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CALL A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORDER OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WORKS TO ORDER.MAY HAVE A PHONE CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN JEFF PATTERSON.
TRUSTEE SHEILA LID STONE? HERE.
AND WE HAVE ROGER REESE AND ANTHONY BROWN.
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UH, ANY OTHER CONFLICTS? SCENE? NONE.
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WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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C3.YOU KNOW, I, UH, THINK ABOUT THE
I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED HARD FOR, YOU KNOW, 18 MONTHS GETTING PROJECTS DONE, GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP FOR 'EM, AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS STAGE OF GETTING THEM DONE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK GOING ON OUT THERE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THAT TODAY.
BUT I THINK IN REALITY IS KIND OF THIS, SINCE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS TODAY, I THINK IT REALLY IS INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY EXECUTING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CARGO NUMBERS ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT IS, IS, UH, THE GENERAL CARGO.
UH, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING, UH, BREEDING ALL, ALL THESE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, DRY BULK, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BLADES ARE GOING STRONG, UH, AND WE THINK IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GO THAT WAY.
HERE'S THE, UH, THE NUMBERS ON IT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY ABOUT 22% BELOW, UM, OUR PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, STATISTICS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, I THINK THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WEST END AND THAT AS THAT PROJECTS, UH, CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD, UH, CRUISE STATISTICS, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING, EXCUSE ME.
WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? THE WEST END, OR WILL WE BE DISCUSSING IT COMING UP? OR WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? YEAH, LATER ON HERE IN THIS ONE, SHOWING PICTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, UNLESS YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW? NO, NO.
UH, WE HAVE CRUISE STATISTICS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE SHIPS CONTINUE TO, UH, GO OUT STRONG HERE, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, WE'VE GOT NOVEMBER, UH, SEVENTH, UM, THE OPENING OF THE NEW CRUISE TERMINAL, UH, 16TH.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS, THAT, HAS A SET UP FOR THAT.
UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH, UM, OTHER TERMINAL.
MSC, UM, IS GONNA SHOW, UH, A TOUR OF THE SHIFT AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS WE ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH ON THE NEW TERMINAL ITSELF.
UM, WE WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 2 MILLION PASSENGERS THIS YEAR, SOMEWHERE AROUND 1,000,007 RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY, PROBABLY QUIT THAT.
BE RIGHT AT IT, UH, AT YEAR END HERE.
JUST KIND OF REALLY, IN A WAY, THIS TELLS THE STORY OF WHERE WE ARE IN CREWS AND, AND CARGO AND THE LAY SHIPS.
I MEAN, THOSE SHIPS ARE, WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, I DON'T THINK, BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING, HOLDING OUR OWN, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE USAGE OF THE BIRTHS, UH, WIND TO BE STRONG FOR US.
I WENT OVER THIS LAST MEETING IN TERM, LAST FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, THIS JUST THE SAME FINANCIAL.
YOU, YOU LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CLOSING, WE'RE ALMOST AT A 50% GROSS PROPERTY YEAR TODAY, WHICH GOOD NUMBER FOR US.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE A STRONG FOURTH QUARTER.
UM, GRANTS CONTINUE TO WORK ON GRANTS.
I MEAN, THIS IS, SOME OF THIS IS OLD INFORMATION.
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UM, WE, UH, SUBMITTED SEVERAL OF THE GRANTS ALREADY.WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF NEW ONES THAT HAVE COME UP FROM THE DOT.
UH, ONE OF 'EM IS LOOKING AT, UM, TAKING, UH, A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR ASSETS.
AND THEN ONE OF THIS ONE WE TALKED, WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, THE INNOVATIVE FINANCE AND ASSET CONCESSION GRANT, WHICH KIND OF TAKES A LOOK AT YOUR ASSET AND SAY, WHAT IF YOU DID THIS? WHAT COULD, WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FROM A REVENUE PRODUCING STANDPOINT? SO WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT HAD, HAVE WE HAD A GOOD ROAD THERE? OR IF WE PUT A NEW ROAD IN THERE, DOES THAT OPEN UP OTHER AREAS OF THE PORT MOSTLY ON, ON PELICAN.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AND SO WE DID RECEIVE, UH, FROM THE, FROM T SCOTT, UH, THE WAY FINDING.
UM, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A, UH, INITIAL MEETING ON THAT TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON, UH, SIGN ON THE SIGNINGS, THE KIND OF SIGNINGS AND THE LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN PUT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UH, TECH DOC, UM, MATTER OF FACT, WE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.
UM, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE, UH, I GOTTA HAVE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT, BUT HERE'S, HERE'S ALL THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S, YOU'LL SEE UP THERE, THE 1.6 MILLION IS THE TOTAL PROJECT COST OF THE WAY FINDING.
UM, THAT'S WHEN WE, JUST FROM THE C CONNECTIVITY AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE, UH, TECH STOCK COMMISSION APPROVED, APPROVED THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE PAC MADE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT SOME PROJECTS THROUGH THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINKS GONNA HAPPEN, UM, AND JULIO'S GROUP HAS PUT IN, NOW WE HAVE NEW LICENSE PLATE READERS IN THIS PARKING GARAGE DOWN HERE.
AND WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE ALMOST SEEING TIME CUT IN HALF.
AND, AND SO THIS IS, I RECEIVED A LETTER THIS WEEK FROM A, UH, FROM A PERSON WHO SAW EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN HERE, IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN, YOU KNOW, 25TH AND STOPPING TO GO INTO THE GARAGE, NOT GOING AROUND.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, IF YOU'VE NOTICED, IF YOU CAME IN THIS MORNING, YOU NOTICED THERE'S AN ELECTRONIC SIGN NOW ON THE CORNER OF THAT TERMINAL RIGHT THERE, WHICH WILL, UH, THAT PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE, WHICH WILL GIVE DIRECTION TO PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO COME IN AND PARK.
IF THEY'RE COMING IN NOW, THE PARKING LOT FASTER, AND THEY'RE JUST GETTING DRIVING RIGHT IN BECAUSE IT'S UNDER, IT'S READING THEIR LICENSE PLATE.
WE JUST CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS THING.
AND, AND, AND BIT BY BIT, I THINK, WE'LL, WE WILL REALLY GET SOME, UH, GOOD, UM, GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROCEEDING, UH, FORWARD WITH, UM, THE SHORE POWER PROJECT.
UM, IT'S NOT A GRANT OR ANYTHING.
WE'RE STILL HAVING, WE'RE STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HOW THAT MIGHT WORK AND HOW THAT, UH, WHO'S GONNA FUND THAT.
AND, UH, WE NEED, WE NEED THE CRUISE LINES TO PARTICIPATE OBVIOUSLY IN THAT.
AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH OPEN TO DOING THAT.
THEY DO WANT SHORE POWER HERE.
SO I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WHAT JOG OUR MEMORY.
WE HAVE THIS, WE ALREADY HAVE A CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT, THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS, UH, AWARDED US MONEY ON.
SO THE SURF, YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE FLYOVER.
UM, WE HAD A, UH, WE HAD A MEETING, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING ON THAT TO, TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT.
NOT SURE WE'VE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY AWARDED IT YET, BUT THAT'S, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, FLYOVER FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND REALLY, WE, WE PUT THE TWO OF 'EM TOGETHER, THE OPI 41ST TO 51ST STREET FEASIBILITY STUDY.
I MEAN, TECHNICALLY IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH THE SAME KIND OF STUDY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THE BICENTENNIAL UPDATE, I MEAN, THIS TYPICAL GREAT, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S, IT'S FALLEN INTO PLAY.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF SECURITIES MEETING SECURITY MEETINGS ON THE PARTY ON THE PIER.
UM, SO WE'RE EXPECTING A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE OF THAT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SECURITY IN PLACE THERE.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE INTENDING TO, UH, FENCE IN, UH, THAT AREA THERE AND HAVE A LIMITED ACCESS WHERE EVERYBODY GOES IN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE FALLING INTO WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LIVE MUSIC FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN, AND ALSO A DRONE SHOW AND FIREWORKS, UH, WHICH JUST KIND OF GOT PUT IN HERE LATELY WAS, UH, WE HAD SOMEBODY STEP FORWARD AND SAID WE WANTED, THEY WANTED TO SPONSOR FIREWORKS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A DRONE SHOW AND THEN A FIREWORKS AFTER THAT.
AND, AND AN OPEN FOOD COURT THERE.
FIREWORKS AT THE DRUMS. WHAT'S THAT? THE FIREWORK, THE DRUMS PRETTY TIGHT.
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AND THEN OCTOBER 18TH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S FALLEN INTO PLACE TOO.WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING TO ALL OUR SPONSORS AND JUST GET, LOOKING TO FIND WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION'S GONNA BE, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WHO'S GOING TO USE ALL THEIR TABLES.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF IRON ALL THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A CAL HAS SPONSORED THE BAND FOR THAT.
UM, AND, UH, UH, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, CHRISTINE DUFFY WILL BE HERE, WHO'S PRESIDENT OF CARNIVAL.
UM, SHE'LL BE HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION 'CAUSE THAT'S ALSO THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CARNIVAL CRUISING HERE.
AND SO SHE IS ALL, WE'RE ALSO HAVING A LITTLE EVENT ON, UH, THEIR SHIP THAT SHE'LL BE RECEIVING INFORMATION.
YEAH, THEY'RE THE FIRST MAJOR CRUISE LINE HERE.
AND SO THEY'RE, UH, WE'LL BE DOING A LITTLE PRESENTATION WITH HER ON THAT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING GOOD ON THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
I MEAN, MORE AND MORE EVERYTH IN REALITY, EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN NOW IS, IS ALL FALLING TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY IN EXCESS OF 200,000, UH, AND PRO APPROACHING 300, WHICH WILL BE A, A GREAT LEGACY TO LEAVE FOR THIS VICE CERTIFICATE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE BOOK, UH, RELEASE.
WE'VE SEEN SOME, UM, SOME MOCKUPS TO THAT.
AND SO THAT BOOK WILL RELEASED IN OCTOBER.
AND THERE WAS A NICE ARTICLE IN THE GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS THIS MORNING, AND THERE'S A BOOK SIGNING A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THAT, AFTER THIS, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND THEY HAVE A NEW, UH, UH, REPORTER THERE.
SO WE MET WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND HE'S GOT, HE'S GOT SEVERAL, UH, NICE ARTICLES PLANNED FOR, FOR US IN THE DEAD NEWS, UH, PROCUREMENT.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE AND, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT FOR SECURITY SERVICES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMPENSATION STUDY IS UNDERWAY.
UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR BROKERAGE SERVICES FOR THE INSURANCE BUSINESS.
UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW ARE GETTING READY TO GO A ADVERTISED.
AND THEN, UH, SOLICITATIONS HERE IN THE FALL ON THE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
AND THEN WE'RE RE AS USUAL, WE'RE REWORKING CT 25, UH, BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT TO SEE HOW WE CAN VALUE ENGINEER THAT.
ROGER, ON, ON 16TH STREET TRAFFIC.
UH, THAT'S GETTING OFF THE, IS THAT GONNA GIVE IT TIME TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE WE START USING THE TERMINAL? NO, THAT WON'T BE INSTALLED YET.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL SOME, I THINK WE'RE STILL STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THAT.
I THINK WE ARE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT WE GOT 33RD, I THINK, AND 16TH.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GONE THROUGH, HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING ON THAT YET? SO, OKAY, WE'RE GOING FOR SOLICITATION IN THE FALL, UH, SEPTEMBER, UH, SAFETY COMMITTEE.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, ONE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A SIGN THAT WAS, OR ACTUALLY WE HAVE A, UH, ELECTRICAL BOX THAT WAS KIND OF LOW.
YOU WALK BY, SOMEBODY CAN BANG THEIR HEAD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE FIXING THAT.
UM, THAT WAS WHAT THE SAFETY MANNER WAS.
UH, PARKING, I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU SAY? PARKING CONTINUES JUST TO, TO, UH, BE STRONG.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS, 14,005 ON THE RESERVATIONS.
AND HERE AGAIN, 2.3 MILLION IN RESERVATIONS ALREADY SOLD.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW PARKING DECK, WE'RE SELLING SPOTS IN THE NEW PARKING DECK NOW, AND FOR THE CRUISES FOR
SO IT'S, IT'S OPEN ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANY LONG-TERM CONTRACTS WITH THE NEW, UH, PEOPLE THAT RENT IT OUT MONTHLY ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF ANY SPOTS LIKE THAT? YOU MEAN YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MONTHLY PARKING AND DECK? MM-HMM.
NO, NO, THAT'S STRICTLY, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT PARKING.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, THIS WAS DONE IN THE TWO THOUSANDS AND BECAUSE 2018 WAS TAKEN OUT, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO DO SOME PRELIMINARY WORK TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME INTEREST BEFORE WE GOT THE DEADLINE CHIEF.
UM, YEAH, WE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IN YOUR RESEARCH, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO, IS JUST MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED WHEN WE GO OUT AND BID FOR
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IT.UM, BRETT, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.
UH, THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE HEALTH OF THE HARBOR PARLOR ACTUALLY IS RATHER, RATHER HEALTHY, UH, IN COMPARISON IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
THERE ARE A FEW HIGH SPOTS HERE AND THERE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED BY HOPPER DREDGE.
UH, WE'LL BE HERE TILL ROUGHLY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
UH, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY ON THE PELICAN ISLAND LEVY RAYS.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE COMPLETED UNTIL JANUARY 1ST.
UH, BUT AT THAT POINT, UH, THE ARMY CORPS WILL, UH, ISSUE A NOTICE TO PROCEED TO CONTRACTOR TO DO THE CHANNEL EXTENSION PROJECT ALONG WITH THE OPERATION OF MAINTENANCE DREDGING.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GONNA LAST ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE THE CHANNEL DOWN TO ABOUT, UH, 50 FEET.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO SOME ADVANCED, UH, MAINTENANCE DREDGING.
SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING OKAY.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY IN THE CONFERENCE AS WELL TO ENSURE THE NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS WE HAVE PLENTY OF, UH, DREDGING AS WELL AS THE, UH, PLACEMENT AREA TO GET THE LEVY RAISED, UH, AT ST.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON OUR LEVY AREA ALSO.
UM, UM, I THINK IT WAS ON A COUPLE SLIDES AGO, BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT, UH, TO, TO BASICALLY, UH, CUT A FEW THINGS OUT OF THE PLANS, BUT, UH, IT'LL STILL PRETTY MUCH LOOK THE SAME, UH, AT THE END OF IT.
BUT, BUT LOOKING AT, UM, JUST, JUST CUTTING SOME OF THE CIVIL WORK OUT AND, UM, WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE ALL THAT BACK IN OCTOBER FROM THEM AND START THE BIDDING PROCESS.
WE'LL GET BIDS IN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IS OUR PLAN.
PROBABLY WON'T MAKE THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE BIDS IN BY THE END.
UH, WAR ROAD 23RD TO 20TH STREET.
UH, THIS IS, UH, RIDER 37 PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THE PROJECT SITE YOU SEE THERE, UH, THAT THEY INSTALLED STORM SEWERS AND ALSO TIED IN THE WATER LINE AT THIS, UH, INTO THE PROJECT.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WINDOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS PROJECT HAS PROGRESSED SINCE WE DID THIS REPORT.
UH, THE, THOSE, UH, BOXES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN ARE THE STORM, UH, WATER INLETS.
AND NOW THOSE ARE COVERED UP AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST, UH, CONCRETE PLACEMENT OUT AT THAT PROJECT SITE.
UH, THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THROUGH ABOUT, UH, MID-OCTOBER.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING A, A, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS GONNA BE, UM, UM, FOCUSED ON 20, UH, SECOND STREET THROUGH KIND OF THIS, UH, THIS SINGLE LANE WE HAVE, UH, OPEN UP ON, ON THE UPPER ROAD.
UH, A DM GRAIN POWER DEMOLITION, UM, STILL PROGRESSING, YOU KNOW, SLOWLY, THERE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OUT THERE WITH WATER AND EXISTING UTILITIES, BUT, BUT THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS, UM, MONTH AFTER MONTH, AND WE EXPECT THIS TO BE WRAPPED UP IN OCTOBER.
THE, THE PILOT CRUSH, THE PILOT UN CRUSHED RUBBLE IS, IS DECREASING.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO FILL IN THAT AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, WHICH IS, HAS SOME WATER IN IT.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE TOPPING IT OFF WITH SOME OF THE, THE CRUSH WE PRODUCED FROM THE PROJECT.
AND THEN THE FINAL AREA IS GONNA BE JUST CLEARING THE FOUNDATIONS OUT FROM THE AREA UNDERNEATH THAT RUBBLE PILE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY'LL, UH, BE COMPLETE, UH, PIER 38 39 SLIP FILL THE FEMA PROJECT.
UH, THIS ONE, THE, THE, THE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, THE WHITE ON THE, THE, THE PICTURE, THE, THE CONCRETE PILE CAP ON THIS CLOSURE STRUCTURE IS NEARING COMPLETION.
UM, THEY ALSO, UH, HAVE THE, THE, THE DREDGE LINE FROM THE MATERIAL BORROW SITE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FILLING THE SLIP WITH IT IS INSTALLED AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE WAITING BASICALLY TO BE PREPARED TO INSTALL THE SUBLINE ACROSS THE CHANNEL, UH, BACK TO OUR PLACEMENT AREA SO THEY CAN SUCK THE FLUENT, UH, OUT OF THE SLIP DURING THE FILLING PROCESS.
AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT THAT WATER WITH ALL THE FINE PARTICLES IN IT IN A PLACEMENT AREA ON PELICAN ISLAND AND LET THEM SETTLE OUT THERE.
UM, SO AS ROGER MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO, UH, DOING SOME WORK ON OUR PLACEMENT AREA CURRENTLY TO JUST GET READY FOR THAT OPERATION.
WE HAVE A, A MARSH PLUGGY EXCAVATOR OVER THERE.
UM, AND UH, IT'S ACTUALLY PROGRESSING QUITE WELL.
SO, SO I'D SAY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE'LL START THAT FILLING PROCESS.
IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO, TO, TO COMPLETE THIS.
UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT THE, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH DIRECTION THAT IS.
IT'S PROBABLY WEST, IS IT, UH, THE TOP OF THE PAGE? YES.
SO, SO AT THAT POINT, UM, THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROJECT LIMITS.
THERE'S A, A SHEET PILE WALL RETURNS BACK TO THE FILLED AREA, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THE ENTIRE SLIP WILL BE FILLED IN.
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A SURPLUS OF FIVE FOOT OF FILL THAT'S HELPING CONSOLIDATE THE, THE NEWLY PLACED FILL IN THAT SLIP FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.BUT, UH, AT THE END OF THAT CONSOLIDATION PERIOD, UH, THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A, A 50 FOOT CONCRETE APRON ACROSS THAT, THAT SLIP, AND THEN, AND THEN PROBABLY A, A LIGHTER DUTY PAVEMENT SOUTH OF THAT.
SO IS THIS WHARF HERE IS JUST GONNA BE INSECT? YES.
SO, SO THIS PROJECT IS CREATING, BASICALLY IS TAKING THE TWO SLIPS AND, UH, THE PIER 38, 39, UH, OF T HEAD, WHICH IS WHAT THE, IT WAS ABOUT AN 800, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE, THE EXACT NUMBER.
DO YOU HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR, THE T HEAD WAS 7 87.
SO JUST UNDER 800 FOOT WHA AND TURNING IT INTO JUST UNDER A 1400 FOOT APRON.
AND THEN FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE COULD DO.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE MASTER PLAN IS WHERE, WHERE THE NEXT KIND OF KNUCKLE IS GONNA BE.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW THAT THE CHANNEL'S CURVED, AND AT A CERTAIN POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE A STRATEGIC BEND IN IT TO KIND OF MAKE THE NEXT ALIGNMENT.
SO, UH, MAYOR AND THEN JEFFREY, WHEN, UH, WHEN WILL THIS PROPERTY BE BACK ON THE BE READY TO BE UTILIZED AGAIN? HOW FAR OFF ARE WE? THE, AND SO, SO I, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THERE'S TWO PIECES OF THAT.
ONE IS GONNA BE THE BIRTH, UH, THE BIRTH.
I EXPECT THE BIRTH TO BE OPERATIONAL MIDYEAR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE CONSOLIDATING FILL AREA, UM, WE, WE INTEND TO, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO MONITOR IT TO MAKE SURE, BUT WE INTEND TO, ON TOP OF THE SURPLUS, UM, STILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR LIGHTER DUTY CARGO OPERATIONS, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SOME RAMPING.
BUT, UM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S OUR, OUR INTENT.
WE'LL HAVE TO MONITOR IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'D BE THE NEWLY CREATED PROPERTY.
BUT THE, THE PROPERTY AROUND THE SITE COULD STILL BE, AND WHEN WOULD THAT TAKE PLACE TO NEWLY, UH, NEWLY CONSOLIDATED? YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, IN OUR ENGINEERING CONTRACT, I TAKE A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS TO MONITOR CONSOLIDATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SETTLEMENT STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SLIP, AND WE'LL HAVE SURVEYORS COME OUT WITH THAT ENGINEERING SERVICE TO BASICALLY MONITOR IT AND TRACK IT ON THE CURVE, AND AT A CERTAIN 18 MONTHS FROM NOW, OR 18 MONTHS FROM THE END OF FILLING.
AND ONCE THEY PLACE THOSE SETTLEMENT STATIONS, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR ENGINEERING CONTRACT.
AND SO WE, WE KNOW FILLING THIS, THIS LARGE SECTION IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO, TO REACH FINAL CONSOLIDATION, BUT THAT'S REALLY, I MEAN, IT'LL STILL CONSOLIDATE OVER TIME, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IT'S, IT'S A CURVE AND IT'S GONNA CONSOLIDATE STEEPER AND EARLY ON, AND AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME IT'S GONNA START, UM, TAPERING OFF AND THEY'LL STILL CONSOLIDATE, BUT, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS, AS YOU WOULD INITIALLY SETTLE.
TAKES TIME TO START SHEILA, SO, SORRY.
SO THE BIRTH WILL BE, THAT BIRTH WILL BE READY TO GO MIDYEAR OF 26, MIDYEAR 26, AND THEN WE'RE A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AWAY UTILIZE THAT LAND.
IS THAT RIGHT? I, I DON'T, NO, I THINK, I THINK, SORRY, SORRY, ROGER.
YEAH, SO I MEAN, WE WANT TO UTILIZE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND ONE OF THE, THE OPTIONS WE HAVE IN DOING SO IS PLACING LIKE TEMPORARY PAVEMENT.
WE KNOW IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, FAIL OVER TIME, BUT PLACE A FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT ASPHALT WITH A, YOU KNOW, WITH A CONCRETE CRUSH BASE, WHICH WE HAVE CONCRETE CRUSH FROM THE GRAIN ELEVATOR, RIGHT? UM, AND PUT THAT ON TOP OF THIS SLIP FILL SECTION.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S KIND OF A THROWAWAY PAVEMENT, BUT WE'RE HOPING THROUGH THAT MEASURE WE CAN GAIN SOME ADDITIONAL CARGO LAY DOWN.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT OUR HEAVIEST STUFF ON THERE, BUT, BUT PUT SOME LIGHTER, UH, TIRED CARGO.
AND WHEN WOULD THAT OCCUR ON THE GETTING THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING IN, UH, THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR TO PREPARE IT TO, TO BASICALLY BE ABLE TO ACCEPT CARGO LIKE THAT.
BUT WE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHECK BOXES.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SETTLING SO QUICK THAT WE'VE CREATED PROBLEMS BY YEAH.
UM, I JUST IN ONE, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW JEFF TO COME UP AND SHOW US WHAT THE 50 FOOT APRON LOOKS LIKE.
SO, SO THE, THE DESIGN CALLS FOR A 50 FOOT APRON, WHICH APRON IS JUST LIKE A, A WORKING AREA THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER AREAS.
SO, SO THE 50 FOOT APRON'S GONNA HAVE A, A EXTRA REINFORCED CONCRETE AS A TWO MAT OF REINFORCEMENT.
UH, I FORGET, IT'S 18 INCHES THICK CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
SO AN EXTRA HEAVY, UH, UH, UH, CONCRETE SECTION ACROSS HERE.
THAT ACTUALLY ALSO COMES ACROSS THIS OTHER PROJECT AS WELL.
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AND THEN BEHIND THAT, WE'RE SHOWING A LIGHTER DUTY PAVEMENT, SO, SO WE CAN DO MORE, UH, HEAVIER OPERATIONS IN THAT APRON, THE 50 FOOT APRON THAT WE COME ACROSS HERE.AND THE CRUSHED FILL FROM ADM, IS IT ALREADY THERE? YEAH.
IF WE GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES, UM, THERE YOU GO.
SO THIS IS THE CRUSH, AND SO, OH, IT'S A PILE'S PILE.
IT'S GONNA BE MOVED FLAT, DIDN'T SEE.
SO OVER TIME, THIS OTHER PILE, THIS WILL ALSO BE CRUSHED WITH THIS AND THEN, AND THEN PLACED OVER HERE AND, AND THEY WILL USE A PORTION OF THIS TO TOP OFF THIS AREA, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLACE CARGO HERE AS WELL.
BUT, BUT, UM, BUT, BUT THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT IN MY MIND IS GONNA BE USED TO PREPARE AND FOR PAVING ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE CAN USE THE SLIP AREA.
AND I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT, WITH THAT EARTH IS, YOU SEE, WE'RE STRAIGHTENING IT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS OFF KILTER, RIGHT? SO NOW YOU, YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE AREA RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE, OF THE FINGER HERE, WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO FILL IN AND CREATE AN
BUT YOU KNOW, THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THERE'S A HOOK IN THERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND, AND ONE LAST QUESTION, TOTAL FOOTAGE, ONCE THAT PART IS, UM, COMPLETED ALONG THE LINE, THAT'S WHERE THE WALL THAT'S RUNNING SOUTH, AND I, I TOLD KATHY THIS FOR 14 24, 14 34.
I WAS LIKE 14, 14, 4 24, 14 24.
YEAH, NO, AND I'M, I'M, I'M GETTING A LITTLE OLDER GOING BACK TO KIND OF WHAT THE MERRILL'S TALKING ABOUT, UM, WITH THE LENGTH OF HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE TO FULLY USE IT AND THE WAY WE WANT TO USE IT ULTIMATELY LONG TERM ARE, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY IN SAYING THAT THERE'D BE A TEMPORARY USE? AND IF SO, IS THAT WORTH SPENDING THE MONEY ON THAT IF IT'S ONLY SIX MONTHS LATER WHEN WE COULD USE THE PERMIT, UH, LIKE WE'RE BUYING SIX MONTHS, IS IT WORTH SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY? AND SO, SO THE, ONE OF THE THINGS HERE IS THAT LIKE CONSOLIDATION WILL TAKE, LIKE, EVEN LIKE PIER 34, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THAT WAS A SLIP AS WELL.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT ONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST 30 SLIP HERE UNDER BRUCE TERMINAL 10, THERE'S A SLIP HERE, THERE'S A SLIP HERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN UP TO THIS, IF YOU GO VISIT, YOU'LL, YOU'LL STILL SEE SIGNS OF CONSOLIDATION HAPPENING LONG TERM HERE.
SO, SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE WE'RE ESTIMATING AND, AND REALLY THAT 18 MONTH IS REALLY JUST THE PERIOD THROUGH WHICH WE HAVE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO MONITOR THE SETTLEMENT CURRENT.
AND SO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SETTLEMENT WILL KEEP ON OCCURRING.
IT'LL JUST OCCUR AT A LESSER RATE.
AND AT A CERTAIN POINT WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHEN DO WE WANT TO, YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, INVEST THE, THE, THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
THE IN, IN THE MODE OF A TEMPORARY PAVEMENT SURFACE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LIGHTER DUTY ASPHALT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN SELF PERFORM WITH, WITH OUR, OUR INTERNALLY.
SO, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE, BUT IT'S A GREAT POINT.
WELL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT'S PART OF THE CURING PROCESS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THERE TO, IN TO, TO ALLOW IT TO SETTLE SOMETHING.
WE'LL BE PUTTING SOMETHING ELSE ON THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S, SO WHEN WE'RE COMFORTABLE, THEN WE'LL BE CONCRETE.
AND THAT FIVE FOOT OVERBURDEN, AT A CERTAIN POINT WE'LL DECIDE THAT OKAY, WE'VE, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE SETTLEMENT AT THE RATE THAT IT IS, AT THAT POINT, WE CAN ACTUALLY CUT THAT FIVE FOOT OF MATERIAL OFF, BRING IT BACK DOWN THE GRAVE, AND WE CAN MOVE THAT MATERIAL INTO 41 SLIP.
SO WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT FIVE FEET ABOVE, ABOVE, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL SETTLE.
RICHARD, IN THE, UH, UPDATE TO THE MASTER PLAN, I THINK WE'RE CONTEMPLATING A, UH, PARALLEL RAILROAD LINE GOING TO THE EARTH ALONG THE, ALONG THE WHARF, BASICALLY ALONG THE WHARF BASIS.
IS IT TOO EARLY TO START DESIGN WORK ON THAT? SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE DESIGN WORK ON THE APRON? SO, SO THAT WOULD LIKELY BE, I MEAN, IN, IN RIGHT NOW THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE WE'RE INSTALLING OUT THERE, THE BULKHEAD STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU TYPICALLY DO TO, TO, UM, REINFORCE OR, OR SUPPORT A RAIL LINE IF, IF THE EXISTING, UM, APRON, LIKE RIGHT NOW, THE, THE DESIGN LIVE LOAD FOR THAT APRON'S A THOUSAND PSF, SO A CONTINUOUSLY LOADED THOUSAND PSF OVER THE ENTIRE APRON AREA, THAT 50 FOOT AREA.
AND SO THE ENGINEERS WOULD'VE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND THEN COMPARE
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THAT TO THE RAIL LIVE LOAD.IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SERVICE, WHAT THEY'D LIKELY DO IS PUT ADDITIONAL DEEP SOIL FOUNDATIONS LIKE AUGER CAST PILE OR SOMETHING BEHIND THAT BULKHEAD.
AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY THEN PUT THE RAIL LINE ON TOP OF.
SO UNLIKE, UH, LIKE A, A PILE SUPPORTED STRUCTURE WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF CAPPED ON YOUR STRUCTURAL STRENGTH, THIS, THIS, THIS ONE, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND REINFORCE A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN, THAN HAVING TO REDO LIKE A POLICY QUARTERED APRON, WHICH IN THAT CASE YOU DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE BUILDING FOR THAT LIVE LOAD FOR THE TRAIN UP FRONT.
WHERE WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK, WE'RE WE RICH? I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THAT NOW.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT BUILDING FOR RAIL OUT THERE.
SO SHOULD WE START, UM, NEGOTIATING MAYBE WITH THE RAIL COMPANY THAT WE HOPE, LIKE HELP US AND, AND HELP GET, GET THEM TO PAY FOR AND HELP DESIGN WHAT THAT REAL SPUR MIGHT LOOK LIKE? WELL, WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S, THERE'S NO BUSINESS THERE, UM, TO SPEAK OF.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO, UM, UM, IT'S JUSTIFIED.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S SAYING IT CORRECTLY.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S NOT, LET'S THERE, WELL, LEMME SAY THIS.
LET'S JUST, WHAT'S THE VISION? LET'S BE SURE WE DON'T OVERSELL THAT RAIL WHEN WE PUBLISH THE UPDATE.
AND, OR, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THE PLAN.
THAT'D BE THE ULTIMATE
IS WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT REALLY, WHAT'S REALISTIC.
THE END OF THAT, UH, FLIP FILL, THE END OF THAT, UH, CHIC PILE, UH, IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF THE, THE MOORING PLAN? OR, OR, AND, AND PART TWO OF THE QUESTION IS, DOES, DOES THAT MOORING ARRANGEMENT FOR THAT ENTIRE BIRTH FACTOR IN ALL TYPES OF VESSELS THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING TO ATTRACT TO THAT, THAT AREA? Y UH, YES.
I MEAN, PRIMARILY THE ROW, ROW, ROW VESSELS.
UM, AND, AND IN THIS CASE, IF, UH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR, LIKE WE HAD, WE HAD MING VOLLEYS, ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE OFFSET FROM THE APRON.
NOW ALL OF OUR MING VOLLEYS WILL BE ALONG THE APRON ON A CONTINUANCE SPACING, UH, UH, DIEGO AND JAKE AND RHET HAD, UH, THEY, THEY WERE LOOKING AND THEY WERE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT BOLLARDS IN PLACE FOR THE RAILROAD RAMPS AT THE WEST END.
I MEAN, ONE ENHANCEMENT IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT LOOK AT IS PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL DOLPHINS HERE BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD VESSELS AND THE RAMPS.
WE COULD MAYBE EVEN FIT ANOTHER SHIP HERE IF WE JUST PLACE SOME DOLPHINS TEMPORARILY, UH, OUT, OUT HERE AND, AND, AND EXPAND IT.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK, UH, OUR LAST, UH, MOORING BALLARD IS, IT MAY EVEN BE, I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE, RIGHT? RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S FIVE MORE BOTHERS HERE.
SO THERE'S THE LAST MORE BALLARD HERE REALLY CLOSE, THE MORE ERIC WE, WE DESIGNED SO WE COULD HANDLE ANYTHING FOR RESEARCH VESSELS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
BE LCCS, RIGHT? WHAT'S THE LCT? VERY LARGE CHEMICAL CHARACTERS.
WE MAKE SURE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE.
THERE WAS ONE IN PORT LAST WEEK, WAS IT
AND THEN I GUESS THE, YOU KNOW, JEFF, THE NEXT PLAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S CONTINUE, RIGHT? SO FURTHER, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE ACROSS THE 41 T HEAD.
WE COULD CONTINUE WEST AND THEN FROM THIS POINT CONTINUE CONTINUING EAST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
OBVIOUSLY PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN WORK ON THE DOCS SINCE THE FIRST SEVENTIES OF THIS.
IT'S BEEN 50, 55 YEARS SINCE THIS.
NO, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.
WE, WE, I MEAN, STAFF RIGHT NOW SPENDS A LOT OF TIME REVIEWING LOADS AND CARGO PIECES THAT COME ACROSS, AND THIS WILL GIVE US A BETTER PLAYING FIELD ON WHAT, WHAT CAN COME ACROSS AND ENHANCE THAT CAPABILITY.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO FILL THE, FILL THE OTHER SLIP TOO.
NOW, THIS IS THE, UH, OTHER PROJECT, UH, THE, THE TECH STOP PROJECT THAT TAKES FROM THE CORNER OF 39 ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE CORNER OF 41.
SO IT STARTS RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS IS TEXAS GOLF.
AND ORION STARTS THERE AND HEADS THIS WAY.
AND SO, UH, THAT PROJECT, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE 39 40 TEE HEAD.
THIS IS YOUR ANCHOR WALL, YOUR SOIL RETENTION THAT'S GONNA BE HOLDING BACK THAT WALL OUT THERE.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING, UH, ON, ON THAT, I MEAN, PROGRESSING PRETTY GOOD.
THEY'RE THE, YOU CAN SEE THE SHEETS.
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THEY, THEY HAD A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, OPERATION.THEY DROVE ALL THEIR KING PILES AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND THEY DROVE ALL THEIR SHEETS IN BETWEEN THE PILES.
UM, BUT WHILE OF WORK IS STILL, YOU SEE, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF STRUCTURE, BASICALLY, RIGHT? THIS ONE HERE, YOU GOTTA BUILD BIRTH.
AND HERE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT GROUND.
YOU GOT GROUND ANGLE TOO, CORRECT? YEAH.
TWO, YEAH, WE HAVE BATTER PILES AND THEN THE AL WALL.
SO OVERALL THINGS ARE PROGRESSING WELL FOR, FOR COMPLETION, YOU KNOW, MID YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
UM, THIS, THIS PROJECT DOES INCLUDE THAT SAME 50 FOOT APRON.
UM, AND THIS ONE HAS, THEY'RE FILLING NOT HYDRAULICALLY, THIS, THIS, THIS SLIP.
THEY'RE FILLING HYDRAULICALLY.
THIS ONE THEY'RE GOING TO BE FILLING, UM, WITH, UH, TRUCK BULK.
UM, THEY, THEY HAVE A, A BLEND SOURCE, UH, FOR FILLING THE FIRST PART OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE A 50 FOOT APRON ACROSS HERE, AND THEN IT'S GONNA SLOPE DOWN.
SO WE WILL HAVE THE 50 FOOT APRON ON THIS SIDE, AS WELL AS THIS SIDE, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE WE GET DONE WITH THE PROJECT, BUT ONLY ONE OF THOSE SLIPS IS GONNA BE FILLED.
THIS ONE WILL HAVE A TINY BIT FILLED UP HERE, AND THE REST OF IT WILL BE OPEN.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THOSE AERATORS THAT ARE INTERNS INSTALLED THIS SUMMER.
AND I THINK WE HAVE THAT, I THINK WE HAVE THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN, SOMEWHERE AROUND 8 MILLION, I THINK, I THINK YESTERDAY TO FILL IT.
WELL, IT'S IN THE MASTER PLAN.
I MEAN, WE WE'RE LEARNING MORE, MORE WE GET WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
LIKE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, PROPOSALS WE RECEIVED ON FILLING THIS, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT WE'RE UNDER IT'S, UH, ABOUT 15 MILLION TO FILL THAT.
UM, BUT THEN THE NEXT BIDDER WAS 30 MILLION ABOVE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU GET YOUR FILL, WHERE YOU GET YOUR FILL, AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND, AND ONE OF THE GOOD THING, I ACTUALLY GOT A CALL FROM RHONDA GREG AT THE CORE, AND SHE'S, WHENEVER THERE'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIGGING SOMEWHERE, SHE GIVES ME A CALL AND SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU USE THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE THE RIGHT, LIKE THIS WAS UP IN HOUSTON WHERE THEY'RE DIGGING.
SO IS IT REALLY FEASIBLE TO BRING IT DOWN HERE? WE'LL SEE.
WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING UNTIL WE FIND SOMETHING TO MAKE SENSE.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FROM A, FROM, FROM A CASH FLOW STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THESE TWO, GET THESE PROJECTS DONE, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAINTAIN THE CASH FLOW LEVEL WE'RE AT NOW, WE GOTTA DI DIGEST OR FINISH CHEWING AND DIGEST WHAT WE'RE EATING NOW.
EXECUTION, THAT'S WHAT WE, AND ON THIS PROJECT, WE DO HAVE TWO CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS THAT WE ARE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW FOR, UM, SOME OBSTRUCTION.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO ONE OTHER ITEM WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH THIS, THIS DOES INVOLVE, UH, REPLACING AN OUTFALL, UM, AND SOME WATER LINES THAT THIS, THERE'S GONNA BE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA WORK WE GOTTA DO WITH THOSE, WHICH ALWAYS EXPECTED WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR, THE CITY.
THIS IS A INTERNAL, ALL THE WATER FROM THE CITY GO THROUGH THE PORT, NO REIMBURSEMENT, THE GOODNESS INTERNAL.
AND WE, WE'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION.
THIS IS, UH, THE OTHER, UH, ROADWAY PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON.
WE'RE COMPLETED WITH DESIGN STILL.
WE'RE WORKING WITH CENTER POINT TO, UH, REMOVE THE, OR OR REMOVE, RELOCATE THE, THE POWER POLES THAT ARE FROM 37TH STREET DOWN TO 41ST STREET ON WHARF ROAD.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE STILL JUST KIND OF STICKING OUT THERE THAT THE BID FOR THIS WILL PROBABLY BE, UH, MID MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WORKING WITH CENTER POINT ON THAT.
UH, JEFFREY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH 33RD MOVING EAST ON THE PORT, INDUSTRIAL AND INTERNAL ROAD, WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS TO FINISH THOSE THINGS? SO WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE, THE CONSULTANT THAT'S DESIGNING THE LIGHT AT 33RD STREET HAS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BACK IN THEIR HANDS.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON THE FINAL COMMENTS OR EXECUTION AT THAT POINT.
WE HAVE UNTIL, UH, AUGUST OF 2026 TO GET THROUGH DESIGN AND, AND LET THAT PROJECT.
SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THE LIGHT.
UM, THIS IS COMPLETE, THIS IS ALL COMPLETED.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, THERE'S A SECTION IN HERE WHERE WE GO FROM THREE LANES TO TWO LANES, AND WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MODIFICATIONS.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NECESSARILY ON THE BOOKS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THAT TO THREE LANES ALL THE WAY BACK TO PAST.
ARE YOU AT ABOUT 29TH THERE? YEAH, 20.
AND THEN, AND THEN YOU GET TO THE ROUNDABOUT, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, WE FINISHED OUR ROADWAY NOW FROM, FROM THE ROUNDABOUT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 23RD STREET.
UM, AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE LAND? THE LAND LEASED
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PROPERTY AND ALL THAT? WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, SO THAT, UH, BY MID NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THESE THREE BLOCKS.AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ROOM WHERE RIGHT OUT HERE WE'RE THE WORST GOING ON, RIGHT? YEAH.
RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW YOU CAN SEE IT.
SO THAT'S ALL BEEN TAKEN WITH, UH, LANDS AND YEAH, THERE'S WEEKLY MEETINGS GOING ON WITH THAT.
ACTUALLY LANDRYS IS GIVING US SPACE TO ACTUALLY MEET ON SITE WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO ONCE YOU GET THROUGH LANDRYS, THEN YOU'RE PRETTY WELL CONNECTED.
DOWN TO 16, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT THAT INTERNAL ROAD WILL BE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETED.
AND THEN THIS, THIS SLIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, FROM 33RD STREET TO 41ST STREET ON ON.
SO WHEN DO YOU, UH, CAN WE CAN, CAN WE GO DOWN? WE CAN'T GO DOWN TO 10, CAN WE ALL THIS INTERNAL ROAD? TECHNICALLY YES.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN DID, WHEN SAY THE LIGHT IS UP AT 33RD MM-HMM
AND YOU COULD MOVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10 OR TO 16 FOR SURE.
I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE BEST WAY TO UTILIZE ALL THESE LANES WE JUST INSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE STRUGGLES.
AND, UM, WITH, WITH, WHAT'S THE, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING ON HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE, RIGHT NOW YOU COME IN 23RD STREET, YOU COME DOWN AND, AND THEN YOU SPLIT INTO TWO TERMINALS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, UH, MODIFY THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN FRONT OF THESE TERMINALS.
SO WE, WE'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF TESTING PERIODS WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING OUT, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE FORCED TO TRY OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE OUR ACCESS TO 22ND STREET'S GONNA BE CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY WAS EXITING, CORRECT.
SO, UH, WILL THAT BE A THREE LANE IF, UH, YOU GET THIS LITTLE THING HANDLED HERE, WOULD THAT BE A THREE LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 16 LANE? YES, BUT FOR THE ROUNDABOUT, I MEAN, SO WE'D STILL HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER LANE ON, ON THE ROUNDABOUT.
SO TO MAKE THE THREE LANES CAN THE MASTER PLANS CALLING, CALLING FOR WHAT? THE FOUR LANE? SO, UM, THE, THE MASTER PLAN RIGHT NOW, THE, IN OUR, IN 2020, WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY AFTER THE 2019 MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT TRAFFIC STUDY HAD LOOKED AT, WHENEVER THEY LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC FLOW FOR EVERYTHING, INCLUDING FOUR TERMINALS, WE'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE A, A THREE LANE ROAD AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND SO DEPARTING FROM THAT, I DON'T, RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN IS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO HOW MANY LANES AT THIS POINT.
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY LOOKING AT CONNECTIVITY AND WHERE WE NEED TO CONNECT AND, AND POTENTIALLY LOOK AT ADDING ADDITIONAL, WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE ENTRANCE FURTHER REQUEST.
SO THAT, THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT JEFF WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA, RIGHT NOW WE ARE FORCED TO CHANGE THE PATH TRAFFIC PATTERNS BECAUSE WE'RE ON CONSTRUCTION.
SO THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE, WE THINK THERE'S SOME BETTER IDEAS ON ENTRANCE AND EXITS AROUND BOTH OF THE, ABOUT AROUND THAT TERMINAL.
AND SO THAT'S, WE CONTINUE TO, I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS CONTINUING ALL TIME REALLY.
THAT'S EXCITING THOUGH, TO GET THIS ROAD, THIS INTERNAL ROAD, THIS THING.
WE HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO, TO STUDY THE REST OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE FURTHER WEST.
WE HAVE 400,000 FROM HGC TO STUDY THAT.
UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OVERHEAD ROAD FROM 45.
UM, SOLICITATION FOR THOSE, WE'VE DONE A SOLICITATION FOR THOSE AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING THE, THE, UH, ENGINEERING PERSON AND DO THE, THE STUDY WORK ON THAT.
COULD I ASK, UH, JEFF AS AN ENGINEER TO CONTRAST, UM, WHAT A, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'VE HAD DONE, CONTRAST THAT WITH A MOBILITY STUDY OF THE, OF THE AREA BASICALLY INTO, LET'S SAY SOUTH AS FAR AS MARKET STREET THROUGH THE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE BIG DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY FOCUS ON A LARGER AREA.
YEAH, I MEAN, AND I, I WILL, I'LL PREFACE THIS BY, I'M NOT TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, STRUCTURAL BY TRADE AND DOING PROJECTS NOW.
SO I, I MEAN FROM, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T KNOW THE TERM DIFFERENCE, BUT, BUT IN ANYTHING WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE GATHERING YOUR INFORMATION FROM HOW FAR YOU'RE FORECASTING
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THAT OUT.AND, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN AREA OF INTEREST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FOCUS ON EVERYTHING.
SO, SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF STUFF IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CORRIDOR OR WHAT'S THE BEST CORRIDOR TO TAKE, BECAUSE THEY GOTTA LOOK AT ALL THE INCOMING TRAFFIC, ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT'S KIND OF CIRCULATING IN THESE AREAS IN ORDER TO REALLY SAY WHAT THE BEST WAY THAT WE NEED TO BRING A DIRECT CONNECTION FROM 45 TO HARBORSIDE AND GET FROM HARBORSIDE DOWN INTO THE PORT ROAD.
UM, AND THEN, I DON'T MEAN TO SIDESTEP YOUR QUESTION, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC CITY.
THE REASON I ASK IS, 'CAUSE IT CAME UP WHEN Y'ALL WERE SPEAKING AT THE, AT THE CITY WORKSHOP YEAH.
AND OF COURSE THAT'S BOB'S DISTRICT, SO YEAH.
UM, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA TALK LATER IN THE DAY.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF US PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, ON A FUTURE AGENDA TO LOOK AT DOING A MOBILITY STUDY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MR. FINLEY'S HELP IF HE'S INTERESTED IN DOING YEAH.
MOBILITY STUDY ALSO LIKE TRAFFIC STUDIES LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL CARS.
WHEREAS MOBILITY ALSO IN MY MIND, WOULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE EFFECT OF THE VEHICLES ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
I THINK PART OF IT IS, LIKE YOU SAY, THE CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER, BUT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DEFINING A SCOPE OF THAT I ROGER YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE BOUNDARIES? 'CAUSE SOME OF IT IS, IT IS SPECIFIC AROUND THE PORT, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO BEACH TRA I MEAN THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER TRAFFIC INPUTS OTHER THAN JUST CRUISE RELATED, PORT RELATED KIND TRAFFIC.
SO YOU KIND OF, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THOSE BOUNDARIES AND SCOPES ARE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S WELL AND GOES INVOLVED WITH THAT IS MOVING INDIVIDUALS FROM THE PORT OVER TO THAT, THAT TOO, RIGHT.
AND A SHUTTLE SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, THERE'S DIFFERENT FACETS OF THAT.
TRYING TO LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES.
SO THIS PROJECT WE'RE LOOKING AT FITTING NEXT YOU CT 16, WHICH ROGER MENTIONED.
WE WALKED THROUGH THAT TOGETHER ON FRIDAY.
AND IT'S LOOKING, UH, QUITE, QUITE NICE.
I'D SAY THE ONE THING, UM, THAT'S LAGGING JUST A LITTLE BIT IS THE, THE SLIDERS, THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE SLIDERS ON THE CONCOURSE, BUT, BUT THERE'S NO RISK ON THE, THE SHIP DATE AT ALL.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATES THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND REALLY THAT'S THE, THE THING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING EVERYTHING AGAINST.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SHIP IN NOVEMBER, EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GREAT.
CBP, UM, IS, UH, IN THERE KIND OF CHECKING OFF AND, AND TAKING CONTROL OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. RIGHT NOW, THE, THE FURNITURE'S BEING MOVED IN, UM, AND IT'S A PRETTY, UH, AMAZING SITE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF ANY OF Y'ALL GOT TO WALK THROUGH THE DEL MONTE WAREHOUSE NOW LOOKING AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS, UH, PRETTY, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO FORK TRUCKS TO DODGE NOW.
NO, NOBODY, THERE'S NO BIG PLASTIC SHEETING.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE VAPOR VAPOR STUFF? WHAT'S ALL THAT? SO YEAH, THAT WAS THE THING THAT WE BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, LOOKING AT THAT, THAT, UH, STRUCTURALLY SUPPORTED SLAB IN THERE.
AND, AND THE, THE, THE ENGINEERING REPORT BASICALLY SAID THAT THE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T NEED TO ADD ANY ART ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION, UH, TO IT.
BUT, BUT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET VAPOR TRANSMITTING THROUGH CONCRETE.
AND SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT, UH, INSTALLING LIKE A VAPOR SEAL ON THE, THE SLAB.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PRICING THAT WITH HEEL PHELPS THAT'S ON TOP OF THIS.
THEY SAID IN THE REPORT THEY SAID YOU COULD PUT IT ON THE UNDERSIDE OR ON THE TOP, AND WE WOULD CLEARLY CHOOSE THE TOP
SO, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT STILL.
UM, BUT, BUT INSTEAD A PAINT, UH, IT, IT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME SORT OF LIKE, UH, EPOXY, CEMENTITIOUS MIXED SOLUTION THAT YOU GOTTA GRIND DOWN AND MAYBE OVERLAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, THIS, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT ANOTHER PICTURE OF THAT, UH, THE, THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES, I CHECKED THE, THE, THE, THE MARINE TRAFFIC, THE, THE SHIP WITH THE BOARDING BRIDGES IS EXPECTED IN BALTIMORE IN FOUR DAYS.
UH, THEY'VE GOT ABOUT A DAY OR, OR, AND A DAY AND A HALF OF OPERATIONS THERE.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE DEPARTING AND, UH, STILL LOOKING TO ARRIVE HERE, UH, OCTOBER 4TH.
AND SO THE NEXT THING I LOOK AT IS THE TROPICS.
AND THERE ARE A COUPLE WEATHER EVENTS OUT THERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW EVERYTHING'S TAKING THE RIGHT TURN AND SHOULD HOPEFULLY STAY CLEAR OF, OF THAT.
BUT YEAH, BONE IS STILL, THE THING IS STILL, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IS OBVIOUSLY TERRORISTS CORRECT.
THAT'S TRYING TO GET AWAY ALL THAT.
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AND THEN, UH, TERMINAL 16 PEER WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.WE, UH, WE HAD THAT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALK ON NINE NINE, UH, FINALIZING THE PUNCH LIST.
UM, AND WE DID RECEIVE A FEW, UH, CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS ON THIS PROJECT, UH, AS KIND OF, I GUESS PART OF THE PRE-CLOSE OUT.
SO WE'LL BE REVIEWING THOSE KIND OF BRIEFING ALONG THOSE, THOSE TIME COMES.
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE CONTINGENCY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 73%, UH, OF THE CONTINGENCIES SPENT TO DATE.
SO WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY LEFT TO DEAL WITH.
YOU MENTIONED, I, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE AT 16TH MM-HMM
AND THAT'S, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TIMING AS WE BID THAT OUT THIS FALL.
SO, SO THAT ONE, UM, BASICALLY THE, THE, THE ONE OF THE HOLDING PATTERNS WE WERE IN, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST MONTH GOT RELEASED IS THAT ANYTHING ON A TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY HAS TO BE APPROVED BY TXDOT.
SO WE DID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DESIGNED THIS LIGHT THAT'S BEEN SITTING IN THAT HOLDING PATTERN UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
WE GOT THE APPROVAL FROM TXDOT.
AND SO NOW I'VE GOT A MEETING SET UP THIS WEEK TO SIT DOWN WITH, UH, THE ENGINEERS ON SEEING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THAT INTO THE BID PACKAGE FORM FORMAT FROM THE TDOT REVIEW PACKAGE AND, AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD TO PROCUREMENT OF THAT LIGHT.
SO WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT LIGHT? WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT THAT LIGHT TO BE OPERATIONAL? UM, I, I WOULD ESTIMATE, I MEAN, IT, ONE OF THE, THE, THE BIG LEAD TIME ARE THESE MA ARMS. MA ARMS ARE, BECAUSE IT, IT'S A TEXT ROADWAY.
SO WE HAVE TO USE A TEXT SPECIFIED MA ARM AND AS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ACROSS THE STATE, LIKE THEY'RE IN HIGH DEMAND.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT DURING THE BID PROCESS.
BUT I'M, IT, IT COULD BE, I MEAN, I MEAN EIGHT, 10 MONTHS ON, ON SOME OF THAT STUFF SOMETIMES, UH, I I, I CAN'T RECALL THE, THE LEAD TIME OF THE MASTER ARMS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING OUT HERE AS PART OF THIS RIDER THREE SIX PROJECT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.
UM, AND WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? IT, I, I DON'T, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I JUST KNOW THAT THE, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOTTA DO WITH THE, THE FACT THAT TEXTILE HAS A VERY SPECIFIC SPECIFICATION ON THESE MASS ARMS THAT ARE ON THEIR ROADWAYS AND THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THEM BEING PRODUCED RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN GET WAIVERS TO USE OTHER ONES SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, NON-TECH SPOTS SPECIFIED, BUT I DON'T, UM, KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLE IN THIS CASE OR NOT.
SO BEEN THERE, SO IN THE MEANTIME, THERE WILL BE TRAFFIC OFFICERS ON CRUISE DAYSS MAINTAINING THAT, THAT FLOW.
WE HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERIM PLAN THERE, RIGHT?
AND I, I, WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD, WE HAD, UH, TWO TERMINALS.
UH, ROYAL WAS NOT OPEN, SO ROYAL OPENED AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO FOUR TERMINALS WHERE ESSENTIALLY MORE THAN DOUBLING IN SIZE INSIDE OF FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, WHICH IS PRETTY DANG IMPRESSIVE.
AND JUST HATS OFF TO ALL OF Y'ALL BECAUSE THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT MEANS, UH, GREAT THINGS FOR GALVESTON.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE 18 WHEELERS HISTORIC DISTRICT ANYMORE.
I THINK IT'S ALSO, WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO, TO JEFFREY AND HIS STAFF AND, AND ROGER GANGED THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE PULLED OFF THESE PROJECTS ON TIME, MAY ESSENTIALLY CLOSE THE BUDGET OR, OR EVEN UNDER, BUT I MEAN THE WORK ON 20, THE TERMINAL 10, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, MANAGED BY RURAL CARIBBEAN, BUT WE HAD A BIG PART OF THAT TOO WITH THE, THE TRAFFIC OR THE, UH, PARKING AND THE DOCKS AND THEN TERMINAL 25 AND THEN BEING ABLE TO DO THIS ONE.
ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE COME IN WHEN WE, WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE PROMISED AND WHEN THEY WERE, AND THEY HAVE DELIVERED, WHICH IS A HUGE TESTAMENT TO THIS PORT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT VOLUME OF WORK AND DO IT SUCCESSFULLY.
THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A PICTURE OF THE COMPUTER GENERATED, UH, PORT AND AND TERMINAL.
AND THIS ONE, THEY ALMOST LOOKED IDENTICAL.
YOU COULD HARDLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE SOMETHING.
SHOULD I JUST ALSO SAY WITH THE GROWTH OF THAT, DON'T FORGET, WE TORE DOWN OVER A HUNDRED YEAR OLD GRAIN ELEVATOR, UH, INCREASED EIGHT ACRES FOR LAY DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE CARGO THAT'S OUT THERE NOW.
UH, AND ABOUT INCREASED ANOTHER SEVEN ACRES WITH A SLIP FILL AND AN INTERNAL ROADWAY.
AND ALL THE REHAB WE'VE HAD ON UP HERE, 41.
SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF, I'LL JUST SAY WHEN WE MONEY PROJECTS MORE THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE THING WE REALLY SEE HERE TOO IS THE BEGINNING OF STARTING USE THE INTERNAL ROAD.
I MEAN, AS THAT GETS COMPLETED
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AT, AT, AT THE RETAIL AREA, YOU KNOW, US BEING ABLE TO TAKE TRAFFIC OFF OF HARBORSIDE DRIVE, GET IT OFF THE, YOU KNOW, INTO THE PORT WOULD BE REALLY BIG.AND I THINK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IS, BUT GOING INTO THIS REVISED MESSAGE, KIND OF, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS OF THE VISION OF HOW THAT ROAD WOULD BE USED, BUT I THINK WE'RE NOW KIND OF GETTING MORE SPECIFIC ON NOW THAT WE KNOW THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND WHAT WE NEED THERE, THAT OKAY, HOW DO WE BEST EFFICIENTLY UTILIZE THAT ROADWAY, WHICH I THINK IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AND THE TRAFFIC.
BUT I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE LEARNING AND DEVELOPING, OR AT LEAST MY SENSE OF THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS IS WE, WE'VE KIND OF LEARNED AND EVOLVED THAT CONCEPT, UH, TO BEST FIT THE NEEDS AS WE'VE GONE.
AND I THINK NOW, NOW THAT THINGS ARE ALL KIND OF COMING INTO PLACE, WE'LL HAVE THAT NEXT ITERATION OF WHAT THAT ROAD, HOW WE BEST UTILIZE THAT ROADWAY TO MINIMIZE THE TRAFFIC IN THE, IN THE CITY.
I THINK SO, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY GOOD PARTNERS ON THESE PROJECTS.
I MEAN, AND LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY TO SPEND MONEY, BUT HAVING A GOOD PARTNER HELPS YOU SPEND THE AT THE SPEED WHICH YOU NEED TO SPEND IT.
THESE GUYS, THEY PROVE, THEY'VE PROVEN THEY CAN DELIVER, PROVE THREE TIMES.
AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION, A MAINTENANCE, UH, DEPARTMENT GOT 1200 WORK ORDERS TO DATE, WHICH I, UM, I'M EXCITED THE NUMBERS BUMPING UP YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH MEANS WE'RE DOING, I THINK WE'RE DOING MORE WORK AND WE'RE ALSO TRACKING MORE WORK, WHICH, UH, AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW WORK ORDER SYSTEM, UM, IN 2026, IT'LL BE, UH, REALLY GOOD, UM, FOR US.
SO, UH, AND THEN HERE AGAIN, I THINK I'LL, I'LL ADD TO JUST THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE EQUIPMENT AND, AND GET THE KIND OF TOOLS AND THIS, YOU CAN DO A WHOLE LOT MORE WHEN YOU GOT THE RIGHT TOOLS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN GOING TO HOME DEPOT, GETTING SOMETHING THERE AND THEN COMING BACK, I DIDN'T GET THE RIGHT THING TO GO BACK.
BUT HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE CAN AFFORD CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT IT WOULD COST US A LOT OF MONEY.
IF WE HAVE TO USE SOME OF ELSE TO DO THAT WORK, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW TO DEPLOY THAT.
SO JUST TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE STUFF THEY'VE BEEN DOING OUT THERE, REPAIRING SOME GUTTER ON, UH, THE CRUISE TERMINAL, THAT MIDDLE PICTURES, ONE OF THOSE UTILITIES WE FOUND AT THE GRAIN ELEVATOR SITE.
UH, IT'S AN OLD STORM LINE THAT STILL HAD STORM WATER IN IT, SO WE HAD TO, THEY HAD TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP CAP THAT.
UM, UH, PAINTING THE S AND P GARAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL NOTICE, BUT CM PAINTED THAT AND IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY CLEAN NOW WITH THAT NICE CRISP COLOR.
IT'S JUST A, LIKE AN OFF WHITE, BUT IT'S, UH, IT USED TO BE LIKE THAT TAN CONCRETE COLOR NOW'S.
UH, SO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO S AND P GARAGE, OF COURSE, UH, SEWER LIFT STATION ON THE RIGHT.
AND THEN, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PREPPING ALL THE EXISTING BOLLARDS ON, UH, 15 AND 16, UH, FOR THE OPENING OF THE CRUISE TERMINAL SO THAT ALL THE BOLLARDS LOOK, LOOK NICE WHENEVER WE OPEN THAT TERMINAL.
SO, SO WE'RE USING SOME OF THOSE.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL STILL BE USING SOME OF 'EM.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS ON THE 15TH SIDE.
WE DON'T REALLY USE THAT ONE AS MUCH.
UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'LL STILL BE USING THOSE, SO.
UM, YOU KNOW, HERE'S OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR MONTHLY, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME INSTANCE WE SEE, AND I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS WILL START BECOMING MORE AND MORE, YOU GET THIS MANY PEOPLE IN HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE LITTLE PROBLEMS HERE AND THERE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE JUST GONNA INCREASE.
AND WE JUST, WE HAVE A GOOD STAFF AND A GOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLE.
HERE'S THE, UH, AREA IN BETWEEN THAT CT 16 WITH THE NEW TREE TREES IN THERE AND THE NEW SAW.
THAT WOULD BE A NICE LITTLE AREA IN THERE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GONNA SEE SOME, UH, BLADES COMING OFF, UH, JUST TO, UH, TO CLOSE OUT WITH SOME EVENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE MADE A PRESENTATION TO CITY, TO CITY HALL.
UM, A JOT HAS GOT A, UH, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, ARTICLES COMING UP ABOUT OUR COURT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID DO THE, THE FILE INSPECTION, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN THAT.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE, UH, THE VIDEO OF THEM LOADING THOSE DANG WAYS ONTO THE SHIP BECAUSE YOU PUT IT ON THE SHIP AND THEN THE SHIP GOES LIKE THIS.
SO, KEEP, I'M THINKING, WELL, OKAY, WE'LL PUT THE OTHER ONE ON END.
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YEAH.AND SO WE'VE, UH, UM, YOU CAN SEE A FEW OTHER THINGS.
WE'VE DONE, UM, APPOINTMENTS THAT WELCOME OUR NEW, OUR NEW MEMBERS, UH, THE BOARD.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY HAVE A, UH, A PRESENTATION WITH STUART TITLE.
THEY DO THIS ABOUT QUARTERLY, AND WE, WE GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PORT, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER BREAK BULK, WHICH IS A BIG EVENT FOR US, UM, WE'LL HAVE A BOOTH UP THERE AND WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC DURING THAT.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU JUST A, A COUPLE OF PICTURES ARE, ARE FLARE WHERE WE WERE IN BARCELONA WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GANGWAYS, THE GANGWAYS, WE GOT TO THE GANGWAYS ARE ACTUALLY AT THE PORT READY TO BE, TO BE, UH, SENT OVER HERE.
AND HERE'S OUR GROUP RIGHT HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE, UH, COMPUTER, UH, SCREENS AND, AND WE'RE SITTING THERE LITERALLY TESTING EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THE, UH, GANGWAYS DO UP, DOWN, SIDEWAYS, UH, IN AND OUT, THAT KIND OF THING.
THERE'S A GROUP OF, UH, DELTA TAPE PLUS OUR GROUP.
UM, AND WITH MSC JUST COMPLETED A BEAUTIFUL NEW TERMINAL IN BARCELONA.
WE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR GROUP WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM DELTA IN FRONT OF THE MSC TERMINAL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
UM, WE JUST DID A MARX EXERCISE, UM, LEVEL TWO EXERCISE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO WE WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE IN THE, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVING, UM, INSPECTIONS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
YOU SEE, UH, PICTURES OF THAT AND, UH, MUST PUSHED WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, ROGER, YOU JUST KINDA SKIPPED OVER, BUT YOU ARE NOW ADMIRAL REESE OF THE TEXAN NAVY THERE.
AND SO I JUST, I WANTED TO THROW THESE IN THERE TOO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS IS, YOU'LL OFTEN SEE THE INSIDE OF THE OUS AREA, RIGHT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I DIDN'T DO THAT.
BUT YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THIS IS WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS, UM, ON THAT SIDE OVER THERE WHERE THE WEIR BOX IS, THE, THE LID STONE BOX THERE.
AND THEN, SO, AND ACTUALLY WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, DO WE, UH, ADD ANOTHER ONE? I MEAN, I THINK JEFF AND, AND HIS GROUP AND THE, AND THE CONSULTANTS WE HAVE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DRAINING AS MUCH AS WE MAYBE COULD BE.
AND WE HAVE THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STUFF IN PLACE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS IS COMING OUT, UM, IS CAN WE, I MEAN, AS WE DEVELOP MORE, UH, BUSINESS ON PELICAN ISLAND OR NEED MORE SPACE, COULD WE CUT THIS PART OFF AND START? YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT ONCE HERE.
SO THIS IS PROPERTY NOW IS NO LONGER INSIDE THE SPOILS AREA.
AND, AND IF I COULD DO IT MY WAY, I'D HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE.
BUILD THAT UP AND JUST USE THIS HERE.
SO WE COULD ADD THIS MUCH ACREAGE HERE NORTH OF DAVY.
I MEAN, I THINK DAVY WOULD UTILIZE IT.
THEY'VE ASKED FOR MORE SPACE, BUT I THINK WE JUST GOTTA PLAN AHEAD ON HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THAT JUST MEANS BUILDING UP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A KIND OF A GOOD IDEA WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE THE SPOILS AREA.
HOW TALL ARE THOSE WALLS? HOW TALL ARE THOSE WALLS OVER THERE? WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THAT IT'S FULL.
UH, I WOULD SAY FROM THE LEVY, MAYBE 12 TO 20, 20 FEET ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE THE OUTSIDE TOES AND THE CROWN.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A SWAMP BUGGY IN THERE.
AND I JUST LEARNED THIS MYSELF, BUT LIKE AN EXCAVATOR THAT PUT ON BALLOON TIRES AND, AND TECHNICALLY IT CAN FLOAT.
AND SO IF IT GETS TOO MUCH WATER IN THERE, THEN YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE THE, THE, THE GIES SO TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, THE DITCHES AND HELP THE DRAIN FASTER.
SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT A LOT OF WATER IN THERE FROM THE, UH, SLIP SLIPS.
BRETT, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THE OTHER WE BOTTLES? SO THERE'S A COUPLE LOCATIONS.
IT MAY BE CLOSE TO IT OR TO THE RIGHT.
WE COULD HAVE WHERE WE'D HAVE DRAINAGE COMING OUT.
MANAGING THE WATER'S MOST CRITICAL COMPONENT OF YOUR, OF YOUR JUDGING SITE.
AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS CREATE A PATH SO THAT ALL OF THE MATERIAL IS ABLE TO SETTLE BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GETS TO THE WE BOX MOSTLY, UH, BECAUSE YOU WANT THAT WATER CLEAR ONCE IT'S GOING BACK INTO THE HARBOR.
SO WE NEED TO, TO MANAGE THAT.
SO WE'RE DOING IS PREPARING IT FOR THE WATER
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FROM THE SLIP FILL OPERATION TO GO INTO THE PLACEMENT AREA SO THAT WE CAN BASICALLY HANDLE AND ADDRESS THE WATER WHEN IT, WHEN IT LEAVES, THAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH APRIL.AFTER APRIL WE'RE GONNA GET IN, WE'RE GONNA START DEWATERING IT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA TRENCH IT TO ALLOW ALL THE WATER TO DRAIN.
THEN WE'RE GONNA START BUILDING UP THE LEVEE.
UM, THIS PLACEMENT AREA IS THE ONLY PORT OWNED PLACEMENT AREA? YES.
SO IT RECEIVES ALL THE MATERIAL THAT THE PORT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING, LIKE THE BIRTHS, THE TENANTS CORRECT.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE AN APPLICATION IN TWO 17 B WITH THE ARMY CORPS TO PUT A MATERIAL IN THE PE ISLAND PLACE AREA WHEN THEY DO THEIR OPERATIONS LATER NEXT YEAR.
THIS ONE'S CURRENTLY FULL UNTIL IT CAN BE BUILT UP AND DEWATERED AND THAT MATERIAL CAN SHRINK DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THAT PORTION THAT ROGER POINTED OUT, WOULD YOU STILL BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO MAINTAIN THE PORT'S BIRTHS, THE TENANTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH JUST DEPENDING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND NOT RELYING ON THE GOVERNMENT'S? YEAH, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS RELY ON THE ARMY CORPS.
SO WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT IS GONNA DEVELOP US.
I THINK IT'S A FIVE OR 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN.
IT'S A, YEAH, THE DMMP DRED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO WHAT IS THE, THE AVAILABLE MATERIAL TO HOW HIGH WE CAN BUILD THE LEVY.
UH, 'CAUSE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A RATIO FROM THE SLOPE.
THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE THE SLIPS ANYMORE, SO WON'T BE DREDGING.
THAT'S GENERALLY BEEN CLOSE TO 80 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, SO BASICALLY OUR PRIMARY, UH, ADDRESS SITE IS GONNA BE THE TURNING BASIN PISTE, CHS.
THOSE ARE OUR DEEP DOCKS, AS WELL AS JUST SOME MAINTENANCE DREDGING, UH, ALONG OUR KEY WITH, UH, 30, 32 THROUGH 35 AND OUR CRUISE TERMINALS.
SO OUR ACTUALLY CAPACITY THAT WE REQUIRE IS ACTUALLY GONNA GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE DRY DOCK HOLE.
IS THAT STILL PART OF THE PORTS? NO.
SO OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM IS THAT IF IT IS AVAILABLE AND WE REASONABLY HAVE SPACE FOR THEM, THEN WE ACCOMMODATE THEM.
IF WE DON'T, THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T.
THEY NEED ABOUT 350,000 CUBIC YARDS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THAT.
IS THAT GULF COPPER? GULF COPPER? CORRECT.
I DO HAVE A TWO 17 B AGAIN, APPLICATION WITH THE ARMY COURT TO PUT THAT MATERIAL IN THEIR PLACEMENT AREA.
FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I MADE A VISIT TO PELICAN ISLAND AND I'VE GOT AS CLOSE AS I POSSIBLY COULD TO THE WAREHOUSE.
SHEILA, IF YOU WANT US, WE CAN TAKE, SHE GOT CLOSE.
WAIT, DID YOU COME AWAY TO CHANGE PERSON? I SAW THE LINE.
THAT, UH, CONCLUDES COURT RECORDS REPORT.
[D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2, REAL ESTATE SECTION FIVE FIVE.PERSONNEL AND SECTION NEGOTIATION.
WE'RE RECESSED AT 1117, UH, REGULAR SESSION AT 1:14 PM UH, ITEM E ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY ON SPECIFIC MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WERE LISTED ON HERE ON THE AGENDA IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
[F.1. Consider and Accept CFO Report - Consent Agenda - Mark Murchison ]
ITEM NUMBER FF ONE.CONSIDER AND ACCEPT CFO REPORT.
CONSENT AGENDA MARK MARCHING SOON.
WE DISCUSSED THIS IN FINANCE THIS MORNING, AND I MOVE THE FUL OF, UH, EXCUSE ME.
I MOVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT.
AGAIN, WE WERE ALL HERE DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[F.2. Consider and Approve Proposed Purchasing Policy of the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves. (Stephanie Smith) ]
ITEM NUMBER F TWO, CONSIDER AN APPROVED PROPOSED PURCHASING POLICY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS.UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS, UH, SOME CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE.
AND, UM, THE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED HERE IN RED, UM, ON PAGE TWO OF THIS ACTION ITEM.
AND I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION AGAIN, WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[F.3. Discuss and Consider for Approval, the Galveston Wharves Tariff Circular No.7 Rate Schedule and Language Amendments. (Brett Milutin) ]
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NUMBER F THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF GALVESTON WARS CHAIR.CIRCULAR NUMBER SEVEN, RATE, SCHEDULE, AND LANGUAGE AMENDMENTS.
THIS ITEM IS OUR ANNUAL ITEM THAT WE PLACE ON THE AGENDA, UH, GENERALLY TO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE, UH, RATE AMENDMENTS, UH, TO TAKE EFFECT IN, UH, 2026.
HOWEVER, FOR THIS ITEM, THERE'S ACTUALLY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AS WELL AS NEW ITEMS, UH, TO BE PLACED, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION INTO THE, THE TARIFF.
UH, ITEMS 200 AND ONE HUNDRED TWO HUNDRED AND TWO OH ONE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE TARIFF.
HOWEVER, THERE'LL BE NEW LANGUAGE, THERE'LL BE ADDED TO IT THAT REALLY STRENGTHENS THE, UH, THE LEGAL ASPECTS.
I KNOW TONY HAS THIS ADDED AS WELL AS SECTION FIVE TEN FIVE ELEVEN EIGHTY FIVE FIFTEEN.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE EPA SINCE 2022.
UH, AND THIS REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS BROADEN THE SCOPE.
IT PROVIDES THE, UM, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR USERS, UH, TO CONFIRM OR TO REALLY COMPLY WITH THE EPAS UH, REGULATIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I, SO, OKAY.
UH, JEFF, UH, TRUSTEE, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN PATTERSON WAS SECOND BY TRUSTEE MAYOR BROWN.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RICHARD? YEAH, I, I, I KIND OF THOUGHT THE LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED, UH, ADDING TO THE TARIFF OR APPRO ALONG WITH THE TARIFF, OUR PARKING ROUTES.
DID I THAT? NO, I THINK WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
UH, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE NOT THE TARIFFS, BUT I THINK WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
HOW ABOUT WE BRING BACK THIS SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM JUST ON THE YEAH, I THINK THE ISSUE, HOW DO WE COVER THOSE UNDER THE TARIFF? 'CAUSE WE APPROVE, I GUESS WHAT, WE APPROVE ALL THESE, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T APPROVE THE TARIFF PARKING RATES, WHICH IS REALLY OUR BIGGEST REVENUE.
HOW, HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE COVER THOSE IN THE TARIFFS? YEAH.
DO WE NEED TO COVER 'EM IN THE TARIFF? I MEAN, 'CAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I CAME HERE, I TOOK 'EM OUTTA THE TARIFF.
WE HAD PARKING RATES IN THE TARIFF, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO RE I MEAN, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO POST YOUR PARKING RATES, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A COMPETITIVE NATURE.
WHY WOULD YOU TELL EVERYBODY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE 'EM AND THEN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR A SPECIAL ITEM TO CHANGE IT? WELL, LET'S, LET'S, AND LET'S, UM, TABLE THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT 'EM AT, AT ANOTHER TIME, BUT I, I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD REGARDLESS OF AT WHAT STEP.
BUT I, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT INCLUDING IN TAR.
AND HOW DO WE, AND I GUESS MAYBE THE POINT IS, HOW DO WE DO THAT? MAINTAINING WHAT ROGER BRINGS UP AROUND A COMPETITIVE ISSUE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT A RANGE AND STUFF.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND THE RANGE AND THE REASONS TO DO THIS.
AND I JUST, TRUSTEES, I THINK YOU SPENT ENOUGH TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
WELL, WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR NEXT MONTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.4. Discuss and Consider Approval of the Payment of Custom's Fees on Passenger Boarding Bridges for Cruise Terminal 16 at a Cost Not-to-Exceed $1,000,000.00 (Jeffrey Thomas) ]
ADAM, F FOUR GUS, AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PAYMENT OF A CUSTOM FEE ON PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES FROM CREW TUMBLE 16 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $1 MILLION.UM, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, IN UH, 2024, WE, UH, BROUGHT A CONTRACT TO Y'ALL TO APPROVE FOR THE, THE TWO PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES AT
IT STARTED, UH, YOU KNOW, FABRICATING THOSE IN LATE 2024.
AND, UH, THEY'RE BEING, UH, SHIPPED HERE AS WE SPEAK.
UH, STARTING IN, UH, AUGUST 8TH, 2025, ANY MANUFACTURED ITEMS IMPORTED TO THE US FROM THE EU, UH, HAVE HAVE A 15% TAR.
AND, UH, SO, UH, WE'RE NOT THE FIRST PORT THAT'S HAD TO DO THIS.
I KNOW, UH, CANAVERAL, UH, LAST MONTH APPROVED A SIMILAR ITEM FOR, UM, A PASSENGER PORTING BRIDGE, UH, ITEMS AS WELL AS A MOBILE HARBOR CRANE.
HOWEVER, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A WAIVER, BUT THIS, WE'RE GONNA STOP TRYING TO GET A WAIVER FOR, FOR THIS.
BUT, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HINDER THE PROCESS OF THE IMPORT, WHAT HAPPENS IS 10 DAYS PRIOR TO IT BEING IMPORTED, THE STUFF GETS SUBMITTED TO CUSTOMS. AND THAT'S WHATEVER CUSTOMS WOULD, UH, PROCESS A BILL OR AN INVOICE BACK TO A DELTA.
AND SO, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE THAT, THAT'S WHY WE PUT THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, TOGETHER TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT FEE WHENEVER IT COMES THROUGH.
AND SO THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT OR EVEN THOUGHT OF AT THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T REALLY BECOME
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APPARENT UNTIL THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, STARTED DOING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.AND THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL COME FROM.
SO, JEFFREY, MY, MY QUESTION IS, THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES ARE OVER 7 MILLION.
15% IS MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, SO THE, THE TAXABLE PORTION OF THE 7 MILLION IS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING IMPORTED.
THERE IS SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED HERE IN THE STATES, LIKE THE GENERATORS AND THE
MY QUESTION WAS IT'S A MILLION ENOUGH? YES.
SO WE, WE THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE I, AND THEY DEDUCTED OUT THOSE ITEMS. YEAH.
SAYS I'M TERRIFI, IT'S NOT SUBJECT TERRITORY.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THIS.
AND THEN DISCUSSION WISE, OH, NOW WE GOT PLENTY DISCUSSION.
UH, SO BASICALLY ADEL WILL BE, ASSUME, LET'S JUST ASSUME HYPOTHETICALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE ASSESSED THIS FEE.
RIGHT? AND THEN THEY'LL LOOK TO US TO PAY, TO PAY THEM BACK FOR PAYING THAT FEE OR, OR PAY IT BEFORE THEY PAY IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THIS.
TONY, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE LEGAL PART OF THIS? 'CAUSE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
LEGALLY, THE TARIFF KICKS IN WHEN THE, AT THE POINT OF ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S WHEN THE, UH, THEIR CUSTOM DUTIES IN THE ROAD.
AND IS IT PAID BY THE PORT OR IS IT PAID BY THE MANUFACTURER AND THEN REIMBURSED? IT'S PAID.
THEY HAVEN'T, IT'S NOT, OUR CONTRACT DOESN'T ADDRESS IT.
BUT I MEAN, SO WHO'S GONNA PAY THE CARRIER? THE CARRIER WOULD PAY FOR IT.
IT'S THE WHO'S GONNA, WHO'S GONNA BE ASSESSED WITH THE FIDELITY IMPORT? DO WE TAKE DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCT ONCE IT HITS GALVESTON? SO THAT'S THEIRS UNTIL IT GETS TO US.
UM, THE, WHERE THE WINDOWS OWNERSHIP PASS ON THAT? I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK THEY, WE OWN THEM RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE OWN THEM WHILE THEY WERE BEING BUILT, BUT THE CONTRACT STATED THAT THEY HAD TO GET IT HERE.
SO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING IT HERE.
WHICH INCLUDES TAX OR TARIFFS TO GET HERE.
800, 800,000, WASN'T IT? SHIFT SHIPPING.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A FORCED MAJEURE CLAUSE AND AN IMPOSITION CLAUSE FOR ANY GOVERNMENT TAXES AND LEVIES.
SO, WELL, I GUESS WE'LL JUST, UH, LOOK TO BE INFORMED AS THE STEPS GO BY.
BECAUSE I MEAN, A MILLION DOLLARS IS A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A CATCHALL, BUT I MEAN, JEFFREY'S CONCERN IS IS THAT HIS, HIS DOCK OUT HERE CAN'T HOLD IT UP.
AND, AND RICHARD, I, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH TONY AND ROGER FOR AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS EVER SINCE THIS, BECAUSE AT ONE TIME IT WAS 30%.
OH, I ACTUALLY NOTICED, I GOT A CALL FROM OUR GUYS IN WAS YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT'S FILED, BUT I'VE ASKED THEM TO ASSUME THE WAIVERS THAT THERE ARE WAIVERS GETTING KNOW, I KNOW THE PORT OF HOUSTON GOT A WAIVER ON SOME BIG CRANES.
BECAUSE THE CRANES ARE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA.
SO I, I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE PORT PEOPLE AND OUR CONTRACT WAS PREDATES THE ISTS.
THIS WAS NEGOTIATING AN EXECUTING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THAT.
WELL, WE, WHEN WILL WE KNOW ON THE WAIVER? I MEAN, SHOULD WE HOLD OFF ON PAYING THIS? WHEN, WHEN TAKE THIS IS AUTHORIZATION, IT WILL NOT BE PAID UNTIL THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER OPTION.
SHOULD WE HAVE AN AVO INVOICE SAYING, YOU GOT, YOU MUST PAY THIS, THEN YOU DON'T WANT CUSTOMS HOLDING UP SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL TO NO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WE HAVE ON, IT'S NOT A GOOD PR.
BUT MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO APPROVE THIS AND THEN WE'LL FIGHT IT EVERY TOOTH OF THE WAY.
WE'VE GOTTA GET, WE'VE GOTTA GET THE BBS IN HERE, CRUISE ON THE, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, THE INVOICE WILL COME TO, TO, I THINK THE CODE COMES TO DELTA.
I THINK IT DOES A DELTA THROUGH THEIR IMPORT AGENT.
WE'RE ON NEW GROUND HERE, SO TO SPEAK.
I'LL SEE WHAT ELSE I CAN FIND AND I'LL CIRCULATE IT.
WE'LL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENS FROM THIS.
I, HERE AGAIN, I'M, I'M PUSHING TO GET OUT, BUT IF WE, IF WE DO HAVE TO PAY IT, THIS COMES OUT OF, I GUESS OUR UNRESTRICTED CASH, THE WELL IT COMES OUT OF THE BOND.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH LEFT IN THE BOND? THERE'S SOME PROCEEDS.
IT'LL COME OUTTA THE CONTRACT.
WE HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT IN THE CONTRACT.
UM, THERE'S LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO MOST OF IT'LL COME FROM UNDER.
SO IT WON'T, WON'T COME OUT OF THE BOND PROCEEDS.
IT'LL COME, IT'LL HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR IT'S NOT COVERED.
IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE BOND.
'CAUSE THAT WAS, THIS WAS, THIS WAS, WELL, I
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THINK IT WOULD, WE COULDN'T PAY FOR IT.IT IS CERTAINLY COST, COST FOR THE, YOU KNOW.
DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY IN THE BUDGET LEFT.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT IN THE CONTINGENCY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
RIGHT AT THE, AT THE TERMINAL LEVEL.
AT THE OVERALL LEVEL OF PROJECT.
BUT I AGREE, I DON'T THINK WE, JEFFREY WORKS EVERY DAY TO SPEND THAT AS HE SHOULD.
TAKE, RAISE YOUR HAND THAT CARRIE UNANIMOUSLY YOU.
[F.5. Discuss and Consider Approval of the Purchase of Wireless Network Equipment for the Cruise Terminal 16 Development from GBTech, Inc. at a Cost Not to Exceed $186,880.83 (Jason Mayes) ]
ITEM NUMBER F FIVE.THIS DOESN'T CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF WIRELESS NETWORK WORK EQUIPMENT FOR THE CRUISE TERM 16 DEVELOPMENT FROM
I'M THE, UH, CHIEF PERMISSION OFFICER FOR THE PORT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT, UH, WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE AT CT 16 PROJECTS, UH, TO GIVE ACCESS NOT ONLY TO OUR EMPLOYEES THERE, BUT ALSO, UH, AGAINST WIFI AS WELL.
WE DID, UH, CT 25 AND CT 28 A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, I DID GET, UH, THREE SEPARATE QUOTES.
UH, ACTUALLY THEIR ORIGINAL QUOTE WAS OVER 200,000.
UH, WE NEGOTIATED SOME DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT AND GOT THAT DOWN BY 20 GRAND.
WE, WE UTILIZE THIS FOR OTHER THINGS ALSO.
MAAM, WERE YOU MAKING A MOTION OR, UH, I MAKE A MOTION.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, MA'AM? WELL, THE, THIS IS JUST FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
IS THERE A COST TO MAINTAIN OR TO THIS? THIS INCLUDES THE, UH, FIVE YEAR LICENSING.
IT INCLUDES INSTALLATION BY GB TECH AND ALL THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY.
AND THEY'LL BE ON CALL IF WE HAVE MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT AREN'T STRAIGHTFORWARD? YES, SIR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I GUESS THE ONLY, I GUESS THE ONLY COMMENT I, I DIDN'T SEE IN HERE WERE DID YOU HAVE THE OTHER THREE QUOTES? I DON'T HAVE THEM.
I MEAN, I CAN GET THEM FOR YOU.
I SAY JUST AS A PRACTICE, WE'VE ALWAYS, WHEN WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD, IT JUST FILTER.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS SORT OF LIKE BUYING IT ON THE BID BOARD OR THE, THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF I GET, JUST IN GENERAL.
WE, YEAH, WE WANTED TO SEE THE THREE QUOTES AND JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS YOU GOT TO, TO GET TO THE, THE MO.
I MEAN, I THINK I, THESE ARE THE GUYS WE WANT TO GO WITH AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING.
BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD TO HAVE IT COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION YES, SIR.
BUT I THINK YOU GOT A GOOD, YOU GOT A GOOD PROPOSAL HERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU NEGOTIATED THE PRICE DOWN SOME FROM THAT, SO.
EVERYBODY'S READY? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION, CARRIE UNANIMOUSLY.
[F.6. Discuss and Consider Date Change for the Board Retreat Scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, 2025, to Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Rodger Rees) ]
F TO SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DATE CHANGE FOR THE BOARD TREAT SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.ROGER? WELL, I THINK IT'S CONCEPT EXPLANATORY AND I MEAN, UM, YOU, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A REALLY BUSY WEEK, THE WEEK OF THE 14TH WITH ALL OF THE EVENTS COMING UP.
AND IT WAS LIKE PUT IN THE BOARD RETREAT ON THAT SAME WEEK.
BE VERY, BUT IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ON THAT DAY, WE, WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR STAFF.
WELL, I'M, I'M TIRED OF THAT MORNING.
IS THIS GONNA BE AN AFTERNOON OR IN THE MORNING? IT'S A MORNING.
9:00 AM WE CAN START, BUT HE'S GOT A CONFLICT.
THAT WHOLE WHENEVER TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO START OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER DAY YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, THAT'S FINE.
WELL, THAT AFTERNOON THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WILL WE BE USING, I WAS GONNA SAY IF WE WERE, IF WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A FACILITATOR, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D DO AND A HALF A DAY.
WELL, I, IF THE TRUSTEES WANTED TO MOVE THAT TO THE AFTERNOON, THAT'D BE APPRECIATED.
OR I COULD JUST COME, WE'LL TRY TO MOVE TO THAT.
WE'VE GOT TIME BETWEEN NOW FOURTH.
UH, I GUESS WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ON FEBRUARY MOTION, SHE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT'S NOW ON NOVEMBER 4TH, THE LAST
[F.7. Discuss and Consider Future Agenda Items for the October Board Meeting.]
BUSINESS ITEM DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING ON ANY SUGGESTION? I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, I THINK, I THINK WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAYBE DO A LITTLE MORE, UH, STUDY ON THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAFFIC CURRENTLY AROUND THE PORT AS WELL AS WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS WE BRING IN THE MSC.[01:25:01]
KNOW THAT THE FIRST DAY THE MSC GOES OUT, THERE'S THREE OTHER SHIPS IN PORT FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR AND IT'S MOTORCYCLE AGAIN.SO THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
THERE'S GONNA BE A ATTORNEY, CORRECT.
SO LET'S, WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST THAT WE JUST THINK ABOUT NOW AND TALK ABOUT NEXT MONTH, UH, EVEN GETTING COUNCILMAN FINKLEY, UH, TO HELP US WITH IT.
AND, UM, LOOK AT, MY, MY THINKING IS WE LOOK AS FAR SOUTH AS MARKET STREET AT LEAST, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LENGTH OF, OF THE BROADER PORT, YOU KNOW, FROM 33RD AT LEAST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10, IF, UH, WE'LL GET THAT ON ANY OTHER EXHIBIT.
I WAS JUST THINKING BROADWAY BEING A A, A CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, ROADWAY THAT COULD GO AWAY.
BROADWAY SHOULD CONSIDER BROADWAY.
SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, I THINK THE, THE KEY AND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH CITY COUNTY, IT, IT'S KIND OF SCOPING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YEAH, I THINK ROGERS BROUGHT UP THE POINTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TRAFFIC ISSUES GOING TO THE BEACH, THERE'S TRAFFIC ISSUES.
HOW DO WE, WE KIND OF NEED TO POINT POINT WHERE WE CAN'T FOCUS THIS ON CREWS ADDITION TO THAT, BUT HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU PROPERLY SCOPE THAT? AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, WE CAN'T FIX ALL THE GALVESTON TRAFFIC ISSUES.
AND I THINK EITHER YOU, DR. BROWN OR ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT, AND MAYBE, MAYBE IT WAS YOU, THAT WE, WE PROBABLY DO MORE WORK AT THE PORT TO WORK ON TRAFFIC AND TRY TO FIX THINGS THAN MAYBE THE CITY DOES WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT MARGARITAVILLE OR OTHER THINGS.
SO WE, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T PUT A LOT OF ENERGY AND YOU KNOW, ROGER STAFF AND GANG, YOU DO A TREMENDOUS JOB OF LOOKING, RIDING MY BIKE THE OTHER DAY ON YOUR NEW ASPHALT OVER HERE BY TERMINAL 25.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT.
SO I THINK THE KEY FOR THIS STUDY OR SCOPING IT, SCOPING IT AND GETTING IT TO WHERE IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A MEANINGFUL THING.
BUT WE'RE AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO DELVE INTO ALL OF THE ISSUES IN GALVESTON, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE CRUISE PACKED CREW.
AND ALSO I THINK PROBABLY IN THERE IS OUR BEST USAGE OF THE INTERNAL ROADWAY.
HOW DO WE BEST TAKE, WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA, AND EXCUSE ME.
FACILITATING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE PORT AND FROM THE PORT TO THE DOWNTOWN.
WE COULD, I, I, AND I THINK THE CITY, WE COULD, WE COULD PERHAPS BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, HEAD UP THE CITY FOR SOME PORTION OF THE COST.
YOU KNOW, NOT A HUGE, HUGE AMOUNT, BUT IT'S GONNA HELP SOLVE SOME, MAYBE SOME OF THOSE CITIES OTHER ISSUES OR HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THE CITY ALREADY FACES WITH OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS TRAFFIC.
BECAUSE ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, EVEN IF WE FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN, ISN'T IT CITY ISSUE ALSO? YEAH.
SO, UH, MAY I SUGGEST THIS IS A PERFECT TOPIC FOR THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE TO MAYBE HASH AROUND A LITTLE BIT WITH THE CITY WOULD BE GREAT.
I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND THAT AS WELL AS WE GOT NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNAL ROAD BEING DONE.
AND I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO THE TRAFFIC.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA MAKE SOME CHANGES, SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
BUT SHOULD WE WAIT TILL AFTER THE INTERNAL ROAD IS DONE AND USABLE AND WE TO IT THE WAY WE WANT TO BEFORE WE DO THAT? WELL, WHY DON'T WE KICK THIS, SEE IF THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE CAN MEET BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND MAYBE I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
WELL I NEED TO KNOW, I'M GETTING BACK TO THIS COMING NOVEMBER 7TH WEEKEND.
UH, THE MOBILITY STUDY WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, BUT RIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FOR THIS COMPANY? I THINK WE NEED TO INITIATE SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A TACTICAL MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITY POLICE AND THE PORT POLICE AND THE STAFF.
IT'S GONNA, IT IS GOING TO BE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY, I MEAN WE, IF THE WEATHER'S NICE, THERE COULD BE 500,000 PEOPLE HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET ME, IF I CHIME IN HERE, TELL ME HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE QUESTION I POSED TO MR. LEY THE OTHER DAY, IS WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION? WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION HERE? IS YOUR EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM FOR 500,000 PEOPLE COMING HERE OR FOR FOUR CRUISE SHIPS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ON, ON WHAT EXERCISE WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE THINK, WHAT DO WE THINK IS GONNA BE THE SOLUTION? I MEAN, UH, MORE, MORE WORDS ON PAPER OR MORE PAPER REPORTS.
ARE YOU SPEAKING OF THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE OF THE FIRST, WELL, I MEAN THE, THE, THE FIRST CRUISE DAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEB, UH,
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NOVEMBER 7TH WEEKEND, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LONGER TERM HAVING A, A MOBILITY STATE? YEAH, I MEAN I, I I'M TALKING ABOUT BOTH REALLY.I MEAN, I, I THINK IN REALITY AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO.
I, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SPEND A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE, FOR THE MOTORCYCLE ROUTE WHEN THE, THAT THING SPILLS EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT TAKES OVER SPACE ON THE PORT SIDE AND EVERYTHING.
SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
I MEAN, WE CAN, I MEAN, THE FLIP SIDE THERE IS, IS, AND THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO DAVE THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE IN THERE WAS TELL ME WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
I MEAN, ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC FOR EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE CITY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, PERSONALLY THAT'S A A VERY GOOD QUESTION FOR THE MOBILITY DISCUSSION IN THE STUDY.
MY CONCERN FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH, SEVENTH WEEKEND AS FAR MSC, WHAT IF THOSE, ARE THEY SAILING THAT WEEKEND? OH, YEAH.
TO, TO THE, UH, WELL THAT'S MESSAGING THAT'S GONNA BE MESSAGING TO, TO THOSE PASSENGERS THROUGH MSC THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG EVENT GOING ON HERE, SO WE BETTER, THEY'RE TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE AND STAY IN A HOTEL.
WELL, BUT THERE'S A HOTELS WRONGFUL, BUT YOU'RE NOT THAT'S TRUE.
ERIC'S TRYING TO, I THINK YOU BRING UP AN EXCELLENT POINT, ROGER.
UM, AND I THINK OTHER, ON THE FLIP SIDE, CONCERNS WERE RAISED AT THE OPEN HOUSE AND AT CITY COUNCIL LEVEL ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE.
AND THAT LOOKS LIKE STUDIES AND IT COULD LOOK LIKE WORDS ON PAPER, BUT IF THE DATA GOING INTO THOSE WORDS ON PAPER IS GOOD DATA AND IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY THAT PEACE OF MIND THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OR HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEM AREAS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, THEN THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO, IT'S WORTHWHILE TO PURSUE.
IT IT, THIS COMING NOVEMBER, IT'S THE PERFECT STORM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IF IF THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY WASN'T GOING ON AT THAT, THAT TIME, IT'D BE A LOT LESS CONGESTION AND CONCERN.
WELL, LIKE YOU SAID, SHOULD WE GET OUR POLICE AND THE CITY POLICE TO WORK TOGETHER? AND I'M SURE THEY WILL ANYWAY.
BUT REALLY, REALLY, I'M TALKING SUNDAY.
YEAH, THERE IS, THERE'S THE BIGGER ISSUE OF THE WHOLE THING, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO WORK ON.
I THINK NOVEMBER 7TH, THAT'S IS THE SEVENTH.
I THINK THAT'S THE NINTH IS THE CRUISE DAY.
THAT'S BETWEEN THE COURT STAFF AND CITY STAFF AT THE MEANTIME.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT DURING, I REALLY WOULD LIKE THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE TO MEET BECAUSE YOU GET SECTION OH, I AGREE ON THAT.
I'M JUST THINKING I'M, I'M THINKING JUST A MATTER MONTH AND A HALF WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN ON ISLAND HERE.
I'LL GET WITH CITY STAFF AND HAVE HIM TOUCH BASE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND JEFF, YOU'LL GET WITH YEAH.
WE WITH ANGIE TO GET AND MAYBE GET FINKLEY TO MAYBE GET DAVID TO PARTICIPATE.
YEAH, I NEED TO NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT, WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF ALL THIS? I THINK ERIC SAID IT, I THINK HE DID TOO.
WELL, BUT, BUT I WOULD SAY TO EXPAND ON ERIC'S THOUGHTS, GETTING SOMETHING DOWN ON PAPER, BUT GETTING SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN SEE A CHANGE.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY WE GET WORDS ON PAPER, BUT WE'VE GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT SOMETHING METHOD COMING UP IN THE FUTURE TO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DON'T, I MEAN WE'VE GOT SUCH A POSITIVE THING GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COURT.
UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD DETRACT AND START HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING DOWN HERE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
AND ROGER, LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE CRUISE SHIPS IN PORT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, OCTOBER OF 2024.
WERE WE RUNNING THREE SHIFT DAYS? YES.
SO WE KNOW WHAT A THREE SHIFT DAY ON BIKER RALLY WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE.
OH, WE HAD IT HERE IN MARDI GRAS.
I, I DON'T, BIKER RALLY WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, BUT I DUNNO IF IT'S THE SAME.
IT'S USUALLY IN OCTOBER, NO, NOVEMBER END OF YEAH, IT'S USUALLY THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR.
WE WERE RUNNING THREE SHIPS LAST YEAR WITH BIKER ROUTE.
SO WE KNOW THIS ISN'T COMPLETELY OUT THE REALM OF WHAT
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WE'VE EXPERIENCED.WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER TERMINAL.
WE ARE GONNA SEE SOMETHING NEW.
WELL, NOT THIS OPENING OF THE TERMINAL.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD TO SURE.
WE HAVE SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? IF NOT, WE'RE AT THE END.
[G. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE.SHE, YOU, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU JEFF AND THANK YOU VIC.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH FOR STEPPING UP AND FOR, UM, PROVIDING EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP FOR THIS BOARD.
I CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER IN A BUSINESS MEETING TALK ABOUT KNOWING YOU IN DIAPERS,
I WOULD NEVER SAY THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU AND I'M JUST SO, SO HAPPY TO HERE AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF YOU.
YEAH, JUST WELCOME TO BUT DIDN'T KNOW YOU IN DIAPERS AND I'VE GOT A VISUAL NOW THAT I THINK I CAN GET OUTTA MY HEAD.
BUT WELCOME TO THE BOARD AND HOWEVER WE CAN HELP WITH YOUR ORIENTATION AND GETTING YOU UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE, ALL THE MANY ISSUES.
AND WILLIE CERTAINLY CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING REAPPOINTED.
I THINK THAT WAS A WISE DECISION BY CITY COUNCIL THERE TO GET YOU BACK ON.
AND, UH, JUST GREAT TO SEE THE CONTINUE.
I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES WE HAVE, BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CUSTOMERS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY CRUISE SHIPS.
SO THESE, THESE ARE ALL GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE AND WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BE OPEN-MINDED AND WORK TOGETHER AND, AND HOW BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COURT, HOW DO WE BEST COLLECTIVELY SOLVE THESE, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, THESE PROBLEMS TO, TO WORK ON AND DEAL WITH.
OKAY, ERIC, THAT'S YOUR FIRST MEETING.
UM, HONORED TO BE HERE, HONORED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND UM, YOU KNOW, SO THANKFUL FOR THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FROM OUR CITY LEADERSHIP TO PUT ME HERE AT THE CIVIL AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE HERE AND COURT STAFF.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND UH, YEAH, GREAT, GREAT STUFF COMING UP.
AND I, UH, RECOGNIZE I'VE BEEN NOW APPOINTED AS THE CHAIR OF FINANCE COMMITTEE AND SO I'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT.
REALLY ENJOY HAVING ERIC HERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, PARTICULARLY 'CAUSE YOU'RE SO YOUNG, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW SO MUCH ALREADY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY A REALLY GOOD DEAL.
I JUST DON'T HAVE MY LONGHORN JOKES OVER HERE.
I'M NOT, I FAVOR THE LONGHORNS, BUT I'M NOT A REAL LONGHORN, SO THEY MAY DROP OFF EITHER.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ME REAPPOINTMENT ME TO THIS BOARD.
AND IT ALSO SENDS A MESSAGE TO ANYBODY IN GALVESTON.
IF, IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS TOWN, YOU REALLY LOVE IT, YOU WANT TO SUPPORT IT, YOU CAN DO IT.
AND UM, THERE ARE MECHANISMS IN PLACE FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND, AND TO TAKE PART OF YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
UH, YOU DON'T WANNA BE ON THE SIDELINE, COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS, JUST TAKE, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR FEET WET, GET GET DIRTY WITH IT.
BUT, UH, AND I AM GLAD THAT ERIC'S ON THE BOARD.
I'M SORRY I'M NOT THE YOUNGEST MEMBER ANYMORE.
I'M SURE I LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ERIC.
I KNOW HE'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD, UH, BACKGROUND IN MARINE ADMINISTRATION, THAT KIND OF THING.
WELL, I WANTED TO WELCOME ERIC TO THE BOARD AND THE TRUSTEES HERE AND, UH, REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
SO, UH, I THINK THE COUNCIL DID MAKE A VERY GOOD DECISION AND UH, I THINK THAT IS, UH, KIND OF AN INDICTMENT OF, UH, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE TRUSTEES HERE AT THE WARS BOARD.
I THINK THE COUNCIL FEELS, UH, THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB HERE AT THE MORRISS BOARD AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD QUALITY INDIVIDUALS TO CONTINUE THAT MESSAGE FORWARD.
SO, UH, WELCOME TO THE TWO NEW PEOPLE HERE.
UM, I WOULD SAY I JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE CITY.
WE GOT SOME, UH, WEATHER COMING IN.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE HERE, UH, TOMORROW, MAYBE ALL THE WAY TILL THURSDAY MORNING THAT WE MAY BE GETTING SOME FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN.
SO FOR THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE, UH, BE PREPARED.
UH, ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR STREETS ARE OUR RETENTION POND, SO
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DON'T TO GET TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER BUILDUP.HOPEFULLY IT WILL DRAIN OFF PRETTY QUICKLY.
I THINK JEFF SAID IT REAL WELL IN THE MEETING TODAY.
UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE AT THE PORT AND THEY'VE ALL COME IN ON TIME AND HAVE DONE REAL WELL AND STAY, UH, RELATIVELY, UH, IN BUDGET.
SO, UH, THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE A, A POSITIVE AND A COMPLIMENT.
ADMIR IT QUITE A COMPLIMENT TO REPORT STAFF AND EVERYBODY, JEFF, AND TRYING TO DO PROJECTS.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I HAVE NOTHING.
I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE THE NEW ADMIR.
I WOULD, UH, UH, SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE.
UH, THE FIRST BOARD CHAIRMAN AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE SHEILA FOR SERVICE AS HEAD OF CHAIRMAN OF A CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY? WE FANTASTIC WITH THAT AT 1 47, WE DON'T.