presented by Sam Haynes, Acting Public Information & Marketing Manager and Edward Campos, Director of Small and Minority Business Resources (SMBR).]
COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH REQUEST.ALL, I'LL WAIT FOR THE SLIDE DECK TO GET PULLED UP.
AND THEN, IS MR. CAMPOS HERE? I SAW JOLENE AND EDDIE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, TO JOIN OR SHALL YOU JUST COME UP WHEN I GET TO YOUR SLIDE? I, I'M JOLENE.
YEAH, PLEASE DO THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
ONCE AGAIN, SAM HAYES, SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND ACTING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING DIRECTOR EDWARD CAMPOS FROM S AND B R JOINING ME TO SPEAK TO THIS.
UM, SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR JOURNEY WITH A U S R F Q S.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE CONDUCTED TO SOLICIT SUPPORT FOR MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
JOURNEY WITH A U S IS SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE.
YOU'VE SEEN IT IN A COUPLE OF OUR SLIDE DECKS, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE FORMALLY PRESENTING
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TO IT.IT'S THE NAME OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN FOR THE AIRPORT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS THAT HELP SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT, LIKE THE FUEL FACILITY IF IT'S IMPROVING THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE, INCREASING CAPACITY TO SUPPORT OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS.
AND IT BRINGS TOGETHER ALL OF THE ACRONYMS AND ALPHABET SOUP THAT I KNOW THAT THIS GROUP IS PARTICULARLY FOND OF SOMETIMES.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER UNDER ONE COHESIVE AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN FOR THE PUBLIC TO EASILY UNDERSTAND AND ENGAGE WITH.
SO WE DEVELOPED A CAMPAIGN MISSION STATEMENT AND A VISION STATEMENT.
AND WE WORKED ON THIS OVER THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR.
AND THIS WAS CREATED WITH FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT FROM THE AIRPORT LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE CITY HALL PIO TEAM, UH, AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND SO REALLY THE MISSION IS TO ALIGN COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
ALL THOSE PROJECTS THAT LYNN AND SUMMER JUST PRESENTED.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE COMMUNICATED BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC UNDER ONE UNIFIED VOICE THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
AND THE VISION FOR THIS CAMPAIGN IS TO ELEVATE THE PASSENGER JOURNEY WITH AN AUTHENTIC AUSTIN EXPERIENCE.
WE HAD A SOFT LAUNCH OF THIS CAMPAIGN, UM, THIS FALL.
AND SO THAT INCLUDED COLLATERAL AND ACTIVITIES TO REALLY KIND OF FOLD A E D P PROJECTS, OTHER PROJECTS UNDER THE CAMPAIGN.
WE DID A WEBSITE RELAUNCH, SPRUCE IT UP A BIT, GOT RID OF THE ACRONYMS. UM, WE HAVE CREATED SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, VIDEO CONTENT CONSTRUCTION WALL WRAPS, AND WE HOSTED A BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM, MEDIA EVENT, AND THEN SOME OF THE PAID ADS THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SEEN.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVEN'T, CUZ MAYBE THAT MEANS
WE NEED TO RE RETHINK SOME OF THOSE.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE SOFT LAUNCH DELIVERABLES.
THIS IS WHAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN UP TO THIS FALL.
WE'VE GOT A CONSTRUCTION WALL WRAPPED DOWN IN BAGGAGE CLAIM.
WE HAD OUR BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM MEDIA EVENT.
AND THEN THIS, UH, GRAPHIC HERE OVER ON THE RIGHT IS AN AD THAT RAN IN THE STATESMAN AND IN COMMUNITY IMPACT.
TO SUPPORT THIS CAMPAIGN IN REALLY THE EXPANSION PROGRAM AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE INITIATED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS FOR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH SUPPORT TO PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY EXPERTISE AND TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM AN EXPERIENCED FIRM THAT, THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING AN AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
AND SO ALL THESE THINGS IN THE SOFT LAUNCH THAT YOU'VE SEEN HAVE ALL BEEN DONE IN-HOUSE BY, BY MY TEAM, MY STAFF.
UM, AND SO WE'VE SOUGHT OUT, UH, AN EXPERIENCED FIRM TO COME IN, AUGMENT US, HELP US SPOOL UP THE COMMUNICATIONS, DO MORE OF IT, MORE OFTEN, MORE ACCESSIBLE.
SO ICE DESIGN TEAM WITH THEIR, UM, SUBPRIME AND THEIR SUBS WAS DETERMINED TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST RANKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
DO WE? YES, YOU HAVE THE AND WHO DID THE RANKINGS? IT WAS A PANEL, A PANEL GROUP, UH, BY CONTRACTING OFFICE, SO BY DEPARTMENT, AIRPORT STAFF, DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, CITY MANAGER, OFFICE STAFF, STAFF, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE STAFF.
AND DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU? SO I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME NOW.
ALL BUT IT IS ONLINE, I BELIEVE.
CAN YOU FIND IT, WENDY? WE CAN FIND IT.
AND FOLLOW UP CAPITAL
I MEAN, I, I'M GONNA WANT TO GO AND LOOK AT, AT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SEE HOW THAT SCORED RELATIVE TO THE OTHER.
THIS IS EDWARD CAMPOS, THE DIRECTOR OF S B R.
UM, HAVING WORKED REALLY CLOSELY OVERSEEING THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS FOR CAPITAL CONTRACTING WHEN I WAS EMPLOYED BY THEM, UH, THAT TYPICALLY IS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL, SO YOU MAY NOT, THAT MAY NOT BE RELATIVELY ABA AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF THE PANEL COMPOSITION.
INCREASINGLY WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE SCORES, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL SCORES, BUT THE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE, THE SCORES AND THE MATRIX SHOULD BE AS BACKUP IN THE COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
SO OUR SCOPE OF WORK WAS, WAS PRETTY VAST AND PRETTY VARIED.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANNA WALK YOU ALL THROUGH.
SO AS FAR, FAR AS IT RELATES TO MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, SEPARATE FROM COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SEPARATE FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE ASKING THIS FIRM TO HELP US CREATE A MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.
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A BASELINE OF TRAVELER OR NEIGHBOR SENTIMENT TOWARDS THE AIRPORT OR TOWARDS AIRPORT EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS.SO WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COME ON AND CONDUCT MARKET RESEARCH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WANT TO EVALUATE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING AUDIENCES FOR MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AS WELL.
AND THIS WILL HELP INFORM MARKETING SUPPORT.
WE NEED SUPPORT WITH CREATING THE COLLATERAL, DEVELOPING THE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, AND THEN GOING OUT AND PLACING THOSE ADS.
FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH, SEPARATE IN THE SCOPE FROM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, UM, WE, WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY FOR, FOR THIS WORK AND THIS CAMPAIGN.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING THE SELECTED TEAM TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST A U S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO WITH THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PLAN IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRINCIPLES.
AND WE WANT THEM TO HELP US MAINTAIN AND EXPAND OUR CURRENT A U S COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAKEHOLDER DATABASE, WHICH I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.
YOU KNOW, SAM, YOU'VE GOT TO ADD THIS PERSON, THIS ENTITY TO YOUR OUTREACH LIST.
THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA BE THE ONES LEADING THOSE EFFORT AND HELPING US GROW OUR FOOTPRINT AND GROW OUR CONNECTIONS TO NEIGHBORS, HOAS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BEYOND.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WANT HELP IN THEIR EXPERTISE IN DESIGNING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE PUBLICATION DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WILL HELP US BLOCK WALK.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS IN THE TEAM THAT WILL HELP IDENTIFY EVENTS THAT CITY STAFF NEED TO ATTEND TO AND HAVE A PRESENCE AT LOCAL EVENTS SO THAT WE ARE OUT THERE AS CITY STAFF ENGAGING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THEN TWO, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO HELP US PLAN AND EXECUTE THE AIRPORT HOSTED COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO THE QUESTION OF, WELL, WHY WAS THE COMMUNITY NOT CONSULTED TO HELP PLAN THIS AIRPORT OPEN HOUSE? THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND MORE, MORE STAFF AND MORE MANPOWER, UM, TO DO THESE THINGS.
SO THE ICE DESIGN TEAM WAS SELECTED.
THEY ARE BASED OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE DOING MARKETING ADVERTISEMENT, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOR AIRPORTS UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. BUT WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE VERY CLEARLY, UM, WANTED A FIRM THAT HAD LOCAL AUSTIN EXPERIENCE.
SO ICE DESIGN PARTNERED WITH THE TAYLOR COLLECTIVE TO BE THEIR SUBPRIME, AND THAT IS AN AUSTIN-BASED COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC INPUT AND OUTREACH FIRM.
AND SO TOGETHER WITH THEIR ADDITIONAL SUBS HAVE HAD CLIENTS SUCH AS SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LIKE I MENTIONED VIRGIN ATLANTIC, BUT AS WELL AS CITY OF AUSTIN BALLET, AUSTIN BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, ZACK THEATER, ACCENTURE FACEBOOK SYSTEM AS KIM TAYLOR.
KIM TAYLOR LEADS THE TAYLOR COLLECTIVE.
SO REALLY LOOKING FOR A BALANCE OF SOMEBODY WITH ROBUST DEMONSTRATED AIRPORT COMMUNICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS AUSTIN AND ALREADY HAS DEMONSTRATED RELATIONSHIPS WITH ENTITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS HERE LOCALLY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND DIRECTOR CAMPOS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, UH, WE DID SET AND ESTABLISH SOLICITATION GOALS ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT.
UH, LIKE EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES BEFORE US, WE REVIEW THE SCOPES OF WORK, WE REVIEW, UH, THE AVAILABLE, UM, MBES AND WBS IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND THEN SET AN APPROPRIATE GOAL.
UH, WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE, UH, WINNING FIRM, UH, HAS EXCEEDED THEIR GOALS ON, UH, BOTH, UH, COMPONENTS.
AND SO THIS WILL BE GOING TO COUNSEL, UH, FOR APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATION OF THIS PARTICULAR FIRM.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF, UH, LED BY JOLENE COCHRANE, WHO REALLY LET THE EFFORTS TO REVIEW THIS, UH, SOLICITATION AND SET THESE GOALS.
I THINK FOR THE RECORD WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE THE, UM, CAPITAL CONTRACTING INFORMATION WITH THE CONTRACT SO WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN A RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK WE'VE REQUESTED THIS BEFORE WHEN THERE IS AN AN ASK, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
IT'S AN OPTIONAL FOR ALL OF US TO REVIEW IT.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ANSWER OUR OWN QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
AND I THINK THAT THE CHAIR IS CORRECT.
WE DON'T REALLY, WE THANK YOU FOR LIKE INTERPRETING THE SCOPE OF WORK AND WHAT, AND EXPLAINING QUICKLY WHAT YOU NEED IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT AS VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE TIME SET ASIDE TO, TO REALLY INVESTIGATE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
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I'M SORRY THAT I DID NOT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THIS CONTRACT.AND THAT'S ALL I, ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS THAT THE, THE, UH, A HOT LINK BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND, AND ANY IT'S SEARCHABLE OR THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE, UM, IT'S OPEN DATA.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FIND IT EASILY.
SO LET ME ASK, UM, SAM, WE, WE'VE GOT, UM, IMPORTANT NEIGHBORS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T SEE ANY, ANY, UM, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE FOR THE PRIME CONTRACTOR OFF THEIR WEBSITE, I BELIEVE.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU CITE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF, OF, UM, IS IT E I S, ICE, ICE, ICE DESIGN? SURE.
SO THEY LED SS MASTER PLAN, UM, PROJECTS, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY.
UM, REALLY FOR KIND OF THE LOCAL PIECE FOR AUSTIN, THAT'S WHERE THE TAYLOR COLLECTIVE COMES IN.
WELL, BUT, BUT THEY'RE LISTED HERE AS EVENTS, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
DOESN'T SAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S AN SM PR DETERMINATION, I'M NOT QUITE SURE.
SO BASED ON THE WORK THAT THE TAYLOR COLLECTIVE WOULD PERFORM, WE WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH THOSE PARTICULAR SCOPES TO THEIR PROFILE.
SO AS MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT OR SCOPE OF WORK TO BE INCLUDED.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T PERFORM THAT WORK, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT ON THEIR PROFILE.
THAT'S NOT THEIR, I KNOW THE FIRM QUITE WELL AND, AND KIM VERY WELL.
UM, I JUST WOULDN'T THANK, I DON'T SEE THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LIKE, LIKE LOTS OF OTHER FIRMS THAT WE'VE USED.
UM, BUT DO YOU NOT, SO ICE DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE TO YOU THEIR COMPETENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? THEY DIDN'T, NO, I WOULDN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCY WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEY DID, THEY PROVIDED EXAMPLES WITHIN THEIR, AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PROVIDED? SOME OF THE RULES ARE A LITTLE, I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE SCOPE OF WORK IN WHICH YOU REQUESTED FOR THE PRIME FIRMS THAT RESPONDED TO RESPOND TO.
IN TERMS OF ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT OR SCOPE.
SO I HAVE A 12 PAGE SCOPE OF WORK THAT SEGMENTED OUT MARKETING, UM, FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
SO WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC WITH WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THE, UM, SELECTED FIRM PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE THAT WE FELT AS A PANEL MET THAT NEED WITH THE HIGHEST POINTS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY SCORED ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ONCE WE CAN SHARE BACK THE SCORES.
CAN THAT BE DONE? AND WE COME BACK TO VOTE ON THIS, WHETHER WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND OR NOT.
I'M SO CAN YOU COME BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING WITH THAT INFORMATION? OOH, I CAN CERTAINLY TRY.
UM, I I I'M MORE INCLINED TO WANT THAT INFORMATION.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR A VOTE.
OH, THIS IS, YES, WE ARE UNDER ITEM, UM, NINTH.
I'M, I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA WANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN LIGHT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND SORRY, TRACY THOMPSON, UM, LIAISON.
THE END OF OUR MEETING IS FIVE O'CLOCK.
UM, AND, AND LOOK, THAT'S JUST, I'M JUST ONE COMMISSIONER.
SAPPA, HOW DO YOU FEEL? ARE YOU READY WHEN WE GET TO NINE TO VOTE WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION? OR WOULD YOU? IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT, BUT WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE IT.
WE COULD IF THEY COULD FIND IT ONLINE.
AND THEN THEY CAN SEND US THE CHAD, UH, I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR THE PRESENTER.
UH, SO THE, THE, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT KIND OF CAME UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
UH, DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS GONNA COME UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING? UM, UH, I HAD CORRESPONDED WITH MRS. ICE EARLIER VIA EMAIL THIS WEEK.
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE, SHE WAS PRESENTING TODAY OR SPEAKING TODAY, BUT I THINK IT WAS ANTICIPATED.
I WASN'T SHOCKED OR SURPRISED TO, TO SEE HER.
WELL, I WAS JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU PUT THESE SLIDE DECKS TOGETHER KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WERE GONNA BE QUESTIONS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CUZ THIS SLIDE DECK ADDRESSES THAT.
WELL, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU KNEW WAS COMING, OR THIS WAS THE PRESENTATION YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE ALL ALONG.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR GUYS ARE PRETTY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
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MONTH AGO.DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, TRACY? A MONTH AGO.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I COULD ALSO JUST ADD, ADD TO THAT, UM, THIS CONSULTANT SUPPORT TEAM THAT IS FOR THE JOURNEY Y AUGMENTS AIRPORT STAFF.
SO A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WILL BE THE PIO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AIRPORT AFFAIRS STAFF.
SO IT'S NOT 100% UP TO THIS CONSULTANT FIRM TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING AN EXTENSION FOR US.
SO OUR COMMITMENT, OF COURSE, TO THIS COMMISSION AND TO OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS IS TO HAVE A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE GREEN TEAM AND THE OTHER STAFF THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING.
SO THIS IS NOT A ONE STOP SHOP, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS, THIS EFFORT.
AND I, AND I WAS JUST, MY, MY ULTIMATE POINT WAS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY'VE CONS, Y'ALL, YOUR TEAM OVER THERE HAVE, HAVE CONSIDERED COMMUNITY OUTREACH PRETTY HEAVILY.
AND I FEEL CONFIDENT EVEN WITHOUT SEEING THE MATRIX THAT Y'ALL, Y'ALL CONSIDERED IT AND IT WAS PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL AND, UH, THE WHOLE TIME.
COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BUT AS TRACY SPOKE, THIS, THE FIRM IS SUPPORTING AS A RESOURCE AND TOOLS TO THE AIRPORT STAFF.
THE AIRPORT STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE HIRED IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS GONNA BE THE POINT OF CONTACT AND THE LEAD FOR ALL THE EFFORTS.
THE CONTRACTORS ARE ONLY A RESOURCE, UH, TO PUT THE TOOLS AND THE MATERIALS OUT.
SO WE WOULD REALLY WELCOME YOUR VOTE ON THIS ITEM, REGARDLESS OF THE EFFORT OF THE CONTRACTOR, CUZ THAT CONTRACTOR IS GONNA BE LED BY OUR STAFF INTERNALLY, UM, FULLY FORCED BY THE CITY AS WE HAVE PROMISED.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHO'S THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF MEMBER? WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE HIRING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS A PERSON NAMED FOR THAT POSITION.
WENDY, WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? UM, BASED ON THE ALARMING AND MAY I ADD JUST DUE, AGAIN, DUE TO THE TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE HIRING PROCESS AND ALSO THE, THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THIS, THE, THE SOONER WE CAN GET THIS CONTRACTOR TO WORK WITH SAM, AND THE SOONER WE GET THAT POSITION HIGHER, THE MORE WE CAN GET DONE WITH A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON AGENDAS.
SO, DELAYING THIS BEYOND JANUARY 26TH WITH COUNCIL, REALLY WON'T DO THE AIRPORT ANY GOOD.
WELL, I'M, I'M ASKING FOR SOME INFORMATION THAT I THINK SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD.
OKAY, SO I HAVE THE, UM, EVALUATION CRITERIA.
I'M JUST GONNA FOCUS IN ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, UM, QUALIFICATIONS.
SO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF POINTS ANY ONE OF THE FIRMS COULD HAVE RECEIVED FOR THAT WAS 15 POINTS ICE DESIGN.
THE SELECTED FIRM RECEIVED 10 POINTS, AECOM RECEIVED FIVE POINTS, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING RECEIVED 10 POINTS, SATORI RECEIVED SEVEN POINTS, AND B Q R RECEIVED TWO POINTS.
SO IS THAT IT'S, THEY'RE AT THE TOP ON THE MATRIX.
UM, I JUST LIKE TO SAY UP AND DOWN THROUGH THE CITY, THERE ARE ALARMING NUMBERS OF VACANCIES, UM, IN, THROUGHOUT THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW THAT THE AIRPORT HAS RELIED HEAVILY ON OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO FUND TO STAFF.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, I KNOW THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO LAUNCH THIS, UM, AIRPORT EXPANSION DEVELOPMENT PLAN, OR HOWEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, WHATEVER YOU WANNA BRAND IT AS.
BUT THAT, UM, JOURNEY WITH A U S UM, I THINK THAT THE CO FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AT THIS AMOUNT SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON, I WOULD, OF COURSE, MY PREFERENCE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE TO HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
BUT THIS IS AN, THIS IS AN AIRPORT.
THIS IS NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOCAL BUSINESS PER SE.
AND THAT TO HAVE EYES FROM A, A INTERNATIONAL OR NATIONAL FIRM IS AN OKAY SITUATION.
IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE, THE, THIS IS NOT GONNA SOLVE THE FUEL FARM FUEL FACILITY PROBLEMS. IT'S NOT GONNA RESOLVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR BIG GIANT GAPS IN STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO RESEARCH, RESEARCH ON, WITH THIS CONTRACT, BUT KNOWING OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL ARE ON NOTICE
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THANK YOU.OR, AND SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN COME TO THE VOTE, BUT
[9. Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract to provide communications, community engagement and marketing support with Eis Design Inc., for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.]
I'D LIKE TO, I WANNA MOVE UP ITEM NINE SINCE WE'RE HERE.IF THERE IS A MOTION, UM, FOR ITEM NINE, ONCE YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHY DON'T YOU READ ITEM NINE INTO THE RECORD AND WE'RE MOVING IT UP ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING SUPPORT FOR ICE DESIGN INC.
FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED 2.5 MILLION.
UM, WE HAVE SOME LAUDABLE SUBCONTRACTING GOALS FOR, UH, IT'S, HM, MINORITY OWNED, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENTS.
IS THERE A MOTION? JEREMY HENDRICKS MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? RAYMOND? YOUNG.
ANY DISCUSSION? FURTHER COMMUNICATION.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO GO, UM, YOU KNOW, JACKIE, YOUR COMMITMENT AND SAM'S COMMITMENT TO, TO SPEND THE PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME ON, ON OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT EVERYBODY IS OVERTAXED, OVERWORKED, AND UNDERFUNDED RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, UH, I, I HOPE MISS, I HOPE MISS ICE, LAUREN ICE AND AMANDA CARDILLO ARE ON SPEED DIAL WITH US, UM, WHEN WE WANNA DO THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE THEY'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ORGANIZING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT MATRIX QUESTION SO QUICKLY.
I'M JUST LIKE SO FAST ON THE
UM, UM, CAN WE PLEASE ENTER OR CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH THE BOARD THE, UM, THE LINK TO THAT, THE LINK TO THAT WEBSITE AND WE, WE, WE CAN REVIEW THAT AND I GUESS FOR, UM, MOVING ON TO SEVEN ITEM SEVEN.
[7. Update regarding SMBR Contracting goals for Journey with AUS presented by Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer, and Edward Campos, Director of Small and Minority Business Resources (SMBR). (Part 1 of 2) ]
REGARDING S MBR CONTRACTING GOALS FOR JOURNEY.UM, THIS IS, UH, UH, AND, AND WANT THIS TO BE A BROADER DISCUSSION GOING BACK TO THE LUNCHEON THAT WE HAD OR THE, THE CONVERSATION WE HAD A YEAR AGO, UM, ED AND THEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THIS HERE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
SO SUMMER, ARE YOU STARTING OFF OR ED ACTUALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL, I'LL JUST KICK OFF THAT, UH, THAT ED AND I WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE'LL BE KICKING OFF, UH, DEVELOPING A STRATEGY.
UM, MY FOCUS AND MY COMMITMENT TO, TO THE CITY IS NOT ONLY TO INCREASE M W B E AND TO HAVE STRETCH GOALS, BUT ALSO A FOCUS STRATEGY TASK, UM, WILL LAY OUT, UM, WITH, WITH ED AND HIS TEAM.
AND, UH, I MEET WITH THEM WEEKLY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXCEEDING MANY OF OUR GOALS AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S WITH THE HELP OF THIS TEAM.
SO I'LL LET ED TALK ABOUT, WE'RE NOT THERE, AS YOU SAW THE BEGINNING, WE'RE ON A, WE'RE NOT THERE.
THE BIGGER PROGRAM TO SET THOSE GOALS, THAT WILL COME AFTER THOSE PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENTS ARE DONE RIGHT BEFORE THAT, THAT PROCUREMENT.
SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THIS YEAR TO REALLY WORK ON THAT STRATEGY.
AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS TRACY.
UM, I'LL THROW OUT SOMETHING IN DR.
COMO, FORGIVE ME FOR INTERRUPTING.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALSO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS AN ACTION ITEM BEFORE WE DO THESE FINAL TWO DISCUSSION ITEMS SO THAT WE HAVE OUR VOTES ACCOMPLISHED? SURE.
ED, DO YOU MIND IF WE COME BACK TO YOU? DO YOU MIND IF WE COME BACK TO YOU? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ITEM
[10. “Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract with Crowd Vision USA Co. d/b/a Crowd Vision for the Airport Checkpoint Queue Monitoring System, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $710,000.”]
10 UP ON THE AGENDA.AUTHORIZED THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A, A CONTRACT FOR CROWD VISION USA FOR AIRPORT CHECKPOINT Q MONITORING SYSTEM FOR FIVE YEARS.
THIS DOES NOT HAVE ALTERNATE SOURCES, SO IT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR SUBCONTRACTING JONATHAN FYI.
UM, AND I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH JUST LANE ON MONDAY.
THESE ARE THE SENSORS IN THE CEILING THAT, THAT SHE DEMONSTRATED TO US IN EITHER NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.
UM, SO THE, OH, JUSTINE, YOU'RE HERE.
YOU WANNA EXPAND ON WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE BUYING HERE? YES.
THESE, UH, CONTRACTS WILL PROVIDE US THE SENSORS THAT CAN HELP US MEASURE THE WAIT TIME AT THE CHECKPOINT, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP US, UH, PUT SENSORS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUTSIDE THE RESTROOMS WHERE WE CAN MEASURE HOW MANY PASSENGERS ARE GOING IN AND HELP US OPERATIONALLY
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TO ENSURE THAT THE RESTROOMS ARE, ARE CLEANED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS RATHER THAN, THAN A SCHEDULE.SO THIS, UH, TECHNOLOGY WOULD PROVIDE US A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION OPERATIONS.
SO WE WERE GIVEN THIS DEMONSTRATION LAST MONTH OR MONTH BEFORE VICKI, TWO MONTHS AGO MAYBE.
AND, AND KIND OF THAT WAS PROOF OF CONCEPT THEY WERE DOING, AND NOW JUST LANE THINKS IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WANTS TO EXPAND IT.
UM, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT.
COMMISSIONER, SEPATO, COMMISSIONER YOUNG, UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS.
[7. Update regarding SMBR Contracting goals for Journey with AUS presented by Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer, and Edward Campos, Director of Small and Minority Business Resources (SMBR). (Part 2 of 2)]
CAMPO.AND THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE WORK THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS, AS WELL AS, UM, SPECIFICALLY WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IN SUPPORT OF ANOTHER INITIATIVE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, NINE CORRIDORS.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, IN 2016, THE CITY PASSED THE LARGEST TRANSPORTATION BOND, UH, AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND SO 720 OF THAT WAS RELEGATED TO, UH, NINE CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT REALLY LED AN EFFORT, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRIME FIRM HDR ENGINEERING AND THEIR SUB CONSULTANT, UH, H E W ENGINEER, EXCUSE ME, H E W CONSULTANTS TO WORK WITH US ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN M B W B OUTREACH PLAN.
WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, UH, FOR ANY INITIATIVE, UH, WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND IT WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T COME FROM CITY STAFF, IT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE TOLD THEM WE WANTED TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
WE HAD 11 STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE DECA CHAMBERS AT THE TIME, UH, OUR MINORITY TRADE ALLIANCE ALLIANCE MEMBERS.
AND WE ASKED THEM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPEDIMENTS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS LED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF EIGHT KEY ISSUES AND OVER 30 ACTION ITEMS THAT THE CITY COULD TAKE TO BENEFIT OUR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES.
WE WANT TO TAKE THIS SAME APPROACH WITH THE EXPANSION AT OS IS GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HERE AROUND THE TABLE KNOWS VERY WELL HOW UNIQUE THE AIRPORT IS AS AN ENTITY, AS A FACILITY.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON, UM, THIS FACILITY AND THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT EXPANSION, UNDERSTAND THOSE NUANCES.
IT'S NOT SIMPLY, ALTHOUGH THAT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S NOT SIMPLY HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.
IT'S HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE AIRPORT.
WHAT DO THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND? AND SO WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH W S P SUMMER AND HER TEAM, JACKIE AND HER TEAM, AND REALLY WORK WITH THEIR SUB-CONSULTANT THAT WE IDENTIFIED, UH, WHEN WE TRIED, WHEN WE HIRED W S P TO CRAFT A PLAN THAT WILL MOVE US FORWARD, UH, FOR, FOR THE LARGEST PARTICIPATION WE'VE HAD FOR OUR MINORITY WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ON THE SLIDE DECK IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE GIVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY THAT, UH, HELPED US FORMULATE THIS PLAN.
UH, WE MADE THIS PRESENTATION ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT WITH OUR SUB-CONSULTANT, UH, H E W HAYNES ENGLAND AND WATERS.
AND THEY'VE HELPED US CRAFT THIS PLAN.
THEY'VE HELPED US GIVE US, UH, UPDATES TO THIS PLAN.
SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THESE IDENTIFY, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME, UM, AND GET TO THE REALLY MEAT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
BUT THIS IDENTIFIES, THIS SLIDE IDENTIFIES WHAT THE NINE CORRIDORS WERE, UM, AND WHERE THEY ARE ALIGNED.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE INFORMATION.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER THAT, WE PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, RELATED TO THE DIFFERENT SOLICITATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO DATE ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE QUARTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
THERE'S LOTS OF ENGINEERING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THAT ISN'T INCLUDED HERE, BUT THESE ARE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BID.
AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO M B E AND WB PARTICIPATION.
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EVERY PROJECT SO FAR THAT WE, UH, HAVE LET IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE HAS MET ALL THE GOALS, UH, ON THE SOLICITATION AND THAT TIME OF AWARD BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND ACTUALLY YOU CAN GO THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY UNTIL WE GET TO SLIDE 14.
SO, ED, LET ME ASK YOU WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE, UM, GO, GO BACK A FEW SLIDES AS WE'RE LOOKING, I'M, I'M SEEING THAT THE GOALS TEND TO BE IN THE 1.7
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RANGE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION.AND HOW DO YOU ARRIVE AT THAT NUMBER? SURE.
SAY IF AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE 11% OF THE POPULATION.
SO WHAT WE LOOK AT IS WE LOOK AT WHO IS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR SCOPES OF WORK THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN ANY SOLICITATION THAT WE REVIEW.
SO IS THIS QUALIFIED AND IN AND ALREADY APPROVED OR THE YES, THESE BUSINESSES EXIST.
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING CERTIFIED AS A MINORITY OR WOMAN KNOWN BUSINESS, UH, WITH THE CITY.
SO THAT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
SO I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE REALLY QUICKLY ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE QUARTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, UH, TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MODEL A SIMILAR PLAN, UH, FOR THE ALLS EXPANSION.
KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST C UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION FROM OUR MINORITY WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'VE DONE SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER UPDATES, UH, SIX TO DATE.
THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, THIS PAST DECEMBER.
UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK, UM, THAT MY, I I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY CREDIT.
THIS IS ALL MY STAFF THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, BUT WE DO, UH, CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATIONS TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ANY, UH, NOTIFICATION HITTING THE STREET.
WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CERTIFIED MINORITY VENDORS, UH, THAT HAVE THE SCOPES OF WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONSTRUCT THESE CORRIDORS, GET FIRST NOTIFICATION BEFORE ANYONE EARLY NOTIFICATION IS IMPORTANT SO THEY CAN, UH, GEAR UP, GET THEIR RESOURCES READY TO GO IF THEY CHOOSE TO BID ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I MENTIONED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PLAN, IF NOT ALL OF THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED BY OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY, THE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT WERE BARRIERS, SUCH AS OUR GOOD FAITH EFFORT REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS, UM, THE ABILITY TO, UH, TRY TO GET CERTIFIED IF THERE ARE A TEXAS HUB VERSUS A CITY CERTIFIED VENDOR.
UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE OUTREACH TO THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
TALKING ABOUT THE, THE MARKETING PLAN THAT, THAT WE JUST HEARD FROM.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS AND SUPPORT OF VARIOUS PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THEM THAT THEY WANTED US TO AMEND OUR M B W B PROCUREMENT PROGRAM ORDINANCE.
WE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE FOR A FIRM TO BE CERTIFIED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THAT ORDINANCE EXTENSION WAS SENT TO COUNCIL.
AND THAT WAS IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 2018.
WE ALSO INITIATED A RAPID RENEWAL, UH, FOR RE-CERTIFICATION, AS WELL AS A RAPID RENEWAL FOR NEW FIRMS THAT WANT TO GET INTO THE, THE CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT WORK IN THE TRADES AND THE SCOPES THAT WE NEED TO BUILD OUT THESE NINE QUARTERS.
THAT'S ALSO BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I BELIEVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FROM LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, IT TAKES US ABOUT EIGHT DAYS TO CERTIFY A VENDOR THAT HAS THE CODES THAT WE NEED TO CONSTRUCT THESE NINE CORRIDORS.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S BEATING INDUSTRY AVERAGE BY FAR.
WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR MINORITY TRADE ALLIANCE MEMBERS, OUR AUSTIN AREA BLACK CONTRACTORS, US HISPANIC CONTRACTORS OF AUSTIN, THE ASIAN CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY, ABOUT EXTENDING THINGS LIKE PARTIAL PAYMENT AND RETAINAGE RELEASE, UH, MOBILE MOBILIZATION, PROMPT PAY, UH, QUICKPAY APPLICATIONS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, UM, THE BID PACKAGES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE COURT OR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO SEE IF WE CAN CARVE OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN ON BUSINESSES THAT WE SHOULD DO BUSINESS.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN BID ON A 20 MILLION PROJECT, BUT THEY PROBABLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BID ON A 5 MILLION OR LESS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS AS WELL.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR Q AND A AND THEN I'VE GOTTA MOVE ON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, IS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON IT ON HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS CREATED A FIVE WEEK CORRIDOR PREP COURSE.
TALKED ABOUT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BONDING, WORKING CAPITAL.
WE ALSO HAD A VIRTUAL MEET, THE BE THE PRIME OR MEET THE PRIME, UM, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HELPED THEM TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRIMES THAT MAY BID ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME, AGAIN, IN, IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, UH, NETWORKING EVENTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED BY PRIME FIRMS, BY POTENTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CUZ THAT'S REALLY, UH, GONNA BE IMPORTANT AS WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
WE ALSO DID JUST THINGS THAT ARE VERY, UH, SIMPLE WORKING WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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TEAM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR SUBCONTRACTORS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON PROJECTS.SO THEY ARE INVITED TO PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS, THEY'RE, UM, INVITED TO PROGRESS MEETINGS AND THEY'RE INVITED, UH, TO WORK WITH, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES RELATED TO PAYMENTS.
SO AGAIN, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH, UM, THE AIRPORT AND WE WILL, UH, TO DEVELOP A PLAN VERY PARTICULAR AND VERY SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF THE AIRPORT EXPANSION.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COMMISSION SHUT.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND I DO REALLY WANT TO HEAR, UM, COMMISSIONER
UM, I DID, I HEAR THAT THERE, THERE WAS A CONS CONSULTANT, W S P WHO HELPED YOU DEVELOP THE PROGRAM.
IS THAT FOR THE AIRPORT OR IS THAT FOR THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM? SO FOR THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM, WE DID HAVE A CONSULTANT VERY SIMILAR TO THE SERVICES THAT WSP IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING TO O OKAY.
UH, WE HAD, UH, H E W ENGINEERING, YOU COULD SAY THAT.
UM, UH, SUMMER IS THAT, IS THE WSP OFFICE OUT OF AUSTIN OR IS IT A DIFFERENT OFFICE OF WSP ITSELF? WSP WSP IS PROVIDING OUR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES.
THE SUB-CONSULTANT IS A D COMMUNICATIONS AND THEY'RE PROUD OF AUSTIN.
AND THEY WILL BE HELPING US WITH THIS INITIATIVE.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS? UM, ED, WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS? UH, WHEN, IF WE COULD, IF SOMEBODY COULD SEND US A COPY OF HIS DECK WOULD BE GREAT.
I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS GREAT QUARTER PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY FROM CLO TILL DAVIS HAYES AND ADRIAN NEK, WHO I KNOW WORKED WITH YOU IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
AND THEY GIVE YOU GREAT ACCOLADES FOR IT.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS KIND OF A TEMPLATE THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD.
I THINK, UM, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THIS WOULD BE A, A FOCUS ON INCREASING THE UNIVERSE OF SUBCONTRACTORS.
AND I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, PEOPLE FUND AND GUSTAVO, UM,
BUT I THINK THE, THE NEXT STEP IN AUSTIN'S S UH, S MBR PROGRAMS IS RATHER THAN MEASURING OURSELVES BY THE UNIVERSE OF THOSE WHO HAVE QUALIFIED, WE START MEASURING OUR PROGRESS.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT EXIST ARE, ARE CERTIFIED AND QUALIFIED.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS AN EVEN MORE ROBUST PROGRAM.
UH, WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU, UH, AT ALL.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL IRONS IN THE FIRE AND PEOPLE FLY IS DEFINITELY ON OUR LIST.
UM, UH, AND DID I SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT GOT APPROVED, THE MOST RECENT CITY BUDGET, THAT YOU ADDED A COUPLE POSITIONS FOR THE AIRPORT? WE DID.
WE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING AN ANOTHER, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST.
WE HAVE OUR SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UH, EDDIE BINO, WHO'S WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE AIRPORT, AS WELL AS OTHER INITIATIVES AROUND THE CITY.
UM, WE WILL GET ANOTHER PIO POSITION TO ASSIST HIM THAT WILL BE, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS WE HAVE A FIVE MEMBER TEAM THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR AND IN SUPPORT OF THE S EXPANSION.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? NO, I, I AGREE WITH THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON INCREASING, UM, THE CAPACITY.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE ONES, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE INDUSTRY DAY, UM, WELL BEFORE THE PROCUREMENTS WITH ANOTHER ONE CAPPING OFF IS WE WANNA GET OUT THERE, WE WANNA GET WITH THE MAJOR PRIME SO THAT THEY CAN PARTNER.
CAUSE IT IS SOMETIMES A SIX MONTH PROCESS TO GET CERTIFIED.
WE WANNA GET PEOPLE, WE WANNA GET THAT INFORMATION OUT NOW SO WE HAVE TIME SO THESE PEOPLE CAN BE A PART OF THE RFP.
AND THOSE PARTNERS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF SMALL MINORITY OWN, YOU KNOW, SOME THAT ARE, UM, MICRO LENDING PROGRAMS, SOME THAT ARE MORE MEDIUM LONDON LIKE, LIKE PEOPLE FUND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
[8. Update regarding Workers Defense Fund Coordination at AUS presented by Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer.]
UH, HAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN ITEM EIGHT AS AN IMPORTANT ITEM UPDATE REGARDING WORKERS' DEFENSE FUND COORDINATION AT A U S PRESENTED BY SUMMER.UH, WE HAVE ANDREA NICHOLS FROM THE WORKERS' DEFENSE PROJECT WHO'S ASKED FOR THREE MINUTE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
BEFORE WE START, ANDREA, YOU WANT TO JOIN US UP HERE AND I'VE GOTTA HOLD YOU TO THREE MINUTES SO THAT WE CAN SURE.
YOU'RE GOING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN YOU'LL, WE'LL START WITH YOU THREE MINUTES HERE.
UH, MY NAME'S ANDREA NICHOLS, BETTER BUILDER DIRECTOR WITH WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE AND FOR TAKING THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, UH,
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SERIOUSLY.WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW.
UM, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH DOZENS OF EMPLOYERS THROUGH THE BETTER BUILDER, UH, PROGRAM, DOZENS OF DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS, UM, TO ENSURE GOOD SAFE JOBS IN TEXAS.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE STANDARDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BY ENSURING A SAFE, UM, AND FAIRLY COMPENSATED WORKFORCE.
AND I IMAGINE THAT IT'S ALSO A VALUE THAT MANY OF YOU SHARE.
UM, AS Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW, IN 2019, THE CITY OF AUSTIN RESOLVED TO REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION WORKER PROTECTION STANDARDS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES, UH, ON THIRD PARTY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE OVER $1 MILLION IN VALUE.
UM, SO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THE WORKER'S DEFENSE PROJECT MYSELF, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, STAFF MAINLY SUMMER AND, AND HER TEAM AMONG OTHERS, UM, TO GET THE BUILDER PROGRAM BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, AND WE REALIZED THAT THIS HAS REQUIRED MANY PROCEDURAL SHIFTS, UH, IN HOW SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS DO THEIR WORK AND THAT IT'S TAKEN TIME TO IMPLEMENT AND TO ADJUST TO.
UM, WE'VE MADE PROGRESS IN SEVERAL AREAS.
WE'VE MET ON A MONTHLY BASIS SINCE OCTOBER, WE'VE SEEN A REVISION IN THEIR TENANT, UH, PROJECT INTAKE PROCESS.
AND WE NOW KNOW THAT, UM, A U S SENT A LETTER LAST MONTH TO ALL TENANTS, UH, INFORMING THEM OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS ON CONSTRUCTION WORKER STANDARDS.
UM, HOWEVER, WE DO ALSO KNOW THAT SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, UM, HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPLY WITH ANY NEW STANDARDS, UM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE HEARD ABOUT.
UM, THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE WORKERS RIGHT NOW, NOW AT THE AIRPORT WHO UNDER THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE EARNING A LIVING WAGE, SHOULD HAVE HAD OSHA SAFETY TRAINING, AND SHOULD HAVE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE.
UM, BUT CURRENTLY TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING THOSE PROTECTIONS.
SO THE TEAM AT AOS HAS LET US KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NOT LET ANY MORE OF THESE PROJECTS PROCEED UNTIL THEY AGREE TO THESE STANDARDS.
AND WE HOPE THAT THIS COMMITMENT IS HELD TO, UM, A FEW THINGS NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THIS HAPPENS.
FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, KNOW WORKERS' DEFENSE PROJECT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, THESE START DATES OF UPCOMING PROJECTS AS STAFF GETS INFORMED OF THEM.
SECOND, WE WOULD LIKE THE ASSISTANCE OF STAFF TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH TENANTS WHO ARE PREPARING TO ENTER INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE TO TELL THEM MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
UM, I ACTUALLY DID GET AN INVITE TODAY, UM, TO OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE TENANT.
SO, UM, THAT'S A GREAT SIGN THAT THE BALL IS ROLLING.
UM, AND THEN THIRD, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT PROJECTS DON'T PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION BEFORE COMMITTING TO THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE RESOLUTION THROUGH ASSIGNED BETTER BUILDER PLEDGE.
UM, QUICKLY, I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M AWARE THAT AOS CAN'T FORCE TENANTS TO CHOOSE ANY PARTICULAR INDEPENDENT MONITOR, I DO WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN THAT, UH, WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECTS, UH, STRONGLY PREFERS THAT CERTIFICATION ASSOCIATES, UM, BE THE ACCREDITED MONITORING ENTITY.
THEY'RE A TRUSTED, UM, AND EXPERIENCED MONITORING GROUP WHO HAS WORKED WITH BETTER BUILDER FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, SO ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT CAN'T BE REQUIRED, I DO WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO LIFT UP OUR PARTNERSHIP AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, UM, AND HOPE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN SOON.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS, UM, SINCE, UM, I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE IN OCTOBER.
UM, I WANTED ONE TO MAKE IT, UH, CLEAR THAT FOR ALL AUSTIN A U S FUNDED AND LED PROJECTS, CITY OWNED PROJECTS, CCO PERFORMS THESE AUDITS FOR US.
UM, IN THAT ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE IN COMPLIANCE IN OUR PERFORMING THOSE AUDITS CC THE CONTRACTING OFFICE.
THE CITY CONTRACTING OFFICE, UM, PERFORMS THAT ON THE CITY BEHALF FOR ALL CITY PROJECTS.
UM, THE ISSUE AT HAND WERE FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TENANT PROJECTS, NOT CITY PROJECTS.
SO SINCE OCTOBER, UM, MY TEAM AND I HAVE MET WITH ANDREA NICHOLS THAT YOU JUST MET HERE ABOUT FOUR TIMES, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
AND WE NOW HAVE SOME REOCCURRING MEETINGS, MONTHLY MEETINGS SET ON THE CALENDAR.
WE FOCUSED ON THE TENANT, THE TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND THE TENANT PROJECTS ON THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE PLANNING OF THE TENANT PROCESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE COLLABORATED AND WE'VE REFINED AND UPDATED THE TENANT PROJECT FORM SINCE THE REQUEST THAT THEY PUT IN WITH THE PROPERTIES TEAM WHEN THEY, THEY WANT A PROJECT THAT IS THE FIRST TIME BESIDES THIS LETTER THAT THEY ARE.
THEN ONE I, UM, UH, INFORMED OF THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AT THAT TIME.
THEY'RE ALSO GIVING THE INF THE, UH, CERTIFICATION
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ASSOCIATES INFORMATION AND SAYING THAT THEY ARE A PREFERRED VENDOR.FROM THERE WE GO INTO A PROCESS AND WE'VE UPDATED THE PROCESS.
I'VE ALSO, UM, UH, HAVE THAT PROCESS FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO SEE OUR, MY OWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
THAT'S WHERE THE TENANT IMPROVEMENT PMS ARE.
UH, THEY WORK WITH THE TENANT PMS AND WE GET UPDATES TO COORDINATE THOSE ACTIVITIES AT THE AIRPORT.
THEY GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, DESIGN PROCESS WITH THEM IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE AT THE KICKOFF AND IN DESIGN AND IN THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ARE THEN REMINDED AND GIVEN THIS INFORMATION, AGAIN, MY TEAM IS FULLY EMPOWERED TO NOT GIVE THEM A NOTICE TO PROCEED UNTIL THEY CAN PROVE THAT THEY DO HAVE A CERTIFIED, UM, AUDITOR, THIRD PARTY AUDITOR IN PLACE.
UM, IF WE FIND THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING THESE AUDIT AUDITS OR IN COMPLIANCE, MY TEAM IS NOW FULLY EMPOWERED TO STOP CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
WE'RE FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS, UM, TO THIS ORDINANCE AS WE FOLLOW IT AS UM, TWO, SO ON DECEMBER 8TH, LETTER TO ALL THE TENANTS TO REINFORCE THE COMMITMENT AND COMPLIANCE WAS SENT OUT.
WE HAVE NOTIFIED WE AT THIS TIME DURING THIS PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT, THAT WERE IN CONSTRUCTION AND OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE OF FOLLOWING THE AUDITING PROCESS.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY WERE IN NOT IN COMPLIANCE FOR NOT MEETING THIS.
THEY WERE NOT PERFORMING THE AUDITS.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, IDENTIFIED THOSE.
THEY HAVE BEEN SENT A LETTER TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOW HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, TWO PROJECT, TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, WITH ONE TENANT ARE NOW COMPLETING IN THE NEXT MONTH.
ONE A VERY LARGE PROJECT, UM, HAD A KICKOFF MEETING, UM, LAST WEEK AND IS FULLY ON BOARD AND IS COMMITTED TO THIS AND WILL NOT RECEIVE THEIR NOTICE TO PROCEED UNTIL THEY, UH, SUBMIT THEIR AUDIT PLAN.
THEY FOLLOW STATE PROCEDURES OF A VERY SIMILAR PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'LL BE UPDATING, UM, THE BETTER BUILDER TEAM, THE OR DEFENSE PROGRAM ON THEIR COMPLIANCE.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED MONTHLY TO WORK WITH THEM AND MEET WITH THEM TO, SO OVER ALL OF OUR TENANT PROJECTS, IN WHAT PHASE OF THE PROCESS THEY'RE IN, THE INCOMING INTAKE, THE DESIGN, AND WHEN THEY PLAN TO START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE INVITED, UH, THE, THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR CERTIFICATION AND ASSOCIATIONS TO ASSOCIATES TO ATTEND SO THAT THEY COULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY AS WELL FOR STAFFING.
UM, I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT THE FUEL TANK IS A TENANT PROJECT.
UH, THIS TENANT IS A US FUEL THAT IS AN AIRLINE CONSORTIUM.
WHEN I WAS, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE HAD THE INTENT WAS FOR A U S TO BE THAT THIRD PARTY AUDITOR FOR ALL TENANT PROJECTS.
WE QUICKLY FOUND THAT WE, UM, ARE NOT RESOURCED TO DO THAT.
AND SO THAT IS WHY WE PUT A STOP TO THAT IN OCTOBER AND HAVE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WITH THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY'RE A MID CONSTRUCTION, UM, WE ARE STILL THE, THE THIRD PARTY, BUT WITH CCO, WITH THE CONTRACTING OFFICE OFFICE, UM, OVER, THEY'RE OVER THE JET FUEL FARM.
THEY ARE PERFORMING THOSE AUDITS.
WE'RE NOW GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO ANDREA, UM, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMPLETING THAT.
AND IF ANY TIME WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THAT RESOURCES, WE WILL THEN ENSURE THAT THEY TAKE ON A THIRD PARTY THAT WE, THAT WE CAN'T DO IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IN PARTNER A US WITH C O IS PERFORMING THOSE AUDITS AND THE WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND THE FOUR THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE TWO ARE WRAPPING UP AND ONE'S TECH DOT.
UM, AND UH, THE OTHER ONE IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT WHO HAS COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY CANNOT, UH, START CONSTRUCTION OR PERFORM CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THAT'S IN PLACE.
AND THE OTHER TWO ARE WRAPPING UP.
SO RIGHT NOW I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN TOO LONG TO GET IN INTO PLACE AND THAT WE HAD, UM, PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, BUT WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED.
JACKIE IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THIS PROGRAM AND RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE AN IMPROVED PROCESS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, AS ANDREA SAID, NOTIFICATION GO TO THEM, BUT WE WILL SEE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS IF THE COMPLIANCE COMES IN PLACE AND WE'LL SEE IF OUR PARTNERS ARE MANAGING THAT WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN DOING THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER'S, QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UH, JEREMY? YEAH.
JEREMY HENDRICKS, UH, TO START OFF, I APPRECIATE THE, THE UPDATE.
UM, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS HERE, SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW MY HISTORY, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT FOR 15 YEARS TO DEVELOP THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM, PAST WORKER PROTECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT PASSING
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A WORKER PROTECTION IS THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT.UH, YOU CAN MAKE ALL THE RULES YOU WANT, BUT UNLESS FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY GOING ON THE JOB SITE, CHECKING WITH WORKERS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE BEING PAID RIGHT.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE SIX MINUTES, SO, UM, I WOULD OH, BECAUSE I'M RESERVING THE LAST TWO.
SO I'M NOT TAKING ALL THAT, BUT I, I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HEAR A FUTURE UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE PROCEEDING, UM, AND UH, WHAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN ALSO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AS SAID, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING PAID THE RIGHT WAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT CCO IS DOING THIRD PARTY PARTY AUDITING.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMPARISON OF WHAT THAT MEANS COMPARED TO WHAT WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT OR CA DOES BECAUSE I KNOW THEY GO ON A, A JOB SITE WITH BILINGUAL MONITORS, THEY ACTUALLY TALK TO THE WORKERS AND LOOKING AT CERTIFIED PAYROLL, TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND IF WE NEED TO, I KNOW THAT CA IS ALSO WILLING TO, UH, ACCREDIT GOVERNMENT MONITORS.
I MEAN THE COUNTY DOES THAT NOW.
THEY HAVE BETTER BUILDER ACCREDITED MONITORS.
I KNOW CAP METRO AND ATP ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT BOTH, UH, WHERE THEY'RE HIRING OUT AS A THIRD PARTY, BUT ALSO ACCREDITING THEIR IN-PERSON.
SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION TO LOOK AT, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MONITORS AND CCO MONITORS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
SO, SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
LOOK FULLY, FULLY COMMITTED TO THAT.
THERE OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I JUST WANNA SAY I AGREE.
I THINK THAT THERE MAKES VERY, THANK YOU AND I FULLY ASSUME THAT ANDREA WILL COME BACK AND SPEAK TO AS IF THERE'S ANY GAPS.
SO
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT BOTH SITES STEPPED UP AND CLARIFIED WHAT WAS GOING ON IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH AUTHENTICITY, TRANSPARENCY.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
UM, I WANNA NOTE, UH, FOR THE ITEMS, WELL ACTUALLY LET'S
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TALK FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A RESPONSE TO MS. ICE'S THE FREEDOM INFORMATION REQUEST.UM, AND LAUREN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SHARING THAT COMMUNICATION FOR THE INFORMATION REQUESTED WITH ME AND TRACY SO THAT WE CAN GET A PROPER RESPONSE ON THAT.
UH, THEN WE, WE ARE ALREADY HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE JET DRILL FARM.
OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, COMMISSIONERS.
IF NOT, I WILL LIST MY FIVE THINGS FOR COMMUNICATION TO COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT I'VE GOTTEN DOWN IS WE'RE OPERATING AT A 20 MILLION PASSENGER WITH A FACILITY THAT'S BUILT FOR 15.8 MILLION AND WE'RE DOING IT FAIRLY WELL SINCE NOVEMBER, 2019 TO NOVEMBER 20.
WE'VE GONE FROM 189 TO 257 DAILY DEPARTURES.
OUR JANUARY OPEN HOUSE IS PRODUCED, IS BEING PRODUCED IN-HOUSE AS IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 19TH.
UM, ITEM FOUR, THE C E O, UH, JACKIE YFT AND PIO O SAM HAYNES HAVE ASSURED THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THE I ICE CONTRACT IS SUPPLEMENTING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH APPROACH, NOT, AND THAT A SEPARATE HIRE WILL HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE FULL, UM, PRIORITY OF THIS.
SIMILAR TO, SIMILAR TO THE GREATER CORRIDORS PARTICIPATION PLAN IS TO BE CREATED.
AND NUMBER SIX, UM, A PRESENTATION OF THE BUILDER BETTER BUILDERS PROGRAM INDICATED FOR PROJECTS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
THOSE ARE BEING ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY AND WE WILL GET UPDATES ON THE PROGRAM, ONGOING UPDATES ON THE PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER ITEMS TO INCLUDE? IF NOT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
THANK YOU GUESTS FOR JOINING US.
DIRECTOR CAMPOS FOR PARTICIPATING.