[CALL TO ORDER]
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>> IT IS NOW TWO MINUTES PAST THE START TIME.
I APPRECIATE >> BEING HERE TODAY.
>> AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT TO ORDER.
AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN WHICH WE HAVE NOT INTRODUCED TOWN THIS POINT. WE HAVE SOME VISITORS WHICH WE WILL BE CALLING UP THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
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FIRST ONE IS A CONSIDERATION, AND ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 13TH. EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE APRIL 13, 2022, MEETING? YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?>> SO MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SORRY, SECOND? ? THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY AYE. >> AYE.
[3. Airport Management Reports:]
>> THANK YOU. MR. AIRPORT MANAGER.
>> WELL, THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TO CITY HALL.
WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST NEW BOARDS OR FIRST BOARDS TO BREAK IN THIS NEW ARRANGEMENT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THIS IS CERTAINLY A NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR US ANYWAY NOT BEING AT THE AIRPORT. BUT JUST A REMINDER SORRY, THIS IS LIVESTREAMING ON THE CITY'S CHANNEL 2, AND IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT OR START A DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING, SURE AND TALK INTO YOUR MIC. THE MICS, WHEN THEY ARE GREEN, THEY ARE LIVE. IF YOU WANT TO TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU ARE NOT TALKING, JUST HIT THE BUTTON THERE AT THE BASE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BASE. THE FRONT OF OF THE BASE OF THE MIC, AND IT WILL TURN RED. MAYBE IT WON'T.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT WILL -- IT'S SUPPOSED TO TURN RED, AND YOU CAN -- SO THAT WAY YOU ARE NOT HEARD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HEARD. OKAY.
SO LET'S JUMP INTO THE MANAGEMENT REPORTS.
THE REVIEW OF OUR STATISTICS WHICH I DID NOT INCLUDED OM THE POWERPOINT. THE POWERPOINT IS FOR LATER DISCUSSIONS. BUT OUR STATISTICS ARE IN YOUR PACKET. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PAYMENTS, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOWN FROM JUNE FROM JUNE OF 21, 6,622 TOTAL IN PAYMENTS. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM COVID, SO IT IS ALL UNCHARTED TERRITORY FOR US. OUR OVERALL YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS THOUGH WERE FOUR PERCENT AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
WE HAD A STRONG FIRST QUARTER, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.
WE ARE GOOD. APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE WERE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO OR NOT AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR'S SECOND QUARTER. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT WE ARE SEEING INDUSTRI-WIDE, AND OVERALL, I THINK THAT THE NATION AND US ARE ABOUT 85 TO 90 PERCENT OF WHAT WE WERE IN 2019. SO THERE'S STILL THAT TEN PERCENT, 10 TO 15 PERCENT THAT NATIONWIDE, WE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET. JULY 4TH WEEKEND HOWEVER WAS A VERY GOOD WEEKEND NATIONALLY. WE DON'T KNOW OUR NUMBERS YET.
NATIONALLY, IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND.
GETTING VERY CLOSE TO FOR JULY, FOR THE 2019 NUMBERS.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON OUR PARKING LOT REVENUE, OF COURSE, WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT PRETTY CLOSELY. IT WAS DOWN 11.18 PERCENT FOR JUNE COMPARED TO JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR STRONG FIRST QUARTER, WE ARE STILL UP ABOUT 14 AND A HALF PERCENT OVER 21. AND OUR RENTAL CAR REVENUE HAS BEEN STRONG. AVIS AND HERTZ -- OR AVIS, AND ENTERPRISE HAVE BOTH HAD REALLY GOOD MONTHS.
SO THEY ARE UP 14.75 PERCENT FOR THE YEAR, AND 12.83 PERCENT UP FOR JUNE OF OF THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR.
SO THEY ARE OUTPERFORMING OUR PARK LOT AND OUR AIRLINE JUST AS
FAR AS OVERALL PERFORMANCE. >> OUR FLIGHT NUMBERS, HAS ANY
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OF THAT BEEN IMPACT BY FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS?>> THE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THAT BIG OF AN IMPACT.
THE ENVOYS WHICH FLIES THE AMERICAN EAGLE SERVICE HERE HAS BEEN PRETTY STABLE IN OUR MARKET.
THERE ARE CANCELLATIONS THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT EVERYWHERE, AND AMERICAN FOR SURE HAS HAD THE IMPACT, BUT WE HAVE JUST NOT
SEEN THAT IN ABILENE. >> I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE CONNECTING FLIGHTS, THAT WHOLE ISSUE.
>> THAT'S A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO IT.
>> AND THE ON-TIME IS RUNNING PRETTY GOOD TOO?
>> WE DON'T KEEP UP]. WITH MIDLAND IN PARTICULAR, AT
ABOUT $15 DIFFERENCE. >> AND IT'S SOMEWHAT CLOSER OR SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER, ACTUALLY TO TO SO WE ARE SEEING BOOKINGS, 30 TO 60 DAYS OUT BEING CHEAPER, SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE 14-DAY BOOKING.
14 DAYS OUT, THERE REALLY -- THE FARES ARE REALLY UP THERE.
>> I THINK THAT OUR LOAD FACTOR -- ALEX, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE LOAD FACTOR WAS? 69 PERCENT? YEAH, SO WE ARE BUMPING 70 PERCENT LOAD FACTOR.
IF I ARE FLYING ON OUR AIRCRAFT RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FLIGHTS OUT OF HERE, YOU ARE SEEING FULL FLIGHTS. IT IS THE AFTERNOON FLIGHTS THAT ARE DEPARTURES THAT ARE THE LOWER LOAD FACTORS THAT DRIVE THE AVERAGE DOWN. BUT THE MORNINGS ARE SUPER HEALTHY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
STATISTICS? >> THE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> LEGISLATIVE ISSUES --. THE SUMMER HAS BEEN ABOUT BUDGET THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS RECOMMENDED AND/OR BEEN BUMPED UP TOO. SO TSA'S BUDGET, THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT INCLUDE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL TO GET THAT INTO THE BUDGET, IT IS COLOCATED RIGHT WITH THE SCREEN CHECK POINT. IT DOESN'T COST TSA, ANY MORE MONEY TO MONITOR OUR CHECK POINT, WE HAVE AN ALARM WHEN IT GOES OFF WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO, AND TSA, JUST HAS TO RESPOND TO THAT. IF HE THEY LOST THAT MONEY IN THE BUDGET THERE ISN'T REALLY ANYBODY TO CUT, BUT THEY WOULD SAY, WE ARE NOT COVERING THAT FOR YOU.
AND THERE'S WASTEFUL NECESSARY THERE.
AND THE AIRLINE AMERICAN MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT TSA, IS ALREADY PROVIDING. THERE'S REALLY NO EXTRA COST.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT THE BUDGETS, AND THERE HASN'T BEEN REALLY A LOT GOING ON WITH THAT IN CONGRESS, OR OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES.
THERE'S AN ISSUE, CALLED PFAS, AND THAT'S A CHEMICAL, THAT IS IN THE FOAM THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO USE BY FAA.
THERE IS KNOW OTHER APPROVED FOAM FOR OUR AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTING TRUCKS TO USE TO FIGHT AN AIRCRAFT FIRE.
FAA SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO USE THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF MIX, AND IT CONTAINS THIS CHEMICAL THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY ALLEGEDLY CANCER-CAUSING. SO WE ARE WAITING ON A RESOLUTION. THAT RESOLUTION HAS TO COME FROM
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EPA AND FAA. SO WE ARE WAITING ON THAT TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT. BUT RIGHT NOW, NOTHING HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FAA SO WE CONTINUE TO USE THAT SAME FOAM, AND JUST WAIT FOR FAA TO CHANGE OR ACCEPT OTHER THINGS THAT IT'STESTING >> WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE NEW
PROJECTS, AT THE FIRE STATION. >> THIS REALLY IS CLOSE.
>> THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS AGO.
IT'S TURNED OUT GREAT. IF YOU GO INSIDE OF IT.
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO DO SO MAYBE AT THE AUGUST MEETING WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A TOUR
OF IT. >> THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WILL HAVE IT TURNED OVER TO US THIS FRIDAY IF WE CAN GET AT LAST OUT TO CHANGE -- CONNECT THE GAS LINE, AND THEY HAVE TO DISC DISCONNECT GAS LINE AT THE OLD STATION, AND THEN RECONNECT IT WHEN THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH THE NEW STATION. SO WE HAD TO PUT IT ON HOLD THIS PAST WEEK, BECAUSE OF ERCOT'S, MESSAGE THAT YOU MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO BLACKOUTS. AND I'VE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE FROM OUR CONTRACTOR TO SEE WHEN IT'S SCHEDULED TO COME BACK, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK ON THAT TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HAPPEN BY THE END OF OF THE WEEK, BY FRIDAY.
>> THE INTENT WAS FOR US TO MOVE IN OVER THE WEEKEND, AND START OPERATING THERE BY THE NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE ALSO WAITING FOR THE CITY'S I.T. FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN HOOKING UP SOME TECHNOLOGY OVER THERE, INCLUDING OUR CRASH
PHONE, AND OUR COMPUTERS. >> THOSE ARE CRITICAL.
SO-SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE I AM HOPING THAT WE ARE WITHIN A WEEK OF BEING ABLE TO GET IN WITH THOSE DELAYS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
>> HOW ARE THE FIREFIGHTERS REACTING TO THIS NEW FACILITY?
>> THEY LOVE IT. ABSOLUTELY, IT IS A HUGE HUGE IMPROVEMENT. AND WHEN WE DO THE TOUR OF IT,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE IMPRESSED. >> WE OUGHT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE OLD ONE, AND THEN TAKE IT THROUGH THE NEW ONE TO REALLY APPRECIATE THE IMPROVEMENT THIS AFFORDS US.
INDIVIDUAL ROOMS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR OUR OPERATIONS OFFICERS FOR THEIR BUNK ROOMS, THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL BEDROOMS, LARGE LIVING AND TRAINING AREA, AND THEN A CONFERENCE ROOM.
>> SO HE WE ARE JUST PAST THE 60 PERCENT I DIDESIGN STAGE FOR TH TERM UNTIL IMPROVEMENTS, THE ENABLING PHASE, PAINTING THE INTERIOR OF THE TERMINAL, AND RENOVATING THE REST ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS. YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES BEFORE.
BUT THIS IS A SHOT OF HOW THE TERMINAL PRETTY MUCH LOOKS RIGHT NOW. AND THE GIFT SHOP ITSELF, THAT GLASS STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GOING AWAY.
IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR MANY YEARS, AND JUST TOO LARGE SO. SO THIS IS THE CONTRAST, THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN WE ARE DONE. .
AM I SEEK THAT THE GLASS IS GONE.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY PANIC BECAUSE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE AIRPLANE IN THAT PICTURE.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE FACILITIES, AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE FIRST TO FLESH THAT THROUGH, BUT THERE IS SOME LINE OF THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE CAN RELOCATE THAT OR SOMETHING.
BUT THAT IS A BIGGER DECISION THAT WE WANT TO INVOLVE THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE IN AS WELL. AND THEN THIS IS THE GATE AREA AS IT LOOKS NOW WITH THE NEW FURNITURE THE NEW CARPET, BUT STILL BROWN CEILING, AND BROWN WALLS, AND THIS IS THE CONCEPT OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE BRIGHTENING UP QUITE A BIT.
>> OUR NEXT -- BE -- AND IS HE WE WILL LOOK AT THE AIRPORT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR CIP, HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THIS IS INCLUDED IN IT. WE ARE USING OUR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS TO PARTIALLY FUND IT AS WELL AS BOND DOLLARS THAT WE STILL HAVE FROM 2015.
THEY WERE DEDICATED TO THE AIRPORT.
MOST OF THAT IS WE HAVE I THINK AROUND $860,000 LEFT FROM THE 2015 BOND ELECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT CAME IN UNDER
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BUDGET, BUT WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS DURING COVID WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE A GRANT MA'AM. OUR AIP, DOLLARS OUR GRANTS FROM THE FAA -- THEY DID NOT HAVE A GRANT MATCH BECAUSE CONGRESS SAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE AIRPORTS EVERY ASSISTANCE THAT WEEK TO GET PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. THAT SAVED US MONEY THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE TWO YEARS, AND THEN ALSO HAVING PROJECTS COME IN UNDER BUDGET. WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN. THAT IS A BREAK ROOM USED BY OUR CUSTODIANS. IT IS NOT REALLY USE BY OTHER AIRPORT TENANTS ANY MORE. WE ARE PLANNING A CHANGE FORTHAT. >> AND THEN IN THE MEN ARREST ROOM, YOU CAN SEE JUST AS YOU GO INTO THE MEN ARREST ROOM TO THE RIGHT, THERE IS A JANITORIAL CLOSET SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT AND MAKE THAT INTO A FAMILY SLASH ASSISTED RESTROOM.
AND THEN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM WILL JUST BE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT OTHER THAN REARRANGE THE FLOOR PLAN OF IT, AND MODERNIZE IT, AND I WILL SHOW YOU.
SO HERE IS WHAT OUR CONCEPT IS. IN THE BREAK ROOM AT THE TOP YOU WILL SEE THE MOTHER'S -- NURSING MOTHER'S ROOM.
GET THAT OUT. THEY'VE BEEN ON US FOR YEARS AND YEARS ABOUT THAT OF THE AND IT'S ALSO A STATE REQUIREMENT FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL NOW. SO WE ARE GOING TO ADD THAT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME SPACE OUT OF THE BREAK AREA, AND ADD THIS ROOM INTO IT. IT WILL HAVE A SINK IN IT, AND A
BABI-CHANGING STATION. >> AND THEN WE WILL HAVE IN THE CORNER A ROCKING CHAIR OR SOMETHING THAT THE MOM CAN SIT IN AND NURSE, AND IT WOULD BE A NICE PRIVATE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO USE, NURSING MOTHERS TO USE. AND THEN -- YES, CINDY.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT IS TO THE LEFT OF THAT? THAT'S SORT OF CENTERED IN THE ROOM.
DO NOT MOVE IT FORWARD, SO IT IT HAS AN ENTRANCE FROM THE
SO OUR MAILBOXES FOR THE TERMINAL ARE ON THAT WALL, AND WE HAVE TO STILL LEAVE SPACE FOR BEHIND THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE POST OFFICE FILLS THOSE IS FROM BEHIND, AND PEOPLE COME AND CHECK THEIR BOXES FROM BEHIND, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT SPACE ALLOWED, OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THAT AS A DIRECT PUBLIC ENTRANCE.
>> WE WILL IT SIGNED THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THIS IS WHERE WE GO.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ON THE NONSTERILE SIDE.
IF A NURSING MOM GOES THROUGH SCREENING, AND NEEDS TO NURSE IN THE SCREENING CHECK POINT IN THE GATE AREA, SHE WILL HAVE TO DO IT THERE IN THE GATE AREA, OR COME BACK OUT.
SO >> THAT'S JUST THE NAME OF THE GAME WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE. WE WILL TRY TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, WHEN WE ADDRESS THE GATE AREA IN A YEAR OR TWO.
>> SO WE HAVE IT ON BOTH SIDE OF THE CHECK POINT.
SO THEN CANYOU CAN SEE WHERE WE TOOK THE JANITORIAL CLOSET, AND WE ARE MAKING THAT FAMILY SLASH ASSISTED RESTROOM.
THERE'S A PUBLIC SIDE ENTRANCE RIGHT OFF OF THE BAGGAGE AREA, OFF OF THAT WALL, AS IT OPENS INWARD.
>> THAT WILL HAVE A SINK. IT WILL HAVE A SMALL COUNTER
>> AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE A TOILET, AND THEN IT WILL HAVE A -- FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BUT IT IS AN ADULT DINER-CHANGING STATION. SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A HANDICAP, THAT THEY NEED THAT ASSISTANCE, IT WILL BE THERE, AND IT WILL BE -- IT IS A TIGHT SPACE.
GRANTED, IT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
>> IT'S FIVE FEED WIDE, AND TEN FEET LONG.
BUT IT'S ALL WE CAN DO WITH THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE.
I DID RUN THIS BY THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR DISABILITIES
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YESTERDAY, AND I PROBABLY BUTCHERED THAT TITLE.BUT LET THEM REVIEW IT, AND THEY LIKE THE IDEAS, AND HAD SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS, SO WHILE IT MEETS ADA, IN THE DESIGN, IT MEETS THE ADA CRITERIA, WE WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR FEEDBACK ON ACTUAL WILL USABILITY ON IT, AND ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
WE WILL TAKE WHAT I GOT YESTERDAY INTO CONSIDERATION ON THE DESIGN. IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL INPUT.
SO I WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT THE ARCHITECT HAD GIVEN US TO GO
FORWARD. >> SO THAT IS THE PLAN.
THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS.
AND THE REST OF IT IS JUST PAINT BASICALLY, THEY WILL BE -- THEY WILL PAINT THE WALLS, THERE WILL BE SOME PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE TO APPLY WALLPAPER ESSENTIALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CALL IT
WALLPAPER ANY MORE. >> IT'S WALLCOVERINGS NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S WALLCOVERING ON THERE NOW, AND WHEN YOU GO TO PULL IT OFF, YOU ARE GOING TO TEAR UP THE DRYWALL.
IT WILL JUST GO BACK UP WITH ADDITIONAL WALLCOVERINGS, IT WILL BE WHITE TOO. IT WILL MATCH THAT WHOLE COLOR SCHEME. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO THE PLAN IS BY NEXT WEEK HAVE THE 90 PERCENT DRAWINGS DONE.
>> SUBMIT THOSE TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW, TO THE CITY'S BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT ON THE SECRETE FORBIDS BY NO LATER THAN MID AUGUST. AND THEN OPEN IT -- OPEN BIDS UP MID SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE WILL BACK TO YOU GUYS IN OCTOBER FOR CONTRACT AWARD IS THE PLAN. WE WILL HAVE THE MONEY IN HAND FROM THE FAA, AND OUR BOND FUNDS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
>> I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I AM WILL SIRI I KIND OF STEPPED BACKWARD. SO ON THE GAS HOOKUPS TO THE NEW FIRE STATION, WHY ARE WE WAITING TO DO THAT?
>> IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TO DISCONNECT THE GAS TO THE CURRENT FIRE STATION, AND IT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO DAYS TO GET THIS CONNECTION DONE.
I THINK THAT THEY ARE BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR ESTIMATE.
BUT THEY ARE SAYING UP TO 48 HOURS TO GET THE GAS SERVICE RUNNING TO THE NEW STATION, AND BACK TO THE OLD STATION.
>> AT THE OLD STATION, OUR GENERATOR IS RUN OFF OF NATURAL
GAS. >> SO WE WOULD BE WITHOUT THE GENERATOR AT THE CURRENT FIRE STATION FOR UP TO 48 HOURS.
>> WELL ERCOT, SENT OUT THE MESSAGE MUCH BONDAY, BECAUSE OF DEMAND, YOU MAY HAVE ROLLING BLACKOUTS OR WHATEVER.
WE CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE ON LOOKING POWER TO THE FIRE STATION, TAKE OUT OUR CRASH PHONES.
>> AND IT MAKES SENSE, YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT, AND I MISSED IT
>> AND IT MIGHT BE SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>> BEING A KNOWN CARCINOGEN. >> SUSPECTED CARCINOGEN.
I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD MAKE THAT DISTINCTION, DOES NOT PUT US IN ANY KIND OF LEGAL POSITION WITH OUR EMPLOYEES BEIN BEING FORCED TO ULIZE A
PRODUCT THAT -- >> THAT IS WHERE YOU GET INTO
KNOWN, VERSUS SUSPECTED. >> AND IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT PROVEN THAT IT IS, BUT IT'S SU SUSPECTED, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS THAT THE E PA CAN GIVE, PFAS, IS THE CHEMICAL THAT'S PARTICULAR OF THE DEBATE. FAB SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO USE
AND ONE OF THE LIABILITIES WITH EMPLOYEES, AND WHO TAKES THE
POTENTIAL HIT, IF THAT --. >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING. THE INDUSTRY KNOWS IT'S COMING THAT THAT DEBATE IS GOING TO BE THERE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. REALLY . SO THE EXPOSURE THAT OUR OPERATIONS OFFICERS HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ALMOST NOTHING. HAT'S ALL WE COULD DO AT THAT
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POINT. BUT WE STILL HAVE TO USE THE FOAM ITSELF. WE HAVE JUST REDUCED OUR USE OFIT, AND OUR EXPOSURE TO IT. >> THANK YOU.
>> SO IN APRIL, YOU APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE -- YOU APPROVED AN AMENDMENT, TO ABILENELOT. -- THEY CAN DO LONG DURATION FLIGHTS TO TEST THE DURATION OF THESE AIRCRAFT, AND SO WHAT THEIR AGREEMENT WITH BETA'S AGREEMENT WITH ABILENE ARAERO IS RICKS CUSTOMERS CAN CHARGE THEIR CHARGING VEHICLES OFF THIS STATION, AS WELL AS ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT.
>> AND FUTURE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ARE COMING IN THE GA, WORLD, THEN THEY CAN CHARGE OFF OF THIS AS WELL.
SO ABILENE AERO HAS ASKED THAT BECAUSE THIS IS STILL EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY AREN'T GUARANTEED A REVENUE FROM THIS, FROM BETA, ON THE USE OF THE CHARGING STATION, PRIMARILY BY ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THEY WANT TO REDUCE THAT FOOTPRINT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH ABILENE AERO WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU, THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL THING, BUT WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU TO ACTUALLY AMEND THE LEASE, DOWN FROM WHAT YOU AMENDED IT IN APRIL.
SO I AM JUST KIND OF PREPARING THE WAY RIGHT NOW.
>> AND WE WILL GO OVER THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING LIKELY.
BUT AGAIN IT WAS TO REDUCE -- BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE WERE AT ABOUT 1200 OR SO, 12 TO $1,500 A YEAR INCREASED COST TOSS ABILENE AERO, AND WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE THAT DOWN EVEN WITH THAT AMENDMENT, WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE THAT SOME, AND STILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT CHARGING STATION, NOT JUST AS BIG OF AN AREA FOR ABILENE AERO TO PAY FOR
>> WE HAVE HAD MANY\AM. >> ARE INTEREST ANY ELECTRIC
AIRPLANES RIGHT NOW. >> NOT ANY THAT ARE FAA, I DON'T THINK. WE HAVE AN AOPA, REPRESENTATIVE
IN HERE. >> SO THEY ARE COMING, I THINK THAT GA, SEE THESE MUCH SOONER THAN ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE. BUT THIS IS.
>> I AM GLAD THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN ABILENE AS ONE OF THE
SITES >> IS THE 12 TO $1,500 A CONSIDERED TO HIGH BY ABILENE AERO.
>> YES. >> ROLLING BLACK YOUTHS,
ELECTRIC BE AIRPLANES --. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE SOLAR.
>> STOP CONNECTING THE DOTS CINDY.
WE WILL BRING IT BACK WITH MORE CLARITY IN THE AUGUST MEETING.
>> DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO BE USED IN THE
AIRPORT AT ALL? >> AM I EXPECT THAT WE WILL SOME TYPE IN. I'VE GOT A FLEET PLANNING SESSION TOMORROW. WE ARE GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING, PURCHASING ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR THE CITY'S FLEET THAT WILL INCLUDE AIRPORT VEHICLES AS WELL.
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NOT OUR CRITICAL VEHICLES. I DON'T SEE OUR ARF, TRUCKS BEING ELECTRIC, BUT WHERE WE CAN IN ADMIN VEHICLES, THERE'S NO REASON THAT THEY CAN'T BE ELECTRIC OR HYBRID.I TEND TO LIEN TOWARDS THE HYBRID, RATHER THAN JUST GO TO I'LL ELECTRIC. THERE ARE APPROPRIATE USES FOR ALL THREE GAS HYBRID AND I'LL ELECTRIC.
WE. >> WE CAN USE THIS CHARGING
STATION AS WELL, IF NEED BE. >> YES.
>> ANY -- WELL ABILENE AERO CUSTOMERS, IF A PASSENGER WANTS -- IS FLYING OUT ON AMERICAN, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PARKED IN OUR PARKING LOT, AND THEY AREN'T ALLOWED TO PARK IN ABILENE AERO'S, BUT IF ABILENE AERO'S CUSTOMER WANTS TO PARK THERE, AND CHARGE THEIR VEHICLE, THEY CERTAINLY CAN, AND JUST BECAUSE THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR
PARKING LOT. >> BUT THERE ARE SOME CHARGING
STATIONS OUT THERE. >> SO THIS IS THE CIP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD OF A SHOT YOU HAVE OF IT IN YOUR -- ON
YOUR TERMINAL. >> AND I WILL BE GOING TO MEET WITH FAA SOME TIME IN AUGUST. THEY ARE BACK IN THE OFFICE, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A FUNDING PATH GOING FOOFRMENTD SO THAT IS CRITICAL. AND IT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR GATE AREA HOLDS -- IT SEATS 60 WITH, THE NEW SEATING THAT WE GOT. WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF SEATING WHEN WE GOT THE NEW FURNITURE IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, SO WE INCREASED THAT TO 60, WHICH IS FINE WHEN YOU'VE GOT A 50-SEAT AIRCRAFT SERVING YOU. WE EXPECT THAT SOME TIME WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR LESS, WE WILL HAVE LARGER AIRCRAFT IN OUR SCHEDULE. 70 TO 75 SEATS, 70 TO 76 SEAT
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AIRCRAFT IN OUR SCHEDULE. SO WE WILL BE OUT OF SEATING CAPACITY BY THEN, AND WE'VE GOT TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THAT GATE AREA, IT'S JUST TOO TIGHT. AND THEN OUR SCREENING CHECK POINT, ANYBODY WHO'S FLOWN OUT OF ABILENE KNOWS HOW TIGHT THAT IS AS WELL. SO WE WILL -- WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD UP TO THREE LANES, SCREENING CHECK POINT LANES. I DON'T SEE TSA, HAVING THE NEED TO DO THAT ANYTIME SOON. BUT WILL IT GIVE US THE SPACE TODO THAT WITH THE]. >> TRUCK REPLACEMENT, WE TO HAVE THAT BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR IN OUR AIP, DOLLARS, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $750,000 COULDS TO REPLACE THE TRUCK WHICH IS 20 YEARS OLD. AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY MORE THAN THE REGULAR FIRE TRUCK, THIS CARRIES MORE WATER, MORE FOAM, BIGGER TIRES, IT IS BIG AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE AT AFD, FOR IN-TOWN
STRUCTURAL FIRE FIGHTING. >> RANDY GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ON PFAS, IT IS A BAD TIME TO BE SPECING, OR WRITING SPECULATIVE OCCASIONS FOR PURCHASING AN ARF, TRUCK, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR CHANGING
THE TYPE OF FOAM THAT WE USE. >> DO WE HAVE TO BASICALLY TO BE ABLE TO DISPERSE ANY OF THE NEW TYPES OF FOAM THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED BY THE FAA, I AM EXPECTED ABOUT GETTING A NEW TRUCK THAT'S ALWAYS FUN, BUT THE TIMING IS NOT GOOD RIGHT NOW.
WOOL HAVE THE MONEY NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TO DO THE SPECIFICIFICATIONS, THE NEXT ONE THAT YOU SEE IS THE TERMINAL ENABLING MODERNIZATION PROJECT. THAT'S PAINTING THE INTERIOR, AND DOING THE RESTROOM RENOVATIONS.
WE ARE PLANNING ON ABOUT $600,000 FOR THE AIP, SIDE OF THAT. SO ARFF F, STATION OVERRUNS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OR SO AFTER WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION, STATION OVERRUNS. YOU MAY RECALL THAT ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OR SO AFTER WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION, STATION OVERRUNS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OR SO AFTER WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIRE STATION, THE BIDS CAME IN $1.4 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE ACCIDENT AT THE TIME OF TEXT'S ESTIMATE, AND BEYOND WHAT WE HAD THE AABOUT THE TO FUND AT THE TIME. SO WE GOT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF IT. AND AND COVID HEALTH, AND THEN WE SAW WHAT CONGRESS HAD APPROVED AS FAR AS TWO YEARS OF NOT HAVING TO FUND GRANT MATCHES.
>> ANYWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD MORE CASH IN THE BOND MONEY AVAILABLE TO US, SO WE WENT BACK, AND WE BROUGHT BACK INTO THE CONTRACT WHERE WE HAD CUT THINGS OUT OF THE CONTRACT, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE DRIVERWAY, THAT RUNS FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. SO THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE PULL-THROUGH BAYS, WHICH IS IDEAL FOR A FIRE STATION, THAT WAY YOU NORTH BACKING TRUCKS INTO THAT FIRE STATION ALL THE TIME, WHICH TAKES TIME. IT ALSO IS INEVITABLY YOU ARE GOING TO DAMAGE THE BUILDING AND THE TRUCK DOING THAT, JUST A BACKING ACCIDENT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE BOND
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MONEY TO GO BACK IN, AND PUT THE DRIVEWAY BACK IN THERE THAT RECIRCULATION, IT'S ABOUT $350,000.SO WE ARE GOING TO RECOVER THAT -- WELL, THAT ACTUALLY COMES LATER ACTUALLY. I'M SORRY, THAT COMES IN A FUTURE FFC, APPLICANT. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE APPLICATION THAT WE'VE INCLUDE ODD THIS.
SO WE WILL RECOVER THOSE FUNDS, THEN, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE PFC, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT IS THE CONSULTANT THAT WILL DO OUR PFC, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE APPLICATION, WE WILL CLOSE THAT OUT THIS SUMMER AND THEN WE WILL AT THE SAME TIME APPLY FOR THE NEXT PFC, TO FUND FUTURE PROJECTS. WHAT WE'VE USED OUR PFC PROJECTS, THE TEN PERCENT THAT IS KICK IN TYPICALLY FOR OUR PG.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE TERMINAL HEAVY IN 22, 23, REALLY FOR THE DURATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH 20207, A LOT OF WORK IN THE TERMINAL. IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE GRANT -- IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET A BIL, GRANT, THE NEXT YEAR, OR THE YEAR AFTER, THIS COMPLETELY CHANGES, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A BIG INFLUX OF MONEY, ALONG WITH THE DISCRETIONARY GRANT THAT WE HOPE TO GET, AND THEN WE CAN HOLD THIS BACK SOME OUT OF OUR CIP, OR REDESIGNATE IT OUT OF THE CIP, AND THEN BE ABLE TO START WITH OUR AIRFIELD PROJECTS AGAIN.
RAMP IMPROVEMENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
DIFFERENT NEEDS ON THE AIRFIELD. AGAIN, I WILL SEND THIS TO YOU SO YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, AND THEN FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK QUESTIONS NOW TODAY. BUT.
NOW QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW? >> I KNOW IT'S HARD TO READ, AND IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS TOO TO BE LOOKING AT.
NEXT ONE, IS THE FOURTH SERVICERAL THE PROJECT, AS YOU CAN MANAGE, THE FOURTH SERVICE TANKER BASE ON THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY SINCE ABOUT MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND CONTINUES, AS THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT.
AT LEAST, THEY ARE COUNTING ON BEING OPERATIONAL UNTIL RIGHT NOW U AND PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME WE ARE GOING TO SEE RAIN.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LOOK LIKE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WE HAD AN MD-87 TANKER, A C1:30 TANKER AND THIS THE BACKGROUND, IT'S CALLED AN RJ1:46, A FOUR ENGINE REGIONAL JET HIGH WING THAXTON BEEN CONVERTED TO BECOME A TANKER AS WELL.
THIS IS ON THE TERMINAL RAMP. THE TANKER BASE ITSELF ON THE STERNAL RAMP WHERE THE RJ146, THE ONE THAT'S FARTHEST I WAY FROM THE SHOT IS PARKED. THAT ONE IS IN POSITION TO GET FILLED. IT'S FIRE RETARDANT FILLED, AND THEY ALSO GET THEY GET FUELED IN THAT POSITION.
>> THIS IS THE ABC 33/40 AERO RAMP AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE HAVE THREE AIRCRAFT ON THE TERMINAL RAMP AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR R J 140 SIXES, THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE ON THE ABC 33/40 AERO RAMP. SEVEN LARGE AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRPORT AT THE SAME TIME TO FIGHT FIRES IN THE STATE OF TEXAN THEN A MULTISTATE REGION THAT THEY CAN SERVE FROM
ABILENE. >> SO THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE SPACE. WE ARE MAXED OUT.
WE CANNOT STILL OPERATE COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND GENERAL AVIATION ON THE AIRPORT. THOUGH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS A NEW REVISED WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE STATE AND WORKING THROUGH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES A RAMP, THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THERE AT THE CORNERS OF TAXI WAYS MIKE AND DELTA, AND TO THE EAST OF
THE FIRE STATION OR FIRE >> OF THINK DON'T HAVE TO TAX
ACONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE. >> THEY GO STRAIGHT OUT 17 LEFT, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT.
OR THEY WOULD LAND IN A TYPICAL DAY, WHEN THE WIND IS OUT OF THE
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SOUTH. THEY WOULD HADN'T 1, 7, RIGHT, AND THEN TAKES IT STRAIGHT TO THE RAMP.THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD FUEL AND REFILL THEIR TANKS.
SO THIS IS A LARGE AREA AND WE ARE THINKING SOMEWHERE AROUND $15 MILLION TO BUILD A RAMP LIKE THIS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE STATE MONEY, IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE SOME FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS USE]. ASSOCIATION, AND GET FUNDING APPROPRIATED FOR THIS RAMP. THIS WILL GIVE THE FOREST SERVICE A PERMANENT BASE ON THE AIRPORT, AND ABC 33/40 AERO HAS SAID THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER BUILDING A BUILDING THERE THAT WOULD HOUSE THOSE PILOTS AND CREWS WHILE THEY ARE ON THE GROUND, AND GIVE THEM SHELTER, AIR CONDITIONED AREA, PILOT'S
LOUNGE, BASICALLY. >> WHERE ARE THEY HANGING OUT
NOW. >> AT THE PILOT'S LOUNGE IN ABILENE AERO, AND THE PILOTS ARE, AND THE FOREST SERVICE HAS TRAILERS SET UP AT THERE TANKER BASE
>> I GUARANTEE IT YOU THAT THOSE TRAILERS, TONIGHT GET VERY COOL AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, WHEN IT'S 107 DEGREES OUTSIDE
>> IS THIS THE FOREST SERVICE REVENUE POSSIBILITIES?
>> WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO START CHARGING A LANDING FEE, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WILL WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR PAVEMENT MORE. ESPECIALLY WITH UP TEMPO, IF WE GET MORE AIRCRAFT HERE. WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK ON TOGETHER, AS THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION ON A LEASE, A GROUND LEASE WITH THE STATE. RIGHT NOW, WE LEASE TO THE STATE
THAT TANKER BASE AREA. >> WE GET A VERY NOMINAL FEE OFF OF IT, BUT I WOULD PROPOSE -- WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY WITH THE FAA, THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON AIRPORT LAND USE AND LEASES.
I WOULD PROPOSE A VERY GOOD LAND LEASE DEAL TO THEM.
WE WOULD GET THE -- WE WOULD MAKE UP FOR THAT IN FUNDING WITH LANDING FEE -- CHARGING THEM A LANDING FEE WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT IN.
SO IT'S REALLY A USE CHARGE AS OPPOSED TO JUST SITTING THERE AND THEN NINE MONTHS AT A BASE ON A NORMAL YEAR PROBABLY
WOULDN'T GET ANY USE. >> ALSO, DOES THAT AREA AFFECT ANYTHING PART OF OUR MASTER MANNING PLAN MOVING FORWARD?
>> IT REAL I DON'T. THAT AREA ITSELF WASN'T REALLY DESIGNATED. IT HAD A PORTION OF IT FOR LIKE A FUTURE, MRO, RAMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT SOUTH OF THIS AS WELL. THIS A LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM
ISSUE? >> I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO THE FOREST SERVICE. THE FOREST SERVICE HAS REQUESTED THIS, AND I WOULD LEAVE IT TO THEM TO TALK ABOUT LONG TERM NEED. BUT WHEN THEY NEED IT, THEY NEED IT, AND THEY COULD HAVE BROUGHT -- THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT BRINGING IN MORE AIRCRAFT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT GOT SCALED BACK
DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASONS. >> BUT I THINK THAT SOME KIND OF LARGER RAMP IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING THE TANKER BASE HERE AND OPERATING OFFICIALLY AND THAT WAY IT LEAVES OUR TERMINAL AREA OPEN FOR -- AND ABILENE AERO OPEN FOR GENERAL AVIATION CUSTOMERS AND OUR ABILITY TO ACCEPT DIVERSIONS.
RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T TAKE MORE THAN THREE DIVERTED MAIN LINE AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PARKING FOR THEM.
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>> BUT THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL THEN OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
PLANES THAT THEY HOUSE HERE? >> YES.
>> THE NUMBER AND EVEN THE SIZE OFFAIR CRAFT HAS BEEN OUR DISCUSSION WAS THE FOREST SERVICE.
>> BEING INVOLVED IN FIGHTING THESE RANGE FIRES, I'D LOVE TO SEE TEST PLANES. MORE WE HAVE CLOSE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION THAT IT BECOMES A MULTISTATE ISSUE, AS A REGIONAL ISSUE.
WE ARE ALL -- IN TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT FIGHTING FIRES WITHIN THE TOP HALF OF TEXAS BASICALLY OUT OF ABILENE. BUT THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKS AT A MULTISTATE. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIS CAN SERVICE NEW MEXICO, SOUTHERN COLORADO AND OKLAHOMA OUT OF
HERE. >> THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT HERE,
WHERE WOULD THEY -- >> THEY WOULD SPREAD THEM OUT
OVER DIFFERENT PLACES. >> SO THEY THIS CAN'T HAPPEN
SOON ENOUGH, CORRECT? >> IF WE HAD THAT, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THAT BASE ACTIVE TODAY.
>> WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THIS? >> AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE TO GET MONEY. AND THEN IT'S A DESIGN PROCESS.
>> PROBABLY A YEAR, TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO DESIGN AND BUILD.
>> IS THE FOREST SERVICE TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS?
>> NO, THE CITY KIND OF IS. THE CITY IS AS FAR AS APPROACHING OUR STATE LEGIS LEGISLATORS, AND THEY ARE WORKING THEIR CONNECTION ONES
THIS. >> WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE
THEY HAD A MILLION GALLON OF RETARDANT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RATIO IS. LET'S SAY IT'S A 5 TO 1 MIX RATIO, THAT'S 5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER IN THERE FOR THIS FIRE
SEASON, IT WAS THIS FIRE SEASON. >> THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WATE WATERA, WATER, RATIONING
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER HASN'T BROUGHT UP AS A
CONCERN. >> I DON'T SEE IT BEING THAT BIG OF A DEMAND ON THE WATER SYSTEM OVERALL DO WE PARTNER WITH DAIS,
ON THIS? >> THE AIRFORCE DOES HAVE C1 THIRTIES THAT THEY DESIGNATE, THAT THEY CAN OPERATE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE IT MAY HAVE BEEN TEN YEARS AGO, WHERE THEY BROUGHT
TWO OF THOSE C1 THIRTIES, DYESS. >>. I WOULD RATHER SEE IT ON OUR PROPERTY. I WONDER WHAT CONVERSATION HAVE
BEEN HELD. >> NONE WITH DYESSOF . THAT'S THE FOREST SERVICE RAMP PROGRAM. SO ABILENE AERO NOTIFIED US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT THEIR UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS ARE NOT INSURANCEABLE, I THINK THAT THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR EXTENSION ON THEIR INSURANCE POLICY AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS NOT GOING TO ENSURE THEIR TANKS AT ALL, THEIR FUEL FARM. AND THE GOAL IS TO BRING THEM ABOVE GROUND. THE INSURANCE -- THERE'S A LOT OF LIABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY WITH UNDERGROUND TANKS. SO THEY HAVE TOLD ABC 33/40 AERO, YOU WANT INSURANCE COVERAGE, YOU NEED TO BUILD ABOVE GROUND TANKS. THAT'S -- I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH CAUGHT ABC 33/40 AERO BY SURPRISE, SO THEY HAVE LOOKED AT SOME AREAS ON THE AIRPORT THAT ARE YOUJACENT TO THEIR EXISTING RAMP, AND AGAIN THAT I HATE THAT WE CAN'T POINT THIS OUT.
>> THAT'S -- THERE'S DARBY GOT IT FOR I.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO TRY IT UNTIL I HAD A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY.
>> THIS IS COMPLETELY LEARNING FOR US
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>> RIGHT NOW THEIR UNDERGROUND TANKS ARE RIGHT HERE.
SO JUST FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS CONING ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD.
THIS IS THE OLD HERTZ SERVICE FACILITY RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT. AS YOU ARE COMING TOWARD THE TERMINAL. AND THEN UP HERE IS VACANT LAND THAXTON CONCRETE ON IT, ON THIS SIDE.
THIS IS WHERE ABILENE AERO HAS IDENTIFIED AS A GOODTANKS.
TRACT I HAVE FEATURES AS YOU ARE COMING DOWN AIRPORT BOULEVARD, I WILL SAY THAT. A FUEL FARM, WE CAN DO OR ABILENE AERO CAN DO SOME MASKING ON THE FENCE TO KIND OF MINIMIZE THE ESTHETICS OF IT. BUT ANYWAY, NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, JUST AGAIN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BRING TO THE BOARD. ABILENE AERO IS NOT READY TO COME TO US, AND ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR GROUND LEASE, WHICH IT WOULD REQUIRE U AND IT WOULD REQUIRE NO CITY DOLLARS TO BE INVESTED IN THAT FUEL FARM. WE JUST HAVE TO LEASE THEM THE LAND AT THE CURRENT LEASE RATE. SO THAT'S JUST THERE AS A NOTE OF INTEREST FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
>> WILL THEY, REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND --
>> THEY WILL HAVE TO CLOSE OUT THAT EXISTING UNDERGROUND
FACILITY AND REMOVE THE TANKS. >> NOW WE ARE READY FOR YOURS.
>> WILL THEY STILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE LAND WHERE THE EXISTING TANKS SIT, AND PATLEASE ON THAT.
>> THE EXITING FUEL FARM LAND, WE CAN PUT SOMETHING ON TOP OF THAT. IT MIGHT BE A FUTURE CELL PHONE LOT. IF I'VE BEEN TO OTHER AIRPORTS OR LARGER AIRPORTS. YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED OR SEEN CELL PHONE LOTS WHICH ARE BECOMING VERY POPULAR WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE WILL WAIT FOR AN ARRIVING FLIGHT THERE.
WE WOULDN'T CHARGE FOR YOU TO BAIT THERE.
THERE'S NO ENTRY FEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU WILL WAIT THERE INSTEAD OF WAITING ON THE TERMINAL CURBSIDE. IT REDUCES CURBSIDE DONE GIGS, AND THE THEORY IS WHEN THE BERNIE ARE WAITING ON GETS IN, THEY CALL YOU, AND SAY COME PICK ME UP I'M AT THE LOWER LEVEL.
IT WILL GIVE A QUICK IN AND OUT CLOSE TO THE TERMINAL.
THAT'S JUST, THEN THAT HERTZ FACILITY WILL GO AWAY ALSO, WE
WILL DEMOLISH IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IS IN OF IF YOU ARE OKAY, WE WILL MOVED TO KATE'S AIR SERVICE AND
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. >> WE ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE A VENTURE BACK IN TIME. MANY WE ARE OF COURSE VERY RELEVANT NOW. I HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR BILLBOARDS THAT ARE UP, RADIO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> BUT I WANT TODAY TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SORT OF VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT OUR DIGITAL AD CAMPAIGN, AND WE WORKED WITH THIS MEDIA COMPANY, ARC-STAR, WE WANTED TO KEEP THEM ONBOARD AS THEY HAVE SOME EXTRA ADDITIONAL FANCY DATA AND ANALYTICS THAT WOULD HELP US IN OUR PROCESS OF SORT OF UNDERSTANDING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT SO. WHAT WE DID IS WE RAN HEAVY DIGITAL AND WE DID THAT IN THE NAME OF FACEBOOK, DIGITAL BANNER ADS, AND THEY
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WERE CTV, SO IT'S BASICALLY STREAMING SERVICES, ROKU, YOU TUBE TV THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE DID TAKE A QUICK HOLIDAY BREAK INTO THAT TIME FRAME. WE DIDN'T PUSH A LOT OF ADS OUT DURING THE HOLIDAYS, AND PEOPLE DON'T SUDDENLY START BOOKING PLANE TICKETS ON DECEMBER 26TH, WE DID TAKE A BREAK, AND COME BACK ON ONLINE IN JANUARY. COMING HIGH LEVEL WE HAVE SEVERAL 48 SLIDE DECKS ON ALL OF THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED AND IF WE DIDN'T HIT IT TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT. BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE DID IS WE DID INPOUND, AND OUTBOUND MARKETING SO WE DID THIS FOR PASSENGERS COMING INTO ABILENE, AS WELL AS PASSENGERS LEAVING>> COMING AND GOING. WE WANT TO DO COMING AND GOING, AND ULTIMATELY, INBOUND, AND OUTBOUND CREATED A 1.8 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. THAT MEANS, 1.8 MILLION EYES WERE ON OUR EITHER FACEBOOK ADS, VIDEOS, DIGITAL BADGERS, OR CTV, VIDEOS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAD WE HAD 47,000 CLICK THROUGH RATES A DAY.
THE CLICK THROUGH RATE 11.4 PERCENT, AND WE WERE PININGING, OUT WITH THESE NUMBERS, AND MORE SO IMPRESSIONS ARE GREAT FOR LEAVING THAT FOOTPRINT REMINDING PEOPLE THAT WE EXIST.
CLICK THROUGHS ARE EVEN GREATER. IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE AT LEASTEN TILED THEM TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.
THAT CLICK THROUGH WENT DIRECT TO AA.COM, WITH A CODE FILLED IN FOR THEM. AND WE HAD A POTENTIAL OF 12,000 BOOKING THAT IS CAME OUT OF THIS AD CAMPAIGN.
SO WE WERE PLEASED WITH THAT. IT JUST GIVING OF GIVES YOU JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING LIKE.
I HOPE THAT IF YOU WERE A SOCIAL PERSON, AND SAW OUR FACEBOOK ADS. WE PUSHED GREAT DESTINATIONS, WE ARE COMING OUT OF OF THE PANDEMIC, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A LEISURE DESTINATIONS AS WELL AS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
ON FACEBOOK, WE RAN BOOK NOW ADS.
ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT A VIDEO WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE ON THE EITHER CTV, OR FACEBOOK.
IT WAS ENTICING TRAVEL. GET OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE, DO WHAT YOU WE ARE GOING TO DO. ON THE TIMING WE WERE LOOKING AT
BOOKINGS FOR SPRING, SUMMER. >> A BETTER AD.
>> YOU WILL SEE THIS IN THE TOP RIGHTHAND CORNER IS OUR BANNER AD. SO IF YOU WERE IDENTIFIED AS SOMEONE THAT LIKES TO TRAVEL, IN GOOGLE, USING SEARCH WORD, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE HEADLINE, WHAT SOMEBODY CLICKED WAS A DELTA STORY. THEY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DELTA, THEY ARE IN TUNE, AND ON THAT RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL SEE GOOD BYE REALITY, HELLO VEGAS, BOOK NOW AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
THOSE ARE THE SAMPLINGS OF TYPES THROUGH THOSE MONTHS.E DID -
>> OUR OUTBOUND WAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC TO US, WE SORT OF GAUGE BY TO INCLUDE THIS OVERALL CAMPAIGN.
BACK TO THAT INDUSTRY STANDARD OF BEING .01 PERCENT, WHEN YOU START SEEING .4 PERCENT ON DIGITAL CLICK THROUGH WHEN THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS 0.1 PERCENT, SO THESE ARE ALL VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL NUMBERS FOR US. IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL AD CAMPAIGN.
AND THEN FINALLY, I DID WANT TO SHOW YOU A SORT OF AN ADDITIONAL PIECE TO OUR INPOUND CAMPAIGN. WE DID INPOUBOUND TO BASICALLY ENTIRE METROPLEX, WHICH IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TARGETED AUDIENCES THEN WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE DALLAS CAR -- DALLAS
AIRPORT CAR AIR SPACE US. >> WE GEOFENCED TO PEOPLE WAITING FOR THEIR CAR RENTAL AND THEY GET GENERATED A BANNER AD.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT.
I LOVED OUR RECONNECT WITH LOVED ONES BY USING OUR GIRAFFES, NOW WILLING. A WAY TO REMIND THE FOLKS THAT GOT OFF THE AIRPLANE IN DALLAS AND GOT A RENTAL CAR TO DRIVE OVER WHEN THEY WERE WAITING TO BE TOLD THAT THEIR RENTAL CAR PASS WASN'T AVAILABLE THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE.
SO ON THAT TIME FRAME, THERE'S 104,000 IMPRESSIONS AND A .4 PERCENT CLICK THROUGH RATE. WE FOUND THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> WE HAD NEVER NARROWED DOWN THERE THIS TYPE OF SEARCH IN THE PAST. IT WAS ACTUALLY A DONE GREEN IDEA AND THEY WERE VERY BLOWSED WITH US LOOKING AT THAT.
AND THEY WILL LOOKING AT US TO GO ON, AND THIS IS CLICKING ON THE VERSION OF THE LONG CAMPAIGN, OF 1.8
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MILLIONPRESSIONS, WE FOUND IT TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.>> ANY QUESTIONS. >> OBVIOUSLY, YOU WILL KEEP PRESSING ON.
>> WE WILL WE WILL SEE WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS -- OUR CONTRACT RAN OUT WITH ARC-STAR, AT THIS POINT, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO DISCUSS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AS WE SAW ON THE AIRFARE COMPARISON, ONE JUST SORT OF MAJOR FOR ME, AT LEAST FOR MARKETING].
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? GOOD.
>> THANK YOU. >> OTHER THAN YOU MIGHT USE THAT OLD SAYING ON THE BILLBOARD, IF YOU WERE FLYING, YOU'D BE HERE ALREADY. YOU'D BE HOME BY NOW.
>> SO IT'S IN PUTNAM RIGHT NOW? MANY SO IT'S UP I DID IT.
>> IF YOU ARE STANDING IN LINE TRYING TO GET A RENTAL CAR, I USE THAT ONE AS WELL. BUT I DID THE GIANT LEAP WHICH IS A BIGGER ONE, SO FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS I'VE BEEN WANTING TO PUT THAT ON A BILLBOARD, AND I FINALLY DID IT.
>> GOOD JOB. >> >> IT'S GREAT.
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO DON.
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO LOAD.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR GRANT.
>> THIS IS A PICTURE OF AREA B, THE MUCH OUTED AREA B THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW WE WOULD DEVELOP THAT.
BECAUSE OF ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH A POTENTIAL OR PROSPECTIVE TENANT. WE'VE GONE BACK IN, AND HAD OUR PLANNER, AND ENGINEER RECONFIGURE THIS ROAD THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. SO HERE IS HOW A 36 AIRPORT BOULEVARD COMING TO THE TERMINAL IS HERE.
GOING THROUGH THIS WAY, AND THEN THIS IS THE TERMINAL BACK TOWARDS THIS WAY, AND SO THIS IS AREA B, THAT'S DIFFERENT COLORS, AND THE COLORS ARE REPRESENTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS THE ROAD, THEY ROSE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. THAT BY BUILDING THIS WILL OPEN UP ALL THESE PARCELS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS FM-18, AND THIS IS HIGHWAY 36 UP HERE WHERE THEY INTERSECT, AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ASKED THE PLANNERS TO COME BACK, REVISIT THIS ROAD, TO RELOCATE IT, SO THAT IT CONNECTS WITH THIS INTERSECTION, CREATES ONE INTERSECTION THAT WILL HAVE ACCESS IF ALL DIRECTIONS, IN ALL THREE DIRECTIONS BASICALLY, AND THEN COME BACK DOWN, AND MAKE OUR CONNECTION THROUGH HERE.
SO WE HAVE APPLIED FOR AN RAISE, GRANT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ACRONYM STAND FOR, IT IS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE THAN THE FAA.
WE'VE APPLIED FOR IT TO CONSTRUCT THIS ROAD.
WE APPLIED FOR AN AMOUNT TO CONSTRUCT THE ROAD ALL THE WAY, THE FULL LENGTH. WE'VE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM DOT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL GET AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN AROUND JULIE GUESS.
>> LIKE THIS WEEK. AND IF WE HEAR FROM THEM
TOMORROW, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW. >> AND ANYWAY, WE WILL TALK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT THE AREA, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU AGAIN WE ARE WORKING ON
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THIS, AND THAT WE HAVE APPLIED, AND WAITING ON A GRANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. WE APPLIED FOR THIS, AND WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED, BUT NOT KEEPING A WHOLE LOT OF FAITH THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE RAISE, GRANT THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROPOSAL WE BELIEVE FROM THIS PROSPECT.SO ANYWAY WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT FOR THIS RUNWAY. BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED BY OUR PLANNERS AND ENGINEER THAT THIS ROAD COMING FARTHER INTO THIS AREA WILL NOT CAUSE ANY HEIGHT CONCERNS FOR THE FAA, AND THOSE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT.
SO WE CAN DO IT RELATIVELY WITHOUT ANY IMPACT TO THIS RUNWAY HERE. AND YOU SEE WHERE THIS RED, THAT IS OUR RELOCATED PORTION OF OUR PERIMETER ROAD.
BECAUSE OUR PERIMETER ROAD ACTUALLY RUNS THROUGH A PORTION OF THAT EXTENDED ROAD THROUGH AREA B.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE THAT, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO RELOCATE A SECTION OF FENCE SO THAT THIS FENCE IS OUT THE ROAD.
>> I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE NEW CONCEPT.
THE NEW CONCEPT WAS NOT READY AT THE APRIL MEETING.
IN FACT, IT WASN'T READY UNTIL JUST A COUPLE WILL OF WEEKS AGO, WHEN AFTER WE HAD IT -- WE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THIS PROSPECT, AND WE WENT BACK AND HAD OUR ENGINEER AND PLANNERS REDESIGN THIS ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR NEEDS AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FAA.
WITH THAT -- >> WHAT PORTION WOULD THE
PROSPECT OCCUPY ON THIS MAP? >> THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIS NORTHERN PORTION HERE. THERE WE GO.
>> IS THAT TURKOR TURQUOISE? >> TEAL.
>> WITH THAT, THIS IS FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
>> SO WITH THAT, CHAIR, WE ARE DONE WITH THE MANAGEMENT REPORTS, AND READY TO MOVE INTO THE ACTION EYE TELLS.
WE DON'T HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR THIS MEETING?
[5. Discussion and Action to Accept Award of FY23 FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant]
>> NO COMMITTEE REPORTS >> NO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
>> NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. >> ALL RIGHT.
NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION ACTIONS EXCEPT THE AIP, GRANT.
>> AND THEN THIS IS OUR ENTITLEMENT GRANT.
AIP, AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT GRANT FROM THE FAA, IT'S CALLED AN ENTITLEMENT GRANT. IT'S ENTITLEMENT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON OUR I AMPLANEMENTS, AND IT'S A FORM LATED AMOUNT, AND IT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR US, $1,011,010,855, FOR OUR FY22 -- I HAVE WRONG IN HERE, IT'S AN FY22 GRANT.
FAA IS SUPER EFFICIENT ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT GETTING GRANTS OUT FOR AIP, HAS NEVER BEEN ONE OF THEM.
AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE ANNOUNCED BY OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AND WE WILL BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION FOR THEIR APPROVAL WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, AND AGAIN THAT IS GOING TO FUND THE TERMINAL WORK, AND OUR NEW ARFF F, TRUCK.
1 MILLION, 110 MILLION, $85,510. DO WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON
>> ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION. >> YES.
>> WE'VE SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[6. Discussion and Action to Accept Award of FY23 FAA Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG)]
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE AWARD OF THE AIRPORT IN IN FROM STRUCTURE GRANT. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL GRANT THAT IS THROUGH THE BIL, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
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THAT IS INFROM STRUCTURE RELATED.SO THE AIRPORT HAS A PORTION OF THE BIL, THAT WILL GET FIVE INCREMENTS, FIVE ANNUAL INCREMENTS, THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE, AND THAT AMOUNT IS IN THIS -- LIKE AN ENTITLEMENT GRANT, IT'S GUARANTEED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE AIRPORT WITH.
THIS IS FOR $1,163,905.]. >> IF YOU DON'T USE IT IT'S
>> ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECONDS. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
[7. Discussion and Action on Restaurant Operating Agreement]
NEXT UP, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. MANY SO AT THE APRIL MEETING WE HAD INTRODUCED TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE RESTAURANTED, GATE HOUSE CAFE, IN THE AIRPORT TERMINAL. IT'S OPERATED BY LEE RAY, SEIFERS, WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU THE OFFER TO EXTEND THEIR NO R RENT ARRANGEMENT UNDER THE LEASE. THROUGH THE REMAINDER HE HAVE THE ANOTHER TERM OF THE LEASE, ANOTHER YEAR INTO FEBRUARY OF 23. IS I WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK
TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> AND HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, BUT HE IS HERE TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR OPERATION, AND. QUESTION BEFORE YOU REALLY IS EXTENDING THE NO RENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO. AND I WILL SAY THIS, IN THIS TWO-MONTH PERIOD OF TIME THE RESTAURANT HAS I THINK PERFORMED A LITTLE BIT STRONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN, AND HE'S CHANGED OUT STAFF AND WE HAVE A FULL TIME MANAGER THERE NOW, AND I'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. LEE RAY, IF YOU WOULD, COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE, AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY
HAVE FOR YOU. >> WHO DID YOU BRING WITH YOU.
>> THIS IS VIC LACKEY, HE IS MY GENERAL MANAGER, HE TAKES CARE OF A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I DON'T HAVE TYPE FOR, AND THIS GUY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RIGHT OFFHAND, BETWEEN THE WOULD HAVE US, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERED FOR YOU.
>> I THINK THAT YOU HAD TALKED TO DON ABOUT GETTING THE RENT WAIVER FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF NO RENT?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON THAT, AS OF OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST NOT OPERATING IN A PROFIT ZONE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE STILL BUILDING SALES, STILL TRYING TO BUILD THINGS UP. AND AS OF OF JUNE 6TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WE PUT OUR NEW STAFF IN OUT THERE.
MADE CHANGES EXTENDED THE HOURS, AND BETWEEN THE MONTH OF MAY, AND THE MONTH OF JUNE, OUR SALES HAVE DOUBLED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE FROM WHAT THEY WERE IN MAY. BY A LITTLE MORE THAN DOUBLED.
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SO OUR NEW STAFF -- WE CALL HIM THE FLIGHT CREW OUT THERE.AND SO THEY ARE REAL ENERGETIC, THEY'VE GOT MATCHING TEE SHIRTS, WORKING REAL HARD OUT THERE. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED DELIVERIES OUT OF THE AIRPORT NOW. WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A QR CODE, THAT I WILL BELIEVE WILL BE PUT INTO PLACE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS MAYBE, AS SOON AS THAT.
AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE AIRPORT WHERE I CAN JUST SCAN A CODE, BRING UP OUR MENU, AND ACTUALLY PAY THERE, AND YOUR FOOD WILL BE READY WHEN YOU PICK IT UP.
>> WHAT'S THE SIZE OF YOUR STAFF.
>> WE HAVE FOUR FULL TIME PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
NOT COUNTING MYSELF OR VIC. >> AND YOUR OPERATING HOURS ARE.
>> FIVE IN THE MORNING, UNTIL FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, SIX DAYS
A WEEK. >> MR. LACKEY, YOU ARE COMING IN THERE TO TAKE CHARGE OUT THERE; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WILL THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US OUT HERE TODAY.
WHEN I CAME ONBOARD WE ARE LOOKING TO HELP THE AIRPORT GENERATE MORE INCOME AND MORE EXPOSURE TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA. IT'S DIFFICULT.
IT FACES ITS OWN CHALLENGES, WITH WITH THE PANDEMIC, AND WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE POST PANDEMIC, IF I CAN SAY POST PANDEMIC. BUT WE'VE GOT A REALLY COOL COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT -- WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THE NEW STAFF.
THE STAFFING ISSUE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IN YOUR FACE ISSUE THAT WE HAD TO -- THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS, WE HAD SOLVED THAT.
WE BROUGHT IN THE NEW STAFF. THEY ARE VERY MOTIVATED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OUT THERE. AND THEY HAVE.
WHEN WE SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR GREEN PREVIOUSLY BEFORE BRINGING THE NEW STAFF, WE SAID THIS IS REAL GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THIS REALLY IS GOING TO HELP HELP DRIVE THIS TOWARDS A MORE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME. HE HAD SOME FAITH IN US, AND SAID SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT. I FEEL LIKE WE DID THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE CAME IN, AND SHOWED THEM WHAT WE GOT.
WE PUT THE NEW STAFF IN. AND THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. I DON'T HAVE THEM IMMEDIATELY RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME HERE. BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBERS. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID WAS PUT A NEW STAFF IN THERE. AND THAT HELPED TREMENDOUSLY.
THAT REALLY PROPELLED TO THE NEXT STEP, AND LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONSIDER OTHER THINGS LIKE THE DELIVERIES COMING OUT OF THE CAFE.
NOT ONLY TO THE AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO TO ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE WHO OPERATE THROUGH THERE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO -- THE CUSTOMERS THAT FLY IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT, AND SO ALSO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE, AND MARKETING TO ADJACENT BUILDINGS OUT THERE, AND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE TIGA, FACILITY THAT'S OVER THERE.
>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SETTING UP FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN JUST PLUG INTO THEIR PHONE THROUGH THE APP, THROUGH THE QR CODE THAT LEE RAY MENTIONED, AND HAVE AN ORDER READY FOR THEM THAT THEY CAN JUST DRIVE OVER, AND THEY WILL BRING IT TO THEM.
AND IF ALL OF THE PLANETS ALIGN, WE ARE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT OVER TO THEIR FACILITY IN A TRUCK, AND IF THEY PLAYS A LARGE ORDER, THAT'S DRIVING UP REVENUE FOR THE CAFE.
BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET. WE'VE ONLY JUST NOWPPROACHED THAT POSSIBILITY. BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE.
THE PROGRESS IS GETTING THERE. >> GOOD.
THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT. >> YEAH, YEAH.
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING THE HOURS EVEN MORE TO APPEAL TO EVEN A BROADER BASE OF CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE AT THE AIRPORT, AND THEY EVENTUALLY GO TOWARD ALCOHOL SALES WHICH WILL ALSO DRIVE UP THE REVENUE OUT THERE. SO YOU ARE REQUESTING A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF NO RENT ON YOUR CONTRACT; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, SIR. >> THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE
STATUS OF THE ALCOHOL LICENSE? >> THE ALCOHOL LICENSE, WE HAVE STARTED THE PAPERWORK ON IT. WE INTEND TO HAVE THAT DONE BY OCTOBER. AND IF YOU KNOW THE CONTRACT, YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE TO HAVE IT WILL HAVE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME, BUT WITH COVID, AND EVERYTHING WE JUST COULD NOT GET EMPLOYEES FOR A WHILE. THERE WERE TWO OF US OUT THERE
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FOR A WHILE THAT WERE TAKING CARE OF ALL OF THE BUSINESS.WE JUST DID NOT FEEL THAT WE CAN HANDLE THE ALCOHOL SALES AT THAT POINT. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE SUBMITTED SOME PAPERWORK, AND IT'S JUST AN ISSUE THAT HOF GETTING THE BUDGET AND FUNDS TO GET THE TABC, CONTRACTS PAID FOR AND THE
BONDS THAT WE NEED FOR THOSE. >> HOW MUCH IS THAT REQUIREMENT?
>> TO GET YOUR LICENSE. >> TO TABC.
>> AND THEN WHATEVER THE BONDING WOULD BE ON THAT.
WHOEVER WE COULD FIND TO 1Y50ISHGSZ.
PLACE TODAY, IS THIS FROM THIS DAY FOR A YEAR, OR IS IT -- OR IS IT FROM JULY 1ST FOR ANOTHER FULL YEAR.
>> IT IS NOT FROM FEBRUARY. >> IT WENT THROUGH FEBRUARY 1ST.
>> SO IT WOULD BE 2023. SO ANOTHER SIX.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL.
>> AT THIS TIME, I ACCEPT A MOTION.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS.
>> THAT WE ACCEPT THE EXTENSION. >> SECOND.
>> THERE'S A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> AT HOLD.
GET THE ALCOHOL -- >> TO THE LADIES.
>> ALSO, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT --
>> YOU STILL HAVE TO VOTE, RIGHT.
SO. >> I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT LEE RAY IS THE AND VIC ARE WORKING TO OPEN UP LA, STACION.
>> WHAT'S THE ET, ON THAT? >> HOPEFULLY A FEW WEEKS.
WE WERE SHOOTING FOR JULY 20TH, BUT WE GOT SOME AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WEREN'T SO MINOR SO WE ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THOSE REPAIRED AND THE INSPECTIONS TAKEN AGAIN, AND GET THE OKAY, AND WHEN ALL OF THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY OKAY TO US, THEN WE WOULD BE READY TO GO.
WE HAVE OUR STAFF IN PLACE, WE BROUGHT IN A CHEF FROM LAKE GENEVA WISCONSIN. DOES A NICE JOB FOR US, WE HAVE A CHEF THAT'S COME ON WITH US OUT OF DALLAS, AND WE ARE GIVING HIM A JOB OFFER TODAY FOR HIM TO BE THE SUE CSOUS, CHEF, AND THE STAFF IS PRETTY WELL IN PLACE, AND PROBABLY STILL NEED A FEW MORE SERVERS, MAYBE AN ANOTHER BARTEN TWO, AND ONCE WE GET THE OKAY FROM THE CITY, I THINK THAT WE WILL BE GOING
PRETTY QUICKLY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
SO THANK YOU. SO NOW YOU ALL ARE FREE TO GO, IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN STAY. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING OUT THERE. IT'S GOOD FOR THE AIRPORT.
IT'S GOD FOR OUR PASSENGERS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN THE ALCOHOL LICENSE COMES IN, BEING ABLE TO GRAB A BEER ON THE WAY
[8. Discussion and Action on Airport Rates and Charges for increases to the Non-Signatory Landing Fee and the Non-Signatory Terminal Use Fee]
>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
AIR PORT RATES AND CHARGES. >> YEAH, SO WITH THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, COUNCIL CONSIDERING NEW BUDGET THEY WILL ALSO CONSIDER A SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FROM THE DIFFERENT CITY'S DEPARTMENT CHARGE, AND ON THAT LIST, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN INCREASE TO A COUPLE OF THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE.
THE U THESE ARE DIRECTED AT THE CHARTER AIRCRAFT PARTICULARLY THAT HAVE NO AGREEMENT OR LEASE WITH THE CITY, AND THE AIRPORT.
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THESE ARE CALLED NONSIGNATORY OPERATOR OUT OF THE AIRPORT.SO CURRENTLY, WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT FEES.
ONE IS THE TERMINAL USE FEE. >> AND THEN AIR CARRIER.
A CHARTER AIR CARRIER. YOU GUYS HAVE AN AIRLINE THAT WILL COULD FLY IN, A FLIGHT, TAKE THEM TO A CASINO IN NEVADA, NOT NECESSARILY LAS VEGAS, BUT A SMALLER CASINO THERE IN THE STATE. SO WHEN THEY DO THAT, AND THEY OPERATE OUT OF THE TERMINAL, WE CHARGE A $50 TURN FEE.
THAT MEANS FOR THAT PLANE TO LAND, AND OPERATE, BOARD PASSENGERS OUT OF THE TERMINAL AND LEAVE.
>> CHARGE $50, AND THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY GET CHARGED $50 AGAIN. SO ESSENTIALLY $100 TO OPERATE.
SO WELL, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT UP TO 120, 150 PASSENGERS, $100 IS NOT MUCH ANY MORE, RIGHT.
SO THIS HAS BEEN OUR TURN FEE FOR MANY WILL YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THAT, AND I AM RECOMMENDING IN FY23, SO IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, IT WOULD BE PASSED BY YOU GUY, AND THEN PASS BY CITY COUNCIL, RAISING THAT $100 PER TURN.
THEN $150 OCTOBER 1ST OF 2024, AND $200 PER TURN BY FY 25.
ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, FEATURE THOSE
>> $150 PER TURN OCTOBER 1, 20205?
>> ARE THE ARE WE GETTING THE FUELING ASPECT FOR THESE PLANES
AS WELL. >> A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO FUEL HERE, NOT GUARANTEED. THEY MAY HAVE A QUICK TRIP TO WICHITA FALLS, AND THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY FUEL UP WHEN THEY ARE HERE. BUT IT'S GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE -- WELL, THE TURN FEE WOULD BE GUARANTEED.
>> A FIELD FLOW AND AGE FEE IS . THEY USED TO HAPPEN MONTHLY, THEY USED TO HAVE 1 OR 2 CHARTERS COMING IN.
>> IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE WE'VE HAD A CHARTER HERE, AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE AN IDEA.
THERE'S NOTHING ON THE HORIZON AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S MARKET DRIVEN, THAT AGAIN, WHEN THEY ARE OPERATING OUT OF THE TERMINAL. THIS WOULD BE CHARGED.
IF THEY DON'T OPERATE OUT OF OF THE TERMINAL FOR SOME REASON, AND IT'S A VERY SMALL AIRCRAFT, AND THEN OPERATE OFF OF THE ABILENE AERO RAMP WE DON'T GET THAT FEE.
THERE'S NO THEY MANNED ON OUR TERMINAL.
THERE'S NO RESTROOM USE, OR NO OTHER USES, SO.
>> DO YOU HAVE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP THEN WITH THE
SO IT WOULD BE- SO THE LANDING FEE WOULD BE -- WOULD AGAIN GO
FOR THE NONSIGNATORY TEARIERS. >> OUR LANDING FEES ARE SET IN THE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES FOR THE THEIR OPERATIONS OUT OF HERE, AND THEN THEY ALSO PAY RENT IN THE TERMINAL FOR THE ACTUAL USE OF THE TERMINAL.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A TERMINAL USE FEE PER SE.
THEY ARE PAYING FOR THAT PRIVILEGE TO OPERATE OUT OF THE TERMINAL. BUT THEIR LANDING FEE CURRENTLY IS $0.80 PER THOUSAND POUNDS. AND THAT GOES TO $0.90 PER
THOUSAND POUNDS. >> THIS IS FOR AMERICAN
AIRLINES. >> GOES TO 90 PERCENT PER THOUSAND POUNDS OCTOBER 1ST. AND THEN IT GOES TO -- I'M SORRY, IT IS YES, OCTOBER 1ST, AND THEN OCTOBER 1ST OF 2023, IT GOES TO A DOLLAR. THAT'S FOR AMERICAN.
THAT'S FOR THE SIX THATTORY RATE.
THE NONSIGNATORY RATE,S I AM RECOMMENDING FOR FY23 ONLY THAT IT WOULD BE -- WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST OF 2022, SO IT WOULD BE -- I AM RECOMMENDING THAT TO GO TO A DOLLAR 50 PER THOUSAND POUNDS FOR THE NONSIGNATORY RATE.
>> CURRENTLY IT IS $0.50 PER POUND.
>> FOR THE NONSIGNATORY. >> THEY DID NOT RAISE THAT WHEN
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WE DID OUR RATES AND CHARGES STUDY.I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT I AM RECOMMEND SOMETHING 150 PERCENT OF WHAT WE ARE CHARGING AMERICAN.
IT CHARGES FOR MORE THE NONSIGNATORY CARRIERS.
>> WHAT KIND OF REVENUE ARE YOU ANTICIPATING .
[9. Discussion and Action on Setting Goals and Objectives for Airport Performance Metrics]
>> NONE OPPOSED. OKAY, DON, DISCUSSION ON SETTING
SO. I WILL STRESS YOUR EYES YOU
AGAIN. >> THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION, POSSIBLY ACTION IF YOU WANT SOME MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS, AND YOU ARE BARELY SEEING
IT AT THIS POINT. >> BUT WITH IF WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER TO TAKE ACTION, THAT IS FINE AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SET SOME GOALS IN THAT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND AS THE CITY DEPARTMENT, WE NEED TO KIND OF MIRROR THAT AND PARALLEL THAT.
AND ONE OF THE GOALS IS -- THE COUNCIL HAS SAID EXERCISE SOUND
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE. >> AND ANOTHER IS PRACTICE EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE. MAINTAINED AND RELIABLE WELL -
MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE. >> IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE
SOMETHING NEW >> THIS IS NOT NEW.
>> I THINK THAT WE WOULD ALREADY BE DOING THAT THIS STUFF.
>> WE KIND OF ARE. >> AND THIS IS AN EFFORT TO
ORGANIZE IT. >> SO THAT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE REPORTING TO A DASHBOARD BASICALLY THAT IS KEPT UP SO THAT COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC CAN BE SEE ARE YOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING FOR YOU, MEETING THESE GOALS.
ARE THEY IN TUNE WITH COUNCIL'S GOALS.
AND SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO NOW, THAT WE REPORT TO YOU, AND THAT GETS REPORTED ONTO OR WAS REPORTED ONTO A PREVIOUS DASHBOARD, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS INFORMATION THAT IS CURRENT, AND RELEVANT TO THESE GOALS, REALISTIC, AND CAPTURES WHAT STAFF IS DOING, AND THIS IS A PART THAT HAS ME SCRATCHING MY HEAD, AND MY STAFF SCRATCHING OUR HEADS COLLECTIVELY.
WE ARE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION IN THE CITY BECAUSE OUR OPERATIONS OUR REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE WHILE WE CAN ADJUST THE FEES LIKE WE HAVE DONE TODAY BASICALLY, BUT THE BIG ATTRACTION TO THE AIRPORT IS THE COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THEAT.
KATE, DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO GIVE PASSENGERS AWARENESS TO FLY ACAEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOOR. WE DON'T CONTROL THE FARES, WE DON'T CONTROL THE FLIGHT SCHEDULES.
WE TONIGHT CONTROL THE FREQUENCY OR CONTROL THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT THAT FLY OUT OF HERE. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO SHOW YOU- DASH WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO, WE ARE CURRENTLY PREPARED TO REPORT TO YOU, WE SEE THAT IN OUR STATISTICS, THAT
WE GIVE YOU EVERY MEETING RIGHT. >> OUR I AM PLAIN.
S. HOW THEY NOT ONLY WANT TO STICK
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TO A REPORT, BUT THAT WE ARE PROMOTING THROUGHOUT OUR MISSION TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AT THE AIRPORT.AND SEE HOW WE DO THAT, WHAT WE REPORT, WELL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT. STAT TICKS THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS NOT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY MANAGER HAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM TO BE REPORTED TO THEM.
IT'S STILL YOU IMPORTANT AS A METRIC FOR HOW WE ARE PERFORMING OUR JOBS BASICALLY. HOW WE ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC.
SO INPLANEMENTS, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, AND PARKING LOT.
WE ALSO HAVE A FIGURE THAT VARIES BY YEAR.
IT IS A COST FOR THAT IMPLANED, PATIENTED.
>> FRANKLY, I THINK THAT WE ARE TOO LOW.
WE ARE VERY LOW. >> AND RIGHTLY SO MAINTAINING A VERY TIGHT BUDGET OUT THERE WE STRUGGLE TO COVER THE TASKS AT THE AIRPORT. WE HAVE FOUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS, A SUPERVISOR AND THREE, AND THEY LITERALLY CANNOT KEEP UP WITH DETERMINE MANNED ON THEM, WITH AGING EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE AN ESCALATOR DOWN RIGHT NOW.
THAT THEY BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH. WE HAD BOTH THE INTERIOR ESCALATORS DOWN SINCE JULY 4TH WEEKEND.
>> THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR US TO HAVE.
THAT'S DISCUSSION TO HAVE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR A FUTURE BUDGET, NOT THIS FISCAL YEAR,
THAT'S FOR SURE. >> WE BECAME AN ENTERPRISE FUND IN FY 22. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE NO LONGER A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.
IT GIVES US THAT THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL TO BE FINANCIALLY SELF SUFFICIENT, AND WE ARE BARELY, AND WE ARE BY THE THINNEST OF
MARGINS THERE. >> WE GLOWED LAST YEAR.
>> $569,000 IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. TO THE GOOD.
>> BECAUSE WE HAD GRANTS FROM COVID HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS, IT PAID FOR OUR THREE COVID GRANTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE PAID FOR OUR PAYROLL FROM JANUARY OF JANUARY
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OF 20, TO NOW U AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL OPERATING EXPENSES.WE ALSO PAID OFF THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2007 TO PAY FOR THE PARKING LOT CONSTRUCTION.
THAT WAS $467,000 A YEAR IN DEBT SERVICE THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING SINCE 20080 BELIEVE. SO WE PAID THAT OFF WITH THAT- WITH ONE OF THOSE COVID GRANTS. THAT DOES NOTDASH.
>> DISCUSS THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DOES THIS MEET EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE. THEY MAY HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WANT. I AM ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU SATISFIED. DO YOU SEE THAT COUNCIL WITH WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR ADDITIONAL THAN ENPLANEMENTS, PARKING LOT REVENUE, CPE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOTTEN HERE RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE -- MOSTLY IT'S PROJECT DRIVEN.
THOSE THINGS WERE ARE ALREADY IN TUNE WITH THOSE, WE MAKE THOSE HAPPEN. MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A TIMELINE ON HOW PROJECTS HAPPEN. IF WE SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ARFF TRUCK PURCHASE BY FEBRUARY OF 23, WE PUT THAT IN THERE, THAT'S A SHORT TERM GOAL, BUT IT'S STILL A PATH OF
ACHIEVEMENT FOR STAFF. >> THAT'S BEYOND YOUR CONTROL?
>> WELL, YEAH, AND WE JUST EXPLAINED THAT.
IF WE FAIL TO MEET THAT, THEN WE EXPLAIN IT
>> JUSTIFY IT. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT WITHEN PLANE. .
>> I THINK THAT IT WILL GOOD FOR US, AS WE HIT A POSSIBLE RECESSION, IN THE FIRST THWART HE OF 23.
OUR,EN PLANE. GOALS WILL GO DOWN LIKELY.
IF IT WE ACHIEVE IT, WE WILL HIGH FIVE, BUT IF WE DON'T, WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY, WE DON'T CONTROL A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAPPEN AT THE AIRPORT. >> I COULD HONESTLY SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 100 PERCENT DISCREPANCY FREE INSPECTION FROM
THE FAA. >> WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, AND THEY ARE ACHIEVABLE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE BASED ON THE PERSONALITY OF YOUR INSPECTOR, AND I HATE SETTING STAFF UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THEY WILL WRITE US FOR SOMETHING, THAT'S JUST TOTAL BS.
>> BUT WE OPERATE A SAFE AIRPORT EVERY DAY, AND WE OPERATE A SECURED AIRPORT EVERY DAY, AND TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, AND
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SEE YOU ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, I DON'T -- I DON'T MIND REPORTING THAT, AS IT HAPPENS, THAT WE GOT INSPECTED LAST MONTH, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LETTER YET FROM THE FAA, ON HOW THAT INSPECTION WENT. WE HAVE AN IDEA WE DID AN OUT BRIEF, WE HAD SOME ISSUES THAT WERE A CONCERN, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY HAD A DISCREPANCY, WE JUST DON'T KNOW THAT YET. WHEN WE GET THAT LETTER FROM FAA, WE WILL KNOW, WE WILL PASS THAT ON TO YOU.SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT THAT TO BE PART OF A PRETTRICK, WITHIN WHAT WE REPORT TO THE FAA, I AM ASKING YOU, DO YOU WANT THAT IN THERE? WE CAN DO IT.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE CEPE, WOULD BE THE MOST REASONABLE THING TO
LOOK AT CONSISTENTLY. >> YEAH.
>> AND BECAUSE THE OTHER THINGS, FLOW BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS BUT
CPE, IS THERE ALL THE TIME. >> AM I THINK SO, AND IT CPE WE NOT NOD TO THE CPE IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT AS A METRIC A METRIC THAT WE NOD TO THE CPE BOOK.
WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT A A METRIC THAT WE NOD TO THE CPE BOOK. WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT A A METRICNOD TO THE CPE IN THE B BOOK.
WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT A A METRIC THAT WE OD TO THE CPE BOOK. WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT A A METRIC THAT WE BOOK. WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT A A METRIC THAT WE NOD TO THE CPE BOOK.
WE ARE ALREADY REPORTING THAT A A METRIC THAT WE USE.
U DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE DIRT CHEAP ABILENE BASICALLY.
WE'VE GOT TO STEP UP HOW WE DO SOME THINGS, AND PARTICULARLY NOW THAT WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, I TTHINK A LITTLE MORE METHODICALLY, STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THAT, AND NOT CONCENTRATE
ON BEING THE LOWEST OUT THERE. >> FRANKLY, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> LOOK AT OUR FARES THAT WE BUT TO YOU EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS MAKING MONEY IN ABILENE, TEXAS, AND WHILE WE MADE HUGE GROUND IN 2019 WHEN WE SIGNED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THEM, THAT REALLY WAS HUGE, A HUGE REASON WHY WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT REVENUE RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS A BIG INCREASE. WE ARE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM NEXT YEAR FOR A NEW AGREEMENT, AND GUARANTEE, YOU THE RATES AREN'T GOING TO STAY THE SAME.
AND THEY AREN'T GOING DOWN. SO I CAN
>>IS YOU THAT. >> BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT METRICS. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THOSE, DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE? DO YOU THINK THAT COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY HAVE SAID UP THERE, AND YOU GUYS KNOW THE AIRPORT FROM OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS, AND THEN EVEN MORE INTERACTION THAN COUNCIL DOES.
>> SO IF IF YOU WANT, IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE MAKING A DECISION TODAY, GREAT, IF YOU SAY, HEY, DON, LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS SOME MORE, AND COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND GIVE YOU -- AND LET'S SET SOME METRICS THAT WE CAN REPORT, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
CITY MANAGER IS LOOKING TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AGAIN ARE DOING THIS, THE CITY MANAGER WANTS TO LAND THE PLANE ON THIS, FIGURATIVELY, SO WE DO NEED TO DONE BY AUGUST, BY THE AUGUST MEETING. BUT.
>> DID YOU OR YOUR STAFF WRITE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OR DID
THE CITY PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU? >> THOSE GOALS ARE THE CITY
COUNCIL'S GOALS. >> I AM LOOKING AT UNDER THE
MEASURES, THEY WROTE THAT. >> YES, AND THOSE ARE FOR -- THOSE ARE EXAMPLES, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S KRISTIN.
IATRIST CONTINUE, WHO IS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ACTUALLY
CREATED THIS. >> I AM SORRY, I AM MESS BEING
THEM ON THEIR SCREEN TOO >> YOU BLEW IT UP TOO.
>> SORRY. SO KRISTIN ACTUALLY PUT ALL OF THESE TOGETHER FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
SO. >> SO THE LOW, IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY USED IN THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET DOCUMENT, THAT DON, MR. GREEN SUBMITTED TO OUR COMPTROLLER TO SUBMIT IN THAT BOOK, AND ASSOCIATE THOSE ARE JUST PLACEHOLDERS, THIS IS JUST
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LIKE A WORK SHEET FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE PLACEHOLDERS TO COME UP WITH YOUR PRIORITIES, OBJECTIVES, AND MEASURES, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'VE TRACKED THE PAST.THE ONES AT THE TOP ARE AGAIN PLACEHOLDERS FOR DIFFERENT DIVISION. WE SHOW THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WILL TRACK DIFFERENT THINGS FOR STAFFING.
SEASONAL STAFF MAY NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT WOULD BE A STAFF NUMBER FOR PARKS, OR PEOPLE WHO DEFINITELY NEED TO MEASURE THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS.
SO THOSE ARE PLACEHOLDERS. BUT THE ONES BELOW TRACKING.
>> IT GIVES THEM ABILITY TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
TO BE AWARE OF THAT, AND HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR GOALS THAT THEY
HAVE'S SET. >> ARE THERE ANY METRICS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE REPORTING THAT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL?
>> THAT'S WHAT I AM -- THE THINGS THAT WE MEASURE RIGHT NOW, WE COULD MEASURE STAFF TIME ON -- WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS DID, IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR, LATE SUMMER FALL OF LAST YEAR LOOKING AT MOWING THE AREAS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOWING. THE STAFF HOURS THAT WERE ATTRIBUTED TOWARDS THAT MOWING. TO COME UP WITH A COST, BASICALLY A COST PER ACRE, AND THE CITY USED THAT TO GO OUT FOR A BID FOR MOWING, DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOWING.
NOW, BECAUSE OF THAT EXERCISE WE ARE -- WE'VE ACTUALLY, BEEN PART OF THAT, THE GRASS IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL AROUND THE PARKING LOT, AND IN FRONT TERMINAL IS BEING MODE BY A CONTRACTOR NOW.
AND THAT STARTED IN APRIL, I THINK.
>> SO WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS A SAVINGS TO THE CITY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OWHOLE LOT OF STAFF TIME SAVINGS THAT WE CAN APPLY TO OTHER PLACES, AND IN 6 TO 8 HOURS A WEEK IN PUSH MOWING AROUND THE PARKING LOT. IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL.
DURING GROWING SEASON, AND BECAUSE WE IRRIGATED, WOULD HE EVER TO MOW THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WHEN GRASS IS BROWN
EVERYWHERE ELSE. >> BUT IT IS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE. BUT NOW WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR DOING THAT. SO AGAIN, IT'S -- IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE EVEN AREN'T EVEN MEASURING IT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT MEASURING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OTHER THAN A HANDWRITTEN WAY TO DO IT HOW MUCH TIME WE ARE SPENDING WORKING ON ESCALATORS INHOUSE, OR A BAG AND BELT INHOUSE BEFORE WE CALL FOR HELP FROM A
CONTRACTOR BASICALLY. >> DON, DO YOU CARVE OUT YOUR
INAUDIBLE ]. >> HOW DO WE COMPARE, NONREVS.
>>. >> WE ARE HIGHER THAN OTHERS
>> I'M AM THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
>> IF THERE IS -- EVEN IF THEY ARE -- WELL, THERE'S COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE DON'T GET REVENUE OFF OF EACH TICKET SOLD ANYWAY, WE GET PARKING MAYBE.
MORE THAN LIKELY, WE GET PARKING REVENUE OFF OF THAT PASSENGER.
>> BUT OUR PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE, THE PFC, ON EACH TICKET, THE $4.50, THAT GOES ONLY TO OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, IT DOES NOT GO TO OUR OPERATING EXPENSES. BUT THOSE NONREVS, PAY THE PFC.
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>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS IF WE WANT TO GET INVOLVED? DON, AS FAR AS I AM MANY CONCERNED, YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE CERTAINLY CAPABLE OF COMING UP WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO US DO, CAN WE WILL LOOK AT ON A MONTH LY BASIS. IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME UP WITH, WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
OTHERWISE, I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF ESTABLISHING WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO REPORT TO THE CITY
MANAGER, AND TO THE COUNCIL. >> IS THAT A MOTION?
>> KIND OF LIKE A MOTION TO ME. >> I WILL SECOND HIS MOTION.
>> OKAY. >> LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP.
>> ABSOLUTELY, APPRECIATE THAT. >> I THINK THAT YOU DO A FABULOUS JOB OF TRACKING AND REPORTING.
>> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU HAD A STAFF TO HELP
YOU, THAT WOULD BE -- >> OH, I'VE GOT THE HELP.
>> I WAS NOT PLANNING A MOTION, BUT WE DO HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL CERTIFY BY SAYIGNIFY BY SAYG AYE.
>> AYE. >> AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE WILL FINALIZE A LIST OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND KRISTIN, AND MINDY PATTERSON, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IS BACK THERE TOO.
>> OH, GOSH. MINDY, WE WILL FINALIZE THIS LIST, AND I WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU, AND SHOW YOU WHAT THE METRICS ARE THAT WE ARE USING, AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON
THOSE AT THAT POINT TOO. >> GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
551.072, AND WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SEVEN, AND ADDITIONALLY, 551.087, AND 55.071, AND ADDITIONALLY, 5551,076. >> WE CAN DISCUSS ALMOST ANYTHING THAT WE WANT T AT THIS TIME, WEEK WILL GO INTO YOU. NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 10TH. THE NECK MARKETING DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS AUGUST 3RD.
SO ARE THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS FROM THE --.
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE MEETING BEING HERE?
>> ALL FUTURE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
NOW WE WILL COORDINATE AND ORGANIZE A TOUR OF THE FIRE STATION AT SOME POINT, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS HERE. A RIBBON CUTTING OVER THERE, NOT NECESSARILY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE OUR FENCE.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THAT.
COUNCIL'S AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR IT.
>> OKAY. >> THAT BEING SAID, I WILL
ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> DISCUSSION? ALL SIGNIFY
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.