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I'M THE CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN AIRPORT BOARD, UH, COMMISSION, AT LEAST FOR THIS MEETING, AND WE'LL BE ROLLING OFF SOON.
[CALL TO ORDER]
THAT WE HAVE, UH, QUORUM ONLINE.I SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER OWENS, COMMISSIONER C**N, COMMISSIONER BROCK.
WE HAVE SCOTT MAD, UH, AL, WENDY DAVIS, JEREMY HENDRICKS, CHAD ENS, AND MYSELF.
UH, THAT BEING THE CASE, I'M GONNA CALL THIS AUSTIN AIR ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING, UM, TO ORDER AT 3 0 5 ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
HAVE ONE, UH, VIRTUAL, UM, PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, MAKE A GENERAL COMMUNICATION, AND TO IN PERSON CAN.JACKSON, CAN YOU BRING UP MS. UM, COULD YOU BRING UP AMANDA, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
AMANDA, YOU WITH US? I AM WITH YOU.
AM I ALLOWED? UM, I'M WITH A PATIENT.
CAN I, UM, DO IT IN LIKE FIVE MINUTES? OKAY.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AFTER THE IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE JOCELYN VOGUES FROM AUSTIN, AUSTIN TRANSIT.
JOCELYN, WHY DON'T YOU, OR OH, OKAY.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THE PODIUM OPEN.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, JOCELYN.
MAY, MAY I ALSO ASK, UM, MS. FOLKS TO MAKE SOME OF THE PRESENTATION IN ESPANOL.
MY, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE AUSTIN AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE DELIVERING MY REMARKS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION, VICE PRESIDENT TODD.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE CHAIR TODD SECRETARY HENDRIX, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS JOCELYN VOSS, AND I REPRESENT THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP IN MY CAPACITY AS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT MANAGER FOR THE BLUE LINE OF THE O OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH IS PART OF PROJECT CONNECT.
I'M HERE TO EXTEND A CORDIAL INVITATION TO THE AUSTIN AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE CONSTITUENTS YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO REPRESENT TO THE PROJECT CONNECT OPEN HOUSE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT THE AUSTIN CENTRAL LIBRARY.
LOCATED, LOCATED AT SEVEN 10 WEST ASAR CHAVEZ STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78,701.
THE EVENT WILL KICK OFF THE NEXT ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DELIVERY OF AUSTIN'S LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM AT THE OPEN HOUSE.
YOU WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT UPDATES ON THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
FIND OUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR PROJECT CONNECT AND SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE WILL BE AVAILABLE@PROJECTCONNECT.COM SLASH GET INVOLVED.
FEEDBACK WILL BE OPEN FROM MARCH 21ST TO MAY 2ND.
THE MEETING MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.
TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL TRANSLATIONS AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES OR OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS, PLEASE CALL
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UM, MS. ICE, ARE YOU? GREAT.THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I SPOKE WITH Y'ALL LAST MONTH, UM, AND I'M HERE AGAIN ON ITEM THREE REGARDING THE FUEL FORM UPDATE.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE THE STAFF PRESENTATION, BUT I'M DOING MINE BASED ON THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
AND, UM, SORRY IF I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING.
THERE IS A REAL CONCERN THAT MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE AIRPORT IS MARKETING AND NOT ACTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE BACKUP, UNDER THE RESPONSE TO DIRECTIVE FOUR OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THE LANGUAGE SAYS SCREENING, FENCING AND LANDSCAPING CONCEPTS FOR THE NEW FUEL FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A COMMUNITY LED PROCESS.
AND YET, LAST MONTH WE HEARD THAT THERE, THERE WAS A DECISION TO BUILD A $2 MILLION DECORATIVE FENCE AT THE FUEL FARM FACILITY.
I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY NEIGHBOR THAT'S REQUESTED A $2 MILLION DECORATIVE FENCE AS A WAY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS FROM THE FUEL FARM, NOR DO I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GET TO A NUMBER LIKE $2,090,000 WITHOUT HAVING DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PLANNING ALREADY.
UM, SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE, THAT THE FUEL THAT THIS IS THE PROCESS IS GONNA FACILITATE THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND FACILITATE COMMUNICATION.
AND TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE AIRPORT IS, AGAIN, ALREADY FORECLOSING THE OPPORTUNITY.
TRULY LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS OUT THERE.
UM, I'LL PROVIDE ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM THE BACKUP UNDER DIRECTIVE FIVE.
IT SAYS THE CONCEPTS FOR THE DRAFT, CHARTER AND MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS SLASH APPLICATIONS FOR THE GREEN TEAM.
FIRST, I WANNA BE CLEAR, THE GREEN TEAM IS NOT SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR.
THE GREEN TEAM WAS SOMETHING PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JUSTIFY THEIR VOTE TO PUT A NEW, NEW FUEL TANK FARM NEXT TO A COMMUNITY WITHOUT DOING ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE NOW THE GREEN TEAM'S GONNA BE USED TO JUSTIFY MORE DECISIONS WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE IT'S A TOP BOUND DECISION.
IT'S THE, THE STAFF THAT'S NOT THE COMMUNITY ALREADY WHO ARE DECIDING JUST WHO'S GONNA BE A MEMBER OF THE GREEN TEAM TO START WITH.
THE RESULTS OF FAILING TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I WOULD SAY IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
UNDER DIRECTIVE SIX, IT SAYS A U S HAS NO MITIGATION OPTIONS THAT AT THIS TIME COMPLY WITH FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.
REALLY, THE NEIGHBORS ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE AIRPORT ALREADY.
UM, AND NOW BY THE FUEL FARM CONSTRUCTION AND NOW BY THE NEW EXPANSION PROJECTS AND THE AIRPORT'S ANSWER IS SIMPLY NO OPTIONS FOR MITIGATION.
I THINK IT'S INSULTING, AND I THINK IT'S JUST SHOWS A LACK OF REAL CREATIVE THINKING.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNITY LED DISCUSSIONS ON MITIGATING THE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORS SO FAR.
SO I DUNNO HOW WE COULD GET TO THIS CONCLUSION WITHOUT HAVING HAD A COMMUNITY LED DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS PEOPLE WANT TO BE MITIGATED AGAINST.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO THINK A LITTLE BIT, UM, BETTER ABOUT WHAT DOES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY LOOK LIKE, AND NOT JUST BE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT FROM THE TOP DOWN, BUT WORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY TRULY.
UM, MS. G, ARE YOU AVAILABLE NOW? JACKSON? YOU HAVE HER? AMANDA? I'M HERE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF MCCALL LANE.
I AM COMING TO YOU TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE GREEN TEAM, HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO US.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TRAFFIC OR ALSO CONTINUE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THE, UM, IF THERE WILL BE ANY KIND OF MONITORING ON YOUR SIDE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'RE JUST HEARING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, ALSO, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON, UM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MUD WATER AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT.
I'M GOING THROUGH MY NOTES HERE.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE YET TO HAVE, UH, MUCH COMMUNICATION.
THE LAST COMMUNICATION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE TO THE COMMUNITY WAS LAST THURSDAY DUE TO WHETHER THAT WAS NOT, UM, DONE.
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UM, AND THAT WAS, UM, THE PERSON I SPOKE TO WAS WITH SAM.UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND, UM, WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
I, I HAVE NOTICED, THANK, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON THAT WAS JUST ENGAGED TO THE LAST CONTRACT IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE SINCE, UH, SEE MS. TAYLOR OVER THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM SUMMERS AND OTHERS ABOUT THIS, UH, MOVING
[1. Approve the minutes of the AAC regular meeting on February 8, 2023.]
FORWARD, LET'S, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA, OR I'M SORRY, THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER.SO RAYMOND, UH, DOES A SECOND.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE NOTES BEFORE WE CALL.
BEFORE WE CALL, UM, A VOTE, I WANNA MAKE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS ON PAGE TWO OF THE MINUTES.
AMY, YOU WITH US? UM, ITEM THREE.
LET'S, LET'S, UH, CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO DISCUSSION OF A DEATH PA PASSENGER'S EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN LET'S NOTE THAT JUST LANE FACILITATED, UH, SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE, WITH THE TSA.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THEN GO TO ITEM 14 AND, AND, UM, NOTE THAT, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS UNACCEPTABLE ISSUES INSTEAD OF ACCEPTABLE.
AND THEN ON THE SECOND BULLET POINT PRESENTATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON, ON FUEL FARM, THE MARCH PRESENTATION WILL COVER ENVIRONMENTAL ALSO, SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO WAIT.
LET'S INSERT THERE NEARLY FIVE MONTHS TO HEAR ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER MUD RELEASE IN THE WETLANDS.
THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
UH, LET'S SEE IF WE HAD COMMISSIONER TODD, WILL YOU ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES? OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, RAYMOND, YOU ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES? OKAY.
ALL, UH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL COMMISSIONERS FOR APPROVAL WITH THE CHANGES.
JONATHAN, AND DO WE HAVE, BILLY, YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR FACE ON CAMERA TO COUNT AS A VOTE.
UH, HE MUST BE AWAY, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COUNT BILLY.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, I KNOW THAT WE, UH, GREAT, THERE'S BILLY.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE MS. BEEN, UH, YOU'VE GOT SOME TIMING SAID.
JAMIE, DO YOU MIND IF WE MOVE YOU UP? COME JOIN US, PLEASE.
[10. Air Service Update presented by Jamy Kazanoff, Air Service Development.]
WE'LL HAVE THE AIR AIR SERVICE UPDATE PRESENTATION FROM JAMIE SO THAT SHE CAN MAKE ANOTHER MEETING.YOU WANNA TURN ON YOUR MIC? THERE YOU GO.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, THE BIG NEWS IS MARCH IN GENERAL, WE'RE 10% HIGHER THAN MARCH OF LAST YEAR FOR THE MONTH.
BUT COMPARING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OVER LAST YEAR, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, WE'RE JUST UP 6.9% THERE.
UM, THE BIGGEST NEWS IS, UH, COPA.
THIS OPENS UP THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH THE STAR ALLIANCE.
FOR US, THIS WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE ROUTE THAT WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE, AND THEY WILL BE STARTING IN JULY WITH FOUR TIMES A WEEK SERVICE.
JULY 6TH, GREAT NEWS FOR AUSTIN THERE.
UH, AIR CANADA, UH, VANCOUVER RESTARTS ON MAY 1ST, ALASKA'S RETURNING BOISE ON JUNE 15TH.
ALLEGIANT STARTS OMAHA ON JUNE 15TH.
UH, HAWAIIAN IS GOING FROM THREE TO FOUR A WEEK THIS SUMMER, STARTING IN MAY.
THAT SHOWS STRONG DEMAND HOURS TOO, DIDN'T THEY? YES.
HAWAIIAN, THEY DID SWITCH TO A RED EYE.
SO HAWAIIAN IS FLYING A RED EYE NOW, SO IT'S A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE.
JONATHAN, I THINK THAT WAS ENCOURAGED BY YOU.
JONATHAN SOUTHWEST, ADDED JACKSONVILLE.
IT WILL BE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, VIRGIN ATLANTIC HAD PLANNED TO GO DAILY THIS SUMMER, AND THEY RATCHETED BACK TO NOT GOING DAILY WITH JUST FOUR WEEKLY FLIGHTS THAT'S OWING TO VIRGIN ATLANTIC'S ISSUES AND NOT AUSTIN'S ISSUES.
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MAY 18TH.WE STILL HAVE ONE OF FIVE PASSENGERS INSIDE THE TERMINAL THAT ARE CONNECTING.
SO THAT'S THE LATEST DATA AVAILABLE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY NEW DATA THERE.
WELL, AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE RELEASE TODAY, UM, THE PRESS RELEASE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW MUCH BUSIER WE WERE FOR SOUTH BY LAST YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A REMINDER TO, TO PASSENGERS THAT THAT LAST YEAR, THIS WAS A CRAZY BUSY MONTH.
SO I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE BETTER STOCK UP WITH TSA.
AIRLINES SEEM TO BE BETTER STAFFED, SO, UM, WE'RE SENDING OUR BEST WISHES TO EVERYBODY AT THE, AT THE AIRPORT THIS WEEK.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
[2. Authorize execution of a construction contract for the Airport Expansion and Development Program Building Demolition project with STR Constructors, LLC, in the amount of $3,482,852 plus a $522,428 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $4,005,280. [Note: This contract will be awarded in compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program) and City Code Chapter 2-9A (Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program) by meeting the goals with 26.87% DBE]]
TO AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT EXPANSION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.IT'S A BUILDING DEMOLITION PROJECT, THE STR R CONSTRUCTORS IN THE AMOUNT OF 3.4 MILLION PLUS CONTINGENCIES AND, UH, CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED 4 MILLION.
UM, IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE JUST CLARIFIED THAT THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SOUTH TERMINAL.
UM, WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS, LYNN? YES.
SO AS YOU SAID, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION, AND IT'S A DEMOLITION LOW BID CONTRACT.
AND THIS WILL BE A PROJECT THAT GETS DONE IN THREE DIFFERENT PHASES.
AND IT'S DEMOLISHING LOTS OF OLD AIRPORT, UH, AIR FORCE BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND WE, AND WHEN WE GO OVER THE PROJECT, UH, UPDATES, YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET, UH, A PICTURE OF THE SITE AND A COLOR CODING OF, UH, THOSE DIFFERENT PHASES.
JEREMY? UH, JEREMY HENDRICKS, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THIS.
UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM, THE NEW LIVING WAGE, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND IF YOU ALSO NOTICE THE DBE PARTICIPATION IS WELL OVER 20%.
UM, JEREMY, YOU KNOW, I HAD, I HAD, UH, BREAKFAST THIS MORNING WITH EMILY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILD BETTER PROGRAM.
SO I KNOW SUMMER'S BEEN WORKING HARD HEARD WITH HER.
I THINK WE HAVE PROGRESS TO MAKE, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, AND DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT? SCOTT, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? I, I LIKE ONE QUESTION AND ANSWER.
UH, THE, THE, THE DEMOLITION INCLUDE THOSE NOSE DOCKS THAT ARE JUST RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE PARKING LOT.
THE NOSE DOCKS? YEAH, LIKE HANGERS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE PAGE NUMBERS WHEN WE GET TO, IT'S 55.
OH, THERE ARE THE PAGE NUMBERS, PAGE 55, IT HAS THE MAP.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE SORT OF BLUEY PURPLE ONES.
THOSE ARE ALL A LOT OF THOSE OLD HANGERS.
AND THEN ALSO THOSE YELLOW ONES TO THE NORTH OR THE LARGER, UM, OLD HANGAR THAT THE AIR FORCE USED TO DO THEIR TESTING OF THEIR, UM, THEIR PLANES IN HUSH.
YEAH, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HUSH HOUSES? NOT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HUSH HOUSES.
I'M TALKING, SO THERE'S, THERE'S OVER AN ENGINE RUNS IN IT.
THERE'S BY, THEY CALL 'EM NOSE DOCS BECAUSE THE V 52 S COULDN'T FIT ANY FIT THEIR TAILS IN IT.
THOSE YELLOW ONES ON THE MAP, SORT OF IN THE NORTHERN CORNER ON PAGE 55.
THOSE BIG GIANT METAL BUILDINGS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE PAGE YOU'RE REFERRING TO? IT'S PAGE 55 OF THE ENTIRE PACKET THAT YOU GOT.
IF YOU GO ARE NOT, IT'S TOWARDS A E DP BUILDING.
IT'S THE A E DP BUILDING DEMOLITION.
AND WE CAN GO OVER A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL IF YOU WANT TO, WHEN WE, UM, TALK MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S OVER 30, ABOUT 39 BUILDINGS, UM, THAT, THAT WERE DEMOLISHING BUILDINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE, ARE THESE, ARE THESE QUESTIONS, UM, CHAIR IMPACTING YOUR, WAIT, ARE THESE QUESTIONS IMPACTING YOUR VOTE FOR THIS ITEM OR NOT? YEAH, POINT OF ORDER CHAIR.
I THINK NORMALLY YOU WOULD GET THE PRESENTATION PRIOR TO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR A PROJECT IN THIS, WELL, THIS PRESENTATION.
THAT'S WHY SHE'S MAKING THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS DEMOLITION PROJECT.
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WELL, CAN THE, THE STATUS UPDATE, I MEAN, WHAT, AT WHAT POINT CAN I ASK THE QUESTION? I, I THOUGHT YOU WERE, GO AHEAD.IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE SOMEONE MAKE, WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT? CHAD, JEREMY.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE.
[3. Discussion of Fuel Storage Facility Update Part 2 – AUS Initiatives and Fuel Storage Facility Monitoring Overview presented by Tracy Thompson, Chief Administrative and External Affairs Officer, Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer and Kane Carpenter, Manager Environmental Services.]
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM FOUR.DIS OR ITEM THREE, SORRY, DISCUSSION OF THE FUEL STORAGE FACILITY UPDATE.
ARE YOU STARTING OUT WITH THAT? I WILL.
TRACY THOMPSON, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
THERE ARE THREE, UH, PRESENTERS FOR THIS ITEM TODAY, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SPEAKERS THAT, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC THAT SPOKE.
I'LL HA PASS THE BATON TO, UH, THE MICROPHONE TO SUMMER.
AND THEN, UH, KING CARPENTER WILL DO THE THIRD PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IT, THE PRESENTATION ITSELF, WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO LOAD IT ON THE SCREEN, THERE WE GO.
UM, STARTS ON PAGE, UM, 15 OF YOUR PACKET, 14 OF YOUR PACKET.
SO IF WE'LL GO TO SLIDE NUMBER, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING, GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, TODAY IS, UM, THE FUEL STORAGE FACILITY UPDATE.
PART TWO, AS OF WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS, UM, A BRIEFING LAST MONTH AS WELL REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THIS HAS SOME OTHER, UH, INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE FUEL, UM, FUEL FACILITY, UH, UH, UPDATE PROGRAM.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY ARE THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVES THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR ON APRIL 7TH, 2022, THAT THERE'S SOME, UH, SOME INDICATIVE ITEMS THERE, UH, ARE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, AND THEN THE MONITORING OVERVIEW.
SO THAT'S THE THREE MAIN, UH, TOPICS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
BUT BEFORE WE START, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, UM, WITH THE FUEL STORAGE FACILITY PROJECT ITSELF, THIS IS A, UM, AUSTIN FUELS, UH, LLC AS A CONSORTIUM OF AIRLINES, UM, THAT MANAGE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FUELING FACILITIES.
SO, UM, THIS IS CONSIDERED A THIRD PARTY GROUND LEASE AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION ENFORCES ALL THE TERMS OF THE LEASE, UM, THAT THE, UH, CONSORTIUM HAS FOR THE OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY.
AND WE ALSO FOLLOW THE DIRECTORS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE WANTED TO REVIEW SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVES TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY.
SO, GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UM, THERE WERE SEVEN DIRECTIVES, UM, THAT WERE, WERE PROVIDED, UM, TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER ALSO PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL DIRECTIVE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION LAST YEAR RESPONDED TO MEMBERS TO MAYOR AND COUNSEL MAY 12TH AND JULY 27 OF LAST YEAR OUTLINING, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO TO, UM, ADDRESS THESE DIRECTIVES.
SO SEVERAL OF THE DIRECTIVES WERE TO BE INITIATED OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET IN PLACE FOR STAFFING AND NEW HIRES AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANTS.
SO THAT IS WHY THESE INITIATIVES ARE BEING, ARE HAPPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 23 AND CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ARE JUST BEING INITIATED.
WHAT I'M NOT GOING TO DO TODAY IN THE INTEREST OF TIME IS TO READ EVERY, EVERY DIRECTIVE VERBATIM, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF A SENSE OF, UH, THE FIRST DIRECTIVE AND THEN THE STATUS, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THEM, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO, UH, TO LET ME KNOW.
SO THE FIRST DIRECTIVE WAS JUST, UH, TO, TO CONFIRM THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS GOING TO BE LIMITED TO THE PROJECT THAT WAS OUTLINED IN 2022, AND IT WAS CALLED THE PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE CURRENT STATUS OF THIS IS THAT WE HAVE LIMITED THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT TO THE PHASE ONE, AND THAT ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, EXPANSION OF THE FUELING FACILITIES AT THE, UH, AUSTIN AIRPORT WILL REQUIRE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, GREEN TEAM, AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND I REALLY, UH, RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GREEN TEAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEY ARE CLEARLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE'S A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM AND A GREEN TEAM INITIATION.
SO THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME, UM, INTENT.
SO THAT WAS DIRECTIVE NUMBER ONE, AND THAT WAS CLEARLY, UH, AGREED TO AND ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
DIRECTIVE NUMBER TWO AGAIN HAPPENED LAST YEAR WAS, UH, TO PUBLICLY POST THE INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY EA FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE FACILITY THAT WAS DONE.
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WHERE ALL UPDATES REGARDING, UH, THE FUEL STORAGE FACILITY PROJECT, UH, CAN BE FOUND.SO THAT IS THE NEW URL FOR THAT.
SO DIRECTIVE TWO WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR.
DIRECTIVE, UH, DIRECTIVE NUMBER THREE WAS TO ESTABLISH A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT MONITORING, AUDITING OF THE FACILITIES.
YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE I PUT DE DETAIL IS THAT, UH, KANE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS DIRECTIVE IN DETAIL, UH, LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, THE STATUS IS, UH, I WILL LET, UH, KANE TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT HERE'S SOME BULLET POINTS ON JUST THE HIGH LEVEL OF THE STATUS, THE DETAIL TO FOLLOW IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
SO, WITH RESPECT TO DIRECTIVE FOUR, THIS IS ON THE MITIGATING THE VISUAL IMPACT, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE VISUAL IMPACT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UM, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, MEANT TO, UH, GO BEYOND THAT, THE VISUAL IMPACT.
AND SO THE STATUS IS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THAT IS CORRECT, THAT THE SCREENING AND FENCING AND LANDSCAPING CONCEPT WILL BE A COMMUNITY-LED PROCESS.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTERNAL, UH, CONVERSATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HEARD ABOUT LAST WEEK, UH, LAST MONTH, EXCUSE ME.
UM, BUT THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE, UH, LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT ENGAGED.
THERE'S GOING TO FACILITATE, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, LISTENING SESSIONS, UH, INSIGHT AT DESIGN MEETINGS.
AND THE FINAL CONCEPT WILL BE, UH, WILL BE INCLUDE THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING THE FINAL CONCEPT FOR THE VISUAL SCREENING OF, UM, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
SO THE GREEN TEAM AND THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WERE, UM, GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL YEAR 23.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPTS OF THE, THESE ARE REALLY ONLY CONCEPTS FOR DRAFT, CHARTER AND MEMBERSHIP.
NONE OF THE, UM, DEC NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN FINAL OR MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE GREEN TEAM, UM, WHAT THE APPLICATIONS WILL LOOK LIKE.
THIS HAS JUST BEEN THE DUE DILIGENCE, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF THAT'S CURRENTLY HERE.
I'VE JUST LOOKING AT OTHER AIRPORTS, LOOKING WITHIN THE CITY AS TO OTHER TYPES OF, UM, OF TEAMS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE CITY TO KIND OF LEARN BEST PRACTICES AND JUST KIND OF, UH, ORIENT OURSELVES AS TO WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR OUR INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UM, BUSINESS AND THE, UM, BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS, UM, FOR THE GREEN TEAM AND FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THAT REALLY IS JUST A DUE DILIGENCE.
THIS, THE STATUS IS REALLY TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN SITTING ON OUR HANDS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE, BUT WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY ENGAGED THESE PROCESSES YET.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH OUR, WE WANT THE AIRLINES AND, UM, THE MAIN DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION THAT WILL BE LEADING THIS EFFORT, KICKING THIS EFFORT OFF ARE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, AIRPORT AFFAIRS, OR EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AND OUR P I O OFFICES.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, KICKING THE GREEN TEAM AND THE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, PROGRAM, UH, HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
DIRECTIVE NUMBER SIX IS, OH, I'M SORRY.
DIRECTIVE NUMBER SIX WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, THIS WAS A DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, DIRECTLY AND TO OTHER ENTITIES NOT SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED, UM, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.
BUT SINCE IT WAS INCLUDED IN, UM, THE, THE LIST OF DIRECTIVES REGARDING THIS PROJECT, THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION INCLUDED THIS DIRECTIVE IN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED, UM, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DIRECTIVE FOR MITIGATION, UH, BUYOUT OPTIONS OR WHATEVER THEY MAY BE FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS WAS NOT DIRECTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, AS THE STATUS SAYS, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER, UM, ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY OR WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
SO WE DIDN'T WANNA DROP OFF DIRECTIVE SIX, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T DIRECTED, UM, AT THE AIRPORT FOR, UM, ACTION.
DIRECTIVE NUMBER SEVEN, UH, CAME, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF AN IN, UH, A SINGLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH WAS JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WOULD INCLUDE GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER MONITORING, AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER TYPES OF MONITORING.
SO, UM, DIRECTIVE SEVEN WILL BE, UM, DISCUSSED BY KANE WHEN WE GET TO THAT DETAIL FOR THE, UH, MONITORING FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THIS WAS, UM, MAKING SURE, OR WANTING US TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAD, WE, THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION HAD THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US TO BE
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ABLE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN TEAM.SO THOSE THREE, UH, DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AIRPORT AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, AND THE A US PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICES ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, HR TEAM AND OUR, WITH, NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGETS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE, IF NOT 100% DEDICATED TO THESE INITIATIVES, AT LEAST THE PRIMARY JOB DESCRIPTION, UH, COMPONENT WILL BE TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE GREEN TEAM.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO BRING ADDITIONAL STAFF AND CONSULTING RESOURCES ON BOARD, UM, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER.
AND THOUGH THAT IS, I UNDERSTAND A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL UPDATE, UM, ON THE, UM, ON THE EIGHT DIRECTIVES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL'S OFFICES.
AND I'M PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THE CALLS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO, SORRY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTIVES, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO PERFECT.
THE REMAINDER COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS FOR TRACY ABOUT THE DIRECTIVES, WENDY? YEAH, I, WELL, I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH REQUESTING THESE DIRECTIVES AS A RESPONSE TO THE, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE JET FUEL FACILITY, AND I WONDERED WHETHER THERE, THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE CITY ALREADY IN TERMS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THERE'S AN URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THERE ARE JOINT COMMITTEES THAT OFTEN REVIEW THINGS, AND I WONDERED WHETHER WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED FROM THIS BODY QUICKLY OR MORE TIMELY AS TO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE, WE, WE, IT'S, IT'S NOW MARCH.
WE'VE WAITED SINCE OCTOBER OF 23 FOR THE FUNDING.
THERE'S FUNDING FOR THIS WORK, AND YOU'RE ONBOARDING A CONSULTANT, AND THERE'S EXPERTISE IN THE COMMUNITY NOW, AND THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED NOW THAT WE JUST KEEP PUSHING IT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE RESOLUTION'S GONNA BE BETTER WITH MORE TIME.
THAT, THAT MAYBE THERE'S AN URGENCY NOW RATHER THAN, UM, TO WAIT TILL, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION HAS THE RIGHT PERSONNEL TO ASSIGN TO THIS, AND STILL YET UNDETERMINED WHO'S WOULD SERVE WHEN THE CITY HAS NATURAL, UM, UH, STAKEHOLDERS IN PLACE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE WITH US VIRTUALLY.
UM, DIRECTIVE FOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, MS. ISIS'S COMMENTS THAT NEIGHBORS HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, HOW ARE WE YET? WE DO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BUDGET FOR THAT.
SO ARE WE, ARE WE LOCKED INTO THAT DESIGN OR ARE WE GOING TO FURTHER ENGAGE NEIGHBORS? UM, THERE'S NO DESIGN IN PLACE AND, UM, THE, UM, THE BUDGET WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, WITH THE AIRLINE CONSORTIUM OS FUELS, UM, THE, THE FENCE IS, UM, DECORATIVE AND A SECURITY FENCE AS WELL.
UM, WE DID, UM, VARIOUS OPTIONS WITH THEM TO ESTABLISH A BUDGET.
UM, UM, COULD BE FROM, UM, INDUSTRIAL HYATT INDUSTRIAL LOOKING TYPE OF, UH, FENCE FOR SECURITY REASONS, A MIXTURE OF, OF, UM, UH, LANDSCAPING, UM, DECORATIVE, BUT ALSO SECURITY.
AND THEN, UM, UH, CHAIN LINK, UM, WITH LIKE BOB WIRE, LIKE THOSE WERE LIKE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS.
WE'VE DEFINITELY PICKED, UM, THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS, UM, INDUSTRIAL, UH, A SECURITY TYPE LOOKING, UM, FENCE.
A PUBLISH A, A BUDGET HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE A PARTNER IS, UM, UM, AUSTRALS WAS PAYING FOR IT.
DOES THAT MEAN A DESIGN? A DESIGN NOT, HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.
AND I DON'T THINK IT MEANS THAT, UM, A BUDGET IS, UM, UH, THAT THE BUDGET DICTATES THE DESIGN.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT WHEN WE KICK OFF PROJECTS, AS WE DEVELOP THAT, WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHAT THE, UM, THE AIRPORT CAN PAY FOR, IN ADDITION TO THAT WILL BE EVALUATED AS WE ENGAGE THE, THE TEAM MEMBERS.
SO THIS WAS JUST INITIAL SCOPE, SO WE COULD BRING ON THAT DESIGNER THROUGH THAT CONTRACT WITH OUR PARTNERS.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE PLANS TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORS IN THE DESIGN? IN THAT DESIGN? YES.
THO THOSE PLANS ARE IN PLACE, AND THERE IS NOT A DESIGN, THERE WAS JUST A CONCEPT TO CREATE A BUDGET, AND THERE
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IS FLEXIBILITY ON WHAT THAT NEEDS, LIKE WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT'S WHEN THAT STARTS.SO LAUREN WILL COUNT ON YOU TO LET US KNOW.
IF YOU'RE NOT HEARING BACK FROM US.
THERE, THERE WERE SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH OFF FUELS THAT HAS TO BE IN PLACE, UM, OKAY.
UM, WITH THOSE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS, THOSE SORTS OF CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD TO GET INITIATED, AND NOW WE'LL START THIS PROCESS.
AND LET ME REMIND, LET US, LET ME REMIND ALL OF US THAT WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PUBLIC ARTS BUDGET YES.
NO, THIS HAS BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
UM, WHAT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE OR LOOK LIKE.
UM, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, UM, THOSE PARTNERS.
UM, I THINK EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING THAT FEEDBACK AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO, WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE, THOSE ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
SO WE, WE DEFINITELY, UM, PLAN TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, MOVING ON TO, TO DIRECTIVE SIX.
SO, UM, AND TRACY AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS, AND LAUREN, YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND I KNEW IT WOULD BE A QUESTION, IS THE NO MITIGATED MITIGATION OPTIONS FROM F FAA.
SO BECAUSE OF OUR INABILITY TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM THE AIRPORT, WITH THAT SAYING, MY UNDERSTANDING, TRACY, WHAT THAT'S MEANT TO SAY IS THE AIRPORT CAN'T SPEND ITS MONIES IN THOSE MANNERS.
AND KNOWING WHEN THE MAYOR, UM, THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, MAYOR ADLER, ADDED THIS AS A DIRECTIVE, IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, THAT, UM, IF WE NEED TO GET INTO CON CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, MITIGATION LIKE ACQUISITION PROPERTIES, THAT EITHER THE CITY OR THE AIRLINES WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS FOR THAT.
SO THIS ISN'T SAYING THAT THE AIRPORT DOESN'T PLANT THAT, THAT NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT'S SAYING THE AIRPORT DOESN'T LEAD IN THIS ROLE, THIS IS CITY AND OR AIRLINES.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE, WHEN BERKSHIRE BECAME THE AIRPORT OR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THAT THERE WAS A CONDEMNATION OF DEL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OTHER PROPERTIES.
WAS THAT A CITY INITIATIVE OR WAS THAT, WAS THAT AN AVIATION BUYOUT? UM, THAT WAS THROUGH THE FAA.
THE FAA FUNDED THAT THROUGH THEIR NOISE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE MET THE THRESHOLDS ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR EXPANSION PROGRAM, WE ARE NOT MEETING THE THRESHOLDS TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE FUNDING FOR THAT FUNDING FROM THE F FAA.
BUT I GUESS IF PROBLEMS WERE FOUND, WHICH WE DON'T EXPECT, UM, THAT THAT COULD CHANGE THE CALCULUS.
UM, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTIVES? OKAY.
IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PART OF THANK YOU PRESENTATION.
UM, SUMMER SCHINDLER, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD, UM, THE GOAL WAS TO JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, UM, THAT THE AIRPORT, UM, IS LEADING.
UM, AND I DO WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, THE TEAM THROUGH KANE'S LEADERSHIP IS, UM, EVALUATING OUR CURRENT GOALS WITH THROUGH THE A E D P.
UM, SO, UM, THAT EFFORT IS UNDERWAY.
UM, HE JUST TOLD ME THE DRAFT IS DUE NEXT WEEK.
SO I'M, I'M EXCITED TO, TO GO THROUGH THOSE, UM, THOSE, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEAM.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE ENHANCED, UM, GOALS HERE.
UM, MORE INITIATIVES AND METRICS THAT WE, WE PLAN TO, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH YOU GUYS, BUT ALSO ENGAGE EVERYONE ELSE ON SALT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE EIGHT POINTS HERE, UM, IN OUR, OUR GOALS AND INITIATIVES.
WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THOSE, UM, HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, WE'RE STARTING WITH REDUCED LANDFILL WASTE, UM, CAMPUS-WIDE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING, UM, REDUCED SINGLE, UH, OCCUPANCY TRIPS, WATER COMPA, UM, CONSERVATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE RECLAIMED WATER PROGRAM HERE.
AND WE ALSO, UM, CONVERT IRRIGATION TO, UH, NON DRINKING WATER FOR THE AIRPORT COOLING SYSTEM.
SO, UM, I THINK, UH, USE OF THE GRAY WATER ON THE AIRPORT, UM, IS, IS A, IS A BIG HIGHLIGHT.
UH, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE ALREADY POWERED BY WIND ENERGY
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AND, UM, WE DO HAVE SOLAR PANELS ON SITE.UM, SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DEFINITELY PART OF, UM, AS WE CAN EVALUATE, UM, PART OF ADP WHEN WE, UM, UM, WHERE WE'RE AN APPROPRIATE, UM, AS WELL.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, UM, UH, THROUGH OUR SOLAR PROGRAM AND OUR, UM, CONCESSION FOOD DONATION PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, THE ONE REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
WE HAVE A CARBON NEUTRALITY DESIGNATION FOR DEPARTMENT AVIATION, FOR OPERATIONS, UM, AND, UM, INTEGRATE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE INTO BUSINESS PROCEDURES AND AGREEMENTS.
JACKSON, YOU WANNA ADVANCE THE SLIDE? I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRLINES TO ELECTR, UH, ELECTRIFY THEIR GROUND SERVICE EQUIPMENT.
WE, IN, UM, ENHANCING OUR CLEAN POWER PURCHASING BUSINESS PARTNERS TO OFFSET CARBON EMISSIONS FROM FLY AND MEASURES TO REDUCE SINGLE USE PLASTICS AT CONCESSIONS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO SUSTAINABLE PLANNING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES.
UM, WE CURRENTLY LEAD CERTIFIED AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING.
WE PLAN TO, IN THE FUTURE TO ADD ENVISION, THAT'S CERTIFICATION ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
IT IS, UM, SIMILAR TO OUR, UM, LEAD, UM, BUT IT IS FOR, UM, THOSE CIVIL PROJECTS, UM, WITH A, A, UM, ENHANCED COMPONENT, UM, ON SOCIAL IMPACTS AS WELL.
AND IN THAT ACCREDITATION, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO OUR NEW TERMINALS AND IN PASSENGER SPACES TO BE WELL CERTIFIED.
AND THAT'S TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL WELLNESS AND HEALTH OF OUR BUILDINGS, UM, AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL AS, UM, TO MINIMIZE, UM, UH, UH, UM, SOME PRACTICES IN THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF, OF HOW DO WE BUILD, UH, REUSE SOME MATERIALS, KEEPING THINGS ON SITE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO WE PLAN TO DO SOME ENHANCEMENTS ON THIS.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO START HAVING METRICS ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE WHERE WE ARE IN OUR GOALS AS BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COME, UM, ON.
AND SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THOSE NEXT COUPLE STEPS ON THAT.
SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
UM, THERE'S A BIG DAY WITH EARTH DAY AND THAT IS LED BY KANE AND HIS TEAM.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANNA COME ON OUT, UM, TO THE AIRPORT DURING EARTH DAY, WE, WE WELCOME YOU OUT THERE.
UM, WE JUST FINISHED OUR FIRST HEART FOR COMMUNITY FOOD DONATION DRIVE THAT WAS DRIVEN BY, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE, I THINK IT WAS OVER SIX TONS OF FOOD, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, TO DO IN THE MONTH OF, UH, FEBRUARY.
THE TRAVELER PROGRAM, PROMOTION, PROMOTION, ENERGY ALTERNATIVES.
UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST OPEN HOUSE IN JANUARY.
UM, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THOSE OPEN HOUSES, UM, AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF TWICE A YEAR AND MEET THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE AT, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, THE GOAL IS TO KICK OFF THE GREEN TEAM, UM, AS WE GET APPLICATIONS AND, AND START THAT PROCESS.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EARTH DAY, YOU'LL SEE, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM IN THOSE PICTURES APRIL 21ST.
UM, SO, UM, THE GOAL HERE IS TO APPROACH SUSTAINABILITY TO OUR TRAVELERS.
SO REALLY EDUCATE ON THE GOOD TRAVELER PROGRAM WITH EVERYBODY, UM, OF THE PASSENGERS, UM, AND, UH, TO ALSO GO OVER SOME, A GOOD HABITS TO HAVE AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF KANE HAS ANY MORE PROMOTIONS ON THAT DAY THAT HE WANTS TO GO OVER, BUT, UM, THAT'S A BIG DAY, UH, FOR OUR TEAM.
AND, UM, THAT'S ONE WE LIKE TO ENGAGE ALL WITH WITH OUR PASSENGERS.
YEAH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL.
WHERE ARE WE DOING, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE NEED TO DO IMPROVEMENTS? YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE, WE'RE DOING WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT OUT THERE WITH THE PASSENGERS, SO, AND THOSE, I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS, FEEDBACKS, UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE, UM, UNDER THE UNDERWAY ON ENHANCING THESE PROGRAMS. UM, I THINK IT'S A PERFECT TIME TO GET FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE.
JEREMY? YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN THE FUTURE, COULD WE HAVE A UPDATE ON THE USAGE OF THE CARBON OFFSET PROGRAM? OKAY.
I'VE JUST, I'VE, I'VE ALSO HEARD MIXED REVIEWS ABOUT HOW MUCH GOOD CARBON OFFSET CREDIT PURCHASES DOES.
UM, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THAT'S ACTUALLY, CUZ I BELIEVE I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT WE LED THE WAY ON THAT AS FAR AS HAVING THAT AT THE AIRPORT, LIKE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE WERE ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE FIRST TO DO THAT, WE WERE THE FIRST MEDIUM SIZED AIRPORT.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THE LARGE AIRPORTS HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS AND THEN TRENDING BEHIND, UH, EUROPE.
BUT, UM, STILL, NO, IT'S A BIG MILESTONE FOR THE, FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
YEAH, I'D JUST BE CURIOUS WHAT THE USAGE IS.
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THANKS COMMISSIONER TODD.THANK YOU SUMMER, AND THANK YOU, UH, KANE, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GOALS.
SOME OF THEM ARE IN HAPPENING AND SOME OF THEM I'M WONDERING ARE WHETHER THEY'RE JUST SORT OF ASPIRATIONAL AT THIS POINT, LIKE THE VAN POOLING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS? YES, THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, SO, OH, FANTASTIC.
UM, THE GUARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN A BIG PARTICIPANT.
WE WOULD'VE TO GET SOME NUMBERS BACK TO YOU, COVID NO SURE.
BUT BEFORE COVID, UM, IT WAS A, THEY WERE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAD A LOT OF VANS COMING TO THE AIRPORT, AND CAP METRO'S DONE A GREAT JOB PARTNERING WITH US.
WELL, AND AS MUCH AS WE EVER REPRESENTATIVE FROM AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BLUE LINE WITH US TODAY, UM, MAYBE THERE'S SOME, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR EARTH DAY.
SCOTT, UM, JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, WASTE THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE, UH, DEMOLITION PROJECTS YOU'VE GOT GOING ON, ON, YOU KNOW, THE NOSE DOCS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY CONTROL OVER WHERE THAT'S GOING? WELL, UM, ALL THE METAL 100 PERCENT'S GONNA BE SEGREGATED AND RECYCLED.
SO AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FACILITIES ARE METAL.
UM, A LOT OF CMU CON CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS, SO THAT MOST LIKELY WILL GO TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY AT BURLESON AND 9 73.
SO WE'VE SET SOME PRETTY GOOD GOALS.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF IT'S GONNA BE DIVERTED, SCOTT.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE UP IN THE 75% OR MORE KIND OF THAT RANGE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPORT, AND I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB.
UM, I THINK THE TREND TODAY, 20 PLUS YEARS LATER IS THIS IS, THEY'RE DOING IT.
IF YOU GO TO ANY, ALMOST ANY SITE MM-HMM.
I THINK YOU SET THE, YOU SET THE GOOD TREND FOR US.
UM, ONLINE, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE THIRD PHASE OF THE PRESENTATION AS WE'RE GETTING SET UP.
UH, KANE CARPENTER, I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER OF YOUR AIRPORT.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS JOB FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON COMPLIANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF A LENGTHY PRESENTATION, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME SECTIONS A LITTLE QUICKER IF WE WANT TO COME BACK TO ANYTHING.
HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE TOPICS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO START OFF, UH, THANK YOU,
UM, SO THIS IS THE EXISTING FACILITY TODAY THAT THE JET FUEL STORAGE FACILITY.
THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF, UM, UM, THE PARKING AREA.
UM, JUST A GOOD GRAPHIC SHOWS YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S BEEN IN PLACE 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, LOTS OF CONTROLS IN THIS FACILITY.
THE FACILITY HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND OPERATED VERY WELL.
UM, THIS IS OF COURSE WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, UM, UH, THROUGH THE THIRD PARTY CONTRACT AT, AT OUR AIRPORT.
WE'LL HAVE MORE CONTROLS THAN THE OLD FACILITY OR THE EXISTING FACILITY.
UM, VERY, VERY HIGH TECH FACILITY.
I WANNA START THE CONVERSATION TODAY.
JUST AS, UM, KIND OF A BRIEF EDUCATION ON HOW THE LAWS WORK IN OUR COUNTRY.
UM, DURING THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, UM, A LOT OF THESE LAWS WENT INTO EFFECT.
SO I WASN'T ALIVE YET WHEN SOME OF THESE WERE, WERE PUT INTO EFFECT, BUT NOT SHORTLY AFTER I WAS.
BUT, UM, THE, THE POINT HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1970.
UM, THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 1970, UM, CLEAN WATER ACT.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE DRIVING LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY.
SO I'VE WORKED FOR A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR A LONG TIME.
IT TAKES A MINUTE FOR US TO TAKE IN NEW REGULATIONS AND NEW PROCESSES AND THEN IMPLEMENT THOSE.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS LIST OF LAWS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT TO EVEN TEXAS, HOW TEXAS REGULATES ITSELF, UM, IT PROBABLY TOOK ALL OF THE SEVENTIES TO GET THESE THINGS IN PLACE IN THE EIGHTIES, GETTING MUCH BETTER.
MORE LAWS ARE COMING IN IN THE NINETIES, THE TWO THOUSANDS WHEN I CAME OUTTA SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHERE WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON, ON COMPLIANCE.
WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE TODAY A LOT OF THE LAWS REALLY DO A GOOD JOB, EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, I RESPECT THAT.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF REGULATIONS AND THIS FACILITY IS HEAVILY REGULATED.
UH, YEAH, SO BRIEFLY TODAY, THE CURRENT PERMITS, WE ALL KNOW THEY WENT THROUGH THE NPA
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PROCESS.UM, THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER PERMIT THAT'S ISSUED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO MAKE SURE THE WATERWAYS ARE PROTECTED FROM EROSION AND RUNOFF.
WE HAVE, UM, F A A APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE THOSE AIRCRAFT ARE SAFE.
SO THERE'S A SIGHTING PROCESS THAT'S VERY THOROUGH THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY F A A TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FACILITY CAN OPERATE AND NOT IMPACT, UH, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE AIR AUTHORIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED, UM, ON A DRAFT LEVEL BASED ON THE PROJECTED, UM, THROUGHPUT OF FUEL AT THE FACILITY.
WE HAVE AFD PERMITS FROM HE REGARDING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
WE HAVE THE NATIONWIDE PERMIT FOR THE WETLAND, UM, RESTORATION, WHICH IS THE, THE MUD RELEASE.
WHEN WE GO INTO EFFECT, OR WHEN THE FACILITY GOES INTO OPERATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SPILL RESPONSE PLANS CERTIFIED BY ENGINEERS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLANS PROVIDED TO EPA REGION SIX ON HOW WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO A RELEASE.
WE'LL HAVE A NEW T P DS DISCHARGE PERMIT THAT'S ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE.
WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW WASTE REGULATIONS.
THIS IS A BIG LAW, AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMUNITY, RIGHT TO NO ACT BACK IN THE EIGHTIES THAT WAS PASSED.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH A F D AND THROUGH THE T C Q OF ALL THE CHEMICALS OF CONCERN AT OUR FACILITY.
SO THE WHOLE AIRPORT DOES THAT TODAY.
SO YOU CAN GO LOOK AND SEE ALL THE CHEMICALS AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES TO AUSTIN TO THE, TO THE GUARD, TO US BEING THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION THAT IS IN PLACE TODAY.
THEY'RE GONNA REPORT THOSE OUT.
UM, OUR PARTNER, THE WATERSHED DEPARTMENT, IS GONNA ISSUE THEIR OWN PERMIT TO THIS ENTITY.
THEY ISSUE A PERMIT TO US AS A DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE AIRPORT.
UM, I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE CAN COME BACK, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PERMITS AND A LOT OF OVERSIGHT OF THE SITE.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ONE VERY WELL, BUT THESE ARE REALLY SUMMARIZING ALL THE OVERSIGHT INSPECTIONS THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR.
UM, WHEN THIS FACILITY GOES INTO OPERATIONS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STORM WATER.
UM, THEY'LL HAVE QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.
UM, WATERSHED WILL DO SOME OF THAT.
AFD WILL BE OUT QUARTERLY AS REQUIRED BY OUR PART 1 39.
IT'S NOT REALLY A PERMIT, BUT OUR AUTHORIZATION, UM, THROUGH FAA TO OPERATE THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT LOOKING TO SEE IF ANY EQUIPMENT IS LEAKING, IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS WITH EQUIPMENT, IF THERE ARE ANY POTENTIAL LEAKS OR FIRE HAZARDS.
SO THAT'S A GREAT OVERSIGHT THAT AFD IS OUT THERE EVERY QUARTER DOING THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE THIRD PARTY OVERSIGHTS THAT WE HIRE CONSULTANTS TO COME IN, UM, THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS TO AUDIT FACILITIES AS WELL.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
UM, AND THIS ALIGNS WITH HOW INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES OPERATE.
UM, SO WE ARE GONNA HIRE A THIRD PARTY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE PROPER TRAINING, ALL THE PROPER CREDENTIALS TO GO IN AND DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF THIS FACILITY.
UM, THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT COMPLIANCE RECORDS.
THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, PERMITS.
THEY WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY INSPECTION WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANY POTENTIAL RELEASES.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN THERE'S A REPORT ISSUED.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR TRANSPARENCY.
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT TO BE ANNUALLY RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE THINK THAT'S ADEQUATE WITH ALL THE OTHER AUDITS.
UM, AND SO THIS, THIS SLIDE'S A LITTLE BUSY, SO I'M SORRY, BUT I WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE WE'VE, WE DO THIS TODAY ALREADY WITH THE LAST TIME WE DID IT WAS IN 2020 FOR THE EXISTING FACILITY.
THIS CONTRACTOR DID THE AUDIT.
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS IS REALLY THERE FOR YOU GUYS, UH, FOR BACKUP TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE IS A REPORT.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE P I R THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, MAYBE LAST YEAR.
SO, SO WE ALREADY HAVE A TREND OF THIS.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONTINUE THAT, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHEN WE GET THIS REPORT BACK, IF THERE'S A COMPLIANCE ISSUE, THAT MEANS THEY'RE NOT DOING AN INSPECTION, THEY'RE NOT REPORTING SOMETHING OR TRACKING SOMETHING THAT'S AN ISSUE.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY REQUIRE US TO REPORT THEM TO A REGULATORY AGENCY, THE T C Q, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE EPA.
UM, WE NEED TIMELINES FOR COMPLIANCE.
UM, THIS, YOUR AIRPORT HAS VERY ROBUST LEASE LANGUAGE, UH, ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT.
SO THAT'S A VIOLATION RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR THEM JUST TO OPERATE WITH US.
UH, BEING THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THERE COULD BE PENALTIES AND FINES JUST BASED ON NOT HAVING THE RIGHT PAPERWORK OR THE RIGHT PERMIT.
SECONDLY, PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION IS TO LOOK FOR RELEASES.
IF WE FIND A RELEASE, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO INVESTIGATION MODE.
THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY GO OUT.
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POTENTIAL RELEASE.I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE AN INVENTORY.
THEIR INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM IS NOT SHOWING WHERE ALL THE FUEL WENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO OUT, THIS IS WHERE WE START THE INVESTIGATION.
IS IT GONNA INCLUDE SOIL SAMPLING? IS IT GONNA, UM, WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR THE SOURCE OF THIS RELEASE IF THERE IS ONE.
THAT'S WHERE WE COULD GO INTO GROUNDWATER SAMPLING AS PART OF THAT DIRECTIVE THAT, UM, THAT TRACY WENT OVER.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CAN INCLUDE STORMWATER SAMPLING, IT CAN INCLUDE AIR SAMPLING.
SO THIS IS A NORMAL PROCESS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD OF HOW WE RESPOND TO A RELEASE.
SO THIS KIND OF GETS BACK TO THE DIRECTIVE, AND WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSS THIS, BUT NORMALLY WE NEED A TRIGGER TO GO OUT AND START SAMPLING MEDIA.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY, IN MY OPINION, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT, UM, WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, ALL THIS WOULD BE BACK WITH SHARED WITH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
ARE YOU SAYING DESPITE THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAMPLE UNTIL THERE'S A TRIGGER? UM, AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO PUT IN A GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELL, WITHOUT, THAT'S A COUNCIL WITHOUT, CAUSE THAT'S A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M STATING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE.
WE ARE GONNA COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOLS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.
SO THE AIRPORT HAS MONITORING WELLS ALL OVER IT.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS JUST CAUSES WHY WE PUT IN THESE MONITORING WELLS FROM SCOTT'S OPERATIONS BACK IN THE DAY.
WE HAVE MONITORING WELLS FROM THAT TIME.
THERE'S A REASON TO PUT IN A MONITORING.
WELL, IF COUNCIL, IF SOMEBODY COMES BACK AND SAYS, YOU WANT TO DO, PUT US PUT A MONITORING WELL AND START GRABBING SAMPLES FROM WATER, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT THERE'S NO REASON TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
I, I, THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER'S COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO DIRECTED.
I DON'T WANT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, DOING AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT AND MANAGING YOUR AIRPORT TODAY.
SO, UM, SO, SO, UH, CAN JUST OVER HERE.
SO BASICALLY, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TANK, YOU KNOW HOW MANY GALLONS YOU PUT IN THAT TANK? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND YOU KNOW HOW MANY GALLONS YOU TOOK OUT OF THE TANK.
AND IF ALONG THE TIME YOU REALIZE, I PUT A THOUSAND GALLONS IN THE TANK AND THE TANK IS EMPTY AND I NEVER TOOK ANYTHING OUT, THAT'S WHEN YOU SAY, LET'S GO MONITOR.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.
LIKE THERE'S A RELEASE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S POTENTIALLY A RELEASE.
AND THAT'S, THERE'S A TEAR IN THE LINER IN THAT CONTAINMENT SYSTEM.
I'M NOT GONNA SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US IN THAT STANDARD PRACTICE AT TANK FARMS IN ANY VARIETY OF SETTINGS, NOT JUST IN AN AIRPORT.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE STANDARD FOR CLOSING BERGSTROM AIR FORCE BASE AND CONVERTING IT TO AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SO, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING THE, THE ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST SUCCESSFUL CONVERSIONS OF A BASE IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS, THIS AIRPORT IS A SUCCESS STORY.
WENDY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I AM, I STILL GOT MORE IF YOU WANNA KEEP GOING.
WELL, THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTATION TO THIS POINT.
UM, I'M CONFIDENT THAT, THAT YOU ARE COMPLIANT WITH WHATEVER RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE MM-HMM.
I THINK YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH SAID THAT SOME OF THEM ARE 50 YEARS OLD AND, UM, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED, AND MAYBE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE KIND OF PROPRIETARY EQUIPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE PLACED ON THE SITE.
AND I, I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, UM, WE ARE MEETING THE STANDARDS FOR SURE MM-HMM.
WHEN, AND I WANNA KNOW WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU BRING UP THE EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS SINCE THE SEVENTIES, UM, IN THE FACE OF RACIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, RACIAL INJUSTICE THAT WE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE TODAY, THE TO AND THEN INCITE IN T C Q, WHICH IS AN ISSUE OF ITS OWN.
UM, I MEAN, LOOK BACK AT, I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CHEMICAL PLANTS, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK IN OHIO, ALONG THE TEXAS COAST IN 20 20, 20 19, LOOK, THE STATE'S RESPONSE WITH THE WEST FERTILIZER PLANT EXPLOSION, INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING IT, WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO COVER UP WHAT CHEMICALS THEY'RE STORING ON SITE.
SO, UM, YOUR, THIS COMMUNITY HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF PLANT OPERATORS LIVING WITHIN
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THE QUOTE LETTER OF THE LAW AND WITHIN THE, THE, UM, THE DETECTION SYSTEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED.AND THEN FINDING OUT THAT THERE'S BEEN GROSS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION.
SO I, I THINK WHAT COUNCIL ASKED FOR WAS TRYING TO RESPOND TO, AND, AND I TALKED TO MANY OF THEM WHEN THEY WERE COMING UP WITH THESE DIRECTIVES, WAS TALKING TO THE INCREASED CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS AND ASKING US TO DO A LOT MORE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED AND WHAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO NEGOTIATE THAT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS IS, THIS IS HOW YOUR AIRPORT IS OPERATED FOR 25 YEARS.
IF WE WANT TO GO, IF, IF WE'RE DIRECTED, I'M STAFFED, WE WILL DO IT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, AND I THINK COUNCIL NEEDS, WE PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL AND HAVE THEM COME BACK WITH, UH, GREATER CLARIFICATION OF THEIR INTENTIONS.
UM, AND WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE NA OF THE NEIGHBORS.
GINA, I'LL, UM, WE'LL TAKE THIS BACK AND, AND, AND DEFINITELY DISCUSS AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UM, AND, UM, AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND, UM, TO SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE.
UM, UM, I, I HEAR THE CONCERNS AND THE EXPECTATION TO DO MORE.
UM, SO, UM, WE, WE WILL BRING IT BACK.
WE'LL DEFINITELY, UM, DISCUSS WITH OUR, WITH OUR LEADER IN, IN DETERMINING THOSE, THOSE NEXT STEPS ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXCEED THOSE, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS HERE.
AND WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR OPERATION AS WELL.
PLEASE, PLEASE, NO OFFENSE HERE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE REPORT.
WE WOULD ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON THE FINDINGS.
IF, IF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL FOUND SOMETHING, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE STEPS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE PLAN TO DO.
AND SO THIS IS RELEVANT FOR THE GROUNDWATER CONVERSATION.
SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS AUSTIN WATER UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SO THAT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE WEST SIDE OF 180 3.
WATER SUPPLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL AROUND.
THE AIRPORT IS FROM THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY.
SO THAT MEANS THE WATER COMES FROM LAKE TRAVIS AND NOBODY IS DRINKING GROUNDWATER ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.
SO THE WAY WE CAN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS WATER DATA, THAT IS FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, I HAVE SELECTED DOMESTIC WATER WELLS IN THE CRITERIA I HAVE SELECTED PUBLIC SUPPLY.
THE, THIS MAP WOULD SHOW US IF THERE ARE ANY DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER WELLS IN THIS AREA.
AND SO THERE ARE NO REGISTERED WELLS IN THIS AREA.
SO IN THEORY, GROUNDWATER IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR DRINKING IN THIS AREA.
ONE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A WEEK IN PLACE WHERE I DRILL TWO WELLS AND I NEVER REGISTERED 'EM.
I DIDN'T, I MEAN, THERE MAY BE A TIME THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE WHERE YOU REGISTER, BUT YOU, BUT IF WE HAVE, IF NO RECORDED EUGENE, WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE, WELL, THESE WERE DRILLED 50 YEARS AGO OR 40 YEARS AGO.
IF WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS USED TO BE A RURAL AREA THAT ARE LIVING IN WHAT WAS A RURAL COMMUNITY USING WELLS.
THAT, THAT ARE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE WATER SUPPLY BECAUSE WE'RE UNAWARE THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE DRINKING, DRINKING THAT WATER.
DON'T WE WANNA MONITOR THAT IF THERE'S ANY SEAT INTO, I JUST WANNA BRING THE WATER TABLE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE EUGENE, YOU'RE A SMART GUY.
THERE COULD BE SOME OLD WELLS.
THIS, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS AN OVERLAY AS WELL IN THEIR CODE.
IF THEY PROVIDE WATER TO YOU, YOU CANNOT DRINK, YOU CANNOT HAVE A WELL SUPPLYING WATER TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO THIS, THIS FIGURE ON THE LEFT HERE, WE COULD TURN ON ALL OF THEIR, ALL OF THEIR ACCOUNTS AS WELL.
AND SEE, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL LAYERS MAKING SURE THAT THESE FOLKS ANYWHERE AROUND THE AIRPORT ARE HAVING SAFE DRINKING WATER FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
BUT, BUT YOU'RE SAYING, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT EXEMPT US, EXEMPTS US FROM, I AM NOT FROM MONITORING ANY SEEPAGE INTO THE WATER TABLE.
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I'M SAYING IF THERE'S AN EVIDENCE, THIS IS MY, OKAY, YOU'RE GETTING 25 PLUS YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.I'M SAYING WE WOULD NEED A TRIGGER TO GO PUT A WELL IN IF CITY COUNCIL, THIS GROUP, OTHER FOLKS WANT US TO TEST IT, WE CAN DO THAT.
IT'S NOT, UH, OUT OF THE, IT'S, IT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY, BUT IT'S, UM, WE COULD DO THAT.
WE SHOULD BE, BE TAKING EXTRAORDINARY STEPS.
THESE PEOPLE TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
BUT I JUST WANT TO CONVEY TO EVERYONE THAT THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR FOLKS AROUND THE AIRPORT HAVE SAFE DRINKING WATER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO AIR MONITORING.
UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A PROTOCOL THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE, UH, THAT HAS A METHOD.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED SOMETHING THAT GIVES US DIRECTION ON HOW TO DO, HOW TO DO THE COLLECTION OF THE SAMPLES.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS METHOD, EPA METHOD 3 25.
THIS METHOD IS BEING APPLIED IN CORPUS CHRISTI AT THE REFINERY THAT MAKES THE JET FUEL.
SO THIS IS PROVEN, THIS IS TYPICALLY DONE AT REFINERIES AT LARGER EMISSION SOURCES THAN, THAN THIS TYPE OF FACILITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT WE'RE, WE HAVE PROTOCOLS TO FOLLOW AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA SET UP THE BASELINE MONITORING.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT FOR A MONTH AND, AND THE SUMMER.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN WHEN THE WINDS CHANGE, UH, IN THE WINTER SO WE CAN CATCH THE OTHER.
SO WE'LL HAVE NORTH FLOW AND SOUTH FLOW, UM, AND WE'LL DO THOSE FOR TWO, TWO CYCLES, UM, A MONTH EACH SUMMER AND WINTER.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THAT IN, OUR PARTNERS ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS.
THE LEVELS THAT ARE SET AND WE'RE FOLLOWING BETWEEN THE EPA AND THE T C Q ARE EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE.
MEANING THESE ARE BELOW THE NUMBERS THAT WE KNOW COULD CAUSE HEALTH EFFECTS.
SO THIS MEANS IF WE SEE NUMBERS EXCEEDING THIS, THE, THE CURRENT, THIS LEVELS FOR THIS EPA METHOD 3 25, THAT MEANS WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN ISSUE.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR, I HOPE, UM, WE WE'RE OPEN TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE, BUT, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THIS.
SO LET ME ASK YOU AND THIS DEAL, BANKER AND ME, CUZ PEOPLE WOULD SAY, LET ME BORROW MONEY AND MY DEBT COVERAGE RATIO IS NOT GONNA GET BELOW THIS.
AND NOW YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANY OF THIS.
SO WE JUST WROTE IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT, THIS'LL NEVER HAPPEN.
AND PEOPLE COME AND SAY, NO, NO, I DON'T WANNA SIGN THAT.
BUT, BUT WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE, THE DEVELOPERS OF THIS JET FUEL FARM SAYING WILL BE THE LEVEL OF, ARE WE, ARE WE MONITORING DOWN TO CONFIRM THAT IF IT EVER EXCEEDS THE EXPECTATIONS THEY GAVE US? WE'LL, KNOW THAT, WELL, I'M SORRY IF I MISSTATED THAT.
I'M SAYING THE LEVELS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE EPA AND THE T C Q.
SO WE HAVE SCREENING LEVELS THAT ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE, THAT ARE LOWER THAN THE LAW.
UM, THOSE ARE THE LEVELS WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW.
THEY'RE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN OUR REGULATORY AGENCIES CHAIR.
KANE, ARE THOSE, DO THOSE YELLOW CIRCLES INDICATE THE SITES WHERE YOU WILL BE MONITORING? YES MA'AM.
YOU DON'T HAVE, WELL, THE SECOND QUESTION IS UPWIND DOWNWIND, IT'S ONLY SITE SPECIFIC.
YOUR, THE MONITORING WILL NOT, I I HEARD YOU SAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, BUT THE MONITORING SOMETIMES IT, IT'S NOT ONSITE.
UM, THE, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT IS THE WIND DIRECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RUNWAY.
SO, UM, SCOTT, YOU'RE THE GUY NEXT TO YOU IS WAY BETTER THAN I.
SO, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING BOTH TYPES OF CONDITIONS.
SO WE WANT A NORTH FLOW CONDITION AND A SOUTH FLOW CONDITION.
WE DO GET SOME WEIRD WINDS LIKE THIS LAST WINDSTORM FROM, FROM THE WEST OR SOMETHING.
BUT THOSE ARE NOT, THOSE ARE UNUSUAL.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I, I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY QUESTION CUZ I, IF, IF WE'RE BEING TOLD BY THE DEVELOPERS THAT THERE WILL BE NO ERROR RELEASE, WILL WE KNOW IF THERE IS ANY, THERE IS A RELEASE.
WE'VE DOCUMENTED THAT IN THE AIR AUTHORIZATION.
SO THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS THERE, THERE ARE EMISSIONS COMING OUT.
THEY'RE BELOW THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS TO GET A PERMIT.
SO WE, SO WE HAVE TO JUST FOLLOW THIS AUTHORIZATION, RIGHT? IT'S 25 TONS.
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LESS THAN 25 TONS, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT DO WE ESTIMATE THE RELEASE WOULD BE? DO YOU REMEMBER? OVER A YEAR? UM, FOR THIS SITE IT'S ABOUT FIVE TO SIX TONS.AND WILL WE KNOW IF WE APPROACH OR EXCEED THAT NUMBER? WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT.
AND IF THIS, BUT IF WE SEE A PROBLEM WITH THIS SCREENING LEVEL THAT IS LOWER THAN THIS NUMBER I JUST GAVE YOU.
SO IF, IF WE'RE APPROACHING WHAT WAS PROMISED IN THE DESIGN, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW THAT? YES.
IF, IF WE EXCEED THESE NUMBERS OR GET CLOSE TO THEM, THIS IS AN ISSUE.
THAT'S WHAT I DON'T NEED TO, I THINK THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND AND, AND, AND WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE STEPPING UP TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE CONTROLS.
UM, THIS IS THE EXISTING, THIS IS A, A, A PICTURE OF THE EXISTING SITE.
THAT CONCRETE WALL IS THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM.
SO I JUST WANNA STATE THAT THE NEW SITE IS GONNA HAVE A VERY LARGE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S GONNA GONNA BE LINED.
UM, SO WE CAN HANDLE A, A FUEL RELEASE OF 2.5 MILLION GALLONS, RIGHT? THAT NUMBER'S THERE, CUZ I REQUESTED THAT FROM AN ENGINEER, NOT A GEOLOGIST.
AND SO, SO THAT, UM, SO WE GOT THOSE NUMBERS.
WE HAVE AN OFFLOADING RACK WHERE THE TRUCKS COME IN AND TRANSFER THE FUEL INTO THE TANKS.
SO THAT'S A LOCATION WHERE WE COULD HAVE A RELEASE.
SO WE HAVE A SPILL CONTAINMENT TANK, WHICH IS A CONCRETE PIT, UM, THAT HAS CONTROLS AND THAT IS 28,000 GALLONS.
AND SO IF WE, IF WE HAD A SPILL THERE, IT'S GONNA GO THERE.
WE HAVE, UH, A TYPICAL TANKER FOR EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT 8,000 GALLONS.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT EXCESSIVE CAPACITY IN THIS SPILL TANK.
UM, WE HAVE OIL, WATER SEPARATORS AFTER THE TANKS AND AFTER THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 GALLONS EACH.
SO IF WE MISS SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, WHATEVER, DID SOMETHING THAT OPENED THE VALVE THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO OPEN, WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER LAYER OF THIS 5,000 GALLONS THAT IT HAS TO FLOW THROUGH BEFORE IT GOES, UH, INTO THE UPPER WORKS OF A TRIBUTARY THAT GOES TO ONION CREEK.
SO, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTROLS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CITY'S, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
SO I, SO THIS SLIDE, WE KIND OF GOES OVER THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS. UM, NEXT SLIDE.
SO FIRE SUPPRESSION IS A BIG CONCERN.
EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED WITH THIS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WORKING THROUGH THE FIRE CODE, THERE'S NO NEGOTIATION.
YOU EITHER MEET THE FIRE CODE OR YOU DON'T GET A PERMIT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEGOTIATION.
SO THIS PLACE OR THIS FACILITY HAS A PERMIT, UH, ISSUED.
THIS SITE WILL HAVE, IT'S BONDED.
UM, IT'LL HAVE FOAM SUPPRESSION.
ANYTHING CATCHED ON FIRE FOAM IS GONNA SPRAY INTO IT.
IT'S GONNA PUT THE FIRE OUT, UM, DEFLECT HEAT SO IT DOESN'T GET TOO HOT.
UM, FA LIGHTNING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN AFD IS BACK OUT THERE EVERY THREE MONTHS DOING THIS INSPECTION.
AND THERE'LL BE AN ANNUAL, OR THERE'LL BE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ANNUAL OR NOT FOR THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO JUST THE LAST THING, LEAK DETECTION.
I THINK WE HAD A GOOD QUESTION ON THE INVENTORY.
WE HAVE HIGH LEVEL ALARMS OF THE TANK.
IF YOU EXCEED A CERTAIN LEVEL IN THAT TANK, EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN.
NO MORE FUEL CAN GO IN THE TANK.
NO MORE FUEL CAN LEAVE THE TANK.
UM, THERE'S OVERFILL PROTECTION WHERE IF IT STARTS TO OVERFILL THAT, UH, THAT THAT SYSTEM FAILED.
PLUGS JUST CLOSE EVERYTHING OFF.
NO, NO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NO GOVERNMENT WORKERS JUST SLAM IT SHUT.
UH, WE WE'RE GONNA DO PRESSURE TESTING OF THE LINES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT LEAKING.
UM, THAT'LL BE PERIODICALLY DONE, TYPICALLY ANNUALLY.
INTEGRITY TESTING, CATHARTIC PROTECTION.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, PUT A CURRENT INTO THE PIPING SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THE UNDERGROUND PIPING DOESN'T CORRODE.
SO THESE ARE ALL VERY HIGH TECH SYSTEMS, UH, FOLKS DESIGNING THEM FAR SMARTER THAN I.
SO, UM, VISUAL INSPECTIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA OCCUR.
SO THAT EPA REGISTER PLAN IS A REAL THING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SPILL THAT OTHER PLAN IS THE SPILL CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURES PLAN THAT'S GONNA BE CERTIFIED BY AN ENGINEER THAT'LL BE EVALUATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT UP ON, UH, MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS UPDATED,
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LOTS OF ONSITE SPILL SUPPLIES.WE HAVE OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AT YOUR AIRPORT.
SO RF IS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND.
AFD HAZMAT IS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND, AND THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED THROUGH THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTOR AVAILABLE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, AND THEN THE PICTURES HERE, THAT'S THE LINER.
THAT TOP PICTURE IS THE BLACK, IS A, UM, PLASTIC LINER THAT IS A, THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, UH, UNDERNEATH THE ROCK.
SO NO FUEL CAN GET THROUGH THAT, ONLY IF THERE'S A TEAR OR A LEAK.
AND THEN THE TANKER OFFLOADING RACK, AS WE KIND OF DISCUSSED WITH THE SPILL RESPONSE OR OUR RELEASE ISSUE WITH THE SPILL TANK, YOU CAN SEE THE DRAIN THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TANK.
AND THAT, UM, THAT WOULD GO TO THAT 20,000, 28,000 GALLON SPILL TANK WHERE WE COULD RECOVER THE FUEL QUICKLY AND SAFELY.
SO LET ME, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE AND, UH, ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS, ANY ONLINE.
LET ME, LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION.
UH, AND I DON'T GET EXHAUSTED ON THIS CAUSE I THINK IT'D BE A PRETTY LONG LIST.
BUT THE OLD FACILITY WAS BUILT 20 PLUS YEARS AGO.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE UPGRADING TO A, A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY HERE IN 20 23, 24, 25, WHENEVER
UH, BUT WHAT ARE THE, KIND OF LIKE THE TOP THREE ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND, AND OR JUST PLAIN SAFETY FROM THAT 22,000 FACILITY TO NOW? WELL, I THINK, UM, THE SPILL TANK'S A DIFFERENT DESIGN THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO MAINTAIN AND ACCESS.
UH, THE CURRENT SYSTEM TODAY IS UNDERGROUND, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE.
UM, SO THEY DECIDED TO HAVE THAT SYSTEM ABOVE GROUND SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS IT AND MAINTAIN IT MUCH EASIER.
UM, WHAT'S GONNA REALLY CHANGE IS THIS TRANSFER LINE THAT'S FROM THE TWO FACILITIES.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS PRESSURE TESTING, UM, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ANNUALLY.
THAT'S NOT DONE TODAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, I THINK REALLY BEYOND, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER ON THE AMOUNT OF INVENTORY CONTROL AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT SYSTEM IS BEING UPDATED.
SO, UM, WE CAN GET MORE, THOSE GUYS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE CONTROLS THEY HAVE.
UM, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE, IF YOU, IF I WERE TO DO QUICK THREE FOR YOU, I THINK THOSE ARE THREE.
FOLLOWING UP ON CHAD'S LOGIC, HOW MUCH CLOSER ARE THESE TANKS TO THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, UM, THAT ARE LIVING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY? WELL, THE, THE WEST TANK FARM ARE WEST TANK, UH, FUEL, FUEL STORAGE FACILITY IS, UH, I THINK, I THINK, ARE WE AT 800 FEET? I THINK ON THE, FOR THE SOUTHERN ONE? I THINK WE'RE AT 800 FEET, DAVID.
FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY TO THE NEAREST PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY TO THE HOUSE IN THE, THE, NOW THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE NEW.
AND WHAT WAS IT BEFORE? TODAY IT'S PROBABLY 20 BETWEEN 23 AND 2,500 FEET.
SO WE'RE SHORTENING THAT BY THE TWO THIRDS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S MOVE ON AND THANK YOU.
AND THAT SQUEEZES US FOR THE REST OF THE AGENDA SINCE WE HAVE TO BE OUTTA HERE AT AT FIVE.
[4. Resignation of Jacqueline Yaft as AUS CEO and the Appointment of Jim Smith as AUS Interim CEO.]
TRACY, YOU WANNA TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR? I WILL, UM, ATTACHED AS PAGE 47, UM, POSTED IS THE PRESS RELEASE THAT BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, ANNOUNCING THE RESIGNATION OF JACKIE YFT AS THE U A U S CEO AND THE APPOINTMENT OF JIM SMITH AS OUR INTERIM CEO.AND THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE REGARDING THAT.
BUT WE WANTED TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
AND, UH, WE OF COURSE INVITED, UH, JIM TO WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO OPENED, UH, AUSTIN BERGSTROM AND HAD RETIRED, UM, MS. COMEBACK AT THE REQUEST OF JESUS, UM, ON AN INTERIM BASIS.
WE INVITED HIM TO JOIN US TODAY, BUT THERE'S A DIRECTOR'S MEETING THAT IS CONFLICTING AND WE WILL LOOK AT HIS SCHEDULE, OTHERS WILL LOOK AT HIS SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE TIMES.
UH, LET'S DO AN UPDATE ON THE RUNWAY INCURSION.
UM, WE, UH, POSTED AS LATE BACKUP, THE PRELIMINARY REPORT THAT WAS, UH, ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM THAT, UH, WANNA HARD COPY, WE HAVE HARD COPIES AS WELL.
SO RATHER THAN READ THE REPORT, CUZ YOU CAN ALL READ THE REPORT, JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY THAT OF COURSE, SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ALL AIRPORTS, AND THE AUSTIN AIRPORT IS NO EXCEPTION.
SO OUR AIRPORT AIRFIELD OPERATIONS TEAM AND OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE ENGAGED, UM, IN AGGRESSIVELY
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SUPPORTING THE VARIOUS, UH, FEDERAL AGENCIES AND EXPEDITIONS FOR VIEW OF THIS INCIDENT AND SUPPORTING THEM IN EVERY WAY.THE PRIMARY FEDERAL AGENCIES, UM, FOR THIS INVESTIGATION ARE THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.
SO, UM, ON MARCH 2ND, 2023, THEY ISSUED THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BASED UPON, UH, THESE TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS, IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T, BUT IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR TO ACTUALLY ISSUE THE FINAL REPORT, UM, FROM THIS, FROM THESE AGENCIES.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT, UM, THAT WE CAN REPORT AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BRING IT BACK TO THIS, TO THIS, UH, COMMISSION AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
I WANT TO JUST GO ON RECORD EXPRESSING MY CONCERN ABOUT, UM, AND, AND WE NEED CONFIRMATION THAT THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND, UM, PERSONNEL AND AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, HAVE KEPT UP WITH THE INCREASED FLIGHTS COMING IN AND OUT OF, OF AUSTIN BERKAM.
WE'VE GOT, WE'RE UP LIKE 35% AND I KNOW EVERYONE HAS RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.
UM, WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THESE INCIDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, OR IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE.
I DON'T HAVE THE DATA ON THAT.
UM, BUT I, I HOPE THAT, UM, AUSTIN WILL WORK WITH THE F FAA TO CONFIRM THAT OUR INCREASED TRAFFIC ISN'T DILUTING OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS OR THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR SAFETY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO ON THE WAITING LIST FOR THE GROUND SAFETY, THE NEW GROUND SAFETY SYSTEM.
UM, IT SEEMS THAT OTHER AIRPORTS SMALLER THAN US HAVE, HAVE BUMPED US IN THE DEVELOP IN THE ACQUISITION OF THIS.
AND IT WOULD BE, UM, WHEN I ASKED, OR ACTUALLY WHEN RAYMOND ASKED, UM, OUR, UH, THE PREVIOUS CEO, UM, SHE WAS UNAWARE OF THE STATUS.
AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING THESE FEDERAL RESOURCES TO ENSURE SAFETY TO AUSTIN MERCHANT.
I WILL QU SORRY, I WILL, SORRY.
I WILL, UM, FOLLOW UP WITH OUR AIRFIELD OPS TEAM AND, AND SEE IF I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON
[6. Journey with AUS (AUS Capital Improvement Program) presented by Somer Shindler, Chief Development Officer.]
TO THE PRESENTATION OF, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SUMMER.YEAH, LYNN'S GOING TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE ACTIVE PROJECTS.
AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, WE'RE JUST GONNA FOCUS ON OUR DEMO PROJECT AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING UP, UM, NEXT MONTH AS YOU PULL, AS HE PULLS UP THE PRESENTATION, YOU DO HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET.
SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN THERE.
SO, UH, FOR THE ONES THAT I DON'T GO OVER, YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GET WITH, UH, UH, THROUGH AMY AND SHE CAN GET WITH ME ON THOSE, UH, QUESTIONS.
SO NEXT, NEXT, THAT'S THE MAP.
THIS ONE IS, UM, WE'LL SKIP THAT ONE.
THAT'S THE AIRFIELD ONE THAT'S STILL UNDER, UM, DESIGN AND P E R.
SO THIS IS THE DEMO ONE THAT, UM, SCOTT WAS ASKING, UH, COMMISSIONER SCOTT WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT.
AND THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT Y'ALL JUST, UH, APPROVED TO GO TO COUNCIL TO GET THE DEMO CONTRACTORS.
ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE THERE IN COLOR.
THE COLOR CODING SHOWS THE PHASING OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT DEMOING, AND IT'S A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION IN, UM, IN THE CONSTRUCTION DECONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND, UM, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO PARTIALLY FEDERALLY FUNDED.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS NOW.
AND WHEN, UH, WE SUBMIT THAT WE'LL KNOW FROM THE EARMARK HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY GET NEXT.
SO THIS IS THE WESTGATE EXPANSION PROJECT.
UM, WE PLAN TO BRING A VERY LARGE, UM, PRESENTATION, OR I SHOULD SAY A COMPLETE A, A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION TO Y'ALL NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THIS AND THE PHASING OF IT.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME G SOME PRICING THAT WE GOT BACK, WHAT WE CALL GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICING.
WE'RE REVIEWING ALL THOSE PRICING RIGHT NOW AND VALIDATING THAT PRICING.
SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO Y'ALL WITH WHAT THOSE PRICES ARE NEXT MONTH AND GIVE YOU SORT OF A FULL PRESENTATION ON THAT AND THE DESIGN.
UM, AND WE PLAN TO GO TO COUNCIL, UM, APRIL 20TH WITH THAT PRICING, UH, ON THIS, UH, EXPANSION PRO PROJECT NEXT.
UM, I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY SHOW YOU THIS ONE.
THIS IS A BAGGAGE HAILING PROJECT.
IT IS UNDER, UM, CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
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CAN I ASK A QUESTION PLEASE? YEAH, PUT YOUR MIC, CERTAINLY.UH, IS THIS PROJECT GONNA NARROW THE SPACE ON THE RAMP THAT IS TO THE EAST OF THE TERMINAL? YES.
OKAY, WE'LL GO DOWN TO ONE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ONE TAXI LANE? YES.
AND IS THE, IS OUR, UH, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FAMILIAR WITH THAT? AND IS THERE A SOLUTION RELATIVE TO CON TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFLICT AND TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE, UH, UH, ALLEY TO THE SOUTH OF THE, THE TERMINAL? YES, AND WE'VE LOOKED AT ALSO, UM, SITE STUDIES AS WELL FROM THE TOWER TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH THE AIRLINES THAT SORT OF LIVE AT THAT END OF THE TERMINAL AND WORKING ON A PLAN WITH OPERATIONS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SAFE, SAFE.
AND WE'VE ALSO TAKEN OUT THE RON SPOTS OVER THERE, SO NO ONE WILL BE PARKING OVERNIGHT OVER THERE, THERE ANYMORE.
AND SO THAT GIVES A LOT MORE OF THE SPACE BACK.
UM, SO YES, THIS WAS THE BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY TOUCH BASE TO SHOW YOU THAT WE ARE BUILDING, UM, BEAUTIFUL NEW SAFE, UM, BAGGAGE SYSTEMS WITH PLENTY OF SPACE, UM, TO MOVE AROUND AND NOT HAVE THE MAINTENANCE SKIES HAVE TO CROUCH AROUND AND GET TO THE BELTS.
UM, SO THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY.
LIKE I SAID, IF THEY PLEASE, UM, CONTINUE TO PERUSE THROUGH THE, THE PACKET PI.
OTHER QUESTIONS, LET AMY KNOW.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, DO YOU WANNA, EUGENE, DO YOU WANNA HAVE JUST TO GO OVER THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES? I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW A LITTLE, UH, YES, PLEASE.
UM, SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN REEVALUATING, UM, THE, UM, DESIGN PARAMETERS.
UM, THE DESIGN DAY FLIGHT SCHEDULE IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE CALL IT D DFS, UM, AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE RAPID GROWTH, THE, THE ALMOST EXPLOSIVE GROWTH ALMOST, UM, THAT HAPPENED IN 2022, UM, THAT, THAT GROWTH CHANGED OUR FORECAST.
SO THE FORECAST THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO SEE IN 2028, WE ARE ACTUALLY HITTING IT THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT MEANS, AND YOU CAN ALL FILL IT WHEN YOU FLY THROUGH THE AIRPORT, THAT ALL THE PROCESSING UNITS HAVE ALREADY HIT THEIR CAPACITY.
SO THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF BEING ABLE TO, UH, BUILD OUT THE BUMP OUT OF THE NEW RIVALS DEPARTURE HALL, WE HAVE TO RE-LOOK AT, UM, SOME IMMEDIATE PROJECTS TO DO TO PROVIDE THAT RELIEF.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, SO OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN, UM, A LOT ON THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL OPTIMIZATION.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD, UM, SOME SCOPE ON CURRENT CONTRACTS AND WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, LIKE THE, THE BAGGAGE HANDLING PROJECT HAD STRUCTURE IN IT.
SO WE, UM, WERE ABLE TO ADD MORE SCOPE IN THERE TO ADD, UM, UH, MORE FLOOR PLATE TO ADD MORE CHECKPOINTS IN THERE.
AND WE ARE NOW EVALUATING OTHER PLACES, UM, IN THE, IN THE TERMINAL TO ADD MORE QUEUING SPACES, MORE CHECKPOINT AND EVEN ON THE EAST CHECKPOINT, UM, EVALUATE THAT LAYOUT AS WELL.
UM, THE NEW FORECAST SHOWS A GREATER NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL GATES, NOT ONLY FOR THE PROCESSING, UM, UM, THAT WE SEE THAT IF YOU'VE FLOWN IN AND GET PROCESSED, YOU MAY BE WAITING.
NOW THERE IS A NEED, UM, AS WELL TO, UM, TO, UM, BRING UP THE FIS INTO, UM, FUTURE CONSTRUCTION EARLIER AND GIVE US MORE INTERNATIONAL AND WIDE BODY GATES.
SO THESE WERE THINGS THAT GOT PULLED SEVERAL YEARS, UH, AHEAD AND ALSO HAD TO SAY THAT WE HAD TO REEVALUATE, REEVALUATE OUR OPTIMIZATION.
SO IT WAS, UM, WE DID HAVE ELEMENTS IN THERE.
IT IS CONSIDERED LIGHT COMPARED TO WHAT WE NEED NOW.
SO TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT RELIEF TO, UM, FOR OUR PASSENGERS WHILE WE BUILD A, UM, NEW ARRIVALS DEPARTURE HALL, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH, UM, THE, THAT WE WILL BE NEEDING 20 GATES IMMEDIATELY.
SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED 10 PLUS, BUT WE NOW NEED 20.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SEQUENCING OF HOW WE START TO TURN ON TURNOVER THESE GATES IN A PHASED WAY, SO WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE ENTIRE TERMINAL, UM, CONCOURSE IS DONE, UM, AS WELL.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INTERMITTENT GETTING THOSE GATES STARTING PHASING OF INTERNATIONAL GATES.
SO THAT'S BEEN UNDER EVALUATION, UM, A LOT OF WORK, UM, TO KIND OF RECONFIGURE THOSE THINGS.
SO THINGS THAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US OVER THE NEXT MONTH IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON VERY HIGH LEVEL ROMS ARE ROUGH ORDER MAGNITUDES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INITIAL SCHEDULES OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK
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LIKE WHEN, UM, AS WELL AS THE SEQUENCING OF THAT WORK.UM, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT, UM, THOSE INITIAL THINGS DEFINED BY MID-APRIL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR PROCUREMENT PACKAGES WORKING THROUGH THE SUMMER ON PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENTS PER WITH PROCUREMENT PACKAGES OUT BY NEXT DECEMBER THROUGH APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING NEW GOVERNANCE AND PROJECT CONTROLS SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT SORT OF OVERSIGHT OF, UH, A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR, UM, PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING UNDERGOING FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
UM, WE'RE SETTING OUR DESIGN, OUR SUSTAINABILITY G UM, GOALS AND AS ALSO REEVALUATING DESIGN STANDARDS.
WHEN YOU DO ALL OF THIS WORK, YOU'LL HAVE MULTIPLE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FIRMS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TERMINAL AND CONCOURSE LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN DESIGNED BY ONE HAND AND NOT BY MANY.
UH, WE ARE ALSO BY APRIL, WE'LL HAVE AN OUTLINE ON OUR SM B R STRATEGY FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THAT FINALIZED IN OCTOBER.
SO A LOT OF WORK, WE'RE HOPING TO GIVE YOU A BIGGER UPDATE IN APRIL TO, UM, IT'S EVEN MORE WORK OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS THAT WE'RE PULLING EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO GIVE, TO GIVE YOU GUYS AND, UM, THE, UM, PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR INDUSTRY PRODUCT HONORS MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S COMING.
WE GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE IS, UM, THE RCA AND CONTRACT FORECAST.
UM, THIS MONTH WE HAVE OUR DEMO CONTRACT GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT, UM, TWO CONTRACTS, UM, SOME CONTRACT EXTENSIONS, OUR MASTER A AND E H AND TB.
UM, THAT CONTRACT IS, UM, WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, PROCURED FOR 50 MILLION.
I THINK WE GOT AUTHORIZATION FOR 25.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FULL SCHEDULE OUTLINED OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS, UM, THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO FORECAST, UM, THE ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION, UM, FOR THAT CONTRACT.
UM, WE'LL ALSO COME BACK, UM, FOR THE WESTGATE EXPANSION FOR AN EXTENSION ON THAT.
UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT SCOPE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO ACCOMMODATE MORE GROWTH AND SOME FACILITIES, UM, THAT, UM, THE AIRPORT IS LACKING IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, PLAY AREAS FROM NEW RESTROOMS, SENSORY ROOM, UM, THOSE ELEMENTS, UM, ARE ALSO IN, UM, CONSIDERATION ARE ALL, THEY'RE NOT IN CONSIDERATION, THEY'RE IN DESIGN AND IN THE BUDGET OF, UM, OF THAT SCOPE.
SO WE'LL BE REVIEWING THAT WITH YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, ALL OF THOSE, UM, ITEMS IN YELLOW.
WE'LL START TO ESTABLISH THOSE DATES BY MID-APRIL AND WE'LL BE TRACKING FOR THOSE PROCUREMENTS TOWARD, AND IT, LIKE I SAID, TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR TO THE BEGINNING OF, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF NEXT, UM, THESE CONTRACTS ARE LARGE IN SIZE, SO WE HAVE TO GIVE, UM, ADEQUATE TIME FOR OUR PARTNERS TO, UM, PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER, UM, AND, UM, ALSO MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS ON THEIR MARKETING TO GO AFTER OUR RFPS.
FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT OUR INDUSTRY DAY.
UM, THIS INDUSTRY DAY IS FOCUSED ON THE A E D P AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES.
UM, THIS IS A, WE MUST PRE-REGISTER.
UM, FOR, FOR THIS, UH, EVENT RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD 300 PARTICIPANTS ALREADY REGISTER.
UM, WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE EXPANSION PROGRAM, CONCOURSE DESIGN, UM, TUNNEL, UM, THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT, THE ELEMENTS OF THE OPTIMIZATION, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, UM, AS NEEDED, THE ARRIVALS, DEPARTURE HALL, ROADWAYS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
WE'LL GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS THAT WE HAVE.
WE'LL ALSO GO OVER DELIVERY METHODS AND, UM, OUR SBR STRATEGY AND WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS, UM, FOR PRIMES TO MENTOR, UM, THE, THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, SO YOU CAN GO FROM FLY AUSTIN TO DOING BUSINESS WITH A U S, UM, RIGHT UNDERNEATH.
UM, SO TWO CLICKS ON THE, THE WEBSITE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR THIS.
UM, WE ALSO INVITED, I BELIEVE THE INVITE WENT TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO COME DURING NETWORKING HOUR FROM FOUR TO FIVE WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND ATTEND WITH, UM, THE EVENT.
I'M GONNA, UM, SINCE THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE, OH, HE'S BACK.
WE'RE UP TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, STATUS OF THE LITIGATION PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO THE CONCESSION AND LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTH TERMINAL FACILITY.
YES, I THINK YOU HAVE SCOTT ASKING A QUESTION.
MIGUEL, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE LAST PRESENTATION.
I THINK YOU'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.
I THINK THIS GIVES US A A LOT BETTER VIEW ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD.
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AND IT MAY NOT EVEN BE POSSIBLE.CAN YOU BUILD ME A GRAPH THAT SAYS, HERE'S WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS ARE RELATIVE TO HOW MANY PASSENGERS ARE GOING GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THE TERMINAL, UH, IN THE FUTURE VERSUS MM-HMM.
I, WHEN I, I HAVE THE DATA AND I, UM, WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COMMUNICATE IT IN THAT WAY.
THE, THE CAPACITY, UM, THAT WE MEASURE BASED OFF OF, UM, I OTA STANDARDS OR INDUSTRY STANDARDS GO FROM OPTIMUM TO LIKE SUB OPTIMUM.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN TODAY'S STANDARDS THAT WE ARE WELL BELOW CAPACITY AND IT WILL TAKE, UM, MANY, MANY YEARS FOR US TO DO THAT.
IT WILL ALMOST BE LIKE I'M ENVISIONING, LIKE PLATEAUS AS I BRING THINGS ON, UM, TO START TO GET ABOVE THE FORECAST.
I GUESS MY OVERALL VISION IS WE ARE REALLY BEHIND.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR US TO CATCH UP.
AND IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE KIND OF A SPEEDOMETER TO SEE ALL THAT HAPPENING.
WELL, AND WITHIN THE CONTEXT THAT WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY OR THAT, THAT OUR, OUR GROWTH IS THE FASTEST IN THE COUNTRY, OR HAD CERTAINLY HAD BEEN.
THAT'S A, AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, SCOTT.
I WAS GONNA ADD ON, I I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ALMOST EVERY PASSENGER THAT COMES DOWN THE EXCAVATOR WHEN I'M ON DUTY AS, UH, PETER AND GREETER, UH, I EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT I, I THINK WHAT THAT, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP ME IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE DOING AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE DEGREE OF URGENCY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO PLACE ON ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT AS BEING BRIEFED, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
UM, IT'S NOT ONLY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE THE DIMENSION BY WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRAINT, BUT IS ALSO THE, THE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL IS THE ACHILLES HILL RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND IT MAY NOT BE, IT IS JUST WHAT I WORRY ABOUT AT NIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CREATE THAT, THAT GRAPH IS, WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE CONTAINED ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR THROUGH FAA OR WHATEVER THE OTHER RESOURCE PROVIDERS ARE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, QUANTIFY THAT CAPACITY.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT AIRSPACE CONSTRAINED, AND WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY ON THE OPERATION AND RUNWAY SIDE THAT THE, THE, IT GOES TO THE SAFETY SIDE OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S MAINTAINED AND THAT WE HAVE A FOCUS, THAT WE HAVE A SAFE, UH, HAIR FILLED, RIGHT? UM, THE, IT'S THE TERMINAL IN THE CONCOURSE, THE GATES AND THE PROCESSING UNITS, UM, TICKET COUNTERS AND CHECKPOINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUTTA CAPACITY.
UM, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, WE'LL SHOW YOU IN THE, IN A FORECAST AND WE CAN SHOW YOU WHEN, OKAY, WHEN THIS PROJECT GOES ON, WE'RE GOOD.
BUT WE CAN ALSO SHOW WHEN WE START TO REACH CAPACITY IN OUR AIRFIELD WITH CERTAIN ELEMENTS WE MAY TRIGGER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RUNWAY OR RUNWAY EXTENSION OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UM, WE DO DO PAVEMENT EVALUATIONS, UM, EVERY THREE YEARS FROM THERE.
THAT DICTATES OUR, UM, AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE WORK ON THE FAA.
UM, SO, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO KEEP A SAFE AIRFIELD.
UM, SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, AND THAT HAS TO BE OUR PRIORITY.
NUMBER ONE IS, IS AIR SAFETY, RIGHT? UM, THE FOCUS WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS THE TERMINAL, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HITTING CAPACITY, BUT WE DO HAVE A FOCUS ON THE SAFETY ELEMENTS OF OUR, OF OUR PAVEMENT.
UM, AND SINCE I, WE ROLLED BACK A LITTLE BIT, UH, JUST LANE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES WHEN I, WHEN I COME IN, I'M WATCHING PARTICULARLY ELDERLY, UM, FOLKS, UM, GETTING OFF THE FLIGHT AND LIKE WHEN WE CLOSED THE EXIT TO REMOVE, REMOVE
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THAT SYSTEM, THE CAB LANES.YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE EAST SIDE AND, AND JUST EXTENDING, I MEAN, YOU SEE SOME FOLKS REALLY GETTING EXHAUSTED COMING FROM GATE ONE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES READILY AVAILABLE FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED.
CERTAINLY IF SOMEONE KNOWS THEY NEED A WHEELCHAIR, WE TEND TO PROVIDE THAT MM-HMM.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? AND THEN, THEN WHEN I CAME IN THE OTHER NIGHT, IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND NOBODY WAS ATTENDING IT.
SO JUST, I HOPE THAT WE WILL PUT MORE RESOURCES TOWARD, UM, UH, MANAGING THE EXPERIENCE FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED, BEING MORE, DEFINITELY MORE THOUGHTFUL IN THE WAY THAT WE CONSTRUCT WITH HOW WE FACE THE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, UM, UNIVERSAL, UH, DESIGN IS NOT JUST ON THE END DESIGN, BUT IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE WE ARE INCLUSIVE, UM, DURING THAT PHASING AND UNDERSTAND, UM, UM, THAT HOW ALL PASSENGERS ARE, ARE COMMUNICATED WITH AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY ALLOWANCES WHEN WE DECIDED TO CLOSE THAT THE EAST EXIT.
WE, WE JUST SAID, I MEAN, WE JUST EXTERNALIZED THAT COST ONTO THE, ONTO THE PASSENGERS WITHOUT LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
IF WE COULD TRY TO DO BETTER AT THAT, WE WILL DO BETTER.
IF I GOTTA HAVE ONE WITH ONE THING, JONATHAN.
SCOTT AND JONATHAN FIRST GO, GO SCOTT AND THEN JONATHAN.
WHAT, WHAT, UH, AND I, I'VE TALKED THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK THE TERMINAL IN ITS TEMPLE, UH, NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF STUFF THAT JUST HAPPENS, LIKE AN ESCALATOR GOES DOWN OR AN ELEVATOR DOESN'T WORK.
UH, THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, BUT, BUT IT'S NECESSARY TO GET THE WORD OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THE ESCALATOR ON THE WEST SIDE IS OUTTA BOTH ESCALATORS ON THE WEST SIDE TO THE BAGGAGE CLAIM ARE, ARE DOWN.
AND THAT MAKES US, IT MAKES US LOOK BAD WHEN WE DIRECT PASSENGERS TO GO TO THE PARKING GARAGE AND GO UP ON THE ELEVATOR TO THE THIRD FLOOR TO, TO GET TO, TO, UH, UM, UH, RENTAL CAR WHEN THAT ELEVATOR IS DOWN.
AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THE BUSINESS OF THE TERMINAL AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE, WE OUGHT TO HAVE, WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT, START LOOKING AT A SYSTEM THAT SAYS, OKAY, I NEED TO NOTIFY THESE PEOPLE NOW, NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO FIX IT, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE TRYING TO DIRECT PASSENGERS ON HOW TO GET SOMEPLACE THAT NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN TRANSMIT THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY TO THE, THE FOLKS THAT CAN POINT FINGERS AND TELL PEOPLE WHERE TO GO.
UM, JONATHAN? YEAH, MY, MY QUESTION WAS ON, UH, I GUESS PAGE SEVEN TO THREE OF THE, OF THE PACKET.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING, UH, SOME OF THIS HAPPEN ALREADY.
UH, UH, AIRLINES INCREASING SIZE OF AIRCRAFT, THE AIR CANADA FLIGHT'S, A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM 76 SEATS TO 137, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAME FLIGHT AND THEN HANZA INCREASED BY 39 FEETS ON ONE OF THEIR FLIGHTS.
I JUST WONDER LIKE, IS THAT, IS THAT ANYTHING WE ARE CURRENTLY ENCOURAGING? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO ENCOURAGE IT? UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS LIKE THE HAWAII FLIGHT SWITCHING TO OVERNIGHT, IT WAS ARRIVING AT LIKE 10:00 PM SO IT WAS TOO LATE FOR ANYBODY TO CONNECT.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT 20% NUMBER FLIGHTS LIKE THAT WHEN THEY SWITCH TO OVERNIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE NOW ARRIVING AT, I DON'T KNOW, SIX IN THE MORNING OR WHENEVER IT'LL COME IN, NOW THEY'VE GOT TONS OF FLIGHTS THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO CONNECT.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT 20% NUMBER GO UP.
AND ISN'T THAT ALSO KIND OF EFFICIENT FOR US TO HAVE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING TRAFFIC, ISN'T THAT BETTER THAN, UH, SORT OF JUST A REGULAR, REGULAR, YOU KNOW, SEAT LEAVING TO HAVE SOMEBODY CONNECT THROUGH THE AIRPORT? IS THAT A MOOKY QUESTION OR BOTH? BOTH.
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JONATHAN, WE DO ENCOURAGE, UM, UP GAUGING OF AIRCRAFT AS, AS WE ARE SEEING OUR GATE UTILIZATION GROW.UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A RECENT, UM, AIRLINE AWARDS, UM, EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN PHOENIX AND AMERICAN AIRLINES OF ALL AIRLINES RECEIVED A, AN AWARD FOR AUSTIN BERGSTROM TURNING 10.4, 10.4 TURNS PER GATE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEEING A VERY HIGH UTILIZATION OF OUR GATES.
UM, AND SO THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF THAT IS UP GAUGING OF AIRCRAFT SIZE, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD FROM DIFFERENT AIRLINES.
AND THEN, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE CHANGING OF SCHEDULES IS, IS CONSTANTLY HAPPENING TO HIT THE RIGHT CONNECTION POINTS, UM, OUTBOUND INBOUND.
UM, AND I THINK OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR CONNECTING TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL BECAUSE IT INCREASES OUR DWELL TIME OF OUR CUSTOMERS, AND WHEN THE CUSTOMERS ARE IN OUR TERMINALS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, THEY GENERATE NON AIRLINE REVENUE, UH, WHICH IS, IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
YEAH, I JUST WONDERED, I'D READ SOMEWHERE AND YOU TELL ME IF YOU THINK IF THIS WAS IN INCORRECT, THAT I THINK IT WAS IN INDIA, THERE WERE ACTUALLY LIKE FLIGHTS OF ONLY 150 OR 200 MILES THAT ARE USING DREAMLINERS, LIKE 250, 300 PASSENGER AIRCRAFT FOR LIKE RELATIVELY SHORT FLIGHTS.
UM, I THINK, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, SOME OF THE MAINLINE CARRIERS IN THE US WERE FLYING WIDE BODY AIRCRAFT BETWEEN HUBS, UH, SPECIFICALLY AMERICAN WAS DOING BETWEEN PHOENIX AND DFW.
BUT, UM, THAT WAS AS A RESULT OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE NOT BEING THERE OR THE TRAFFIC NOT BEING THERE.
UM, HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MORE RECENTLY, BUT, UM, UH, IT IS A TREND WHEN THE, THE PASSENGER FAIR STRUCTURE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF METAL BETWEEN SHORT TERM MARKETS, IT DOES HAPPEN.
I'M GONNA, I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, TO LEAN IN AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AT ALL TO SWITCH TO LARGER AIRCRAFT ON THE ROUTES WE ALREADY HAVE.
I, I, I'LL, UM, I'LL HAVE JAMIE KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
I'M GONNA MOVE US ON BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE GOT NINE MINUTES LEFT BEFORE WE'RE SENT OFF THE AIR.
[7. Status of litigation proceedings related to the Concession and Lease Agreement for the South Terminal facility.]
YOU WANT TO BRING US UP ON STATUS OF LITIGATION PROCEDURES? THANK YOU.THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA, AND IT IS A STAFF BRIEFING.
AND I, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, THROUGH VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE MEDIA.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING A BRIEF UPDATE TO THE COMMISSIONERS HERE.
SO THIS IS ON THE CONCESSION LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTH TERMINAL FACILITY.
THERE ARE TWO LAWSUITS THAT ARE PENDING.
THERE'S A STATE COURT EMINENT DOMAIN CASE.
IT WAS FILED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THE PARTIES CONDUCTED A SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S HEARING IN EARLY FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY, 2023.
THE HEARING, THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING WAS TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL LEASEHOLD INTEREST.
LONE STAR REQUESTED 318 MILLION, AND THE CITY ADVOCATED FOR 1.9 MILLION.
THE COMMISSIONERS HEARD THE ARGUMENTS RELATED TO BOTH APPRAISED VALUATIONS AND MADE AN AWARD OF 90 MILLION.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE OBJECTED TO THE AWARD AND EACH HAVE FILED AN APPEAL AS A RESULT OF THE APPEAL FILINGS.
THE CASE WILL SOON BE PUT ON THE SCHEDULE TO GO TO TRIAL, AND IT, UNLESS IT HAPPENED TODAY, IT WILL PROBABLY RESULT, UM, IN A CALENDAR, UH, 2024 TRIAL SETTING.
I DON'T HAVE THE DATE FOR THAT YET.
IT WAS FILED BY LONE STAR AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC.
UM, IN THAT PROCEEDING TO DATE, THE JUDGE HAS DISMISSED FIVE OF THE SIX CLAIMS FOUGHT BY LONE STAR AND ALSO DENIED AN INJUNCTION REQUESTED BY LONE STAR, PRIMARILY TO HALT THE AIRPORT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FROM PROCEEDING WITHOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION.
SO THE CLAIMS THAT REMAIN IN FEDERAL COURT PERTAIN TO THE, UH, ALLEGED BREACHES OF CONTRACT.
THE PARTIES ARE ENGAGED IN THE DISCOVERY PROCESS IN THIS TRIAL, AND HAVE AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, WHICH WILL LIKELY IN, UH, OCCUR IN THE NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY IN APRIL, BUT POSSIBLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THIS CASE HAS A MAY 13TH, 2024.
THIS IS NEXT YEAR, UH, JURY TRIAL SETTING.
AND THAT IS THE UPDATE ON THE, UH, STATUS OF THE LITIGATION.
AND COMMISSIONERS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN PUT OUT THERE.
[8. Overview of the Outdoor Public Area of the Barbara Jordan Terminal presented by Mookie Patel, Chief Business and Finance Officer.]
OVERVIEW AT OUTDOOR PUBLIC AREA AT THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL.CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? UH, YES.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M THE, THE CHIEF OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE.
SO PART OF MY ROLE, UM, AND MY TEAM'S ROLE IS TO CONSTANTLY LOOK AT,
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UH, EVOLVING TRENDS IN, IN THE INDUSTRY PLACE, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, LOOKING AT RETAIL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES.SUMMER TOUCHED ON THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING WITH THE A E D PROGRAM.
THINGS LIKE, UH, SENSORY ROOMS AND, AND INCREASED PLAY AREAS, CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE ITEMS. AND SO, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WERE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED TO TRY AND FIND DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS TO, TO GENERATE MONEY AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, THIS TREND OF, UM, CREDIT CARD TRAVEL, UM, PARTNERSHIPS HAS, HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG EVOLVING TREND IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND SO WE WERE APPROACHED BY A COMPANY CALLED AIRPORT DIMENSION PARTNERSHIP, UM, TO LOOK AT, UH, POSSIBILITIES OF BUILDING A LOUNGE.
AND, UH, AT THAT TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC, OBVIOUSLY WE WERE, WE WERE NOT LOOKING AT BUILDING ANYTHING.
AND SO THEY CAME BACK WITH ONE OF THEIR, UH, PARTNERS, WHICH IS, UH, JP MORGAN CHASE.
AND CHASE HAS A CREDIT CARD BRAND CALLED THE, THE RESERVE, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED HERE, UH, THE SAPPHIRE RESERVE CARD.
AND SO THROUGH THAT THEY HAVE, UH, CHASE SAPPHIRE, UM, UH, AFFINITY BASED CREDIT CARD LOUNGES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT OFFER FREE MEMBERSHIP AND USAGE.
UM, WHAT THEY CAME TO US WITH WAS REPURPOSING THE OUTDOOR PATIO.
THE PATIO WAS A PART OF THE NINE GATE EXPANSION.
UH, IN 2019 WHEN THE LOUNGE, OH, SORRY.
WHEN THE PATIO WAS MADE TO THE PUB, UH, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE TOOK AN EVALUATION OF THAT 309, 3,994 SQUARE FEET.
WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS GETTING VERY LOW UTILIZATION BY THE PUBLIC, EVEN THOUGH WE CALL IT A PUBLIC, UM, PATIO.
AND SO WE ENGAGED WITH AIRPORT DIMENSION PARTNERSHIP, UH, FOR A TWO YEAR ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE DID NOT PUBLICLY BID THIS OUT BECAUSE OUR PROCUREMENT RULES ALLOW US TO TRY NEW CONCEPTS UNDER A PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'RE DOING THAT WITH SOME VENDING MACHINES AT THE AIRPORT.
IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR SPRINKLE MACHINES OR OUR LEGO MACHINES, THAT'S A PART OF THE TWO YEAR PILOT PROGRAM.
BUT THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR, UM, A SINGLE PURPOSE ENTITY TO COME USE THE LOUNGE, UH, WILL GENERATE 3.8 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE.
AND AS YOU'VE SEEN THROUGH RAJEEV'S, UH, CONSTANT UPDATES, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT NON-A AIRLINE REVENUE TO HELP BALANCE THE FUTURE FUNDING AND THE FINANCING OF THE AIRPORT.
YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE ABOUT A $50 MILLION MORTGAGE PAYMENT TO PAY.
THAT MORTGAGE PAYMENT GROWS TO ALMOST 80 MILLION IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, LET ME ASK MM-HMM.
ANY COMMISSIONERS, WENDY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR REVENUE.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES, AIRLINE WORKERS, AND TRAVELERS TO HAVE A PLACE OF RESPITE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT COULD USE EXTRA REVENUE, BUT THEY'RE NOT HAVING A CREDIT CARD LOUNGE FOR TWO YEARS THAT WILL PREVENT PUBLIC USE OF A PUBLIC SPACE.
SO SURPRISING, UM, TO LEARN ABOUT, I KNOW IT WAS OFFLINE DURING THE STORM, BUT SLOWLY I WATCH THE, YOU KNOW, THE FURNITURE DISAPPEAR AND OTHER THINGS DISAPPEAR.
AND I, I REGULARLY GET CONTACTED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT, THAT AREA.
SO NOW WE KNOW THAT IT IS FOR, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA GO INTO BE A PRIVATE LOUNGE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN A OTHERWISE EXTREMELY CROWDED TERMINAL.
SO IT WAS UNDERUTILIZED BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER ADVERTISED, UNDER PROMOTED, UNDER SIGNAGE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A SORT OF SELF-FULFILLING THING, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT, NOR DID ANY OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO USED THE RESTROOM UPSTAIRS OR WHO USED THAT OPEN SPACE.
SO, I'M SORRY THAT IT'S GOING OUT OF PUBLIC USE, BUT I HEAR, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD.
AND MICKEY, WE, SO THE NEW FLAGSHIP, UM, ADMIRALS CLUB, YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS STRUCK AT A, AT A, IN A NEGOTIATION THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE FULL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
AND THIS, NOW, I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE, WOULD JUST BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, THAT WE, UM, OVER-INDEX ON PUBLIC ON IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUCH A LARGE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE COME AVAILABLE, THAT, THAT WE PROBABLY MAKE A PUBLIC, A PUBLIC, UM, OFFERING RATHER THAN USE, UM, SOME POLICIES FOR THAT ALLOW US NOT TO GO OUT PUBLIC.
AND, AND WE'RE PROBABLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE A CITIZENS OWNED AIRPORT.
SO AIRLINE SPACES, UM, ARE ALWAYS, UM, DIRECTLY NEGOTIATED
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WITH THE AIRLINES FOR USE.UM, WELL, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT SPACE BEFOREHAND? WE HAD, WE HAD BEEN IN PUBLIC MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO CIRCUMVENT THAT AND JUST GO DIRECTLY WITH AIRLINES.
SO THIS IS A, JUST A 24 MONTH ENGAGEMENT.
THERE WILL BE IN THE THREE GATE EXPANSION, THERE IS, UM, APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FEET PLUS OR MINUS, RIGHT? A LITTLE BIT.
THAT WILL BE A PUBLICLY PROCURED, UM, AFFINITY BASED CREDIT CARD LOUNGE, UM, THAT'S ON THE BOOKS AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF CONCESSION LOCATIONS, A FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND A, AND A REFILL LOCATION.
SO ALL OF THOSE SPACES WILL GO OUT FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, ON AIRLINE LOUNGES, UM, WE DIRECTLY NEGOTIATE WITH THE AIRLINES BASED ON THEIR NEED AND THEIR GROWTH.
AND THAT HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADVERSE, UH, STORY THAT, THAT LOUNGE DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE SPACE UTILIZATION PLANNING FOR THAT.
AND SPACE IS DELAYED LITTLE BIT, JUST, JUST A POINT.
I'M GONNA MOVE US ON BECAUSE, UH, REVIEW OF
[11. Review of Actions of City Council at the February 9, 2023 meeting]
ACTIONS CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 9TH, YOU SEE WHAT WAS PROVED ON CONSENT.[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
THAT I WOULD, AND AMY I'LL GIVE YOU THESE TO YOU, BUT I'LL CALL 'EM OUT TO THE RECORD.I WOULD SAY, UM, TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS EXPRESSING IN HAPPINESS ABOUT THE LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR MITIGATION OF VISUAL IMPACT AND FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GREEN TEAM.
NUMBER TWO, REVIEW OF THE FUEL FARM DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY COUNT, UH, THE EIGHT COUNCIL DIRECTIVES.
UH, THAT NUMBER THREE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, REVIEW AND UPDATE FOR THE JET FUEL FARM.
THE CHAIR EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT OUR LACK OF AGGRESSIVENESS ON WATER MONITORING, UM, AND THE DISMISSIVENESS ABOUT ANYONE THAT'S ACCESSING NON-REGISTERED WELLS FOR DRINKING WATER.
NUMBER FOUR, THE N TSB PRELIMINARY REPORT WAS REVIEWED AND WE EXPRESSED THE NEED TO, UM, AUDIT OR CONFIRM PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES.
ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DELAY OF THE, UM, AIRPORT SURFACE DETENTION DETECTION EQUIPMENT SYSTEM AS S D E SYSTEM.
NUMBER FIVE, REQUESTED MORE CAPACITY ANALYSIS FOR PHYSICAL AND SAFETY, BOTH GROUND AND AIR.
UM, AND NOTED THE NEED FOR MOBILITY, MORE MOBILITY, IMPAIRED ASSISTANCE, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER ITEMS TO GET ON THAT LIST? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I SEEING NONE IN THE, IN MY APOLOGIES TO RAJIVE AND WILL THAT WE ARE, WE SKIPPED OVER THE PRESENTATION.
I'D CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO, WE'RE STILL HAVING BANNER MONTHS, BUT I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 71, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND ALSO THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE COUNCIL, OR NO, THE CITY'S BUDGET OFFICE AS COMMISSIONERS TO, TO SEND ANY, UM, BUDGET NOTATIONS TO THEM.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU AS A COMMISSIONER FILL SHOULD BE SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, THEN PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MONTH.
WE HAD INTENDED, AND I OVERLOOKED WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE AGENDA.
WELL, WE HAVE A, WE HAD A PRETTY ROBUST, RIGHT.
UM, AMY, CAN YOU SEND THAT MEMO OUT AGAIN TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION OF WHERE YOU SEND ME? UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE MARCH AGENDA? I COULD ASK.
UM, I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
OH, DON'T, WELL, WE'RE OFF, BUT DON'T FORGET, NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE, UM, TAKING NOMINATIONS, NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS.
UM, I AM RO ROTATING OFF AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE WITH, WITH THE NEW MAYOR NUMERIC AND THE ADMINISTRATION COMING IN.
SO FOR SURE, THE CHAIR POSITION WILL BE VACATED.
VACATED, BUT, UM, AND WE CAN DEVOTE ON CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AT ADMINIS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND
AND SECRETARY AND OR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND TREASURER.
UM, UNLESS THEY FILL MY SEAT AND THEY GO THROUGH ORIENTATION, I'LL BE HERE JUST TO TAPE THE NOMINATIONS AND THEN PASS THE GAVEL TO WHOEVER'S ELECTED CHAIR NEXT.
AS YOU BELIEVE SINGING ANYTIME, IT'S,
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I HATE HIM IN EVERYTHING YOU SEE, WE GIVE WHAT IT MEANS.