[00:00:09] ORDER WELCOME EVERYONE TO BEING HERE, I DON'T SEE MAKING SURE NO VISITORS ARE HERE, I DON'T SEE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT'S NOT NORMALLY THERE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE TODAY. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO CONSIDERATION AND ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES OF JULY 22ND MEETING ON WHAT TO INTRODUCE WESTON JOHNSON WHO'S JOININ OUR BOARD AND WESTON WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. I WILL -- YOU HAVE SOME SHOES TO FILL, YOU ARE TAKING JAMES, I WAS GOING TO SAY BOND BUT I KNEW THAT WASN'T RIGHT. >> PROBABLY FEELS LIKE THAT. WELCOME, INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US REALLY QUICK. >> WESTON JOHNSON, BEEN IN ABILENE FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS. BORN AND RAISED IN HOUSTON, HAVE A WIFE THAT IS FROM HERE, PAYTON WHICH IS NOW JOHNSON. WENT TO ACU AND BIG GOLFER, CURRENTLY A BANKER AT WESTERN BANKER TOWN AND A LITTLE KID, SEVEN YEARS OLD THAT IS IN EVERY SPORT POSSIBLE. SO GLAD TO BE HERE. >> THANK YOU WESTON. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS, WE WERE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS LORI'S LAST MEETING WITH US. SHE HAS OFFICIALLY RETIRED AND SO IS RESIGNING FROM THE BOARD. AND SHE WAS LETTING ME KNOW IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS SINCE SHE'S BEEN HERE AND IT DOESN'T SEEM WORTH ALL OF OUR BOARD STUFF GOING ON IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND CHANGING AND DELAYING MEETINGS BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, WE REALLY APPRECIATED. >> IT IS ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE BOARD THAT I HAVE SERVED ON. >> IS IT SIX CONTINUOUS YEARS OR -- THERE WAS A BREAK THERE. >> SIX THIS TIME AND THEN FIVE THE OTHER TIME. 11 YEARS. >> ELEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS BOARD. A VETERAN. >> I'M HOPING TO STICK AROUND AND GET MY NAME ON A PLAQUE. HIGHER THINGS CALLED. >> ENJOY RETIREMENT, THANK YOU [2. Consideration and Action Approving Minutes of the July 22nd, 2026 Meeting.] AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE WILL JUMP IN. WE HAVE MINUTES TO REVIEW WE ARE CONSIDERING AN ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, ANY CHANGES TO BE MADE? FROM OUR MEETING IN JULY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE, SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? [3. Airport Management Reports:Review and Acknowledgment of Statistical ReportsRegulatory and Legislative Issues Update Update on current projects and operations issues - Airport Access Road Project, Terminal Improvements/Expansion, Aircraft Ramp Project, Outstanding Maintenance/Repairs, Operations Events - Airport Tenant Issues/PerformanceBudget Submittal - FY27 proposals (Parking Lot Revenue Control System Replacement, air service consultant, air service advertising, ARFF truck upfit.Air Service and Business Development Update - Air Service PerformanceLand Development Staffing] ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. HEARING NONE THOSE ARE APPROVED, AGENDA ITEMS TODAY ARE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT REPORTS, SO WE WILL LET YOU TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT. >> IF YOU WILL TURN TO THE PAGE FOR STATISTICS WE WILL LOOK AT AS WE ALWAYS DO CLAIMANTS PREDICT CLOSELY, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR AUGUST WE ARE UP ABOUT 34% OVER AUGUST OF 2025 AND THAT IS WITH THE FULL OPERATION OF UNITED SKYWEST SERVICE TO DENVER AND HOUSTON. AS WELL AS THE PHOENIX FLIGHT WHICH STARTED IN JUNE. SO MAKING AN IMPACT THERE ON OUR EMPLOYMENT. AND THEN OVERALL FOR THE YEAR, YEAR TO DATE WE ARE UP 25% FROM LAST YEAR. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT EVEN WITH SKYWEST IN THE MARKET AS UNITED EXPRESS AMERICAN ENVOY, AMERICAN AIRLINES IS UP 6%. WE ARE NOT TAKING PASSENGERS FROM AMERICAN, WE ARE ADDING PASSENGERS TO OUR OVERALL BASE OF PASSENGERS SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE. AND THEN NORMALLY WE SKIP DOWN TO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US AND AS WELL AS JUST THE PASSENGER NUMBERS THEMSELVES WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO OUR AIR CARRIERS BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO OUR OPERATING REVENUE? OUR PARKING LOT REVENUE IS UP 52.17%. FOR AUGUST AND THEN 40.02% FOR YEAR TO DATE. SO WE WILL LIKELY END THE FISCAL YEAR, OUR FISCAL YEAR IN SEPTEMBER 30TH PROBABLY CLOSE TO $1.2 MILLION WHICH IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR US AND JUST A BIG SHOT IN THE ARM FOR OUR [00:05:02] OPERATING REVENUE, REALLY SOLIDIFIES OUR SELF SUFFICIENCY SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELY ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE MARK THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> AS FAR AS THE LOADS UP TO THIS POINT. ARE THAT UNITED FLIGHTS FORWARD? SEEN, WE DON'T GET AS GOOD AS DATA FROM AMERICAN ON THE PHOENIX FLIGHT, WE GET PRETTY GOOD DATA FROM SKYWEST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MINIMUM REVENUE GUARANTEED. WE ARE WATCHING THAT PERFORMANCE PRETTY CLOSELY. AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OUR AIR SERVICE CONSULTANT MARTIN CAMERAMAN AND I WENT TO SKYWEST LAST WEEK IN SAINT GEORGE, MET WITH THEM TOGETHER PULSE OF WHAT THEIR THINKING AND WHERE WE ARE GETTING REPORTS, RIGHT NOW OUR BOARDINGS FOR THE DENVER AND HOUSTON SERVICE TOGETHER IS IN THE UPPER 60% WHICH IS GOOD AND IT'S GROWING EVERY MONTH AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM. THEY ARE PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY SEE. THEY SAID WE ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN THE OTHER MARKETS THAT THEY ARE IN AND THAT SIMILAR MARKETS ARE BEING WHAT THEY CALL THE AT RISK FLYING WHICH IS SKYWEST ONLY AND THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM REVENUE GUARANTEE IN PLACE. THEY DO THIS IN MANY OTHER MARKETS. AND WE ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN THOSE OTHER MARKETS AS FAR AS OUR GROWTH SO IT WAS AN ENCOURAGING MEETING WITH THEM BUT WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO BEFORE WE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING ANY MONEY INTO THAT MINIMUM REVENUE GUARANTEE AND AGAIN THAT SUPPORTED BY THE VOTING COOPERATION OF ABILENE. THEY CONTRIBUTED THE FUNDING TO WHAT WAS PROJECTED TO BE A THREE YEAR MRR. SO THAT FUND, THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM DCOA. NOT CITY OF ABILENE FUNDS. SKYWEST IS PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN OUR MARKETS AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT THEY LOOK FOR IN PERFORMNCE THAT WE ARE CHECKING THE BOXES. THEY SENT ME AN ADVANCED BOOKING WHICH I GET THAT WEEKLY I GET IT USUALLY ON TUESDAY I GOT IT YESTERDAY AND IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD GOING THROUGH DECEMBER. EACH MONTH IS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS MONTH. AND SO IT CAN GET STRONGER AND STRONGER. LITTLE WINS EVERY MONTH BUT OVERALL IT'S MAKING THEIR SERVICE, IT IS MATURING IT IT'S GOING TO STABILIZE IT AT SOME POINT. WE PROBABLY STILL HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF GROWTH ON THAT. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS TO HELP MAKE IT MAYBE A BETTER CHOICE FOR OUR PASSENGERS AS WELL. SO THE FIRST OF THAT WAS ON SEPTEMBER EIGHTH SKYWEST CHANGED THE SCHEDULE SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER FLIGHT TIMES GOING IN AND OUT OF HOUSTON IN DENVER. THAT WAS TO ATTRACT MORE HOUSTON PASSENGERS AND TO MAKE IT EASIER TO MAKE SOME OTHER FLIGHT BANKS OUT OF HOUSTON AIRTIME COMING IN PASSENGERS WHO WERE COMING TO ABILENE EARLIER IN THE DAY SO THE FLIGHT IS ACTUALLY LATER IN THE DAY SO YOU GET A COUPLE MORE OF THOSE RIDING BANKS INTO HOUSTON YOU CAN CONNECT. WE ARE SEEING THAT -- WE'RE SEEING RESULTS OF THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT AN 80% LOAD FACTOR ON THE HOUSTON FLIGHT WHICH IS AWESOME. THE HEADWIND THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS FUEL, FUEL COST BEING HIGH HOWEVER WHEN WE DID NEGOTIATE, WHEN THE CITY NEGOTIATED THE MRG LAST FALL WITH SKYWEST THE FUEL PROJECTION WAS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE IRONICALLY WITH WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THEY THOUGHT, YOU BE CONSERVATIVE IN YOUR ESTIMATES, WE ARE RIGHT THERE AT AT. IT ENDED UP BEING WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE BEING TRUE BUT THIS IS A BIT UNUSUAL AND UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE WITH FUEL COSTS SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO THAT THAT WILL COME [00:10:01] BACK DOWN AND SO WE WILL HAVE MORE OF A NORMAL FUEL OIL COST ENVIRONMENT BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD AND AGAIN WITH A 68 OR SO PERCENT LOAD FACTOR RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS COMBINED AGAIN, THEY EXPECT HOUSTON TO BE ABOUT 75% OR SO IN SEPTEMBER BUT THE DENVER FLIGHT, TWO FLIGHTS ARE STILL LAGGING ON THAT ON AVERAGE FOR A MONTH. WE KNOW IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BUILD AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE TOOL OF AN MRE IN PLACE. GIVE IT TIME TO GROW. >> WHAT REGIONS ARE WE BEING COMPARED TO? THERE ARE QUITE A FEW AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT SKYWEST IS SERVING AT THE AT RISK I COULD NOT NAME THOSE AIRPORTS OFFHAND BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU BUT CERTAINLY WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT AND HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN IN THOSE MARKETS AGAIN THEY WERE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S A LOOK AT THE AIRFARES AND NEW INFORMATION I HAVE NOT SEEN YET SO WE WILL LOOK AT IT TOGETHER. IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE 14 DAYS OUT AN AVERAGE TICKET PRICE ON AMERICAN IS 498, 14 DAYS OUT ON SKYWEST UNITED EXPRESS IS $435. AND THEN ON OUR 30 DAYS OUT AMERICAN IS 513 AND 30 DAYS OUT ON UNITED SKYWEST IS 490 SO WE ARE STILL -- WE ARE BELOW OUR COMPARISON BUT WE ARE ABOVE OUR COMPARISON FOR THE MOST PART WITH DFW. 14 DAYS OUT ON AMERICAN WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT. THE FIVE OF 21. THAT DOES NOT TOO BAD. >> AMERICAN FOR, BOTH OF THESE ARE 14 DAYS OUT, I'M SORRY. $513 FOR THE 30 DAYS OUT ON AMERICAN VERSUS 318 AT DFW. >> WHAT ROUND TRIP ARE YOU LOOKING AT? >> I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE. IT IS THE OVERALL AVERAGE. >> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I KIND OF BUTCHERED IT BUT THAT'S THE FIRST THING. >> CONTINUING ON ON TO OUR REPORT THE AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD PROJECT, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SECTIONS IN THE ROAD THAT HAD NOT BEEN PAVED OVER THE SUMMER. THE CONTRACTOR HAD PULLED OFF SOME OTHER PAVING WORK BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING WORK AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. OVER THE SUMMER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SCHOOLS BEING CLOSED. THEY ARE BACK AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE CONCRETE PAVING, IS THYROID JOHN? CALL -- ALTHOUGH CONCRETE PAVING IS DONE, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE MONUMENT SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE, WE NOTICED TODAY THEY ARE ALSO ABOUT TO SET THE PEDESTAL MOUNTS FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT HIGHWAY 36 AND THE NEW ROAD. SO THERE IS WORK GOING ON, THEY ARE REDOING OUR SECURITY FENCE TO THE PERMANENT FENCE FROM THE TEMPORARY FENCE AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A NOVEMBER 18TH COMPLETION DATE BY CONTRACT. THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TIME. WE ARE WORKING ON STREETLIGHTS. I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN ORDERED, REPLACED THE ORDERS. WE PROVIDED A PO FOR THAT SO WORKING THROUGH ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS BASICALLY BUT THE LITTLE THINGS ADD UP BUT THE PAVING IS DONE. THE ROAD LOOKS REALLY GOOD. TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION, THAT IS UNDERWAY. WE DO HAVE SOME -- THE CONTRACTOR HAS MOBILIZED OUT THERE AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE SETTING TEMPORARY RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR THE BOARDING AREA CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS SOME OTHER FENCING FOR THE [00:15:04] CONSTRUCTION AREA. AND THEN OF COURSE YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE EMAIL WITH THE INVITATION TO THE GROUND GROUNDBREAKING. OCTOBER SIXTH AT 2:00 P.M. I HOPE EVERYONE HERE CAN MAKE THAT CHARACTER VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING OUR FA8 SOUTHWEST REGION DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS WILL BE HERE HE'S PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR GRANT FUNDING AS WELL SO HE WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THAT. THE AIRCRAFT RAFT -- RAMP PROJECT HAS BEEN FULL. WAIVE FULL. AND IT'S BEEN BUSY THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I'VE COUNTED SEVEN AIRCRAFTS OUT THERE AT ONE TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING TWO OTHER PIT LOCATIONS. THERE ARE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WE BUILT ON THAT I HAVE TO OPEN ALL FOUR OF THEM AND IT IS A PREMIER FACILITY IN THE U'S. LITERALLY THE CENTRAL U.S., U.S. FOREST SERVICE IS INVOLVED IN IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER FIRE ACTIVITIES IN OUR AREA AND IN THE SOUTHWEST AND U'S. SO THEY'VE HAD AIRCRAFT FLYING OUT OF HERE TO TEXAS FIRES BUT ALSO THE FIRE IN LOUISIANA I BELIEVE AND ALSO ONE IN ARK ARKANSAS. THIS SPACE HAS BEEN VERY KEY STRATEGIC TOOL FOR THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND THAT TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW. BUT NORMAL THINGS AND OPERATIONS EVENT, WE HAVE AIRSTRIP ATTACK COMING ON OCTOBER 17TH THROUGH 18TH AND THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH YEAR TO HAVE FOLKS DOWN ON THE AIRPORT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT RIGHT NOW AND HOPING WE WILL HAVE GOOD PUBLIC TURNOUT. THE PUBLIC CAN BUY TICKETS FOR THAT AND WE SEE SOME ADVERTISING AROUND TOWN. THEY ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO ABILENE. THE DRIVERS LOVE OUR RUNWAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT THERE SO IT'S A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THEM AND THEY END UP BREAKING WORLD RECORDS EVERY YEAR THAT THEY ARE HERE. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE OCTOBER 17TH TO 18TH. SO COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER TENTH PASSED THE FY27 BUDGET WHICH WOULD BE AFFECTED OCTOBER FIRST, THAT'S FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. WE ARE SET TO GO SO WE'RE READY TO START OCTOBER FIRST AND START A NEW FISCAL YEAR AND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THERE BUT THE OVERALL REPLENISHING OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET AND OVERALL OPERATING BUDGETS THAT WE'VE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. PLANNING FOR THAT, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF 3,584,606 IN REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF 3,000,548TH -- I'M SORRY $3,548,238. THAT WOULD LEAVE US NET REVENUE OF 36,000, 368 THAT WOULD GO BACK INTO THE AIRPORT FUND AND OUR FUND BALANCE TO BUILD ON THAT. IT AT OCTOBER FIRST OF THIS YEAR WE EXPECT TO START WITH $1,491,475 IN THAT AIRPORT FUND AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T PLAN ON USING BUT IT'S THERE. IF WE EVER HIT AN UNEXPECTED EXPENSE THAT WE COULD NOT COVER WITHIN OUR BUDGET WE WOULD ANTICIPATE AN ENDING BALANCE NEXT YEAR WITH A BUDGET OF THIS [00:20:04] AMOUNT. VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES, I HAD ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR PARKING LOT REVENUE WE'RE AT 1.2 RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD END THE YEAR AT 1.2. IF WE HAVE ANOTHER VERY GOOD YEAR WE SHOULD BE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WHICH SHOULD GO BACK INTO THE AIRPORT FUND. SO I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. LEAVING FY26 AND GOING INTO F FY27. OUR AIR SERVICE CONSULTANT CONTRACT IS COMING UP FOR RENEWAL AND I WILL HAVE THAT TO THE BOARD FOR OUR OCTOBER 14TH MEETING. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR SERVICE WITHIN MARTIN CAMERAMAN WHO HAS BEEN OUR CONSULTANT IN 2017 HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB SUPPORTING OUR SERVICE NEEDS. OUR ADVERTISING FOR THE NEW SERVICE AND ALL OF OUR NEW SERVICE, THE PHOENIX SERVICE AND THE DENVER AND PHOENIX SERVICE WILL CONTINUE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE BUDGETED -- WE HAD A PUSH OF FUNDS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO KICK US OFF WITH THE NEW SERVICE THAT BEGAN IN MARCH AND WE'VE USED THAT THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND GOING INTO FY27, WERE USING AIRPORT FUNDS. WE ARE CONTINUING AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN MOSTLY SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN SOME BILLBOARDS THAT YOU SEE AROUND TOWN BUT WORKING WITH AN ADVERTISING FIRM. WE ARE STILL MAKING TWEAKS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA ADS AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO SOME CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE. WE ARE LEARNING AS WE GO BECAUSE I'M NOT A MARKETING PERSON. THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO FY27. OUR AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING TRUCK, WE WILL BE OUTFITTING THAT AND GETTING THE TOOLS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT NEW TRUCK WHICH WILL ARRIVE IN NOVEMBER. WE ARE GETTING THOSE NOW IN PLACE AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO EQUIP AND GET IT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT NEW TRUCK IN SERVICE COME LATE THIS YEAR. AGAIN THAT WAS FUNDED 90% BY AN FAA GRANT I BELIEVE. WHAT WAS THE COST ON THAT TRUCK, DO YOU REMEMBER? AROUND 1.2 MILLION. 1.2 MILLION. THOSE HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. NOTHING NEW ON LAND DEVELOPMENT OR STAFFING, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. WE DID BUDGET FOR A NEW MAINTENANCE DECISION. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT POSITION FILLED LATER IN THE FISCAL YEAR THAT'S VERY, VERY MUCH NEEDED. OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF OF FOUR INCLUDING THE SUPERVISOR WE ARE JUST RUNNING AROUND CONSTANTLY. HAVING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON IS A START IT WILL BE WELL USED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORTS. [4. Discussion and Action to Recommend Approval of Award of the Parking Lot Revenue Control System.] >> DON, I BELIEVE ITEM FOUR WE ARE PUSHING, IS THAT STILL CORRECT? >> WE DID HAVE THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE PARKING LOT REVENUE CONTROL SYSTEM. ON THE STREET AND WE RECEIVED SUBMITTALS ON SEPTEMBER TENTH. AIRPORT STAFF IS REVIEWING THAT AND WE HAVE INTERVIEW SET UP OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF. WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE THAT READY IF WE HAD A VERY SIMPLE ONE OR TWO VENUES -- VENDORS THAT HAD PROPOSED AND IT WAS A SIMPLE DECISION. I WANT TO ACCELERATE THIS IF POSSIBLE, BUT WE RECEIVED TEN PROPOSALS FROM VERY GOOD COMPANIES AND THAT MADE IT A LITTLE BIT TOUGH FOR. WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. [00:25:02] VERY HIGH VISIBILITY CUSTOMER FACING INTERACTIONS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT TO YOU GUYS ON OCTOBER 14TH. [5. Discussion and Action to Recommend Approval of Airport Badge Fees and Terminology Revision.] >> AGENDA ITEM FIVE, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AIRPORT FEES AND TERMINOLOGY REVISION. >> OUR AIRPORT BADGING FEES ARE PART OF THE SCHEDULE FEES WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO FEE SCHEDULE. COUNCIL ADOPTED A FEE SCHEDULE WITH THE BUDGET BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM TSA THAT OUR FINGERPRINT FEES WERE GOING OUT. OUR BACKGROUND FEES WERE GOING UP. I THINK OCTOBER FIRST, WERE HAVING TO GO BACK AND AMEND THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT COUNCIL APPROVED WITH A BUDGET AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STEP AND THE RESOLUTIONS THAT THEY NORMALLY SEE THAT GO TO COUNCIL. THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS TO MORROW AT COUNCIL MEETING BUT WE ARE CHANGING NOT ONLY THE FEES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE RAISED FEES FOR THE BADGES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, OVER TEN YEARS. WE'RE ALSO CHANGING SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WE ARE USING UNDER THE ORIGINAL FEE SCHEDULE TO BETTER REFLECT HOW WE REFER TO IT AND HOW OUR TENANTS REFER TO IT AS WELL. WE ARE GOING FURTHER NEW BADGE FREE, WE ARE GOING FROM $15 FOR A NONBADGE, THE AIRPORT OPERATING BADGE, FROM $15 TO 25 AND THEN A RENEWAL FROM $12 TO $22 AND THEN A BADGE RENEWAL FEE FOR $55. WE GO TO $65, AND THEN THE RENEWAL FROM 15 TO $12 TO $25. THE BADGE IS GOOD FOR ONE YEAR AND THE FOR THREE YEARS. THAT WILL STAY THE SAME. WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE TERMINOLOGY TO BETTER REFLECT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR TENANTS AS WELL AS THE INCREASED PRICE. WE HAVE AN INCREASED PRICE FROM TSA TO DO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE TERMINAL PROJECTS. WE ARE ADDING A NEW ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND IT WILL BE A TWO FACTOR SYSTEM. YOU WILL PUT YOUR BADGE UP TO THE READER, IT READS THAT AND THEN YOU WILL ENTER A PERSONAL PIN INTO IT AS WELL SO THAT WAY IT'S AN ADDED LAYER OF SECURITY. SO THAT WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO MAKE THE BADGES AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM. WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN THESE NEW FEES AS WELL. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS ONE IS. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S FRUSTRATING PARTICULARLY FOR FINANCE BECAUSE THEY HAD EVERYTHING SET IN THE SCHEDULE OF FEES BUT WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS CHANGE BECAUSE OF LATE NOTICE FROM TSA. >> IS IT BECAUSE T. -- TSA PERFORMS A BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES BUY. >> WE SEND THE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION TO TSA AND THEY DO, IF IT'S A FINGERPRINT BACKGROUND CHECK THEY WILL RUN THAT THROUGH THE FBI. WE HAVE A CLEARINGHOUSE THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT BUT IT'S AN FBI BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEN FOR OUR NONSIGHTED BADGE HOLDERS IT GOES INTO WHAT'S CALLED THE SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT WHICH IS BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT PERSON IS NOT ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST. OR ANY OTHER FLAGS THAT COME UP. WE CAN ISSUE THEM THAT BADGE. >> IS IT ALWAYS HISTORICALLY BEEN DONE THROUGH TSA? >> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE, SINCE 2001, SINCE NINE OVER 11 THAT WAS WHEN THE SYSTEM REALLY GOT REVAMPED AND BECAME MUCH STRICTER THAN WHAT IT WAS BE BEFORE. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE AIRPORT BADGE FEE AND TERMINOLOGY REVISION? >> SECOND. [6. Discussion and Action to Recommend Approval of Garver Task Order 2 Revised Addendum 1.] >> ALL IN FAVOR? SEEING NONE OPPOSED THE MOTION [00:30:02] PASSES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6 DISCUSSION ACTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF GARVER TASK ORDER TO REVISED ADDENDUM ONE. IT WAS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THE AIR TANKER RAMP THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE BUT TALKING WITH GARVER AS WE WERE CLOSING THAT PROJECT OUT WITH THE CONTRACTOR, -- GARVER TOLD ME AND I ASKED THEM HOW DID YOU FARE IN THIS BASICALLY AND THEY SAID WE WENT OVER OUR HOURS. THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP TO ME BUT WE NEGOTIATED DOWN TO 75,000, TO BE FAIR TO THEM THEY ARE VERY GOOD TO US AND VERY GOOD AT BEING -- TAKING CARE OF THINGS ON THE FLY FOR US. WE TALKED WITH OUR ENGINEERS WHEN THINGS COME UP ON THE AIRFIELD AND WE NEED AN ASSESSMENT OF SOME TYPE AND USUALLY THEY DON'T CHARGE US ANYTHING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING A GOOD PARTNER WITH THEM. 75,000 IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. IT'S NOT RECOVERING THEIR FULL AMOUNT BUT THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT SO I'M BRINGING THAT TO YOU AS IN ADDITION TO MY -- TO THE TASK ORDER THAT WOULD BRING IT AND SO THIS AMENDMENT ALSO ADDS A $5000 IN ADDITION TO A TOTAL OF $85,000 BECAUSE WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO A PEN AND INK CHANGE TO OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN WHICH ADDS THAT AIR TANKER RAMP SO THAT WAY IT IS THERE FOR THE FAA FOREVER BASICALLY. IT BECOMES A PART OF THAT DOCUMENT SO FUTURE PLANNING IS ALREADY THERE. IT IS SHOWN AND WE CAN POST FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OFF OF THAT. A TOTAL OF $80,000 FOR ADDENDUM ONE AND THAT WILL CLOSE THIS OUT. WE HAD $790,000 LEFT IN THE AIR TANKER RAMP PROJECT SO AS COMING OUT OF THAT 75,000. I'M SORRY 790,000. >> WE DID AN ACTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE GARVER TASK TWO ORDER. [7. Discussion and Action to Recommend Approval of a Lease with Outpost, LLC. ] >> MOTION. >> ALL IN FAVOR? HEARING NONE OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES. MOVING TO ITEM SEVEN DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A LEASE WITH OUTPOST LLC. >> SO THAT ONE IS NOT READY EITHER, WE HAD OUTPOST HAS HAD THE DRAFT LEASE AND THEY ARE STILL GOING THROUGH IT, THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE GOING THROUGH IT AND WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE AS OF LATE LAST WEEK TO HAVE THAT DRAFT SENT BACK TO US FOR REVIEW AND THIS IS FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE THAT WOULD GO ON THE AIRPORT. DID NOT GET THAT BACK YET SO THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THAT. HAD NOT EVEN PLANNED ON BEING HERE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE ON TRACK FOR THAT BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THAT TO BE DELIVERED TO US AND FOR OUR STAFF REVIEW AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER REVIEW AS WELL. WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT YET, I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THAT TO YOU FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING. [8. Discussion and Action to Approve a Recommendation to Accept an FAA Small Airport Letter of Intent for $10,000,000, and FY26 Discretionary Grant in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 for Terminal Construction.] >> OKAY THANKS. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8, DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT AN FAA SMALL AIRPORTLETTER OF INTENT FOR $10,000,000, AND FY26 DISCRETIONARY GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TOEXCEED $30,000,000 FOR TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION. >> THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS SO FY26 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT SMALL AIRPORT LIKE US COULD APPLY FOR A LETTER OF INTENT FROM THE FAA. GOT A LETTER OF INTENT DOES IS COMMIT THE FAA WILL COMMIT FUNDS TO THE PROJECT OVER A FIVE YEAR. AND WE HAD ASKED FOR $10 MILLION [00:35:09] AND AN ADDITIONAL 17.5 MILLION IN DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS. OVER THAT 10-YEAR. AND THIS BEING THE FIRST YEAR WAS INCLUDED IN THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT AND IN 2024 AND BECAME EFFECTIVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND HELPED MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT LEGISLATION. SO IT GAVE US THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR THAT THIS YEAR. WE WERE THE ONLY AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT AND FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO WE ARE THE ONLY REWARD FOR THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE MANY, MANY MORE NEXT YEAR, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY QUITE A FEW OF MY PEERS ABOUT THIS. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE $10 MILLION THAT WE ASKED FOR OVER A FIVE YEAR. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT HOW THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE THAT IF IT WILL BE 2 MILLION EACH YEAR OVER THAT FIVE YEAR. OR IF IT WILL BE SOME DIFFERENT AMOUNT THAT GETS TO 10 MILLION OVER THAT FIVE YEARS. WE ARE GOOD WITH THAT. IT'S A COMMITMENT THAT WE CAN COUNT ON AND THEN THE $17.5 MILLION THAT WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO GET THEY HAVE UPPED THAT TO $20 MILLION. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR TERMINAL PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY FULLY FUNDED AND FOR ALL PHASES NOW. SO WE HAVE REACHED THAT POINT WITH THIS GRANT AND AGAIN THAT WAS YESTERDAY SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT THIS GRANT TO MORROW BUT ANYWAY. THAT IN FY26 GRANT, THEREFORE $20 MILLION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO FY26 SO WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT IMMEDIATELY. AND THAT WILL BE AT A 5% LOCAL MATCH INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 10% BECAUSE FOR AIRPORTS OUR SIZE WE GET -- WE NORMALLY HAVE A 10% MATCH BUT CONGRESS APPROVED A 5% MATCH FOR THE SIZE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED. THAT SAVES US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND OUR MATCH THAT GRANT MATCH IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TWICE THAT IF WE HAD NOT GOTTEN IT -- IF WE HAVE GOTTEN THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR BEYOND. SO VERY GOOD NEWS, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GO OUT TO OUR CONTRACTOR AND HAVE THEM GET BIDS FOR THE NEXT PHASES THAT SHOULD COME TO YOU GUYS LATE FALL. WE WILL AWARD THE FULL PROJECT AND THEN THEY CAN GET STARTED WITH THE FULL PROJECT. >> WHERE IS THE MATCH COMING FROM? >> IS COMING FROM THE BOND DOLLARS THAT WAS A 20 MILLION BOND THAT THE CITIZENS PASSED IN 2025. >> WE HAD A $20 MILLION COVERS OUR GRANT MATCHES FROM THE FAA AS WELL AS THE INELIGIBLE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT. FEDERAL GRANTS DO NOT COVER LEASED AREAS IN THE TERMINAL NOR DO THEY COVER THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AREAS. WE HAVE TO PULL THOSE OUT BUT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE OVERALL PROJECT IS 78.2% ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDING AND FAA HAS ACCEPTED THAT NUMBER. >> COUNCIL WE WILL CONSIDER THIS TOMORROW. THIS WAS A BIG ONE. WE'VE BEEN HOLDING OUR BREATH FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND IT WAS VERY WORTHWHILE TO HEAR THAT YESTERDAY. >> HAVE JUST GOT THE LETTER OF INTENT FOR $10 MILLION, IS THAT 10 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS OR UP TO 10 MILLION PER YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS? >> 10 MILLION TOTAL OVER FIVE YEARS. WE DON'T KNOW YET HOW THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE IT, WE WILL GET A LETTER FROM THEM SOMETIME NEXT MONTH SAYING THEY ARE COMMITTING TO A DISTRIBUTION OVER THAT FIVE YEAR. OF WHATEVER. >> THE SECOND ONE THAT WAS [00:40:04] 17,500,000 BUT IT TURNED INTO 20 MILLION, THAT WAS UNRELATED TO THIS $20 MILLION? >> IT COUNTED IN THE 30 MILLION. LET ME BACK UP. ACID 30 MILLION IN THIS BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE THE OVERALL PROGRAM THAT WE ARE GETTING FUNDING FROM COULD GIVE US UP TO $30 MILLION. WE DID NOT EXPECT 30 MILLION BUT I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO BE IN THAT POSITION, WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE THAN THAT 17.5. I TOOK THE MAX THAT THEY COULD UNDER A LAW THAT THEY COULD GIVE US AND SAID ALL RIGHT THE $30 MILLION IS THE MAXIMUM AND I'M GOING TO PUT THAT HERE AS THE NUMBER AS A NOT TO EXCEED. THAT WAY WE CAN ACCEPT ANYTHING UP TO THAT WHAT THE LAW WILL ALLOW. BUT IT DID COME TO $20 MILLION. >> THANKS A MILLION FOR ASKING FOR THIS STUFF AND BEING ON TOP OF IT. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HANG OUT FOR $30 MILLION. >> HERE'S WHAT THEY DID. IT WAS VERY LAST MINUTE. YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY THAT FAA SYSTEM FOR GRANTS WAS OPEN TO ISSUE NEW GRANTS AND THEY SENT ME AN EMAIL AND SAID YOU'VE GOT 30 MINUTES TO SIGN THIS GRANT. AND SO I'M TAXING THE CITY MANAGER AND SAID THIS IS URGENT WE CAN'T LET THIS GO. SO SHE GOT ON IT IMMEDIATELY BUT WE BEEN EXPECTING THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND IT SPINS -- IT'S BEEN ON PINS AND NEEDLES. >> WITH THIS BEING FULLY FUNDED, I ASK THIS TONGUE IN CHEEK BUT WAS OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN BACK ON WITH OUR FIRE FEATURES AND ALL OF THAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH EVERYTHING. >> THAT WAS PHASE ONE SO TECHNICALLY YES, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME SAVINGS OTHERWISE TO PUT SOMETHING BACK ON THERE AND I'M WORKING WITH OTHERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE WE WANT SOME KIND OF VISUAL -- SOMETHING IN THERE THAT DRAWS PEOPLE'S VISION INTO IT AND BESIDES A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR FIREPLACE. THOSE WERE $200,000 AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD EVEN WANT TO COME TO YOU GUYS AND SAY WE WILL SPEND $200,000 ON THE MARKETPLACE. BUT WE DO WANT SOME KIND OF VISUAL FEATURE IN THERE, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO BRING. >> I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO SOME OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT POTENTIAL FUNDING OR LACK THEREOF FROM FAA. HAS THAT GONE BACK? >> I THINK WE MADE GOOD CHOICES IN THE MATERIALS THAT WE SUBSTITUTED SO THAT IS NOT AN IMPACT TO DURABILITY, DOESN'T GIVE UP TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING AND DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE ESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING. SOME OF THOSE WERE IN AN AREA WHERE THE PUBLIC IS NOT GOING TO BE CLOSE TO IT, IT'S OUTSIDE. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE -- WHERE THE AIRCRAFT PULLS UP TO. I THINK WE MADE GOOD CHOICES ON ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR -- CONTRACTOR PROVIDED US WITH GOOD SUBSTITUTES. WE WILL DO THAT BUT WE WILL CARRY THAT MORE INTO WHEN WE DO PACKAGE TWO AND THREE SO ■THAT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO PLAY WITH. BUT PACKAGE ONE IS PRETTY MUCH SET, THAT IS THE BOARDING AREA EXPANSION AND THAT'S WHAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT HELPS. WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE SOME PRICE INCREASES EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE IF WE WERE BIDDING THIS IN THE SPRING. SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOU IN PHASE ONE BUT PHASE TWO, WE MIGHT NOT BE THAT FAR ALONG, SOME OF THOSE LAST TWO PHASES BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY MAYBE WE ARE NOT GETTING INCLUDED THAT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT? >> RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING IN PHASE TWO THAT HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE DESIGN. WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET BIDS AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FUNDING, IF THOSE PRICES ARE HIGHER THEN WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING RIGHT NOW THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS ALREADY SAID, THESE ARE KIND OF HIGH PRICED THEY ARE GLASS ELEVATORS OR EXAMPLES OF THAT. YOU WILL WANT TO TRY TO PRESERVE [00:45:04] THOSE ELEMENTS AND IF WE HAVE SOME SAVINGS MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK INTO PHASE ONE AND ADD AGAIN SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING OR JUST THAT VISUAL PIECE BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE ARE LOSING THE IMPACT OF THE VISION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN AND APPROVED. I THINK WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, I THINK IT HELPS US GOING INTO PACKAGE TWO GOING INTO THE BIDS AND HAVING SOME ABILITY TO ABSORB SOME PRICE INCREASES IF WE CAME TO THAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE NEED TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ACCEPT $30 MILLION. DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO RECOMMEND THAT? >> THE OVERALL PACKAGE OF $30 MILLION, 20 MILLION IN THE GRANT. SO LET'S MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8. IS THERE A MOTION? >> I MAKE A MOTION. >> SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? I DON'T SEE OR HEAR ANY OPPOSED SO MOTION TO ACCEPT. >> IT TOOK A LOT AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM IN PLACE THAT HAS HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND AGAIN A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR DELEGATION AND THE STAFF AND IN D.C. AS WELL. >> AM I CORRECT IN SAYING SENATOR CRUZ HIMSELF CAME THROUGH ON THIS. >> SENATOR CRUZ WAS AN ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF THIS AND HIS STAFF DID A GREAT JOB FOLLOWING UP WITH FAA CONTINUOUSLY. VERY GRATEFUL GIVEN THE CROWDING IN THE PASSENGER AREA. ANYWAY . NOW THE QUESTION I GET ALL THE TIME IS HOW IS THAT CHANGE GOING TO OCCUR WITHOUT MAKING THAT TEN TIMES WORSE. >> IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE, THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT. THAT CROWDED AREA IS GOING TO GET HALVED AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. BUT THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT. IT'S GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE, IT'S GOING TO BE LOUD AT TIMES, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS NIGHT THAT IS LOUD AND IMPACTFUL BUT IS NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD SITUATION BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE BE PATIENT, THE OVERALL RESULT IS GOING TO BE WORTH IT AND IT'S JUST UNAVOIDABLE. WE ARE TRYING TO STAY OPERATIONAL WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE BILL. >> HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? >> THE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETION IN MARCH OF 28 FOR PHASE ONE. >> YOU MENTIONED WE WERE THE ONLY APPLICATION. >> IS A BRAND NEW PROGRAM AND I THINK A LOT OF AIRPORTS JUST DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE KNOW. >> AWESOME, OKAY. [9. Discussion and Action to Approve a Recommendation to Accept an FY26 FAA AIP Supplemental Grant in an amount not to exceed $61,370.00 for Vehicle Movement Area Transmitter (VMAT) equipment.] AGENDA ITEM NINE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATION AND ACCEPT THE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT IN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS 61,370 FOR VEHICLE MOVEMENT AREA TRANSMITTER EQUIPMENT. >> THIS IS A GRANT THAT FAA SPRUNG ON AIRPORTS A LITTLE BIT OVER THE SUMMER WITH A VERY TIGHT DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR IT. SO IT'S BASICALLY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT ARE CALLED RUNWAY INCURSIONS CHARACTERS OR ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS WHERE A VEHICLE IN PARTICULAR OR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT GETS ONTO A RUNWAY AND CAUSES AN AIRCRAFT APPROACH FOR A LANDING OR TAKING OFF TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR CAUSE THAT AIRCRAFT TO GO AROUND. SO THIS IS A TOOL USING TRANSPONDERS ON A VEHICLE THAT WILL HELP -- THAT WILL PRESENT [00:50:01] THAT VEHICLE ON THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SCREEN SO THEY KNOW THAT VEHICLE IS ON THE RUNWAY OR TAXIWAY. AND SO IT GIVES THEM MORE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL GRANT, $61,370 BUT THAT WILL BUY US THE TRANSPONDERS FOR THE AIRPORT OWNED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE ON THE AIRFIELD. IT IS A SAFETY MECHANISM AND THERE'S ONE THAT GOT PUSHED TO PRIORITY AFTER THE LAGUARDIA JFK,. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND RECOMMEND AND ACCEPT THE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS? >> I MAKE A MOTION. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? [10. Discussion and Action to Recommend Approval of Task Order 4 with Enprotec, Hibbs & Todd to bid and manage construction of a new Employee Parking Lot (North).] SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. AGENDA ITEM TEN, DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER 4 WITH ENPROTEC, HIBBS& TODD TO BID AND MANAGE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT (NORTH). >> OUR PARKING SITUATION IS CONTINUING TO BE CRITICAL WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN PASSENGERS, WE DO HAVE OUR TERMINAL AREA EMPLOYEES PARKING IN PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ASKED SEVERAL EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO NOT PARK IN THE TERMINAL PARKING LOT, WE'VE GOT THEM PARKING IN GRASS ESSENTIALLY BUT THE INTENT IS WITH US TO BUILD A NEW PARKING LOT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AVIATION SERVICES FACILITY THAT WOULD ADD ABOUT 218 PARKING SPACES PRIMARILY FOR INNOVATION SERVICES. IT IS A LARGE LARGE PAVED PARKING LOT. WE HAVE THE TIES FOR LANDSIDE ENGINEERS, IT FALLS WITHIN THAT MASTER CONTRACT WITH THEM. THE 51,000 ITSELF IS NOT SOMETHING THAT REACHES THE THRESHOLD OF GOING TO COUNCIL BUT BECAUSE OF OUR EXISTING TAX -- TASK FORCE TO DO THE SOUTH LOT PAVING WHICH IS ON LANCE DRIVE WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EAGLE AVIATION SERVICES PART AND RECREATION BUILDING THAT LAY OUT THE PACKAGE TO YOU GUYS. THAT LOT IS BEING DESIGNED AND IT WILL GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I THINK THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE. BUT BECAUSE THAT EXISTS AND WE ARE PAYING THEM WE ARE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT. THE 51,000 OVER THE $100,000 IN EXPENSES WITH THE COMPANY AND WITH A FIRM. WE HAVE TO BRING THIS ONE TO CITY COUNCIL SO THEREFORE. >> ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS? HEARING NONE I NEED A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER FOUR FOR THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOTS. MOTION SECONDED? >> SECONDED. >> ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES, THAT'S AWESOME. >> I AGREE, IT IS CRITICAL. IT'S CRAZY. IT'S HARD. >> WE STARTED OVERFLOW PARKING, THE FRIDAY OF JULY 3RD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND THROUGH JULY FOURTH WEEKEND. THEN WE WERE WATCHING IT, WE WERE EXPECTING LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND WE STARTED PARKING, OVERFLOW PARKING ON FRIDAY. THIS PAST WEEKEND, A NORMAL WEEKEND WE ENDED UP OVERFLOW PARKING. IT IS CRITICAL. THEY TRY TO GET THE EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE PAVED LOT AND INTO A PAVED LOT AS WELL, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S BEEN DRY. WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE EAGLE AVIATION SERVICES EMPLOYEE PARKING THAT GRASSY AREA IN THE SOUTH LOT. THEY'RE ABLE TO PARK THERE BUT IS NOT A GREAT SITUATION. WE OPEN UP ABOUT 90 SPACES FOR OUR PASSENGERS AND EVENTUALLY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT [00:55:04] IS SHORT LIVED BUT WE HAVE TO BE PLANNING FOR IT WITH THE NEW SERVICE COMING ON SO QUICKLY AND THEN ADDING THE PHOENIX FLIGHT, IT JUST HIT AT ONE TIME. THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. >> WHEN WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SOLVE -- START THIS? >> PROBABLY WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH PROBABLY. WE ARE LETTING OUR AIRSIDE ENGINEER, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE IMPLICATION TO OUR FUTURE PROJECT AND THE AREA WHERE THIS NORTH LOT [ EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> OKAY. IT IS NOW 4:28 P.M. WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SECTION 5.1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, SECTION 551.72 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT PROPERTY IN SECTION 551.076, DELIBERATIONS ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES. SECTION 551.087, DELIBERATIONS ABOUT BUSINESS >> IT IS NOW FIVE '03 P.M. AND WE RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION. NO VOTES OR ACTION WERE TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. I BELIEVE ALL THAT'S LEFT IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING BEFORE WE DO THAT MAKE SURE AT LEAST RIGHT NOW THAT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS OCTO OCTOBER 14TH. WE WILL TENTATIVELY SAY THAT AND THAT IS THE PLAN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. DOES ANYONE WANT TO KEEP MEE MEETING? YES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.