Feb 12, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

UM, IT'S FUNNY TO THINK I'M THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER, I GUESS, RIGHT NOW ON THE COMMISSION, WHICH HAS BEEN A, UH, GOOD EXPERIENCE.

UM, I'M PROUD TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND, UH, AND MY PREVIOUS, UH, EUGENE VE PREVIOUS CHAIR ON A LOT OF GREAT ISSUES.

UM, WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE ARE, HAVE SHEPHERD IT TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE MASSIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE AIRPORT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, OVER THE YEARS WORKING WITH COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WILL BE SAFE JOBS WITH OSHA 10 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, OSHA 30 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, UH, LIVING WAGES, WHICH ARE OVER $21 AN HOUR STARTING OUT NOW, WHICH IS A, A, A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE STATE THAT HAS THE LOWEST WAGES FOR WORKERS IN AMERICA.

UM, AND, UH, ALSO APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS THAT ENSURES THAT WORKERS ARE GETTING ACCESS TO GOOD CAREERS THROUGH TRAINING.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT.

I KNOW I'LL BE TERMING OFF, BUT I HOPE THE REST OF YOU WILL STAY VIGILANT AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THESE MASSIVE BILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS, UM, PROTECT WORKERS AND THAT THEY MAKE IT SAFELY TO THEIR, UH, FAMILIES AT THE END OF EACH DAY, UH, THAT THEY'RE NOT PAID POVERTY WAGES, BUT GOOD CAREER, FAMILY SUPPORTING WAGES THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, UM, LIVE AND THRIVE IN AUSTIN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU, JEREMY.

UM, JASON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, JASON ALEXANDER, DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, FOR AIRPORT AFFAIRS AT THE AUSTIN BURS FROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

UH, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST CONVEY ON BEHALF OF BOTH MYSELF, TRACY, AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CEO GHISLAINE AVI, THAT WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, IN YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD, ON THE COMMISSION.

UM, YOUR SUPPORT OF STAFF AND THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A TIME OF TRANSITION.

THERE WILL BE OTHER APPOINTMENTS OR POSSIBLE REAPPOINTMENTS FOR THE, FOR THE DAAS HERE.

UM, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY RETURNING MEMBERS WORKING WITH YOU, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE TRENDING OFF AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE OUR THANKS TO YOU.

AND IS THIS MY CONSOLATION PRIZE AND KEEP MY NAME BADGE .

WE'LL LET YOU KEEP THAT .

TO, UH, FOR AGENDA ITEM ONE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 8TH, 2025.

I ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, VICE CHAIR BROCK IS WITH US.

HELLO? HI, BAKARI.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE READY

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, YOUNG, OR WAS THAT YOUNG OR MIDAL YOUNG? AND, UM, SECOND BY HENDRICKS, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, EDITS? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, UM, WE WILL APPROVE THOSE MINUTES BY, UH, ACCLIMATION.

THE, UM, AGENDA AROUND AND LET THREE COME BEFORE RAJIV THOMAS TODAY.

OUR, I'D LIKE TO, IF, IF, IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME, I'D LIKE, BECAUSE JAMIE'S ON ONLINE RIGHT NOW AND, UH, UM, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

I'D LIKE TO, UM, JUST MOVE THE,

[3. Briefing on Air Service Update provided by Jamy Kazanoff, AUS Air Service Development]

IS THAT OKAY? JAMIE, ARE YOU READY TO, UH, TALK TO US ABOUT THE AIR SERVICE UPDATE? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU WENDY AND COMMISSIONERS.

APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE TODAY.

GLAD I CAN DIAL IN.

UH, THE NEWS CONTINUES THAT AIRLINES REMAIN VERY COMPETITIVE HERE.

UM, NEW TO YOUR HANDOUT FOR THE AIR SERVICE SNAPSHOT IS SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ADDED JACKSONVILLE.

THEY'LL BE STARTING THAT IN OCTOBER.

SO NOW WE HAVE TWO CARRIERS TO JACKSONVILLE, WHICH WAS UNSERVED.

WE HAVE DELTA AND SOUTHWEST.

AND WHEN WE HAVE COMPETITION THAT HELPS LOWER FARES AND CREATES MORE OPTIONS.

SO THAT'S TERRIFIC.

WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION.

UH, NOTEWORTHY ALSO ARE THE NUMBER OF DOUBLE DAILIES THAT WE'RE GETTING.

AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT LIFT FOR US TO FILL THESE SEATS

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STARTING MARCH 31ST WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS.

UH, THE CAPACITY IS ONLY UP 38% YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TWO FLIGHTS NOW, UH, ALL DAYS EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY TO LONDON STARTING THE 31ST.

UH, WE CAN EXPECT MORE CONNECTIONS PERHAPS OVER THE SECOND FLIGHT.

THEY'VE ALSO TIMED THE SECOND FLIGHT TO BETTER CONNECT TO INDIA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIA TRAFFIC, SO WE'RE HOPING OUR BUSINESS AND LEISURE TRAVELERS JUMP ON THAT.

BA FLIGHT AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS, ITS DOUBLE DAILY TO MEXICO CITY.

AGAIN, A A NEW FOR AUSTIN.

THIS IS ABOUT A 24% INCREASE IN CAPACITY WITH A LOT OF CONNECTIONS OVER MEXICO CITY WITH THE NUMBER ONE CARRIER.

SO THAT'S A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN.

DELTA WILL BE STARTING SEVEN NEW, NEW TO DELTA, NONSTOP MARKETS IN 2025.

THESE ARE ANNOUNCED AND LOADED AND THEY'RE IN YOUR HANDOUT.

UH, MEANWHILE, SOUTHWEST IS MOVING TO ITS HIGHEST PEAK DAY DEPARTURES FROM AUSTIN IN A RECORD WITH 128, WHICH IS EVEN HIGHER THAN THE SNAPSHOT AS THEY REVISE THEIR, UH, AUGUST, THEIR OCTOBER, LET ME SEE, WHICH WAS IT? THEIR, UM, OC AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER FLIGHT SCHEDULE.

SO WE'LL HAVE A, A PEAK DAY OF 128.

UM, BY THE SUMMER DELTA WILL BECOME AUSTIN'S SECOND LARGEST CARRIER SURPASSING AMERICAN AIRLINES.

SO AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS PULLED A LOT OUT, BUT WE'VE SEEN A LOT FILLED BACK IN OVERALL, WHEN WE LOOK JUST AT FEBRUARY, WE HAVE 72 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS THAT YOU CAN FLY IN FEBRUARY VERSUS 73 LAST YEAR.

AND OUR NUMBER OF, UM, DEPARTURES IS DOWN 3% FOR THE QUARTER.

WE'RE DOWN 3% FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, YEAR OVER YEAR.

BUT WE'RE UP 34% COMPARED TO PRE COVID.

AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD INTO THE SECOND QUARTER, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, WE'RE UP 1%.

SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO TURN THE TIDE ON FILLING THE EFFECTS OF THE AMERICAN AIRLINES PULL DOWN AND THE EFFECTS OF THE OTHER CARRIERS.

PICKING UP SOME OF THAT SELECT, THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE NUMBER OF NONSTOPS THAT IS NOT DAILY, THAT IS OVER A WEEK, CORRECT.

BUT SOME OF THOSE NONSTOPS DO NOT RUN DAILY, OR CAN YOU PRETTY SAFELY SAY THAT THEY ARE DAILY? THEY'RE NOT ALL DAILY.

GROUP TO RE REPLY TO THAT QUESTION AS THAT'S HER AREA.

SO WHEN WE PRODUCE THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT'S WITHIN THE MONTH, GOT, GOT IT.

IT'S TAKING ALL THOSE AVAILABLE WITHIN THAT MONTH.

IT DOES EXCLUDE THE, UH, SPECIAL EVENT NONSTOPS TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND FOOTBALL GAMES AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO IT'S, IT'S SEATS THAT ARE FOR SALE OR FLIGHTS THAT ARE FOR SALE THAT MONTH.

AND I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIME OF DAY.

WE KNOW THAT MANY FLIGHTS ARE LOADED FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

UM, WHEN, WHEN IS THE LEAST PEAK TIME FOR, UH, FLIGHTS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF LOOK AT ALL THE TIME.

UH, THE ARRIVING FLIGHTS, THE LEAST PEAK TIME FOR ARRIVING FLIGHTS IS 6:00 AM TO 8:00 AM AND THEN IT JUST PICKS UP TREMENDOUSLY FOR DEPARTURES.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

5:00 AM IS, UH, THE FIVE TO 6:00 AM BLOCK IS IS THE, UH, THE FEWEST NUMBER OF DEPARTING FLIGHTS.

OUR PEAK TIMES ARE 4:00 PM FOR ARRIVING FLIGHTS ON ANY GIVEN WEEK IN FEBRUARY, 4:00 PM IS 32 ARRIVING FLIGHTS.

AND OUR PEAK DEPARTURE FLIGHT PERIOD IS NOON WITH 30 ARRIVING FLIGHTS.

SO THE AFTERNOONS ARE VERY, VERY BUSY.

EARLY MORNINGS, LESS BUSY, VERY, VERY EARLY MORNINGS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIMMY? YES, COMMISSIONER.

AH, ARE THERE ANY CONSIDERATION BEING MADE TO, UH, RESHUFFLING EITHER THE, WELL THE TICKET COUNTERS AND OR THE BAGGAGE CAROUSELS DOWN DOWNSTAIRS? FOR EXAMPLE, IF AMERICAN ISN'T SUPPLYING THAT MANY, UH, THAT MUCH SERVICE, MAYBE DELTA NEEDS TO GO TO BAGGAGE CLAIM FOUR.

I'M SORRY, FIVE.

WELL, LET ME, UM, ASK TRACY, WHO OVERSEES OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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YEAH, THANK YOU JAMIE AND TRACY THOMPSON, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER.

SO THE BAGGAGE CLAIM CAROUSELS ARE JOINT USE AREAS, WHICH MEANS THAT IT CAN BE JOINTLY USED BY ANY AIRLINE.

AND SO OUR TERMINAL OPERATIONS TEAM WILL ASSIGN BAGGAGE CLAIM CAROUSELS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

WHAT THE AIRLINES ARE ACCUSTOMED TO, WHAT OUR PASSENGERS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO.

WHAT YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED IS THAT TYPICALLY AN AIRLINE HAS THE SAME BAGGAGE CAROUSEL ALL THE TIME.

SO THE LOWER CONFUSION AND FOR STAFF AND THEIR EMPLOYEES AND PASSENGERS TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE TO GO, REPEATING, REPEATING PASSENGERS, BUT IT IS JOINT USE AREAS.

AND SO AS AMERICAN PULLS DOWN THAT BAGGAGE CLAIM, CAROUSEL WILL BE REASSIGNED TO AN AIRLINE WHO NEEDS TO USE THAT BAGGAGE CLAIM.

SOMETIMES THEY SHIFT, THEY ALL SHIFT DOWN AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST AD HOC.

SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S USED.

UM, TICKETING COUNTERS ARE PREFERENTIAL USE AND THEY'RE NOT JOINT USE.

AND SO WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE JOINT USE OR COMMON USE, UH, TICKETING FOR OUR AIRLINES THAT DON'T HAVE GATES.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SCENARIO, BUT WE WORK WITH OUR AIRLINES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE, UH, TICKETING PASSENGERS AND THE BAGS COMING BACK.

THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.

OPEN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE DOWN THERE IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY.

TO AGENDA, BACK TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON THE DECEMBER, 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS PRESENTED BY RAJIV THOMAS AND RAJIV.

WE HAD A BIT OF PROBLEM WITH DELTA AND AUTOMATICALLY YOU SAY SEVEN AND OF COURSE THE PASSENGER WHAT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO 'EM, SEE THE WHITE WALL GO BEHIND IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, IF, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR JAMIE TODAY, UM, I'M GONNA MOVE ON

[2. Briefing on December 2024 Financial Results presented by Rajeev Thomas, Chief Financial Officer]

WILL YOU, UH, GET US READY FOR THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX LATER IN THE AGENDA WITH THIS PRESENTATION? OR SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL THEN? NO, I CAN DO ITEM NUMBER SIX TOO.

I MEAN, I, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE WON'T TAKE ACTION TILL WE GET THERE, BUT WHILE YOU'RE DISCUSSING IT, I MEAN, IS THAT OKAY OR SHOULD WE WAIT? UM, LEMME JUST SEE WHAT ITEM NUMBER SIX IS.

COULD YOU LET ME KNOW? I KNOW THERE WAS TWO ITEMS I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO TODAY.

OH, OKAY.

WELL THAT'S THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEM.

THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEM.

ALRIGHT, I'LL COVER BOTH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

REGGIE THOMAS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

UH, I'LL GO OVER THE DECEMBER 20, 24 RESULTS.

UM, THE DECEMBER OBVIOUSLY IS ALSO THE, THE END, END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CALENDAR YEAR STATISTICS.

UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AIRPORT VERSUS AIRPORT, IT'S USUALLY YOU LOOK AT CALENDAR YEAR STATISTICS.

UM, SO FOR, FOR JUST FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, IN PLAIN MEN'S WERE UP ABOUT 0.6%, WHICH WAS GOOD, UH, COMPARED TO THE, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS MONTHS.

AND, UH, UH, WHAT WE SAW ALSO WAS LANDED WEIGHTS, UM, HAS BEEN DOWN SINCE, UM, AMERICAN HAS PULLED BACK THE FLIGHT.

SO LANDED WEIGHTS WERE DOWN ABOUT 7% AND CARGO WAS DOWN ABOUT 9%, PRIMARILY DUE TO FEDEX.

WE SAW A PULLBACK IN THE FEDEX, UM, CARGO OPERATIONS A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT KIND OF CONTRIBUTED TO THE CARGO NUMBERS BEING DOWN NOW FOR THE FULL YEAR, UH, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, IMPLA MENS WERE DOWN ABOUT 1.5%, AND SO WE TOTAL PASSENGERS, UH, BUT INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS WERE UP 5.7%, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

AND ALSO CARGO FOR THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR IS UP 6.7%.

SO THAT'S ALSO GOOD NEWS FOR, FOR A FULL CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, NOW GOING BACK TO THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, DECEMBER, OUR AIRLINE REVENUES WERE UP 23%.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IN HERE IS, UH, WE HAD A BACK BILL ON SOME, UH, ON SOME, UH, SPACE RELATED TO THE MEINE OFFICES.

SO THAT KIND OF, THAT CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 275,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TERMINAL RENTAL AND OTHER FEES, IT'S UP ABOUT 28%, WHICH HAS THAT $275,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

UH, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS JUST A NORMAL MONTH.

UH, IN TERMS OF HOW, UM, THE AIRLINE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN TRENDING AND WHERE, UM, TOTAL AIRLINE REVENUE HAS BEEN YEAR TO DATE, IT'S UP ABOUT 20%, 19.3% ON THE NON-LINE REVENUE SIDE, PARKING REVENUE IS UP 8%.

SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE ANOMALY HERE.

UM, SO THANKSGIVING IN 2023 FELL ON NOVEMBER 23RD.

THAT MEANS

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ALL THE PEOPLE THAT RETURNED, UH, RETURNED IN THE SAME MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WHEREAS IN LAST YEAR, THANKSGIVING FELL, FELL ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

SO THAT SUNDAY FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING WAS DECEMBER 1ST.

SO A LOT OF PARKING REVENUE ENDED UP IN DECEMBER ON, ON THOSE PEOPLE RETURNING ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PARKING REVENUE AND YOU SEE THAT 8% YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT'S REALLY WHAT REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.

UH, YEAR TO DATE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS, THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, PARKING TRANSACTIONS ARE DOWN ABOUT 4%, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, REVENUE IS UP ABOUT 1.5% BECAUSE OF THE RATE INCREASE THAT WE HAD INSTITUTED MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.

UH, GROUND TRANSPORTATION REVENUE DID REALLY WELL.

UH, WE'VE SEEN A BIG INCREASE IN, UH, TNC TRIPS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

IT WAS UP ABOUT 19%, UM, WHICH IS JUST PHENOMENAL.

AND, UM, BUT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TNC TRIPS, IT WAS UP 9% YEAR OVER YEAR, 24 VERSUS 23.

UH, SO THAT REVENUE DID REALLY WELL.

UH, IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, UH, THE RENTAL CARS ARE DOING PRETTY WELL AT 4% AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER NON AIRLINE REVENUES ARE ALL UP YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO NON AIRLINE REVENUES ARE UP ABOUT 8.6% AND OPERATING REVENUES ARE UP 15%.

AND YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE UP 10% ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE.

UH, THIS WAS A, UH, JUST A VERY NORMAL MONTH IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGETED.

UH, THE EXPENSES ARE UP ABOUT 12% AND YEAR TO DATE, THEY'RE UP ABOUT 9% AND THEY'RE TRACKING VERY CLOSELY WITH WHAT WE BUDGETED.

UH, SO, SO FAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AIRPORT OPERATING EXPENSES, WE ARE ABOUT 600,000 FAVORABLE YEAR TO DATE.

UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE EXCESS NET REVENUES, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE UP ABOUT $1.9 MILLION OR 8.2% VERSUS THE PRIOR YEAR, YEAR TO DATE.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAJIV THOMAS? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT ANYWAY.

YEAH, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TNC REVENUE.

UM, TWO, WELL, IT'S A TWO PART QUESTION.

I SAW AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OUTSIDE.

I SAW WAYMO'S ON 71 RECENTLY.

ARE THEY ALLOWED ON THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW? UH, TRACY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

I THINK WE HAVE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SIR.

YEAH, JASON ALEXANDER, YES, THEY ARE ALLOWED, BUT THEY'RE ONLY DOING A PHASE TESTING RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO THEY'VE GOT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON 71, BUT ON CAMPUS, UM, THEY'RE NOT FULLY AUTONOMOUS.

THEY'RE JUST DOING SOME, SOME TESTING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH WAYMO AND DEPENDING ON HOW THAT TESTING GOES, WE MAY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS FOR FUTURE USE.

SO THAT IS A, THAT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.

UM, AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, ARE THERE, AND UH, BAKARI, YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THIS.

ARE THERE VAN POOLING SERVICES THAT ARE USING THE AIRPORT? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A CONFERENCE OR A CONVENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL BE STAYING IN HOTEL ROOMS DOWNTOWN OR AT THE ANOTHER PART OF TOWN, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, SH RIDE SHARES THAT ARE VAN POOL BASED.

IS THAT A, A SERVICE THAT THE AIRPORT'S LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD? UH, I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE ANSWER TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SERVICE IN PARTICULAR.

I'M ALSO NOT AWARE THAT THAT SERVICE IS OPERATING CURRENTLY AT THE AIRPORT.

I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ASK OUR GROUND TRANSPORTATION FOLKS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE STANDING SHUTTLE SERVICE AND THE HOTEL SHUTTLE SERVICE, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF OTHER VAN POOL COMPANIES THAT ARE OPERATING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU.

I THINK HISTORICALLY THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME SHARED, UH, RIDE VANS OPERATING, BUT THAT, TO JASON'S POINT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL FUNCTIONAL TODAY.

UM, IT WOULD SEEM BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT MY EXPERTISE, BUT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GONNA BE HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT, UM, THAT EXPLORING AT SOME OTHER TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, AS WE KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE ONE BUS THAT GOES IN ONE DIRECTION.

UM, RENTAL CARS, TNC PEOPLE COMING FROM VARIOUS PLACES.

BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER MARKETS, I DUNNO IF THEY, THEY SERVE AIRPORTS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER MARKETS WHERE IF THEY, IF YOU ASK FOR A RIDE AND THEY, THERE'S A VEHICLE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE SAME DESTINATION.

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DO YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THAT OR, WELL, OH YEAH.

HUH.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT MAYBE WE'LL WAIT ON THAT, BUT UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE PREPARE FOR THAT ITEM? NO, NO.

I MEAN, NOT FOR THAT ITEM.

I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT IS RELATED TO WHAT CAME BEFORE REGARDING THE $150 MILLION NOTE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE.

YEAH, IT'S RELATED TO THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CURRENT, UM, SPREAD THE, THE CURRENT INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED THAT WOULD INFORM THAT ITEM AS WELL? LIKE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT OUR DEBT IS CURRENTLY? NO, UM, I MEAN WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO THAT IS IT IS WE HAVE GONE OUT WITH, UM, AND THE CHOSEN BANK AS WELLS FARGO FOR $150 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY.

SO WE ARE DRAWING ABOUT $50 MILLION IN END OF MARCH OR BEGINNING OF APRIL, LET'S SAY.

AND THAT $1.5 MILLION IS RELATED TO THE INTEREST EXPENSE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT $50 MILLION DRAW THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO, I MEAN THAT, I MEAN, DO YOU WANT ME TO BUT THAT'S CASH ON HAND.

I MEAN THAT'S, YEAH.

I MEAN, IT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE THE FUNDS TO A SUBORDINATE OBLIGATION FUND AND THIS IS JUST A, HAVING, GETTING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THE AUTHORITY TO PAY OUT OF THAT SUBORDINATE OBLIGATION FUND.

NEXT ITEM IS THE A BRIEFING ON THE JOURNEY WITH A US, UM, ACTIVE PROJECTS PROVIDED BY LYNN BROOK.

THAT'S ALL.

WE'LL, WE'LL HOLD ON THAT AND SEE IF COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET THERE.

[4. Briefing on Journey with AUS (AUS AEDP/Capital Improvement Program) Active Projects provided by Lyn Estabrook, Deputy Chief Development Officer]

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO I WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT TWO SPECIFIC, UH, THREE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITH TWO SPECIFIC EVENTS.

SO ON THE WEST GARAGE PROJECT, UM, AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR PACKET, IT'S PAGE 29.

YEAH, KEEP ON GOING TO THE GARAGE UP.

UM, SO WE, UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN MOVING ALONG, UM, VERY QUICKLY, UM, WITH OUR, UM, GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS AND WE WILL BE HAVING THE GROUNDBREAKING EVENT ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

SO IF YOU COME TO THE AIRPORT AND YOU SEE NOT VERY MANY CARS PARKED IN LOT B, THAT IS WHY IT TAKES ABOUT A MONTH TO GET ALL THOSE CARS OUT.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HANDFUL OF CARS STILL IN THERE.

AND SO THAT LOT IS SHUT DOWN SO THAT NO ONE CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO PARK THERE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

UM, THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE ANOTHER OUTREACH TO CONTINUE TO GET SUBCONTRACTORS, UM, LATER IN MARCH.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE LOOKING AT MARCH 11TH.

UM, IF THE DATE IS FINALIZED, WE'LL UM, POST IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW TO CONTINUE TO, UM, GET ADDITIONAL SUBS FOR THEIR, UM, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG SWIMMINGLY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALSO, UM, ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, YOU'LL SEE THEM CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES.

THEY'LL BE A NORTH AND A SOUTH PHASE.

THE SOUTH PHASE WILL GO FASTER AND WILL OPEN FIRST AND THEN THE NORTH PHASE, THEY'LL STILL, UM, BE DOING THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT THE SOUTH HALF WILL BE, UM, COMPLETED FIRST AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPEDITE THE DEMOLITION OF THE RED GARAGE.

SO THIS PROJECT WILL BE BUILT IN TWO DISTINCT PHASES? YES.

COMMISSIONERS, ARE YOU ALL CLEAR ON WHERE THIS IS GOING? UH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE INSTRUCTIVE, UM, TO HAVE, UM, A DI IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, TO HAVE A DIAGRAM MAYBE JUST SHOWING NORTH SOUTH.

AND, UM, WHICH PHASES AND, UM, WHERE THE, THE RED GARAGE IS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ACCIDENT METRIC AVAILABLE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS DRAWING IS OF THE NEW, THE CONCEPTUAL RENDERING YES.

IS OF THE, UM, ARE WE ALLOWED TO SAY THE COLOR OF THE GARAGE? I UNDERSTAND IT HAS, IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED , I THINK ON THE GROUNDBREAKING SAM'S LIKE YES, I, I THINK SHE WANTED TO WAIT FOR SOME OF THE GROUNDBREAKING TO SEE THE PRETTY PICTURES, BUT, UM, WE'VE DEEMED IT THE YELLOW GARAGE FOR THE, UM, YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS.

OH, OKAY.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL JUST PRIMARY COLORS.

PARTICULAR WILDFLOWER THAT WAS RED, BUT UM, I DON'T KNOW THE NEW NAME OF IT.

NO, THEY'RE ALL NAMED AFTER FLOWERS.

SO THE BLUE GARAGE IS A BLUE BONNET.

WHO KNEW? YEAH.

AND THE RED IS, WAS THAT THE, THERE WAS A, A NAME THAT WAS MAYBE NOT SO PC BEFORE FOR THAT

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YEAH, THE TEXAS BLANKET, THAT ONE.

YES.

IT USED TO BE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, SORRY IF I, UH, DID, IS THAT NOT APPROPRIATE? DID OKAY.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU.

BUT IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE JUST TO PUT THE YEAH.

THE EVERYTHING IN CONTEXT.

SURE.

WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

AND WE, WE DO HAVE NEW RENDERINGS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO UNVEIL THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE GROUNDBREAKING, SO YOU'LL SEE THEM THERE.

OH.

UM, YES.

AND THIS WOULD BE FOR AFTER THAT, FOR MARCH, JUST MOVING FORWARD SO THAT, UM, COMMISSIONERS COMING ON CAN TRACK WHERE THIS IS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SURE.

THEN ON UM, THE NEXT PAGE, THE WESTGATE EXPANSION IS CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG AND THIS IMAGE IS STARING BACK OUT AT THE CONCOURSE.

SO THE DARKER SPACE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT PICTURE WOULD BE WHERE THE WOULD CONNECT TO THE REST OF THE EXISTING CONCOURSE.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING GOING UP THE SIDE IS SCAFFOLDING THAT THEY'VE PUT UP, UM, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO CRANE, UM, ON TOP OF THE EXISTING ROOF.

AND SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG, UM, CONTINUING WITH THE STEEL AND THE FRAMING, UM, AND THE INTERNAL FRAMINGS.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT THAT PROJECT THEY'LL BE STARTING THE GLAZING, UM, IN MARCH.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING AS WELL.

UM, AS LONG AS THE WEATHER HOLDS OUT.

THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN ONE QUICK MORE UPDATE, UM, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE WEST INFILL.

SO NEXT, THERE WE GO.

SO THIS PROJECT IS ALSO MOVING QUICKLY ALONG AND THEY HAVE STARTED TO DO THE INTRO FRAMING WALLS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT.

UM, AND THEY'VE PUT UP A SMALLER CRANE TO WORK ON THE, UM, SIDING HAS ALSO STARTED.

SO THE INSTALLATION SIDING PANELS HAVE ALSO STARTED AND THEY'VE STARTED TO HAVE DELIVERY OF SOME ADDITIONAL MECHANICAL AND LARGE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

AND SO THAT'S ALSO WHAT THE CRANE WAS FOR.

SO THESE PROJECTS ARE MOVING ALONG QUICKLY AND ARE ON SCHEDULE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

THAT IS VERY EXCITING.

IT LOOKS LIKE IN BOTH CASES, EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE DELIVERY, I MEAN, WELL THE FIRST QUARTER OF 26 SOMETIME.

MM-HMM .

SO THAT'S A YEAR FROM NOW.

THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

ROUGHLY.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT IS FOR MARCH MADNESS.

WE MAY WAIT, UM, FOR OUR, OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR MARCH MADNESS.

UM, WE MAY, UM, DO IT RIGHT AFTER THAT JUST 'CAUSE OF THE OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITIES.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND COMMISSIONING THE NEW WORK.

YES.

COMMISSIONER, DO YOU PUSH IT TWICE? THERE YOU GO.

THIS IS A HARD QUESTION.

THE, UM, I'VE GOT, WELL FIRST OF ALL, ONE NOTE WE USED TO HAVE, UH, BUB BONNETS AT THE OLD TERMINAL.

TERMINAL.

MM-HMM .

YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF THAT IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE CEILING BECAUSE THEY HUNG DOWN FROM THE CEILING PAPER MACHE.

THE ONE SERIOUS QUESTION I HAVE, AND PROBABLY IT IT IMPACTS THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S SEATED TO YOUR LEFT IS DOG AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GONNA AFFECT FUTURE FUNDING OF OUR PROJECTS, UM, I KNOW THE, THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY WE DON'T KNOW YET.

HMM.

AND, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO FACE THAT WHEN IT COMES, BUT ARE YOU KIND OF PREPARED TO, MAY MAYBE MAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS OR, OR YOU KNOW, KIND OF DOING SOME QUICK QUARTERBACKING ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SAY OR WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING? ARE YOU REGARDING GRANTS? IS THAT THE QUESTION REGARDING GRANTS? IS THAT WHAT THE FIRST YOU SAID OG IT'S, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, I FORGET WHAT IT WAS.

IT HAS TO DO, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FUNDING THAT'S COMING OUTTA WASHINGTON ON A LOT OF STUFF.

AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE THAT ARE GONNA WORK IT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I, I MEAN, HAVE YOU STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT AND YEAH, I MEAN WE HAVE, WE HAVE STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT.

UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT.

SO WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, UH, AS A WHOLE, UH, TO KIND OF QUANTIFY WHAT IT MEANS FOR ALL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE IGRO OFFICE.

UH, JASON IS ACTUALLY COORDINATING A LOT OF THAT.

UH, BUT WE ARE ALSO, WE GET OUR GRANTS WITH THE FAA, UM, WE ARE IN CONSTANT MEETINGS WITH THE FAA ON THE STATUS OF THEM, HOW WE CAN MOVE THEM ALONG.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MOVE THE ONES THAT ARE IN PROCESS ALONG AND GET AWARDED.

UH, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING FUTURE AWARDS.

OKAY, THANKS.

I GUESS WE'LL HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT THAT MAYBE NEXT TIME.

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UM, DO YOU, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANNA HAVE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ? OKAY.

SO HOLD THAT THOUGHT.

UH, LYNN, ANY ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I CAN'T SEE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS EASILY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR LYNN REGARDING THE CURRENT PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION? OKAY.

AND, AND IMMINENT ONES, ONE'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN AS WELL.

VERY EXCITING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS I AGENDA ITEM FIVE.

UM,

[5. Briefing on AUS 2024 Special Events Response and Operations presented by Sam Haynes, Deputy Chief Communications and Marketing Officer ]

WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SAM HAYNES, DEPUTY CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OFFICER HERE TO BRIEF US ON A REQUEST THAT WE HAD FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS RESPONSE AND OPERATIONS.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

I'M SAM HAINES, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, AND TODAY I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OF OUR 2024 BUSY DAYS.

WE JUST RECEIVED AIRLINE DATA BACK REGARDING PASSENGER ACTIVITY AND WE DID ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE AND HAVE PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE SECOND BUSIEST YEAR EVER FOR THE AIRPORT, UM, WITH A LITTLE OVER 21 MILLION PASSENGERS.

SO I'M GONNA WALK US THROUGH WHAT THOSE BUSY DAYS LOOKED LIKE, OUR RESPONSE, OUR EFFORTS, AND WHAT WE, UM, ARE PLANNING FOR FOR THIS YEAR.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

NEXT SLIDE.

IN MARKETING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, UH, RAJEEV'S TEAM MEMBERS LEND TEAM MEMBERS.

SO, AS I SAID, IT WAS OUR SECOND BUSIEST YEAR EVER.

IN AN AVERAGE DAY, WE SAW ANYWHERE FROM 27,000 TO ABOUT 30,000 DEPARTING TRAVELERS.

HOWEVER, HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL EVENTS, THOSE BRING IN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DEPARTING TRAVELERS.

AND SO THOSE BUSY DAYS REALLY LOOKED LIKE 35,000 ALL THE WAY TO MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE FLYING OUT AND GETTING SCREENED THROUGH THOSE TSA CHECKPOINTS.

OUR BUSIEST DAY OF THE YEAR, AND NOW BUSIEST DAY ON RECORD WAS THE MONDAY AFTER F1 WITH JUST OVER 44,000 PEOPLE SCREENED BY TSA.

AND THIS YEAR, UH, OR SORRY, LAST YEAR, 2024, THE MONDAY AFTER F1 WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO THE MONDAY AFTER A BIG HOME UT FOOTBALL GAME.

SO, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE EVENTS ARE OVERLAPPING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND, UM, BRINGING EVEN MORE TRAVELERS THAN HISTORICALLY WE TEND TO SEE.

SO SIX OUT OF THE 10 BUSIEST DAYS IN AIRPORT HISTORY OCCURRED JUST LAST YEAR IN 2024.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO NO SURPRISES.

THE, THE MONDAY AFTER F1, CERTAINLY LAST YEAR, UM, DOES HOLD THE RECORD.

UM, AND WE SEE THAT THE TOP THREE BUSIEST DAYS IN HISTORY ARE ALL THAT MONDAY AFTER F1.

BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, 2024 ALSO BROUGHT US RECORD BREAKING, UH, PASSENGER VOLUMES THE THURSDAY AFTER THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.

WE SAW A LOT OF TRAVELERS LEAVING THE AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AREA THAT THURSDAY AND THEN THE SUNDAY AFTER THE F1 RACE DAY.

THAT'S A LITTLE ATYPICAL.

USUALLY THAT SUNDAY ISN'T QUITE SO BUSY BECAUSE THAT OF COURSE IS WHEN THE RACE IS HAPPENING.

BUT TWO THINGS WERE DIFFERENT LAST YEAR.

UM, THAT WAS THE IMMEDIATE DAY AFTER THE UT FOOTBALL GAME, AND THEN DIFFERENT FROM YEARS PAST FORMULA ONE DID NOT HOST A LARGE CONCERT, UM, THE SUNDAY NIGHT.

SO THAT IS WHY THAT SUNDAY ENDED UP BEING A BIT BUSIER THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO OUR PREPAREDNESS, UH, REALLY STARTS WITH THE STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION, AND THAT IS, UM, NOT EXCLUSIVE TO, BUT REALLY FOCUSES ON COORDINATION WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AT THE TSA AT FAA AND AT CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AS WELL AS AIRLINES AND OUR CONCESSION OPERATORS AND OTHER BUSINESS PARTNERS.

SO FOR US AS THE AIRPORT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS, UM, THE SAME FRAMEWORK OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BUSY WE'RE GOING TO BE.

WE LIKE TO BRING FOLKS TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY UNMET NEEDS THAT WE AS THE AIRPORT COULD SUPPORT.

TWO OTHER KEY IMPORTANT PIECES TO OUR RESPONSE IS PROACTIVELY ACTIVATING OUR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE WE BRING IN LEADERSHIP FROM VARIOUS DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE SITUATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE AIRPORT TOGETHER IN REAL TIME SO THAT IF SOMETHING, UH, IRREGULAR STARTS TO OCCUR OR IF THE LINES GET REALLY LONG AND START TO EXTEND OUTSIDE THE DOORS, WE CAN VERY QUICKLY, UH, RESPOND TO IT.

AND THE LAST PIECE IS ACTIVATING OUR A US EVENT RESPONSE TEAMS. AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM MY PRESENTATION LAST YEAR THAT THIS IS A GROUP OF WHAT WE CALL VOLUNTEERS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT, UM, VOLUNTEERS IN THE SENSE THAT COMMISSIONER MEDU IS A, IS A VOLUNTEER WITH OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, BUT THEY ARE TEAM MEMBERS AT THE AIRPORT THAT WORK IN THE FINANCE DIVISION.

IN MY OWN TEAMS

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IT'S STAFF THAT DON'T TYPICALLY WORK IN THE TERMINAL AND HAVE NOT BEEN HIRED TO HAVE THAT CUSTOMER FACING JOB, BUT WE'VE TRAINED THEM ON HAVING SPECIFIC ROLES TO GIVE CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND BE THAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND FRIENDLY, HELPFUL FACE FOR WHEN THOSE DAYS ARE INCREDIBLY BUSY.

AND SO, UM, BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER AND THE A US EVENT RESPONSE TEAM CAN BE ACTIVATED PROACTIVELY OR IN THE MOMENT IN REAL TIME AS AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO AN IRREGULAR INCIDENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THESE ARE ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE ACTIVATED THAT A US EVENT RESPONSE TEAM FOR.

IT'S ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASONS OR SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE SUMMER WE DID ACTIVATE IT FOR, UM, THE CROWDSTRIKE GLOBAL OUTAGE, WHICH DID BRING ONE OF OUR AIRLINES OPERATIONS TO A TEMPORARY PAUSE.

AND THAT DID CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF LINES AND CONGESTION OVER ON THE NON-SECURE SIDE OF THE TERMINAL.

AND SO VERY QUICKLY WE ACTIVATED, UM, THE A US EVENT RESPONSE TEAM TO GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO SUPPORT PASSENGERS CROWD CONTROL AND WAYFINDING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE DO ACTIVATE IT PROACTIVELY AS WE GEAR UP FOR THESE BUSY, UM, DAYS DUE TO HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SAM, COULD YOU MM-HMM .

ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MARCH MADNESS? OH, SURE.

THAT IS, UM, THAT IS OUR AFFECTIONATE TERM FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH.

I THINK NORMALLY THAT IS FOR COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL.

I'M NOT A SPORTS PERSON, BUT, UM, , I'M, I DEFINITELY KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT AIRPORT MARCH MADNESS.

UM, MARCH IS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED MARCH MADNESS BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN IN MARCH.

SO FOR FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW FOR FIVE DAYS OUT OF THOSE FOUR WEEKS, WE TEND TO ACTIVATE OUR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER AND OUR A US EVENT RESPONSE TEAM.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IS OCCURRING SPRING BREAK, NOT JUST FOR UT AND ST.

EDWARDS AND, AND THE COLLEGES, BUT FOR, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL.

SO IT IS USUALLY BECAUSE OF THE CONFLUENCE OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TOWN TO TRAVEL FOR THEIR SPRING BREAK.

THAT'S MARCH MADNESS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OH, ACTUALLY, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO THE PHOTOS REAL QUICK? THANK YOU.

SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS IS JUST A COLLAGE OF SOME PHOTOS FROM F1 AND THE THURSDAY AFTER THE ECLIPSE.

AND ALL THE FOLKS IN THE PHOTOS WITH THE YELLOW VESTS ARE EITHER GUEST SERVICES STAFF, LIKE THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

THOSE ARE ALL TEAM MEMBERS FROM GUEST SERVICES CONDUCTING THEIR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY JOBS.

UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS IN THE OTHER THREE PHOTOS ARE ACTUALLY TEAM MEMBERS FROM, UM, THAT'S ONE OF JASON'S TEAM MEMBERS RIGHT THERE AND AIRPORT AFFAIRS, UM, FROM ALL OVER THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE THERE TO HELP.

AND SO ONE KEY PIECE OF COURSE IS WE WANT THEM TO BE VERY OBVIOUSLY VISIBLE TO THE CUSTOMER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THESE SUPER BRIGHT YELLOW VESTS ON AND, AND SOME ARE EVEN WAVING FLAGS.

SO THAT'S JUST A LOOK AS TO WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE TEAMS ARE OUT THERE ON THE GROUND.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND SO, A, A BIG PIECE TO THE PREPARATION IS YES, UH, THE AIRPORT TEAMS HAVE TO BE, BE PREPARED, THE AIRLINE TEAMS, TSA, BUT WE ALSO WANT OUR TRAVELERS TO BE PREPARED.

AND MY TEAM SPENDS A LOT OF TIME COMMUNICATING TO AUSTINITES, TO RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS, OR WE ARE THEIR HOME AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE HOPE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WATCH THE NEWS, MAYBE RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE F1, LIKE FOOTBALL GAMES, IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW US, THAT WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO FOLLOW THE AUSTIN AIRPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY NEED A LOT OF HELP.

AND SO THIS YEAR, UM, WE, WE TRIED A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS.

ONE WAS WE CREATED A HOTEL LODGING, UM, OR SORRY, A HOTEL AND LODGING TOOLKIT.

SOMETHING THAT I HEARD QUITE OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE ECLIPSE WERE, UM, CUSTOMERS WHO WERE SAYING, OH, MY HOTEL TOLD ME AS LONG AS I LEAVE AN HOUR BEFORE MY FLIGHT, I'LL BE OKAY.

THAT'S NOT OKAY.

NOT ON ANY DAY REALLY AT OUR AIRPORT, WE REALLY NEED FOLKS TO ARRIVE TWO TO TWO AND A HALF HOURS EARLY.

AND SO IT REALLY OCCURRED TO US THAT EVEN SOME OF OUR OWN HOTEL AND LODGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT OUR AIRPORT.

SO WE CREATED, UM, A TOOLKIT WITH BROCHURES, FACT SHEETS, TALKING POINTS, AND WORKED WITH THE HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION TO SHARE THAT OUT.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS REALLY PARTNER

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UP WITH UT AND WHO ALSO HELPED US PARTNER UP WITH GEORGIA ATHLETICS.

SO YOU SEE HERE THE, THE PHOTO IS A SCREENSHOT OF GEORGIA ATHLETICS.

THEY ISSUED A TRAVEL NOTICE, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR FANS THAT WERE IN AUSTIN, ALERTING THEM THAT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT WOULD BE VERY BUSY AFTER THAT GAME.

AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE TEAM AT UT AND AT GEORGIA FOR SUPPORTING WITH THE MESSAGING.

SO WE PLAN TO PURSUE ALL THESE TRIED AND TRUE EFFORTS THIS YEAR AS WELL WITH, UH, THE INTRODUCTION OF SOMETHING NEW.

UM, WE'RE REALLY PLANNING ON LAUNCHING A CUSTOMER TEXT MESSAGE ALERT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

AND SO AS THAT STARTS TO, UM, PROGRESS AND GAIN MOMENTUM, I'LL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED AND WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP IN, UM, SPREADING THE WORD ONCE THAT'S LIVE.

AND WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAM THIS AFTERNOON? ALL, HAVE YOU PUT TOGETHER, UH, SOME STATISTICS TO TELL YOU AT WHAT POINT, UH, TSA IS GOING TO BECOME A REAL PROBLEM? BY THAT, I MEAN, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH CHECKPOINT ONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY ARE GOING OUTSIDE.

I MEAN, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU GOT SOME STATISTICS THAT TELL THAT, THAT YOU CAN FORECAST THAT HAPPENING? YES.

SO TSA HAS THOSE STATISTICS AND THEY SHARE THAT BACK WITH OUR OPERATIONAL STAFF.

SO WE'RE AS THE AIRPORT ABLE TO SEE THE PROJECTED VOLUME OF PEOPLE GETTING SCREENED THROUGH TSA EACH HOUR ON THE HOUR.

AND SO I DO KNOW THAT OUR TSA PARTNERS USE THAT TO INFORM WHICH CHECKPOINTS TO OPEN, WHICH CHECKPOINTS TO DESIGNATE AS PRE-CHECK ONLY OR PRE-CHECK AND GENERAL.

UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE AND TSA SHARES THAT WITH AIRPORT STAFF AND THEY USE IT AS WELL.

AND TSA CAN USE THAT TO GET MORE PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIMES HERE? THAT WOULD BE A GREAT QUESTION.

FOR, FOR TSA, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT, UM, I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THEY KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PROJECTED TO FLY OUT EACH DAY.

I GET NACHO TO GET HERE.

UM, COMMISSIONER VALDEZ, THANK YOU.

ON THIS SLIDE HERE ON THE AUSTIN, UH, PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE FOR 24, AS YOU BUILD, AS YOU BUILDING YOUR CALENDAR FOR 25, ARE THERE ANY NEW OPPORTUNITIES OR CONCERNS OF ANY PARTICULAR MONTHS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THIS KIND OF LOOKS LIKE? NO.

UM, THIS YEAR, THIS CALENDAR YEAR 2025 LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO 2024.

UM, I HESITATE TO SAY THAT IT LOOKS EASIER, BUT THERE'S NO ECLIPSE AND WE'RE STILL A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT TO KNOW IF ANYTHING ADDITIONAL WILL BE SCHEDULED THAT SAME WEEKEND AS FORMULA ONE.

BUT, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR GAVE US THE ABILITY TO KIND OF PRESSURE CHECK TEST HOW WE RESPOND TO THAT.

SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE FEELING PRETTY PREPARED AND CONFIDENT, UM, THAT 2025 WILL BE SIMILAR TO 2024.

IF NOT, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE EASIER.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS THE ONE WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, A LITTLE BIT TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 AVIATION DEPARTMENT SUBORDINATE OBLIGATION FUND BUDGET TO INCREASE TRANSFERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500,000 AND INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS BY THE SIMILAR AMOUNT FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS AND OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITHDRAWALS ON THE AIRPORT SYSTEM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS.

ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE TWO, UM, ACTION ITEMS TODAY.

UM,

[6. Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Aviation Department Airport Subordinate Obligation Fund Budget (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to increase transfers in by $1,500,000 and increase appropriations by $1,500,000 for interest payments and other costs associated with the anticipated draws on the Airport System Subordinate Lien Revolving Revenue Note Program. Funding: $1,500,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Aviation Department Operating Fund.]

SUBORDINATE LIEN REVOLVING REVENUE NOTE PROGRAM.

UM, THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE.

AND, UM, RAJIV THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO AGAIN, DISCUSS THIS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS PRIOR AND THEN WELL, ACTUALLY LET ME TAKE A MOTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.

AND WE TALKED TO THE BOND COUNCIL, WE REALIZED THAT YOU CANNOT PAY THAT INTEREST EXPENSE OUT OF THE OPERATING FUND.

ELLER SECOND HENDRICKS.

UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS RELATED TO THE $150 MILLION FACILITY WITH WELLS FARGO THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE'LL BE DOING A DRAW DOWN ABOUT $15 MILLION IN ROUGHLY IN THE MARCH APRIL TIMEFRAME.

AND, AND THIS IS JUST TO MOVE THE INTEREST EXPENSE THAT WE HAD BUDGETED IN THE OPERATING FUND TO THE SUBORDINATE OBLIGATION FUND.

AND THIS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE US THAT AUTHORITY TO PAY THAT INTEREST EXPENSE OUT OF THE SUBORDINATE OBLIGATION FUND.

BECAUSE AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT FACILITY AND WE LOOKED AT THE BOND ORDINANCE

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IT HAD TO COME OUT OF THE SUBORDINATE OBLIGATION FUND.

SO WE ARE JUST MAKING THAT FUND TRANSFER.

SO THE AMOUNT IS ALREADY BUDGETED IN THE OPERATING FUND.

IT JUST NEEDS TO MOVE.

THAT'S ALL.

AND ALSO, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US AGAIN THE AMOUNT OF THE, UM, THE NEW, THE, THE BRIDGE LOAN AND THE TERM OF THE BRIDGE LOAN? YES.

SO THE, IT'S $150 MILLION FACILITY THAT YOU FOR THREE YEARS THAT YOU HAVE TO RENEW EVERY YEAR.

UM, THE INTEREST RATE IS PEGGED TO THE SECURED OVERNIGHT FUNDING RATE WITH WHAT THEY CALL THE SO FR.

SO WE PAY 80% OF THAT PLUS A CERTAIN BASIS POINTS ON TOP OF IT.

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAST WEEK OR SO, IT'S ROUGHLY AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 3.85% IS THE INTEREST RATE THAT YOU CALCULATE ON THAT, ON THE FACILITY THAT WE WOULD USE.

AND ON THE UNUSED PORTION OF IT, WE PAY ABOUT 0.2%.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RAJIV TODAY? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER SIX.

THAT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF US.

ANY ABSTENTIONS OR NOS? NO.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK A COUNSEL.

AND I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS I JUST WANTED TO KINDA MENTION REGARDING THE BUDGET.

SURE.

UM, SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND 2027 BUDGET.

SO THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE GETTING, I THINK WENDY, IT MIGHT BE YOU, THE CHAIR SHOULD BE GETTING A LETTER FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE AS TO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMISSION CAN MAKE TOWARDS THE 2026 BUDGET.

BUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO BACK TO THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THEY WILL FUNNEL IT DOWN TO US.

SO I JUST WANT, AND THIS IS A PROCESS WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT.

YES.

AND COMMISSIONERS IN THE PAST, WE'VE NOT SEEN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IF WE HAD A NUMBER, BUT WE, WE TEND TO NOT TO HAVE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE YOUR BUDGET IS STILL, WE WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THE NUMBER YEAH.

THROUGH THE SUMMER WHEN BUDGET, WHEN BUDGET SEASON HAPPENS.

BUT, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE ARE INITIATIVES OR THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FOR EITHER, YOU KNOW, THAT STAFF CANNOT ASK US TO ASK FOR THESE THINGS, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE A NEED FOR THAT WILL EITHER REPRESENT A COST FOR, FOR THE AIRPORT OR A COST FOR THE CITY, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THAT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ASKED A WHILE AGO, UM, COMMISSIONER KUHN, YOU KNOW, FOR A DASHBOARD, DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD'VE COME FROM, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A, A WORKING GROUP OR A GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND, AND IT CAN COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR A VOTE.

AND THEN WE PASS THAT ON TO THE BUDGET OFFICE AND, AND ALSO TO OUR APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO, UM, WE'VE TENDED TO KIND OF SLEEP ON THIS IN MY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS ON THE COMMISSION.

SO, UM, THIS MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW WORKING, UM, NOW THAT RAJIV IS THE FINANCIAL PERSON AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION, THAT THAT MAY BE THE TIME IF THERE ARE SOME ITEMS TO BRING THEM FORWARD.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT IF YOU SUPPORT THIS ITEM OFF, YOU KNOW, NOT AS, AS A MEMBER, AS A MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT NOT ENDORSED BY US 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKED TO, TO RECOMMEND THIS ITEM.

AND ONE MORE THING TOO.

UM, THERE'S AN RCA THAT, UM, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE SENDING OUT, AND THIS IS FOR MARCH 6TH COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, THIS IS FOR THE REFUNDING OF AIRPORTS 2014 BONDS.

UM, SO WE ARE GETTING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MARKET RATES.

UM, IT WAS FAVORABLE, BUT THE LONG END OF THE, OF THE RATES IS BEING KIND OF VOLATILE TO SAY THE LEAST, UM, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

UM, SO OUR PLAN IS TO PRICE THIS THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF APRIL AND JUST HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO PULL THE TRIGGER WHEN WE THINK IT'S THE RIGHT CONDITIONS TO GO TO MARKET ON.

UH, WE WILL COME BACK WITH THE FINAL RESULTS ON THAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE RAN THE NUMBERS AS OF FEBRUARY 4TH.

THERE IS A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF ABOUT $13 MILLION.

UM, ROUGHLY IF YOU LOOK AT IT OVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOND STRUCTURE, IT'S ABOUT 1.3 MILLION ANNUALLY.

SO WE HOPE THOSE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE STILL THERE WHEN WE GO TO MARKET IN APRIL.

UM, AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE NUMBERS ON THE FINAL RESULTS AT THAT TIME.

I JUST WANT TO INFORM YOU ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING ON THAT.

AND IF WE HAD AN ACTIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE WOULD'VE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO YOU ALL FOR INFORMATION.

UM, IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN THIS, I, I KNOW THAT,

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BUT, UM, PLEASE REMIND US, 2014 WAS IT, HOW LONG WAS THE NOTE AND HOW, HOW MUCH WAS IT FOR? IT WAS, IT WAS A 30 YEAR BOND, 30 YEAR BOND AND IT WAS FOR $244 MILLION.

THAT WAS A PARAMOUNT.

AND HOW MUCH IS PAID DOWN CURRENTLY? UH, RIGHT NOW THE PART THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 220 SOMETHING MILLION IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

SO THAT'S BEEN PAID DOWN.

UM, AND YEAH, AND IT'LL BE FOR THE SAME TERM EXPIRING IN 2045.

I SEE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

ANYBODY KNOW ANY PUBLIC FINANCE PERSON, , THAT WANTS TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION? OKAY.

WE ARE UP TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS, UH, TO AU AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT FOR ASPHALT PARKING LOT AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION AND REPAIR, UM, WITH ALPHA PAVING FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS WITH UP TO THREE ONE YEAR OPTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $24 MILLION.

UM,

[7. Authorize a contract for asphalt parking lot and roads construction, rehabilitation and repair at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for Capital Delivery Services with Alpha Paving Industries LLC, for an initial term of two-years with up to three one-year extension options in the amount of $24,000,000. Funding: $18,900,000 is available in the Department of Aviation’s Capital Budget. Funding for the remaining optional contract terms is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. [Note: This contract will be awarded in compliance with City Code Chapter 2-9A (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program) by meeting the goals with 5.74% MBE and 1.61% WBE participation.] ]

UM, THERE'S CURRENTLY, UH, 18,900,000 AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO THIS IS NOT IN OUR REGULAR OPERATING BUDGET.

THIS IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

I GUESS THE, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, A DIFFERENT BUCKET THAN WE USUALLY DECIDE ON OR RECOMMEND ON.

UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FOR PARKING LOT PAVING? UH, COMMISSIONER AL, IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER FONG FONG.

UM, WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? I AM LYNN ESBERG, DEPUTY CHIEF.

SO THIS CONTRACT INVOLVES A COMPREHENSIVE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WILL INCLUDE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, MODIFICATION, AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING PARKING LOTS AND ROADWAYS AT THE AIRPORT.

UM, THIS IS AN INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY, ALSO KNOWN AS IDIQ CONTRACT, WHICH PROVIDES AN INDEFINITE, INDEFINITE QUANTITY OF SERVICES FOR A FIXED TIME, USUALLY AN INTERIM, UM, TERM WITH AN EXTENSION OPTION.

SO THIS IDIQ CONTRACT, UM, HELPS STREAMLINE THE CONTRACT PROCESS AND SERVES, UM, AND SERVES DELIVERY AND ALLOWS THE CITY THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADD WORK AS NEEDED.

UM, AND AS TO THINGS CHANGED, UM, AS EACH PROJECT IS DEFINED, SPECIFIC WORK ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ASSESSED AND ASSIGNED TO THE CONTRACTOR WHO, UM, IS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER AND THE SCOPE OF WORK IN UNIT PLACES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.

UM, HAVE YOU HAD ONE OF THESE IN THE PAST? THE CITY HAS HAD MANY OF THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS IN THE PAST, BUT THE AIRPORT HAS NOT.

AND WE DO NOT WANNA USE THE AUTHORITY FOR POTHOLES AND ROADS, UM, THAT THE CITY NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR OWN FOR VERY SIMILAR THINGS.

POTHOLES.

SO THIS IS NEW STRIPING.

THIS IS NEW TO THE, TO THE AIRPORT.

NOT NEW TO THE CITY, BUT NEW TO THE AIRPORT.

IT'S FOR LARGER REHABILITATION PROJECTS.

MM-HMM .

COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ESTA BOOK REGARDING THIS ITEM? THIS IS NOT OBVIOUSLY FOR RUNWAYS OR ANYTHING ON THE AIR SIDE.

THIS IS ONLY ON THE LAND SIDE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT'S FOR THE ROADS THAT, UM, EVERY DAY PEOPLE TAKE INCLUDING, UM, OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE AND INCLUDING OUR PASSENGERS.

AND THIS IS NOT FOR THE NEW GARAGE OR THE ACCESS TO THE NEW GARAGE OR THE NO, IT IS NOT FOR, FOR ANY OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO, UH, VERY MUCH THEY SEE AROUND THE CITY, SOMETIMES THEY SCRAPE THE ROAD AND THEY PUT THE LITTLE, WHAT'S CALLED CHIP SEALS, THEY PUT THIS LITTLE TINY, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT.

UM, OUR OPERATING STAFF REALLY NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE AIR SIDE, AND SO THIS ALLOWS, UM, THEM TO DO THESE SLIGHTLY LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THIS CONTRACTOR IS OUT OF WHERE, I DIDN'T DO ANY RESEARCH ON THIS CONTRACTOR IN PARTICULAR, AUSTIN HOUSTON.

UH, SO IT LOOKS GOOD, ESPECIALLY THEY HAVE THE PRIOR, UM, EXPERIMENTS WITH THE, UH, WITH US.

AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE, UM, THE, UM, ADDRESS? THEY, THEY HAVE WORKED ON CITY OF AUSTIN PROJECTS BEFORE, UM, AND, UM, THEY WERE THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ON THE PROJECT.

HAVE YOU, HAS THE AIRPORT WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE? THEY'VE DONE ONE LITTLE PARKING LOT FIX THAT WAS REALLY SMALL BEFORE IN THE PAST WOULD HELLO? YEAH.

UH, THIS IS FANG.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE, UH, THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GOAL, UH, UM, FOR THE MB UH, DEI PROGRAM, WBMB PROGRAM.

AND THE, THE COMPANY'S, UH, CO-FOUNDER AND THE PRESIDENT LOOKS LIKE A MINORITY.

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SO IT LOOKS PROMISING.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE? THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CAN I ASK FOR A FOLLOW UP QUESTION RELATED TO THIS? DEI, JUST A SECOND.

OH, OKAY.

WELL, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

THE VOTE IS CALLED.

YEAH, SORRY.

UH, EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR? NO ABSTENTIONS, NO NOS.

I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SO OUR SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MONITORS AND SETS ALL THE GOALS AND, UM, UH, ASSIST WITH THE OUTREACH FOR ALL CONTRACTS WITH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.

I WON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH SMBR, THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL, THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNTIL THEY'RE, IT'S FORCED TO BE CHANGED BY LAW.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STAYING THE COURSE.

AND THIS, AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, THIS IS JUST IN A, IN A CONVERSATION, BUT IF THEY'RE MANDATED TO DO SO BY CITY ORDINANCE OR BY STATE LAW OR FEDERAL LAW, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY AT THAT POINT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

I GUESS WE'RE ALL IN A NEW LANDSCAPE HERE.

UM, THAT WERE THE, THOSE WERE THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS FOR TODAY.

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AND, UM, SINCE WE HAVE TRACY THOMPSON HERE, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL DISCUSSION ITEMS OF ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED ON CONSENT AT CITY COUNCIL.

DO YOU, UM, CARE TO REMARK ON ANY OF THESE? NO, IT'S JUST, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 12 IN OUR AGENDA ARE ACTION ITEMS, UM, AT THE JANUARY 30TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEY'RE ALL, UH, DESCRIBED IN YOUR AGENDA AND THEY ARE ALL APPROVED ON CONSENT AT THAT MEETING.

AND WE'RE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS A FOLLOW UP.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THOSE FIVE ITEMS. UM, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.

GOOD EVENING, RAYMOND YOUNG.

COMMISSIONER YOUNG.

JUST A QUESTION.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS GOING ON HERE.

SO IS THERE, LIKE THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE HAVE, ALL THE MONIES, IS THERE SOME WAY WE CAN TELL WHAT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO US AND WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR? EVERYTHING IS BROKEN DOWN, ITEMIZED PRETTY MUCH, BUT I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE SIMPLER TERM.

HEY, WE GOT 30 BILLION AND WE USE 15 BILLION UNDERST.

I, I THINK I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AND WE'D BE PLEASED TO TAKE THAT AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM.

IF YOU'D LIKE A BRIEFING ON OUR GRANTS PROGRAM, HOW MUCH WE GET, HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND AND WHAT IT'S SCHEDULED FOR IS, WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? AM I RIGHT? BUT I'M TRYING TO GET A TOTAL NUMBER SO FAR AS OF TODAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER AS OF TODAY, BUT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

BE PLEASED TO DO THAT, SIR.

ITEM IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CALL FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WHILE IT'S STILL FRESH.

WELL, THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE BECAUSE THE NEXT AGENDA

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]

UM, COMMISSIONER YOUNG, DO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT, FORMALIZE THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? OKAY.

SO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE A, UH, UH, AN ACCOUNTING OF GRANTS RECEIVED AND, UH, SPENT DOWN IN WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT TO DATE? TO DATE? TO DATE? STARTING WHEN? PROBABLY 24.

IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR.

MAYBE TWO, TWO CALENDAR YEARS.

IS THAT A REASONABLE, OKAY, GREAT.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND FUTURE AGENDA.

I, OH, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT? NO.

AND THEN, UM, COMMISSIONER MEDO, DO YOU HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA? AGENDA ITEM? THIS IS A, THIS IS A TEST.

NO, I, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO ON THE GRANTS, IF I DON'T, IF I CAN JUST MAKE A COMMENT, BECAUSE GRANTS ARE OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, A CERTAIN GRANT CAN TAKE OVER THREE YEARS.

SO WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE CURRENT AWARDED GRANTS, RIGHT.

AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE EXPANDED ON THOSE AWARDED GRANTS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? YEAH.

AND I GUESS THERE ARE TWO, A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT.

UM, YEAH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A NARRATIVE WAY TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, OR A SPREADSHEET, BUT THERE'S ALSO LIKE, YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT WE KEEP TRACK

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OF ALL THE TIME.

SO WE, WE HAVE A RUNNING TOTAL OF ALL THAT.

AND THEN FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, I LIKE A DATA VISUALIZATION.

I LIKE A BAR CHART OR A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THAN THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF READING, THAT HAS PRETTY COLORS .

SURE, SURE.

JUST SORT OF SLIDE.

YEAH, WE'LL MAKE IT SIMPLE.

YEAH, THERE'S SOME, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME NORM FOR HOW TO YEAH.

TO, TO, TO REPRESENT THAT ON SOFTWARE.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, COMMISSIONER MEDO, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ABOUT SHARED USE.

YEAH, I'LL, I'LL BRING UP SOMETHING OLD IN MY BRAIN AND THAT'S NOT VERY BIG.

UM, TALKED ABOUT OUR CURRENT CAPACITY, OUR PREDICTION OR CAPACITY MOVING FORWARD VERSUS FOURTH FORECAST GROWTH.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO COME UP TO THE FORECAST GROWTH? NOW, THAT'S NOT TOO IMPORTANT, BUT JUST HOW, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO FORECAST GROWTH? HOW FAR BEHIND ARE WE OR HOW FAR AHEAD ARE WE GONNA BE? WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND, UM, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE WERE FORECASTING A 3% GROWTH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DOWN RIGHT ABOUT 1% OR SO, ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OR SO.

BUT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, FROM A IN PLACEMENT STANDPOINT, WE ARE FORECASTING A 3% GROWTH.

AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THAT.

ONE IS WE KNOW THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN AND THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE EXPECT MAYBE SOME DROP OFF IN TRAFFIC DUE TO THAT.

BUT AFTER THE FACILITIES ARE BUILT, UH, IN 20 30, 20 31, WE ARE LOOKING AT NORMAL GROWTH TO RESUME.

THAT IS GOING BACK TO THE HISTORICAL 5% TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL HAS OPENED.

SO WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME MODELS, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ON, AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW RIGHT, CURRENTLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 10 YEAR FORECAST, THAT'S HOW WE HAVE MODELED IT.

I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU, YOU GOT SOMETHING.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF TURNING MAN LINE GOING THIS WAY AND ANOTHER LINE GOING THAT WAY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT IF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, UH, WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW, BUT WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA START GETTING BEHIND ALONG ABOUT THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU CAN MAKE IT UP .

YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROJECTIONS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT, YOU CAN'T EVEN LOSE A CHALKBOARD, .

YEAH, NO, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE PROJECTIONS AND SO DOES P AND D TOO AS THEY DO THEIR PLANNING.

YOU KNOW, WE MAKE THESE FORECASTS AND, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AUSTIN MARKET HAS HAD VERY, UM, I WOULD SAY, I DON'T WANNA SAY VOLATILE, BUT IT, IT'S HAD THESE SLOWDOWNS AND THESE HIGH GROWTH TIMES, RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK AT COMING OUT OF LIKE 2010, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION, IT REALLY JUST TOOK OFF, RIGHT? AND YOU CAN GO BACK TO 2002 AFTER THE DOTCOM BUBBLE.

UM, WE WERE SORT OF FLAT FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, AND THEN WE STARTED GOING UP.

THEN YOU HAD THE GREAT RECESSION HIT, THEN IT TOOK OFF REALLY HIGH, IT WAS SEVEN TO 8%.

SO I, I, IT'S A MARKET THAT IS KIND OF HARD TO PREDICT BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE SURGES IN GROWTH COME FROM, AND SOMETIMES THEY DO.

UH, SO ALL WE CAN DO IS KIND OF NORMALIZE THAT.

WE KNOW HISTORICALLY SINCE THE BJT OPENED, IT'S BEEN 5% 99, THAT'S A 25 YEAR, UH, COMPOUNDED ANNUAL GROWTH RATE.

SO WE KNOW THAT'S SORT OF THE NORMAL GROWTH RATE THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.

BUT AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE GATE CHALLENGES, THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN TERMS OF THE GATES, ET CETERA.

AND WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER ALSO COMING DOWN, WE ARE PREDICTING A LOWER GROWTH IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE MODELED EVERYTHING SO FAR.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

LIKE YOU, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT FROM A PREDICTED GROWTH VERSUS THE ACTUAL GROWTH AS WE GO ALONG.

I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, IF I MAY INTERJECT HERE, WOULD BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND ALSO LIKE SOME, SOME NUMBERS THAT FOR, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FORECAST, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CATCH UP WITH THE NUMBER OF GATES OR WHAT, OR THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES OR WHATEVER TILL A CERTAIN TIME OR MM-HMM .

I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER GONNA ASK YOU.

AND AND YOU CAN ALSO CONCLUDE, WELL, WE FORECAST THAT, BUT MAN,

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WE DIDN'T CONSIDER THIS.

WELL, I'D LIKE A COROLLARY TO, THIS WOULD BE A A, EXCUSE ME, JASON, JUST A SECOND.

THAT, UM, I THINK I'VE ASKED FOR THIS IN THE PAST THAT IF THE CITY DEMOGRAPHER, I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT PERSON WASN'T READY TO COME FORWARD.

THERE WERE SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT THE OFFICE WAS WORKING ON FOR COUNCIL, BUT, UM, I THINK A, A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY DEMOGRAPHERS ALWAYS IN ORDER FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION JUST TO SEE WHAT THE POPULATION TRENDS ARE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND, UM, WHAT THE NEEDS MIGHT BE.

WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

AND, UM, I HOPE I'M NOT CONFLATING THINGS.

THAT HAS COME UP IN THE PAST.

SO, UM, WITHOUT, AT THE RISK OF CONFLATING THINGS, WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS A DESIGN DAY FORECAST THAT IS NOT DONE YET.

WHEN IT IS DONE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION GETS A COPY OF IT.

WHAT WE CAN DO, IF IT'S HELPFUL, IF YOU GUYS THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE MEANTIME, IS, UH, LYNN AND THE TEAM CAN MAYBE COME BACK AND DO SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT DESIGN DAY FORECAST IS DEVELOPED.

YOU KNOW, JUST THE HOW, HOW, HOW WE ASSEMBLE THE DATA, WHAT DATA IS LOOKED AT.

YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, SO IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THOSE THINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED.

AND THEN WHEN WE DO HAVE THE FINAL REPORT READY FOR ISSUANCE, WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO YOU.

WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? YEAH, I, I DON'T, I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE SPOT ON, BUT I GUESS MY EXPECTATION IS OKAY, WE CAN START BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FACTORS ARE AT PLAY TO, TO GET US WHERE WE WERE WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO APPLY THOSE IN THE FUTURE.

IS THAT FAIR? I THINK WE CAN COVER THAT.