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>> OKAY BECAUSE THIS WONDERFUL TIME HERE SINCE 3:30 PM WE ARE STARTING RIGHT ON TIME.
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LET'S SEE JOHNSON, R MINUTES OUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? NO CORRECTIONS. MOTION?>> I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.
>> ANY OPPOSED? HEARING A NUN, WE ARE GOOD.
>> YOU ALL NEED SOME COFFEE FROM GLORY. LORI.
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>> WE WILL GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE. LET'S GO WITH DON WITH SOME MANAGEMENT REPORTS. STATISTICAL REPORTS THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOOD.
>> AND THEY ARE GOOD THIS TIME THEY HAVE BEEN THE LAST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE BEEN MUCH IMPROVED. EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, WAS PRETTY WEAK AND JUST HAD US CONCERNED. BUT, IF YOU LOOK ON THE LAST PAGE IN YOUR STATISTICAL REPORT THE PASSENGER EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WE WERE UP 18 PERCENT OVER 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 AND THEN UP FIVE PERCENT OVER YOUR TODAY TO DATE. THAT'S CALENDAR YEAR NOT FISCAL YEAR WHICH STARTED OCTOBER 1. GOOD PLACE TO BE. FOR THE TOTAL WE ARE ABOUT FOUR PERCENT IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE.WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE NEW AIRCRAFT AND PARTICULARLY THE FOURTH DEPARTURE OF THE NEW AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN REALLY WHAT TURNED THE TIDE FOR US IN JUNE AND OUR NEW FLIGHT THE FIFTH DEPARTURE STARTED FRIDAY THIS PAST FRIDAY MORNING. WE HAVE A 5 AM DEPARTURE AND AT 6:30 AM DEPARTURE FOR THE BUSINESS TRAVELERS THAT WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
VERY HELPFUL. AND LOOKING DOWN AT THE PARKING LOT REVENUE BIG NUMBERS THERE.
IF YOU WILL JUST COMPARATIVELY BECAUSE WE WERE UP 24 PERCENT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND THAT GIVES US A TOTAL YEAR TO DATE CHANGE OF 22 PERCENT ABOVE LAST YEAR.
>> SO, WE HAD THAT 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN OUR RATES LAST OCTOBER 1 SO THAT'S ACCOUNTED IN THIS BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS. AND PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN OUR PARKING LOT. SINCE WE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE TERMINAL WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR STAGED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TERMINAL WHICH IS WHERE STAFF USUALLY PARKS NOW WE ARE PARKING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AND GOTTA KEEP GOING FARTHER AND FARTHER DOWN THE AISLE TO FIND A PARKING SPACE, WHICH IS GREAT. THERE ARE PEOPLE OR PEOPLE FLYING THAT'S THE 18 PERCENT INCREASE. RENTAL CAR REVENUES, YOU KNOW, AGAIN OF COURSE THEY REPORT TWO MONTHS BEHIND BUT THEY ARE JUST A WEIRD INDICATOR OF THINGS.
I THINK OUR PARKING LOT AND OUR EMPLOYMENT ARE A BETTER INDICATOR BECAUSE COMPANY CONTRACTS THEY RELY HEAVILY ON CONTRACTS AND SO THEIR FLUCTUATIONS ARE JUST HARD TO REALLY TIE INTO THE NUMBERS. EVEN WHEN WE WERE DOWN IT COULD BE UP IT'S JUST REALLY KIND OF -- BUT THE DOING OKAY. YOU CAN SEE OUR RIDESHARE OUR RIDESHARE REVENUES WERE UP THIS MONTH. AT YOUR REQUEST AND I'M GLAD YOU DID REQUEST THAT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 23 IT WAS $71.66 WAS A TOTAL RIDESHARE REVENUE.
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>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REGULATORY.
REGULATORY, WE ARE BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN ISRAEL WE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE HAVE A SECURITY DIRECTIVE TIGHTENING SECURITY A LITTLE BIT AT THE AIRPORT THERE ARE MEASURES WE CAN STEP UP TO. NO INDICATION RIGHT NOW THROUGH TSA WOULD TRY TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY AND AS A STAFF WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND SECURE FLYING OUT OF HERE AND SYSTEMWIDE. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES, WELL, DON'T GONNA WE DON'T HAVE A FEDERAL BUDGET AND THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US THIS YEAR WITH IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
REVIEW SEARS IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE FAA OFFICES WERE CLOSED DURING A SHUTDOWN AND NOW WE ARE WAITING ON OUR FUNDING APPROPRIATION FOR OUR ROAD TO SEE IF THAT WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO RIGHT NOW NOTHING IS MAKING IT TO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE, I SEE WE HAVE A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SELECTED TODAY SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME MOVEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS OR SO.
I THINK THAT CONTINUING RESOLUTION IS THROUGH MID-NOVEMBER.
THEY HAVE EIGHT MONTH TO GET THIS KNOCKED OUT A LITTLE OVER A MONTH TO GET KNOCKED OUT.
THE SOONER THE BETTER. DRONE LEGISLATION SO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 THAT MAKES IT A MISDEMEANOR TO FLY A DRONE OR AN UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM YOU A S OR UAB OVER AN AIRPORT OR OVER A MILITARY BASE.
SO IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH RECOURSE. IF YOU CAN FIND THE OPERATORS YOU CAN GO AND WAG YOUR FINGER AT HIM AND SAY, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
NOW WE HAVE THE POLICE AND THE MEANS TO ISSUE A CITATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVEN'T HAD A DRONE ISSUE IN THE ABILENE IN YEARS, MANY YEARS, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE TRIED TO BE OUT THERE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME PEOPLE WERE GETTING DRONES FOR CHRISTMAS AND ON OUR WEBSITE IT SAID, HEY, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE RULES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
NO BIG ISSUE FOR US RIGHT NOW BUT WE DO HAVE THAT TOOL NOW IN THE TOOLBOX THAT PD CAN USE OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
>> WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF INCIDENCES OUT IN ALLIANCE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
>> YES, YES I DO REMEMBER THAT.
>> AND THEN THE MAP THAT WILL GO ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT'S VERY CLEAR WHERE YOU CAN AND CANNOT FLY DRONES.
>> GOOD POINT ON THAT THAT WILL BE HOPEFUL, TOO. IT'S TO CLEAR.
THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY TWO THINGS I HAVE ON THAT POINT. MOVE ON TO CURRENT PROJECTS.
TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS, SO THE CEILINGS IN THE LOWER LEVEL RESTROOMS DID NOT TURN OUT LIKE WE WANTED THEM TO. WE HADSOME ISSUES WITH THAT . CONTRACTOR AND ARCHITECT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO GET SOLUTIONS TO THAT SO THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE IN THE WORKS TO MAKE THAT A MORE CONTINUOUS HANDLE TYPE SITUATION THERE'S A LOT OF GAPS AND IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.AND THE LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE DIFFUSERS IN THE CEILINGS IN THOSE TWO RESTROOMS WERE NOT REALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE CEILING SYSTEM. THEY HAVE GONE BACK AND TRY TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, WELL, RIGHT NOW THE DOING THE DESIGN WORK IN PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER BUT THAT'S GOING TO PUT THE OPENING UP BACK A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH IT. WE COULD OPEN IT VERY SHORTLY AND LEAVE THE CEILINGS LIKE THEY ARE AND GO BACK IN BUT WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND SO MUCH MONEY ON THESE RESTROOMS I WANT
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PEOPLE TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD IMPRESSION AND NOT THE GAPS IN THE CEILING.JUST WANT TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S REALLY READY FOR PRIME TIME.
>> YEAH, YEAH I WOULD EXPECT THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER OR AT THE VERY LATEST DECEMBER. OPEN FOR THANKSGIVING, FOR SURE.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE FOR THAT PROJECT. CONTRACTOR HAS REALLY PULLED UP A LOT OF THEIR TRAILERS AND STUFF THEY HAVE HAD SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS NOW JUST THOSE LITTLE DETAILS. THE FOREIGN SERVICE RAMP PROJECT WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THAT TODAY TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE FUEL FARM RELOCATION PROJECT AT ABILENE ARROW IS DOING THEY ARE MOVING THEY ARE ABANDONING THEIR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND BUILDING ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS FOR FUEL AND THAT PROCESS IS PUNDERWAY AND IT SHOULD BE DON, I THINK, PREDICTING MID-NOVEMBER MID TO END OF NOVEMBER. SO WE ARE JUST WATCHING IT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE THEY ARE ABIDING BY THE RULES.
>> ARE THEY ABLE TO LEAVE THE OLD TANKS IN THE GROUND?
>> NO. CAR RENTAL QUICK TURN FACILITY, AGAIN, THAT'S ON HOLD.
WE ARE 60 PERCENT TO THE DESIGN AND WE JUST STOPPED THAT FOR RIGHT NOW WE WILL WAIT TO GET OUR THIRD CAR RENTAL COMPANY ON THE AIRPORT UNDER CONTRACT AND ON THE AIRPORT TO FINISH OUT THE DESIGN AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE FEATURES THEY WANT PACIFICALLY FOR THEIR COMPANIES AND TAKE ALL THEIR NEEDS INTO ACCOUNT. AND, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY YET TO START THE CONSTRUCTION. WE GOT ABOUT $3 MILLION IN THAT ACCOUNT THE CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE ACCOUNT. WE WILL PROBABLY IN OUR NEW CONTRACTS WITH A THREE CAR RENTAL COMPANIES WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL BRING TO YOU AND INCREASE RECOGNITION FOR THE CUSTOMER FACILITY RIGHT NOW IT'S THREE DOLLARS A DAY. WE WILL LIKELY WANT TO BRING TO YOU AND INCREASE FOR THAT CONTRACT THAT'S SOMETHING THE CUSTOMERS PAY ON WHEN THEY RENT OUT OF THE AIRPORT.THAT WILL HELP PAY AND ACCELERATE THE COLLECTION OF FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY. PROBABLY, IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE 5 MILLION RANGE.
SO WE NEED A FEW MORE MILLION DOLLARS. OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, WELL, WE WERE ON TRACK TO TELL YOU ALL FOUR ESCALATORS ARE WORKING.
TWO FRIDAYS AGO, THEY CAME OUT AND THEY HAD BOTH ESCALATORS WORKABLE.
THEY WERE MEETING THE STATE INSPECTOR OF THEIR IN A STATE INSPECTOR CHECKED OFF ON THE UP ESCALATOR IT WAS RUNNING FINE THEN THEY TURNED ON THE DOWN ESCALATOR AND THEY HAD OFF EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RUNNING OR IT COULD RUN THEY HAD OFF BECAUSE, DID WE HAVE IT OFF? IT WAS RUNNING THE WASAN ? IT WAS RUNNING. SO ANYWAY, THEY WENT TO DO THE INSPECTION AND AFTER SOME ERROR CODES AND THEY COULD GET THOSE CLEARED.
SO DID NOT PASS INSPECTION. NOW SHOULD LEARN IS A WAITING ON PARTS FOR THAT AND WE WILL BE BACK TO FIX IT TO GET INSPECTOR OF THE BUT IN THE INTERIM THE UP ESCALATOR QUICK A WEEK AGO IT WAS MAKING A THUMPING NOISE AND IT STOPPED AND WE CANNOT GET IT RESTARTED.
SO ONCE IT GOES BACK UP WILL HAND OFF TO THEM AGAIN. AND WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM SCHINDLER AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN THE BE DONE. I WISH I CAN.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OPERATIONS EVENTS NOTHING OF NOTE. WE DID HAVE A DIVERSION EARLIER WORK LATE LAST WEEK, EARLY THIS WEEK. LAST MONDAY.
BUT IT WAS THEY STAYED A LITTLE WHILE, PASTORS STATE A LITTLE WHILE BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT OR ANYTHING. IT WAS ACTUALLY A FLIGHT CREWMEMBER THIS WAS A FLIGHT THAT WAS GOING FROM LAX TO DFW AND HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND DETOURED TO US AND IT WAS A
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FLIGHT CREW MEMBER AND SO THEY HAD TO WAIT ON A REPLACEMENT FLIGHT CLUE CREWMEMBER ON THEIR NEXT ARRIVAL. BEFORE THEY COULD GET OUT OF HERE.CAR RENTAL BID WE HAVE REVISED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND CONTRACTS GOING THROUGH STAFF REVIEW RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL GET THAT BACK AND MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT WERE NO ON THAT AGAIN ON THE STREET AND AGAIN THAT'S HER SECOND ATTEMP .
FIRST ATTEMPT WE MADE SOME CHANGES IN IT AND THE BID JUST GOT ALL OUT OF CONTROL SO WE SAID SCREW IT WE WILL START AGAIN. I THINK IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER PROCESS THIS TIME. THEN OUR TERMINAL RESTAURANT WE HAD DISCUSSIONS LAST MONTH ON WOOD WE HAD A VERY SINCERE MEETING WITH THEM AFTERWARDS AND I HAD ALSO DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, AN OPTION WITH ANOTHER CONTRACTOR WE MENTIONED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T GOING TO BE AN EASY THING TO DO TO HAVE THEM JUST COME IN AND TAKE OVER IN SOME WAY. I HAD ALREADY HAD A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THE BODEGA FOLKS AND THEY WERE READY TO GO AT THAT POINT AT THAT MEETING BUT I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS YOU HAVE MADE. THEY HAD THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO TO THE PICKED UP ON THAT MESSAGE AND THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING STRIDES FOR LOADING OPENING THE RESTAURANT. AT LEAST THEY CAN OPEN UP BY MID-NOVEMBER. I PUT IN THERE RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN OUT TO INSPECT AND REALLY WAS VERY MINOR THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. WE DID HAVE TOBUY NEW COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR . THE WALK-IN COOLER I THINK I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT LAST MONTH THE WALK-IN COOLER BIT THE DUST FOR SURE AND THEN WE HAD TO COMPANIES TELL US YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE A GOOD BIT OF MACHINERY AND IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT $12-$13,000.
SO WE BOUGHT A COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR THAT WAS SATISFACTORY TO THE RESTAURANT FOR ABOUT $3000 AND IT'S HERE AND COOLING LIKE IT SHOULD. SO WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.HEY WILL HAVE THAT WITH THE READY TO GO. SO I ADDED AN ITEM CALLED DAYS COLLABORATE COLLABORATION. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF EXECUTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL AIRPORTS AND RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR TWO YEARS AND ACCEPT HIM FROM THAT THIS PAST JUNE. BUT PART OF THE COMMITTEE WAS WORKING WITH THE AIR FORCE ACTUALLY THEIR AIRFIELD AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT FOLKS. IN WORKING WITH THEM ON TRYING TO DEVELOP A SYLLABUS FOR SHADOWING I AM USING MORE SUPPOSED TO TERMS HERE IN A MORE COMPLEX TERMS FOR THIS BUT SHADOWING OF THEIR AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT BOOKS, AIRMEN, WITH CIVIL AIRPORT OPERATIONS AIRPORT OPERATIONS PEOPLE. SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE SYSTEM SO WE JUST DECIDED LET'S JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORTCUT NOW LET'S TRY SOME THINGS OUT AND DO IT HERE LOCALLY. SO THE LOCAL AIRFIELD DEUS MANAGEMENT GROUP THEY ARE GOING TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED ARE GONNA START COMING OUT AND SPENDING TIME AT THE AIRPORT AND SHADOWING OUR STAFF. JUST SEEING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY THEY WILL COME BACK AND SPEND MOST OF THE TIMES WITH AIRPORT OPERATIONS, OF COURSE, BUT THERE ARE FIREFIGHTERS SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IT'S NOT A CATEGORY OF WHAT THEY ARE EXPOSED TO ON BASE. THEY WILL SEE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THERE AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH US IN THE OFFICE, TOO.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EXPOSURE ON WHAT TO EXPECT THERE FROM THE AIR FORCE AND THEY WANT TO STAY IN AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT THIS IS WHAT A CIVILIAN AIRPORT DOES ON A DAILY BASIS.
GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A VERY INFORMAL ARRANGEMENT AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT GOES AND AS WE WORK NATIONALLY ON A SYLLABUS THAT THEY COULD EXPAND OVER THE COUNTRY, BASICALLY. ANYWAY, SO WE WILL KEEP YOU
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UPDATED ON THAT. WE HAVE OUR WORK TO DO ON THE SYLLABUS AND THIS WILL BE HARD FOR STAFF TO SIT DOWN AND SPEND SOME TIME ON THAT WHICH WAS AGAIN ANOTHER REASON WHY WE SAID LET'S JUST PULL THE TRIGGER ON SOMETHING AND SEE BY THEIR EXPERIENCE IF THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF IT AND THEN WE CAN READ INTO THE SYLLABUS.AND I WILL THROW IT OVER TO JASON AND LET HIM COME UP AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR SERVICE ISSUES AND MARKETING.
>> A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN MARKETING DEVELOPMENT. FOLLOW-UP FROM LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT DIGITAL SIGNAGE WE GOT OUR FIRST REALTOR IN THE OFFICE IN THE SYSTEM WITH THE TESTING THAT OUT OF IT IS WORKING REALLY WELL. SO EXCITED IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS WE ARE ABOUT TO ORDER A WHOLE LOT MORE START INSTALLING THOSE.
WE ARE WORKING ON ADVERTISING PLAN AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN THE TOWN TO ALSO JUST ADVERTISING WHICH WILL HELP WITHADVERTISING REVENUE . SINCE COVID, WE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH ADVERTISEMENT REVENUES WE WENT THROUGH SOME TRANSITIONS WE ARE ALSO DOING THAT IN-HOUSE NOW SO WE HAVE RECEIVED MORE REVENUE FROM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO TEAM UP WITH SUV, DCO AND TO SPOTLIGHT THE COMMUNITY AND DO DIFFERENT FESTIVALS HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS SO GENERALLY WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. AND DEVELOPMENT, WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IRELAND'S ABOUT OFFERING FLIGHTS FROM ABI WE HAVE PLENTY OR TWO THAT HAVE GONE SINCE I LAST TALKED TO OUR MEETINGS ARE LITTLE POSITIVE BUT UNFORTUNATELY AIRLINES ARE NOT LOOKING TO EXPAND RIGHT NOW ARE HOLDING OVER THE NEXT YEAR AT LEAST SO WE WILL STAY IN FRONT OF THEM WE ARE NURTURING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND KEEPING CONVERSATIONS OPEN AND GIVING ANYONE ANYTHING THEY NEED SO BE ON THE RADAR FOR WHAT TO LOOK FOR THE FUTURE. ALSO WORKING ON THE WEBSITE TO MAKE IT MORE ROBUST FOR FUTURE PROSPECTS SO ONCE THE BULLIES GOING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE WILL BE PREPARED TO GO AND TALK TO PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND START THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING OUR WEBSITE FEATURING DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
WERE ALSO WORKING ON SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION SO WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF KEYWORDS TO OPEN THE FACILITY IN TEXAS CERTAIN LOCATIONS SERVICE AND SEARCHES, AS WELL. WE HAVE DEVELOPED SOME PROSPECTS JUST CONTINUING TO PARTNER ON THE DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. WITH THE ADDED THREE NEW MEMBERS TO OUR MARKETING AND DEVELOPING SUBCOMMITTEE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY WILL START I THINK THE NEXT MEETING IS IN A FEW WEEKS SO WE WILL JOIN AND WILL BE BUILDING NEW STRATEGIES FOR 2024 THAT ARE REALLY EXCITING LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING I WAS TELLING THE STORY THE WAY THAT THE ABI AIRPORT IS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE LESSON THAT I WILL SHARE TODAY WE JUST RECEIVED A NEW AIRPORT AIR CARE KITS AND IF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THESE THESE ARE DESIGNED FOR FLIGHT DIVERSIONS, MAJOR DELAYS, MAYBE PEOPLE THAT ARE UPSET BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED AND WHAT IT IS IS A WELCOME WHENEVER SOMEBODY GETS BASICALLY STUCK AT THE AIRPORT FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO TECHNICAL MATTERS OR PLAIN ISSUES IT'S A WELCOME KIT IS DESIGNED FOR HOSPITALITY AND SO IT'S GOT SOME ITEMS IN HERE THEY CAN ENJOY IT ALSO HAS A MESSAGE HERE GREETINGS FROM ABILENE. IT HAS A QR CODE THAT TAKES INTO THE AC BABY WEBSITE THAT TELLS THEM ABOUT ABILENE AND SO IS JUST A NICE TOUCH POINT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE SORRY ABOUT THEIR SITUATION AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO EXPOSE OUR APPRECIATION FOR GIVING THEM A REALLY GOOD IMPRESSION OF ABILENE AND HOPE THAT THAT WILL HELP THEM AS ARE LOOKING BACK IN TOURISM THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE HAD THESE IN THE PAST AND THIS IS THE UPGRADED VERSION OF THAT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE AC BB AND MR. LOPEZ BECAUSE HE IS THE PERSON THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN IN ITS NEED FOR US TO HAVE.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I GOT HERE I SAID THAT SUCH A GREAT THING.WE AS A STAFF WANTED TO BRING BACK, DO IT AGAIN. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND STAFF AND REALLY JUST DROP WHAT THE MESSAGING WHAT'S ITS INTENT
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WAS. WE HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT. I THINK THE TRAVELERS WILL LIKE IT. AND YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE THE LANDING PAGE RIGHT NOW IT WILL TELL YOU THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO KNOW, WAS THE POPULATION, WHAT ARE THE PINDUSTRIES HERE, WHAT IS ABILENE ALL ABOUT? ALSO, WHAT HAPPENS NOWADAYS IF SOMEONE IS STUCK IN THE AIRPORT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE PHONE SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME GAMES EMBEDDED ON THAT LANDING PAGE WHETHER IT'S SUDOKU OR WORLD OR SOMETHING THEY CAN PLAY QUICKLY ON THE PHONE. ALSO, A BIT ABOUT ABILENE IN THE CITY. AND MAYBE STAYING A LITTLE BIT LONGER INSTEAD OF A JUST SHORT TRIP.>> JASON, CAN YOU GIVE THAT AND THEN JUST PASS IT AROUND?
>> THIS WAS SO WELL RECEIVED YEARS AGO. WHEN A CBB STARTED THAT OUT WHEN PASTORS WE HAVE THOSE OUT IT JUST CHANGES THE WHOLE MOOD OF EVERYBODY WHETHER GETTING THESE BOXES AND IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. I THINK IT MAKES A HUGE IMPRESSION ON PEOPLE THAT ABILENE REALLY CARES. THIS IS A PLACE MAYBE THEY WANT TO BE AND COME BACK TO AND GET IT INTENTIONALLY THIS TIME FOR NEXT TIME.THANK YOU FOR THAT, ROBERT. AND THE STAFF FOR GETTING THE NEW VERSION TO US.
ON THE DEVELOPMENT FRONT ALSO THE VISIT DEVELOPMENT FRONT WE HAD A MEETING WITH LUIS ON MONDAY MORNING AND JUST WANTED TO CATCH UP WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE WE WERE WITH THE ROAD JUST BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE ROAD.SEE WHERE THEY WERE ON THEIR DESIGN.
I HAD HAD A CALL WITH ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THEIR ENGINEERING FIRM ABOUT SIX WEEKS OR SO AGO. SO THEY WERE JUST GETTING STARTED ON THE DESIGN.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE BECAUSE MAINLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE 12 MONTHS ON THEIR LEASE TO START TO BREAK GROUND WHICH WOULD BE THIS DECEMBER. SO I WANTED TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE IN THE PROGRESS AND THEY AREN'T QUITE WHERE THEY HAD PLANNED ON BEING AND WE ARE QUITE WHERE WE HAD PLANNED ON BEING WITH THE ROAD. SO IT KIND OF IS TOO BAD THINGS THAT COME TOGETHER AND MAKE IT OKAY, IN A WAY, BUT MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM LED TO, HEY, DECEMBER AND GROUNDBREAKING, GET ME A LETTER THAT I CAN BRING TO THE BOARD SO WE CAN AMEND THE LEASE WITH A NEW DATE TO GET STARTED.
I THINK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HAVE THEM NOT TO GROUND IN DECEMBER BECAUSE OF THE ROAD FUNDING ISSUE I AM OKAY WITH IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE US HOLDING THEM UP BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ROAD DESIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO I AM OKAY WITH THAT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEND US A LETTER ONE OF THE PARTNER WHO WILL WRITE THE LETTER LEFT TOWN THAT DAY LEFT THE AIRPORT LATER THAT DAY SO PROBABLY, YOU WILL HAVE IT FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING. AND THEN WE WILL GIVE THAT TO COUNSEL TO AMEND THEIR LEASE TO EXTEND OUT THAT GROUNDBREAKING PERIOD TO WHATEVER THEY REQUEST AS LONG AS IT'S REASONABLE.
THEY THROUGHOUT ONE TIMEFRAME AND I SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT REASONABLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET US ANOTHER ONE THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BETTER OFF BUT THEY SEEM LIKE THEY WERE OKAY.
>> YES OH, THE DESIGN, THEY ARE REDESIGNING THEIR BOOK, THEIR BRANDS LITTLE BIT IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE IN TUSCOLA. I THINK ORIGINALLY THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE TUSCOLA AND PUT AT THE AIRPORT. IT'S A DIFFERENT LOOK OF A BUILDING. THE ROOF AS OPPOSED TO THE CABLE ONE THEY HAVE IN TUSCOLA.
SO SOME CHANGES TO THAT GRANT THEY ARE LOOKING AT. THEY ARE ALSO DISCUSSING SOME FRANCHISES FOR RESTAURANT TO GO INTO THE CONVENIENCE STORE ITSELF AND THAT HAS TAKEN A LITTLE MORE THAN THEY ANTICIPATED. BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT THEY ARE STILL VERY UPBEAT ABOUT IT. WE HAD A GOOD MEETING. WHAT THEY SHOWED US THE
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RENDERING THEY SHOWED US A COUPLE RENDERINGS THEY SHOWED US, WE ARE GOOD.AND THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOOTPRINTS OF HOW THE BUILDING WOULD BE ORIENTED.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN EXPERIENCED FIRM WORKING ON THE DESIGN. SO IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND THEY STILL HAVE SOME HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH, TOO.
THEY STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE REQUEST FOR ACCESS POINTS FOR TXDOT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT TAKES BUT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND ARE STILL EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
SO AS FAR AS REALLY NO UPDATES ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT.. WE ARE STILL OUT BEING THE BUSHES TRY TO FIND THINGS FOR THAT. WE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH STAFF. LAST WEEK JASON'S INTRODUCTION TO DC OA TO THEIR SEPARATE PARTICULAR AND HOW THE PARTNER THAT ONLY WITH THE MARKETING CONTRACT BUT HOW WE WILL PARTNER MORE AGGRESSIVELY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE AIRPORT. IT WAS A GOOD MEETING WITH THEM.
AN HOUR STAFFING WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. VACANCY, THE ONLY VACANCY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS IN PARKING AND I APPROVED AN OFFER LETTER TODAY FOR SOMEONE FOR PARTNERING POSITIONS. WE ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. WE ARE HAVING GOOD LUCK WITH GETTING CANDIDATES, QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, TO APPLY FOR POSITIONS.
THAT'S ALL I GOT ON THAT SECTION.
>> SO IN OCTOBER WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING SO NO UPDATES ON THAT.
[5. Discussion and Action to Approve A Recommendation to City Council for Acceptance of a grant from TXDOT for an aircraft ramp design and construction project.]
>> ALL RIGHT, DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE REQUISITION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM TXDOT FOR AN AIRCRAFT RAMP DESIGN AD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
A FIREFIGHTING RAMP WE TALKED ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK LITTLE SNIPPET OF THE SYNOPSIS?
>> AND SO, AS I ALLUDED TO IN THE AGENDA EMAIL THIS IS, THIS IS GOING TO COUNSEL AND THE NEXT ITEM ARE GOING TO COUNSEL TOMORROW. I DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT TO YOU ALL IF I CAN HELP IT BUT THE TIMING WAS SUCH THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS TO COUNSEL WE NEED TO GET IT TO YOU ALL TODAY AND COUNSEL TOMORROW. SO THIS IS THE GRANT AWARD FROM TXDOT. TXDOT AVIATION FOR $20 MILLION AND THAT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTING THE RAMP THAT WILL BE USED BY THE FORCE SERVICE CARETAKERS, PRIMARILY. AND IT WILL GET THE WHOLE DEAL.
$20 MILLION IS WILL BE ESTIMATED THE COST EARLY ON. THE GRANT IS FOR $20 BUT IT REQUIRES A 10 PERCENT CITY MATCH. THE MATCH COMES TO $2,222,000, 2,222,2THE CITY HAS THAT MATCH.THEY DID THAT OF THE MINOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS INTIMATE BOND FUNDS. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MATCH AND COMPLETE THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL DO AN COUNCIL APPROVES THIS TOMORROW THEN IT WILL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR SIGNATURE AND TXDOT WILL GET A SET UP TO MAKE WITHDRAWALS AS WE ARE GOING ON WITH THAT. THIS WAS, AGAIN, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT AGAIN THIS WAS A VERY STRONG EFFORT BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE LAMBERT AND HIS STAFF IN. HIS STAFF OR SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL IN THE CITY MANAGEMENT IS ALSO WORKING ON THIS, TOO. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT THAT WILL IMPROVE THE FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES OF THE FOREST SERVICE OF THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE IN OUR REGION AND SURROUNDING STATES. WHEN WE HAD ACTIVE FIRE IN THE CITIES SIX WEEKS AGO AND WE HAD
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THOSE EIGHT AIRCRAFT THIS WILL HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION. THOSE AIRCRAFT FLYING INTO LOUISIANA TO THE FIRES IN LOUISIANA, CENTRAL LOUISIANA. ITS ORIGINAL ASSET.>> THE FIRST GOT CONTAINED REALLY QUICK BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT THERE.
>> OKAY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TXDOT.
>> ANY OPPOSED? GREAT, THERE WE GO, THANK YOU. OKAY, SIX, DISCUSSION AND
[6. Discussion and Action to Approve A Recommendation to City Council to approve a Task Order with Garver for design and construction management of the new aircraft ramp.]
ACTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A TASK ORDER WITH GARVER FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AVENUE AIRCRAFT RAMP.THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF ON CALL FOR AIR SERVICE SIDE DESIGN ENGINEERING.
WE NEED TO RENEW THAT. DON, YOU WANT TO TELL US THE SYNOPSIS AGAIN?
>> YES OH, YOU ALL APPROVED THE NEW CONTRACT WITH GARVER. WE PUT IN A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND YOU SELECTED GARVER AGAIN WE THOUGHT THEY WERE THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM WE HAD A GREAT EXPENSE WITH THEM OVER THE PAST SINCE I THINK ABOUT 2012 OR SO.
THEY HAVE BEEN A HIGH-QUALITY FIRM AND VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS AND REALLY,REALLY QUICK TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED . SO THIS, NOW, IS A TASK ORDER FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS RAMP.
THEY HAVE GIVEN ME A FEE PROPOSAL OF $617,900 AND IT'S GOING THROUGH AND IFE SO THERE'S A FEE ESTIMATE. NOW. SO THIS WILL BE NOT TO EXCEED $617,900. BUT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE DESIGN EFFORTS TO GET US THROUGH THE BIDDING. THIS WILL ALSO COORDINATE WITH AT MOST BECAUSE WHAT TO RELOCATE A GAS LINE AND RELOCATING FAA FIRE HYDRANTS, AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COORDINATION THAN A NORMAL PROJECT.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO BUILDING A ROAD THAT GOES FROM OUR GATE OFF OF INDUSTRIAL UP TO THE RAMP ITSELF.
>> IS THAT PROPOSED ROAD CROSSING ANY OF THESE LINES?
>> YES LET ME SEE, NO, NO BECAUSE WHEN WE RELOCATE THE GAS LINE IT WON'T.
THE GAS LINE CURRENT POSITION, YES, IT WILL.
>> I WILL NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS.
>> JORDAN EPSTEIN'S. JORDAN ABSTAINS.
[7. Discussion and Action to Approve A Recommendation to City Council to approve a Reimbursable Agreement with FAA for relocation of FAA fiber lines.]
>> ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THAT'S SEVEN.
RECOMMENDATION TO SKIP CITY COUNCIL FOR RELOCATION OF THE FIBER LINE KIND OF LIKE THE GAS LINE IT WILL AFFECT FIBER LINES AND WANT TO ELABORATE?
>> THESE LINES GO FROM THE NEW CONTROL TOWER, CRUISE CONTROL TOWER, IT'S BEEN UP FOR 11 YEARS IT'S NOT SO NEW ANYMORE. THE CONTROL TOWER TO THE ANTENNA SIGNS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THEY ARE FIBER LINES. SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE RELOCATED BECAUSE THEY GO UNDER THE FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW GRANT. IT'S JUST GOOD PRACTICE NOT TO PUT THOSE LINES OR PUT ANYTHING OVER THOSE LINES. SO FAA DOES NOT COORDINATE THINGS CHEAPLY OR EASILY. AND THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE US WHAT'S CALLED A REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT. THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE US THE PROPOSING $29,400.80 FOR US TO RELOCATE THE LINES. THAT IS SO THEY CAN HAVE THEIR ENGINEERS LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED
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DESIGN FOR THE RELOCATION AND HAVE SOMEONE ON-SITE WHEN WERE DOING CRITICAL PATH WORK ON THOSE LINES. SO WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE WE DON'T GET TO NEGOTIATE WITH FAA ON THAT THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO COST WE HAVE TO PLAY THEIR GAMES.BUT AGAIN, IT IS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE RAMP AND ELIGIBLE COST SO WE CAN FIND IT.
AND IT'S NECESSARY. AND I WILL SAY THIS, TOO, WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING IN THE GAS LINE RELOCATION AND THE FAA FIBER LINE RELOCATION YOU MAY RECALL OUR AREA SAY I WISH I WOULD'VE BROUGHT MY VISUALS DEVELOPMENT AREA C WHICH IS BETWEEN THE FIRE STATION AND THE BOULEVARD. IT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE DEVELOPMEN , SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. WE CAN GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY AND GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY FOR FUTUREDEVELOPMENT .
>> THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT COST?
>> THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COST? THE 29,000?
>> YES, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE GARVER'S COST.
>> THAT'S TO DO ALL OF IT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN?
>> YES, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THIS PROJECT WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT. SO AGAIN THAT COST IS TO THE FAA FOR THE REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT IS $29,494.29 THIS IS NOT FOR TOMORROW THIS WILL GO TO COUNSEL IN THE FUTURE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FAA FEE TO RELOCATE THE FIBERGLASS? SO MOVED.
>> OPPOSED? DONE. WE ARE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT. OKAY EXECUTIVE SESSION.
TALKING TO DON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT WEEKLY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAVE NOTHING TODAY. SO NO EXECUTIVE SESSION WHICH PUTS US DOWN FOR ADJOURNMENT.
>> ANY OPPOSED? RANDY?
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