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          OKAY, WE'VE 
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GOT THE THUMBS UP. 
          WE'LL CALL 
          [A. CALL TO ORDER]
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS TO ORDER FOR JUNE 24TH AT 1104. 
          UH, ANGIE, MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? YES. 
          CHAIRMAN. 
          DICK PEARSON. 
          HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN JEFF PATTERSON. 
          HERE. 
          TRUSTEE MAYOR. 
          CHRIS BROWN. 
          HERE. 
          TRUSTEE LI GONZALEZ. 
          HERE. 
          TRUSTEE SHEILA . 
          HERE. 
          TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE. 
          HERE. 
          TRUSTEE JIM YARBOROUGH. 
          MAYOR ROGER REESE AND ANTHONY BROWN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT. 
          WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEASURE. 
          TO, TO THE FLAG. 
          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, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS DECLARATION 
          [A.4. Declaration Of Conflicts Of Interest By A Trustee]
OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY A TRUSTEE. 
          UH, I DO HAVE A CONFLICT UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION 5 5 1 0.07. 
          ONE ITEM G. 
          AND I WILL BE LEAVING THE ROOM AND ALSO I'LL BE LEAVING THE MEETING AT THAT POINT. 
          AND, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN PATTERSON WILL, UH, TAKE OVER AT THAT POINT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 
          SO, WITH THAT, ANY OTHER CONFLICTS? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE. 
          WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE GENERAL 
          [C.1 MINUTES]
BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER C ONE IF ARE THE MINUTES THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY. 
          GOT A MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN PATTERSON. 
          A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MOORE. 
          ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS? CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? UH, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          IT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          ALL SEVEN. 
          UH, TRUSTEES APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          NEXT IS ITEM C. 
          TWO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY ANSWER? OKAY, HEARING NONE. 
          WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [C.3 PORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
C3. 
          THE PORT DIRECTOR. 
          RIGHT. 
          COURT. 
          ROGER, YOU'RE UP. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HERE'S THIS, UH, CARGO AT ADVANCE. 
          AT, AT A GLANCE HERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ARE, UH, KIND OF POINTING DOWNWARD RIGHT NOW. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THAT'S GOT TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, UH, OUT ON THE WEST END, UH, WE'RE STILL MOVING CARS, DON'T GET ME WRONG. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WE'RE JUST NOT, UH, YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, THIS, UH, SLIDE HERE, THE TONNAGE THAT WE'VE GOT AND, AND WHAT'S CAUSING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PRODUCE IS GONE. 
          DON'T NEED TO BE A BEATING ANOTHER, ANOTHER DEAD HORSE. 
          BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THOSE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR CARGO AT THIS STAGE, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING AS MUCH CARGO AS WE CAN UNDER CONSTRUCTION CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          UH, CRUZ IS DOING WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK, I THINK FOR A COUPLE MILLION PASSENGERS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE, WILL BE ANOTHER RECORD FOR US. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WELL ALL THESE, THE CRUISE SHIPS ARE DOING. 
          UM, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE NEW, NEW CRUISE TERMINAL, OBVIOUSLY, UM, UM, FOURTH QUARTER WILL BE A, A, A GOOD, UH, GAME CHANGER FOR US. 
          I THINK. 
          UM, SHIP CALLS, UH, YOU CAN SEE WERE 30, 30 MORE CRUISE SHIPS APPROXIMATELY OVER LAST YEAR. 
          AND THE OTHER TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE PART OF YOUR COURT OUT OF COMMISSION, UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING IN LESS SHIPS. 
          WIND IS GOING STRONG THOUGH. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE ONE OF THE, I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN PORTS IN TEXAS FOR WIND RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE SEE, UH, THAT CONTINUING TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          FINANCIALS, UH, WE WENT OVER THOSE LAST MEET, LAST MEETING IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WE'RE STILL RUNNING GOOD POSITIVE CASH FLOW. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THERE. 
          UM, THE GRAND PLAN, UM, THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW. 
          I MEAN, FINALLY, I THINK THAT THINGS ARE STARTING TO SETTLE DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN WASHINGTON. 
          AND SO WE'VE NOW, UH, SEEN THE NOTICE FOR INFORMATION. 
          THE NOFO FOR SOME OF THE GRANTS WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON. 
          PORTING STRUCTURED GRANT NOW IS, IS NOW OUT THERE WITH THE NOFO. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, THE DOT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS PASSED WAS THE, THE INITIAL, UH, PIECE, UH, STUDY THAT WE DID ON SAFE STREETS. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE A, UM, ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S EITHER THE END OF THIS MONTH WE'LL BE SUBMITTING, UM, THE SAFE STREETS GRANT TO GET ALL THE WORK DONE. 
          UM, THAT WE, THAT WAS RESULTS OF OUR, OF OUR PLAN. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE. 
          A COUPLE OTHER, UH, PRO PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THE, THE TWO BIG ONES, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE, THE PROTECH GRANT AND RAISE GRANT THAT STILL HAVE 
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NOT COME OUT YET. 
          UM, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING. 
          WE'VE GOT GOT A FULL SLATE, UM, AS WE DO, UH, AS MOSTLY ACROSS THE PORT. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING UNDER, UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THE, THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE, UH, SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY. 
          UH, THE LEGISLATURE OPTED NOT TO GIVE ANY MONEY TO THE PORTS THIS YEAR ON THE, THE 200 MILLION. 
          WE STILL DIDN'T GET THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY. 
          UM, ARE WE GOING TO AUSTIN IN THE MORNING TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION ON, UM, THE SEAPORT CONNECTED THAT, AND THAT IS, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT'S $40 MILLION OVER THE BIENNIUM BIENNIAL, WHICH IS 20 A YEAR. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE ALL BASICALLY SMALL PROJECTS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, PROJECTS IN THERE, AND WE WILL, WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK, UM, TO THE BOARD WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A PLAN FROM RIGHT NOW. 
          NOBODY HAS ANY OF THAT MONEY. 
          AND THERE'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TOMORROW IS, IS TO GUIDE, GO THROUGH ALL THOSE PROJECTS, UM, AND, AND, UH, DETERMINE WHO, WHICH PORT YOU'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY ON THOSE. 
          I MEAN, GOING FURTHER DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, MICROGRID IS FINALLY, UH, IS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD. 
          THE VENDOR HAS BEEN SELECTED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING, AND THAT IS A, A MICRO GRID, WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A SMALL BATTERY SYSTEM. 
          UM, WE'RE DOING THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TEXAS A AND M. 
          UM, THERE IS NO, NO, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, OBLIGATION ON OUR PART. 
          ON OUR PART. 
          AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, THESE HGAC, WE'RE STILL WORKING THOSE GRANTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE SIGNED THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS. 
          AND SO NOW WE'RE OUT FOR PROCUREMENT ON THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, AREA, THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, AREAS. 
          AND THEN THE RAISE GRANT, UM, THIS IS, UH, 408,000 IS, IS FOR THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE RAISE PIECE. 
          SO WE GOT, WE GOT A SMALL PIECE IN THERE FOR THAT TO, TO INCLUDE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND WE, WE KIND OF PULLED OUT A FEW, A FEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE, UM, UH, FROM THE SAFE STREETS GRANT. 
          UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN TRY TO DO NOW. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A SEPARATE PROGRAM FOR THAT. 
          SO, UH, EVERYTHING'S GOING, GOING WELL ON THE BICENTENNIAL. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE, I MEAN, WE'RE WELL INTO THIS, UH, WE'RE HAVING SAFETY MEETINGS WITH THE COAST GUARD. 
          I THINK IT WAS A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE COAST GUARD AND, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE SECURITY ON THE, UH, PARTY ON THE PIER. 
          UM, AND THERE'S A PLAN FOR THAT, A FENCED FENCING IN THAT AREA, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP, KEEP THAT UNDER CONTROL. 
          UM, BUT ALL THIS WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE, UM, THE BICENTENNIAL BUDGETS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WHAT NEXT I, I MEANT TO DO AT THIS MEETING, BUT I DIDN'T. 
          NEXT MEETING, WE'LL GIVE YOU, UH, THE, THE BICENTENNIAL MEETS IN BETWEEN BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE MEETS IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, AND WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU, UM, SCHEDULE OF INCOME AND EXPENSES, UH, AND WHERE WE ARE ON ALL THAT. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN MEETING ALSO PERIODICALLY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH TEXAS A AND M, UH, TO SET UP, UM, THE ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE BOARD TODAY, UH, TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT THAT. 
          AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PIECES, UM, ON THAT. 
          AND ONE THING I SAY, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO AND START DOING, UH, I'LL VOTING FOR ANY OF THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          , I LOOKED OVER. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND ONE, ONE OTHER THING IS WE'RE GETTING READY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OPEN THE GALA TABLE SALES UP, AND THOSE TABLES WILL BE GO ON SALE FOR $5,000 FOR A SEAT OF 10. 
          UM, AND IN REALITY, AS IT'S ALL WORKED OUT, SINCE WE'VE GOT ALL THE EXPENSES COVERED IN THE MONEY WE'VE RAISED FROM SPONSORS, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE SELL ON THE, AT THE BI AT THE BICENTENNIAL GALA WILL GO TO, UM, THE ADAPT FOLKS. 
          SO IT'S ALL, ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW WE'RE SITTING ON BUDGET ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER 200 SOME THOUSAND WHERE, AND MY GOAL IS TO GET THIS TO 300,000. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO ADD IS THAT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY YEAR WE'RE GONNA TRY TO RAISE MONEY FROM SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          AND, UH, AND WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE ADDING GALSTON COLLEGE IF THEY'RE PROGRAM FOR FUTURE YEARS, THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING WELDERS OR SHIP PEOPLE THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM BUILDING ICEBREAKERS, I THINK. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WE, WE JUST KIND OF, UH, WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSIONS AND TRY TO SHOW YOU WHERE EVERY ASPECT OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE DISASTER RECOVERY AND THE CONTRACTS ARE IN PLACE, UH, WITH EACH, EACH WHO THEY'RE WITH AND, AND WHICH AREAS THEY'RE COVERING. 
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UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD SUMMARY THERE OF THAT, UH, PROCUREMENT. 
          UM, ROGER? YES, SIR. 
          ON THAT LAST PAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YOU MIGHT GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION. 
          I KNOW WE USE BA AND HANSEL PHELPS OR WHOEVER. 
          I THINK WE NEED PREPOSITION CONTRACTS WHERE THOSE PEOPLE CAN COME WORK ON OUR TERMINALS RIGHT AWAY OKAY. 
          AS PART OF THAT. 
          SO YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          , DO Y'ALL HAVE, UH, IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AS WELL? I I'M SURE YOU DO. 
          WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY OR UTMB OR ANYBODY ELSE? UM, WE DO, YEAH. 
          I, I JUST CONFIRMED THAT OUR INTERLOCAL WITH THE CITY IS ACTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, PROCUREMENT, UH, HERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SLOWING DOWN. 
          WE GOT THE PROCUREMENT GOING ON. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A REBID HERE ON THE, ON THIS, ON CT 25 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON THAT TODAY. 
          UM, HGHC, UM, UH, THE PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS REALLY THE THREE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE LEFT WITH THE HGAC, WHICH REQUIRE NO MATCH. 
          UM, AND WE'RE JUST IN PROCESS OF, OF, UH, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, OF SOLICITING FOR THOSE STUDIES. 
          THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ON SCREEN. 
          AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE AND, UH, IS THE CT 28. 
          UM, MOSTLY CVP, UH, HERE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO THIS, THIS SUMMER TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF SOME CHANGES AND STUFF. 
          CT 28, AND GET THOSE INTO OUR SALARY SURVEY. 
          WE'RE EXPECTING TO PUT THAT OUT. 
          AND THEN 16TH TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, THE SOLICITATIONS ARE ALL OUT ON THAT. 
          UH, JUNE SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, JOHN WILLIS, OUR, UH, UM, HE'S IN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 
          HE SLASH IT GURU, ALL THE PATROL AND EVERYTHING MOVING. 
          UM, UH, HE OBSERVED, UH, PEOPLE SITTING ON THE MAPS. 
          I THINK IT WAS ON A MAP ON THE EDGE OF A COLLAPSED SOIL PILE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO BEFORE THAT HE'S, HE THE, UH, OBSERVATION CARPENTER THIS MONTH, PARKING GROUND TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES TO BE STRONG. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. 
          UM, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE LESS SHIPS HERE IN THE SUMMER THAN WE DO IN THE, THE SPRING AND THE FALL. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE STILL SETTING RECORDS IN TERMS OF, UH, PARKING RESERVATIONS AND, AND NUMBER OF PARKERS. 
          AND, UH, SO I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, JULIO, WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU SAY? THEY CONTINUE TO, UH, EXCEL AND INCREASE THIS, THIS PART OF OUR, UH, OPERATING REVENUES. 
          UM, BRETT, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT THE, WE'VE BEEN HAD SOME GOOD NEWS ON ING GREAT NEWS. 
          YES. 
          WE, UH, WERE NOTIFIED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $18 MILLION IN THE FEDERAL, UH, PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET, UH, FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HARBOR. 
          THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 48 MILLION, UH, THAT RECEIVED IN WORK PLAN. 
          AND THE 10 MILLION CARRY OVER FROM 2024. 
          SO WE ROUGHLY HAVE ABOUT $76 MILLION FOR 2025 AND 2026 TO MAINTAIN THE HARBOR. 
          THAT IS SUFFICIENT. 
          I WILL SAY THE 18 MILLION THAT WE DID GET IS GOOD, UH, BUT WE DID PUT IN FOR 29 MILLION. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS. 
          HOWEVER, THAT IS SUFFICIENT. 
          UH, THE KEY IS WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENT EVERY YEAR. 
          AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I MEAN, OF COURSE THIS MONEY'S ALL GOING TO THE ARMY COURT, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, HOW HARD WE STRUGGLED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS TO GET A DIME FOR ALL THIS, UM, IT'S JUST AMAZING. 
          AND I THINK IN REALITY WHAT IT IS, AND WE, WE HAD MEETINGS YESTERDAY WITH SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT GOING FORWARD, WHERE WE'RE GOING FORWARD ON THIS. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S A GROUP. 
          IT IS BECOMING MORE OF A GROUP EFFORT. 
          I MEAN, IT'S US IN THE PORT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS CITY, IT'S OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON, ON THE CHANNEL ITSELF HERE, THE PILOTS, EVERYBODY IS PARTICIPATING IN, UH, PLANNING THIS MOVING FORWARD, WHICH IS, WHICH I THINK IS UN UNHEARD OF HERE, HAS BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN GALVESTON. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE SAME, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE DREDGING THE, OUR CHANNEL, YOU GOTTA DREDGE THE MOUTH OF TO THE HOUSTON CHIP CHANNEL, WHICH AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, TEXAS CITY AND, AND HOUSTON. 
          SO, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY BECOMING A GOOD EFFORT. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CLOSE PAST 26, UM, I'LL BRING JEFFREY UP, WHO'S THE TEAM OF ALL THE PROJECTS TODAY. 
          NO KINGS, NO KINKS. 
          I'M NOT THE KING. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          THANK 
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YOU, ROGER. 
          UH, SO FIRST PROJECT HERE, THIS ONE IS REALLY GETTING CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP. 
          YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER'S KIND OF THE LATEST, THE LAST BIT HERE, BUT WHAT'RE REALLY WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR AND WHEN LIGHTED ON THE SCREEN IS THERE'S SOME UTILITY WORK WHERE WE WANTED TO JUST, THIS, THIS PROJECT REPLACED THE WATER LOOP ON THIS PIER. 
          AND SO THE ONE THING THAT WAS NOT SPECIFIED ORIGINALLY WAS REPLACING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS. 
          SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE GROUND TO BE DRY ENOUGH SO THEY CAN REPLACE THOSE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS AND FINISH THIS CORNER OF SLAB THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WHERE THAT, THAT 5 61 THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE SUB-GRADE ALLOWANCE REMAINING, THAT'S THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THAT'S GONNA COME BACK IN CAPITAL PROGRAM FROM, FROM THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, UH, CTE 25 WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, I THINK THIS ONE, UM, THE, THE MAIN PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON THIS SINCE THE LAST MEETING IS WE HAVE DONE SOME REVIEW OF THE VALUE ENGINEERING, UH, REPORT THAT WE GOT FROM, UH, BA. 
          UH, THE, THE MAIN, UM, THING THAT WE THINK ARE, ARE, ARE, UM, ACHIEVABLE VALUE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, UM, ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE BASICALLY LOOKING AT, UM, SOME, SOME SCOPE REDUCTIONS. 
          ONE, ONE THING IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIL WORK AROUND THIS PROJECT THAT, UH, WE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO REMOVE FROM THIS PROJECT AND POSSIBLY SELF PERFORM THOSE. 
          GOOD. 
          I GOT A QUESTION ON THE WALKWAY. 
          YES. 
          I THINK I KNOW WHAT VALUE ENGINEERING IS, BUT GIVE ME THE ENGINEER'S DEFINITION. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, SO, SO HONESTLY, SO, SO VALUE ENGINEERING. 
          SO YOU, YOU, YOU, UH, HIRE AN ENGINEER. 
          THEY, THEY ARE THE ENGINEERING RECORD FOR A PROJECT OR FOR A SET OF IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF, OF COURSE, TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST THING YOU HAVE, RIGHT? WELL, JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. 
          SO VALUE ENGINEERING PROCESS IS A PROCESS OF EVALUATING ALL ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL THAT MAY NOT, THEY, THEY MIGHT, UM, SACRIFICE ON, UH, FINISH OR, OR LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A BIG ONE THAT VALUE ENGINEERING AROUND THE WATER IS GALVANIZE VERSUS STAINLESS STEEL. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HUGE PROPOSITION SOMETIMES IS MATERIAL SELECTION OR, OR, SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE PROCESS OF VALUE ENGINEERING IS, IS WE HIRED AN ENGINEER TO, TO GIVE US THE BEST SOLUTION THAT WE COULD, AS CLOSE TO THE BUDGET AS WE COULD GET IT. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE OFF. 
          SO THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE ENTER INTO VALUE ENGINEERING. 
          AND VALUE ENGINEERING CAN INCLUDE CONTRACTORS, IT CAN BE, UM, US OURSELVES, OR IN THIS CASE, WE, THEY, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A, UH, PROJECT BUDGET, UH, FIRM THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT WENT THROUGH. 
          DO WE PAY THEM EXTRA TO VALUE ENGINEER? IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A, A NOMINAL FEE THAT WE PAID VA SUB THAT DID THE BUDGETING ON THIS PROJECT TO, TO GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL BUDGET, UM, CLARITY ON IT. 
          AND I GUESS MY FRUSTRATION IS WE HIRE AN ENGINEER MM-HMM . 
          MOST TIMES WE, WE, WE KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET IS. 
          WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          WE GOT A GRANT, WE GOT LOCAL MATCH, WE GOT $6 MILLION. 
          BUT YOU HIRE AN ENGINEER TO DO THE PROJECT, THEN THEY DESIGN A PROJECT THAT'S $12 MILLION, KNOWING WE ONLY HAD SIX, THEN THEY WANT TO CHARGE YOU MONEY TO VALUE ENGINEER TO GET THEIR PROJECT DOWN TO OUR BUDGET. 
          IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BAD WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. 
          I MEAN, DO WE KEEP TRACK OF THESE ENGINEERS WHO KEEP PUTTING OUR PROJECTS? I MEAN, I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S SELF-PROMOTING. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T WANT TO INSINUATE ENGINEERS OR NEAR AS BAD AS LAWYERS , BUT IT'S A SIMILAR, AND I, IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THE FEE THAT WE AGREED TO PAY, UH, VA WAS NOT TO VA THEMSELVES. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY TO THEIR COST ESTIMATING SUB THAT THEN TOOK THESE IDEAS THAT WE HAD THOUGHT OF ON HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE SCOPE AND TRIED TO PUT A VALUE, A VALUE WITH EACH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I LIKE THE VALUE ENGINEERING CONCEPT. 
          I JUST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE PAY FOR VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES ON EVERY DEAL OR NO DEAL. 
          NO, NO. 
          NOT, NOT, NOT TYPICALLY. 
          I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT IS ONE, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LIKE THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY NOT MORE. 
          WELL, AND ONE, ONE THING TOO, LIKE WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, LIKE, AND, AND TO, TO BE FAIR WITH VA ON THIS, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE DID ADD ON THIS WAS, WAS THE RAMP. 
          AND SO THAT WAS A SCOPE ADD, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, UH, ONE THING. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROJECT ESTIMATIONS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH THROUGH YOUR DESIGN PROCESS, RIGHT? AND, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN INCREASING THE, THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE COST ESTIMATIONS AS, BUT, BUT THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY A LEVEL ABOVE WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE CAN DIVE DEEPER INTO COST ESTIMATIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS TOO. 
          YOU SAID IT WAS A NOMINAL FEE? WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT WAS IT? I WANT TO, OH, UH, IT WAS RIGHT AROUND, UH, $10,000, 
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I THINK. 
          AND WE PAID FOR IT OUT OF THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE CONTRACT. 
          SO 10,000 IN ORDER TO TRY TO SAVE MILLIONS. 
          IT'S, THERE'S A SET OF THINGS THEY CALL EM VALUE IMPROVING PRACTICES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BODY OF WORK. 
          THERE'S ABOUT 12 OF THEM, I THINK, THAT YOU CAN APPLY ON PROJECTS AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY DO 'EM ON EVERY PROJECT, BUT IT, IT'S A REALLY, LIKE JEFF SAID, IT'S A DEEPER DRILL INTO HOW TO, WITH, WITH ALSO THE COST ESTIMATING PART. 
          AND I THINK PART OF WHAT WE GOT INTO HERE WAS JUST SCOPE OF WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT WAS ESTIMATED AND TIMING AND SCOPE VERSUS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WAS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THERE. 
          WE, WE LET IT GET A LITTLE MORE TAJ AL WE LET IT GET A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE CREEP AND THINGS GOT IN THERE AND IT JUST MADE IT MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          AND AGAIN, I, WHAT I'M LOOKING, AND AGAIN, I, I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE NUTS AND BOLTS IN DAY TO DAY. 
          TO ME, WE OUGHT TO BE, TO EVALUATE ENGINEER ON THE FRONT END. 
          WE OUGHT TO BE GETTING THE BEST PRODUCT, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT'S FUNCTIONAL IN THE WORKFORCE AND NOT DRAGGING ON AFTER WE GO OUT FOR BID. 
          WE SEE IT'S TWICE AS MUCH AND WE GOTTA GO BACK AND RE REDO IT. 
          JUST, IT SEEMED LIKE IT'S A CUMBERSOME SYSTEM. 
          WELL, THIS AND THIS ONE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, FOR VARIOUS REASONS PROBABLY WASN'T THIS, THIS ONE ISN'T KIND OF A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU WANT TO DO A PROJECT. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB ON PROJECTS. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF SUCCESSES OUT HERE. 
          THIS WAS ONE THAT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF WHEN YOU HAD TO DO THE ESTIMATE, GET THE GRANT, THE SCOPE PROBABLY GREW A LITTLE BIT A SERIES OF THINGS. 
          BUT IT, THIS ISN'T OUR BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO A PROJECT. 
          AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, OKAY, LET'S STEP BACK. 
          LET'S GO DO A DEEPER DRILL, LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GET THIS THING DOWN TO MORE OF A, WE, WE GOT SO MUCH MONEY WE CAN SPEND ON IT. 
          LET'S TRY TO MAKE THAT SCOPE MATCH THAT MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND. 
          AND WE, WE, TO YOUR POINT, DOING THAT EARLIER IS BETTER. 
          NO DOUBT YOU CAN'T. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT NOW AND WE'RE DOING THAT NOW. 
          SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE LITTLE CLUMSY, BUT WE'RE WE'RE, AND TO ME, TO ME, WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH TO GET TO A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT WE'VE GOT WITH SAFETY OUT HERE AND TRAFFIC. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AT THAT INTERSECTION. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS, WE'RE GOING AT IT THE RIGHT WAY. 
          NOW. 
          I THINK ALSO I ADD HERE, I MEAN, AND I THINK WE GOT AN ITEM HERE WE TALK ABOUT, BUT I THINK I'LL ADD HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY TIMES WHEN I GOT HERE, WE DIDN'T THINK AHEAD AND WE, WE DIDN'T PLAN AHEAD. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, SINCE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE PICKED THAT UP AND BROUGHT THAT CURRENT. 
          AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE IN FIVE YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS IN TERMS OF PASSENGER COUNTS AND WHAT WE KNOW OR WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING AT, AT, UH, CARNIVAL AND THOSE TERMINALS THERE. 
          I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO BE BIGGER SHIFTS IN THERE. 
          SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE, THIS IS, THIS IS A PLAN FOR FUTURE. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S LIKE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM HERE, LET'S KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE PLAN FOR THAT BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WE GOT, I GOT HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE WANTED TO PLAN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          'CAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS BACK WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE WALK A WALKWAY DONE. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE, AS YOU LOOKED AT IT, IT SAID, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT KIND OF SOME BIGGER ISSUES HERE THAN JUST REPAIRING A WALKWAY. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AND I THINK WITH THAT CAME SCOPE ADDITIONS AND RAMPS AND CUTTING IT OFF FROM THE BUILDING AND ALL THAT ADDED COST. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO DO THE COST ESTIMATE TO GET THE GRANT, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO RIGHT. 
          OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO INFLATION SCOPE CHANGE, YEAH, IT'S NOT THIS ONE, AGAIN, NOT OUR PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO PROJECTS, BUT I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE ON, I THINK JEFF'S ON THE RIGHT PATH TO GET US TO SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD THAT ALSO DEALS. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME LONG RANGE ISSUES HERE WE NEED TO FIX. 
          AND THIS WALKWAY IS, IS CURRENTLY OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION TO THOSE ISSUES. 
          AND, AND, AND WE'LL MOVE ON HERE. 
          ONE OTHER THING I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IS HARBORSIDE DRIVES ONE THING, BUT IT'S ONCE YOU GET INTO THE PORT EXACTLY. 
          ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S A BIG PIECE WHERE WE, WE ARE MORE CONCERNED, RIGHT. 
          WITH GETTING PEOPLE OVER THAT TRAFFIC SAFELY. 
          YEAH. 
          SAFELY. 
          SO, BUT, AND IT ALSO, THAT ALSO, NOT TO PROLONG IT, BUT THAT, THAT BACKS INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, CRAIG AND YOU GUYS GETTING COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE BACKING DOWN 23RD STREET AND HARBORSIDE, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE CONTINUING TO WALK ACROSS THE AREA, IT SLOWS DOWN THE TRAFFIC GETTING INTO THE PORT. 
          SO THIS THING SOLVES TWO PROBLEMS FOR US. 
          TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ACROSS HARBORSIDE. 
          UM, UH, YEAH, WHARF ROAD 23RD TO 20TH STREET. 
          UH, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE EXECUTED CONTRACT THAT Y'ALL APPROVED AND, AND SCHEDULING A KICKOFF MEETING. 
          I KNOW WE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO TEXAS GOLF AND, UH, WE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, THIS IS A VERY, UH, KIND 
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OF HIGH PROFILE PROJECT THAT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT THE BEST PLAN TOGETHER, EITHER TRYING TO GET THEIR WHOLE PLAN TOGETHER BEFORE WE HAVE THAT KICKOFF MEETING SO WE CAN KICK IT OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT HERE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE THAT PROJECT IS. 
          UH, A DM GRAIN, UH, ELEVATOR DEMOLITION. 
          THIS IS, UH, TRACKING FOR COMPLETION, UM, UH, PROBABLY CLOSE, CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SUMMER. 
          UM, AND THE PICTURES HERE SHOW IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE ON THIS ONE, WHICH MOST OF IT, THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DEMOLITION. 
          BUT THIS WAS THE, UH, THE DUMP FACILITY WHERE THE RAIL CARS WOULD ROLL OVER THIS DEEP HOLE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 40 FEET IN THE GROUND AND DROP THE GRAIN AND, AND THEN IT'D COME UP THIS, UH, ELEVATOR CHUTE INTO THE MAIN ELEVATOR. 
          SO, SO THAT'S, UH, NOW BEEN, UH, UH, BASICALLY OUR SCOPE ON THIS PROJECT WAS DEMOLISH EVERYTHING WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE SURFACE AND THEN BACKFILL, UH, BACKFILL THE, THE, THE PIT THAT WAS THERE AND, AND ON ON THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, I'LL, I CAN ON THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, I CAN ALSO JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT JOHN BACK HERE, OUR IT GURU THAT ROGER MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          HE'S, HE'S BEEN REALLY, UM, INSTRUMENTAL ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE A GIS SYSTEM, WE'RE ABLE TO GO AND ACTUALLY SHOOT IN WHERE THESE, LIKE THIS, THERE ARE STILL FOUNDATIONS DOWN DEEP IN THE GROUND AT THIS LOCATION, BUT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO SHOOT IT IN THE GPS. 
          SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY STEPPING UP KIND OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE'RE LEAVING THEM TO GROUND. 
          'CAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS COST FEASIBLE TO GO DOWN 30 FEET, REMOVE THE SLAB. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING TO THE BOARD HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH, COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          YEAH. 
          IS, UM, THE GIS SYSTEM, THEY'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND TRYING TO MAP EVERYTHING. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD CHANCE TO OUT HERE JUST RECENTLY. 
          I THINK IT'S, I THINK THE BOARD WOULD BE INTERESTING. 
          GOOD STUFF. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THIS IS THE FEMA SLIP FILL PROJECT IS, UH, YOU CAN SEE, I KNOW WE HAVE A, A, A AGENDA ITEM TODAY TO, TO, UM, ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS TO, WE, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR REVIEW ON ONE OF THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT'S PENDING. 
          UM, AND SO WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, TO EXECUTE THAT. 
          UM, BUT OVERALL THE PROJECT IS, IS HONESTLY PROGRESSING FAIRLY WELL CONSIDERING, UH, ALL THE LITTLE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THE, THE SLIP IS CLOSED OFF. 
          UH, THEY DID MAKE THEIR FIRST PLACEMENT ON THAT, UH, PILE CAP WALL, UH, THIS LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, YEAH, LATER INTO THE SUMMER WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO GET IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY START, UH, BACK BACKFILLING THE SLIP ONCE THAT CAP IS ALL COMPLETED. 
          SO, UM, IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEAT. 
          IN THE NEXT PAGE, I THINK YOU GET A CHANCE TO, I MEAN, I SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT IT, IT'S VERY, IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THIS FROM THE GROUND, WELL, FROM THE WATER UP. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THIS IS THE OTHER PROJECT, THE T PROJECT THAT STARTS OVER AT PIER 41 AND THEN WAS GONNA COME DOWN AND MEET THAT OTHER FEMA PROJECT. 
          UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON DRIVING THOSE K PILES ON THAT COMBI WALL SINCE, UH, WE, WE LAST REPORTED THIS TO YOU, AND ALSO THEY GOT IN THEIR ANCHOR WALL. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN THIS PICTURE, IS IN THAT, THAT BACKGROUND PHOTO. 
          YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE SLIP, THERE'S BATTER PILE THAT HOLD THIS, UH, WALL IN PLACE ONCE THE FILL IS IN. 
          BUT ACROSS THE EXISTING SLIP, THEY, THEY DROVE THAT SHEET PILE WALL. 
          AND SO THEY, UH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, ANCHORS THE WALL, UH, THE FRONT WALL BACK, UM, WHENEVER THIS, THIS ALL GETS, UH, COMPLETED. 
          SO OVERALL, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST KIND OF A NEAT, UH, SYSTEM OF MARINE STRUCTURES TWO, BUILDING TWO WALLS. 
          THEY'RE BUILDING TWO, YEAH, TWO WALLS. 
          THIS, THIS ONE IN THE BACK IS, HONESTLY, IT'S NOT SUPER DEEP BECAUSE IT MOSTLY RELIES ON, UM, THE PASSIVE PRESSURE OF THE SOIL THERE. 
          UH, WHEREAS THE FRONT WALL IS VERY DEEP BECAUSE IT'S GOTTA RESTRAIN ALL THE ACTIVE PRESSURE OF THE SOIL BEHIND THE WALL. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE, SO ON THIS PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 48% COMPLETE TO DATE. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, RIGHT NOW ABOUT, UH, UH, 40% OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT, UH, WE'VE, UH, USED ON THE PROJECT SO FAR. 
          YOU GOT ONE OF YOUR  REIMBURSEMENTS AND WAITING DO WE DID, YES. 
          YEAH, WE DID RECEIVE THE FIRST ONE. 
          AND, UH, THE SECOND ONE, I KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE SECOND ONE, BUT, UH, IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PAID RIGHT NOW, UH, OAK COURT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, 33RD STREET TO 41ST STREET. 
          THIS, THIS ONE. 
          WE, WE DO HAVE, UH, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT DRAWING PACKAGE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING, UH, WITH CENTER POINTS ON, BASICALLY THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT ROAD. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF POWER POLES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING WITH CENTER POINT TO, TO RELOCATE THOSE POLES. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY A, A DECENTLY LONG PROCESS. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF, UM, WITH CENTER POINT WORKING ON THOSE POWER PULL LOCATIONS. 
          UM, 
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WE ALSO, UH, KIND OF HAVE THE PENDING REQUEST FOR WHAT WE CAN DO WITH FUNDING HERE TO, UH, BALANCE OUT OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO WITH THOSE TWO THINGS, WE, WE ARE SITTING AT A HUNDRED PERCENT DRAWINGS, BUT, BUT WE'RE, UM, NOT BIDDING OUT JUST YET TILL WE HAVE A BETTER FIGURE ON THESE OTHER TWO ITEMS. DO WE THINK TEXTILE, ARE THEY GONNA, I GUESS YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT WHAT, 3.8 IT, 3.85 MILLION? HOW MUCH MONEY FROM THIS PROJECT YOU TRYING TO MOVE TO THE WALKWAY? I WANT TO SAY IT'S RIGHT AROUND, I DON'T HAVE THAT IT IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I WANT SAY 0.9. 
          THERE'S A TWO POINT, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT TWO AND SOME CHANGE, TWO AND A HALF MILLION. 
          SO, SO THAT, AND I THINK HERE AGAIN, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR DISCUSSION BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN IN FACT, UM, UH, VALUE ENGINEER, UH, THIS WALKWAY, I MEAN, I, I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE BACK AND WE'VE RE-LOOK AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 25. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO THIS THE WAY WE'VE GOT PLANNED. 
          AND, AND, AND INSTEAD OF TAKING THIS BEING, INSTEAD OF COMBINING IT OVER HERE, LET'S, LET'S BRING THE SCOPE DOWN OR BRING DOWN WHAT WE CAN DO ON THIS WALKWAY. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO DO WORK ON THE GROUND AND TO, TO DEVELOP THE AREAS THAT THE, THE LANDING AREAS. 
          SO I LIKE TO SEE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, UH, AFTER, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN THIS MEETING, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PAC MEETING TOMORROW, WHICH THIS DISCUSSION ALSO BANKS ON, GOES BACK TO THE PAC AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE, IF THE, IF, IF IT HAPPENS THIS WAY, THE PAC WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE COMBINATION OF THESE PROJECTS AND THEN GO BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE COMBINATION OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, THAT'S IN THE BACK OF MY MIND IS DO WE, DO WE REALLY, I MEAN, WE NEED THIS MM-HMM . 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT WE NEED THIS. 
          IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WE, HOPEFULLY THIS BOARD FINDS IT, WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS, THE WALKWAY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO WORK THAT PROJECT TO MAKE IT MORE FEASIBLE FOR US. 
          AND, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUND, LET'S SAY FOUND IS WE, WE ACTUALLY, WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE, WE MORE MONEY IN 25. 
          AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN RE GET IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 12 MILLION AND THE MONEY WE HAVE, UM, AND WE CAN FIND TO, TO GET THIS PROJECT, GET THE WALKWAY DONE, AND STILL CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK. 
          I MEAN, WHEN YOU TRY TO DRIVE OUT THROUGH THERE, IT'S IN BAD SHAPE. 
          IT'S HARD TO WRITE FOR US TO, TO COMBINE THAT IN, IN A TIME. 
          I THINK WE CAN IN FACT FUND IT IF WE'RE WILLING TO. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, FOR ME, IF I LOOK AT THESE, I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT PROJECTS, BUT I THINK FROM A CRITICALITY STANDPOINT, GETTING THAT WALKWAY DONE IS A HIGHER PRIORITY BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE PORT THAT AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT ONE, I MEAN, THIS NEEDS TO GET DONE, BUT THAT ONE HAS A HIGHER PRIORITY. 
          AND, AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE TECH STOP MARITIME IS VERY MUCH, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT, COMBINING THESE TWO PROJECTS. 
          I, ONE REASON I SAY THAT, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE COULD IN FACT FUND THIS, UM, WITH THE NEXT CORP CONNECTIVITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALLOCATING TOMORROW. 
          CHRIS JOURNAL 16, UH, ENGINEERING PROGRESS UPDATE, UH, 91% OF THE CONTRACTS . 
          AND, UH, RIGHT NOW THE BA IS TAKING A LOOK AT THERE IS, UM, WITH, WITH THE EXISTING WHARF SLAB IN THE BUILDING THAT DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE THICKNESS, UH, I GUESS THERE WAS EXPECTED FOR THE INSTALLATION. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. 
          THEY'VE, UM, THEY'VE HIRED A, A DIFFERENT SUB TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE SECTION THAT'S OVER THE WATER, CORRECT? YEAH. 
          THERE'S CONCERN DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, THERE COULD BE CONDENSATION THERE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WE WOULD DO ABOUT IT AT THIS STAGE. 
          I MEAN, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ANY COMPENSATION RIGHT. 
          UNTIL, UNTIL WE GO THROUGH A WINTER SEASON TO WHERE THE TEMPERATURE'S CHANGING OUTSIDE COMPARED TO WHAT'S INSIDE. 
          UM, AND IT COULD VERY WELL BE, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, COULD VERY WELL BE CARPETING ALL ISSUE CARPET, CARPETING, CARPETING, CARPETING. 
          THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING PROPER ON 
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THE, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY WHAT, 40 FEET OR STOVE? IT'S OVER WATER. 
          WOW. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT MUCH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS THAT, I MEAN, HERE AGAIN, YOU CAN CREATE PROBLEMS TOO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, I, MY, MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS LET'S MOVE FORWARD. 
          LET'S GET THIS THING DONE AND, UM, LET'S GO THROUGH A SEASON TO SEE IF THIS IS EVEN REALLY AN ISSUE. 
          AND I'LL JUST MENTION THIS NEW MSC SHIFT THAT'S COMING IN HERE, THE CHRONICLE DID AN ARTICLE FRIDAY ON IT, AND IT'S GOT THIS RIDE THAT'S A MECHANICAL ARM THAT HANGS YOU OVER THE WATER UPSIDE DOWN 175 FEET ABOVE THE WATER. 
          OH YEAH. 
          ME UP. 
          DROP THEM IN THE WATER. 
          THEY USED TO CALL THAT KE KE. 
          ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE A UNIQUE CHIP WHEN WE GET YES, EXACTLY. 
          THIS, THIS NOVEMBER. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          I, I WAS TRYING TO STACK PICTURES AND THEY, THEY WENT TO WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO. 
          SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IS SOME OF THE STUFF HAPPENING ON SITE IS, UH, THAT THEY ARE FINISHING UP THIS TOPPING, SLAB, POURS ON THE PARKING GARAGE DECKS, UH, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE. 
          YOU SEE, THEY DO HAVE SOME OF THE HARDSCAPES IN AND YOU, YOU KIND OF SEE LIKE THE, THEY'RE CREATING THOSE LINES, UM, UH, FOR, FOR THE CURBING. 
          UH, BUT, BUT ACTUALLY IF YOU GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE ALREADY ASPHALTED SOME OF THOSE ROADS. 
          AND SO, UM, SO, SO THINGS ARE PROGRESSING, UH, VERY WELL. 
          UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 63%, UH, COST, UH, PAID TO DATE. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND SO, AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THE LAST BULLET I HAVE ON THERE IS WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, UH, HENSEL PHELPS ON, ON ADDITIONAL, UH, SCOPE WORK THAT, UM, FOR, FOR PARKING GARAGE SECURITY AND SOME OF THE FINISHES TO THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THERE. 
          UM, AND THE TERMINAL SCREEN INSIDE THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL GMP. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE PROJECT, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, UM, UH, COMPLETE THOSE ITEMS. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING THAT BACK TL NEXT, UH, UH, NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE, WE WANT TO ADD TO THE PROJECT. 
          AND THESE ARE STUFF THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL, SUCH AS, UM, YOU KNOW, FENCING IN THE PARKING AREAS ON THE GROUND FLOORS, BECAUSE WE'VE EXPERIENCED SOME ISSUES OUT HERE IN SHE MOODY PLAZA OF PEOPLE COMING IN AFTER HOURS. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO SECURE THAT PARKING DECK, UM, AT THE LOWER LEVELS. 
          UM, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE ORIGINALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS OR NOT, WE ORIGINALLY DID NOT INCLUDE THE, UM, WALKWAY OVER TO THE, UH, TO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. 
          AND UH, SO WE USED SOME OF THE CONTINGENCY TO DEVELOP THAT, AND STILL WE WANT TO FINISH THAT. 
          'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A, THAT IS, THAT IS THE CONNECTION TO THE, TO THIS SIDE OF THE PORT. 
          AND THEN, UH, ACTUALLY SOME, UH, SOME SCREENS AND STUFF, UM, MATRIX BOARD TYPE SCREENS YOU WANT TO PUT INSIDE THE TERMINAL, WHICH IS, UM, ON, ON ONE OF THE WALLS IN THERE. 
          SO THESE THINGS WILL, WILL WE BRING THESE BACK TO YOUR NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY, WHAT, WHAT THE EFFECT IS? I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE RECEIVE FROM THE PROCEEDS, FROM THE OFF FROM THE OFFERING, AS WELL AS THE, THE ESTIMATED INTEREST INCOME, WHICH IS SOMEWHERE, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING THROUGH OCTOBER, SOMEWHERE AROUND FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF EARNINGS. 
          SO THAT PUTS US CLOSER TO $160 MILLION IN, IN CAPITAL AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT MEETING FOR BOARD APPROVAL TO LOOK AT THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WOULD ALL BE WITHIN THE, THE CASH AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFERING. 
          UM, AND, AND BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT, UM, GOING DOWN THE ROAD HERE, AGAIN, THINKING AHEAD OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THIS THING, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE OUT BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF, I MEAN, WE DID SOME VALUE ENGINEERING OR SOME WORK, SOME SCOPE REDUCTION TO, TO MAKE, MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T OVERRUN. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE DID EXCLUDE IN THE GMP THREE, WE'VE ADDED THEM BACK GAMUT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FINISHES ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THESE SCREENS, THE, THE PARKING GARAGE SECURITY MEASURES. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT AFTER WE HAD DONE THIS, WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME ISSUES OUT HERE. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF MITIGATE THEM AS BEST WE COULD DURING THE PROJECT. 
          SO THAT WAS A LATER REVISION THAT CAME OUT FROM THE DESIGN DRAWINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE, WITH THAT ION WALK OVER, I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANNA COME IN LATER ON AND PUT THAT, YEAH. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIND MONEY IN THE CONTINGENCY TO GET THAT STARTED, BUT WE WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA 
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NEED ANOTHER HALF A MILLION OR SO, UM, ABOVE THE CMAR AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DONE. 
          AND HERE AGAIN, THAT'S INTEGRAL, I THINK TO THE, TO THE, TO THAT AREA FUNCTIONALITY OF AREAS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE CRUISE TURN, 16 PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES. 
          UH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES. 
          AND THE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE IT SURPRISES ME EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD WHITE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES, BUT IN THIS ONE, THE ARCHITECTS DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS GRAY COLOR. 
          UH, SO IT MATCHES THE COLUMNS ON THE, UH, FACILITY. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT. 
          SO Y'ALL AREN'T EXPECTING A WHITE PASSENGER BOARD THAT'S NOT PRIMER? YEAH, THAT'S NOT PRIMER. 
          THAT IS THE COLOR OF THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GONNA LOOK VERY SHARP. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA MATCH THE BUILDING BETTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER PASSENGER BOARD, WHICH IS WE HAVE. 
          BUT, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, TODAY, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, IN, UH, JULY OR IN AUGUST, UH, 11TH THROUGH 15TH, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT TO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT FACTORY VISIT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, PUT ON A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRED OVER HERE. 
          LITTLE WILL ARRIVE HERE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT A MONTH TO DO THE COMMISSIONING PRIOR TO THE, UH, UH, AND ACTUALLY I THINK THE VISIT WILL BE AT THE PORT. 
          AT THE PORT, YEAH. 
          WHERE THE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE 'EM, BECAUSE THESE ONES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE WE HAVE PURCHASED FOR CT 25. 
          THESE ONES WILL BE SHIPPED IN A, YOU KNOW, TWO UNITS, NOT, NOT AT PIECES. 
          SO, UM, THEY'LL BECOME A NEAT VISUAL WHENEVER THE SHIP COMES UP NEXT TO THE DOCK AND JUST OFFLOADS IT AS ONE PIECE UNDER THE DOCK. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS COOL STUFF. 
          JOHN'S GONNA CURL A BOTTLE OF WINE AND THAT'S ENGINEERING DRAWING. 
          GRAB SOME. 
          IT'S BEEN A LOT OF STUFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          GRAB SOME LONE STARS AND JIM, AND WE'RE GONNA GO WATCH THAT STUFF. 
          OH, NO OFFENSE, JEFF. 
          NO, I MEAN, I BET THERE'LL BE AT LEAST ONE BOAT NEXT TO IT WATCHING . 
          UH, UH, THE CRUISE DRONE S ARE EASILY ENTERTAINED. 
          PEER WORK, UH, I MEAN, THINGS ARE STILL PROGRESSING WELL, A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES WE'RE WORKING WITH, BECAUSE IT'S A CONGESTED JOB SITE BETWEEN THE WORK THAT HAS TO GO ON THE CONCOURSE ON THE BUILDING AND, AND THE WORK UP HERE, BUT WE'RE MANAGING IT FAIRLY WELL. 
          ALL THE PILES WERE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE LAST MEETING, BUT NOW WE DID HAVE TO VERIFY SOME OF THE CAPACITY THAT'S BEEN DONE. 
          SO ALL THE PILES WERE GOOD. 
          AND SO WE DID, UH, GIVEN PLACE THE FIRST CONCRETE PLACEMENT AND ONE OF THOSE, UH, DOLPHIN PILE CAPS, UH, THIS, UH, LATER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, AND, UH, OF COURSE, AND I, I, I DON'T THINK I HAD UPDATED IT, BUT WE DID RECEIVE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMIT. 
          EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED OUT ON THAT, WHAT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT I'VE NOTICED MY NOTE WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WANT THIS SPOT, SO I UPDATED THAT AS WELL. 
          RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE, WE'VE UTILIZED ABOUT 36% OF THE, THE CONTINGENCY ON THIS PROJECT SO FAR. 
          WE HAVE ONE, UH, PENDING CHANGE ORDER TO KIND OF GIVE, UH, BETTER ACCESS UNDER, UNDER THE, THE WHARF WHERE WE'RE INSTALLING WATER LINES ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE STILL UNDER REVIEW WITH THAT. 
          ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THE BARGES OUT EVERY FRIDAY LIKE YOU DID ON TERMINAL 25. 
          RIGHT. 
          TAKE A SHIPPING . 
          THAT IS, YEAH. 
          NO, I MEAN, THIS ONE, THIS PROJECT, WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING THE DOCK THAT WAS A WORKING DOCK. 
          WE HAVE TO REMOVE ALL THE FENDERS, SO YOU CAN'T BURN THE VESSEL THERE DURING THIS TIME ANYWAY. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, IN OCTOBER, WE'LL KIND OF REESTABLISH IT AS A MARINE FACILITY , WHICH ALSO CUTS INTO TO, UH, RIGHT, THE LAY DOCKAGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I GOT SIX. 
          YOU GOT THREE BIRTHS RIGHT NOW TO WORK WITH. 
          SO , YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN ON, ON THIS ON THE 16TH. 
          WHAT'S THE CRITICAL PATH? ARE YOU STILL FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE TIMING? NO, I THINK RIGHT NOW I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA FROM, FROM WHAT, UH, UH, JASON MITCHELL PHELPS HAS BEEN TELLING ME, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HIT THAT TCO IN, UH, THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND THERE WILL BE SOME WORK LEFT TO DO BEFORE NOVEMBER, BUT WE'RE GONNA HIT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN THAT TCO AND THEN, UH, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT BEING READY BY NOVEMBER. 
          LUCKILY, ON THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE THAT KIND OF MONTH OF CUSHION TO KIND OF GET, GET A COUPLE OF THINGS TIED UP. 
          BUT, BUT THAT ALSO MONTH IS ALSO WHEN WE'RE MOVING INTO THE TERMINAL TOO, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THAT TCO. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK RIGHT NOW SCHEDULE IS, IS STILL LOOKING, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, IS LIKE, UH, I, I, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURES I HAD, AND I, NEXT TIME I'M GONNA TRY AND GET SOME BETTER PICTURES OF THE INSIDE BECAUSE THE INSIDE LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN, THAN IT DID EVEN A MONTH AGO. 
          SO, UM, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, BUT IT'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THE CONCOURSE IS PROBABLY THE, THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST I WORK LEFT TO BE DONE HERE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE, UH, PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE AT CT 25, THE RENOVATION UPDATE. 
          UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON A DELTA MADE A SITE VISIT AND ADJUSTED SOME OF THE LIMITS FOR THE VERTICAL HEIGHT ON THIS. 
          UM, SO, SO WE'VE, UH, WE WERE HAVING A FEW ISSUES AT FIRST. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE LOOK MUCH BETTER NOW WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THEY'VE MADE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE 
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PLANNING TO CLOSE THIS PROJECT OUT AND MAKE THE FINAL PAYMENT, UH, NEXT, NEXT MONTH, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE UPDATE, UH, SEVEN 70 WORK ORDERS, UH, TO DATE COMPLETED. 
          UM, AND, UH, REALLY, UH, 630 OF THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, UH, OUT OF THE 717 THAT WERE, UM, UH, SUBMITTED. 
          UM, THE THING THAT'S GOING THROUGH MY MIND AS I'M TRYING TO SAY THIS, HOWEVER, IS THAT THIS, THIS SCREEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA START WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, THE, THE, UH, FIELD NETSUITE FIELD SERVICE MANAGER. 
          SO THIS, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR IS GONNA LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON HOW, HOW THAT, UH, WORKFLOW'S GONNA CHANGE AND STATISTICS THAT WE NEED TO TRACK ON HERE. 
          SO IT'LL BE A, IT'LL BE INTEGRATED SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE OUR ORDERS AND THOSE WORK ORDERS FEED RIGHT INTO THE COUNTY SYSTEM AND START THE PROCESS OF BILLING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          SO IT COULD BE MORE SEAMLESS. 
          RICHARD, UH, WE'RE BASICALLY NOW ESTABLISHING A GROUNDS, GROUNDS CAPABILITY. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          IS THAT PRETTY NEW? YEAH, NO, I MEAN, WE HAVE NOT, I MEAN, TO TO, HISTORICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE HAD A GRASS CUTTING CREW THAT HAS LAWNMOWERS AND WEED EATERS, AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY CAN KIND OF, THEY COULD BUTCHER, UM, SOME BUSHES AND REALLY CUT 'EM DOWN. 
          NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, USED TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH, UH, THE MITCHELL PROPERTIES MM-HMM . 
          AND HE DID PEST AND AND LANDSCAPING THERE. 
          AND SO HE'S LEADING THAT CREW. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, AND WE'RE HIRING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE, UM, TWO, POSSIBLY THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THIS, UH, LANDSCAPE OR THE, THE GRASS CUTTING CREW. 
          AND THAT WAS GENERALLY, UH, MADE UP OF, UH, TEMP LABOR THAT WAS JUST SUPERVISED BY, UH, PORT, PORT EMPLOYEES. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, BUT NOW AS WE'RE KIND OF GETTING MORE LANDSCAPING, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT PRESENCE MORE PERMANENT. 
          SO, SO MOVING SOME OF THOSE TEMP LABOR GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING EXCELLENT WORK, UM, TO FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAINING WE'VE GOTTA DO HERE. 
          AND PROBABLY WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FOLKS THAT WE CAN HAVE ON KIND OF A LANDSCAPING CREW THAT JUST ROTATES THROUGHOUT THE PORT, TAKES CARE OF NOT ONLY THE GRASS, BUT ALSO A LOT OF THIS LANDSCAPING WE'RE PUTTING IN, UM, THIS CT 16 BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT'S GONNA BE THE MOST LANDSCAPING. 
          I SAW, I SAW SOME GUYS WORKING THIS MORNING AT CT 10, AND, AND THEY'RE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, AND CT 10 FOR FULL DISCLOSURE IS CONTRACTED OUT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT DOES THAT LANDSCAPE. 
          IT LOOKS REALLY NICE DOWN HERE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT JEFF, THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOOT FOR. 
          WELL, AND WE WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM THAT CONTRACT TO, TO THE, UH, THE PORT. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE SHARED RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D SAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ALL THOSE. 
          UH, AND THEN JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE. 
          UH, ELECTRICIANS, UH, REPAIRING A ELECTRIC BOX AT, UH, TIER 41. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU ALWAYS FIND OUT WHERE ALL YOUR AC REPAIRS NEED TO BE. 
          AND, AND, UH, CARLOS AND HIS TEAM ARE REALLY OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW, I'LL TELL YOU WITH, UH, UM, SO, SO I THINK AS WE OPEN UP ANOTHER CRUISE JOURNAL, THIS IS GONNA BE ONE AREA WHERE WE MIGHT BE LOOKING TO ADD SOME MORE RESOURCES, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, AND I'LL POINT OUT, I'LL GO BACK TO THIS ONE SLOT HERE, POINT OUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING THE MOST OF IS ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, COSTING ARM LEG IF YOU'RE HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE FOR ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO, I MEAN, I'M REALLY, THIS IS, THIS IS PROOF IN THE PUDDING RIGHT HERE THAT ALL THIS WORK GET DONE INTERNALLY AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, NOT ONLY DO THEY DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE WORK, BUT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE SMALL OFFICE RENOVATION UP HERE, UM, WITH, WITH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL SPACE WE GOT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND, AND OF COURSE THE MARITIME EVENT AND ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT, UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS CRITICAL AND ALL THOSE THINGS KIND OF GOING OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. 
          SO THEY'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          EXACTLY. 
          UM, AND ALSO THEY'RE WORKING, THIS IS SOME WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, OVER ON PELICAN ISLAND WITH, WITH, UH, THE DRED MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA. 
          AND WE HAD THE ANCHOR QEA PROJECT THAT IS WORKING ON A DITCH DRY DRAIN DRAIN PLAN FOR US. 
          BUT, BUT C AND M IS WORKING OVER THERE. 
          WE WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, A CREW OVER ON PELICAN ISLAND, KIND OF JUST MAINTAINING OUR PROPERTIES AND MAINTAINING OUR PLACEMENT AREA. 
          'CAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, WHEN YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO DIG A HOLE, IT'S USUALLY A, A MUCH HIGHER RISK JOB, AND SO YOU END UP PAYING A LOT MORE FOR IT THAN IF YOU'RE ABLE TO TRAIN YOURSELF AND DO YOUR, DO IT YOURSELF. 
          AND SO THIS IS A DITCH THAT THEY CLEANED OUT, UM, JUST KIND OF, THAT'S HALLIBURTON ROAD YOU SEE THERE IN SEAWOLF PARKWAY IS JUST A LITTLE OFF THIS PICTURE TO THE NORTH. 
          THEY DID THE, THEY CLEANED UP THAT DITCH AND KIND OF CLEANED UP SOME OF THAT AREA OVER 
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THERE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THE GOAL OF THIS PARTICULAR WORK IS TO IMPROVE THE DITCHING SO WE CAN GET WATER AWAY FROM OUR LEVEES. 
          THE MORE WATER WE HAVE SITTING AROUND OUR LEVEES, THE WEAKER OUR LEVEES ARE GONNA BE. 
          SO WE'VE ALWAYS, AS JEFF SAID, WE ALWAYS GONE OUT FOR THIS STUFF, AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP OUR INTERNAL STAFF SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CREATE THE DRAINAGE THAT WE NEED. 
          BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH $78 MILLION, AND THAT'S NOT ALL ONE IN OUR, IN OUR AREA, BUT SOME OF THAT IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DREDGING OUR OWN BIRTHS AND STUFF. 
          SO WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PIECE. 
          THANKS, JEFF. 
          UH, JUST A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE, WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, HAVING A LOT OF DIALOGUE RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, CUSTOM BORDER PATROL, UM, ABOUT OPERATIONS. 
          I MEAN, WITH THE NEW TERMINAL COMING ON, UM, THERE'S AN INCREASED PERSONNEL REQUIREMENT FOR CBP AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE, WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO CREATE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE'VE ALWAYS HAD. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS INVOLVES OUR, OUR COURT CASE, JUST THE LEVEL OF, UH, PROCESSING GOING ON THOSE PARTS AND FEES. 
          AND JUST A COUPLE OF CLOSING PICTURES HERE. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST ITEMS OTHER THAN RAILROAD, WE'RE STILL MOVING A RAILROAD INTO THE PORT, DON'T ME WRONG, BUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE WIND IS, UH, PROBABLY THE HEAVIEST. 
          WE'VE GOT EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SPECIAL MEAT, WHICH WE WELL OF AND AWARE OF, AND MSC WAS IN TOWN AND MAY AT THE END OF MAY. 
          UM, WE MET WITH THE NEW, THERE'S A NEW DISTRICT ENGINEER, UH, AND WE MET WITH HIM, JEFF AND I DID, UM, I SPOKE TO THE HOTEL, UH, NOT, IT'S NOT A LOGGING ASSOCIATION. 
          ASSOCIATION IS A LODGING ASSOCIATION, . 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY . 
          UM, AND, UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW THAT, UH, ON JUNE 11TH, DAVY SHIP BUILDING MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          UM, NOT A DONE DEAL, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS FAR AS THE PORT IS CONCERNED. 
          BUT, UH, THEY WANTED TO GO OUT, THEY NEEDED TO SHOW, UM, SOME, UH, PEOPLE IN PERSON IN DC WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IF THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO, UM, DO ANOTHER SPEAKING OR ENGAGEMENTS. 
          GOOD MORNING, GALVESTON. 
          UM, UH, ONE, STEPHANIE SMITH, WHO IS OUR, UM, UH, PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST, UH, WENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP GALVESTON AND GRADUATED FROM THAT AND, UH, WENT TO THE FCCA PC MEETING, WHICH WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE. 
          UM, MET MOSTLY WITH OUR NEW TENANTS COMING IN AND, UM, AND TRYING TO WORK OUT SOME TRANSACTIONS TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD ON, ON THAT. 
          AND THEN, UH, JUNE 17TH, YOU MAY ARE, MAY OR MAY NOT NOTICE, BUT WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE, WHICH HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR IN THE MAKING, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA ADD A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY, UM, TO THAT. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT IT DOES, IT ALSO ADDS TO PORT STAFF, UM, ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY NOW, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT OUR OWN COMMENT, OUR OWN CONTENT IN THERE. 
          SO THEY'LL, THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO KEEP THAT UPDATED AND THEN JUNETEENTH. 
          UM, AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK BRETT SAID HAD THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE WE'VE EVER HAD AT THE HURRICANE. 
          WE WERE CLOSE TO 70 ATTENDEES. 
          YES. 
          70 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THAT. 
          I HATED MISSED THAT, BUT I WAS, I WAS AT THE, THE, THE PAC MEETING. 
          I MEAN F CCCA A MEETING. 
          AND THEN TOMORROW, UM, IS, AS I MENTIONED, THE PAC MEETING. 
          UM, HERE'S A SHOT OF THE, UH, HURRICANE MEETING, UM, A NEW WEBSITE PAGE. 
          AND I THINK, ARE YOU GONNA SHOW US ON THIS, JOHN? OR THERE'S A QUICKIE. 
          WE, WE FACILITATED, UM, A MEAL FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. 
          UM, AND, UH, THIS CAME FROM, UH, SHARON LEWIS, UH, SENT US THIS, UH, YESTERDAY. 
          WE WANT, IT IS VERY SHORT CLIP, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID THIS MEETING, WE PROVIDED, UH, FINGER SANDWICHES AND BEVERAGES AND STUFF. 
          HERE'S OUR SANDWICH AT . 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S ROGER, THAT'S YOUR REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING GO 
          [D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INTO SECTION 5 5 0 7 1 
          [00:55:01]
ATTORNEY SECTION 5 5 7 2 REAL ESTATE SECTION. 
          5 5 0 7 PERSONNEL AND SECTION 5 5, 8 7. 
          AND WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:59 AM THANK YOU. 
          ARE WE READY? I KNOW IF WE, WERE WE READY? READY. 
          WE READY? WE READY? OKAY. 
          SO BACK TO ORDER AT, UH, 1 27. 
          SO ITEM 
          [F.1 Consider and Accept CFO Report - Consent Agenda]
F1, CONSIDER AND ACCEPT CFO REPORT CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SHEILA, WE DISCUSSED, UM, THESE ITEMS AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE BOTH THE CFO REPORT AND THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ALL OPPOSED. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [F.2 Discuss and Consider Amendment to the 2025 Budget Non-Operating Revenue from Grants Due to Recognition and Reporting Actual TxDOT Grant Revenue in 2024.]
F TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO THE 2025 BUDGET NON-OPERATING REVENUE FROM GRANTS DUE TO RECOGNITION AND REPORTING ACTUAL TECH STOCK GRANT REVENUE IN 2024. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED QUESTION ON THIS ONE? OKAY. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT, THAT MOTION CARRIED. 
          JIM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          NORMALLY WE HAVE A BUSINESS ITEM. 
          UH, FIRST TIME IS ALWAYS SOMETHING COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE USUALLY DON'T TAKE ACTION, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A ONE OFF OR NO, I DESIRE. 
          NO, THAT WAS FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL HAVE IT BACK ON. 
          YES SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE APPROVED YOUR F TWO MARK, SO THANK YOU. 
          WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO 
          [F.3 Discuss and Consider for Approval the First Amendment of the 2022 Project Partnership Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers for the Construction of the Galveston Harbor Channel Extension Project. - Brett Milutin]
F THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE 2022 PROJECTS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GALVESTON HARVARD CHANNEL EXTENSION PROJECT. 
          MR. BRIAN? THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN. 
          UH, THIS, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE 2019, EXCUSE ME, 2022. 
          UH, PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT DEFINES THE TERM PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL 500 FEET WEST OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. 
          UH, THE AREA KNOWN AS THE WEDGE WAS CALLED FOR BY THE PILOTS FOR SAFE NAVIGATION TO TEXAS INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS. 
          THIS ESSENTIALLY DOES THREE MAIN THINGS. 
          THE FIRST THING IT DOES IS BRING IT INTO THE FEDERAL HARBOR. 
          SECOND THING IS IT BRINGS IT TO THE PROJECT AND THE THIRD THING IS IT PUTS THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FULLY UNDER THE ARMY. 
          CORPS'S RESPONSIBILITY? YES, SIR. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I GOT A QUESTION. 
          QUESTION, SIR. 
          IF IT'S FOUND TO BE DUG TO A CERTAIN DEPTH, IS THERE MONEY THAT COMES BACK? THAT IS, YES. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW WAS, UM, REASSESSED AGAIN AT THE SAME ABOUT 16 MILLION TOTAL PROJECT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS DUE TO THAT AREA BEING MAINTAINED BY A PRIVATE CORPORATION, UH, FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THE, THE COST TO INCREASE WHATSOEVER. 
          THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND IT WOULD BE, UH, PROVIDED BACK TO THE SPONSOR, WHICH WOULD BE US. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD DETERMINE TO GET THAT BACK TO WHATEVER THE COST SHARE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL PROVOST. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MOVE, APPROVE. 
          WE SECOND PROOF. 
          MR. YARBOROUGH. 
          SECOND FROM WILLIE. 
          TRUSTEE GONZALEZ. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ALL, ALL OPPOSED? NA SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU, BRETT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          F FOUR, DISCUSS 
          [F.4 Discuss and Consider Approval of Purchase of Three 50 Ton Packaged Units from Trane U.S.Inc. at a Cost not to Exceed $276,600 - Jeffrey Thomas]
AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF THREE 50 TON PACKAGED UNITS FROM TRANE US INCORPORATED TO COST NOT TO EXCEED $295,630. 
          MR. THOMAS? UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THIS, UH, ITEM IS A PRETTY SIMPLE ONE. 
          WE HAVE $300,000 IN THE 2025 RR PROJECT TO PURCHASE HVAC UNITS FOR THE CRUISE TERMINALS. 
          THIS IS LOOKING AT PLACING, UH, THREE UNITS THAT ARE 20 YEARS OLD, UM, AND, AND ARE ALSO AN OLDER FREON THAN THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE USING TRANE. 
          SO TRAIN WOULD BE, UH, IT MATCHES THE OTHER UNITS THAT WE'VE BEEN REPLACING AT THE TERMINAL. 
          UM, AND, UH, WHICH, WHICH ALSO GOES INTO TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR, OUR STAFF CAN GET TO HELP MAINTAIN THESE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, IS THAT THIS IS BEING PURCHASED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. 
          MOVE APPROVE GONZALES AND, UH, MAYOR BROWN. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          SHE, SORRY. 
          UM, SO I WAS GETTING CONFUSED. 
          WE HAVE FOUR AND WE'RE REPLACING THREE. 
          YEAH. 
          MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S THERE IN ANY SAVINGS BY, 
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NO, NO, NOT, NOT WITH THE, THERE'S NOT USUALLY A LOT OF BULK SAVINGS, BUT THEY THE BY BOARD CONTRACT. 
          SO IT'S USUALLY LIKE A UNIT ITEM TYPE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE AVAILABILITY OF FREE ON, NOW WE DON'T USE FREE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTALLY. 
          I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I MIGHT HAVE, JEFF, IS TALKING ABOUT THE 2 9 5 6 30 TO PURCHASE IT. 
          AND THERE'S, THERE WILL BE INSTALLATION COSTS WITH OUR, OUR FOLKS ARE GONNA DO IT, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE, IT'D BE $295,000 PLUS THE INSTALLATION COSTS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND MOST OF THE INSTALLATION COSTS, UM, WILL BE JUST THE RENTAL OF THE CRANE TO PLACE THEM ON THE TERMINAL TO REMOVE THE OLD ONES. 
          THE OTHER THINGS WILL, WILL BE, UH, BASICALLY PAID FOR OUT OF THE CM CM, BUT THAT'S THE ONE LARGE ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVORS. 
          RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 
          [F.5 Discuss and Consider Approval of Third Amendment to Consulting Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Gahagan and Bryant Associates, Inc. to Extend the Term of the Agreement at No Additional Cost - Jeffrey Thomas]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CONSULTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE GALVESTON WARS AND GAG HAGEN AND BRIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 
          TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. 
          MR. THOMAS? UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          SO THIS ITEM, UH, GAHAGAN AND BRYANT HAS, UH, SINCE 2018 PROVIDED SERVICES THAT PUTS TOGETHER PERMITTING PACKAGES FOR US TO DIFFERENT, UH, REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO GET PERMITS FOR OUR WORK ON. 
          UM, IN 2018, THEY WERE SELECTED ON AN RFQ AND WE'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THEM EVER SINCE. 
          WE'VE HAD, UM, TWO AMENDMENTS SO FAR TO THIS CONTRACT THAT HAVE EXTENDED IT THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2025. 
          I THINK STAFF, A STAFF, WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GO OUT FOR AN RFQ TO SOLICIT SERVICES. 
          HOWEVER, THE CONCURRENT EXPIRATION OF OUR CURRENT REGULATORY PERMIT MAKES THAT A LITTLE CHALLENGING. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT $130,000 LEFT, UH, WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT, UH, STILL. 
          AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO USE NEARLY ALL OF THAT BASED UPON OUR LAST PERMIT. 
          UM, IT IT, IT COST ABOUT 20 TO $30,000, UM, TO, TO GET THE PERMIT. 
          THIS ONE, DEPENDING ON IF WE WANT TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR THE ONE OTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF IN THE WORKS, AND THAT'S TO ASK FOR A SECONDARY PLACEMENT OPTION IF WE WANT TO GO AND, AND TRY AND GET OFFSHORE PLACEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE WE GO AND RE-UP THIS PERMIT IF IT MIGHT INVOLVE SOME ADDITIONAL TESTING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO. 
          SO, UM, BUT, BUT I THINK WITH THE $130,000 WE HAVE LEFT THERE, THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY AND IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE EXPENSE BUDGET. 
          UM, THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRES THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE THINK WE'LL NEED NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR. 
          WE THEN, SO SPECIFIC DOLLAR THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO STAGE, JUST TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT AND AT SOME POINT PROBABLY RE RE REBID THE, THE PRO PROCESS, BUT THIS GIVES US ANOTHER YEAR. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I MEAN, THE, THE WAY THAT THE AMENDMENTS STRUCTURED IS THAT IT WOULD LAST, UH, THE, THE, THE LONGER OF THE TWO, EITHER ANOTHER YEAR OR UNTIL WE GET THE CORE OF ENGINEERS PERMIT, UH, EXTENSION FINALIZED, WE WOULD EXECUTE, TERMINATE THE CONTRACT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, MR. BROWN, I'LL SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          MR. GONZAL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ANY YOU OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED UNANIM. 
          ALRIGHT, F 
          [F.6 Discuss and Consider Approval of Additional $500,000.00 in Project Funding for the Construction Contract between the Board of trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Texas Gulf construction Co., Inc. for the West End Slip 38/39 Closure Wall and Slip Fill]
SIX. 
          DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL 500,000 IN PROJECT FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND GALS REWARDS AND TEXAS GULF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. 
          FOR THE WEST END SLIP 38 SLASH 39. 
          CLOSE YOUR WALL AND SLIP BILL JEFFREY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, ON THE BRIEFING PACKAGE, THERE'S A, UH, A LITTLE FIGURE. 
          THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE 38 39 SLIP BILL PROJECT, WHICH IS THE, THE FEMA PROJECT. 
          UM, SO, SO THIS, THIS ONE, THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING FUNDED OUT OF OPERATIONS. 
          UM, WHENEVER WE GOT THE, THE CONTRACT APPROVED BACK IN APRIL OF 2024, UM, Y'ALL APPROVED, UH, $500,000 IN PROJECT CONTINGENCY. 
          AND TO DATE, UM, WE'VE EXECUTED ABOUT $426,000 WORTH OF PROJECT CONTINGENCY, UM, BASED ON MOSTLY CONSIDERING EXISTING STRUCTURES AND HOW WE HAD TO MODIFY THE TIEBACK, UH, STRUCTURES AROUND THOSE EXISTING STRUCTURES. 
          UM, SO THAT ALL WE STARTED AT THE WEST SIDE, THE, THE FIRST CHANGE ORDER HAD TO DO MOSTLY WITH RECTIFYING THOSE CONFLICTS WE HAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SLIP AT PIER 39. 
          THE COR THREE, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT NECESSITATES US, UH, UH, COMING BACK TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IT DEALS WITH THOSE 
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EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE SLIP, UM, AND ADDITIONAL DEMOLITION THAT NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COR FOUR THAT'S OUTSTANDING AS WELL, THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH, UH, BEHIND, UH, THAT, THAT INSIDE THAT PIER WHERE THEY HAD TO EXCAVATE SOME MATERIAL, THERE WAS, UH, LIKE UNFORESEEN DEBRIS, METAL, UM, UH, CRU OF TIMBERS THAT HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OF AND AND REMOVED. 
          SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH, WITH ALL OF THE, UM, EXISTING CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THEY WOULD TOTAL, UH, SEVEN 55,160 UH, DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT WE ARE, UH, COMING BACK TO YOU IS, IS TO, TO TO, TO GIVE YOU THE, THE FULL REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CONTINGENCY TODAY AND TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO, UM, UH, TRY AND SEE THIS PROJECT THROUGH TO FRUITION. 
          SO WE'RE, UM, RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL $500,000, WHICH WOULD LEAVE US WITH AN ADDITIONAL $255,160. 
          I MEAN, SORRY, THAT'S THE WRONG $245,000 TO, TO, TO, TO GET THIS PROJECT CLOSE OUT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          APPROVAL TRUSTEE GILBERT SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AGAIN, JEFFREY? I KNOW FOR ME, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STAYING ON TOP OF THESE. 
          I MEAN, NOBODY LIKES TO CHANGE ORDERS, BUT CERTAINLY IN THIS KIND OF PROJECT IT'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCOVERY AND I APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVE PROACTIVENESS OF YOU GUYS BRINGING THESE BACK TO THE BOARD AND ALSO KIND LOOKING AHEAD. 
          SO YOU TRY TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, FULL AMOUNT SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO COME BACK FOR EVERY, EVERY PIECE THERE. 
          YOU DIG A HOLE TRYING TO GIVE, TRYING TO GIVE US A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT YOU THINK IT'S GONNA COST, WHICH I'M TRYING NOT TO BE POLL AROUND. 
          YEAH, . 
          SO WITH THAT, GO AHEAD. 
          WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          SO MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [F.7 Discuss and Consider for Approval, the Galveston Wharves Cybersecurity Policy - Charles Varnado]
F SEVEN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE GALVESTON WAR CYBERSECURITY POLICY. 
          MR. ALRIGHT, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UH, THIS, UH, ITEM IS ABOUT THE GALVESTON, UH, WAR CYBERSECURITY POLICY. 
          CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AND, UH, RECENTLY THE COAST GUARD WAS, UH, APPOINTED AS A REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR CYBERSECURITY. 
          AND ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS PUT A POLICY IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, WORK ON, UM, OUR, OUR POLICIES WITH THAT. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY, YOU CURRENTLY APPROVE THE AZURE, WE'RE MOVING TO AZURE. 
          UH, AGAIN, WITH MOVING TO AZURE, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, IT WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NIST FRAMEWORK WORK, WHICH IS, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BROADER INDUSTRY STANDARDS. 
          UH, IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH A RECENTLY APPROVED HAZARDOUS MITIGATION PLAN THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE. 
          IT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE MANDATORY CYBERSECURITY TRAINING, UH, AS, AS WELL AS JUST HELP US MITIGATE OUR SYSTEMS. ALRIGHT, RICHARD, WHO APPROVE SECOND, SECOND TRUSTEE GONZALEZ QUESTION? YEAH. 
          UM, PRETTY SURE NIST REQUIRES A, DOESN'T REQUIRE, BUT IT, IT, UH, TALKS ABOUT RISK ASSESSMENT AND, AND SO Y'ALL GONNA DO THAT. 
          SO LATER, UH, WE'VE RECENTLY, UH, WE DID AN ASSESSMENT ON OUR SECURITY NETWORK. 
          WE'VE ALSO DONE ONE ON OUR ADMIN NETWORK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN ADDITIONAL ONE JUST TO VALIDATE THE FINDINGS ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BEFORE WE START MAKING, UH, MOVES TO, UH, CORRECT SOME OF THOSE VULNERABILITIES THAT WERE FOUND. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NEW FOCUS BY, WHICH IS, IT IS INTERESTING THE WAY THE WORLD'S MOVING COMES STARTED NOW MOVING INTO A CYBER CYBER ROLE THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, I GUESS BASED ON THIS, CHARLIE, DO YOU, DO YOU SEE US DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON THIS? THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES. 
          UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE DO HAVE OUR, UM, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER HERE WHO'S ALREADY STARTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES INTO OUR SYSTEMS AND, UM, WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO LOG INTO, WHAT OUR LOG IN REQUIREMENTS ARE AND WHERE YOU, WHERE WHERE YOU CAN LOG IN FROM. 
          I'D IMAGINE IT, IT DOES WELL WITH THE AZURE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOG IN FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO USE A VPN IN ORDER TO LOG IN. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE THAT NEXT TO PRIVATE NETWORKS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'LL HELP US AS WELL. 
          UH, AND AS I SAID, UH, WE, WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, WHICH ARE VERY COSTLY, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE RESULTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DO. 
          THE RESULTS OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF SOMETHING HAPPEN ARE VERY COSTLY TOO. 
          IT, IT, IT IS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T REALLY WAIT ON IT. 
          WE'RE STILL GETTING IT. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO SECOND ANY, UH, FOR DISCUSSION, CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE NOW HAVE A CYBERSECURITY. 
          THANK YOU CHARLES. 
          [F.8 Discuss and Consider for Approval Moving the November Board Meetings from November 25, 2025, to November 18, 2025]
UH, F EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL MOVING THE 
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NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 25TH TO NOVEMBER 18TH. 
          ROGER RE UM, WE RIGHT THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING VACATION. 
          UM, SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER? OH, JIM, I, I CAN BE HERE FOR THE MORNING, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE AFTERNOON, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          AND, AND I CAN BE HERE IN THE MORNING, BUT I MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT I CAN'T BE HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          I WANT TO DEAL WITH BOTH OF YOU GUYS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THAT'S . 
          ALRIGHT, SO MOTION. 
          PARDON ME? MOTION. 
          MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED? 
          [F.9 Discuss and consider for approval of an award to Turtle for microgrid services not to exceed the value of the grant for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Port Authority Studies and Pilot Project (PASPP). - Laura Camcioglu]
F NINE. 
          DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AWARD TO TURTLE FOR MICRO BID SERVICES. 
          NOT TO EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE GRANT FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TCEQ, PORT AUTHORITY STUDIES AND PILOT PROJECT. 
          P-A-S-S-P-P. 
          THE ACRONYMS THERE LAURA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIRMAN. 
          WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO YOU BEFORE, HOWEVER, UM, AT THAT TIME WE BROUGHT THE HIGHEST SCORING VENDOR, UH, IN OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO, UM, REACH FINAL TERMS WITH CONTRACT WITH THEM. 
          SO NOW WE'VE GONE TO THE SECOND VENDOR AND WE, UM, NEGOTIATED A CONTRACT AND THAT'S WITH TURTLE HUGHES. 
          BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT BACK ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          THE PORT WAS AWARDED A GRANT THROUGH TCEQ THROUGH THE PORT AUTHORITY STUDY AND PILOT PROJECT. 
          UM, THE STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A AND M WHERE THE MICROGRID TECHNOLOGY WILL POWER THE TS KENNEDY, WHICH IS THEIR RESEARCH VESSEL. 
          DURING THIS TIME, WE WILL EVALUATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AND COST BENEFIT AS WELL AS WE'LL WORK WITH BRETT AND HIS TEAM TO SEE IF VIABLE, IF, UM, THERE'S A PLACE ON THE CORE FOR PILOT PILOTING THE TECHNOLOGY AND, UM, IF THERE'S CARD ROW VESSELS THAT EVEN HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO SHORT POWER. 
          UM, IF THE STUDY SHOWS AND THE A M STUDY SHOWS THE MICRO TECHNOLOGY IS OPERATIONAL, FEASIBLE, AND COST EFFICIENT, THEN THE PILOT PROJECT MAY BE HELD AT THE PORT TO SHOWCASE THE TECHNOLOGY WITH PARTIC PARTICIPATING IN CARGO SHOWS. 
          AND BRIAN SPAN FROM TURTLE HUGHES IS HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          MIL CORN, WHO'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER LEADER FROM TEXAS A AND M, IS OUT AT SEA ON THE TS KENNEDY IN THE MIDDLE OF ATLANTIC. 
          SO I GAVE HIM A PASS, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT HE CAN ANSWER, I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'M APPROVAL. 
          YOU APPROVAL FROM TRUSTEE MOORE? YES, I DO. 
          NO. 
          OH, I, THIS IS A GRANT. 
          THERE'S NO OUT-OF-POCKET MONEY FOR THE PORT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET TO LEARN SOME THINGS ON THIS ONE THAT WE'LL SEE HOW, HOW WE CAN APPLY THIS MAYBE EXPANDING, GROWING, GOING FORWARD. 
          BRETT, HOW MANY OF THE SHIPS DO YOU THINK ARE COMPATIBLE? SO THE GOOD THING IS IF THERE'S ONE PORT HERE IN, IN, UH, THE GULF COAST THAT CAN ACTUALLY, UH, HAS THE ABILITY TO MANAGE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF VESSELS AND WE DO GET SEVERAL FOR LAY MM-HMM . 
          UH, I THINK THAT I, I CAN'T GIVE AN ANSWER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE BEST, UH, ABILITY OF ANY OF THE PORTS TO GET SOME SHIPS HERE, UH, TO TEST OUT THE TYPE OF SYSTEM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAURA. 
          DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE F 10 DISCUSS 
          [F.10 Discuss and consider a proposed amendment to the FY2025 Operating and Capital Budget to incorporate the carryforward of capital projects identified during the May 2025 Board meeting into the next fiscal year. Trustee Moore and Trustee Yarbrough]
AND CONSIDER A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE FYI 2025 OPERATING IN CAPITAL BUDGET TO INCORPORATE THE CURIE FORWARD WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS IDENTIFIED DURING THE MAY, 2025 BOARD MEETING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE ELIMINATE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA SINCE WE DISCUSSED IT EARLIER IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          AND UNLESS MR. BOROUGH, YOU, WE APPROVE THIS ONE IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          WE YEAH, WE APPROVED THAT. 
          WE, WE APPROVED MAKING THOSE CHANGES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          RIGHT? SO WE THINK THEY NEED TO BE DONE. 
          WE SHOULD, SHOULD RAT HEARING THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. 
          SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. 
          MY MOTION IS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          TO DO WHAT MR. BOROUGH SAID. 
          NO, WE NEED, I CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT. 
          WE NEED TO APPROVE THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE, DO WE HAVE THOSE NG AS FAR AS YOU GOT THAT CAPTURED AS FAR AS WHAT WE, THERE WERE AMENDMENTS TO PROJECTS. 
          MP SIX. 
          MP EIGHT, 
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MP ONE SPECIFIC. 
          THAT WAS IT. 
          MP 19, MP 21, MP 22, WP THREE AND WP FOUR A AND AMOUNTS AS SHOWN ON THE SPREADSHEET. 
          THAT WILL ATTACH TO THE MINUTES. 
          I SECOND THEN MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ONE, ONE QUESTION. 
          QUESTION FOR JIM. 
          DIDN'T THAT FIRST PROJECT SAY IT WAS A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS? CAME IN UNDER YEAH, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS YEAH, THE PAYMENT PROJECT. 
          THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS HALF A MILLION WAS 650. 
          YEAH. 
          THOUSAND. 
          IT WP THREE WAS HALF A MILLION. 
          THAT WAS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SAVED US MONEY. 
          SAVED BID PROJECT COST C UH, DOES THAT, ROGER, DOES THAT MONEY GET RETURNED TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FUND? WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO? WELL, IT WAS JUST A DECREASE IN THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO THE MONEY JUST GOES BACK INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES, RIGHT? I MEAN WE HAVE, WE HAVE, IF I REMEMBER THIS, THIS IS NOT A ACTUAL CHECK BACK TO US. 
          THEY'RE SPENDING LESS MONEY THAN WE PAID BUDGETING US MONEY. 
          SO, SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          SO IT JUST REMAINS IN THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM OR, UM, NO, THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM WILL BE SHOULD BE REDUCED. 
          REDUCED THE CONTRACT ON THAT SHOULD REDUCE. 
          IS THAT, THAT'S, AM I TALKING ABOUT THAT CORRECTLY, JEFF? I MEAN THAT, I MEAN, YEAH. 
          SO THIS IS BASICALLY, UH, THE BOARD APPROVED A CERTAIN AMOUNT WE'RE GONNA USE, WE'RE PROJECTING WE'LL USE $500,000 LESS THAN THAT. 
          AND SO SINCE I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED OUT OF UNRESTRICTED CASH, IT WOULD JUST REMAIN AN UNRESTRICTED CASH. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE S CHECK AND THAT'S WHERE NO, THAT I'M JUST WELL, THAT THAT'S WHAT TO DO. 
          IT GOES BACK TO THIS THING WE TALKED ABOUT TOO MUCH. 
          THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHERE I MADE THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE APPROVED A BUDGET OF X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO SPEND IN 2025 SO THAT THAT NOW IS $500,000 LESS. 
          BUT THEN THAT'S WHERE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THOSE EACH MONTH ABOUT HOW MUCH WE APPROVED BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OVERS AND UNDERS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE KEEP THAT'S WHERE IT HELPS WATCHING THOSE NUMBERS AND SAYS, DO WE HAVE TO DO LESS PROJECTS 'CAUSE WE'RE OVER OR CAN WE DO MAYBE MOVE SOME PROJECTS FORWARD 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY, ADDITIONAL MONIES? WELL THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE SHOULD HAVE IF WE HAD A SYSTEM. 
          I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH IT. 
          I UNDERSTOOD COMPLETELY. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THERE WE COULD USE FOR THE WALKWAY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT OVER HERE. 
          THAT'S, IT'S NOT JUST SHIFTING RIGHT? TIMETABLE. 
          IT'S A SMALL SHIFT. 
          WE ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY HERE. 
          WE ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY AND THAT WOULD BE MONEY. 
          WE COULD, BUT WE COULD COME BACK AT NEXT MEETING FOR INSTANCE. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE OF ALLOCATE, SAY WE USE, IT ALL TIES INTO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING THAT I'M, WELL THAT'S WHERE I FULLY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE. 
          WELL SAVE A MILLION DOLLAR BETWEEN MP SIX AND WP THREE. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE WANNA SEE HOW MUCH WE BUDGETED FOR 2025 AND HOW MUCH WE'VE GOT COMMITTED. 
          AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS POINT MADE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I'LL BEAT THE HORSE DECISION. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH, WE'RE, WELL, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION. 
          YOU TO, YOU'RE APPROVING THESE CHANGES. 
          WE'RE APPROV CORRECT? WE ARE APPROVING WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE ABOUT TO YEAH, THERE WOULD BE A VOTE THE CHAIRMAN COULD CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          WE, I'M ABOUT TO  CALL. 
          IF WE QUIT DISCUSSING THIS, WE COULD VOTE ON IT. 
          I MADE TO VOTE. 
          SO WE, WE HAVE, WE HAD A MOTION. 
          WE HAD A SECOND, RIGHT? WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          NO, WE DID, WE DID. 
          OKAY. 
          A MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND RICHARD. 
          SECOND TRUSTEE Y BECAUSE IT CAME OUT OF THE MEETING THIS MORNING. 
          SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. 
          RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NOW WE HAVE A, WE DID IT 
          [F.11 Discuss and consider the development of a tentative calendar for upcoming meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements related to the update of the Port’s Master Plan. The Port Director will present a draft version of this calendar at the next Board of Trustees meeting. Trustee Moore and Trustee Lidstone]
S 11, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TENTATIVE CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS RELATED TO THE UPDATES OF THE PORT'S MASTER PLAN. 
          THE PORT DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT A DRAFT VERSION OF THIS CALENDAR AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OF TRUSTEES. 
          NEXT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN I TALK BRIEFLY TO THAT RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE IN REALITY WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE ON THE PLAN IS THE 8TH OF JULY, WE'LL BE HAVING A MASTER PLAN MEETING WITH BA, WHICH WE DISCUSS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          THE UM, ACTUALLY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS BRING OBVIOUSLY THE PLAN BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. 
          UM, AND, AND WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. 
          UM, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE APPROVED IN JULY OR AUGUST DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR DISCUSSION RESULTS 
          [01:20:01]
IN. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AND THE, AND, AND WHAT I WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE, THE BOARD HAS THEIR WAYS IN ON THIS AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO WEIGH ON IT OR SEE IT. 
          AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS PLANNING WITH DIRECTLY WITH VA ON THE EIGHTH, UM, AND HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          WHEN YOU SAY WE, IS THAT THE BOARD OR JUST, UH, JUST YOU? NO, THAT'S JUST THE STAFF. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          JUST THE STAFF. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ESTABLISH WHAT, WHAT SHEILA HAS REQUESTED IS THAT GAME PLAN GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT FIRST MEETING IS WE, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A FINAL, AND I MEAN, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AND OR CHANGES, HOWEVER, WHATEVER THE DISCUSSION IS. 
          AND THEN, UM, UH, IF THAT DISCUSSION, THAT DISCUSSION, UH, INVOLVES CHANGES, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IT WILL MM-HMM . 
          UM, THEN, THEN WE GO, WE'LL GO AND RE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, UM, WITH THOSE CHANGES. 
          AND MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL BE THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING THAT WE, IF WE APPROVE THOSE, IF IF THE NEXT GO AROUND WE APPROVE THOSE CHANGES, THEN, THEN WE'LL BECOME FINAL FROM THE BOARD STANDPOINT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC AND IN THE INTERIM SOMEWHERE IN THERE WE'LL HAVE A MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS BOARD NEEDS TO WEIGH IN FIRST ON THE PLAN AND THEN WE, WE WILL TAKE WHAT, UH, CHANGES TO COME OUT THAT, UM, AND PUT THOSE INTO MOTION IN THE PLAN. 
          AND THEN, UH, IF WE, IF NEED BE, I MEAN WHEN WE BRING 'EM BACK FOR APPROVAL, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, AND WOULD YOU, ROGER, WOULD YOU WANT TO DO JULY OR AUGUST? WELL, I, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON, UH, THE FIRST GO ROUND OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU GUYS SEE. 
          SO IF, IF THERE'S CHANGE TO THAT, IF WE COULD SEE AUGUST, BUT YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, IF THERE, LET'S SAY, UM, ON THE EIGHTH WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE, UH, THE B THE VA IS READY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD WITH WHAT, WHAT WE'VE ALL COME UP WITH. 
          THE BOARD SAYS, NO, WE DON'T LIKE THIS, WE DON'T LIKE THAT, WE WANT CHANGE THIS. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE'LL DO THAT NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE JULY MEETING. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS WHERE SHE LIVED ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          THAT WOULD BE US, RIGHT? NO. 
          OR IS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, YEAH, I I'M CONCERNED THAT AUGUST MIGHT BE TOO SOON IF, WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, IT'S THAT'S OUR DISCRETION. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN THERE'S, THERE IT IS OUR DISCRETION ON WHERE WE, WHERE THIS THING GOES FROM HERE. 
          I MEAN, VA HAS DONE THE RESEARCH WITH BOTH COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, ALL THE PIECES ARE, ARE IN PLAY NOW AND THEN THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TENTATIVE A PLAN. 
          WELL, YOU ANSWERED THEN BOARD CAN WEIGH IN ON WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 
          IF NOT, UM, WE CAN PROVE IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK THAT, LET, LET ME JUST, THE REASON I WANTED TO, TO DISCUSS THIS AND HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA IS WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING INTO A PERIOD OF THE YEAR WHERE NOT PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT SCHEDULE VACATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO IF WE COULD, MAYBE BY THE NEXT MEETING, IF, IF YOU COULD SIT DOWN WITH VA AND ROUGH OUT, JUST ROUGH OUT AT LEAST TENTATIVELY WHEN THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE SCHEDULED ESPECIALLY. 
          WELL, YES. 
          I MEAN I WOULD THINK THAT THE NEXT MEETING, WELL WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE, WE WANT TO PLAN THESE DATES OUT ON THE EIGHTH IS WHEN WE HAVE A SCHEDULED MEETING. 
          GOT IT. 
          JULY 8TH. 
          BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING ON THE 22ND, JULY 22ND MEETING, BA MAKING A FORMAL PRESENTATION IN PERSON TO THE BOARD. 
          SO THAT'S JULY 22ND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF SHE, IF YOU, IF OUR SECRETARY COULD JUST FIX UP A CALENDAR THAT HAS TENTATIVELY THOSE DATES AND THE PURPOSE OF THOSE KEY MEETINGS, WHERE THE BOARD WILL BE INVOLVED AND WHERE STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE INVOLVED AND SEND IT OUT TO US AT THE VERY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SKELETON. 
          YES, YES. 
          BUT THERE'S ANOTHER STEP TO THIS, BUT YOU'LL KNOW MORE WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW IS WE, WE HAVE THE, THE MEETING TO THE PLAN PLAN AND THEN COME UP WITH THAT. 
          THE PLAN WOULD BE TO BRING IT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR FOR APPROVE SOONER. 
          IT COULD BE SOONER IF THERE'S A, A PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          BUT AT LEAST WE'RE THINKING THAT WE WILL BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR DISCUSSION AND THERE'S VARIABLES INVOLVED. 
          AND SO IF, IF, IF, IF WE MAKE UP A CALENDAR AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, SHE CAN SEND OUT THE REVISED CALENDAR. 
          IT'S JUST THAT, THAT HELPS US ALL SURE. 
          BE HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          BE HERE IF NO AND NO KEY MEETING AND WE CAN SEND, WE CAN SEND THIS OUT TO YOU NEXT. 
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UH, WELL NOT THE NEXT, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IT, WE'LL SEE IT BY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE IT FOR THE MEETING ON BEFORE THE MEETING ON THE 22ND, RIGHT? YES. 
          WE'LL PROPOSAL AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS IT. 
          ANY OTHER, I GUESS IS THERE ANY ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE ON THIS OR WE, WELL, THE ONLY OTHER THING I I WOULD SAY IS DO WE, I MEAN IS THOUGH, IS THAT TIMING OKAY? YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, DO WE, DO WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN BETWEEN THERE AFTER THEY MAKE THE PRESENTATION OR REPORT? I MEAN, AFTER WE SAY, OKAY, THIS LOOKS GOOD, WE PROBABLY NOT, NOW WE NEED THE BOARD AND WE JUST WAIT AND DO THAT ON THE 22ND. 
          I YEAH. 
          IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT. 
          UNLESS, TO ME, UNLESS THERE'S A BURNING ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO DO A WEEK, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING A WEEK SOONER. 
          THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK WE DO IT ON THE 22ND. 
          WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHENEVER YOU FRAME THIS OUT IS TO IDENTIFY WHO'S AT THESE MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD, WITH, WITH TRUSTEES, STAFF AND BLOCK WITH, AND THEN ON THE, ON ALL OF, YOU KNOW, WITH TRUSTEES OR NOT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT, JULY 8TH JULY STAFF, HE'S WITH THE BOARD? NO, NO, THAT'S WHAT I WANT STAFF. 
          YEAH. 
          TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          WE'LL SEE IT ON THE 22ND AND THAT'S FINE. 
          OR YOUR, IT'S A POSSIBILITY TO SEE IT A WEEK BEFORE. 
          IS THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WELL, WE'LL SEE IT ON, WE'LL SEE IT ON FRIDAY. 
          WELL, I MEAN 18TH. 
          YES. 
          I MEAN, WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE TO DO IS, IS THAT, UM, AFTER WE HAVE THIS MEETING AND THE STAFF AND BA SAYS, WE THINK WE'RE THERE, THEN WE, I WANT TO GET IT IN YOUR HANDS. 
          YOU CAN SEND IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU CAN REVIEW THIS SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT, IT WON'T BE NEW TO YOU ON THE 22ND. 
          THAT'S YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT SOON AS YOU, SOON AS YOU, THAT'S THE PLAN. 
          AS SOON AS YOU GUYS COME TO CLOSURE, YOU CAN SEND IT OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IS THERE ANY, I GUESS TONY, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON ANY OF THIS? OR IS THAT I WILL, I THINK, I THINK WE'VE GOT PLAN. 
          I THINK WE, YOU, YOU WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COUNT. 
          WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THE CALENDAR? RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. 
          WE GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M GONNA DECLARE THAT DONE AND WE'LL MOVE 
          [F.12 Discuss and Consider for Approval Changes to the Bylaws]
ON TO F 12, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS. 
          THANK YOU, DR. BROWN. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          SEE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS. 
          YEAH. 
          I MOVE APPROVAL. 
          YEAH. 
          SECOND. 
          SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND. 
          SO I MEAN, I CAN GO THROUGH THE CHANGES. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY WE DID GET THE RIGHT ONE. 
          YEAH, VERY HELPFUL. 
          YEAH, NO, THAT WAS GOOD. 
          PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WHAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          SO UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO TWEAK SOMETHING. 
          YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S, IS THERE ANY, ANY, ANY, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON WHAT WAS, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED? I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY WASN'T DELINEATED THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT ON PAGES SEVEN AND EIGHT, THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OTHER TWO STANDING COMMITTEES, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE PENSION PLAN COMMITTEE, AND I JUST KIND OF PULLED UP FROM PRIOR MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHAT WERE ON THE AGENDAS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES AND I PAID ATTENTION TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ONE MORE THAN OTHER MM-HMM . 
          AND, AND I THOUGHT IT LOOKED GOOD. 
          THE ONLY, THE ONLY, UH, CRITIQUE I WOULD'VE HAD IF I WAS STANDING OVER YOUR SHOULDER HELPING TO WRITE IT WAS, UH, IT'S, I I, AS LONG AS COMPENSATION MEANS TOTAL COMPENSATION, THEN THAT'S FINE. 
          IF IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE INCENTIVES AND THE LIKE, THEN WE SHOULD ADD THOSE. 
          WELL, I THOUGHT COMPENSATION INCLUDES ALL, ALL FORMS. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          WE CAN PUT THAT IN WORDS THOUGH. 
          I MEAN, I CAN SAY OR JUST ADD THE WORD TOTAL COMPENSATION. 
          TOTAL COMPENSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          COMPLETE. 
          SO YOU MIGHT REVISE, I GUESS REVISE YOUR MOTION. 
          YES, I WILL. 
          TO INCLUDE TOTAL COMPENSATION. 
          YES. 
          WHICH, WHICH, OR DEFINING THE COMPENSATION MEANS TOTAL. 
          TOTAL COMPENSATION. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU, YOU ACCEPT THAT CHANGE. 
          SO ANY OTHER, I MEAN, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF PULLING IT TOGETHER AND PRESENTING IT. 
          SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD, UH, ANY COMMENTS? WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          ANY, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGES AS PRESENTED WITH THE, THE AMENDMENT, INCLUDING TOTAL COMPENSATION? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          F 
          [F.13 Discuss and Consider the Development of a Port Board calendar and calendar for each of our Standing Committees. Trustee Yarbrough and Trustee Lidstone]
13, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BOARD PARK. 
          I DON'T SAY PARK BOARD. 
          BOARD  CARE. 
          YEAH, WE DON'T WANNA GET OF A PORT. 
          I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT. 
          OF A PORT BOARD CALENDAR AND, AND CALENDAR FOR EACH OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. 
          YARD TRUSTEES, YARD BOROUGH AND . 
          YEAH, JIM? YEAH, TEAM. 
          I'VE MENTIONED 
          [01:30:01]
IT SEVERAL TIMES, UH, AGAIN, LAST MONTH. 
          WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR HERE, UH, JEFF, IS IT WOULD GO IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SET OUR ANNUAL MEETING DATES AND PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. 
          IT'S JUST A CALENDAR THAT SHOWS ME THIS IS THE MONTH WE HAVE INSURANCE DUE. 
          THIS IS THE MONTH WE MEET WITH CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS THE MONTH WE RECEIVE THE AUDIT. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, I'M GONNA PASS THIS OUT, IF YOU WOULD, THIS IS JUST A STAB OF GOING BY MY MEMORY, UH, THIS IS JUST GOING FROM MY MEMORY AND MY NOTES. 
          IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT COMPLETE. 
          I DON'T WANT THE FACT THAT THIS TYPE OF THING IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, WHERE ESPECIALLY A NEW BOARD MEMBER, BUT EVEN THOSE LONGER ONES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE DUE, WHEN THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS ARE COMING ON OUR AGENDA WHERE WE CAN PREPARE. 
          IF I KNOW, IF I REMEMBER IN ADVANCE THAT I'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING UP, I CAN GET WITH ROGER AND GET HIS STAFF TO HELP ME, UH, MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS GOOD. 
          I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE, ONE OF THE HARD THINGS IS GETTING THOSE MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL JOINT MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I THINK TWO OF 'EM A YEAR IS ENOUGH. 
          ROGER, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I AGREE. 
          YOU KNOW, BUT WE OUGHT TO HAVE THOSE ON OUR CALENDAR, JUST LIKE WE HAVE THE NOVEMBER 25TH MEETING ON OUR CALENDAR, AND WE OUGHT TO KIND OF PUSH THE CITY TO PUT IT ON THEIR CALENDAR WHERE THERE'S NO, THERE'S ALWAYS EXCUSES, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET PRINTED NOTICE AT THE MEETING WITH THE PORCH GONNA BE ON THIS DAY AND THEN JUST LIVE UP TO IT. 
          AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHICH MONTHS WE WANT THAT. 
          SOMETIMES JANUARY'S A BAD MONTH BECAUSE I KNOW ACCOUNTING PEOPLE ARE CLOSING BOOKS AND BEGINNING TO DEAL WITH AUDITORS. 
          BUT AGAIN, MAKE SOME OF THESE THINGS COME DUE WHEN WE WANT THEM TO COME DUE. 
          NOT JUST WHERE THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY COME DUE AND TRYING TO KEEP LIKE MONTHS OF DECEMBER WHERE YOU HAVE HOLIDAYS AND PEOPLE REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE SITTING HERE AND MEETING. 
          KEEP THOSE THINGS DOWN TO JUST THE NECESSITIES AND PUT YOUR WORKLOAD INTO OTHER MONTHS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT ROGER GET WITH STAFF AND IN PARTICULAR, AGENDA EXPERT, UH, ANGIE, COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED CALENDAR THAT IS FULSOME INCLUSIVE. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'LL BE A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          IT WILL CHANGE EVERY YEAR AS WE ADD THINGS AND DELETE THINGS. 
          IT'S JUST, SHE SAID, WE, WE CAN GO BACK AND, AND, AND REALLY FOR ITEMS THAT MAY NOT BE ON HERE, GO BACK TO THE AGENDA. 
          YEAH, I DID NOT DO THAT. 
          SEE WHEN THEY CAME UP, AND THIS WAS JUST FILE NOTEBOOK IN MEMORY. 
          SO JIM HAD, JIM HAD THE MOTION SECOND FROM SHEILA AND ANGIE, YOU GOT THAT CALENDAR TO WORK WITH ROGER AND YOURSELF ON FLESHING OUT THE CALENDAR. 
          I I DON'T SEE JUNE'S BIRTHDAY ON . 
          I DON'T SEE THE BASEBALL GAMES ON HERE EITHER. 
          HE QUIT HAVING THOSE. 
          BUT, UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I NEED TO ADD. 
          THAT'S FOR SURE. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? I, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIED. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          F 15, 
          [F.15 Discuss and consider delaying or terminating plans to reconstruct pedestrian elevated walkover at 25th and Harborside. Trustee Lidstone and Trustee Yarbrough]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DELAYING OR TERMINATING PLANS TO RECONSTRUCT PEDESTRIAN ELEVATED WALKOVER AT 25TH AND HERBICIDE TRUSTEES WOODSTONE IN BOROUGH. 
          I THINK THE BEST ACTION ON THIS IS TO WITHDRAW IT. 
          I SECOND ALWAYS BRING IT UP LATER. 
          13. 
          YEAH, HE'S RIGHT. 
          HE, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO 15 SINCE I I DID SKIP IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOTHING PERSONAL. 
          OKAY. 
          I MAKE A MOTION. 
          SORRY TO DEFER THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL SECOND MOTION TO, TO, UH, DEFER ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. 
          I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE, UH, TODAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MAKING OUTTA THAT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF DEFERRING THE ITEM AND APP. 
          RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          GOOD. 
          AND NOW WE'LL MOVE 
          [F.14
Discuss and Consider Developing and adopting a policy for managing budget amendments for the Port of Galveston which aligns with City of Galveston policy. – Trustee Lidstone and Trustee Yarbrough]
BACK. 
          SORRY. 
          I, I PUT A CHECK AT 14 AND I WENT, WENT THROUGH IT. 
          SO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DEVELOPING A POLICY FOR MANAGING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE COURT OF GALVESTON, WHICH ALIGNS WITH CITY OF GALVESTON POLICY AND TRUSTEES LIT STONE AND YARBOROUGH. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT SAME MOTION I MADE IN THE DEFENSE COMMITTEE, THAT WE DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROGER REESE AND HIS STAFF WITH TONY BROWN TO COME BACK WITH A PROTOTYPE OR A PROPOSED POLICY THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          SHE JUST SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GETTING A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT 
          [01:35:01]
OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF TODAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          15. 
          I DON'T NEED TO READ THAT AGAIN. 
          [F.16 Discuss and consider convening a Wharves Board/Executive Leadership retreat to determine budget priorities and to create goals for 2026. Trustee Lidstone and Trustee Yarbrough]
F 16, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONVENING OF WARS BOARD SLASH EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP RETREAT TO DETERMINE BUDGET PRIORITIES AND DEGREE GOALS FOR 2026. 
          I PUT THIS, UH, ON, ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, I'VE TALKED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PROBABLY EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD ABOUT CONVENING A EVENT LIKE THIS. 
          AND I, WE JUST HAVEN'T EVER GOTTEN AROUND TO IT. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, MISUNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION ISSUES COULD BE SOLVED IF THE BOARD IS MORE PART OF THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE BUDGET AND DEVELOPING THE GOALS. 
          'CAUSE THEN WE ALSO ARE THE INTENT TO FIND THEM. 
          NOW THAT SAID, UM, I'M HESITANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT THE BOARD HERE BECAUSE HE WOULD BE THE ONE TO CALL US. 
          YEAH, I MEAN PERSONALLY, I, I JUST FROM GO BACK TO MIKE WORKING DAYS, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF A STRATEGY SESSION AND WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, I HAD THE SAME COMMENTS AND I THINK WE DID SOME INTERACTION BACK. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S JUST, I THINK PARTLY, FRANKLY, IT JUST GETS LOST IN THE, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON AND WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INTERACTION AND TALKING ON THINGS, BUT I, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I MEAN FOR ME PERSONALLY, TO HAVE KIND OF THAT EARLY ON IN THE YEAR OR LATE, LATE IN THE YEAR BEFORE, EARLY IN THE YEAR BEFORE, AS, AS YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH AND SETTING GOALS IS TO KIND OF GIVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A WORKSHOP FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH. 
          BASICALLY YOU'RE GETTING THE BOARD'S INPUT ON WHAT THEY SEE AS THE PRIORITIES AND MAYBE IT'S YOU GUYS BRINGING US A STRAW MAN OR YOUR DRAFT OF WHAT YOUR KIND OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE FOR YOUR STAFF. 
          AND IT GIVES A, A GOOD A CHANCE FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE AND INPUT FROM TONY FROM A BOARD  MEETING. 
          WE DO THIS AS STAFF, RIGHT? SURE. 
          NO, I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK. 
          GET GET ROOM OVER THERE TO ON, GET AWAY FROM HERE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. 
          MAYBE THERE'S JUST SOME, IT'S A MEETING. 
          IS THIS A MEETING OR IS IT, YOU'D HAVE TO DECLARE A FORUM. 
          YOU HAVE TO DECLARE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          PEOPLE SHOW UP. 
          SO SOMEHOW NOW THE NECESSARILY HERE, NO. 
          WHEREVER, BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW GIVE THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          JUST LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE BA THE MASTER PLAN. 
          WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE SOME INPUT OR JUST AN AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME, BUT IT'S JUST SO DO AND AND I GUESS, I MEAN YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANNA WAIT, VIC IS BACK OR WE CAN MAKE, I GUESS WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AND WHAT TIME A YEAR, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO DO? WHEN ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT? WHEN DO WE DO OURS? WE DID OURS. 
          UH, WE DO OURS IN LIKE JANUARY, FEBRUARY. 
          SO I GUESS SO, SO THE THING WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE BESTOP, WHAT IS THE GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD? YOU KNOW, I DON'T, NOT NECESSARILY WITH YOUR SESSION, BUT IS THERE A FOLLOW UP OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET YOU KIND OF REVIEW THE, THE RESULT? MAYBE IT'S, OR BEFORE YOU GUYS WANNA REVIEW THE RESULTS OR YOU WANT TO GIVE INPUT BEFOREHAND? I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION BEFORE WOULD BE, AND WE DO OUR SWO ANALYSIS DURING THAT MEETING AND, AND WE'D GO BACK OVER THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND UPDATE ANY OF THAT. 
          AND THEN ANY INTERNAL PERSONNEL ISSUES, UM, WE HAVE AT THAT MEETING. 
          AND UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S USUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE HALF A DAY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO GET TOGETHER. 
          SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE JUST, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THIS AND THAT YOU ALSO WORK WITH, UM, THE CHAIRMAN TO FIGURE I'LL SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          NO, GO AHEAD AND SECOND. 
          NO, GO AHEAD. 
          AND THEN WE'LL PUT IT ON HERE. 
          BUT THEN I HAVE CALENDAR, THEN I HAVE A COMMENT. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, WE'VE GOT A MOTION A SECOND AND A COMMENT. 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          NOW, UH, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IT BE THAT WE SPECIFICALLY SAY IT'S A FACILITATED SESSION. 
          THAT THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT, BUT I I THINK IF WE HAVE A FACILITATOR WE'LL GET MORE. 
          MORE. 
          SO IS Y'ALL, DO Y'ALL HAVE A FACILITATOR OR YOU GUYS MANAGE, YOU MANAGE IT YOURSELVES? I FACILITATOR WELL, THE CHAIR. 
          THAT'S WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT ME TO BE FACILITATE. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          I I MEAN I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO ANYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION DIFFERENT WAYS TO, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT, BUT I GUESS WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT DO IS FINE. 
          IT'S FINE WITH ME. 
          YOU SHOULD BE FINE. 
          A FACILITATOR. 
          WELL, HER MOTIONS SAID TO, UH, APPROVE IT AND HAVE YOU AND VIC COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HOW TO DO THIS. 
          SO IF IT INVOLVES A FACILITATOR, THEN 
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THINK ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN GO EITHER WAY ON THAT. 
          SO I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL GET THE MOTION SAYS LET VIC, VIC AND ROGER KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          I SECOND TO SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, JUDGE? YEAH, I THINK IN GENERAL I WOULD THINK OUR RETREAT CONVERSATION WOULD HAPPEN AFTER AND THEN BEFORE BUDGET, THAT WAY WE HAD SOMETHING MEANINGFUL OR REALLY BURNING THE BOARD WANTED. 
          IT COULD BE BUDGETED AND VETTED AND STUFF. 
          SO I'M THINKING UNFORTUNATELY FAIRLY SOON, BUT I WAS THINKING SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE OUTSET. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YOU'RE, I GUESS THAT'S INPUT FOR, I GUESS INPUT FOR ROGER, FOR ROGER VIC TO CONTEMPLATE. 
          IT'S SO SOONER RATHER OR LATER. 
          I WOULD THINK SO. 
          THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HEAR AND YOU, IT'LL I THE BUDGET BETTER THAT WAY. 
          YEAH. 
          LAST YEAR YOU DISTRIBUTED THE INTERNAL GOALS TO US THAT Y'ALL HAD COME UP WITH TOO BAD TESTING ON HERE. 
          WE COULD HAVE HIM FACILITATE. 
          WELL, HE MIGHT, I THINK, I THINK YOU CAN MAKE, SO IF WE GET TED TO FACILITATE, WE'RE GONNA NEED A REFEREE FOR, SO I GUESS WHAT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING, IT REALLY, IT IS A WAY TO GET THE BOARD PRIORITIES, BOARD PRIORITIES TO STAFF IN A VERY EARLY FASHION FOR, YOU KNOW, 2026. 
          AND TO ME IT BUILDS A, THE THING, THE SAME THING ROGER USED FAR WITH THE STAFF. 
          IT BUILDS TEAM, IT BUILDS COMMUNICATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A BOARD THAT IS BEST I KNOW IN, IN BASHFUL ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER. 
          I MEAN, WE DO, WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT. 
          BUT YOU MAY HAVE PLAYERS IN THE FUTURE WHO AREN'T QUITE IN, IN THE MIX. 
          AND THAT'S TRUE. 
          IT GIVES BUILD. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S, IT'S PART OF TEAM BUILDING, PART OF THAT EFFORT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO ANGIE, DID YOU GET THE MOTION? SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION SECTION, SOMETHING FOR NEXT MEETING. 
          IT'S ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION. 
          UH, ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          F 
          [F.17 Discuss and Consider Approval of a Resolution Supporting the Bicentennial Scholarship Program]
17, UNLESS I'VE SKIPPED OR THIS ONE F UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BICENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
          YOU HAVEN'T RESOLUTION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE A, I'M, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          DO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TITLE? THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M SORRY, YEAH, SORRY. 
          TAB 17. 
          I SEE WHERE A, OF COURSE A AND M IS, IS THE HAVE THIS SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR YEAR ONE. 
          I THINK FOR YEAR TWO, LIKE IF MY BROTHER WAS IN A CROWD RIGHT NOW, HE'D BE FIGHTING FOR GALVESTON COLLEGE TO GIVE WELDING CLASSES FOR COMM. 
          AND THESE ARE JOBS THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY HELP OUR BOARD, I BELIEVE AND COME BACK TO US AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE GOING SAY TO GALVESTON COLLEGE TO DO WELDING OR, OR ELECTRICIANS AND THAT KIND OF HVAC. 
          UM, THEY MIGHT HAVE A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE IN MARKETING OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT, BUT THEY WANNA LIVE IN GALVESTON, RAISE THEIR KIDS HERE. 
          AND THOSE JOBS, IF, IF THIS THING HAPPENS IN PELICAN ISLAND WILL BE PLENTIFUL AND I, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND WORKING HERE. 
          SO WE SHOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US CONSIDER THAT IN YEAR TWO THAT WE COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE WHERE IT'S NOT JUST ONE SCHOOL GETTING ALL OF THE MONEY. 
          THINK, I MEAN, I THINK VIC MENTIONED THAT THIS MORNING, THAT YEAH, YOU MENTIONED WE'RE TRYING TO TRY TO RAISE MORE MONEY FOR FUTURE IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          VIC MENTIONED THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY GIVEN ONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
          WE MIGHT AS WELL GIVE TO THE OTHER, BROKE IT UP. 
          THESE ARE FOR FOLKS LIKE SHEILA'S DAD AND MY DAD WHO WORKED ON THE FLOOR AND DID THOSE JOBS AND SO WELL IS IT PART OF THE YEAH. 
          OR IS IT PART OF THE MOTION THAT WE SAY WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND THEN FOR FUTURE YEARS WE LOOK HOW TO EXPAND? I'D SAY IN YEAR TWO. 
          YEAR TWO, WE LOOK HOW TO EXPAND IT TO OTHER ENTITIES. 
          IE GALSTON COLLEGE OR OTHER APPROPRIATE ENTITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS, UH, I MEAN GALVESTON COLLEGE IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED MM-HMM . 
          UM, WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE LIKE WE'RE HAVING WITH A AND M WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURE FOR THEM? YEAH. 
          'CAUSE THE LANGUAGE WE GOT, WE WORKED WITH A AND M ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANNA CHANGE ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I SAID THAT'S WHY I SAY YEAR TWO 'CAUSE THIS IS GONNA GO ON, RIGHT. 
          I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S THE PLAN. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          AND, AND, 
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AND FOR US TO BE FULLY BEHIND IT, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD THING. 
          BUT INITIALLY LOOKING AT HOW QUICK IT WOULD COME BACK TO HELP US. 
          IS THERE A MOTION THERE WILLY? OR HOW DO YOU APPROVE MAYBE APPROVING THE RESOLUTION AND THEN YEAH, I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, F 1617. 
          1717. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, BUT YEAH, DIDN'T, UH, WITH UM, AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT? WITH DIRECTING, DIRECTING STAFF. 
          WITH DIRECTING STAFF TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS IN THE PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO, UH, LEAD WORKFORCE WORKFORCE TYPE PROGRAMS. SO SOMETHING LIKE AFTER THE INITIAL, AFTER THE INITIAL YEAR MM-HMM . 
          UM, THE, I MEAN UNLESS WE WANNA DO ANOTHER RESOLUTION, I MEAN, UH, OR CAN WE KILL TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE AND ADD THAT INTO THIS RESOLUTION AFTER THE INITIAL YEAR, THEN THE, UM, THE COURT STAFF WILL LOOK INTO, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OR SOMETHING. 
          YES. 
          WELL YOU WANT TO ADD IT INTO TO THIS RESOLUTION? YEAH. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M ASKING I THINK WHAT, TO ME, WE'RE GONNA HAND AN M $200,000 CORRECT. 
          HERE'S HOPING. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE WON'T BE ANY MONEY IN YEAR TWO. 
          SO I THINK THAT WHAT WILLIE'S TRYING TO GET TO, IF I MAY PHRASE IS THAT WE SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          SIGN THIS RESOLUTION, ENTER THAT AGREEMENT. 
          ARE WE UNDER A TIME DEADLINE SO WE CAN BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH? TON COLLEGE? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK. 
          I THINK WE CAN APPROVE WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WILLIE'S SUGGESTING IN MAKING PART OF HIS MOTION IS SEPARATE FROM THE RESOLUTION, IS THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE PORT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO INCREASE BASICALLY ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT OF MONEY ABOVE ME. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THIS MONEY AFTER WE DO THIS. 
          AND THAT SECOND YEAR OR THAT SECOND ROUND OF MONEY WOULD INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO GALVESTON COLLEGE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I GOT A QUESTION FOR ROGER. 
          ROGER. 
          WOULD, WOULD WE BE DE IF IT'S $300,000 THAT WE HAVE, IF WOULD WE BE DEPLETING $200,000 ON THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE 60 PLAN IS 60 70. 
          WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS THERE WOULD BE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL FIRST YEAR. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE REST OF IT WOULD GO INTO AN ENDOWMENT. 
          THAT'S YEAH. 
          WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, EARN IN INCOME. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN AN INCOME, THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR PERPETUAL. 
          SO YOU KEEP RAISING THE MONEY THAT THE PRINCIPAL INCREASES. 
          AND THEN HAS THAT NUMBER BEEN SPECIFIED IN THIS? IT HAS NOT YET. 
          IN THIS, WELL, WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T BECAUSE YOU DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER'S GONNA BE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DID YOU GET YOUR MOTION OR DID WE CLARIFY? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WELL, KNOWING THAT IT, IT'S AN ENDOWMENT AND, AND THERE WILL BE A YEAR TWO, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE, YEAH, I DON'T WANNA SPEND $200,000 ON THE FIRST YEAR, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET TO WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS FINDING OUT WHICH KID GETS WHAT. 
          THAT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS. 
          THAT'S, WE JUST GIVE IT TO THE INSTITUTIONS. 
          IT PROVIDES HIM HERE. 
          THAT RIGHT. 
          THE FACULTY OF A AND M. 
          YEAH. 
          CLEAR. 
          AND I'M SURE GALVESTON COLLEGE THAT RIGHT. 
          SO YOUR, SO YOUR MOTION, I LIKE, SO YOUR MOTION IS TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND THEN ALSO TO LOOK TO EXPAND, PURSUE, PURSUE RE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND OR RECIPIENT SCHOOLS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          DID THAT BENEFIT THE MARITIME INDUSTRY? IS THAT A SECOND ON THAT? NOT YET. 
          IT'S OPEN. 
          I'LL SECOND IT. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION NOW THERE IS  JUST APPROPRIATELY. 
          SO GO RIGHT HERE. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN I, I I, WELL I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS TOO MUCH, BUT, UH, I THINK A AND M IS GOING TO PROBABLY UTILIZE THE, UH, THE SAME INVESTMENT VEHICLES THAT THEY'VE USED IN THE PAST, WHICH IS THE PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND OR THE STAFF AT THE PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND. 
          AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT AS A DISCREET EN ENDOWMENT WITHIN THAT. 
          AND SO ONE WITH GALVESTON COLLEGE SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT A DISCREET ENDOWMENT. 
          FALSE. 
          SO IT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION OF THE TERMS ENDOWMENT AND ONE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN DISCRETE? I MEAN THE ONLY WAY THERE'S AN, SO THIS WILL BE A SPECIFIC ENDOWMENT SET UP AT A AND M, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A, AN AN ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC ENDOWMENT. 
          THEY WOULDN'T BE THE SAME. 
          IT'S NOT COMMINGLED, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. 
          THEY'RE DISCREET ENDOWMENTS. 
          SO DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT THIS UNDER THAT SCENARIO THEN? DOES THIS BOARD DECIDE, 
          [01:50:01]
UM, THE, WHERE, WHO GETS WHAT YOU MEAN OPERATE? SO HERE OUTSIDE THE FIRST YEAR, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THE FIRST YEAR. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THE SECOND YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE MAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN THE BOARD SAY, OKAY, WE WANT, UH, 75,000 TO GO TO A AND M AND 25,000 TO DO, WE COULD MAKE THAT DECISION. 
          THAT WOULD BE A DECISION OF THE BOARD. 
          BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE AN ENDOWMENT RECEPTACLE IN, IN BOTH LOCATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE BOARD WOULD MAKE THE DECISION. 
          OH YES. 
          YEAH. 
          WHERE WHICH ONE IS WHAT? I THINK SO, SO THAT DOESN'T SAY THAT THERE, RIGHT? NO. 
          WELL THIS, BUT THIS JUST, IT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET. 
          BUT THIS JUST ADDRESSES WHAT WOULD BE AT A, THIS TAKES CARE OF US FOR PURPOSES OF VICE CENTAL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S, I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT THAT. 
          IT DOESN'T WANT US TO LOOK SPECIFY FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE FOR WHAT WE DO. 
          AND I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY A GOOD IDEA. 
          THANKS FOR BRINGING SO MOTION A SECOND THAT WE CLEAR ON THE MOTION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED MOTION? CARRIE? MOTION SECOND. 
          AND ACCOMPANYING DIRECTIVE. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          F 
          [F.18 Discuss and Consider Agenda Items for July Agenda]
18. 
          DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AGENDA ITEMS FOR JULY. 
          AGENDA FIGHTER. 
          THAT'S A WARRANT. 
          SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE PLENTY. 
          WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO ROUND. 
          THE ONLY THING I WOULD MENTION, JEFF, IN THAT AREA IS BECAUSE WE DID AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT JUST FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN ITEM DEALING WITH LANDRY ON THE LIE BASIS. 
          CORRECT. 
          GOOD POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHO BEN AFFECTED US? THIS, THIS IS SHARON. 
          SHARON. 
          OH, SHARON LEWIS. 
          THAT'S WHAT SHE CAME IN. 
          YES. 
          AUTOGRAPH. 
          WHAT HAPPENED? WE OWN ANTHONY GRIFFIN. 
          YEAH. 
          WHO'S THAT? WE SPONSORED REAL CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR EARLIER. 
          WE SPONSORED SANDWICHES AND, AND FOOD. 
          AND WE BOUGHT 25 OF THOSE BOOKS. 
          AND THOSE BOOKS WERE GIVEN OUT AT THE, AT THE, UH, AT THE RECEPTION. 
          THERE WAS RECEPTION ARE THEY GIVEN OUT AT RECEPTION? AND THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE LEFT. 
          AND SO SHARON REQUESTED THAT WE GIVE THEM TO OUR GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SHARON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WITH 
          [G. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
THAT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO WILLIE AT THIS TIME. 
          START. 
          I'LL BE QUICK. 
          MY FATHER IS, UM, ONLY, I MENTIONED THE LAST MEETING. 
          HE IS DOING BETTER THAN WHAT YOU THINK HOSPICE CARE IS, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          AND IT DID HIM A LOT OF GOOD TO THE FAMILY IS THE BEST MEDICINE. 
          SO WE ALL WENT UP THERE AND, UH, IT REALLY LIFTED THE SPIRITS AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          SO, UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. 
          HE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE WORKING IN GALS FOR A LONG TIME TO COME AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD THING FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO, FOR YOUR UNIVERSITY TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SEE THE BENEFITS OF HARD WORK. 
          SO, UH, AND CARRYING ALONG ON THAT THEME, UH, JUST TO NOTE THE PASSING OF JOE FLORES. 
          UH, MY DAUGHTER HAS A SHOP ON THE STICKER STRAND, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF HIS, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, YAK, YAKING WITH EACH OTHER AS, AS JOE COULD DO. 
          AND, UH, SHE, SHE AND ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE STRAND AS WELL AS MYSELF, 'CAUSE I WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO JOE, WE WERE TAKEN BACK REALLY, REALLY A TYPICAL, NON-TYPICAL GALVESTON . 
          TYPICAL. 
          SO ONE OF OUR CHARACTERS FOR SURE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D ONLY JUST SAY, I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON DIFFERENT TOPICS AND BACK AND FORTH AND THINGS, BUT I, I, I THINK THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF THIS BOARD IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENTS, DISAGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEMS FROM TRUSTEES. 
          SO WE GET A, A GOOD RANGE AND DIFFERENT LOOKS AT DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE COME TO A, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE IDEAS ON THE TABLE AND WE GET THE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND OPINION, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN JUST TO SAY THANKS AGAIN TO STAFF. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STUFF GOING ON, SO ROGER, YOUR LEADERSHIP TO KEEP ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THINGS BETWEEN THE DITCHES AND, AND KEEP THINGS MOVING ON AND, AND KEEPING THIS BOARD INVOLVED AND THE MACHINATIONS AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING. 
          I JUST, MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, WELL, ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU SAID, YOU SAID EVERYTHING, AND I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF STAFF AND FIELD LEADERSHIP. 
          SO, SO WITH THAT, 
          [H. SET DATE OF NEXT BOARD MEETING, TIME, AND LOCATION]
          [01:55:01]
AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING, ANGIE, IS JULY 22ND. 
          JULY 22ND AT NINE O'CLOCK. 
          WITH THAT, I DECLARE HIS ADJOURNED AT TWO SEVEN.
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