May 27, 2025 Port of Galveston Meetings - Wharves Board Regular

TRUSTEE MAYOR CRAIG BROWN.

TRUSTEE WILLIE GONZALEZ.

TRUSTEE SHIVA LIPTON.

OF BUSINESS UNDER B ONE IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE.

SURE.

TRUSTEE BOROUGH.

HERE WE HAVE RICHARD ROGER RE, AND ANTHONY BROWN.

ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT, I DECLARE.

WE HAVE A FORM LET STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE REGIONS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

UH, DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY A TRUSTEE.

I'M GONNA DECLARE THAT I HAVE A CONFLICT REGARDING, UH, ITEM C ONE B AND WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ITEM.

ANY OTHER CONFLICTS? HEARING NONE.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM

[B.1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

THEY'VE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE MOORE MOVES APPROVAL TRUSTEE, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN PATTERSON.

SECONDS.

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS? ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

UNANIMOUSLY.

[B.2. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Part 1 of 2)]

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE ONE.

MR. TED O'ROURKE.

WELCOME UP TO THE PODIUM.

TO SUBJECT IS FINANCE.

GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

UH, A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION.

I THOUGHT Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB TODAY IN THE FINANCE MEETING.

I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY WELL.

WE GOT A LOT ON Y'ALL'S PLATE.

I HAD TO HOLD YOU UP ANY LONGER THAN I NEED TO.

I JUST, UH, THE LAST MEETING WAS PRETTY INTERESTING, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING THE AUDIT OF THE COURT AND HAVING A LETTER GO OUT TO THE CITY.

WELCOME AND THE AUDIT OVER.

IT WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THERE AND THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THE, UH, THE JOINT MEETING, WHICH I THOUGHT WENT VERY WELL TO, UM, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE, ARE THEY, THEY KIND OF DON'T, THEY GET UPSET ABOUT THE WORD AUDIT, BUT I KNOW AUDIT IS A, A REGULAR PART OF DOING BUSINESS.

AND I WAS GOING THROUGH THE, THE CRUISE ON PAGE FOUR AND THE REPORT DIRECTOR REPORT, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP NEXT.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE CRUISE STATISTICS ON THAT PAGE, PARTICULAR PAGE THAT THERE WAS NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE, UM, OF APRIL OF 2025.

AND I KNOW IT PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UM, MR. MOORE FOUND.

IT MIGHT JUST HAVE BEEN A OVERSIGHT OR A TYPO OR WHATEVER.

BUT IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S ACTUALLY ON THAT PAGE.

IT, IT COMES OUT TO THE OTHER END OF A, OF AN, OF AN, UM, BY NOT DOING THAT ADJUSTMENT, THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE OF 35.1% YEAR TO DATE IN CRUISE PASSENGERS, WHICH IS INCORRECT OF THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF ABOUT 7.59%, UM, OF CRUISE PASSENGERS.

AND THAT REALLY SHOULD BE CORRECTED BECAUSE WHEN THE PUBLIC SEES THIS AND IT'S ONLINE, UH, IT'S A BIG MISTAKE.

AND ALSO ANOTHER HUGE MISTAKE TOO IS THAT YEAR TO DATE, APRIL, 2024.

IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR APRIL OF 2024, WHICH WERE IN THE BOOK LAST APRIL, THEY DON'T MATCH AT ALL.

THEY HAVE AN APRIL OF 2024 ON ONE SHEET, 1.29 MILLION 2 0 9 0.23 MILLION TOTAL TERMS. THEY HAVE THE PARKING ACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ON THE PASSENGER TERMS, IT HAS 1.2 0 9 0 2 3.

AND THEN IN THE, THE, THE BOOK YESTERDAY OR TODAY'S BOOK, IT ONLY SHOWS 900 AND I APOLOGIZE, 9 62, 960 2005 46, WHICH IS INCORRECT.

ONE OF 'EM IS INCORRECT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE EXACT SAME YEAR TO DATE, APRIL, 2024 AX, ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE APRIL, 2024 AXLE.

SO ONE OF 'EM IS NOT CORRECT.

SO EITHER YOU HAD 1.2 MILLION PASSENGERS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, OR YOU HAD A DIFFERENT NUMBER OR WHATEVER.

JUST THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW IF THERE'S THESE KIND OF MISTAKES IN YOUR BOOKS AND YOUR RECORDS THAT ARE GOING OUT, THEN YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE AN AUDIT DONE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S ANYTHING FRIVOLOUS OR ANYTHING BAD GOING ON, BUT IF THERE'S THIS KIND OF YOU, I CONSIDER MISTAKES, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE AN AUDIT AND THEY MAKE YOU CATCH IT AND CORRECT THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

THANK YOU.

YOU CORRECT THESE PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

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NEXT UP IS,

[B.3. PORT DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

UH, THE COURT DIRECTORS REPORT, ALLION FOUR THROUGH APRIL OF 2, 2 5.

UH, CARGO GLANCE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS UP AND DOWN.

I'M GONNA LET, HEY, BRETT, YOU WANT TELL ME YOU JUST FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THE CARGO? YEAH.

MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICKLY.

SO WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CARGO AND YOU'RE SEEING WE'RE DOWN 24%, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE WE'RE ALSO BACKING OUT DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE, WHO LEFT IN, UH, REALLY WAS MAY MAYOR, JUNEISH, UH, FOR THE NEW CRUISE TERMINAL, AS WELL AS, UH, ANYTHING THAT CAME IN FROM, UH, GRAIN ELEVATOR.

SO THE GRAIN PRETTY MUCH TOTALLY CEASED IN SEPTEMBER, UH, 30TH.

HOWEVER, UH, THEY DID MOVE GRAIN UP UNTIL, I BELIEVE JULY 31ST, I THINK WAS ONE OF THEIR LAST SHIPS THAT WE HAVE.

ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON HERE, LIKE WINDS DOWN 32, UH, 0.6%, NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AT TONNAGES, NOT NECESSARILY REVENUE.

THAT'S IN AS WELL AS, IF YOU REMEMBER IN 2024, UH, WE ACTIVATED FOREIGN TRADE ZONE 36, THE NEW SITE.

AND WE HAD NORDEX COMPONENTS THAT CAME IN APRIL AND MAY.

THAT REALLY MOVED THE NUMBERS UP, UH, IN 2024.

SO COMPARING, UH, YEAR, MONTH OVER MONTH RATHER, UH, AND EVEN YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OUT OF IT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE, THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE REVENUE BASED ON, UH, WHAT THE TONNAGE ACTUALLY IS.

TONNAGES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL, UH, VERSUS THE COMMODITY OR THE REVENUES, JILL.

SO JUST KEEP THAT, UH, IN MIND.

GO AHEAD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH, SO IF YOU'RE BACK OUT, AS I MENTIONED DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE AS WELL AS THE GRAIN THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND IF, UH, WE HAD THE LIQUID BULK WAS ON PAR OF WHAT THEY DID IN 2024, WE COULD JUST ABOUT BE EVEN, UH, TO WHAT WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT IN 2024.

AND YOU TALKED, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE ROW ROW AND THE CARS.

SO WE WE'RE MONITORING CLOSELY, CLOSELY, UH, WITH OUR TENANTS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND U AND USERS ON THE TARIFFS.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS STILL A WAIT AND SEE THE WAY THAT THE TRANSPORTATION TRADE ACTUALLY WORKS.

YOU'RE NOT REALLY GONNA FEEL OR SEE ANYTHING FOR 4, 6, 8 WEEKS OUT.

UH, SPEAKING WITH, UH, LENAS HAD A MEETING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT, UH, LENAS, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN VOLUMES.

IN FACT, IN EVERY VESSEL WE'VE HAD IN NEARLY EVERY VESSEL IN APRIL AND THROUGH MAY, UH, THE UNITS PER VESSELS HAVE ACTUALLY SEEMED TO HAVE GONE UP.

SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN A DECLINE IN THE VOLUME.

HOWEVER, THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THE US TRADE REPRESENTATIVE INVESTIGATION 3 0 1, THAT HAS CHINESE BUILT VESSELS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO AREN'T AWARE THAT FOR RAILROAD OR CAR CARRIERS, THERE'S A PENALTY FOR ANY FORM BUILT VESSELS.

THAT CALL OF $150 PER CU, WHICH IS A CAR EQUIVALENT UNIT, THAT'S WHAT HAS THEM A LITTLE BIT, UH, NERVE OR CONCERN.

HOWEVER, THAT, IF IT WAS IMPOSED, WOULD NOT GO IN EFFECT UNTIL APRIL.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIME PERIOD BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO GET SOMETHING CHANGED, UH, IN THAT.

AND THAT'S A REALLY TO INCENTIVIZE RAILROAD CAR CARRIER, UH, MANUFACTURER IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, FOR OUR OEMS. SO THE, THE, THE VEHICLES THAT WE BRING IN, UH, BMWS, UH, NOT EXPECTING ANY DECLINE IN BMWS.

THE VESSELS ARE STILL TWO VESSELS A MONTH AS USUAL.

THAT GOES OUT GENERALLY 90 DAYS.

THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

UH, THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY DO IS DELAY SOME OF THEIR NEW MODELS THAT WERE COMING OUT, BUT HE DOESN'T EXPECT THAT TO REALLY NECESSARILY CHANGE US.

FOR WIND.

WIND, AS YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOES UP AND DOWN.

WE'VE JUST HAD TWO MORE SHIPS THAT WERE ADDED TO OUR SCHEDULE.

SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX, UH, GE SHIPS STILL SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT TWO, THREE MONTHS.

UM, WE DID ABOUT A HUNDRED, UH, BLADES IN APRIL.

UH, WE'RE DO ABOUT 140, UH, THIS MONTH.

AND I THINK PROBABLY CLOSER TO 150 TO 200 NEXT MONTH WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH.

UM, WE DID UNFORTUNATELY LOSE ONE VESSEL TO CORPUS BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION.

'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR VESSELS BACK TO BACK TO BACK.

SO THEY OFFERED TO REPOSITION THAT ONE TO CORPUS ON THE BLADES.

DO YOU STILL HAVE SOME LEAVING ON RAIL AS WELL? YES.

SO WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE? RAIL VERSUS TRUCK? SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 80 20, BUT THEY'RE STILL GETTING, UH, GETTING THAT KIND OF SITUATED.

UM, I WILL SAY THIS, WE ARE GETTING A LOT MORE ACTIVITY FOR THE BNS AT RAIL COMING IN, UH, TO BRING IN THE SADDLE CARS TO LOAD THOSE UP.

SO I DO EXPECT THAT TREND TO MEET 80 20 OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO 80 ON RAIL.

80 ON RAIL, YES SIR.

AND ONE OTHER THING I I THINK THAT I JUST RECENTLY HEARD IS, IS THAT YOU ARE NOW, WE'RE STARTING TO MANUFACTURE THE GENERATORS IN THE POLES IN, IN THE STATES.

A LOT OF THAT IS AS WELL, MOSTLY JUST BLADES COMING IN NOW.

CORRECT.

BLADES ARE THE

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ONES THAT PROMINENT.

IN FACT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE GOTTEN.

UH, WELL, WE DID GET A FEW OF THE ACTUAL SECTIONS, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT 90% OF ALL THE KUBOTAS WE GET ARE BLADES.

'CAUSE IT IS STILL MORE EXPENSIVE AND COST PROHIBITIVE, UNCO PROHIBITIVE TO GET THOSE, UH, IMPORTED RATHER THAN MANUFACTURED HERE AT THE MOMENT.

UH, I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP IN MY MIND ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE FUTURE IS FOR, WHAT THE FUTURE'S GONNA BE FOR WIND COMPONENTS HERE.

AND IT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE TOTALLY TURNING ON POLITICS, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY.

UH, AND THIS IS FOR OFFSHORE WIND FIRST.

UH, RIGHT.

THE OFFSHORE, UH, OFFSHORE PROJECT THAT'S UP IN NEW YORK, WHICH WAS, CAN NOT CANCELED, BUT STOPPED, HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S POSITIVE FOR, FOR THAT.

AND THEN I SEE WHERE THERE'S A POSSIBLE IN THE, IN THE LEGISLATURE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A BILL THAT'S POSSIBLY GONNA BE SIGNED PRETTY SOON.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONE THROUGH BOTH HOUSES OR NOT, BUT IT WOULD PRECLUDE WIND FROM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST OFFSHORE OR ALL WIND FROM TYING INTO ERCOT.

I THINK IT'S OFFSHORE.

IT'S OFFSHORE, YEAH.

WHAT I SAW WAS OFFSHORE AND MOST OF OURS, MOST OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN ARE ONSHORE WIND.

ALL, ALL, ALL WIND, NO OFFSHORE.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS, I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL A TAX BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO IT IS POLITICAL.

AND BRAD, ARE THE WIND BLADES AND AND ARE THEY SUBJECT TO TARIFF AS WELL? SO YES.

THEY, THEY ARE.

UM, THE, THE ONES WE'RE GETTING NOW ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNATED FOR A PROJECT.

UM, AND YES, THAT'S A LARGE, LARGE ONE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET THAT GROSS WHAT THE COST IS.

WE'RE GETTING SOME REPLACEMENTS, UH, OF SIEMENS AND MESA AS WELL.

140 BLADES COMING IN.

SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD A, A SHIP COMING IN LAST MONTH.

UM, BUT YES, THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT LIKE 10%.

RIGHT, 10% OF EVERYTHING.

YES, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FROM INDIA, PORTUGAL PRIMARILY.

NOW WE HAVE HAD SOME THAT CAME FROM CHINA.

HAVE, HAVE WE, HAVE WE YET HAD MUCH, UM, OF THE NEW MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTOR PRODUCT COMING IN? NO.

NO.

AND HERE'S THE, THE, SORRY, GO AHEAD.

DRY BULK.

WHAT, WHAT IS, UH, I KNOW OUR DRY BULK WENT ALMOST WELL, THAT IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE REALLY GOOD MONTHS OF FERTILIZER.

HOWEVER, THAT'S VERY CYCLICAL.

SO FERTILIZER REALLY, THEY ACTUALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER BEGINNING, FIRST QUARTER, UH, OF THE YEARS, UH, FOR FERTILIZER.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAVE ANOTHER SHIP TILL SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.

SO, AND THEN OF COURSE THE OTHER ONE WAS GRAIN AS YOU, SO WHERE DOES THE FERTILIZER COME FROM? SO A LOT OF FERTILIZER COMES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, SO A LOT OF IT EITHER COMES FROM CUTTER EGYPT, UM, IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT.

NOW WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TARIFFS, THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT.

ALRIGHT, ANYMORE COMMENTS? THANKS BRETT.

ALL FERTILIZER WAS IMPORTANT.

ALL GRAIN WAS EXPORT.

UM, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THOSE STATS, JUST NUMBER WISE.

UH, CREW STATISTICS.

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, UH, 1.3 MILLION RETURNS THROUGH APRIL.

UH, SO CONTINUING TO GROW THAT IN, IN YOUR REFERENCE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE, PROBABLY THE APRIL NUMBERS FROM 2024.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S ACCURATE? I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'D HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT.

THE MATH CHECK.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

THE 24.2 AND THE 35, AT LEAST MY AGGIE CALCULATOR, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOOD.

IF, IF THE NUMBERS ON TURNS AND BUDGET ARE GOOD, THEN THOSE 24.2 OR 35.1 NUMBERS ARE GOOD.

THERE'S NO ADJUSTMENT.

WHAT I HEARD TED SAY WAS THE COLUMN THAT SAYS YEAR DATE APRIL IS NOT.

THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S THE SAME NUMBERS WE HAD IN MARCH.

OKAY, WELL THAT MAY, OKAY.

THE NUMBERS IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN ARE THE SAME NUMBERS WE HAD LAST MONTH FOR BUDGET FOR ACCURATE.

THAT MAY BE FOR BUDGET TOO.

I THINK SO.

IT KIND OF SHOULD TRACK.

WE JUST NEED TO CHECK IT.

YEAH, WE CHECK THAT AND GET REFLECTED CORRECTLY.

NUMBER SHIPS, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WITH THE GRAIN AND DEL MONTE GONE, THE SHIPS ARE DROPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, STILL DO, STILL DOING PRETTY WELL.

I THINK.

I MEAN, CONSIDERING WHAT THE WEST END IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, UH, WENT OVER THESE THIS MORNING.

AS I SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS.

UH, UM, HERE'S THE GRANTS, UH, THE

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GRANT PLAN.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS ARE STILL ON HOLD.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE STARTED COMING OUT WITH SOME DATES NOW.

UM, BUT WE'RE STILL JUST KIND OF, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS WHATEVER'S AVAILABLE AT THIS STAGE.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS. HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S THE GRANTS WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED.

UM, THE SECURITY, THE, THE SECURITY GRANTS ARE STILL ON HOLD.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT ON HOLD, BUT THEY GOT DELAYED, THEY GOT MOVED BACK A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'LL BEGIN TO START LOOKING INTO THOSE.

AND THERE'S THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY.

WE'RE STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR, YOU KNOW, ON THE $200 MILLION.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, UH, TRYING TO GET FROM THE LEGISLATURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I LAST WEEK, UM, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY PULLED, THEY PULLED IT OUT OF THE, UH, SENATE BILL.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST, UH, ACTUALLY OVER THE WEEKEND AND STUFF, MAKING CALLS TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK IN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD PULL THAT BACK 'CAUSE THEY, IT'S DONE SO WELL.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THIS POLITICS AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS HAPPENING.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST, WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.

WE'VE GOT, WE'RE EXPECTING SOME VOTES THIS WEEK.

UM, AND WE, WE'VE MADE, UH, APPEALS AND CALLS AND, AND, UH, LETTERS TO THE PARTICULAR SENATORS AND STUFF.

SO THAT WOULD BE A, THAT WOULD BE A HIT FOR US.

IF, IF THEY PULL THAT 200 MILLION, THAT WOULD BE DISAPPOINTING.

WHAT'S THAT? THAT WOULD BE DISAPPOINTING.

IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE DISAPPOINTING, UM, HGAC TO SEE THE THREE PROJECTS THERE.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN PROCUREMENT ON THOSE.

UH, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, THE RAISE GRANT, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH IS, UH, NOT YET DUE, UH, BY UPDATE.

UH, JUST KIND OF BREAK DOWN ON THAT.

WE HAD A REALLY GREAT, UH, MARITIME DAY CELEBRATION.

UH, ALMOST 300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THAT.

UM, IT WAS REALLY A, IT WAS REALLY A NICE EVENT AND WE HAD A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, ASKING ME HOW WE WOULD DO BETTER NEXT YEAR OVER THIS YEAR.

BUT IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND I'LL SHOW A LITTLE CLIP FROM THAT HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

ON BACK ON THE OTHER PAGE HERE.

I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE ALL BEEN NOTIFIED AND EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE LAST BULLET POINT THAT PROCEEDS YES.

EVERYBODY BUT YOU NO, I'M, I'M IN.

YEAH, WELL THEY OUGHT BE TEXAS UNIVERSITY , THAT LITTLE, THAT LITTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEEDS ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.

SO , I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE A BOARD RESOLUTION THAT FORMALIZES THAT IF WE HAVE NOT DONE SO.

AND IS A AND M GONNA MAKE THE DECISION ON WHO GETS THE SCHOLARSHIPS? YEAH, WE, WE'VE MET WITH THE ENDOWMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT UP THERE WITH, WITH COLONEL FUM.

SO THE ADMINISTRATION AND STUFF IS ALL, YEAH, THEY HAVE THIS ALL, THEY HAVE A PACKAGE SET UP THAT I THINK THE BOARD WOULD BE WELL SERVED TO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT BASICALLY SAYS ANY, ONLY IN THE MONEY COLLECTED NON PORT NON-PUBLIC WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO A SCHOLARSHIP AT A GALVESTON.

I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT TOO.

UM, THE IDEA OF WORKFORCE SCHOLARSHIP FOR NOT JUST MAYBE GALVESTON COLLEGE, BUT COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND, SAN JACINTO, ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA DO WELDING AND NOT SO MUCH MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, BUT THE, SAY THE WELDER, SHIP BUILDERS, PIPE FITTERS, THAT KIND OF THING.

THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY CONSIDER SOME SCHOLARSHIP MONEY THERE TOO, IN, IN THOSE AREAS.

I MEAN, AND I, I AGREE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT DON'T GO TO COLLEGE, RIGHT? RIGHT.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TRADE BUSINESS OUT THERE AND OUR OWN GALVESTON COLLEGE DOES A LOT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I GUESS THAT THE EASY, THIS IS THE EASIEST THING, RIGHT? NO, THIS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A ENDOWMENT PLAN SET UP AND ALL THAT.

BRETT, DO YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HURRICANE THIS YEAR OR NOT? YOU KNOW, THE FORECASTERS ARE, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FORECASTING IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE HURRICANE SEASON, BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN MUCH.

I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF WHO GETS SCHOLARSHIPS WITH THE CRAP AREAS IN THAT PROCESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT OUR INTENTION IS TO GIVE THEM, GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE MONEY UP FRONT TO 'EM AND LET THEM INVEST IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF, THEY DO AFTER EVERYTHING WRAPS UP AND ALL BILLS ARE PAID AND NO, NO COURT MONEY, NO CITIZEN TAXPAYER MONEY IS SPENT ON ANYTHING.

AND, AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO 50 TO 300.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING FOR THE, THE GALA ITSELF.

AND THERE'LL BE SOME, THERE'LL BE SOME CAPITAL RAISE THERE.

AND, AND THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE THING IN MY MIND IS FOR US TO, AND MAYBE PART OF THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR THIS TO BE AN ONGOING THING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD PRINCIPLE TO THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND YOU JUST LET RECORD REFLECT THAT I, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADMIRE MANY OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT A N DOES.

, I'LL SECOND THAT.

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IT'S ALL YOU NEED IS ONE, IF YOU REMEMBER 83, IT'S VERY, UH, I MEAN THERE WASN'T A, A LOT OF, UH, HURRICANES, BUT WE GOT THE, WE GOT THE BIG ONE IN ALICIA.

UH, SO REGARDLESS ON THAT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, RECEIVED.

UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR TENANT HURRICANE PLANS, WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE.

UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR HURRICANE MEETING, UH, FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY ON THE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE 20TH, BUT WE'RE ALSO SETTING ASIDE A SECOND GROUP.

UH, AND I WILL BE THE PORT COORDINATION TEAM REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CRUISE INDUSTRY.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE A NEW CONSTITUENTS IN THE PORT COORDINATION TEAM STRUCTURE.

SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THEM.

FORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE TWO CRUISE LINES, BUT THE NEXT YEAR AND YEAR AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE CRUISE LINES.

SO THAT MEANS I'LL BE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, COMPANIES, MINOR SERVICES ON THAT.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL.

UM, ONE OF THE, THE IMPORTANT THINGS, ROGER AND I MET WITH THE NEW CAPTAIN PORT, UH, CAPTAIN COLE RODRIGUEZ.

SHE IS SOMEWHAT LOCAL.

SHE HAS A VERY STRONG PREVENTATIVE BACKGROUND IN WHAT SHE DOES.

AND SHE'S ALREADY MAKING SURE THAT THE CRUISE LINES ARE GONNA BE UP TO STANDARD ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, UH, DURING A STORM.

AS YOU, SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE IN 2008.

SO SHIP'S BEEN CALLED HERE.

UM, SO SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATE, UH, BIRTHS, WHEREVER THAT COULD BE ON THE GULF COAST, UH, ARE ADEQUATE.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH PROVISIONS, WATER, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IF THEY NEED TO OUT AT ANCHORAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE PORT IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE SHIP AND THE PASTURES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING ON THE JUNE 13TH MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH BOTH CARNIVAL AND ROYAL.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL BE INCORPORATING THE OTHER THREE CRUISE LINES, THE FOLLOWING.

YOU, HEY, TRUSTEE.

YA ROLLING THEN? TRUSTEE, MAYOR BROWN? YEAH, I BEEN OUTTA THE LOOP.

I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT PAYMENT RULES.

I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRE-POSITION CONTRACTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY WHERE WE CAN TAP INTO ANYTHING THEY HAVE THAT WE MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED.

TRUSTEE MAY HAVE, UH, BRETT, THE USS TAXES.

UH, THEY, WHERE DO THEY STAND THE PREPARATION FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON? ARE THEY PRETTY WELL? SO I, I HAD BROUGHT THAT UP LAST YEAR BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON, UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TECHNICALLY THE ONLY SHIP THAT'S CHANNEL SIDE DURING A HURRICANE SEASON.

SO, UH, I BROUGHT IN THE COAST GUARD INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC SERVICE SECTOR, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, THE FOUNDATION AND THEIR ENGINEERS.

AND I REQUIRED THEM TO PROVIDE US A HURRICANE WARRING PLAN FOR THE CURRENT LOCATION.

IT'S AT, FORTUNATELY, THE BALLERS THAT ARE THERE, 200 BUCKS, THOSE ARE REALLY STRONG BALLERS.

SO THEY'RE RATED UP TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS 115 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WITH THE STORM SURGE, EITHER 10 OR 12 FEET.

SO WE THOUGHT AT THAT TIME THAT'S ADEQUATE, BUT NOT SOMETHING WE WANNA CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION AT PA AT GULF CO.

AND AS, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, IN THE UPDATE ON THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT INSURANCE.

INSURANCE IS A TOPIC WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS.

WE ALSO, UH, HAD THE, UH, OR HAD A MITIGATION PLAN.

IT WAS APPROVED BY THE STATE AND IS IN FOR APPROVAL TODAY.

AND THIS, THIS, UH, NICOLE RODRIGUEZ, THE NEW CAPTAIN, VERY NICE, VERY NICE PERSON.

VERY MUCH TAKING AN INTEREST, AS BRETT SAID IN THE CHRIS BUSINESS.

UM, MORE SO THAN PROBABLY IN THE PAST.

SO I THINK IT'S, SHE'S GONNA BE A GOOD, UM, LIAISON AS WELL.

AND ROGER, WE HAD A NICE YOUNG MAN ATTEND THE CITY'S HURRICANE, UH, PREPAREDNESS MEETING.

WHAT WAS HIS NAME AGAIN? MATTHEW ROBINSON.

HE'S THE, UH, THE ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER REPORTS DIRECTLY TO JAKE.

SO I'M GLAD HE, UM, HERE'S, HERE'S THE CON.

JUST, UH, HE JUST DID A SUMMARY OF THE CONTRACTS HERE AND I GUESS MY ONLY, MY CONCERN IS, ARE THE CURRENT PROPOSALS TO, YEP.

THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

AND IN CONTRACTS I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

I DON'T REMEMBER APPROVING.

NOPE.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE 'EM.

'CAUSE I, I THINK THESE WERE, A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST RENEWED.

UM, SO I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE OF RENEWING OF, OF YOU APPROVING THOSE OR NOT.

SOME, SOME OF THOSE WERE MULTI-YEAR DEALS AND THAT'S HOW THEY WERE GETTING, WE'LL GET AN INVENTORY OF THAT.

JUST MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE IT'LL GET YOU IN TROUBLE.

DID WE, I WAS LOOKING, DID WE HAVE FENCING ON THERE THE LAST THEY ARE NOW THERE'S A GOOD COMPANY WE CAN USE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YEAH, EXACTLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT FENCING IS WE TEND TO DO OUR OWN, DO OUR OWN FENCE.

THAT'S

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THAT GOT SHORT CIRCUIT.

AS CON SAID, WE DON'T NEED THAT.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.

LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE WE CLOSE THAT GAP.

DIFFERENT CONCEPT OF PROCUREMENT CASE HERE.

YOU SEE, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RE-GOING THAT IN THE FALL, UH, THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL, WE RECEIVED GRANT, WE RECEIVED BIDS ON THAT.

UM, HGHC, THE PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY PROJECTS, UM, T STOCK HAS REVIEWED THEM AND SOLICITATION LEADER FOR THE, UH, UH, ROAD FROM I 45 AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, BOTH PLANNING AND, UH, PLANNING, UH, GRANTS 28TH.

UH, SO WE'RE EXPECTING AS WE FORWARD ON THIS END, THE 16TH STREET TRAFFIC.

ROGER, WHERE ARE WE ON THIRD? UM, JEFF, 33RD STREET.

WE'RE STILL, DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT? IS IT GREEN OR YELLOW OR RED IS, IT'S STILL, UM, JEFF, COULD YOU COME FORWARD? I'M SORRY.

CAN'T HEAR YOU.

YEAH, I THINK MOVING SLOWLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE A OR IF, IF ALL THE AFAS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY FINALIZED.

SEEMS LIKE WE SIGNED COUNCIL LEVEL.

WE APPROVED ON THAT.

SO THERE WAS AN ISSUE GOING ON.

WAS IT THAT THAT'S WHAT I, I I DON'T, THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHY IT, THE ISSUE WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? CITY PARK BOARD.

THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING 33RD STREET LIGHTS FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL PUT TO BED AT LEAST.

UH, YEAH, RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW.

RIGHT, BECAUSE MY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS I KNOW COUNCIL PROVED SOMETHING.

I BELIEVE, UH, THIS BOARD PROVED SOMETHING ALSO.

BUT THEN I WANT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER SAW THE, A FFA WAS COMPLETELY ACTUALLY EXECUTED WITH TEXT BECAUSE WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH CITI TO DO SOME, UH, THE COST SHARES.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

HOWEVER, THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THE AFAS WERE EVER FINALIZED.

I I, I HAVEN'T SEEN A COPY OF THEM MYSELF.

DID YOU? SOME OF THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE SHOULD TAKE A, WELL, YEAH, WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE, IF THERE'S A CITY LEVEL.

WE GOT CONFUSED 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA PAY FOR IT.

WELL, WE ALWAYS DO.

NOW, NOW, CRAIG, CRAIG HAD GOT, YOU GOT PUT THE BED, BUT IT'S LIKE A TODDLER GOT UP IN ONE, A GLASS OF WATER MAY SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE'S A, A, UH, SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING AND BEN WITNESS SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING GOOD.

CATCH 'EM DOING SOMETHING.

UH, PARKING, GROUND TRANSPORTATION.

THERE WE GO.

WITNESSES FULL PPE AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS IN PLACE.

NICE JOB.

UNFORTUNATELY, JULIO IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY.

UM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN IT, THE RESERVATIONS CONTINUE TO, TO COME IN.

UH, 81% RESERVATIONS, 19% DRIVE UP.

UM, AND, AND, AND WE OWE $2 MILLION PRE-SOLD, UH, CONTINUE TO PARK, UM, GALVESTON HARBOR.

GREAT NEWS.

YOU GOT SOME GOOD NEWS ON THAT.

YEAH, ALL I CAN SAY IS, IS WOW.

UM, THIS IS PROBABLY, UH, THAT'S 48 MILLION THE MOST THAT, UH, GALSTON HARBOR THE CHANNEL HAS RECEIVED.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.

SO EVEN THE UH, 2011 INITIAL DEEPENING OF 41 46 FEET WAS A LITTLE OVER 30 MILLION.

SO THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.

AND SPEAKING WITH UH, UH, MY FRIEND AND THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE ARMY CORPS, HE SAID THIS IS GOING TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.

SO THE 48 MILLION WAS THE AMOUNT WE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THE FULL CAPABLE AMOUNT THAT WE ASKED FOR, FOR 2025 AND THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THAT OUT NOW THAT'S GONNA DO THE SHELVES, THE OPERATION, THE MAINTENANCE, THE ADVANCED MAINTENANCE DREDGING, AS WELL AS THE REHABILITATION OF THE PLACEMENT AREA.

SAN JACINTO OUT OF THAT, SEPARATED FROM THAT IS WE STILL WERE ABLE TO SCRAP FUNDS, UH, TO DO THE MAINTENANCE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THAT'S GONNA BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHANNEL DEEPENING PROJECT THAT'S FINALLY GONNA START, UH, LATER THIS YEAR TO EXTEND THE HARBOR AN ADDITIONAL 3000 FEET TO 46 FEET.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS ISN'T SUBJECT TO GETTING ANY APPROVAL.

I MEAN, ANYMORE, THIS IS A DONE DEAL THAT SHOULD BE NOW THAT GOES TO THE DISTRICT.

RIGHT? SO THE DISTRICT ULTIMATELY HAS SAY OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR.

HOWEVER, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS WITH US AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

THAT'S WHAT THE GENERAL, THAT'S WHAT THE GENERAL INDICATED TO ME AT MARITIME DAY.

THIS IS MONEY IN THE BANK READY TO GO.

EXACTLY.

SO THAT'S OUR PLAN.

THIS IS PLANNED.

THIS IS PLANNED MONEY.

IT'S NOT PART PRINCIP BUDGET.

SO DOES THIS GET US FULL DEBT, FULL WIDTH AND CHANNEL EXTENSION? SO CHANNEL SEPARATE.

IT'S ALREADY PAID, PAID PAY BUDGET.

WE HAVE TO HIT COST MATCH

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ON IT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY A COST SHARE ON ON THAT 14.

BUT THIS WILL GET US FULL DEBT.

FULL, FULL STOP ALL THE WAY.

AND THE SHELVES TOO, WHICH WE HAVE ON, ON A DATE CERTAIN THAT DAY DON'T MONEY AS WELL AS THE REHABILITATION LEAST.

AND VICE CHAIRMAN PATTERSON'S BEEN TRYING TO, I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS GONNA, DO WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY TO BLAME FOR THIS? I JUST, WE BROUGHT, WE BROUGHT, I DON'T IF YOU REMEMBER.

NO, I JUST WANNA SAY I WANT TO PUBLICLY KNOWLEDGE.

HE VISITED WITH US TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO AND I CAN'T SAY HE IS THE ONE THAT RESPONSIBLE, BUT HE GOES BACK TO WASHINGTON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GET THE MONEY.

MONEY, OKAY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE AND I'VE HEARD THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND AND EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WHOEVER WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ALSO.

SO WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE, IT IS A JOINT EFFORT.

I JUST, ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK 'CAUSE YEAH, I THINK WE REPRESENTED WEBER AND COLLINS.

PROBABLY DO THIS SNOOZE IN A LONG TIME.

WE'VE NEVER, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS STAFF DID A LOT OF WORK TO BRING IN FRONT OF GREAT.

YEAH, I JUST TAKE IT AWAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU HONOR.

UM, YEAH, SO JUST PUT, RUN THROUGH THE PROJECTS.

P 41, UH, PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT.

YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, IT'S QUITE A DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT WE HAD OUT THERE PREVIOUSLY.

WE'RE DOING THE FINAL PLACEMENT THAT NORTHEAST CORNER IN THIS PICTURE.

AND, AND YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE THE LAST BULLET, THE 561,000 THAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE SUB GRAND ALLOWANCE.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WENT, WENT VERY, VERY WELL FOR US.

SO, SO NICE.

IT'S NICE.

AND I WAS TOLD I I GOT ON THE BOARD THAT WOULDN'T BE DONE FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS.

WELL, YOU, YOU GUYS APPROVED THAT.

I MEAN MEAN THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY WASN'T EVEN ON THE RADAR.

SO THAT'S PART, PART OF WHERE A GOOD BIT OF, I MEAN, THAT'S ALL OUR MONEY.

AMAZING.

WELL YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THIS.

OH, RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

SO YEAH.

YEAH, THE CREW TERMINAL WALKWAY.

I MEAN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN FINANCE COMMITTEE QUITE A BIT, BUT BASICALLY, I MEAN THE SECOND BULLETS, THE MAIN POINTS RIGHT NOW, UH, THE BIDS WERE REJECTED.

WE'RE GOT THE VALUE ENGINEERING BACK, WE'RE REVIEWING IT.

AND WE'RE ALSO PURSUING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OPTIONS WITH TEXTILE.

SO, SO THIS IS IS ON, THIS IS ON THE TERMINAL? YEAH, THAT'S ON THE TERMINAL SIDE IN THIS PEDESTRIAN PLAZA THAT WE CREATED.

UM, AND THEN THERE, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF CIVIL WORK THAT GOES ON THIS NORTH SIDE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CAN WE JUST SELF PERFORM SOME OF THAT AND MAYBE HAVE IT BE DONE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, SHRINK THE AREA THAT WE'RE INFLUENCING ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH THE CONTRACT.

CAN YOU JUST GOT A NAME QUICK DESCRIBE, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION, BUT DESCRIBE THE LANDING AREA OVER THERE.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO, SO I MEAN, BASICALLY TO GIVE YOU, THIS ISN'T QUITE THE BEST PICTURE, BUT, BUT IN THE BACKGROUND YOU HAVE CRUISE TERMINAL 25.

SO THIS IS LOOKING GENERALLY NORTHWEST.

SO THIS IS AT THIS LOCATION RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE BUS EXIT.

SO WE'RE IN THE BUS AREA AND THIS IS THE EXIT RIGHT NOW.

THE VEHICLES WOULD WRAP UNDERNEATH THE WALKWAY COME UP AND COME BACK AROUND THIS WAY.

SO, SO THIS PROJECT WOULD, ONE, IT WOULD TAKE THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD GO AROUND THE WALKWAY, THEY'D STOP SHORT OF THE WALKWAY AND COME DOWN THIS WAY.

THE BUSES WOULD MAKE EXIT ONTO THE LOWER ROAD HERE.

AND SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE IS THIS WHOLE AREA RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION IS CREATING LIKE THIS ISLAND FOR PEDESTRIANS ONLY.

SO, SO WE WERE TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WHERE THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE VEHICLES INTERACT.

AND SO THAT SPACE ONLY HAPPENS AT THIS SOUTH END OF THIS LITTLE PLAZA WHERE WE WOULD GO ACROSS THE INTERNAL ROADS, THREE LANES, AND THEN THERE'S A LANDING AREA.

AND THEN WE WOULD GO ACROSS HARBORSIDE DRIVE.

UM, AND SO, SO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS LOCATION, THIS IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE THE SUPPORTS THAT YOU SEE BLUE SUPPORTS OUT THERE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS BECAUSE WE TAKE THE ONE PIECE OUT, WE LEAVE THE OTHER PIECE IN, AND THEN YOU EXIT THE WALKWAY INTO THIS, UM, VESTIBULE, OPEN AIR VESTIBULE COVERED.

AND YOU HAVE A RAMP THAT WRAPS ON THE OUTSIDE.

YOU HAVE AN ELEVATOR HERE AND AN ESCALATOR HERE ALONG WITH A STAIRCASE.

MM-HMM .

A STAIRCASE OR A RAMP.

WELL, BOTH STAIRCASE AND RAMP BOTH.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STAIRCASE FOR EGRESS.

BECAUSE THE RAMP IS TOO LONG.

AND, AND THE, THE RAMP IS REALLY WHAT PEOPLE WOULD USE.

AND THE RAMPS, YOU KNOW, MEAN THEY'RE JUST SO FUNCTIONAL.

I MEAN WE'VE GOT IN, IN NEW CRUISE TERMINAL, WE ADDED 'EM AT THE LEFT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, GOT ANY KIND OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE RAMPS THERE.

SO THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S THE BIG WIND.

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THAT'S THE CADILLAC VERSION, RIGHT? YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU HAVE NICE FINISHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS CAN WE KEEP THE SAME LOOK BUT MAYBE REDUCE THE FINISHES A LITTLE BIT? I MEAN THIS IS ALL ARCHITECTURAL BRICK AND UM, I MEAN, DO YOU NEED THESE, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF YOU CAN DO HERE.

KEEP THE FUNCTION.

MAYBE WE, WE, YEAH, I MEAN, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXERCISE.

AND MAYBE, MAYBE YOU COME BACK LATER AND, AND DO SOME STUFF.

WE JUST FIND SOME BARNWOOD SOME BARNWOOD UP THERE.

THAT'S KIND OF, BUT I, AND I GUESS TO ME THE, THE WIND PART OF IT AGAIN IS WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT, ALL THE PEOPLE TO NOW WALK ACROSS ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC LANES AND BLOCK TRAFFIC IN THE INTERNAL ROAD SYSTEM WITH BUSES AND CARS.

WE'RE GETTING THOSE PEOPLE OFF OF THAT.

AND THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE GOING UP THE WALKWAY.

WE'VE GIVEN THEM A NICE LANDING AREA TO SEPARATE PEOPLE IN CARS.

IT'S TO STOP HARBOR SIDE.

IT'S, IT'S OUR OWN ONE.

IT'S PROBABLY MORE VA I MEAN THE SAFETY PART IS PROBABLY HARBOR SIDE 'CAUSE CARS ARE GOING FASTER.

BUT IT, FROM WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DESCRIBED, IT'S A HUGE BACKUP IN OUR INTERNAL ROAD SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION.

WE'LL JUST ADD THREE LANES THOUGH.

SO IT'S GONNA GET WORSE.

AND WE, WE WANT TO GET ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THREE LANES AND HAVING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE STREAMING ACROSS THERE IS NOT MAKING THAT BETTER.

SO, I MEAN, TO ME THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT QUITE AS PRETTY, BUT WE NEED TO FUNCTION.

WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE FUNCTIONALITY, UM, AND MOVE ON WITH IT.

THIS PART WHERE ON THE RIGHT WOULD DEDICATE TO THE CITY WHEN THEY, THE IDC FUNDS.

THAT PART YOU PUT IN THE FRONT THERE, PUT A CITY LOGO RIGHT THERE.

PUT A PARK BOARD LOGO ON THERE.

ALRIGHT.

JUST GOT THE MORE ROAD 23RD TO 20TH STREET, UM, PROJECT.

UH, THIS ONE WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

AND I'LL, I'LL JUST CLARIFY THIS NOW BECAUSE I WAS GONNA DO IT WITH THE BUSINESS ITEM.

THE GRANT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS WAS, WAS ENTITLED OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ONE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOUR BRIEFING ITEMS OF OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ONE.

BUT, BUT SINCE THAT GRANT WAS CREATED AND APPROVED, WE, YOU KNOW, OPENED UP THE EAST END CRUISE CORRIDOR AND, AND BECAUSE OF HISTORIC ROAD THROUGH THAT AREA WAS WAR ROAD.

YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS ALIGNMENT HERE IS ALSO WAR ROAD.

SO JUST TO CLEAR UP THAT CONFUSION, IF YOU HAVE ANY WITH BETWEEN THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ONE AND WAR ROAD, THAT'S THE, THEY'RE SAME, THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME.

JUST, JUST ONE IS THE GRANT PROJECT NAME AND THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA BE THE NAME OF THE STREET ONCE IT OPENED.

UM, UH, A DM GRAND TOWER.

SO I'M SO FAR ALONG RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO PUT THAT BEFORE PICTURE UP TO RUST.

THE RIGHT PICTURE WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING.

UM, AND SO YEAH, YOU STILL HAVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF VERTICAL, BUT WE'VE DEFINITELY TRANSITIONED FROM REALLY DEMOLITION, UH, TO CRUSHING.

SO WE'RE CRUSHING.

UM, AND, AND AS WE FINISH THE DEMOLITION, DOES THE COST STAY THE SAME ON THIS ONE? UH, SO FAR, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE'VE HAD TO USE, BUT, BUT SO FAR THE, THE COST HAS, UH, STAYED THE SAME.

JEFFREY, CAN YOU EXPOUND NOW ON THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH THE WATER THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THERE? YEAH, SO, SO, SO PART OF THE ISSUE IS IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON QUITE A BIT RECENTLY IS, IS THAT SO, SO WHAT OUR, OUR, OUR DEMOLITION SPECIFICATION REQUIRES THAT ANY STRUCTURE DOWN TO NEGATIVE FIVE FOOT, YOU KNOW, BE DEMOLISHED.

UM, AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE GROUNDWATER IN THE AREA, THE GROUNDWATER USUALLY STARTS AT THREE TO FOUR FEET BELOW GRADE, ESPECIALLY OVER THERE.

OH.

AND SO, SO, SO I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON HOW TO, HOW TO KIND OF MITIGATE THAT.

I MEAN, THE OTHER PIECE THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN THIS, BUT JUST OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE RIGHT PHOTO IS THERE IS, UH, A LARGE, UH, UH, RAIL DUMP AREA THAT WENT DOWN 36 TO 40 FEET BELOW GRADE.

AND SO HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY DEMOLISH THAT STRUCTURE AND FILL AND COMPACT, WHICH IS ALL REQUIRED, RIGHT? AND, AND STILL MANAGE THE GROUNDWATER.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR, UM, TO, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A FAIR JOB, RIGHT? SO 22%, MY MY POINT IS IT'S SO MAJOR, IT'S JUST NOT TEARING DOWN THE GRAIN ELEVATORS.

THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THIS THAT HAS TO BE ENGINEERED AND WORKED ON.

YEAH, NO, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, A, A FAIR AMOUNT OF CRUSH OUT OF THIS AS WELL THAT WE CAN USE ON OTHER PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THIS COULD GO WRONG.

SO THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB TO, TO MANAGE THAT.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

A LOT OF FAILURE MODES.

UM, THE FEMA SLIP FILL PROJECT 38, 39, UH, I MEAN THE, THE, THE TIE IN TO THE A END HAS, UH, KIND OF BEEN MADE.

AND SO NOW THEY'RE WORKING, YOU SEE THE, THE, THE BROWN PIECES ALONG THAT, THAT, THAT WALL ALIGNMENT, THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE FORM WORK THAT'S GONNA, UM, UH, THEY'RE GONNA PLACE THE PILE CAP IN.

SO THAT'LL KIND OF FORM THAT, THE FINALIZATION OF THAT

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STRUCTURE.

AND AFTER ALL THAT IS DONE, THAT STRUCTURE IS COMPLETED.

THEN WE START THE FILLING OPERATION, WHICH IS, UM, SET TO BE LATER, LATER THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THIRD QUARTER WHEN WE START FILLING AND THERE'S NO WALLS THERE YET, RIGHT? UH, THE WALL IS ALL IN PLACE.

THE CAP, THE, THE BEAM THAT KIND OF KEEPS THE WALL FROM FLEXING AND PUTTING ALL THAT, THAT STRUCTURE, ALL THE, ALL THE LOADS BACK INTO THE, THE BATTER PILES IS, IS BEING THIS SIGNIFICANT FOR THE PORT IN OUR CARGO COMPLEX IN THAT WE'VE TOTALLY CHANGED THE LOOKS IN PROCESS WITH THE GRAIN ELEVATORS COMING DOWN AND THESE TWO CARGO AREAS, SLIP FIELDS BEING DONE TOTAL, IT'S GONNA BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT ONCE WE GET FINISHED.

THEN 31 PAGE 40 BIG THING, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

UH, THE, THE NEXT PROJECT.

UM, AND SO THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE STARTED DRIVING THESE KING PILES OUT THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHAT'S ON THAT, THAT LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT, THAT SLIP CLOSURE STRUCTURE, THEY'VE BEEN DRIVING.

THE KING PILES WILL COME BACK AND INSTALL THE SHEETS IN BETWEEN THE KING PILES, AND THAT'LL CREATE THAT WALL ACROSS THIS.

BUT THIS PROJECT, THE WALL KEEPS ON GOING IN FRONT OF PIER 39 40, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, CORNER OF THAT PICTURE.

AND SO, UM, YEAH, THIS IS THE PROJECT.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE, IT'S KIND OF SMALL THERE, BUT THAT SHOWS THE, THE 6 MILLION, UH, 6.1 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM TEXT OUT IN THE NEXT SUBMISSION FOR REIMBURSEMENT IS THE 10.5 MILLION THAT'S UNDER.

AND IS THAT, UH, THE CORNER THERE HAS BEEN REBUILT A LITTLE BIT TOO, RIGHT? UH, ON THE, THIS, YEAH.

SO THE CORNER UP THERE, THAT'S, AND THAT'S 41 WHERE THE YEAH, THE PAVING IS DONE EXCEPTION OF THAT CORNER.

SO, SO THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, THE OTHER PROJECT, THE PIER 41 PAVING PROJECT THAT REPLACING THOSE LAST THINGS, REALLY, THIS AREA WAS ALSO IN THAT PROJECT, BUT WE HAD TO REMOVE SOME FROM THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THERE WAS CONFLICTS BETWEEN WHENEVER WE COULDN'T DO OUR TIEBACK STRUCTURES IN HERE, WE HAD TO MOVE OUR TIEBACK STRUCTURES HERE, HERE AND HERE.

AND SO THIS PART, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND, AND, UH, FINALIZE THAT PAVEMENT AT THAT POINT.

UM, AND SO, UH, THAT'LL BE CONCRETE.

THAT'LL BE, YEAH, THE PROJECT TO THE, TO THE WEST IS OUR FEMA PROJECT.

AND THE PROJECT TO THE EAST IS OUR TEXTILE PROJECT.

THE ONE TO THE EAST, RIGHT? FEMA, THIS, THIS ONE IS TEXTILE.

AND THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL, UM, THIS ONE, THE GRANT PROJECT WAS CALLED OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL TWO.

UM, AND, UH, SO THIS WAS THE 33RD AND 41ST.

UH, AND THAT'S THAT SEAPORT UH, CONNECTIVITY PROJECT.

UM, AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE, THE FINAL DESIGN ON THIS, THE, THE HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT, UH, THE CRUISE TERMINAL 16 PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS, UH, STILL, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THE FINAL REVISIONS ON, ON THIS PROJECT.

WE, WE DID, UH, RECEIVE THE FILE, THE REV SEVEN DRAWINGS.

AND, AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ROGER, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WHAT PART OF THE REV SEVEN WAS THAT PARKING GARAGE SECURITY AND KIND OF MAKING IT, SO PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO HAVE A CREDENTIAL TO GET INTO THE GARAGE, IF THAT MEANS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY COME INTO THE GARAGE WITH THEIR CAR, PULLED A TICKET, NOW THAT TICKET WILL ALLOW THEM PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BACK INTO THE GARAGE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW ON THE COST FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT CAME OUT IN THE REV SEVEN PACKAGE.

ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, MAKE A COMMENT, THE WATER AND THAT SIDE.

THE WATER, YEAH.

TYPO IT.

YOU IT, ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, RARE YOU GET A COUPLE DAYS WHENEVER THE WATER CLEARS UP AND THAT'S WHENEVER THAT PICTURE IS DESIGNED AROUND.

SO YOU CAN SEE NOW ON THE FRONT HERE, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE PARKING LOTS TAKE HOLD AND SURE.

AND THEN ALSO, DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE, UH, THE WALKWAY? I MEAN THE, WE DON'T THE BRIDGE ON HERE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

YOU CAN SEE IT OUT THROUGH THERE.

THERE, IT'S COMING UP JUST, JUST SOUTH, I MEAN, JUST WEST OF THE GARAGE, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, GOING OVER THE ROAD TO THE, TO THE, UH, PROVISIONS.

GO, WHAT ARE THOSE PEOPLE? MOSQUITO FLEE.

BE A JEFF.

YEP.

WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE, THE TANK THAT'S RIGHT THERE WHERE THE UP DRIVE GOES? IT'S, IT'S IN NOW? YEAH, THAT, WHAT IS THAT TANK? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FIRE TANK.

CT 20, UH, 10 ALSO HAS ONE.

AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST DUE TO LOW WATER PRESSURE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY FIRE HAVE THAT TO MAKE SURE THE FIRE SYSTEMS ARE ADEQUATE.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WATER PRESSURE ON THE PORT IS, IS AN ISSUE THAT, THAT IT'S REAL BAD IN MY HOUSE,

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SO WE DON'T GET INTO IT.

SO THAT'S ONE THING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S AN ADDED COST SET.

WE, IT COMES BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND THAT'LL BE COVERED, RIGHT? WILL WE PUT A BOX AROUND THAT? I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BAD.

YEAH, IT'S NOT, IT, IT, THAT WON'T HAVE A COVER ON IT.

I MEAN, WE'VE, WE CAN PAINT IT, WE CAN DO STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT'LL BE AROUND THE TANK WHEN WE'RE DONE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE ON THAT LAST SLIDE WAS THAT WE'RE OPENING UP THE, THE SMALL PARKING LOT IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER TO TRY AND HELP WITH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, PARKING DEMAND NEEDED IN THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR FISHING FLEETS.

UH, THAT, THAT WAS THAT ONE BULLET THERE.

SO, UH, AND THEN, UH, THIS MONTH WE ALSO DID, UH, WE HAD, UH, THE, THE FIRST FACTORY VISIT FOR OUR PBB.

SO THESE ARE ALL PICTURES FROM THAT FACTORY VISIT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN PAINTED, PIECES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE PAINTING PROCESS AND PIECES THAT HAVE, UH, KIND OF WRAPPING UP FABRICATION AND IN THAT LINE TO GET PAINTED.

SO, UM, WHEN WOULD THEY BE SHIPPED? UH, THE, THE VESSEL IS SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE IN BARCELONA ON AUGUST 20TH.

AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, COMPARE AND CONTRAST THAT TO THIS LAST PROJECT WE WORKED ON THIS LAST PROJECT, IT WAS SHIPPED IN PIECES AND THEN THEY ASSEMBLED IT FULLY HERE.

THESE BRIDGES WILL BE ASSEMBLED FULLY IN BARCELONA AND LOADED ONTO ONE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, HEAVIER TRANSPORT VESSELS AND THEY'LL BE SHIPPED IN, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO UNITS.

SO, SO THE, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE SCHEDULE IS, THEY'LL, THE VESSEL WILL ARRIVE AUGUST 20TH AND IT'S, UH, SCHEDULED TO GET HERE, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WHOLE THING WE'RE WATCHING.

'CAUSE MARITIME TRANSPORTATION'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING YOU GOTTA WATCH .

UM, AND THEN THE, THE, THE CRUISE TURN 16 PIER, UH, WE HAVE DRIVEN ALL THE PILES.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK TO DO JUST TO, TO VERIFY PILE CAPACITY.

UM, UH, AND IT CAME UP SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN, THAN WE WERE EXPECTING.

AND SO WE GOTTA DO AN ADDITIONAL PDA TEST, BUT WE THINK EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.

AND WE'LL BE PLACING THE CAPS ON THESE, UH, FOUR NEW, UH, UH, MOORING DOLPHINS THAT THIS PROJECT.

I, I, I KIND OF THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT IS THERE A TARIFF POTENTIAL ON THIS PED? POTENTIALLY, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY ANYBODY REALLY KNOWS.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THIS.

BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AS A, UH, COST.

IT COULD BE AS LITTLE AS 10%, WHICH IS ONLY 600, SIX OR 700 SI THINK THERE WAS ALREADY A TARIFF IN THAT.

I DUNNO, QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE DELTA? WELL, I JUST IT UP 'CAUSE WE MIGHT NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IT.

GOOD POINT.

UH, THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, UH, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, 600 WORK ORDERS COMPLETED, UH, TO DATE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THERE, THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE FIELD SERVICE MANAGEMENT UNIT.

SO THAT WOULD KIND OF CHANGE HOW WE DISSECT ALL OF OUR WORK ORDERS.

BUT THIS, THIS, THIS SLIDE WOULD DEFINITELY CHANGE GOING FORWARD AND WE'D HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, METRICS WE COULD REPORT ON BASED UPON THAT, THAT, THAT BUSINESS ITEM ON AGENDA TODAY.

UM, AND THEN JUST SOME LOOKS AT SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

UH, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE ASPHALT PAVING LIGHT POLES THAT NEED REPAIR.

AND THEN THE RIGHT ONE'S REALLY MY FAVORITE ONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING, WE HAVE A, A LANDSCAPER, A CONTRACTOR THAT COMES OUT AND KIND OF CLEANS UP SOME OF THAT STUFF DOWN AT PIER 10.

BUT, BUT THIS IS, UH, OUR CREWS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THAT WORK IN-HOUSE.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.

SO WE'VE BEEN HIRING A COUPLE EXTRA LANDSCAPE POSITIONS TO TRY AND BUILD THAT TEAM BECAUSE, UH, IF YOU SAW THE RENDERING OF CREWS FROM 16, WHEN WE ARE ADDING QUITE A BIT OF LANDSCAPING DOWN THERE, IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY NUTS.

UM, AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TRYING TO JUST, UH, REINFORCE, UH, UH, THE TRAINING.

AND SO WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT TEAM HERE OF HVAC TECHNICIANS.

UH, WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED THEM TO, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT LOTS OF HVAC UNITS ON OUR CREW FROM, THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

SO THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE TRAINING.

THEY COMPLETE THE GROUP, UH, TRAIN.

AND THEN, UH, DON ALSO KIND OF HAD A MEET AND GREET WITH THE PORT HOUSTON MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND HE WENT UP THERE AND HAVE TO TOUR OF THEIR FACILITIES AS HE JUST, UH, UH, TRYING TO BUILD THIS PICTURE OF, OF WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT COULD BECOME DOWN HERE.

I MEAN, THEIR, THEIR DEPARTMENT UP THERE IS 300 PEOPLE.

OH.

SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BECOME THAT, BUT, BUT JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT IT AS A SAMPLE AND, AND HOW THAT KIND OF SHAPED THE DEPARTMENT HERE IN GALVESTON.

THAT'S GOOD.

COMPARE THOSE.

YEAH, WE'RE JUST MAKING AND KEEP IT IN HOUSE TOO.

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP BUILDING, BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS

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TO THE NORTH.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE AND THEY MAY LEARN SOMETHING FROM THAT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

INCIDENTS GOT A COUPLE OF BIG ARROWS THERE AREA A COUPLE BIG GOING UP THERE.

SO I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE SAME.

IT IT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING AND IT'S GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING ON AND OFF SHIPS AND IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ON SHIPS WITH.

IN THE PARKING GARAGE TODAY, I NOTICED THERE WAS A, UH, A GOLF CART CHAINED UP AND A LITTLE TAG EXCEEDED 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT THAT, OR 35.

NO, I DIDN'T SEE, DID YOU SEE THAT IN THE, IN OUR GARAGE? YEAH.

WAS IT OUR CAR? WAS IT OUR CART? I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE DARK, DARK BLUE CARTS.

I THINK MAYBE TWO OF 'EM.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DARK BLUE.

BUT IT'S CHAINED UP AND EVERYTHING.

BOB, JUST, HERE'S, HERE'S THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE'RE GETTING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT, IT, IT IS GONNA ONLY GET BIGGER, I THINK AS, AS WE MOVE, MOVE MORE PEOPLE.

AND OUR GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

UM, CONSTRUCTION PERMITS, UM, WE DID, UH, UM, SUPPORT THE QANTAS CLUB AND WE PUT A, A FOURSOME OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE TO, TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO THE LOST BALL COUNT.

BUT IT'S FUN.

AND JUST, JUST SOME PICTURES OF STUFF GOING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, BLADES COMING IN AND SOME MAINTENANCE.

UM, GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION.

I ATTENDED THE MEETING DOWN IN, UH, CORPUS CHRISTI IN MAY.

UM, AND WE, I DID A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT TO THE, AT THE, UH, NEW PLACE UP THERE CALLED THE, WAS IT THE WOLF LODGE? GRAND WOLF LODGE, GRAY WOLF, A BRAND NEW GREENWOOD, UH, PLACE UP IN, UH, FRIENDSWOOD.

SO I TALKED TO THE, UH, HOTELIERS AND RESTAURANT GROUP UP THERE, VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE.

UH, WE HAD, WE HAD A PACKED MEETING, UM, IN AUSTIN.

UM, AND WE MET, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED TO HER, UH, CAPTAIN RODRIGUEZ, VERY NICE LADY.

UM, VA CAME IN AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY WE'LL BE COMING IN IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE, ON THE MASTER PLAN, UM, TOURISM SUMMIT THAT HE WAS ON A PANEL THERE, WHICH WAS A BIG, BIG TURNOUT.

UM, THEN, UH, WE HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN ALSO WE HAD THE STATE OF THE PORT, UM, UH, LAST WEEK AT PROPELLER CLUB AND MEMORIAL MARITIME DAY, ROT CLUB AND AT ROTARY CLUB.

AND ROTARY, YEAH, ROTARY ACTUALLY.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM MARITIME DAY.

YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CROWD THERE.

UM, AND, AND PICTURES OF THE SHIPS.

UM, MOSTLY THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE, OUR STATE SENATORS AND, AND OUR CONGRESSMEN.

UM, AND, AND WE HAD ABOUT, YOU CAN SEE 10 SPREAD OUT.

WE HAD A AND M WE HAD THE PARKS BOARD, WE HAD COAST GUARD.

WE HAD A BUNCH OF, OF PRESENT, A LOT OF TABLES THERE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK REAL QUICK, ROGER, I WAS THERE AND COLONEL FSOS SPEECH THAT DAY WAS, HE WAS SUPERIOR.

I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SPEECHES I'VE HEARD IN A VERY LONG TIME IN GALVESTON.

VERY INSPIRATIONAL.

TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND THE OPTIONS THAT A BUNCH OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT TIME TO, FOR US TO BE, IT BECAME A GOOD PERSPECTIVE HISTORICALLY TOO.

THE Y THAT WAS WHERE IT ALL KIND CAME FROM.

SO, AND I THINK YOU WANT TO, JOHN'S GOT A QUICK, QUICK LITTLE VIDEO OF THE HOPE YOU LIKE ROCK AND ROLL.

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WASN'T WE THE END? IT WAS A GREAT TIME AT THE, UH, MARITIME DAY.

YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB.

I THOUGHT IT WAS NICE.

WE HAD THE, UH, HONOR GUARD FROM FOUR DIFFERENT POLICE FORCES THERE AND THEN WE HAD THE ODYSSEY CHOIR.

INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL ESTATE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7.

WHICH WAS REALLY NICE.

GREAT.

WELL DONE.

OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO RECESS

[C. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AT 12:07 PM GOT TO USE MY GAP PRESENTATION.

OH GOOD.

UH, SOME PUBLIC COMMENT ON PAGE FOUR OF THE, UH, UH, UH, COURT DIRECTOR REPORT, APRIL, 2025, BUDGET AND APRIL, 2024 ACTUAL WERE MARCH NUMBERS FROM THE BUDGET AND FROM LAST YEAR.

WE WILL RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION AT 1:28 PM UH, ITEM D ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION WITH ANY ON SPECIFIC MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WERE LISTED ON THE AGENDA IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THERE IS NONE.

ALRIGHT WITH THAT, WE'LL GO IN BEFORE WE GO INTO THE BUSINESS ITEMS. THERE WAS,

[B.2. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Part 2 of 2)]

THESE HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE, UH, BOARD RECOGNIZING WE'RE, UH, 3.4% OVER LAST YEAR IN CRUISE PASSENGERS.

AND FOUR AND TWO POINT NO, 7.6, UH, UP OVER LAST YEAR IN PASSENGER TURNS AND 2.2% OVER BUDGET.

AND CAN WE GET THIS REPLACED ON ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL? UH, SO THANK, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GLAD TO GET THAT UPDATE.

NOW WE'LL GO INTO THE BUSINESS ITEMS.

[E.1. Consider And Approve CFO Report - Consent Agenda]

FIRST IS ITEM E ONE.

CONSIDER AN APPROVE CFO REPORT.

CONSENT AGENDA.

CAN I GET A MOTION? SHEILA MAKES A MOTION.

AND MOVE APPROVAL AND CONSENT AGENDA AS DISCUSSED IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

NOW, ITEM E TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GS AND WHARFS AND TEXAS GULF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY E FOR THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, ONE PROJECT FROM THE TIC SEAT, $2,983,338 AND 50 CENTS, AND APPROVAL OF AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT CONTINGENCY OF 150,000.

AND TRUSTEE HARBOROUGH SECOND THAT MOTION? UH, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT'S UNANIMOUS ITEM E ONE IS APPROVED.

[E.2. Discuss And Consider Approval Of Construction Contract Between The Board Of Trustees Of The Galveston Wharves And Texas Gulf Construction Co., Inc. For The Old Port Industrial Road 1 Project For An Amount Not To Exceed $2,983,338.50, And Approval Of An Additional Project Contingency Of $150,000.00 - Jeffrey Thomas]

JEFFREY THOMAS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, YES, WE, WE, WE DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT, UH, A BIT DURING FINANCE COMMITTEE, SO I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT GENERALLY WE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, UH, SINCE 2022.

WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MARCH.

UH, SOLICITED BIDS AND RECEIVED FOUR BIDS IN APRIL.

BIDS RANGED FROM JUST UNDER $3 MILLION TO $5.2 MILLION, INCLUDING EXTRA ALLOWANCES.

AND WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY A RECOMMENDATION TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH TEXAS GOLF, WHO IS THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE PROJECT.

UM, THE TOTAL FISCAL IMPACT IS $3.1 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES $150,000 IN, UH, A CONTINGENCY FOR THE PROJECT WITH $235,175 FOR EXTRA WORK ON ALLOWANCES ON TOP OF .

JEFFREY, THIS, AS WE DISCUSSED, IS LABELED OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ONE, AND IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS WHARF ROAD, CORRECT? YEAH, YEAH.

THE PROJECT IS OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ONE.

THAT'S THE GRAND PROJECT NAME.

WE, WE PLAN TO NAME THE SEGMENT OF ROAD WHARF ROAD ONCE IT'S OKAY.

PERFECT.

RICHARD, I HAVE MOVE APPROVAL.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL A SECOND BY, UH, TRUSTEE YARD ROAD.

JEFF, I THINK HE BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH THERE.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

JOHN KELSO'S NOT SLEEPING WELL TONIGHT.

EVEN THIS MUCH MONEY ON THE TAPE.

E THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

ITEM NUMBER

[E.3. Discuss And Consider For Approval And Agreement Between The Board Of Trustees Of The Galveston Wharves And Oracle Netsuite Software For Additional Software Consisting Of Suite People Workforce Management And Field Services Management For The Period Ending December 31, 2027 With An Option To Extend For Two (2) One-Year Terms - Mark Murchison]

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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE AND ORACLE NETSUITE SOFTWARE FOR ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE CONSISTING OF SUITE PEOPLE, WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT AND FIELD SERVICES MANAGEMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027, WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND FOR TWO ONE YEAR TERMS, MARK.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOR YOU.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, OUR ERP SYSTEM IS NETSUITE.

AND WHEN WE FIRST WENT ON NETSUITE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEY DID.

THEY, WE WENT WITH NO OVERTIME FOR OUR TIME AND ATTENDANCE MODULE.

NOVA TIME HAS BEEN ASSUMED, UH, BY ANOTHER COMPANY.

THEY WILL NO LONGER BE SUPPORTING NETSUITE PRODUCTS.

NETSUITE, SINCE WE WENT LIVE WITH THEM ORIGINALLY, HAS DEVELOPED THEIR OWN WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WELL, WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND STAY INSIDE THE ERP SYSTEM.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THEIR, UM, FIELD SERVICES MANAGEMENT.

THE FIELD SERVICES MANAGEMENT WILL ALLOW CNM TO TRACK WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, CREATE WORK ORDERS STRAIGHT FROM THAT, RESCHEDULE THEM.

WE CAN ACTUALLY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, TRACK OUR LABOR COSTS ON THOSE WORK ORDERS WHERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TODAY.

SO THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR SYSTEM.

THE, THE PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT THIS COVERS, COVERS THE EXISTING NETSUITE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH 2027 WITH THE TWO ONE YEAR EX WITH THE TWO EXTENSIONS.

UM, ON THE THIRD PAGE, WHAT I HAVE IS THE COST.

I'M SHOWING YOU THE COST ANNUALLY FOR 2025.

IF THIS IS A, THE BOARD ACCEPTS THIS, THERE WILL BE A ONE TIME FEE OF $25,800, WHICH WE'LL PAY IN NOVEMBER, UH, A LICENSING FEE.

'CAUSE WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO GET THE LICENSE WHEN WE START IMPLEMENTATION.

AND, AND THEN WE WON'T PAY THAT UNTIL WE HAVE IT IMPLEMENTED THIS FALL.

AND THAT WILL BE ANOTHER 40, RIGHT? AT $44,000 THEREAFTER EACH YEAR.

IT WILL COST US $75,000.

THE PRICE IS LOCKED IN.

UH, OUR CURRENT TIME IN ATTENDANCE.

SO WHEN I ADD ALL THAT UP IS $220,000.

OUR CURRENT TIME IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE SAME PERIOD WOULD COST ME $44,000 TO DEDUCT THAT.

SO THE NET THREE YEAR COST OVER WHAT WE ALREADY HAD PLANNED WAS $176,000.

WE DID BUDGET FIELD SERVICES IN THE 2025 BUDGET.

WE JUST HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED IT.

WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

WE WANTED TO SEE, WE, WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOME OTHER, MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME MORE, UH, PRESSING SOFTWARE ISSUES, WHICH WE DON'T.

UH, SO NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ASKING THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS.

AND, UH, WE WILL START THE IMPLEMENTATION SHORTLY.

UH, IT'LL TAKE OH THREE TO FIVE MONTHS FOR US TO GET IT FULLY INSTALLED, TEST IT OUT.

AND IN PRODUCTION, IT'S ALSO AS A MOBILE CON YES.

PIECE TO IT, RIGHT? YEAH.

WE ACTUALLY WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK OUR EQUIPMENT, SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE ON THE EQUIPMENT, UH, MAKE, IT'S GONNA GIVE CNMA CHANCE TO, TO WATCH ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT THEY, THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF WATCHING.

THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO TRACK WHERE THE REPAIRS ARE GOING.

WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CHARGE IT TO THE CHARGE.

WE HAVE BEEN CHARGING THE, UH, EXPENSES, THE MATERIALS TO THE, TO THOSE AREAS.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE CHARGING THE EQUIPMENT, WELL, NOT EQUIPMENT, EXCUSE ME, LABOR.

AND THEN THE EQUIPMENT THERE.

AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK EQUIPMENT BY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

SO IF WE GOT A BAD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND TRUST ME, I'VE, OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD SYSTEMS LIKE THIS AND WE'D, WE'D FIND SOMETIMES WE'D HAVE ONE PICKUP THAT WAS COSTING FIVE TIMES AS MUCH TO KEEP ON THE ROAD AND THE REST OF, AND THAT'S THE ONE WE GOT RID OF QUICKLY.

'CAUSE IT WAS, WE, WE HAD A BATHROOM.

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FOR A SMALL, FOR A SMALL, I'M SORRY.

FOR A SMALL PROJECT MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, THIS IS CRITICAL DATA TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TELL WHAT THINGS ARE COSTING BY WORK ORDER.

SO YOU CAN, THIS IS A GOOD UPGRADE.

ONE THING THAT I, IF I COULD JUST ADD, OH, IT'LL ALSO DO, UH, INVENTORY.

WE DON'T HAVE A DIGITAL TRACKING OF INVENTORY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S MORE PAPER BASED AND WE DON'T REALLY KEEP THAT MUCH.

BUT WE WANT TO START KEEPING MORE FOR PARTS FOR REPAIRING EQUIPMENT OR LIKE THE FLEET OIL FILTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

KEEP A BETTER INVENTORY.

THIS WILL KEEP TRACK OF THAT.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO BUILD A PROJECT, BECAUSE WE DO IN-HOUSE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE MULTIPLE TRADES IN OUR MAINTENANCE.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD A PROJECT ACTUALLY ON A PROJECT GANT CHART IN NET SUITES.

AND THEN IT'LL CREATE THOSE WORK ORDERS WHEN THEY'RE NECESSARY ALONG THAT PROJECT TITLE.

THIS IS A GOOD, A GOOD UPGRADE.

I THINK SHEILA WAS READY TO MAKE A MOTION AND JEFF WOULD AGREE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

KAREN? UH, MARK TECHNICAL.

IS THIS A NEW CONTRACT WITH NETSUITES OR IS THIS AN ADDENDUM TO THEIR EXISTING? THIS WILL BE TECHNICALLY IT WILL BE A, UH, I DON'T, IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA SEND ME A NEW PIECE OF PAPER FOR US TO SIGN.

NEW PIECE OF PAPER WILL HAVE MATCHING TERMS TO THE ORIGINAL, BUT THE, THE TERMS WILL MIRROR WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THIS LICENSE.

IT'S MORE OF AN ADDEND, IT'S A LICENSE AGREEMENT.

IT'S A LICENSE AGREEMENT, ALLOWS US TO USE THIS SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IS RESIDES INSIDE NETSUITE.

SO NO LINKS OR BUILD ANYTHING.

THIS IS JUST ADDITIONAL MODULES THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO US.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS DEVELOPING NEW MODULES.

AND THEN THE TIME AND, UH, LABOR WE'VE BEEN USING, YOU KNOW, IS A SEPARATE SYSTEM.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REVISION TO THE BYLAW.

SO THIS NOW INTEGRATES THAT MUCH BETTER.

MUCH BETTER.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE INVENTORY PART IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN, LIKE JIM TALKED ABOUT, UH, HURRICANE SEASON HAVE, KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE, SO WE'RE PREPARED BETTER AS WELL.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PLUS.

WELL, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON RAISE YOUR HAND MOTION.

CARRIE FOUR,

[E.4. Discuss And Consider Action On Revision To Bylaws - Tony Brown]

AS WE DISCUSSED IN FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE GAVE SOME INPUT TO OUR ATTORNEY.

HE'S GONNA COME BACK WITH THE REVISED BYLAWS AND SEND OUT TO THE, UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDER THE CURRENT FIVE DAY PERIOD FOR REVISION AND ACTION AT THE JUNE MEETING.

SO, GOOD, GOOD PROGRESS.

AND LAST TIME THEY WERE REVISED WAS 2019.

ITEM E

[E.5. Discuss And Consider Approval Of Second Amendment To The Professional Services Agreement Between The Board Of Trustees Of The Galveston Wharves And Terracon Consultants Inc For Construction Material Engineering And Testing (CoMET) For Projects Including The Old Port Industrial I Project (20th St-23rd St) At An Additional Cost Not To Exceed $66,680.00 - Jeffrey Thomas]

FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GAL CONSULTANTS E FOR CONSTRUCTION, MATERIAL ENGINEERING AND TESTING FOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE OLD FORT INDUSTRIAL ONE PROJECT 20TH TO 23RD STREET AT ADDITIONAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $66,680.

JEFFREY, NO APPROVAL.

GOT A MOTION.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE MOORE.

JEFFREY, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? NO, I'D SAY WE, WE'VE BEEN, UH, HAPPY WITH TERRA CON'S PERFORMANCE SO FAR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM IN THE FUTURE, IN THIS FUTURE.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ITEM E

[E.6. Discuss And Consider For Approval A Resolution Supporting The Board Of Trustees Of The Galveston Wharves Grant Application To The Texas Department Of Transportation’s 2025 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Call For Projects - Laura Camcioglu]

SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OR RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALSON WARS GRANT APPLICATIONS OR PLEXUS DEPARTMENT, BUT TEXAS TRANS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 2025.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE.

TA CALL FOR PROJECTS.

LAURA, WELCOME TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A GRANT APPLICATION BY THE COURT TO TDOT 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.

UM, AND COMPARE TO THE OTHER GRANT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TODAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED.

IT'S FOCUSED ON BICYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, SO IT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN APPLY FOR FOUR.

UM, BUT IN OUR APPLICATION WE WOULD BE, UM, MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

UM, PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HARBORSIDE AND 14TH, 19TH, 20TH, 21ST, 22ND, 23RD, 24TH, AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS ALONG 25.

[01:10:03]

AND IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE RESOLUTION AND BASICALLY THE RESOLUTION.

UM, THE, UH, SECOND TO THE BOTTOM PART SAYS THE WAR SUPPORTS FUNDING THESE PROJECTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE 2025 PA DETAILED APPLICATION.

AND IS WILLING TO COMMIT TO THE PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, AND FINANCING TOWARDS IS WILLING TO AND ABLE TO ENTER OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT BY RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE SHOULD THE PROJECTS BE SELECTED FOR FUNDING.

AND BEHIND, BEHIND YOUR PACKAGE.

JUST FOR REFERENCE, WE HAVE THE, THE GREEN DOCUMENT IS, UH, A DRAFT APPLICATION.

UM, BEHIND THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE PROJECT, THE LIST OF PROJECTS, AND THEN THE SCHEMATICS FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE THAT SHOW ALL THE PARTS THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE.

IS THIS NOT REALLY IN RELATION TO SAFE STREETS? WHAT? SAFE STREETS AND THIS ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, RIGHT? THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS, RIGHT? YEAH.

BUT AS FAR AS THE SCOPES OF WORK, ARE THEY, THIS IS SMALLER SCOPE.

BECAUSE IT'S PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLE OR BICYCLES.

WELL, I, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, ARE ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SAFE STREETS I PART OF THIS OR, OR THERE GONNA BE ADDITIONAL TO WHAT SAFE STREETS? THE SAFE STREETS IS GONNA DO 'EM ALL, ALL THE PROJECT.

OKAY, SO SAFE, SAFE STREETS IS EXCLUSIVE, IS INCLUSIVE.

JUST TAKE AWAY FROM SAFE STREETS.

THIS INCONSISTENT, I'M SORRY.

INCONSISTENT.

IS THIS IN, IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE INCONSISTENT WITH SAFE STREETS THAT WE KNOW OF? OH YES.

I MEAN, YES, WE HAD TO SCALE BACK SOME OF THE PROJECTS.

'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T, UM, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS OR RAMPS, A DA OR, UM, UM, PAINTING STRIPING WHATEVER.

TO CLARIFY, THIS IS CONSISTENT.

WHETHER SAFE STREETS, SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE OR DOES IT ADDRESSES ISSUES NOT DEALT WITH IN THE SAFE STREETS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SORRY, DOES THIS, I'M SORRY.

DOES THIS ADDRESS MATTERS LIKE THE, THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN SAFE STREETS.

PART OF THE, PART OF THE PEDESTRIANS IS, BUT IT INCLUDES OTHER ITEMS LIKE STREETS, WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE STREETS, CURBS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHERE THIS IS LIKE CROSSINGS.

SO TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IS ANYTHING IN THIS PROPOSED, THIS GRANT GOING TO BE CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH SAFE STREETS? NO.

EVERYTHING PICKED FOR THIS GRANT IS FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACT.

ACTION.

ACTION PLAN.

IT COMES FROM THAT PLAN.

NICHOLS DID THAT.

YOU ALL APPROVED.

SO IT'S PULLING, IT'S PULLING PIECES OF THAT OUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND ASKING FOR, I GUESS, SEPARATE MONEY, THE DIFFERENT BUCKET OF MONEY.

MAYOR BROWN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, SIR.

NO.

JIM, JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT JEFF WAS SAYING, ALL THE PROJECTS IN ITEM NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN COME OUT AND AS A RESULT OF THE WORK FREEZE NICHOLS DID FOR US? YES.

PERFECT.

, SUCCINCT AND TO THE POINT.

MAYOR, TRUSTEE BROWN, UH, MAKES A MOTION.

UH, TRUSTEE YOU VOTE.

SECOND.

MORE DISCUSSION.

PROGRESS.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DID YOUR OTHER RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER

[E.7. Discuss And Consider For Approval A Resolution Supporting The Board Of Trustees Of The Galveston Wharves Grant Application To The Department Of Transportation 2025 Safe Streets And Roads For All (SS4A) Call For Projects - Laura Camcioglu]

E SEVEN.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GAL WATER GRANT APPLICATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

2025 SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SS FOUR.

A CALL FOR PROJECT LAURA.

STILL I MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE IT.

GOT A MOTION TO BEGIN WITH? I'LL SECOND.

JEFF, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ON THIS ONE? ONE BUDDY.

THEY APPROVED WHAT? OH, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? ? OH NO, IT'S JUST THE SAME.

IT'S A RESOLUTION FOR ALLOWING US TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT BASED ON SAFE STREETS.

ALL NEIGHBOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

NOW? DISCUSSING, CONSIDERING FOR APPROVAL OF PORCH FEMA APPROVED FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

UH, LET'S SEE.

ARE WE ON E EIGHT

[E.8. Discuss And Consider For Approval The Port's FEMA Approved Port Of Galveston Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025-2030- Laura Camcioglu]

[01:15:01]

2025 TO 2030.

ALL YOU ARE STILL UP.

SO FINALLY, THIS HAS COME ABOUT.

IF YOU RECALL, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WITH AG GW AND THEY LED US IN THE EFFORT.

THE GOAL THAT, UH, HAS A MITIGATION PLAN AND IDENTIFY PROJECT THAT CAN REDUCE DAMAGE FROM FUTURE HAZARDS, INCLUDES RISK ASSESSMENT AND HAZARD MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

UM, A G WITT AND STAFF DRAFTED, HELD, HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FINALLY GOT APPROVAL FROM FEMA.

OUR LAST STEP IS TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD.

MOVED.

OKAY, SO JEFF, GO AHEAD.

I THINK JEFF CO THE SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, RICHARD, WILL WE BE GETTING FURTHER FUNDING FROM FEMA TO, TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF? WE CAN, BY DOING THIS PLAN, IT ALLOWS US TO GET MITIGATION FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

BUT FOR THIS STUDY, THE GENERAL LABOR OFFICE PAID FOR IT AND IT'S, IT'S DONE.

GOT, GOT IT.

WE JUST KIND OF, HOPEFULLY FEMA CONTINUES TO SEE MITIGATION AS AN IMPORTANT YEAH, PART OF THEIR, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY POINT.

GOING FORWARD, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR ROLE.

THOSE THAT ARE STILL ACTUALLY, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE TEXAS BASED.

SO IT'S GONNA BE LOCAL.

GLAD WE GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ON THE PROJECT .

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, JEFF.

JEFF'S DOING THE SHUFFLE.

HE'S CONFUSING ME.

MOTION

[E.9. Discuss Future Agenda Items]

DISCUSSED.

HAVE ANYTHING? I KNOW WE DO HAVE THE, IN JUNE WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, FILE LAWS AND THEN, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING FORWARD THE, THE BRIDGE WALKWAY OVER PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

DO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM VA AGAIN, SO THEY'RE GONNA, YEAH.

ALRIGHT, I'LL, THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE NOTE.

AND I WAS GONNA ECHO WHAT SHE SAID.

I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE WE COULD GET A SCHEDULE OF, UH, PARTICIPATION AND THE TIMING AND ALL THAT.

I, I HAVE, I HAVE THAT IN AN EMAIL FROM HER THAT SHE'S BEING READY TO DO THAT.

JIM, ERIC, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LEAST OF MY LOOKING AT MY NOTES, UH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TRUE UP THE 2024 INCENTIVE COMP 30 DAYS AFTER THE AUDIT IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.

WE HAD THE AUDIT.

WE NEED, I DUNNO IF THE OPS HAPPENED YET OR NOT, THAT WAS GONNA BE REPORTED TO THE BOARD AND THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE.

SO IF THAT CAN BE, WE ADD THAT CONSENT AGENDA OR SOME, IT'S JUST FOR, UH, JUNE, JUST PUT IT ON THE RECORD ITSELF.