I'M EXCITED. GOOD TO MEET ALL THOSE FOLKS. ALL RIGHT. [ CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ORDER AT 332. 32. OKAY. JUST WASN'T RIGHT THE WAY SHE WAS PRESENTED. MAYBE. YOU WERE ALL GIVEN A COPY OF THE JANUARY 14TH MINUTES, AND I WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO [2. Consideration and Action Approving Minutes of the January 14th, 2026 Meeting] APPROVE THOSE. UNLESS THERE'S ANY CORRECTIONS. I DID SEE ONE CORRECTION. NANCY BOTH ASKED FOR CORRECTIONS AND MADE A MOTION. SO I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. MISS DODD ASKED FOR CORRECTIONS, AND MISS LYLES MADE THE MOTION WITH. WITH THAT CORRECTION, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES, I OR I. YES. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, MR. DUNN? ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. WE HAVE A GUEST TODAY. WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FORMER CHAIRMAN LARRY GILL IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IT'S ALWAYS EXCELLENT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. I LOVE THE AIR FORCE. HE JUST CAME TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S STILL WORKING ON THIS. I WAS GOING TO SAY, ARE YOU HERE BY DESIGN OR IS THERE JUST TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S LIKE WHEN SAMUEL WOULD SHOW UP IN THE BIBLE LIKE, SAMUEL HERE. WHAT'S GOING ON? ALL RIGHT. SORRY, DON. GO AHEAD. [3. Airport Management Reports:Review and Acknowledgment of Statistical ReportsRegulatory and Legislative Issues Update - Update on current projects - Airport Access Road Project, Terminal Improvements/Expansion, Aircraft Ramp Project, Outstanding Maintenance/Repairs, Operations Events - Airport Tenant Issues/Performance, Snow/Ice EventAir Service and Business Development Update - Air Service, United Kickoff Ribbon CuttingLand Development Staffing] YEAH. SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS WEEK. WE WE MISSED OUR FEBRUARY MEETING FOR LACK OF AN AGENDA, AN ACTIONABLE AGENDA. SO A FEW THINGS TO CATCH UP ON. AND WE DO HAVE A FULL, FULL AGENDA TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ACTION. WE GOT OUR STATISTICS. YOU SEE, THE JANUARY STATISTICS AND JANUARY WAS SHORT A DAY BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THE SNOW AND ICE EVENT THAT IMPACTED US ON JANUARY 31ST. WE WERE CLOSED THAT DAY. THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED THAT DAY. THAT WAS THAT SATURDAY OF THE STORM. AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST FULL DAY OF BEING CLOSED. WE WERE CLOSED THE SATURDAY AND THE 31ST AND THEN FEBRUARY 1ST THE SUNDAY, AND THEN OPENED UP AGAIN AFTER EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS OF OUR AIRPORT STAFF TO GET US OPEN UP AT 2 P.M. ON MONDAY. WE CLOSED AT ABOUT 10 P.M. ON FRIDAY EVENING, FRIDAY NIGHT, AND OPENED UP AT 2 P.M. ON MONDAY AND AIRPORT MAINTENANCE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND SHAUN OR THEY WERE THEY WERE GIVING IT THEIR ALL. AND, AND WE HAD ONE GUY WITH THE FLU WHO STILL SHOWED UP AND WORKED AND ANOTHER GUY WAS INJURED. HE FELL AND HAD TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS FINE. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS, IT BEAT US UP. SO BUT THEY, THEY KEPT ON WORKING. SO MY APPRECIATION TO OUR MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, MONTE MURILLO, WHO WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 36 HOURS STRAIGHT. AND DON'T, DON'T WANT HIM DOING THAT OFTEN, BUT I APPRECIATED HIM DOING THAT AND SHAUN AND TIM BROWN, OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER, AND THEN ALL OF THEIR STAFFS THROUGHOUT THIS IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK. SO APPRECIATE THEIR WORK ON IT. BUT EVEN SO OUR PERFORMANCE IN JANUARY WAS 71% LOAD FACTOR, WHICH IS DECENT, BUT IT IS BELOW WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. AND HAVING THOSE COUPLE OF DAYS OF NOT FLYING. FRIDAY WAS. WE DID HAVE A FLIGHT CANCELED THAT FRIDAY NIGHT. MAY MAY HAVE BEEN TWO FLIGHTS CANCELED THAT FRIDAY NIGHT. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL AND THEN NOTHING ON SATURDAY, BUT OUR PARKING LOT WAS STILL UP ALMOST 18% FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS ALSO FOR THE YEAR BEING THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR. AND IN FEBRUARY I SAW, I SEE THIS THE, THE 84% LOAD FACTOR. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT IS, I THINK IS HIGHER THAN WE HAD AT ANY OTHER MONTH IN 2025 BECAUSE WE WERE 81, 82% THROUGHOUT 2025 WERE, BUT FEBRUARY GOT US, GOT US GOING REALLY STRONG. AND FOLKS, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE OUR WEAKEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR TRADITIONALLY, SO TO HAVE 84% COME IN ON FEBRUARY [00:05:02] IS VERY ENCOURAGING FOR THE YEAR. IN PAYMENTS WERE UP 6% FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. AND THEN THAT LEFT US UP 3% FOR THE YEAR. PARKING IS UP ALMOST 22% AT 21.9 FOR THAT FOR THE YEAR AND 26% FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. I WILL I WILL VENTURE TO SAY THAT MARCH MAY EVEN BE BETTER. IT HAS BEEN WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE PARKING LOT THIS WEEK. LATE LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK WITH THE EXPECTATION OF POSSIBLY HITTING CAPACITY OUT THERE WITH SPRING BREAK. WE'VE GOT A HANDFUL AND I MEAN, LITERALLY A HANDFUL OF PARKING SPACES OPEN RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK WE'RE PAST AFTER WE GET THROUGH TODAY. I THINK WE'RE PAST THE THE PEAK FOR FOR PARKING. WE'LL START SEEING IT DECLINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT WE WERE CLOSE TO HAVING TO, TO MAKE SOME OTHER ARRANGEMENTS WITH EAGLE AVIATION SERVICES. THEY PARK THEIR EMPLOYEES PARK IN THE PARKING LOT. WE HAD ALREADY PUT THEM ON NOTICE LAST WEEK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO ASK THEM TO PARK IN OTHER PLACES. SO FORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. ON THE THE AIRFARE. SO ALEX DOES THIS AGAIN MONTHLY AND IN JANUARY. OR IN FEBRUARY, HE SHOWED US A WE STARTED LOOKING AT SKYWEST UNITED IN THE MIX. AND WE SAW A BIG DISCREPANCY IN WHAT. IN THE PRICING BEYOND DENVER AND BEYOND HOUSTON IN THE PRICING. SKYWEST IS HANDLING ALL OF THE PRICING TO AND FROM ABILENE AND DENVER AND HOUSTON THAT IS THEIRS. THEY THEY PRICE THAT UNITED PRICES, EVERYTHING BEYOND DENVER AND HOUSTON BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE ON A ON A ON SOLELY UNITED AIRCRAFT. SO BECAUSE OF ALEX'S WORK, WE, WE SAW SOME REAL DISCREPANCIES IN THAT PRICING THAT MADE THEM LESS THAN COMPETITIVE TO AMERICAN, EVEN WITH AMERICAN'S HIGH FARES. SO I REACHED OUT TO SKYWEST NETWORK PLANNING FOLKS THERE. AND SO THEY THEY GOT TO WORK ON THAT WITH UNITED. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH THE MARCH FARES. THEY HAVE COME DOWN SOMEWHAT ON THE 30 DAYS IN PARTICULAR AVERAGES. SO I WAS I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THEY, HE, HE EMAILED ME. THE PERSON WE'RE WORKING WITH AT SKY WEST EMAILED ME LAST WEEK AND SAID, WE THINK WE FIGURED OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND CORRECTED IT. SO I SAID, ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL KNOW ON, ON MARCH 10TH FOR THE, THE NEXT CHECK OF AIRFARES. AND SO SURE ENOUGH, IT HAS COME BACK AND THERE IS IMPROVEMENT. SO I'M PLEASED WITH THAT. WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. BOTH AIRLINES COME DOWN IN THEIR FARES, OF COURSE, BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE COMPETITIVE WITHIN EACH OTHER HERE AT ABI. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT STUFF? YES, DON. SO REMIND US AGAIN WHEN SERVICE STARTS FOR BOTH UNITED. YEAH. SO NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH AT 942. WE WILL HAVE A UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT ARRIVAL FROM HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL, AND THEN AT 1030, A DEPARTURE TO DENVER. THAT'LL BE THE FIRST OF THOSE OF THE OF THREE DIFFERENT THREE MORE FLIGHTS THAT DAY OR SO. WE'LL HAVE THAT FIRST ARRIVAL FOR HOUSTON. THEN LATER ON IN THE DAY WE'LL HAVE A DEPARTURE FOR HOUSTON. AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE TIMES, BUT WE WILL HAVE OUR CEREMONY WELCOMING CEREMONY FOR THAT FIRST ARRIVAL AT 942, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DEPARTING CEREMONY FOR THE FIRST DEPARTURE TO DENVER AT. THAT'LL START AT TEN. WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE LATER. BUT YEAH, MARCH 17TH IS WHEN THOSE TWO FLIGHTS TO DESTINATIONS START ONCE A DAY TO HOUSTON AND TWICE A DAY TO DENVER. ANYTHING ELSE ON ON THAT? ON THE REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES. I GUESS IT'S THIS IS AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY TO TALK ABOUT THE THE SITUATION WITH TSA. [00:10:04] THEY'RE CAUGHT IN THIS BUDGET BATTLE IN THE SENATE WITH THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND THE THE TSA WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOT BEING PAID RIGHT NOW. NOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. WE WENT THROUGH IT FOR 43 DAYS IN THE FALL, AND NOW THEY'RE BACK AT IT. THEY'RE NOT EVEN THE AGENCY THAT'S BEING TARGETED, YOU KNOW, FOR IN THE POLITICAL SITUATION. BUT YET THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THEY? TSA, CBP, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AND COAST GUARD OR I'M SORRY, NOT CUSTOMS, BORDER PATROL, FEMA AND COAST GUARD ARE THE ONES WHO ARE NOT BEING PAID RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE STORIES IN THE MEDIA OF LONG LINES AND DELAYS GOING THROUGH SCREENING AT OTHER AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT IN ABILENE. TALKING WITH OUR TSA FOLKS AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING, THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT. THEY'RE COPING WITH IT. BUT THEY'RE SHOWING UP FOR WORK. AND I THINK THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD RECOGNIZE. I HOPE OUR PASSENGERS RECOGNIZE THAT AS THEY GO THROUGH SCREENING AND ARE STILL GREETED WITH SMILING FACES AND COURTESY FROM OUR TSA SCREENERS HERE. AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEM, THEIR ATTITUDE NOTHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIVELY DO OTHER THAN SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. OCCASIONALLY BUY A BREAKFAST BURRITO FOR THEM, BUT WHICH WE'VE DONE. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OPERATIONAL IMPACTS BECAUSE TSA IS SHOWING UP WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB HERE. YES. WERE THEY COMPENSATED AFTER THAT 43 DAYS OVER AND ABOVE THEIR PAY? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WERE OKAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT. YEAH, I HAVEN'T AS WELL. AND I JUST WONDERED IF THAT INCLUDED OUR GUYS AS WELL. YEAH. YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE. I JUST DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT I HAD HEARD THAT TOO. OKAY. AND ABOUT HOW MANY IN ABILENE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY TSA EMPLOYEES ARE HERE? I THINK THERE ARE. THERE ARE AROUND 20. ALL TOTAL FULL AND PART TIME. GREAT. OTHER THAN THAT NOT A NOT A LOT ELSE. ON THE REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE SIDE, I AM GOING TO DC NEXT WEEK AND MY ANNUAL TRIP TO MEET WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION STAFFS AND TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US PARTICULARLY THE TERMINAL PROJECT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF AND GET THEIR SUPPORT ON THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR AND THE SMALL AIRPORT LETTER OF INTENT THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR THROUGH FAA ALL FOR THE TERMINAL PROJECT. SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT WITH THEM AND DISCUSSED THAT WITH THEM IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, INCLUDING LAST YEAR, BUT GO BACK AND KIND OF REFRESH THEIR MEMORIES ON IT. AND WE DO HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT ISSUED FROM, CONGRESSMAN ARRINGTON AND SENATOR CORNYN FOR OUR TERMINAL PROJECT GOING TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. DUFFY. SO SUPPORTING OUR GRANT APPLICATION. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT, THANKFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON IT. ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTS, THOUGH, THE CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD OR BONANZA DRIVE EXTENSION WAS FULLY EXECUTED YESTERDAY AND TODAY BECAUSE WE DID THAT IN TWO TWO PROCEDURES. ONE WAS THE INITIAL CONTRACT WITH WHICH YOU GUYS APPROVED A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF, OF THAT ON IN JANUARY THAT WENT TO COUNCIL. AND THEN WE, WE ISSUED A CHANGE ORDER ONE TO REDUCE THAT FOR A NEGOTIATED FEE TO GET US THE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION AND KEEP IT WITHIN BUDGET. SO BOTH OF THOSE WERE EXECUTED WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS. SO WE SHOULD GET A NOTICE TO PROCEED OUT TO BANK CONSTRUCTION HERE SHORTLY AND SCHEDULE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THEM AND GET THAT GOING. I ANTICIPATE A RIBBON CUTTING OR A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. [00:15:05] I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THAT. BUT WE'VE INVITED CONGRESSMAN ARRINGTON TO THAT SINCE HE HELPED US GET THE FUNDING FOR THIS ROAD. SO WE'RE WAITING TO GET THAT CONFIRMED WITH HIS SCHEDULING OFFICE. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AWESOME ADDITION TO THE AIRPORT. TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION. WE HAVE SEAN AND I IN PARTICULAR ON, ON STAFF, BUT OTHER STAFF MEMBERS TOO. BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN FIRM, PARKHILL AND OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. LINDBACK. MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN BUDGET BUT KEEPING THE. THE DETAILS OF THE DESIGN GOING UP. AS WE MOVE TOWARDS FINALIZING WHAT WE CALL. WE CALL PACKAGE ONE OR PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE BOARDROOM OR THE BOARDING AREA HOLD ROOM EXPANSION. THAT IS THE 4700FT² THAT WILL ADD TO THE GATE AREA. WE ANTICIPATE THAT STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN JULY. REALLY, I WAS LOOKING TO START THE CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY ABOUT MAY TIME FRAME. I THINK THAT'S WHAT A TIME THAT I HAD MENTIONED Y'ALL EARLIER, BUT ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR, WE DON'T EXPECT AN AWARD TO BE MADE UNTIL JUNE. AND IT IS A GRANT THAT IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVEN GET IT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IF WE AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR LUNDBECK TO START PRIOR TO THE AWARD OF THE GRANT, THAT GRANT WILL NOT REIMBURSE US FOR WHAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO IT'S BETTER JUST TO WAIT UNTIL WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW, WITH THE BOND THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS SOME BANKED UP GRANT MONEY FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FROM THE FAA. BUT WE WANT TO. WE THINK IT'S BEST STRATEGICALLY FOR OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING TO WAIT UNTIL THIS GRANT. WE KNOW WHAT THIS GRANT, IF WE GET IT AND THEN WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. SO WE ARE GOING TO HOLD ON AND WAIT UNTIL JULY. AFTER THAT EXPECTED GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN USE THAT GRANT MONEY FOR THIS FIRST PHASE OR ALL OF IT TO GO TOWARDS A PORTION OF THAT COST. WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO COVER THE FULL COST, BUT IT COULD IF WE GOT THE MAXIMUM THAT WE APPLY FOR. BUT FAA HAS THE OPTIONS TO AWARD UP TO THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE REQUESTED. SO ANYWAY, SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE A JULY START DATE FOR THAT PROJECT FOR PHASE ONE. NICE. BUT I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE, THE WORK THAT PARK HILL IS DOING AND LYNN BECK IS DOING IS EVALUATING THE DESIGN. WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK, TAKING UP A WHOLE AFTERNOON OF OUR STAFF TIME. AND LESLIE ANDREWS, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC RECREATION FOR THE CITY. SHE ALSO HAS FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AS A DIVISION UNDER HER DEPARTMENT. SHE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED BECAUSE HER PEOPLE WILL HELP US WITH MAINTAINING THE FACILITY, BUT SHE'S ALSO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUILDING CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO SHE'S BEEN VITAL TO OUR EFFORTS HERE. SO WE HAVE A. CMR ON THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? CORRECT. WHO IS THAT? LYNN BECK? OKAY, I MISSED THAT. SORRY. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE THEY COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT TO USE THE MONEY FOR? INSTEAD OF FIREPLACES, THE FIREPLACES ARE STILL IN IT. THEY'RE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. YEAH, I KNOW, BUT THIS IS ABILENE, TEXAS. ISN'T THERE A BETTER USE OF THE MONEY? FIREPLACE. WE COULD WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE THE AWNING OVER THE DRIVEWAY. AND IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP THE FIREPLACES, THROW OUT SOME SOME SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE TO TAKE ITS PLACE. IT'D JUST BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT LINE ITEM, WHAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS. SO WE COULD TURN THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER USE. THAT'S JUST ME. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE ADVISORY BOARD. SO YOU CAN BRING UP A SUGGESTION OF ANOTHER ASPECT. WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT STAND OUT, THAT GETS PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AS WELL. SO YEAH. OKAY. DID THEY PUT OUT HEAT OR ARE THEY FOR LOOKS? THEY WILL PUT OUT HEAT. OKAY. YEAH, THEY WILL BE EITHER GAS OR ELECTRIC. SO AWESOME. MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE ON THEM MIGHT BE. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. NEXT TIME WE'LL TALK NEXT TIME. [00:20:01] OKAY. THE AIR TANKER RAMP PROJECT OR AIRCRAFT RAMP PROJECT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING DONE. THEY'RE KIND OF WRAPPING UP ON CLEANUP AND SOME FINAL TOUCHES, BUT IT'S GOING WELL. THEY ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND COMPLETION. SO PROBABLY IN THE NEXT, I DON'T KNOW, 60 TO 75 DAYS, MAYBE 90 DAYS THAT THE FOREST SERVICE CAN OCCUPY THAT, AND WE'LL HAVE A. A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO. RECOGNIZE STAN LAMBERT'S EFFORTS. TO GET THAT FUNDING AS WELL. SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIS. HIS HARD WORK AND HIS STAFF'S HARD WORK IN GETTING THAT FUNDING SECURED. OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. WELL, WE HAVE AN ESCALATOR THAT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW. SURPRISE, SURPRISE. BUT WE'VE BEEN ON A GOOD, GOOD ROLL WITH THEM. BUT WE'RE WAITING ON OUR SERVICE COMPANY TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO COME IN AND WORK ON THAT. OPERATIONS EVENTS. NO REAL TENANT ISSUES, PERFORMANCE ISSUES. SKYWEST HAS BEEN ON THE AIRPORT. THEIR NEW EMPLOYEES ARE GOING THROUGH TRAINING. AND I THINK THEY'RE READY TO GO. SO THEY'VE GOT ALL OF THEIR GROUND EQUIPMENT HERE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE READY TO GO ON THE 17TH. ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE RESERVATIONS ARE LOOKING LIKE ON THOSE NEW FLIGHTS? YES. AND THEY COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENT. THEY ARE THREE WEEKS OUT. SO THE REPORT THAT I GOT EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS TWO WEEKS FROM BOARDING, FROM BOOKINGS TWO WEEKS AGO SHOWED A COMBINED 24% LOAD FACTOR. SO IT IS LOW, BUT THEY AND, AND I ASKED FOR IT FOR THE DATA TO BE BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THE DENVER FLIGHTS AND THE HOUSTON FLIGHTS, BUT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM. BUT IT IS AGAIN, IT WAS IT'S THREE WEEK OLD DATA THAT I GOT THIS, I GOT MY I GOT MONDAY, BUT SO IT LAGS A LITTLE BIT. BUT IS IT NORMAL THAT IT STARTS OUT SLOW AND THEN IT IS. YEAH IT IS. IT IS NORMAL FOR IT TO BE WEAK. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY YOU HAVE THE REVENUE GUARANTEE IN PLACE, RIGHT. SO THE GOOD THING IS WE CAN ALSO SEE APRIL, MAY AND JUNE AND ALL THREE OF THOSE MONTHS DO ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE PRECEDING MONTHS AS BOOKINGS AT THAT TIME IN, IN, IN SPACE. SO HOW ARE WE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT? OR ARE THEY LETTING. THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND WE HAVE WE HAVE HIRED A COMPANY THAT DOES WORK, DO PRIMARILY DIGITAL ADS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON A BILLBOARD AD FOR US. BUT I SAID, LET'S GET THE DIGITAL STUFF OUT FIRST. AND THEY HAVE THEY'VE DONE THAT. I APPROVED THE FINAL AD OR DID THE FINAL APPROVAL LAST WEEK WITH AN AD PROPOSAL. SO START SHOULD START SEEING THAT ANYTIME NOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I'M SORRY, CAN WE AS A BOARD SHARE THAT? OH YES. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO AND THIS COMPANY DOES ADVERTISING FOR THEY'RE USED TO WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES ON NEW STARTUPS IN PARTICULAR. THEY'VE GOT 2 OR 3 OTHER AIRPORTS WHO ARE GETTING NEW SERVICE STARTUPS. SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THEM. I HAD MET WITH THEM AT ONE OF OUR AIR SERVICE CONFERENCES LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO. SO THEY'VE GOT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND ARE USED TO WORKING WITH AIRLINES AND THEIR LOGOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AND THEIR BRANDING. SO. BUT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE GETTING THAT OUT BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE, THE FUNDING FOR IT THROUGH CITY FUNDS, BUT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED. I WORKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON THAT AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. SO THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY THAT THE CITY DEDICATED TO THAT. AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SNOW AND ICE EVENT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER THINGS. AND YEAH, SO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE, THE NEW SERVICE ON THE 17TH BOARD MEMBERS OF COURSE, ARE INVITED AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE ESCORTED. IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE GATE. [00:25:04] SO YOU WILL HAVE TO BE ESCORTED BY AIRPORT STAFF BACK TO THE GATE AREA. AND IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND, I ASK THAT YOU'RE HERE AT THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE BY 930 ON THE 17TH, TUESDAY THE 17TH. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET YOU BACK INTO INTO POSITION AND WE WILL START ABOUT NINE. 952 THAT MORNING. SO ABOUT BUT YEAH, IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE WILL HAVE LORI IS GOING TO, IS GOING TO LEAD US OFF AND GET US STARTED WITH IT AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO MISTY MAYO, THE CEO OF DCOA. SHE'LL SAY A FEW FEW WORDS AND THEN CHRIS EARLEY, WHO IS REGIONAL MANAGER FOR UNITED AIRLINES, IS GOING TO BE IN TOWN FOR THIS. AND HE'S AGREED TO SPEAK, AND THEN HE'LL HAND IT OFF TO MAYOR HART AND MAYOR HART WILL SAY A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE REDCOATS FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DO THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THEN BOARD BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. SO YOU SAID 930, RIGHT? BE THERE, BE AT YEAH, AT THE ADMIN OFFICE AT 930 AND THEN WE'LL ESCORT YOU BACK. WE'RE INVITING THE MEDIA TO ATTEND. WE WILL DO A WATER CANNON SALUTE FROM ONE OF OUR ARFF TRUCKS AT ON THE ARRIVING HOUSTON FLIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT ALSO ON THE DEPARTING DENVER FLIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT SOME SOME AIRPORT SWAG THAT ALEX HAS, HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR US AND LITERALLY PUT TOGETHER CAME IN PIECES. AND I THINK DC AND UNITED FOR SURE IS PROVIDING SOME FOR US AS WELL TO HAND OUT. SO IT'LL BE A FUN EVENT. IT'S EXCITING. NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK, MARCH 17TH, SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. PATRICK'S DAY. YEAH. VERY GREEN. THAT'S RIGHT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS FUN TO WELCOME AER LINGUS FROM IRELAND ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUN. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME UNITED ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. LAND DEVELOPMENTS. WE HAVE I HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO FOR THAT, SO, AND THEN OUR STAFFING, WE'RE SHORT A MAINTENANCE WORKER BUT THAT POSITION IS POSTED JUST POSTED A FEW DAYS AGO. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL OF MY UPDATES. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO RECOMMEND A LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES. [4. Discussion and Action to Recommend a Lease and Operating Agreement with American Airlines.] ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE BEEN SINCE LAST SUMMER IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMERICAN ON A NEW FIVE YEAR LEASE TO OPERATE, LEASE AN OPERATING AGREEMENT. SO WE ARE TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE READY TO TAKE THIS TO YOU GUYS, AND THAT IT IS ALSO LINED UP TO GO TO COUNCIL IN THE MORNING. NOW, I DID INFORM COUNCIL IN MY AGENDA THAT IF THE BOARD WASN'T ABLE TO MEET OR IF Y'ALL HAD CONCERNS AND DIDN'T WANT TO PASS THIS TODAY, THAT I WOULD PULL THAT THESE, THESE ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA. BUT ALL THREE OF THE LEASES TODAY ARE ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA. BUT I DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT. I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO FEEL RUSHED IN ANY WAY. IN MAKING A DECISION OR NOT BEING FULLY INFORMED IN YOUR DECISION, BUT IF IT IS UP TO YOU. SO DON'T EVER THINK THAT I'M TRYING TO RUSH YOU. I TRY NOT TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S JUST BEEN A PRACTICE THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. BUT I WANTED TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME TRAVEL COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TOO, THAT I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. BUT IT'S ALSO JUST GOOD TO WRAP THIS UP BECAUSE THESE ALL WELL, TWO OF THESE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO INCLUDING THE AMERICAN ONE. SO IT IS A FIVE YEAR LEASE. AND IT IS THE LEASE TERMS. ACCOUNT FOR HAVING A SECOND AIRLINE. IT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR NOT HAVING A SECOND AIRLINE. SO IT'S FLEXIBLE IN HOW WE, WE DEAL WITH IT. AND WE'VE ALWAYS, IN THE PAST, THE AIRPORT HAS KIND OF ALWAYS ACTED AS THE SECOND AIR CARRIER AND SHARING THE COSTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN IN THIS NEW LEASE IS NOT ACT COMPLETELY LIKE A SECOND CARRIER. WE DON'T HAVE PASSENGERS. THE AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE PASSENGERS. THE LOADS, THE THE COST OF SUPPORTING THE PASSENGERS IN THE TERMINAL. THOSE ARE AMERICANS PASSENGERS. AND. AND WE HAVE CHANGED THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRYING TO TO BE 50 OVER 50 WITH AMERICAN. [00:30:08] AND. AND IT IS. WE NEED THE REVENUE BASICALLY. SO I MEAN, WE'RE NOW AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE REVENUE TO OPERATE THE AIRPORT. SO THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR US. WE HAVE. IN THIS YEAR, SO THIS, THIS LEASE WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. IT'LL BE BACKDATED AND AMERICAN WHEN THIS WAS LAGGING BACK IN NOVEMBER TIME FRAME OR SO WE WE AGREED THAT IT WOULD START JANUARY 1ST EVEN IF IT WERE. WAS APPROVED AFTER JANUARY 1ST. SO WE'RE STILL STICKING TO THAT. SO THE. I'M JUST GOING TO. WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT RATES IN THERE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WE HAVE OUR RATES ESCALATE EVERY YEAR BASED ON THE RATES AND CHARGES STUDY THAT OUR CONSULTANT HUTCHINSON DID FOR US. AND THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE NEGOTIATING TEAM TO HELP ME OUT ON THIS AND ALEX TO BUT SO ESSENTIALLY WE WILL IN, IN, IN 2026 FY 26, BUT STARTING JANUARY 1ST, WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $66,271 IN INCOME FROM AMERICAN. IN FY 27, WE ESTIMATE AN ADDITIONAL 300. AND THIS IS ADDITIONAL TO WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW, AN ADDITIONAL $308,849 IN 2029, AN ADDITIONAL $471,275 2029, AN ADDITIONAL $581,173.86, AND IN FY 30, AN ADDITIONAL $679,507.50. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY'RE PAYING TO UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025. SO YES. SO WHY THE BIG JUMP FROM THIS YEAR OF 66,000 TO 471,000 NEXT YEAR? I MEAN THAT'S HUGE. SO THE RATE FOR ONE IS AT $48 PER SQUARE FOOT. STARTING THIS YEAR. BUT WE'RE SAYING FY 26. SO FY 26 STARTED OCTOBER 1ST OF 2025. SO WE'VE GOT A WHOLE QUARTER THAT WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT. AND THEN IN THE IN THE NEXT YEARS THE RATES GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL AS THE LANDING FEES, THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE PER 1,000 POUNDS OF AIRCRAFT WEIGHT. SO EVERY TIME THEY LAND, WE, WE CHARGE A FEE FOR THEM TO OPERATE OUT OF HERE. SO. THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. THEY HAVE AGREED. THEY HAVE AGREED TO IT, YES. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT I HAD THAT THEY HAD REQUESTED IN RATES IN. THE RATES ITSELF WAS A STORAGE AREA, A GARAGE AREA BASICALLY WHERE THEY STORE THEIR DEICING EQUIPMENT. WE WERE CHARGING THAT AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE CHARGE FOR THE TERMINAL. THEY ASKED FOR A REDUCTION AND I SAID, OKAY, I WILL, I WILL REDUCE IT TO $65. IT'S $48 PER SQUARE FOOT, BUT IT GOES UP OVER THE FIVE YEARS. IT GOES FROM $48 TO $88 PER SQUARE FOOT. SO FOR THE BLENDED RATE FOR EVERYTHING, AND I CAME BACK AND OFFERED, GAVE THEM $65 AND SAID, I WILL DO 65. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO DO. SO NO RESPONSE AND I'M. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO. AND. OVER THE FIVE YEARS, I SHOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN YOU THE THE THE TOTAL WOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANER. 02,107,000, $78.08 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OVER FIVE YEARS FROM AMERICAN FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES FOR THEIR LEASE. THE LEASED SPACE THAT THEY THEY LEASE FROM US IS ALL THE SAME. NOW, THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE GET THE CONSTRUCTION DONE IN THE HOLD ROOM, BUT THAT WE MAY LEAVE THAT THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEARS OF THE LEASE. THAT'S KIND OF TYPICAL WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS. AND AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS, THEN YOU GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE IN ALL OF THE NEW SPACE. [00:35:06] ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT. EXCUSE ME TO SIGN THE LEASE FOR THE AGREEMENT. SUBMIT IT TO COUNCIL FOR THIS AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES. SO, KURT AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE ARE NONE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM FIVE. [5. Discussion and Action to Recommend a Lease and Operating Agreement with SkyWest Airlines] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO ITEM FIVE IS THE LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH SKYWEST. SO THROUGH THROUGHOUT SINCE SINCE WE DID NOT WE WERE ALREADY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMERICAN. AND I DID NOT WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH SKYWEST. NEXT TIME WE WILL. BUT I DID NOT WANT TO GO WITH SKYWEST. I WANTED TO JUST USE WHAT WE NEGOTIATE WITH AMERICAN. AND I TOLD SKYWEST THAT AND THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT. SO SAME TERMS. EVERYTHING IS THE SAME. WE HAVE TO TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME. SO SAME TERMS, FIVE YEAR LEASE AND SAME RATES AS AMERICAN. THEY DON'T LEASE. THEY WON'T LEASE AS MUCH SPACE. THEY DON'T HAVE THAT GARAGE OR AT LEAST YET THEY HAVE. HAVE NOT INDICATED THEY WANT A GARAGE SPACE FOR THEIR DEICING EQUIPMENT. IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, WE CAN AMEND THE LEASE AND ADD IT. DO WE HAVE SPACE? WE DO HAVE ONE BAY THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN CLEAN OUT AND GIVE TO THEM. SO OVER THE FIVE YEARS, THIS IS ALL NEW INCOME FOR US. SO TOTALLY NEW INCOME BECAUSE THERE IS NO PREVIOUS LEASE THAT REPRESENTS A FIVE YEAR REVENUE OF 02,018,351 OR 550 1000 OR $551.69 OVER OVER THE FIVE YEARS. THAT'S EXCITING. ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND A LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH SKYWEST AIRLINES. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX. [6. Discussion and Action to Recommend a Lease with General Services Administration.] DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO RECOMMEND A LEASE WITH GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. SO GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT HANDLES A LOT OF THE REAL ESTATE ISSUES FOR OTHER AGENCIES. SO GSA LEASES THE OFFICE SPACES FOR AND SUPPORT SPACES FOR TSA. AT THE AIRPORT. THEY LEASE A A SCREENING MANAGER OFFICE ABOUT 200FT², AND THEY LEASE A BREAK ROOM AND A TRAINING OFFICE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE. AND THEY HAVE ADDED ABOUT 100 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE AREA. SO A VERY SMALL LEASE, I THINK TOTAL OF ABOUT 742,000 OR SO SQUARE FEET SMALL, BUT GSA IS. NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO WORK WITH. AND I'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH GSA THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR OVER A YEAR. THEIR LEASE EXPIRED DECEMBER 30TH 1ST OF DECEMBER 31, 2025. THEY HAVE, THEY PUT CLAUSES THAT REALLY WEIGHT THE LEASE VERY MUCH IN THEIR FAVOR, WHERE THEY CAN DO THINGS THEY CAN. REQUIRE US TO DO THINGS FOR THEM THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO FOR ANY OTHER TENANT. THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COMPEL US TO DO IT IN THE LEASE. SO IT TOOK A YEAR TO GET THAT CLAUSE OUT OF THE LEASE. THEIR THEIR AGREEMENT, NOT OUR AGREEMENT. AMERICANA. SKYWEST WERE USING OUR AGREEMENT. OUR ALTERNATIVE IS NOW. WHAT'S OUR ALTERNATIVE? THEY. THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM. YEAH. DO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THEM? WE'VE GOT THEM. YES, F TSA. YES, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CLAWS REMOVED, AND THAT WAS THEIR LEGAL APPROVED IT TWO WEEKS AGO. [00:40:01] SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE. AND I ALSO TOLD HIM, OKAY, I WILL RENT YOU A PIECE OF GRASS NEXT TO THE TERMINAL AND YOU CAN PUT A PORTABLE BUILDING OUT THERE. BUT WE GOT IT WORKED OUT. WE NOW HAVE TERMS THAT ARE VERY FAIR. FAIR TO BOTH PARTIES. GREAT JOB. WELL THANK YOU. AND STANLEY CITY ATTORNEY HELPED WITH THAT AS WELL. SO WE ARE I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE GOT FROM FROM GSA. SO AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL LEASE, BUT AND WE DID RAISE THE, THE, THE RATES ON THEM. THEY ALSO ASKED THAT WE PROVIDE CUSTODIAL SERVICES TO THEM AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES. SO WE'RE DOING THAT AT THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH A TERMINIX OR NOT TERMINIX, BUT AN EXTERMINATOR COMPANY IN TOWN. BUT THE CITY'S CUSTODIAL SERVICES DIVISION IS ONE. DOES OUR CUSTODIAN WORK IN THE TERMINAL? SO WE ARE GETTING PAID FOR WHAT? THAT THAT WORK WILL BE. SO THAT COMES TO A FIVE YEAR TOTAL OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THERE RENTING SPACE FROM US, FROM THAT SAME SPACE, FROM US NOW IN THE TERMINAL. BUT THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $27,030 PER YEAR. WE DID THIS AT A FLAT RATE OR NOT. YEAH. AT A FLAT RATE OVER THE FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE GSA DOES NOT LIKE TO HAVE AN ESCALATION EACH YEAR IN THERE. SO OF COURSE NOT. WE WENT BACK, I WENT BACK AND THE, THE RATES THAT I WAS NEGOTIATING WITH AMERICAN AND WITH AMERICAN. I TOOK THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AND JUST KIND OF SAID, ALL RIGHT, IF IF WE HAD FIVE YEARS, THEN OF RATE INCREASES, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE. SO CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS FAIR. THEY DON'T, THEY, THEY'RE NOT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY REVENUE OFF OF PASSENGERS. THEY ARE PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT ALL OF US PAY FOR IN OUR TAXES. BUT WE WILL, WE WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 27,000, $30 A YEAR FROM THEM FOR THAT. SO A TOTAL OF $135,153 ADDITIONAL OVER FIVE YEARS OVER WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. DID WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEM ABOUT ABUSING THAT CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT? DID THEY? SO I FOUGHT THAT CLAUSE IN 2019. IN EARLY 2020, AND THEY SAID, WE NEVER USE THAT. I SAID, IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. AND THEY HAD NEVER THEY HAD NEVER SAID, WE'VE NEVER USED THAT. SO WE AGREED TO IT AT THAT TIME. AND THEN WHEN COVID HIT, THEY, THEY, THEY MADE US DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS FOR TSA CLEANING CLEANING WISE AND SPRAYING DOWN THEIR EQUIPMENT. AND ANYWAY, I DID NOT APPRECIATE BEING COMPELLED TO DO IT. AND SO YES, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR USE OF THE WORD COMPELLED. YES. OKAY. THIS IS KIND OF A NEW TOPIC FOR ME, SO I'LL ASK SOME REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS. SO THE LEASE THEY GET IN OFFICE AND THEY WANTED SOME SORT OF STORAGE SPACE AND THEN DO THEY PAY FOR THE FOOTPRINT FOR THEIR MACHINES THAT WE PUT OUR BAGS THROUGH? THEY DO NOT. YEAH. WE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THEM FOR FREE. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT'S REALLY JUST AN OFFICE AND A STORAGE SPOT AND. RIGHT. YEAH. THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT SPACES. OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A MOTION ON RECOMMENDING THE LEASE WITH GSA GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. ANYBODY GOT A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. NANCY AND MARK. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE IS NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE IS NONE. OH, AND ONE OTHER POINT. THIS LEASE STARTS OCTOBER 1ST, 2025. SO WE WILL BACK BILL THEM BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR SO LONG AND THEY THEY AGREE TO THAT. WAY BACK IN 2025 THAT YOU SAID OCTOBER 1ST, OCTOBER 1ST, 2025. SO YEAH, WE WILL GET WE WILL BACK BILL THEM FOR THAT AT THAT NEW RATE FOR THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WE WILL BACK BILL THEM. BUT THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY FUNDING FOR TSA. WILL THAT DELAY GETTING ANY OF THAT FUNDING? [00:45:05] THAT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. GSA IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT WE BILL. SO I THINK I THINK WE WILL NOW THEIR THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TSA. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. BUT WE WILL WE'LL WE'LL GET IT AT SOME POINT WHEN IT'S EVEN IF THAT'S DELAYED, WE'LL STILL GET IT. GOOD. ARE WE KEEPING ITEM SEVEN? NO. ITEM SEVEN AND ITEM EIGHT ARE PULLED. OKAY. ITEM NINE DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO [9. Discussion and Action to Elect 2026 Airport Development Board Chair and Vice-Chair.] ELECT 2026 AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR NOMINATIONS. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MARK PERKINS. YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT POSITION? AND THIS IS FOR THE CHAIR POSITION, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL NAMES? YEP. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF MARK PERKINS BEING THE CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ALL RIGHT. VICE CHAIR. NOMINATION NAMES FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE RORY DODD AS VICE CHAIR. ANY ADDITIONAL NAMES? ANYBODY VOLUNTEER? MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT. YOU'VE GOT EXPERIENCE. THAT WORKS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL NAMES OR NONE? ALL IN FAVOR OF LORI DODD TAKING VICE CHAIR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE ARE NONE. ALL RIGHT. SO DOES IT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. [ EXECUTIVE SESSION] IT IS NOW. 4:19 P.M.. WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 5551 .072. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY .072. DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY. .076 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES. .087 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT. IT IS NOW 4:59 9 P.M. AND WE RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION. NO VOTES OR ACTION WERE TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. NEXT AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING WILL BE TO BE DETERMINED. I'LL COORDINATE WITH CHAIR PERKINS NOW ON ON THAT MEETING. I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN WHEN THAT MEETING IS IS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN. NORMALLY SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN. AND WE MAY NOT EVEN HAVE ANYTHING AT THAT POINT. SO WE'LL SEE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT FACILITY AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH, 2026, TO BE HELD IN THE LAWRENCE EAGLE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING. IS THAT STILL? YES AS WELL? ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.