Sep 10, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

[CALL TO ORDER]

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AND EVERYBODY, I HOPE THIS FINDS EVERYBODY WELL, WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING OF THE ORDER, AND, UM, HI, COMMISSIONER.

YOU'RE NO LATER THAN I WAS.

YOU'RE RIGHT ON TIME.

COME,

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

AND I THINK WE'LL JUST START BY CALLING AN ORDER THERE.

IS THERE A, UH, STEVEN SHALL CROSS.

GREAT.

COME ON UP.

MR. IS IT SHALL CROSS? YES, SIR.

GREAT.

COME ON UP.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.

I THINK IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WELCOME, WELCOME HERE.

MY NAME, MY ADDRESS IS WE ON, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON CENTER, CENTER FOR PERFECT.

AND Y DOES HAVE DONATED TIME, SO PEOPLE HAVE HOW ABOUT NOW? CAN WE HEAR YOU OKAY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI.

YEAH.

UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN CCROS.

UM, MY, MY RESIDENCE IS 1001 WILLOW STREET IN EAST AUSTIN.

OUR BUSINESS ADDRESS, WE HAVE MANY, BUT OUR PRIME BUSINESS ADDRESS IN ALSO IN EAST AUSTIN, 3008 GONZALEZ STREET, UH, AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 0 2.

AND, UH, FORGIVE ME, THIS MY FIRST TIME ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL.

HI.

UM, DO I JUST START TALKING? YEAH.

HELLO.

AND JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, YOUR HEARING AS MUCH AS IT IS ANYBODY ELSE'S, AND YOU'VE GOT A FULL NINE MINUTES, SO WELL, YOU'RE VERY TAKE, TAKE YOUR TIME.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN OPERATING A HOSPITALITY BUSINESS IN AUSTIN FOR 30 YEARS.

UM, IT INCLUDES SAW AND CO, WHICH IS A DINER OVER ON E CESAR CHAVEZ.

UM, DAN CANTINA, UH, NEXT DOOR TO, UH, SAW AND CARE, OUR LITTLE MEXICAN JOINT, UH, LITTLE EASY, WHICH IS OUR LOUISIANA, UH, INSPIRED DI UH, DIVE BAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE INE FOR CATERING, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1994.

UM, UH, I, UH, I LIKE TO SAY I'VE SERVED EVERY, EVERY GOVERNOR SINCE ANN RICHARDS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE KEEPING COUNT AS ONE DEMOCRAT AND THREE REPUBLICANS, AND SO THAT PROVES THAT I CAN GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY.

UM, WE, UH, I, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE STORY OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL REAL QUICK AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF HOSPITALITY.

UM, I CATERED THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL IN 2016.

UH, I FLEW OUT OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL A COUPLE OF TIMES, UH, TO GO TO, TO GO TO FLORIDA TO SEE MY IN-LAWS.

AND I HAD THE OCCASION TO HAVE A TODDLER WITH ME ON ONE OF THOSE TIMES.

UH, VERY COINCIDENTALLY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE, WHICH YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE, BUT OF MY KID AS A 2-YEAR-OLD RUNNING AROUND THAT TERMINAL.

AND, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY CHARMING, RIGHT? IT WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

UM, BUT THE HOSPITALITY THERE WAS REALLY LACKING WHEN WE WERE FLYING OUT.

WE WERE THERE TWICE WHERE THE CONCESSIONAIRE WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER TRAVELED WITH A TODDLER, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A TODDLER AND YOU CAN'T BUY THEM SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY BECOME A DICTATOR TOT.

THAT WAS MY, MY NICKNAME.

UM, AND SO I'M, I, BECAUSE WE HAD DONE THE, THE RIBBON CUTTING, I HAD, YOU KNOW, THE CONTACTS FOR LONE STAR AIRPORT HOLDINGS, WHICH WAS THE LEASE HOLDER AT THE TIME FOR THE SOUTH TERMINAL.

AND I HAD JUST SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR SPACE IS SO GREAT AND IT'S SUCH A FUN PLACE TO BE, BUT IT'S SAD THAT THE CONCESSION'S NOT OPEN.

OR IT'S SAD THAT THE CONCESSION DOESN'T HAVE THINGS LIKE BABY FOOD OR, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I WAS SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE.

AND, AND THE JEFF PEAR, WHO WAS THE, THE OPERATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL AT THE TIME SAYS, OH MY GOSH, YOU, YOU COULDN'T BE MORE.

RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, NOW IT'S MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO UNPROVED THE HOSPITALITY AT THE SOUTH TERMINAL.

I HAD MET JEFF AND THE BOARD OF LONE STAR BECAUSE WE HAD SERVED THEM AT, AT OUR DINER QUITE A BIT WHILE THEY WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WE HAD ALSO INVITED THEM TO THE LAST BUSINESS THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED, WHICH IS SWOOP HOUSE, OUR SUPPER CLUB.

WE HAD A 30 SEAT SUPPER CLUB, SO WE'D KIND OF GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM, AND INADVERTENTLY THEY TOOK A LOT OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE PATIO AND THE INTERIORS FROM OUR MID-CENTURY INSPIRED DINER.

SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP GETTING INVITED TO, UH, BID ON THEIR CONCESSIONAIRE.

I HAD ZERO INTEREST IN BEING, UH, I LITERALLY SAID NO TWICE BEFORE.

WE EVENTUALLY TOOK A HARD LOOK AT IT AND SAID YES, UH, BUILDING THAT CONCESSION.

WE SIGNED THE LEASE IN IN 2016.

I, I'M SORRY.

WE SIGNED THE LEASE IN DECEMBER OF 2017.

WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN, UH, IN THE SPRING,

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UM, AND IT WAS THE SINGLE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE IS TO OPEN THAT CONCESSION INSIDE OF AN AIRPORT.

UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER TRIED TO BUILD ANYTHING INSIDE OF THE AIRPORT, WHEN YOU HAVE TO TALK CONTRACTORS INTO, UH, INTO LISTING OUT ALL THEIR TOOLS AND, AND COUNT THE NUMBER OF SCREWS, THE MANIFESTING ALONE, WE WENT THROUGH THREE PLUMBERS, FIVE DIFFERENT ELECTRICIANS, AND COUNTLESS, UH, OTHER, OTHER TRADESMEN.

UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I BECAME ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT COULD ESCORT PEOPLE, BECAUSE I WAS REALLY, I GOT REALLY GOOD AT COUNTING IN TOOLS FOR THE RECORD.

UM, SO WE, WE OPEN, WE, WE, I, WE END UP SPENDING $650,000.

UH, TALK ABOUT PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

YOU KNOW, I, I SAID THIS COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER.

AND, UH, AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT AS GOOD AS IT COULD BE.

AND, AND TO, TO BE FAIR, PROBABLY THE SINGLE THING THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF THAT I'VE DONE IN MY 30 YEARS OF HOSPITALITY IS THE SOUTH TERMINAL.

AND FOR ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN THERE, I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO COME, UH, BEFORE IT CLOSES NEXT FEBRUARY TO SEE SOME OF WHAT WE DID THAT MADE IT SPECIAL.

WHEN WE COMPARED OUR PERFORMANCE FROM DELAWARE NORTH TO WHAT WE DID.

IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY STRATOSPHERIC MORE SUCCESSFUL IN PLAINS, WHICH IS HOW WE WERE COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH THE TERMINAL, YOU KNOW, REMAINED STEADY PRETTY MUCH JULY THROUGH NOVEMBER WHEN FRONTIER UP AND THE EMPLOYMENTS REALLY STARTED TO RISE.

BUT THE CAPTURE RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WALK THROUGH THE SOUTH TERMINAL, THAT BUY SOMETHING, UH, WENT FROM AROUND 50% TO AROUND 78%.

SO WE INCREASED THE CAPTURE RATE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THAT WE WERE THERE BY 28%, MEANING 28% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WALKED THROUGH BOUGHT SOMETHING FROM US.

THE AVERAGE PRICE PER TICKET IN, IN JUNE OF 2018 WAS $4 AND 81 CENTS.

OKAY? THE AVERAGE PRICE OF TICKET ARE FOUR.

WHAT, WHAT DO YOU OH, THANK YOU.

THE AVERAGE PRICE PER TICKET, UM, UH, WITH US EXCEEDED $8.

SO WE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE AMOUNT.

THE WHY IS THIS SIGNIFICANT? WHY DO YOU CARE? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW OUR LEASE IS STRUCTURED, RIGHT? WE PAY A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME.

SO TO SAY THAT WE WERE HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

LIKE WE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE REVENUE.

WE ACTUALLY, IN SOME CASES TRIPLED AND QUADRUPLED THE REVENUE OVER WHAT DELAWARE NORTH HAD BEEN DOING.

BY THE TIME WE TOOK IT OVER, UM, WE WERE TOLD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A 30 YEAR LEASE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT OUR LANDLORD TOLD US.

IF, IF THEY HAD NOT HAD A 30 YEAR LEASE, I WOULD NOT HAVE INVESTED $650,000 THERE.

I ASSURE YOU, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A FIVE YEAR LEASE TERM, WE HAD AUTOMATIC ANNUAL RENEWALS.

WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THE STAR OF, OF THE SOUTH TERMINAL AND TOLD REPEATEDLY WHAT A GREAT JOB WE WERE DOING.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY SAD.

I DID NOT FEEL LIKE A GENIUS ANYMORE.

UH, WHEN THEY GOT AN ILLEGAL DISPUTE WITH THE AIRPORT, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS SUPER SAD AND SCARY FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE THE LOCAL CONCESSIONAIRE THERE.

SO WE ARE STILL OPERATING THERE, EVEN THOUGH NOW OUR LANDLORD IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, AND, AND WE ARE STILL DOING A VERY GOOD JOB THERE RELATIVE TO THE ORIGINAL METRICS THAT WE WERE COMPARING OURSELVES TO.

AND, AND IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO LEARN THAT THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR US AT BARBARA JORDAN, EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE ROOM FOR ALLEGIANT FRONTIER.

OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY BY MR. GALLO AND MS. TRACY THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING FOR US.

WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BID ON THE NEW TERMINAL THAT'S COMING UP, THAT BID OPEN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR FOR THE, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, A COMPARABLE CONCESSION SPACE TO WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH WOULD GO LIVE IN 2030.

RIGHT? THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE OUR 25 EMPLOYEES AND OUR $650,000 INVESTMENT AND, AND PARK IT SOMEWHERE TILL 2030.

OBVIOUSLY, THE, THE MAIN REASON THAT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, WE HAD TO BORROW $2 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EIDL MONEY.

A BIG PART OF THAT MONEY WENT TO, TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT.

WE WERE ENTITLED TO $2.2 MILLION WORTH OF RESTAURANT RECOVERY MONEY.

WE GOT $0 IN RESTAURANT RECOVERY MONEY BECAUSE THEY RAN OUTTA MONEY BEFORE THEY GOT TO US.

WE WERE ENTITLED TO A $250,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE, SPECIFICALLY FOR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES DEALING WITH TRAVEL AND TOURISM.

WE GOT $0 OF THAT BECAUSE THEY RAN OUTTA MONEY TO GIVE TO US.

I HAVE $1.9 MILLION WORTH OF A FEDERAL DEBT THAT I WILL BE PAYING ON FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

NOT HAVING THAT CONCESSION AND NOT BEING TO LEVERAGE MY

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TO BE FAIR, I AM ASKING, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN JUST TURNING OVER EVERY ROCK FOR ABATED RENT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF OUR CONTRACT TERM.

WE ESTIMATE THAT NUMBER TO BE LESS THAN $200,000.

THAT WOULD HELP A LOT.

I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MS. TRACY IN THE AIRPORT THAT THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO SOMETHING FOR US THAT THEY HAVEN'T, THEY THEY WOULDN'T DO FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR, OR THAT THEY COULDN'T DO FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN OUR SITUATION.

WE ARE THE ONLY LOCAL FOOD SERVICE CONCESSIONAIRE, LIKE THE ONLY ONE.

RIGHT.

WE ARE ALSO EMPLOYING 25 LIKE MS. MARY.

HELLO, MS. MARY, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

OUR FAVORITE MANAGER, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE MANAGERS, UH, WE, WE HAVE, WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE FOR MISS MARY TO WORK STARTING FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS NOT POSSIBLE.

UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS POSSIBLE IS THAT THEY BROKE THE LEASE WITH OUR LANDLORD.

UH, THAT COSTS THE CITY OVER $90 MILLION, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING'S REALLY POSSIBLE.

UM, 'CAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAS POSSIBLE OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE INVESTED 650 GRAND IN THE TERMINAL.

YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE, WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A GOOD JOB.

IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT.

SIR.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, STEVE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, AND, AND WE'D LOVE TO TALK AND A ANSWER QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, I, I JUST WANNA SAY FROM ONE BUSINESS PERSON TO ANOTHER, UM, I REGRET THE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU'VE BEEN DEALT HERE.

UH, I'LL MAKE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO YOU TO COME BY AND, AND BE A CUSTOMER AT SOME POINT.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

WE GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THIS SOUTH DO.

YEAH.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT, BUT SPECIFICALLY, I'LL GO TO THE SOUTH TERMINAL FOR THAT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND RESPECT YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU, MR. PATRICK.

NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SIDELINE CONVERSATIONS AS WE CAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE CHAIR CALLS ETHAN DESAI, MAYBE.

OH, THAT, THAT'S ALSO A DONATOR OF TIME.

WE'RE DONE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA GET ON THE AGENDA.

I APPRECIATE THE SPEAKER AS WELL AS THE DONATORS OF YOUR RESPECTIVE TIME.

OKAY.

LET'S

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVAL.

THANK YOU.

MR. VALDEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? CAN MR. FONG? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

WE'LL KEEP MOVING.

LET'S GO TO THE STAFF

[2. Briefing on July 2025 Financial Results presented by Rajeev Thomas, Chief Financial Officer]

UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, MR. THOMAS.

THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, FINALLY, IT'S ON.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UH, RAJIV THOMAS, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

I'LL GO OVER THE JULY RESULTS.

UM, FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENTS AND TOTAL PASSENGERS, IT WAS ROUGHLY FLAT VERSUS THE PRIOR YEAR.

OUR LANDED WEIGHTS WERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT HIGHER THAN, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR'S, UH, JULY, 2024.

UM, AND CARGO, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, WE SAW IN PRIOR, UM, MONTHS, UH, UNDERPERFORMED, UH, WITH BEING 12% DOWN.

AND I WANTED TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT CARGO VOLUME, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED, UM, IN THE LAST MEETING, AND WE SPECIFICALLY ATTRIBUTED THAT TO FEDEX AND WHY THAT CARGO VOLUME WAS DOWN.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE READ SOME ARTICLES ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH FEDEX, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A QUOTE FROM REUTERS, UH, ON THEIR EARNINGS CALL.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT FEDEX MENTIONED IS THAT THEY HAVE MORE EXPOSURE TO CHINA THAN UPS DOES.

SO SOME OF THE SHIPMENTS FROM CHINA HAS DEFINITELY SLOWED DOWN AND KIND OF HURT THEIR, UM, THEIR, UH, REVENUES.

UM, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, IT IS BASICALLY DIRECT TO CONSUMER SHIPMENTS FROM CHINA.

THAT'S THAT, THAT THEY MENTIONED.

THE OTHER THING THAT THEY ALSO MENTIONED WAS, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMERS WERE DOWNSHIFTING FROM, YOU KNOW, FAST, YOU KNOW, PRICEY AIR SERVICES TO THE LOWER COST GROUND, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SHIPMENTS THROUGH TRUCKS AND TRAINS.

SO THAT'S ALSO AFFECTING HOW THE CONSUMERS ARE BEHAVING IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE TAKING DELIVERY OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, SO THOSE WERE THE TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT THEY CITED IN THEIR EARNINGS CALL.

THAT WHY THEY ARE SEEING SOME SLOWDOWN IN

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OKAY, SO I'LL MOVE OVER TO THE FINANCIAL SIDE IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT.

UM, ON THE, ON THE OPERATING REVENUES, UH, WE INCREASED 10%, UH, 2.9 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, AS MOST OF THIS IS COMING FROM AIRLINE REVENUE.

UH, 17% AIRLINE REVENUES UP TO 17%.

AND YEAR TO DATE, UH, AIRLINE REVENUES UP ALMOST 19%.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE MONTHLY NUMBER AND THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBER, WE ARE UP 10%, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR.

ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, THE OPERATING EXPENSES ACTUALLY FOR JULY CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WE EXPECTED.

UM, IT ONLY WENT UP ABOUT 8% VERSUS WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON AN AVERAGE OF 10% GROWTH.

AND MAINLY THIS WAS DUE TO SOME ITEMS THAT HIT LAST YEAR.

UH, WE HAD A CARPET REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WE ARE NOT DOING THIS YEAR.

UH, WE HAD AN, UH, SOME INVOICES THAT GOT PAID LAST YEAR IN JULY THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING THIS YEAR, LIKE SOME STAFF AUGMENTATION RELATED TO FACILITY SERVICES, ET CETERA.

SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THE OPERATING EXPENSE ONLY WENT UP 8% IN JULY.

AND ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, YOU WILL NOTICE, COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG INCREASE.

BUT LAST YEAR WE ALSO HAD A, UM, A, A PULL DOWN FROM INTEREST TURNED ON SOME OLD BONDS THAT WE HAD, THAT WE USED TOWARDS A DEBT SERVICE.

SO IT LOWERED THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT LAST YEAR, UH, ARTIFICIALLY DOWN.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT BIG INCREASE, $6.8 MILLION VERSUS 4.4 IN, UM, LAST YEAR, JULY.

SO OVERALL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NET REVENUES, UH, DOWN ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OR ABOUT 10% VERSUS LAST YEAR, BUT YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE STILL 9% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.

WERE $6.6 MILLION BETTER THAN WHAT WE WERE DOING LAST YEAR, YEAR TO DATE ON A BUDGET BASIS.

UH, WE ARE SEEING, UH, REVENUES ARE NOW KIND OF TRENDING BACK TO WHERE WE BUDGETED.

WE ARE ONLY OFF ABOUT $425,000 VERSUS WHERE WE BUDGETED FOR THE FULL YEAR.

UH, YOU CAN SEE OPERATING EXPENSES ARE FAVORABLE ABOUT ALMOST $1.2 MILLION.

AND THEN ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, WE HAVE THAT FAVORABILITY OF ABOUT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WAS REALLY, MOST OF IT WAS REALLY RELATED TO AN OPERATING RESERVE, OR SORRY, DEBT SERVICE, UH, EXCESS RESERVE THAT WAS, UM, UM, THAT WAS RELEASED IN THIS YEAR.

UH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT BOTTOM LINE VERSUS BUDGET, WE ARE ABOUT $11 MILLION ON NET REVENUES HIGHER THAN WHERE WE BUDGETED.

THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAJE ON THE SCREEN OR IN THE ROOM? GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER THIS QUARTER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S QUARTER, WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT MORE SEATS LOADED, SO THE SEATS ARE FOR SALE.

AND NEXT QUARTER, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WE HAVE 10% MORE SEATS LOADED.

OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE NEWS LATELY WAS SOUTHWEST AND DELTA IN PARTICULAR.

I THINK THE MOST PROFOUND WAS SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

CEO SAYING ALLOWED THAT AUSTIN COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME ITS LARGEST AIRPORT IN TEXAS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 131 DEPARTURES ON SOUTHWEST.

UH, HOUSTON HAS 187, AND DALLAS LOVE HAS 210.

SO THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF ADDITIONS FOR SOUTHWEST AND AUSTIN.

UM, DELTA ANNOUNCED COLUMBUS, OHIO AND KANSAS CITY EFFECTIVE IN JUNE NEXT SUMMER.

DELTA ALSO NOT ON THIS REPORT, JUST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED KENTUCKY DERBY FLIGHTS AVAILABLE.

I BELIEVE THERE'S, THESE ARE OUR FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY FLIGHTS FOR AUSTIN.

DELTA DID DISCONTINUE MIDLAND.

THAT ENDS NOVEMBER 8TH YEAR.

UH, SOUTHWEST WILL HAVE ITS LARGEST PRESENCE IN AUSTIN, UH, NEXT YEAR.

SPIRIT, AS WE KNOW, SPIRIT IS IN CHAPTER 11 AGAIN THIS YEAR.

I GUESS THERE'S THREE WAYS THAT SPIRIT COULD GO.

THEY COULD EMERGE FROM CHAPTER 11.

THEY COULD MERGE OR BE ABSORBED BY ANOTHER AIRLINE, OR THEY COULD FILE THE CHAPTER SEVEN AND, AND CEASE.

SO, UH, WE WISH THEM THE BEST.

AND WE LOVE HAVING THE ULCC HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

I HOPE IT

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VEEVA ABO ANOTHER ULCC.

THIS WENT OUTTA MEXICO, ANNOUNCED NONSTOP SERVICE TO THE NEW AIRPORT IN MEXICO CITY, PHILIPPA AND HELLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE, THE CODE THAT I HAD TO MEMORIZE NLU WE'RE USED TO SEEING MEX.

SO NOW WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS IN NEW MEXICO CITY.

WE HAVE A MEXICO INTO MEXICO CITY AND ONE, AND WE HAVE VI AERO BOOST STARTING NOVEMBER 20TH.

I THINK THEY'RE QUITE PLEASED WITH THE, UM, INITIAL SALES THEY GOT WITH THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT OUT OF AUSTIN.

SO WE WISH THEM VERY WELL THERE.

UH, NEW ON THE HORIZON.

SOUTHWEST WILL START THE NEW ROUTE FOR THEM OF JACKSONVILLE, OCTOBER 2ND.

CURRENTLY, THAT'S A MONOPOLY ROUTE WITH DELTA, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF HAVING OPTIONS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

UH, DELTA WILL START CANCUN AND CABO ON DECEMBER 20TH.

DELTA WILL START PALM SPRINGS NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, DENVER THE NOVEMBER THE NINTH.

FORT LAUDERDALE WILL BE RESTARTED BY JETBLUE ON NOVEMBER 20TH.

AND WE JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VEEVA ABO STARTING MEXICO CITY, NLU ON NOVEMBER 20TH.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE SO FAR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SAY THAT WHEN WE COMPARE SEPTEMBER 25 TO SEPTEMBER 24, WE HAVE FOUR PLUS 4% MORE NONSTOP DESTINATIONS.

SO THAT'S, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT I THINK FOR 18 MONTHS OR SO.

AND WE HAVE 2% MORE SEAT DEPARTURES.

SO THE SEATS ARE CERTAINLY THERE.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AIRLINE SEAT SHARE, SOUTHWEST DOES HAVE 42%, UH, MORE THAN DOUBLE DELTA, WHICH IS NUMBER TWO AT 20%.

AND AMERICAN AT 14% AND UNITED AT 13%.

ALL IN ALL, AUSTIN CONTINUES TO HAVE A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE MAJOR CARRIERS AND THE UCCS, SO I'M REAL PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

THANK YOU, JAMIE.

UM, IF YOU COULD, YOU, YOU STARTED BY TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOUTHWEST AND DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR THOSE THINGS, BUT MAYBE WHAT'S IN THE PUBLIC RECORD AND WHAT YOU COULD SHARE AND WHAT YOU JUST ALLUDED TO.

TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

THAT SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.

IT'S SUPER EXCITING THAT THEY HAD THEIR CEO HERE AND ANNOUNCED THAT, THAT WE COULD BE THE LARGEST IN TEXAS.

UH, THIS WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATE, NUMBER ONE.

IT'S GONNA BE A SLOW RAMP UP, I ASSUME, A SLOW RAMP UP, BUT IT, IT'S PROBABLY NOT IMMEDIATE WHATSOEVER.

ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AS SOUTHWEST IS CONSIDERING WIDE BODIES, THEY CURRENTLY FLY THE 7 37 AIRCRAFT MODEL.

AND A WIDE BODY WOULD OPEN UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN AUSTIN WITH OUR TWO BEAUTIFUL RUNWAYS THAT CAN HANDLE IT.

AND THERE MAY BE SOME CONSTRAINTS IN DALLAS LOVE FIELD WITH THE AIR WITH THE RUNWAY THERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR, AND THEY'RE PAYING A LOT ATTENTION.

ALL THE MAJOR CARRIERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO AUSTIN.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT AS AN AIRPORT.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE, AND I KNOW THAT A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IS, IS MAYBE ART AND NOT SCIENCE, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE THAT FROM A CEO OF A SUPER WELL-RESPECTED COMPANY LIKE SOUTHWEST, DOES THAT HAVE A ENCOURAGING AND COMPETITIVE SORT OF IMPACT ON, ON THE COMPETITION? PROBABLY.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, THE, THE BEAUTY ABOUT OUR BUSINESS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY COMPETITIVE.

YEP.

SO IF ONE CARRIER WANTS TO ONE UP ANOTHER CARRIER AND ANOTHER RESPONDS, IT WORKS WELL FOR THE AIRPORT AND OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND IS LOVE FIELD THE NUMBER ONE AIRPORT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST IN TEXAS? YES.

IS THAT WHO WE WOULD BE? YES.

UH, LOVE HAS, UH, 210 DEPARTURES.

HOUSTON HAS 187 AND WE HAVE 131 ON SOUTHWEST CURRENTLY.

THAT'S REAL GROWTH, HUH? YEAH.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR JAMIE ON THE SCREEN? GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD TO SEE THAT 4%, RIGHT.

ALRIGHT,

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

LYNN ESTERBROOK, APRIL W, CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT.

I WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS AND WHERE THEY STAND IN, IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, I'M GONNA START WITH PAGE 30, WHICH IS THE WESTGATE EXPANSION.

AND IN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN OR NOT, BUT THAT'S OKAY IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

BUT IT IS IN YOUR PACKET THAT YOU HAVE AND THAT'S POSTED ONLINE

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THERE WE GO.

THIS, UH, IS A NEW PICTURE AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON DRYWALL IN THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S A HUGE THING.

UM, THEY ALSO SWITCHED TO PERMANENT POWER, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR MILESTONE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE FOREGROUND, THAT'S THE MONUMENTAL STARE THAT WILL GO UPSTAIRS TO THE OUTDOOR DECK AND THE QUIET ROOM, THAT SORT OF, KIND OF CURVED WALL THAT YOU SEE AS OUR QUIET ROOM, UM, FOR THIS SPACE AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT PROJECT.

AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE NEW, UM, IMAGES THAT WE'VE GOT OUT OF THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S NOT A RENDERING THAT IS, THAT IS NOT A RENDERING, THAT IS A PHOTO.

MM-HMM .

YES, SIR.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU WANNA MOVE, UH, TO PAGE 32, THE PARKING GARAGE.

SO, YEP, THERE WE GO.

OH, YOU WENT A LITTLE FAST.

GO BACK.

OH, GO BACK.

THERE WE GO RIGHT THERE.

OH, ONE MORE.

NO, THERE.

RIGHT THERE.

SO THE YELLOW GARAGE, THE IMAGE THERE ON THE BOTTOM IS THE CONSTRUCTION IMAGE.

AND WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 85% OF THE PIERS.

AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE FIFTH DECK.

UM, THEY'VE JUST STARTED, UH, WORKING ON THE FIFTH DECK.

THEY'VE COMPLETED ZONES ONE, TWO, AND FOUR.

THE IMAGE THAT YOU SEE IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.

FIRST, THEY'RE GONNA GET THAT FULLY COMPLETE AND THEN THEY'LL SWITCH TO THE NORTH SIDE.

BUT 85% OF ALL THE PEERS HAVE BEEN DRILLED, WHICH IS A MAJOR MILESTONE.

SO THEY'RE MOVING VERY QUICKLY ON THAT PROJECT.

UM, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE AIRPORT RECENTLY, I WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PROJECT 'CAUSE IT'S VERY VISIBLE AS YOU DRIVE IN.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER NEW PARKING TO OUR CUSTOMERS SOON.

AND THEN THE NEXT IMAGE, THE NEXT PROJECT IN THE REPORT IS THE ATRIUM INFILL.

AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THEM MOVING IN THE STRUCTURAL, THE GIANT STRUCTURAL, UM, BEAMS THAT WILL BE HOLDING UP THE NEW FLOOR THAT'S FILLING IN THE ATRIUM.

AND THEY ARE WORKING AT NIGHT.

AND THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG, UM, VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO WE HOPE THAT, UM, IN THAT THIRD QUARTER OF 26 TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE SPACE TO THE CUSTOMERS TO BE ABLE TO STAND THERE INSIDE, UM, TO QUEUE FOR THE SECURITY SCREENING.

SO THAT'S A GREAT BIG MILESTONE.

THERE ARE MORE BEAMS THAN WHAT'S IN THIS IMAGE.

UM, THEY'RE MOVING THEM IN EVERY NIGHT.

AND SO THEY'RE MOVING ALONG QUICKLY.

AND THEN THE LAST PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLAN.

THERE'S A NEW RENDERING AS WELL IN THE PACKET THAT SHOWS THE SORT OF GRAPHIC IMAGE OF WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S A BIG GIANT RECTANGLE.

IF YOU WANNA MOVE TWO SLIDES TO THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT, ONE MORE.

THERE YOU GO.

AND IT'S A BIG BLOCK.

THE BOTTOM IS WHAT'S CALLED CMU BLOCK.

IT'S A A, A KIND OF LIKE A BRICK BLOCK THAT'S MADE OUT OF CONCRETE.

AND THE TOP IS METAL PANELS.

SO IT'S A NICE, UH, LARGE RECTANGLE, UTILITARIAN BASIC BUILDING THAT, UH, HOUSES THE NEW CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT.

AND THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG WITH THAT 30% DESIGN THAT THIS IMAGE CAME FROM.

AND THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU FOR THIS MONTH.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON, ON SLIDE 28, HOW VISUALLY THAT YOU COVER A LOT OF GROUND IN THAT ONE SLIDE BY SHOWING THE STATUS OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND I JUST, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US AS WE TRY TO KEEP AN, KEEP AN UNDERSTANDING.

RIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS THE OVERALL PROGRAM IMAGE, AND AS WE MOVE INTO BUILD, THINGS ARE TURNING INTO THAT BLUE PURPLE COLOR AND MORE AND MORE, UH, THEY TURN INTO THE BLUE AND PURPLE.

AND, UH, SOON WE'LL HAVE MORE GREEN AS WELL, UM, IN THE COMING SPRING TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. ESTERBROOK ON THE SCREEN OR IN THE ROOM? GREAT.

THANK YOU LYNN VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

BEFORE WE, UM, LET ME ORIENT MYSELF HERE AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING INTO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM PORTION.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I, ON, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, UH, DISCUSS DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TIED TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 11.

AND IN THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, SECRETARY VALDEZ, AND I WANTED TO BE SENSIBLE ABOUT THE ORDER OF THINGS HERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON, UM, ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE THERE.

BUT BEFORE WE

[11. Hold a public hearing to solicit feedback from the public and community stakeholders regarding the usefulness and relevance of the Airport Advisory Commission stated purposes and duties and its success in fulfilling those purposes and duties.]

I DOUBT

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RIGHT? AND SO GOING TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, OUR RESPONSE TO, UM, THE SELF-EVALUATION SURVEY? OKAY.

SO WE CAN SCRATCH 11 OFF THE AGENDA, COME BACK TO

[5. Conduct an evaluation of the recommendations made and other actions taken by the Airport Advisory Commission throughout the year and how these reflected or achieved the commission’s directives, identify any overlaps in the role and work of the commission with other boards or commissions, identify policies or City needs that no current board or commission appears to address, evaluate the level of members’ and the community’s engagement, and identify potential bylaw amendments to improve or address any of the foregoing.]

AND I THINK, JASON, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THIS, THIS IS ON PAGES 46 AND SEVEN OF THE PACKET.

AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT, UH, I WANT TO THANK SECRETARY VALDEZ, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK JASON AND THE, AND THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOR GETTING THIS.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEEP THINKING GOING ON HERE, BUT THERE IS SOME, SOME COMPLETE THOUGHT HERE.

AND THIS IS JUST A CURSORY RESPONSE THAT WE NEED, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS OUR RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ULTIMATELY VOTE ON TODAY, UH, AND MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT MR. ALEXANDER, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD TAKE IT FROM THERE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

YES.

HAPPY TO CHAIR.

UH, JASON ALEXANDER, DEPUTY CHIEF FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, UH, OVER AT AIRPORT AFFAIRS.

SO BACKING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, I'VE MENTIONED THIS AT MAYBE A PREVIOUS MEETING OR TWO, UM, BUT OUR COMMISSION, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS PART OF A PILOT THAT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WORK TOGETHER ON CREATING TO KIND OF GAUGE THE FUNCTIONALITY, THE PRODUCTIVITY OF WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ALL OF THE CITIES, MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

BUT WE WERE ONE OF FOUR THAT WERE ASKED TO KIND OF STEP UP AND, UM, KIND OF DO THIS PILOT SURVEY.

THE SURVEY IS SOMETHING THAT EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS IN THIS PILOT WILL COMPLETE.

THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ACTION ON IT, MUCH LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SUBMIT THOSE TO THE CITY CLERK FOR REVIEW.

AND THAT WILL BE EVENTUALLY RAISED AS AN ITEM FOR, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A BROAD LOOK AT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE CITY.

UM, BUT WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST TO, TO JUMP INTO THAT.

SO THE SURVEY, HOPE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE DRAFT RESPONSE, BUT THE SURVEY IS ABOUT A 12 QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT 12 QUESTIONS LONG.

UM, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, BROAD THOUGHT TO GIVE TO THIS.

MOST OF IT'S PRETTY MATTER OF FACT.

UH, BUT THERE WERE A FEW WHERE WE JUST WERE ASKED TO KIND OF GAUGE WHAT ACTIONS THIS COMMISSION HAS TAKEN IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR.

SO SINCE JANUARY.

UM, AND IN THAT PERIOD, WHAT WE REALLY CAPTURED HERE WAS THERE, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF DIRECT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ITSELF COMING FROM THE COMMISSION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CITY DEPARTMENT ITEMS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD HERE PER THE BYLAWS, UH, TO BE REVIEWED AND ACTED UPON BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.

AND SO I WANT TO USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO THANK THIS COMMISSION.

UH, WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE VARIOUS ITEMS, IT, WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN THE LAST, UH, WELL SINCE JANUARY.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THAT IS HOW WE'VE DRAFTED THE RESPONSE IS JUST SORT OF COVERING A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIONS THAT THIS GROUP HAS TAKEN SINCE THAT TIME.

AND SO WE WOULD TURN IT BACK TO YOU ALL TO DISCUSS THAT AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TAKE A MOTION AND THEN A SECOND WE CAN DISCUSS IT A BIT.

THANK YOU JASON, FOR, FOR LAYING THAT OUT.

UH, IS THERE A, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT AS WRITTEN? I MOTION.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

AND A SECOND.

SECOND.

GREAT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I WOULD SAY, UM, I THINK OUR COMMISSION OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN, UM, WORKING EXTRAORDINARILY WELL WITH THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND LEADERSHIP OF A US AND IT'S A CONSEQUENTIAL 12 MONTHS THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE AND A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.

WE DIDN'T PUT ANY HYPERBOLIC LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT THAT HERE.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT.

UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON SCREEN OR IN THE ROOM ABOUT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU HERE? COMMISSIONERS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS, UM, UH, I KNOW IT TOOK EXTRA TIME AND IT'S GONNA GO ACROSS THE CITY, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUTTING TIME INTO THIS, BUT I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I'LL JUST READ ONE ITEM AT NUMBER FIVE, SAYS, EVALUATE THE LEVEL OF MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BYLAW AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE OR ADDRESS ANY OF THESE FOREGOING.

SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, ESPECIALLY AS VOLUNTEERS, IS WE WANT TO GET THAT ENGAGEMENT.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THAT THE CITY'S ACTUALLY DOING THAT AND ASKING THAT THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO THIS GIVES, UH, EVERYONE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, A CHANCE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE AND WE WANT THEM TO PARTICIPATE.

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SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY HAVE FUTURE, UH, UH, UM, UH, TAXPAYERS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE AUSTIN AIRPORT COMMISSION AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD WELCOME THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CITY TAKING THAT INITIATIVE TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY.

YES, MR. PAUL.

UH, RELATED TO THAT, UH, NUMBER 10 AND 11, IN TERMS OF THE ENGAGEMENT, WHEN WE SUBMIT THE SURVEY, DO WE ALSO PASS ALONG, UM, WHAT WE THINK ARE THE REASONS FOR THE SCORING SELF-EVALUATION OF THESE ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATION IF WE HAVE SOME TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT? IS THAT A REQUIREMENT OR ARE WE GOING TO SUBMIT SOMETHING? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU SUBMIT ANY KIND OF EDITORIAL TO THE, THE NUMBER SCORING.

UM, THIS COMMISSION IS WELCOME TO TAKE UP THE NUMBER SCORING ON, ON AT THIS SETTING IF YOU WANT TO REVISE THAT NUMBER, UH, UP OR DOWN OR, OR LEAVE IT THE SAME, BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT YOU SUBMIT ANY CONTEXT TO IT.

UH, IF YOU DO HAVE CONTEXT, WE'RE WELCOME OR WE, WE WELCOME YOU SHARING THAT HERE AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD AS PART OF THE ACTION FOR THIS ITEM.

I, I'LL, I'LL REFLECT COMMISSIONER THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN MORE ENGAGED.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT HAS BEEN A REFLECTION NOT ON PROFESSIONAL STAFF, BUT UPON THE COMPLEXITY OF ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIAL NATURE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE US AND AROUND A US.

AND, UM, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WELCOME GOOD PUBLIC CITIZEN COMMENT LIKE WE WERE TODAY.

AND THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN, FRANKLY, A LINE AT OUR DOOR REFLECTING OPPOSITION OR CONCERN AROUND THE GOOD WORK OF, OF A US.

SO I, I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH THE EIGHT AS FAR AS THE, THE COMMISSION'S ENGAGEMENT.

I ALSO CELEBRATE THE FOUR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSION AND EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND THE FACT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I THINK IS A, IS A, IS A POSITIVE STATEMENT AROUND THE GOOD WORK OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF HERE.

UM, I AGREE.

UH, CHAIR AND THE, I WAS JUST, UH, THINKING OF A, TO CLARIFY WHAT IS THE ENGAGEMENT WITH A, UH, WITH A COMMUNITY? IS IT A PUBLIC SPEAKER OR IS ALSO A LOT OF, UH, OUTREACHING EVENTS WE HAVE ORGANIZED TO, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY PROACTIVELY, AND WE GOT GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING, AND THAT'S A GOOD DIRECTION, WE COULD, SHOULD CONTINUE AND MAYBE STRENGTHEN SOME OF THOSE, UM, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE THINK FOUR IS PRETTY GOOD, WE CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER.

YES, CERTAINLY.

UM, I, I, MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT QUESTION WAS REALLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING FIRST, IT'S REALLY AROUND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION THAT WE GET THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT, UH, WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC COMING HERE TO SPEAK.

UM, BUT ALSO MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S WHEN WE TEE UP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, DO WE GET MUCH PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THAT FRONT? DO WE GET A LOT OF CITIZENS COMING IN AND, UH, RESIDENTS COMING IN TO, TO COMMENT ON THOSE? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN MUCH ENGAGEMENT ON THAT FRONT, BUT I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, GOES TO LOGIC THAT IF WE WERE TO BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE THAT FORWARD ON SOME IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUES FOR THE AIRPORT TO CONSIDER, OR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, WE PROBABLY WOULD START SEEING A LOT MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO THAT FOUR IS KIND OF INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN THIS STASIS RIGHT NOW.

BUT, UM, IF THERE WAS MORE THAT WAS DRAWING THAT OUT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION'S NOT AFRAID TO BRING IMPORTANT ITEMS FORWARD, THEN I THINK YOU'D SEE THAT NUMBER TICK UP.

THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY EDITORIAL COMMENT FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING COMM C**N AND I'VE TALKED A GOOD BIT ABOUT.

I, I THINK THE, THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION, WHILE WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE AIRPORT, UM, THE FLINT HILLS DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT PROACTIVE AS IT WAS, AS A BEST PRACTICE.

AND AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE NAVIGATE CONSTRUCTION, ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION IN OUR BUSY AIRPORT, NOT SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT HERE AT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MICROPHONE, BUT MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITIZENS AND PROACTIVE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AS SEAMLESS A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.

IS SOMETHING NOT, UH, APPROPRIATE TO BE INCLUDED

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ARE THERE ANY, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTED CHANGES? YES, COMMISSIONER, I JUST HAVE, UH, A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, UH, NUMBER FOUR IT SAYS PLEASE LIST THE RECOMMENDATION NUMBERS.

SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND THIS ACTUAL COMMISSION, WE DON'T MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL.

NO.

TO CLARIFY, THIS COMMISSION, UH, DOES MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT FORWARD SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

GOT IT.

SO THIS COMMISSION HAS DONE, JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF HISTORY, THIS COMMISSION HAS BROUGHT FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS ON A DEGREE OF TOPICS.

UM, THIS COMMISSION'S ACTED ON THOSE, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR EVENTUAL SPONSORSHIP.

SO THIS COMMISSION DOES EVERYTHING, UM, THAT THE PROCESS ALLOWS.

AND, AND WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FULFILLING THAT OBLIGATION JUST WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN THE LOOKBACK PERIOD.

WE JUST HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THIS COMMISSION HAS NOT DONE THAT.

MM-HMM .

AND, AND COMMISSIONER, I WOULD ADD THAT I WOULDN'T, UM, I DON'T, UH, NECESSARILY EQUATE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH PROGRESS IN THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN EMBRACING AND SHAPING THE WORK THAT'S COME TO THIS COMMISSION ULTIMATELY FOR OUR APPROVAL AND MOVING FORWARD TO COUNSEL.

AND SO THOSE 28 ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST OF THIS SUBJECT PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CONSEQUENTIAL.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT HERE PERSONALLY.

AND, UM, JASON, YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? I WOULD JUST SAY IN SUPPORT OF THAT, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY CAPTURED HERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, IS THAT EVERY TIME WE AS STAFF COME TO THIS COMMISSION EACH MONTH TO EITHER PRESENT, UM, ON ONGOING PROJECTS OR BRING ITEMS THAT WE DO TAKE TO COUNSEL THIS, THIS IS AN INFORMED DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE.

AND IN THAT REGARD, UM, I THINK THIS COMMISSION HAS MOVED THE NEEDLE IN A LOT OF REALLY BIG WAYS.

WE'VE, YOU KNOW, COME HERE TO TALK AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME BIG PROJECTS WE'RE DOING, CERTAINLY AREAS OF INTEREST LIKE THE, THE FUEL TANKS AND THE FUEL PIPELINE, THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN THINGS THAT ON OUR SIDE AS A DEPARTMENT, WE'VE CERTAINLY ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE RISEN TO THE COMMISSION LEVEL MM-HMM .

BUT THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL HAVE SHAPED AND INFORMED ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SO I THINK THERE IS A NEXUS THERE.

MM-HMM .

FAIR AND AGREE.

YEAH.

AND ONE MORE KIND OF QUESTION OR COMMENT.

UM, I GUESS YOU COULD RELATE IT TO, UM, THE SCALE OF HOW ENGAGED THE BOARD IS.

UM, BUT THERE'S ONE THING THEY DON'T HAVE ON HERE, WHICH I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT IN OUR ROLE IS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT THEY AREN'T PLAYING CATCH UP WHEN ITEMS DO HIT THEIR, UH, DIET.

SO NO MORE QUESTIONS.

YEAH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? GREAT.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE

[6. Authorize a contract for security perimeter gate preventative maintenance and repair services for the Department of Aviation with Knowitall Access & Integration, LLC, for an initial term of four years with one one-year extension option, in an amount not to exceed $1,617,852. Funding: $265,000 is available in the Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation, funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. [Note: This contract will be awarded in accordance with the City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). For the goods and services required for this solicitation, there were insufficient subcontracting opportunities; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established. However, the recommended contractor identified subcontracting opportunities.]]

AND I, I THINK, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THIS IS BRIAN OR TO BRIAN, WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WALK US THROUGH IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, PAUL PENA, AIRPORT MAINTENANCE OFFICER.

YES.

JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME HOUSEKEEPING HERE.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, EIGHT, AND NINE.

WOULD YOU PREFER THAT I PRESENT ALL OF 'EM OR GO AND ORDER ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA? PAUL, LET'S, LET'S GO AND ORDER BY ORDER OF AGENDA, BUT LET'S KEEP YOU IN THAT SEAT AND WE'LL TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON AND OFF.

I GOT YOU.

YOU GO.