May 10, 2023 Airport Development Board Meeting

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WELL, IF WE'RE READY, WE'LL CALL THIS TO ORDER.

IT IS 333 AND DON SENT THE MINUTES OUT.

[MINUTES]

SO LET'S GO FORWARD.

SECOND ON THE MINUTES.

VERY PRUDENT. GOT IT.

OKAY. REPORTS.

[3. Airport Management Reports]

PACK IT. AND SO OUR EMPLOYMENTS, WE ARE DOWN 1%.

HERE. THIS IS THIS IS MY FIRST CHANCE OF LOOKING AT HIM, BUT THAT'S BEING DOWN 7% FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

THIS IS APRIL REPORTING, SO DOWN 7% FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

WE HAD BEEN GROWING AND UP UP UNTIL THIS TIME.

SO THAT HAS US DOWN 1% FOR THE YEAR.

SO WE THINK THAT OUR SCHEDULE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT AT THREE DEPARTURES A DAY SPACE.

I MEAN, I GET WE'RE GETTING EMAILS FROM PASSENGERS WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

THE FORTUNATE THING IS WE ARE GETTING A FOURTH FLIGHT IN JUNE, SO THAT WILL HELP.

AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T CONTROL THAT.

SO IT'S JUST MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR PASSENGERS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AT DFW.

EITHER THEY'RE WAITING FOR SIX HOURS OR THEY'VE GOT 40 MINUTES TO GET FROM TERMINAL TO TERMINAL C OR SOMETHING.

SO IT'S JUST NOT CONVENIENT FOR FOLKS RIGHT NOW.

THE OTHER GOING. GOING DOWN THE PAGE.

ANYTHING OF NOTE.

PARKING LOT. REVENUE IS UP A GOOD BIT, 13%.

BUT AGAIN, PUSHING IN THAT THAT HAS THAT 10% INCREASE THAT WE DID OCTOBER 1ST.

GROW UP A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT THEN.

IT'S AMAZING. AND PLANETS ARE ACTUALLY DOWN BECAUSE IT SURE DOES FEEL BUSY WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE.

WELL, YEAH, IT IS FOR THOSE THREE DEPARTURES A DAY.

76 PASSENGERS AND WE'VE BEEN RIGHT THERE AT AROUND 70, 72 BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING THE PLANE UP.

WE REALLY ARE.

BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT DROP IN SEATS THAT'S AFFECTING US.

SO ANYWAY.

BUT YES, WHEN WHEN A FLIGHT GOES OUT, IT IS WE DO HAVE OUR LITTLE RUSH HOUR AND IT DOES FEEL BUSY.

AND THEN CAR RENTALS ARE DOWN 3.3% FOR THE MONTH AND ALMOST 7% FOR THE YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE STATISTICS? DON, WHEN WE TAKE THIS NEW FLIGHT IN IN JUNE, DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO FILL UP? I THINK IT WILL. YEAH, I THINK IT WILL.

WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE STRUCTURED? INTO THE. TIME SPAN.

I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE SCHEDULE.

I DON'T, FRANKLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT'S WHAT WHERE IT IS, WHERE IT FALLS WITHIN THE SCHEDULE.

I THINK THAT IS AN EARLY AFTERNOON DEPARTURE, BUT.

THE MID-AFTERNOON DEPARTURE.

SO THAT WILL HELP BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PASSENGERS WHO'VE BEEN IN THERE ALMOST ALL DAY SINCE ABOUT NOON TODAY WHO ARE WAITING ON A 545 OR 630 DEPARTURE THIS AFTERNOON.

I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHEN WE LEFT, I WAS TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF PASSENGERS, SO.

THEY'RE THERE A LONG TIME, SO THAT'LL HELP.

THAT REALLY WILL. IT WAS A GOOD PLACEMENT WHEN I DID LOOK AT IT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.

WE ARE WE'RE WATCHING TSA.

A LARGER AIRPORTS THAN US ARE HAVING TO START.

THIS IS CALLED EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE SCREENING, WHERE THEY ARE SCREENING EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WALKING OUT THE DOORS INTO THE SECURITY AREAS OF THE AIRPORT AND THEN HAVING TO CONDUCT SCREENING OPERATIONS THEMSELVES.

THE AIRPORTS ARE THAT IS JUST TOTALLY WRONG.

AND IT IS NOT AN AIRPORTS FUNCTION TO DO THAT.

BUT TSA IS FORCED OUT ON THOSE LARGER AIRPORTS.

THE CATEGORY OF AIRPORT THAT WE ARE IN IS NOT HAVING TO DO THAT YET, BUT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS VERY CLOSELY AND ALREADY A PART AS PART OF OUR INDUSTRY, VOCALIZING OUR OBJECTION TO THAT AS THAT TSA IS RESPONSIBILITY.

SO WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THAT.

IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN A SIGNIFICANT RAISE IN OUR RATES AND CHARGES TO COVER THE COST OF THAT AND HAVING TO HIRE OR CONTRACT THAT SERVICE

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IT'S VERY ONEROUS ON AIRPORTS AND JUST RIDICULOUS THAT TSA IS PUTTING THAT ON EVERYBODY.

ON THOSE LARGER AIRPORTS.

NOT US YET AGAIN. SO.

TERMINAL UPDATE.

SO TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, Y'ALL DON'T GET TO GET THE BENEFIT OF SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS AS AS THEY ARE MOVING ALONG.

THE PAINTERS ARE NOW OUT OF THE GATE AREA.

AND SO I'VE JUST GRABBED SOME PICTURES THAT WE HAD FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION REPORT MONDAY THAT SHOWS THE GATE AREA IN PARTICULAR AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S JUST THAT HAS GOTTEN STARTED IN THE AROUND THE TERMINAL, THE SCREENING CHECKPOINT.

SO IT'S LOOKING GOOD THAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE GATE AREA IS NOTICEABLE.

IT DID BRIGHTEN IT UP IN THERE AND JUST.

MODERNIZE THE LOOK LIKE WE WERE GOING FOR.

I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

I THINK STAFF IS TOO.

IT'S NOT QUITE FINISHED OVER THERE, BUT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE IS FAIR TO SAY, FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

NOW THEY'RE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE SECOND LEVEL RIGHT NOW, THE RESTROOM RENOVATIONS, I DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES OF THOSE THAT THEY'VE JUST PUT UP DRYWALL THIS WEEK IN THE BATHROOMS. SO THAT IS LOOKING BETTER AS WELL AND STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.

WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE WALL TILE THAT IN THE RESTROOMS THAT ARE BEHIND THE SINKS WHEN WE WHEN WE DESIGN THE PROJECT, INSPECT THE WALL TILE SPECIFIED THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF WALL TILE.

IT WAS AMERICAN MADE SINCE THAT TIME.

IT IS NOW THAT MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN SHIPPED OVERSEAS.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO GET AN EXEMPTION FROM FAA FOR THE BUY AMERICA ACT SO THAT THAT IS IN PROCESS.

UM, THE FOREST SERVICE RAMP.

WE'RE WAITING ON THE LEGISLATURE TO GET DONE WITH THEIR WORK.

SHOULD BE PART OF THAT BUDGET THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSES.

SO WE'LL KNOW PROBABLY IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS WHAT THAT'S GOING TO WHETHER IT GOT FUNDED OR NOT.

AND WE'RE HEARING GOOD THINGS ABOUT THAT SO FAR.

SO FAR SO GOOD. IT'S ON TRACK.

SO THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

THE FUEL FARM RELOCATION.

ABILENE AERO IS GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO WANTING TO DO A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING ON THAT, SO.

WHEN THE GENERAL MANAGER, LYNN BEARD, GETS BACK FROM A TRIP, THEN I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

CAR RENTAL QUICK TURN FACILITY.

AGAIN, THAT IS ABOUT 60% DESIGNED.

AND WE'RE WAITING ON REALLY JUST SOME OTHER THINGS TO HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GET THE CONTRACT, NEW CONTRACTS WITH THE CAR RENTAL COMPANIES ESTABLISHED FIRST BEFORE WE PICK THAT BACK UP.

SO THAT WAY I'VE GOT ALL THREE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE ON THE AIRPORT PARTICIPATING IN THE DESIGN OF THIS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO CAR RENTAL COMPANIES.

WE'VE GOT THAT VACANT THIRD COUNTER.

AND WE HAVE.

AT LEAST TWO, PROBABLY THREE COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT THIRD COUNTER HERTZ'S OLD COUNTER.

SO WE WILL BE BIDDING EVERYTHING OUT AGAIN AND COME BACK TO YOU FOR CONTRACT AWARDS, FOR LEASE AWARDS, BASICALLY.

LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT AWARDS LATER THIS SUMMER.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE CAR RENTAL SERVICE FACILITY DESIGN AGAIN.

OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW THAT'S OUTSTANDING IS, AGAIN, THE INSIDE ESCALATORS.

THE DOWN ESCALATOR IS WORKING, BUT IT'S MAKING A LOUD NOISE.

WE WE'VE HAD IT DIAGNOSED BY ONE COMPANY.

WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY COMING IN.

AND HERE IN THE NEXT PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH A TEAM, WE'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED PAYMENT FOR THAT FOR THEM TO COME IN AND GIVE US A FULL DIAGNOSIS TO REPAIR BOTH THE UP AND THE DOWN ESCALATORS ON THE INSIDE.

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THAT COMES OUT TO BE AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO.

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING THAT NOISE EVEN IS? SO THE COMPANY THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT IT TOOK IT APART OR TOOK GOT INTO IT.

THEY'RE CALLING IT A STEP CHAIN.

IT NEEDS A STEP CHAIN REPLACEMENT.

WE'LL SEE IF SCHINDLER ESCALATOR AGREES WITH THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE COMING IN AND GET THEM TO DO THE WORK, PROBABLY.

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WE JUST DON'T KNOW OFFHAND WHAT THAT IS.

UNDER OPERATIONS EVENTS WILL ON APRIL 20TH, WE HAD A VERY LARGE DIVERSION EVENT.

DFW SHUT DOWN.

WE ENDED UP WITH TEN AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT DIVERTING TO US.

THREE OF THOSE.

FOUR OF THOSE.

ENDED UP TIMING OUT OVERNIGHT AND AIRPORT STAFF HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE.

ZACH SPENT THE NIGHT THERE AND KATE CAME IN AND.

TOOK CARE OF THOSE PASSENGERS THE WAY THAT WE DO.

SO WE HAD OVER 300 PASSENGERS SLEEPING IN THE TERMINAL THAT NIGHT.

AND BELIEVE ME, WE WERE CHARGING AMERICAN FOR EVERY DIME THAT WAS SPENT TO SUPPORT THAT, INCLUDING STAFF TIME.

SO KUDOS TO STAFF ZACH AND OUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND KATE.

WHO CAME IN THAT NIGHT TO HELP SET THAT, SET EVERYTHING UP FOR THE PASSENGERS AND MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE AND PROVIDE FOOD AND SUCH FOR THEM.

THEN THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM THE CITY COME OUT AND HELP.

THEY DELIVERED PIZZAS OUT THERE.

THEY SENT OUT A MESSAGE TO VOA, WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN, AND WE HAD CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS BRINGING SANDWICHES AND TACO BELL AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT FOR THOSE PASSENGERS.

THEY JUST VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT.

SO VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT FROM THE ABILENE COMMUNITY.

AS USUAL, VERY GENEROUS, VERY CARING AND SURPRISED THOSE PASSENGERS WHO WERE FROM SARASOTA, SAN DIEGO, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, AND.

SO ANYWAY, THEY WERE WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY RESPONDING TO THEM BEING THERE.

THEY WERE THEY WERE OVERWHELMED WITH IT SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE THE GENEROSITY OF OUR OUR COMMUNITY.

DON WERE A HOTEL IS NOT AN OPTION.

SOME DID GO TO HOTELS, BUT THE HOTELS WERE MAINLY FULL.

AMERICAN ONLY HAS CONTRACTS WITH A FEW HOTELS HERE IN TOWN, AND THEY DON'T CONSIDER GROUND TRANSPORTATION OR ANYTHING AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT.

SO IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT BECAME A SITUATION WHERE IT WAS EVERY PASSENGER FOR THEMSELVES.

AND, YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, THAT IS THAT'S THE LARGEST AMOUNT WE'VE HAD IN THE TERMINAL SPENDING THE NIGHT IN YEARS AND YEARS.

SO AND WE DIDN'T HAVE COTS FOR EVERYBODY EITHER.

SO THERE WERE PROBABLY 200 PEOPLE THAT DID NOT HAVE A COT TO SLEEP ON.

ON THE FLOOR, SPACE OR CORNER OR WHATEVER.

BUT TO THEIR CREDIT, THE PASSENGERS WERE VERY GRACIOUS AND KNOWING THAT IN RECOGNIZING THAT STAFF WAS DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD.

MAKE THEM AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE AND THE BEST OUT OF THAT SITUATION.

I THINK THE LAST FLIGHT GOT OUT OF THERE AROUND 330 ON THE 21ST THAT AFTERNOON.

SO. OH.

WE THINK IT'S GOTTEN SOME ATTENTION FROM AMERICAN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO FIND FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT OUR CAPABILITIES ARE.

LAST WEEK THEY WERE AND MAYBE TO REINFORCE THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AT AMERICAN'S DISPATCH CENTER.

YOU CAN'T RELY ON THE FLIGHT CREWS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY JUST KNOW ABILENE IS CLOSEST TO DFW TO GET THEM IN THERE WHEN IT DOES OPEN UP.

SO THEY THEY SWAMP US.

BUT DISPATCH NEEDS TO BE KEEPING UP WITH THAT AND SAYING, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO MIDLAND OR YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO LUBBOCK OR SOME OTHER PLACE.

SO, I MEAN, LUBBOCK GOT ONE DIVERSION.

SAN ANGELO GOT, I THINK, ZERO.

MIDLAND GOT 1 OR 2 OR MAYBE EVEN ZERO.

ANYWAY, IT WAS IT WAS RIDICULOUS.

WAS THAT DUE TO WEATHER? WEATHER AT DFW? YES. THE RESTAURANT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS THAT IS THAT ALEX IS ON THE STREET.

IT IS ON THE STREET. SO WE HAVE A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING NEXT WEEK, I THINK, DON'T WE? OKAY. OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING.

WE'LL SEE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THAT.

THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS IS ON THE STREET.

WE HAD OUR MEETING WITH INTERESTED ARCHITECTS LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

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SO VERY PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT FOR THAT.

OH. ROAD CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

SO THAT IS THE ROAD THROUGH AREA B, THAT DEVELOPMENT AREA.

WE ARE TRACKING OUR FUNDING REQUEST THROUGH CONGRESS AND IT IS IT IS BEING WORKED ON BY THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.

SO KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT.

BUT I WILL HAVE AN ENGINEERING SERVICES REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS GO OUT PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH STAFF REVIEW.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THAT SCHEDULED THROUGH THE CITY'S PROCESS TO HIT THE STREET.

AIR SERVICE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.

REALLY THE BIGGEST NEWS IS THE FOURTH FLIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S THE SECOND BIGGEST NEWS.

THE BIGGEST NEWS IS THAT KATE ALVAREZ IS NOW AT THE HILTON DOUBLETREE DOWNTOWN AND SHE IS HANDLING THEIR.

SALES. ROOM SALES.

MANAGER OF ROOM SALES.

SO. YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FILL THAT POSITION.

TAKING APPLICATIONS NOW.

SO I'VE GOTTEN GOOD RESPONSE SO FAR AND PROBABLY WILL BEGIN SCHEDULING IN INTERVIEWS WEEK AFTER NEXT.

AND THEN AIR SERVICE ISSUES REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING THE NEXT TIME WE PLAN ON MEETING WITH AIRLINES.

THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY WE'LL HAVE, UNLESS SOMETHING JUST POPS UP, WILL BE IN AUGUST AT THE WHAT'S CALLED THE TAKE OFF.

THIS IS A AIRLINE OR AIR SERVICE CONFERENCE.

WE GO MEET WITH AIRLINES THERE WITH OUR CONSULTANT.

AND THIS WILL BE IN AUGUST.

UM. SO ALL I'VE GOT ON THE REPORTS.

OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO REPORT ON EITHER.

GOOD DONALD DIVERTS HAS GOT ANY CAPABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO MAYBE COURT SUPPORT OR THAT TYPE OF THING.

UM, THEY MIGHT.

THEY MIGHT. BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS ADDITIONAL COURTS THAT AFTER TALKING WITH THEM AFTER THE EVENT THAT THEY, THEY MIGHT EVEN BRING SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS OUT TO THE AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, IF WE HAD ANY MORE CUTS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD HAVE PUT THEM AND STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH.

THE TERMINAL. SO.

SOME. SOMETIMES YOU JUST SAY, THAT'S ALL WE GOT AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN HANDLE.

BUT WE SHOULD NEVER, EVER HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE TERMINAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN.

BUT YOU HAD PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE SECURE AREA AND DOWNSTAIRS ALSO.

IN FACT, THEY WERE IN THE SECURITY AREA, TOO, UNTIL TSA SHOWED UP AT 530 OR SO TO OPEN UP AND THEY KICKED THEM OUT.

BUT, YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THERE AS WELL.

THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS CRAZY.

DON, DID YOU TOUCH ON THE CAR RENTAL BID? YES, WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT OUT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

OKAY. UH HUH. OKAY.

OKAY, LET'S SEE.

[5. Discussion and Action to Approve Recommendation to City Council for the Passenger]

APPLICATION NUMBER FOUR.

YES. SO THAT'S A MOUTHFUL THAT THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE OR PFC IS THE $4 AND 50 CENT CHARGE.

THAT'S THE MAXIMUM WE CAN CHARGE PER TICKET AIRLINE TICKET PURCHASED COMING OUT OF ABILENE.

AND THAT FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AN APPLICATION FOR IS THAT IT REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR EXPENSES FOR OUR LOCAL MATCH ON PROJECTS WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED OR HAVE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.

SO OUR GRANT MATCH OF 10%, IT WOULD GO BACK AND REFUND THE CITY OR REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ON THOSE PREVIOUS PROJECTS, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF FUTURE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING TRUCK THAT WE WILL PURCHASE LATER THIS YEAR.

SO IT IS SOMETHING WE EXPECT THAT FAA HAS ALREADY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION.

WE HAD A CONSULTATION MEETING OR OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONSULTATION MEETING WITH THE AIRLINES, REALLY JUST AMERICAN.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

TWO WEEKS AGO, ON APRIL 27TH, NOBODY SHOWED UP, SO THEY FORFEIT THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT.

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SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO SHOW UP, ACTUALLY.

BUT WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE PROCESS AND WE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT APPROVED AND THEN IMPLEMENTED JULY 1ST.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR? BRAD CUTCHINS WITH CUTCHINS AND GROH IS OUR PFC CONSULTANT, SO HE'S HELPING US WALK THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF THE NEW APPLICATION FOR AND THEN WILL HELP US WITH CLOSE OUT OF APPLICATION NUMBER THREE.

WHICH WE HAVE FULLY COLLECTED.

APPLICATION NUMBER THREE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY OVER COLLECTED BY A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHAT THAT WILL DO IS WE DON'T LOSE THAT MONEY.

IT WILL ROLL INTO APPLICATION FOUR.

SO ESSENTIALLY GIVE US A HEAD START IN THE COLLECTION AUTHORITY FOR APPLICATION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPENSES WE CAN ALREADY TAKE OUT FOR THAT.

SO HAVING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND ROLL INTO IT OR A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND ROLL INTO IT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRAW THAT DOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND REPAY THE CITY FOR SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL EXPENSES.

SO THIS DOES REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S GOING TO COUNCIL TOMORROW.

SO AGAIN, I REALLY APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT TO YOU AS THE BOARD JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL PRESSURE THAT SOMETHING HAS TO PASS.

THERE IS NO PRESSURE, THAT SOMETHING HAS TO PASS.

TODAY, IF YOU DECIDED YOU DIDN'T LIKE ONE OF THESE ITEMS, THEN WE PULL IT FROM COUNCIL TOMORROW AND REGROUP AND COME BACK AT A LATER TIME.

BUT ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR DAWN? THIS WAS A CHANGE. FROM WHAT? TO WHAT? JUST TO. SO THE TOTAL COLLECTION AMOUNT THE TO THE TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE $4.50.

WE'RE STILL COLLECTING $4.50.

THAT'S THE MAXIMUM WE CAN COLLECT BY LAW.

SO THIS WILL THIS WILL JUST ADD THIS WILL.

THIS WILL ALLOW IT WILL BASICALLY EXTENDING THAT PFC.

BUT NOW WITH COLLECTING AGAINST NEW PROJECTS.

AND WHAT WAS IT BEFORE? $4.50. OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE RAISING IT UP.

NO, NO, NO, NO. THIS.

THE AMOUNT STAYS THE SAME.

THE COUNCIL. YEAH.

SHOULDN'T AT ALL. OKAY.

GET A MOTION FOR DON TO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR 50 FOR THE CHARGE.

MAKE A MOTION. CINDY LEE AND CINDY.

OKAY. NUMBER SIX, WE GOT A.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR. YOU'LL SEE.

WE GOT A MOTION. WE HAD A SECOND.

SECOND. NOW WE NEED A VOTE. AND WE NEED A VOTE.

AYE, AYE. AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

DONE. YEAH.

OKAY. NUMBER SIX DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT CONTRACT.

[6. Discussion and Action to Approve Recommendation to City Council for the Capital Projects Implementation Consulting Contract]

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING AFTER COMPETITIVE GRANTS WITH THE FAA.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE HELP OF A CONSULTANT WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH DOING THAT KIND OF WORK AND IS COVERED BY OUR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.

THE FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT.

SO WE DID A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND FORTUNATELY, WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED AND THAT WAS CUTCHENS AND GROW.

AND BRAD IS HERE TO SHOW HIS INTEREST IN THIS CONTRACT.

BRAD AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH.

THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT AND HIS FIRM IS VERY WELL QUALIFIED, HAVING DONE SIMILAR WORK FOR LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, AND LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, AND OTHER AIRPORTS IN OUR REGION.

BUT AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THEY FOCUS ON THE SMALLER AIRPORTS AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT RECOGNIZING OUR NEEDS AND HOW HOW BEST TO HELP THE STAFFS OF THESE SMALLER AIRPORTS.

SO BRAD IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.

BUT HIS HIS COMPANY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SUBMITTED, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

BUT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT HE IS.

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SO WE'RE THANKFUL.

WE'VE WORKED WITH YOU BEFORE, BRAD, AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.

WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE.

APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

HELPING YOU GET THAT TERMINAL WHERE YOU NEED IT TO BE.

AND THANKFUL THAT YOU KNOW THE TERMINAL WELL.

FOR ALL THE FREE ADVICE HE'S GIVEN ME OVER THE YEARS, THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR HIM TO KIND OF RECOUP SOME OF THAT.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

QUESTIONS FOR BRAD.

THIS HAD FULL DOLLAR AMOUNT CONTRACT ALREADY ESTABLISHED.

IT'S GOING TO BE WELL, IT'LL BE A NEW CONTRACT WITH THEM AND IT'S SAY NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 AND THAT'LL BE OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS 90% FUNDED BY OUR GRANTS.

SO THAT MEANS ESSENTIALLY $9,000 OUT OF THE CITY'S POCKET OVER THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND IF WE HAD TO INCREASE THAT, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU FOR AN INCREASE AND THEN HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL WORK HAD TO COME OUT OF IT.

OKAY. NEED A MOTION.

SO. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[7. Discussion and Action on Parking Lot Operations and Charges]

SO WE HAD TALKED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT CHANGING HOW WE DO THE PARKING LOT.

SO AT NIGHT, WHEN OUR LAST DEPARTURE IS CLEARED, THE TERMINAL, ALL THE PASSENGERS AND EMPLOYEES HAVE GONE HOME.

THE PARKING LOT CLOSES OUR PARKING LOT, LOT ATTENDANT CLOSES IT DOWN, LEAVES.

THEY LEAVE ONE GATE ARM OPEN.

SO THAT WAY ANYBODY WHO NEEDS TO GET OUT OVERNIGHT, WHICH TYPICALLY IS GOING TO BE THE EASY EMPLOYEES THAT OVERNIGHT SHIFT HAVING TO LEAVE BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE A CARD SO THEY DON'T REQUIRE THE GATE TO BE OPEN.

THEY CAN GET OUT ANYWAY.

THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.

BUT ANYWAY, WE HAVE SUSPICIONS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FIGURED THIS OUT AND THEY MAY BE PARKING MULTIPLE CORPORATE VEHICLES OUT THERE.

AND IT WAS A NICE, SHADED, COVERED PLACE TO PARK VEHICLES AND THAT THEY COME AND GET THOSE BEFORE THE PARKING LOT REOPENS THE NEXT MORNING, WHICH IS AROUND 9:00 MOST MORNINGS, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULE OF THE EMPLOYEES.

BUT. THAT WE DON'T THINK IT IS A BIG LOSS OF REVENUE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE USE AS AN OPPORTUNITY, WE JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO CLOSE THAT GATE AT NIGHT.

BOTH OF THE GATES ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT AND I TAKE THAT BACK.

ONLY ONE GATE CAN ACCEPT A CREDIT DEBIT CARD, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT. RIGHT. RIGHT. SIDE GATE.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE ACTIVATED OVERNIGHT.

SO THAT WAY IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SAY THEY MISSED THEIR FLIGHT AT DFW AND GOT A RIDE OR SOMETHING TO ABILENE AND THEY HAD PARKED IN OUR PARKING LOT, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO PAY TO GET OUT AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.

OKAY. RARE EXCEPTION, BUT I'M USING IT HYPOTHETICALLY.

BUT WE'D STILL GET THAT REVENUE THAT IS DUE US FOR THAT CAR THAT WAS PARKED THERE.

OTHERWISE THEY COULD THEY COULD LEAVE FOR FREE THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

SO. THAT WE THINK THAT COULD WORK.

OKAY. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GATE ARM THAT WON'T OPEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE GATE MALFUNCTIONS WILL HAVE A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL.

AIRPORT OPERATIONS. AIRPORT OPERATIONS IS THERE 24/7, SEVEN.

THEY CAN COME LET THEM OUT.

THE ONLY REALLY THE BIGGEST COMPLICATION THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AS A STAFF IS IF SOMEBODY IN THAT SITUATION WHO HAS THE VETERANS TAGS THAT WE ALLOW TO PARK FOR FREE, WHICH IS DISABLED VETERANS, MEDAL OF HONOR, PRISONER OF WAR AND PURPLE HEART.

WE DON'T CHARGE THEM PARKING AT ALL.

IF SOMEBODY WITH AN OWNER OF A VEHICLE WITH ONE OF THOSE TAGS COMES OUT, TRIES TO LEAVE OR TRIES TO LEAVE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE FREE PARKING IMMEDIATELY.

BUT WE WHAT WE WOULD DO IS REFUND THEM THAT IF THEY CONTACTED US THE NEXT DAY OR WHENEVER THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

WE WILL REFUND THEM.

IT IS AN EXTRA HASSLE FOR THAT VETERAN THOUGH.

SO THAT IS THE ONLY DRAWBACK I SEE TO DOING THIS.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION ON THIS.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT TO WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD.

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BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT ANYBODY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US IN THAT WAY EITHER, SO.

WE'RE PREPARED TO DO EITHER WAY.

BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU AS.

JUST TO, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING BUSINESS.

BUT WITH THAT ONE CONSIDERATION.

YOU SAY YOU SAID IT WASN'T A LARGE AMOUNT, BUT I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WE'RE LOSING VERSUS WHAT WE REALLY DON'T? WE HAVE NO WAY OF TRACKING THAT.

WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY IS DOING THAT VERSUS AN EASY EMPLOYEE THAT'S LEAVING.

AND WE DON'T, OTHER THAN HAVING GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE CAMERAS EVERY NIGHT FOR OVERNIGHT AND SPENDING HOURS UPON HOURS DOING THAT, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. DON, IS THERE A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT COMING IN? I GUESS, YOU KNOW, TICKETS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN SENT OUT OF THE MACHINE BUT YOU NEVER COLLECTED ON.

DO YOU COLLECT THAT DATA IT WE DON'T CURRENTLY COLLECT THAT DATA.

IS THAT CORRECT ALEX? WOULD BE HARD TO TO KNOW.

I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES.

COMING IN FOR AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT AND SEE SOMEBODY DROP SOMEBODY OFF, THEY GRAB THEIR.

WELL, YEAH. AND IN THE EARLY MORNINGS WHEN WE HAVE DEPARTURES AND SOMEBODY IS DROPPING SOMEBODY OFF, THE FIRST 30 MINUTES IN THE PARKING LOT ARE FREE ANYWAY, WHEN WHEN THAT WHEN THE GATE ARM IS OPERATING.

AND THAT WOULD APPLY EVEN TO THIS THAT I SEE THERE ARE TWO GUYS COMING HE'S HE'S DROPPING OFF HIS HIS GUY INSIDE THE PARKING AREA.

THAT GUY GETS IN THE TRUCK AND BOTH TRUCKS LEAVE.

OH OKAY. I'VE SEEN THAT.

WELL THEN THEN THAT'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO DO TODAY.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT WE SUSPECT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN THAN I SEE THAT.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PURPLE HEART VETERANS, ETCETERA, THAT COME THROUGH THAT THIS MIGHT AFFECT? LIKE, IS IT ONE PER DAY? TEN PER DAY.

SO IT WOULD ONLY AFFECT SOMEBODY WHO'S DOING THAT VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE OF COMING IN BETWEEN THE HOURS WHERE THE PARKING LOT BOOTH IS CLOSED.

WHICH WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING DURING THE NORMAL HOURS.

WELL, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY OF THE TAGS IN PARTICULAR WHO ARE LEAVING DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.

BUT THIS I MEAN, REALLY, SOMEBODY LEAVING AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT IS NOT A NORMAL OCCURRENCE.

SO. SO THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EXCUSE ME.

THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY KNOW THAT.

OKAY, GOSH, I'D USE MY CREDIT CARD.

I NEED TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THIS.

AND THEY WOULD JUST WE WOULD HAVE SIGNAGE OUT THERE.

IT'D ALSO BE ON OUR WEBSITE.

I THINK SIGNAGE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

JUST WONDERING, KIND OF LIKE THE TOE RAYS.

I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO CAPTURE THEM COMING IN? AND CATCH HIM GOING OUT.

BUT YET YOU'VE GOT THAT.

OUR SYSTEM WON'T DO THAT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW SYSTEM FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

THERE ARE SYSTEMS OUT THERE THAT WILL DO THAT.

BUT. WE'RE TALKING PROBABLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE SYSTEM FOR THAT.

AND OVER THE LAST TIME OF THAT, YOU FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL? I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I WOULD RATHER INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, I WOULD RATHER JUST LEAVE THE GATE OPEN, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE THAT SMALL, RELATIVELY SMALL LOSS.

UNREALIZED INCOME LOSS FOR ITSELF.

YEAH, IN MY OPINION, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY THE GATE CLOSED AND THEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR AIRPORT OPERATIONS OR IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR DISABLED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN ADDRESS IT THEN.

BUT. I'M WITH YOU ON THE PRINCIPLE OF IT.

IT HAS BOTHERED ME WHEN I SEE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

OH, SURE THEY DO. YEAH, THE SYSTEM.

YEAH. I HAPPILY PAY MY $10 AND THEY SHOULD TOO.

YEP. YEP. DON, CAN YOU GIVE HIM A CARD? THE VETERANS.

A CARD WHERE THEY COULD GET OUT.

IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.

WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF THEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FLYING LIKE ANY OTHER PASSENGER.

BUT I THINK ONCE YOU EXPLAIN IT TO THEM, THE SITUATION'S LIKE, WELL, IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEAVE AND THIS AND YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK I THINK THAT'S EASILY.

RESOLVED. YEAH. AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SCAM THE VETERANS OUT OF ANYTHING.

WE WOULD HAPPILY REFUND THEIR MONEY AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT IT WAS IT'S JUST AN EXTRA STEP THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

SO THERE IS SOME SENSITIVITY TO THAT.

IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE FROM STAFF? I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THIS.

AND I THINK JORDAN'S IDEA OF LET'S LET'S TRY IT AND WE'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF HOW THAT'S GONE AND THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD, IF ANY.

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OKAY. MOTION TO KEEP THE GATE CLOSED AT NIGHT.

MAKE A MOTION. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

OH. AND THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL.

CLOSE THE GATE. WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SEND A MEMO TO THE CITY MANAGER TO LET HIM KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE.

WE'D LIKE TO DO.

GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.

AND HE MAY SEND THIS AS AN INFORMATIVE ITEM, A MEMO TO COUNCIL.

SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT, BUT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE RATE STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL, BUT WE'LL TRY THIS OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR DISCUSSION ON THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GUY FROM PICKUP TRUCK CALLS AND HE'S MAD BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO CHEAT THE SYSTEM.

LET HIM CALL JORDAN.

YEAH. NO, DON'T CALL JORDAN.

OKAY. EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE SOME STUFF TO TALK ABOUT.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

ANY NEW UPDATES ON THOSE.

SO WE CAN. WE CAN SKIP EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY. WOW. WOW.

THAT'S REAL GOOD. OKAY.

OH, OKAY. LET'S.

ALEX IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ON THE LOST TICKET FEE THAT I FAILED TO MENTION.

OKAY. SO IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEBODY HAS LOST THEIR TICKET AFTER HOURS, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SLIM NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE AFTER HOURS AND LOST THEIR TICKET, THERE IS A BUTTON WE CAN ACTIVATE ON THE ON THE SCREEN.

WE CHANGE THE LABELING AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD CHARGE A DEFAULT RATE, JUST A STANDARDIZED FLAT FEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY WE WOULD JUST CHARGE THEM THAT IT OPENS UP THE GATE AND WE WOULD EVEN WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK WITH THEIR ITINERARY OR THEIR STUFF AND WE WOULD REFUND THEM THE DIFFERENCE IF NECESSARY.

WE'LL PUT IT DOWN ON THE ON THE EXPLANATIONS AND STUFF.

THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO ACTIVATE THAT AT THIS TIME? THAT RUNS THE RISK OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR A MONTH OR SO LOOKING AT, OH, HEY, I'M ONLY BEING CHARGED FOR TWO WEEKS, WHATEVER, $140 OR SOMETHING, AND GOING, HEY, THAT'S CHEAPER THAN MY $300.

SO THERE'S SOME SOME RISKS THERE.

SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO ACTIVATE THAT? AND IF SO, WHAT FEE WOULD WE WANT TO DO? BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WILL HAVE TO.

ANYBODY WHO'S LOST THEIR TICKET WILL HAVE TO CONTACT OPERATIONS.

OPERATIONS WOULD HAVE TO COME AND WE'D HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION.

MAYBE THEY COULD. BRING IT UP OR WE WOULD LET THEM OUT EITHER WAY.

SO IT'S A TRICKY BIT.

SO IN WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WELL, STAFF HAS WITH THAT.

SO WHEN WE HAVE HAD A DISPUTE ON THE LOST TICKET, INSTEAD OF THAT TWO WEEKS TO SAY, I'VE ONLY BEEN GONE FOR THREE DAYS, WELL THEN SHOW US YOUR YOUR TRIP ITINERARY AND THEN WE CAN CHARGE YOU THE APPROPRIATE FEE, $30 IF THAT'S IF YOU HAVE BEEN GONE FOR THREE DAYS, WE CAN CHARGE THAT.

SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE.

TO THE RIGHT STRUCTURE, WHICH ADDING THAT LOSS TICKET FEE WOULD DO THAT.

BUT. OPS CAN CAN HANDLE THAT AT NIGHT WITH SOME TRAINING THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM AND THEN OR.

THEY'D CALL ONE OF US AND WE'D WE CAN RESOLVE THAT OVER THE PHONE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT ITINERARY.

THEY MEAN IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, YOU TYPICALLY HAVE THAT CERTAINLY DIGITALLY AS WELL.

SO SO THE DEFAULT WOULD BE 142 WEEKS AUTOMATICALLY IS KIND OF.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT ARE EXCEEDING THAT ON A RECURRING BASIS? TYPICALLY, PROBABLY NOT MANY WHO ARE THERE THAT THAT LONG? NO, WE'VE SEEN THE BREAKOUTS AND STUFF, BUT IT USUALLY ONLY GOES UP TO, I THINK, 14 DAYS ON THOSE BREAKOUTS.

IT'S MORE IT'S PRETTY RARE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S TRAVELING OVER 14 DAYS DEFAULT AND ACTIVATING THE DEFAULT AND CHARGING SOMEBODY FOR TWO WEEKS WOULD BE, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH WITHIN THE NORM OF.

THEN WANTING TO PROVE THEIR ITINERARY.

YEAH. AND IF THEY OBJECTED TO THAT, THEN WE CAN GO TO THAT KIND OF APPEAL PROCEDURE WHERE THEY SHOW US THEIR ITINERARY AND WE CAN MAKE IT FOR THE ACTUAL TIME OF THE TRIP.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE YOU TALKED, YOU LOOKED AT OTHER AIRPORTS, RIGHT.

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DO YOU REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHAT WAS SAN ANGELO AND SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES DOING? WELL, THE ONE THAT STICKS OUT, I THINK IT WAS TYLER.

THEIR ANSWER IS, WELL, THEN GO PARK YOUR CAR.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER OPTIONS.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE ACTUAL LIVE SERVICES WHERE THEY'LL BASICALLY THEY PUSH THE BUTTON AND THEY'RE TALKING WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THEY TAKE THEIR INFORMATION, THEY PROCESS IT, AND THEN THEY CAN REMOTELY LET THEM OUT.

THAT'S ALL FANCY SYSTEMS STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S FOR A CONTRACT OPERATOR TO THIS OPERATING PARKING LOT HAVE MORE MONEY AND BEYOND THE TWO WEEK MARK ANYWAY ANOTHER VENDOR WE LIKE OUR PARKING LOT MONEY BUT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING OUR OPERATIONS GUYS JUST DO THEM IN THE RARE INSTANCE THAT THAT HAPPENS AND THEN JUST MANUALLY OPENING THE GATE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD JUST BE STRAIGHT UP CHARGING THEM.

SIMPLE. YEAH.

GOOD WITH CHARGING. I'D ALSO BE OPPOSED TO ANYTHING THAT MADE A PHONE CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PHONE CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS TO ARGUE ABOUT THEY'VE LOST THEIR TICKET.

SO YOU'D BE SURPRISED.

THE PHONE CALLS WE GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

WELL, BUT I AGREE.

I DON'T I DON'T WANT THOSE CALLS EITHER.

BUT YEAH, YEAH.

IN THIS CASE, AT LEAST, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CONTACTING OPERATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THEIR PHONE NUMBER, WHICH THEY ARE AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN.

YEAH. AND IF, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT OPERATIONS CAN'T RESOLVE RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD CALL ONE OF US.

BUT EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT THAT STAYED LONGER THAN TWO WEEKS ARE STILL PAYING THE 140 RIGHT MINIMUM.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND DISPUTE IT.

NO, NO. SO AND WE'RE 140, YOU KNOW, BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE.

EXACTLY. IF THEY SNUCK OUT WITH THE GATE OPEN AND IF THEY DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE THE SAME PERSON KEEPS DOING IT.

YEAH, WE GOT THE GATE CLOSED NOW, SO WE'RE GOOD.

I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR SURE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS JUNE 14TH, 330.

RIGHT HERE.

UM, FACILITY MEETING SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 7TH.

BE HELD AT THE AIRPORT LOWER LEVEL.

SO THAT'S PRETTY WELL ALL OF OUR BUSINESS.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ANY. CINDY. SECOND TIME AGAIN.

SECOND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.