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CALL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALSON SOLARIS REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 AT 10:14 AM ANGIE, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
RESIDENT VICE CHAIR JEFF PATTERSON.
TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE IS ABSENT.
AND WE HAVE JIM GALRITH IN PLACE OF TONY BROWN.
TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE IS NOT PRESENT, BUT WE HAVE SIX OF THE SEVEN TRUSTEES.
LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLE.
PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE LIBERTY AND INJUSTICE.
OKAY, THAT'S, UH, DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF A TRUSTEE.
I HAVE A CONFLICT WITH AGENDA ITEM E EIGHT.
AND ANY DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION CONCERNING E EIGHT? UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CONFLICT? C TWO, UH, C TWO P 21.
ANY OTHER TRUSTEE? HAVE A CONFLICT? OKAY.
ANDREW, YOU GOT THOSE TWO CONFLICTS? YES.
I GOING THE GENERAL BUSINESS ITEM
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B ONE, APPROVE OF THE MINUTES HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED.CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SHEILA MAKES A MOTION.
SECOND BY, I GUESS THAT'S FOR ALL THREE, RIGHT? THERE'S THREE.
AND SECOND ON THE THREE SETS OF MINUTES.
ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
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ANY REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO.[B.3 Port Director's Report]
WELL, NEXT IS B THREE.AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT, BUT THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AFTER THE COURT DIRECTOR, EVEN THOUGH THE PORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS EXCITING, THE VIDEO.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ABOUT CARGO AT THIS STAGE.
I MEAN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE EVERYTHING WE CAN.
UH, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THE WIND IS, IS, UH, IS DOING PRETTY WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, A GENERAL CARGO IS UP, UM, ABOUT THE ONLY THING UP TODAY, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE MOVING A LOT OF WIND THROUGH HERE.
SO I THINK IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL KEEPING OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER AND UNTIL WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND MAYBE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, INTEREST FROM OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND, AND STEVEDORES UH, PLANNING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
'CAUSE THERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO, UM, HAVING THOSE PERMITS OPEN.
UM, HERE'S THE ACTUAL NUMBERS BACKING EVERYTHING UP.
UH, WE SEE WHERE WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 20% OVERALL.
BUT, UH, HERE AGAIN, I I, I THINK JUST EXPLAIN THE SITUATION THE CRUISE BUSINESS IS, IS DOING.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND HERE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HEADING INTO THIS, UH, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF A BIG SPIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE HAD TWO SHIPS COME IN WITH CARNIVAL, AS YOU'VE SEEN.
UM, WE HAD THE FIRST ONE LEAVE HERE, IT WAS YESTERDAY.
IT'S NICE TO SEE A TWO TRUE SHIP DAY ON MONDAY.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE HERE MORE IN THE FUTURE IS MORE SHIPS DURING THE WEEK, WHICH IS, WHICH IS EXCITING, WHICH IS REALLY UTILIZING YOUR ASSETS.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE STILL, UH, RUNNING GOOD, GOOD SHIP HERE ON, ON THE CRUISE BUSINESS, UM, HERE AT THE SHIP, UM, AS A, UH, LAYOUT OF THE CARGO CREWS AND LAY BUSINESS YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT BELOW, UH, LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, IT'S MOSTLY THE CARGO SHIPS, BUT IN, UH, THE, UH, SHIPS, AS MARK POINTED OUT, WE'RE FOR SPACE A RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN GET BACK THERE.
UM, HERE'S THE FINANCIALS THAT MARK'S ALREADY GONE OVER.
UM, YEAR TO DATE CASH FLOW, WHICH IS VERY, UH, GOOD TELLTALE
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SITUATION OF WHERE WE ARE THROUGH OCTOBER, I MEAN THROUGH SEPTEMBER.UM, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE SPENDING $140 MILLION IN, IN, IN OUR FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS.
AND, AND THEN I HAD TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND WE'LL GET INTO THE PROJECTS HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE AT, UH, PIER 19 AND, AND THOSE AND, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION.
UM, RIGHT NOW, THE, WITH THE KIND GOVERNMENT ON HOLD, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ON HOLD.
AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH WHAT WE'VE DONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE ABOVE THE LINE THERE, ALL THE, ALL THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, BLOW DOWN FURTHER, YOU CAN SEE THE EDA ROLLING GRANTS.
WE'RE NOT ACTIVE IN THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING FOR SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT, UH, JUMP UP.
UM, AND HERE'S THE, UH, HERE'S THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND, UM, WHERE THE STATUS OF ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING CONSTRUCTIONS ON SOME OF 'EM.
WE'RE GETTING ENGINEERING GOING AND WE'RE IN DESIGN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID JUST, UH, WE JUST DID TO HAVE OUR INITIAL MEETINGS ON THE WAY FINDING, WHICH WE RECEIVED THE 1.6 MILLION.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE FURTHER DEFINING WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS, WHERE WE CAN USE THE WAY FINDING MONIES.
IT CAN ONLY BE INSIDE THE PORT, IT CAN BE ON THE EDGE OF THE PORT OR WHERE.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THE FINE LINES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, WITH XI.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE MORE SECURITY GRANTS.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, MONEY FROM THE, ON THE, FROM THE SECURITY GRANTS.
UH, THOSE, THOSE WERE JUST ANNOUNCED.
AND SO IT, IT, SO THERE'S USUALLY THIS LITTLE LAG BETWEEN THE TIME YOU GET AWARDED THESE AND YOU GET TO THE, TO THE MEETINGS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THOSE.
UM, HERE'S A COUPLE, HERE'S THE PORT SECURITY GRANTS.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE PORT SECURITY GRANTS.
BASICALLY, YOU, WHEN YOU GET 'EM, YOU HAVE ALMOST ABOUT, I THINK THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE THEM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE ALL, ALL THE TIME RUNNING TWO OR THREE OR FOUR SECURITY GRANTS AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE BUILD UP OUR, OUR CAMERA SYSTEM, OUR SAFETY AND A LOT OF THINGS.
THESE ARE A COUPLE OTHER GRANTS TOO THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE ON SOME OF 'EM.
AND AS I SAID, LIKE HGAC, WE, WE STARTED THAT.
WE SELECTED WHO'S GONNA DO THAT? AND, AND, AND, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY COMBINED THE TWO GRANTS.
ONE WAS FOR THE OVERHEAD HIGHWAY FROM 45.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE, THE, THE, UH, THE INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK AT THE, AT THE END, OR THE WEST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH WAS BASICALLY, UM, OUT OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS GRANT IS TO STUDY RIGHT AWAY AND THINGS.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, UH, WITH THE ADVICE OF TEXT THAT WE'RE DOING THESE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH H C'S FUNDING THESE THINGS, THAT THEY'RE REALLY, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH TEXTILE ON THESE.
AND SO WE COMBINED THOSE TWO GRANTS JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO WORK BOTH THOSE GRANTS AT THE SAME TIME.
'CAUSE TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WHEN IT ALL SAID AND DONE, THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GONNA MEET EACH OTHER.
UM, BICENTENNIAL UPDATE, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU SAY, 300,000 TEXAS A AND M, WHICH MADE ME SO PROUD.
AND, UM, IT REALLY MADE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE HAD GETTING THAT THING PULLED TOGETHER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AND KATHY CATHOLICS HERE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND, AND KUDOS CONTINUE WHEREVER WE GO AROUND TOWN.
EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, IS SAYING IT'S BEST EVENT THEY'VE ATTENDED AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
NO TAX OR PUBLIC DOLLARS AT ALL.
WE'RE NOW GOING THROUGH THE FINAL ACCOUNTING, UM, AND BOOK SALES.
UM, WE'RE DOING A BOOK SIGNING TOMORROW NIGHT, I THINK IT IS.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE A BOOTH AT THE HGA, THE, UH, GEDP CONFERENCE TOMORROW.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WORK.
WE SOLD ABOUT 30 OR 40 BOOKS ONLINE.
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS THIS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO THE LITTLE VIDEO.
YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO JUST TO KIND OF LY PUT THIS TOGETHER, UH, COMMEMORATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID WITH THIS.
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BUT THIS IS THE BEST PART.THE CHECK CAN, WE'RE STILL DOING THE FINAL ACCOUNTING ON THAT, AND I THINK WE SAVE SOME MORE MONEY FLOW INTO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK THE COURT STAFF, KATHY, WILLIE, HARRY MAXWELL, EVERYBODY THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER.
REALLY PROUD THAT, AGAIN, NO TAX DOLLARS, NO PUBLIC, AND WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT SPONSORS.
SO I JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT THERE.
EVERYBODY WAS, IT WAS TWO, TWO COMMUNITY, HEY, BACK TO WORK BACK AND YOU, AND YOU GOT YOUR STUFF BACK.
NOW WE'RE 200 YEARS, GOT YOUR STUFF AND NOW WE GOTTA LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 200, RIGHT? THERE'S NO TRUTH THAT I WAS HERE AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DOCUMENTS THOUGH.
AND HERE'S SOME OF THE PROCUREMENT PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON AT, THESE ARE ALL MOSTLY RELATED TO, UH, WE HAD A COMPENSATION STUDY, UM, GOING, UH, GETTING READY TO, UH, BE APPROVED, I THINK.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE BROKERAGE SERVICES ON OUR INSURANCE POLICIES.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY IS, UM, NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS, BUT IS THE, UM, SPOILS AREA.
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE, THOSE NEEDED EXPENSES, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T, WHEN THEY COME IN AND START TALKING TO ME ABOUT THAT, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF DIRT
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS EXCAVATOR.
UM, AND DO WE DO, IT'S A BIG DOLLAR NUMBER, BUT DO WE, DO WE TAKE THIS ON OR WE CONTINUE TO RENT? YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE DECISION THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANTED US TO DISCUSS TOGETHER WHETHER OR NOT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND BUY THIS EQUIPMENT FOR, UH, CONTINUE TO RENT IT.
WE RENT IT FROM ONE, UH, ONE MONTH NOW.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A NECESSARY EVIL AS WE GO FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AS WE HELP, WE CAN START BUILDING OUR, UM, LEVEES UP SO WE TALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW WHY, UM, HE, UH, PEOPLE WORK IN THE TRENCHES WITHOUT THE PROPER SHORING.
SO HE CALLED THAT OUT AND THEY, UH, FIXED THE SITUATION.
PARKING AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY? I MEAN, I, I SAY THIS EVERY MEETING AND JUST IN AWE OF, OF THE PARKING AND, AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, HOW ORGANIZED WHO JULIO HAS THEM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE MOVE INTO ANOTHER TERMINAL AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW ASSET, A NEW PARKING GARAGE THAT HAS TO BE MANAGED.
AND, UM, SO I'M, I'M SUPER PROUD OF THIS, THIS GROUP AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, GALVESTON HARBOR, HERE'S THE, THE, THE DREDGING UPDATE.
I MEAN, I GUESS WE'RE RESTRICTED RIGHT NOW TO 44 FEET.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IN HERE KIND OF FEEDS RIGHT INTO WHAT, WHAT I JUST WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE, THE SPOILS AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE HERE LOCALLY FOR US.
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THE ONLY THING WE CAN CONTROL IS OUR OWN SPOILS AREA.UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND I WOULD SAY WE'VE GOT THE MOST MONEY WE'VE EVER HAD FROM THE ARMY CORPS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE, WE'LL BE STARTING THE PROJECTS HERE PRETTY SOON ON THE, UH, CHANNEL EXTENSION.
AND THEN BY THE END OF SUMMER NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE, UH, HAVE ANOTHER FULL MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
UM, THE PROJECTS OUR FAVORITE PROJECT, WHICH IS NOT MY FAVORITE PROJECT 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TOO LONG
AND WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, THANK YOU, ROGER.
UH, YEAH, NO, IT'LL BE GOOD TO GET THIS ONE ORDERED.
UM, SO YEAH, ON THE CRUISE NUMBER 25 WALKWAY, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY WRAPPING UP THOSE DESIGN CHANGES.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE POSTING THAT, THAT, UH, SOLICITATION HERE SHORTLY IN NOVEMBER FOR, FOR, TO TO GO BACK OUT FOR BIDS ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND SEE, SEE WHERE WE'RE COMING AT.
JEFF, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TELL WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE DID BEFORE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW? UH, YEAH, NO, I MEAN, HONESTLY, SO, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CHOSE NOT TO DO IS CHANGE THE LOOK OF IT.
WE COULD HAVE CHANGED THE LOOK OF IT, BUT I THINK EVERYONE KIND OF BOUGHT INTO HOW IT LOOKS AND HAVING NICER FINISHES ON IT.
THE OTHER THING WE COULD HAVE CHOSE TO DO WAS REMOVE VERTICAL CIRCULATION EQUIPMENT.
AND WE COULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAY, BUT WE FELT THAT THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE FOR IT, IS TO MOVE PEOPLE UP AND OVER.
AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, UH, CUT THAT.
SO, SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WITH, UH, JUST OVER $50,000 WE SPENT ON ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK WAS WE LOOKED AT, UH, TRIMMING BACK, UH, SOME OF THE CIVIL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT WE DID.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE PAVERS THAT WERE GONNA BE INSTALLED.
WE WENT BACK WITH CONCRETE SIDEWALKS INSTEAD OF PAVERS.
UM, AND, UH, THOSE ALONG WITH SOME, WE SAT DOWN WITH, UH, UM, ONE OF THE BIDDERS AND, AND WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WERE KIND OF STICKLERS AS THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BID ON IT.
ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, OPENING UP BID SPEC ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS LIKE, UH, UH, LIGHTING, MAKING SURE WE HAD IN THE SPECIFICATION A DIFFERENT SOURCE SO THEY COULD GET BETTER COMPETITION WHEN GETTING THEIR SUB SUBCONTRACTS IN, IN PLACE.
ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, IS, IS LOOKING AT TRYING TO SIMPLIFY SOME OF THE FLOOD, UH, ELEMENTS.
LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOOD WALLS THAT WERE INSTALLED, AND WE WERE TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF REMOVABLE FLOOD WALLS AND PUT IN CONCRETE WALLS INSTEAD.
UM, AND SO, SO LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON DURING THIS REDESIGN EFFORT.
AND, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO, TO, TO, UM, AT, AT LEAST BRING THE PROJECT DOWN BY A MILLION DOLLARS BY SPENDING THAT 50,000, HOPEFULLY EVEN MORE.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT OUR GOAL'S BEEN.
UH, COULD YOU EXPAND ON THE, UH, THIS ADDITIONAL EFFORT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE EXISTING CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FEES, CORRECT? YEAH, SO, SO, UM, IN, IN THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH, UH, UH, BA THEY HAD, UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS LIKE ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FUNDS THAT WE HADN'T GOTTEN TO CONSTRUCTION YET, SO WE COULDN'T UTILIZE.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS REDESIGN, WE HAD TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO DO THE, THE, THE REDESIGN TO GET TO SEE IF, OKAY, WELL, CAN WE LAUNCH THIS PROJECT? WHENEVER WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE BRINGING BACK A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WE WE'LL BRING BACK SOMETHING TO ALSO REPLENISH THOSE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FUNDS, UH, WITHIN THE BA CONTRACT.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THE, HOW WE REPLENISH THOSE? WELL, UH, IT WOULD BE WITH, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE THE $57,000, WHICH WOULD, WE'D HAVE TO REPLENISH ON THAT.
WELL, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? IT WOULD COME FROM THE PROJECT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE, THE GREATER APPROVAL ONCE WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION, BACK CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL, YES.
AND IT WOULD COME FROM ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, OPERATING, YOU KNOW, REVENUE OR, OR IF WE FIND ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
I WOULD JUST SAY, I KNOW, AND IT WAS PAINFUL AS, AS THIS HAS BEEN FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WE'VE CONVINCED OURSELVES A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT, HEY, CLEANING UP THIS INTERSECTION DOWN HERE AND GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF, I KNOW IF Y'ALL CAME TO THE JUBILEE THING AND YOU HAD A WALK ACROSS THERE, I MEAN, IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF MOVING PARTS.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT REALLY STUCK IN MY MIND IS NOT ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE STREET, ON THE SURFACE, IT'S NOT ONLY HARBORSIDE, IT'S ONCE THEY GET ONTO THE PORT PROPERTY, THAT'S A VERY, WAS THERE SEVEN ROADS THAT LEAD TO ROME THAT ALL COME TOGETHER RIGHT THERE? AND HAVING PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH, IT REALLY COMPLICATES OUR INTERNAL TRAFFIC, WHICH BACKS
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UP MORE PEOPLE INTO THE CITY.SO I THINK WE'VE CONVINCED OURSELVES A NUMBER OF TIMES AS A BOARD THAT GETTING PEOPLE UP OFF THE GROUND OVERHEAD, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, A BIG SAFETY ISSUE FOR ONE AND TWO, I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP US WITH THE INTERNAL TRAFFIC AND GETTING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY OUT OF THE CITY.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST, IT, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATING AND, AND ISSUES TO HAVE TO REDESIGN THIS THING AND GO BACK.
BUT I THINK WE'VE GOTTA STAY THE COURSE AND GET IT DONE.
AND JEFF, I MIGHT JUST SAY, I OBSERVED DURING THE CAR JULEE, SO CELEBRATION, WE HAVE TRAFFIC DROP THERE.
DIDN'T YOU GET A ROAD DRIVER THAT DOES WHAT HE'S NOT OR SHE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO? AND IT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU HAVE EVERYBODY OUT THERE CON, YOU KNOW, MOVING AROUND.
PLUS YOU HAVE TO WALK AROUND BARRICADES ALMOST TO GET THERE.
AND, UH, WHAT'S THE TOTAL, WHAT'S THE BALLPARK FIGURE FOR THIS WALKWAY RIGHT NOW? WE'RE THINKING ABOUT JEFF RIGHT NOW, BASED UPON THE WORK THAT WE PUT INTO THIS AND WHAT THE BIDS CAME IN.
ORIGINALLY, WE'RE THINKING THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GONNA BE AROUND $9 MILLION, HOPEFULLY LOWER, BUT I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A REALISTIC NUMBER, HONESTLY.
BUT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE THINK WE'RE, WE, WERE TALKING A LOT LOWER THAN THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S, UH, ON THIS PROJECT, THERE'S LOTS OF TIMES WHEN I, I I'VE USED THE HINDSIGHTS 2020 RULE, AND I WISH MAYBE THAT WE WOULD'VE GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT, BUT, AND JEFF IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE TRYING TO GET, GET ACROSS THIS FINISH LINE AND, AND PROVIDE AN ASSET TO THE CITY TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE HARBOR SIDE, MIKE.
AND WE'VE TRIMMED SOME OF THAT WITH DOING INTERNAL WORK OURSELVES, RIGHT? ON SOME OF THE FOUNDATION.
WELL, THERE IS, AND THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE DESIGN, BUT MAYBE WE'LL GO BACK AND ISSUE A DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER THAT WE CAN DO SOME OF THE WORK OURSELVES, SOME OF THE CIVIL WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE SPECIFIED.
I MEAN, THAT'S STILL STUFF WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING IN OUR BACK POCKET AS WE GET THIS, THESE BIDS BACK IN.
BUT, BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL WORK THAT WE CHANGED IN THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, AND HERE AGAIN, I MAY, I SHOULD USE THE HINDSIGHT 2020 RULE THAT YOU JUST REFERRED TO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE GETTING READY, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR BOND COUNCIL WHETHER OR NOT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE HAD LEFT FROM CT 16 SINCE
AND THE REAL ISSUE IS WHETHER IT'S NON-TAXABLE OR A MT TREATMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SELL BONDS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A MT, AND SO IT'S NON A MT, WHICH IS A TECHNICAL IRS TERM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO IN, IN WITH BOND COUNCIL IS, HAS SAID PRELIMINARILY IS, AS LONG AS WE DON'T MESS AROUND WITH THAT, WITH THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF ISSUES, THEN THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD USE ON THAT.
THAT MONEY LEFT, UM, FROM CT 16 FOR TO SUPPLEMENT.
WE HAVE $4.9 MILLION FROM THE STATE ON THIS.
THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS GET DONE.
THE STATE WANTS TO SEE DO MEAN EVERY TIME I SEE THE
WE GET, WE GET A LOT OF GOOD SUPPORT FROM THAT, FROM THAT TEAM DOWN THERE.
UH, THE NEXT PROJECT'S STILL A TPO, UM, GRANT FUNDED RISE THREE SEVEN PROJECT, THE ROAD WORK FOR 20TH, THE 23RD.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, FIRST PHASE, UH, THAT, THAT WE'VE NOW SWITCHED TO TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THE, THE, THE WORK THAT BASICALLY STARTS AT THE CORNER OF CRUISE TERMINAL, UH, 25 AND THEN GOES DOWN TO 22ND STREET.
UM, SO, SO THEY'RE DOING THAT.
THERE'S SOME UTILITIES THEY GOTTA INSTALL, AND THEN THEY'LL, UM, THEIR, THEIR, OUR PLAN IS RIGHT NOW THROUGH, I BELIEVE THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THIS PHASE.
AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER, UH, AROUND, UH, JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS TIME AND START ON THE NEXT, UH, PHASE, WHICH, THE NEXT PHASE IS A SMALL PHASE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN KIND OF AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THIS PICTURE.
WE'RE GONNA BE REDOING SOME OF THAT PAVEMENT, UH, IN, IN THAT AREA.
UM, IT'S ABOUT A THREE WEEK PHASE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON IN, UM, UM, JANUARY FURTHER EAST, UH, 22ND STREET AND FURTHER EAST, UH, A DM GRAIN TOWER DEMOLITION.
UM, OUR CONTRACTOR HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR CRUSHER BEING DOWN, AND THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN THING THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS CRUSHING ALL THAT CONCRETE THAT'S, THAT'S REMAINING.
UM, AND SO THEY DID MOBILIZE ANOTHER CONCRETE CRUSHING MACHINE, AND WE'RE STILL TRACKING THIS ONE TO BE COMPLETED BY 2025, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN TAKING LONGER THAN, THAN WE'VE ANTICIPATED.
THE PIER 38 39 SLIP FILL PROJECT, UH, THEY ACTUALLY JUST PLACED THE, THE LAST CONCRETE PLACEMENT ON THIS.
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PART OF YOUR PICTURE.YOU CAN SEE SOME FORM BOARDS THERE.
THAT WAS THE LAST PLACEMENT THEY JUST PLACED THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, AND NOW WE'RE JUST, UH, GEARING UP FOR THE, THE ACTUAL, UH, FILLING PROCESS TO BEGIN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT DREDGE LINE THAT COMES OVER THE, THE COMFY WALL THERE, AND IT'S ON THAT BUOY KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE, THE MECHANISM THAT'S GOING TO BE FILLING THE SLIP.
AND THEN THERE'S A, A, A SIMILAR LINE, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT TRACING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PICTURE THAT'S COMING FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE SLIP.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL LIKE THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS THAT, THAT DON'T SETTLE OUT IN A SLIP.
AND IT'S GONNA BE SUCKING THOSE OUT AND PUMPING IT OVER TO OUR PLACEMENT AREA WHERE WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THAT OUS EXCAVATOR TO KIND OF GET IT AS DRY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE WE START, UH, THAT DREDGING PROCESS.
SO, UM, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT TO ENTER, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LEAVING THAT CIVIL PHASE AND ENTERING, UH, THE, THE, THE LAND RECLAMATION PHASE.
SO JEFF, AND THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SEAWORTHY, THIS IS NOT BEACH STUFF WE'RE TALKING HERE, RIGHT? UM, BEACH CALIBER, OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FINAL KIND OF BORROW PLAN AND, AND ALL THE GRAIN SIZE, UH, I, YOU KNOW, BEACH QUALITY.
IT, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOME BEACH, BUT, BUT IT'S, IT IS A DIFFERENT SAND THAN WE SEE ON OUR BEACHES, FOR SURE.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A PROJECT, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW WITH BEACH REFURBISHMENT, UM, WEST OF, UH, I THINK IT'S 81ST OR SOMETHING.
THAT EMC WALL THAT'S COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
IT'S LIKE WHENEVER YOU GET INTO WHAT'S BEACH QUALITY, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT BEACH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT ENERGY LEVEL THAT BEACH HAS, AND THAT TELLS YOU WHAT SIZE PARTICLES YOU CAN PUT ON THOSE BEACHES.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, PROJECT, UH, UH, FROM 39 40 T HEAD TO 41, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE GOOD THING HERE IS THAT THEY DID ACTUALLY START, UH, FILLING IN THIS, UH, WE'RE USING A DIFFERENT PRODUCT OR THE, THE CONTRACTOR CHOSE TO USE A DIFFERENT PRODUCT, UH, WHICH IS AT THE END A BENEFIT TO US, BUT A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE WAY TO FILL THIS UP.
AND THIS IS CONCRETE CRUSH THAT THEY'RE PLACING, UM, IN, UH, THAT SLIP, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE, WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST LITTLE BIT OF RECLAIMED LAND THERE THAT BROKE THE SURFACE, UH, THIS LAST MONTH AT THE PURPOSE CORNER OF THAT PROJECT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A COOL MILESTONE TO, TO, TO HIT.
SO JEFF, UH, THE TWO PROJECTS,
SO BY, BY MIDYEAR OF NEXT YEAR, WE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO TIE VESSELS BACK UP, AND WE, WE'LL HAVE ENTERED THE, THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS OF THE, THE THE 38 8 39 SLIP, WHICH THEN WE'LL HAVE TO TRACK THAT TODAY FOR CARGO.
LIKE BY, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE ACTUAL DATES RIGHT NOW, BUT RIGHT NOW BY, DEFINITELY BY THE END OF Q2, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS KIND OF WRAPPED UP AND WE'LL BE ENTERING INTO THE, THE, THE, UH, SLIP SETTLEMENT PHASE.
AND FOR JIM, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT LEGAL SETTLEMENT, RIGHT? PHYSICAL CONSOLIDATION, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT'S PLENTY OF MONEY.
THINK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, RIGHT WHEN THIS ALL, BEFORE THIS ALL STARTED, I MEAN, IT'S ME, IT'S JUST TO SEE THOSE WALLS GOING UP LIKE THAT AND MAJOR PROGRESS, 1300 NEW FOOT FOOT OF BULKHEAD, RIGHT? OR DOCKING SPACE 1324, JEFFREY, THAT, THAT, HOW, HOW WIDE IS THAT APRON AT THE END OF IT'S GONNA BE WHAT? SO, SO RIGHT NOW, UM, IT'S GONNA BE APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET WIDE ACROSS THIS AREA.
UM, THERE'S, YEAH, SO, SO, SO THAT'S WHAT WOULD THE, UH, SO, SO, BUT, BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT OR THE SPECIFIC, LIKE, SO YOU HAVE THE PILE CAP, YOU HAVE THE NEW MARINE STRUCTURE'S ABOUT 10 FOOT WIDE.
SO THEN BEHIND THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, LIKE 50 FEET.
AND TOTAL WHAT YEAH, BEHIND THAT YOU HAVE LAND.
WITH AN AOR AERATION SYSTEM IN IT.
WHICH, WHICH, THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THAT CORNER OF THIS PROJECT IS IS AN, A SYSTEM STARTED.
UH, THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, UH, 33RD TO 41ST PROJECT.
UM, THIS, THIS PROJECT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON CENTER POINT.
WE DID GET, UM, UH, SOME INITIAL, UH, CORRESPONDENCE BACK FROM CENTER POINT ON THIS ONE.
WE HAD A, A, A WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE, SO, SO FROM 37TH STREET TO 40, UH, 41ST STREET, THERE'S, UH, A SERIES OF POWER POLES WE'VE GOTTA REMOVE, UH, MOVE OUT OF THE PROJECT AREA.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO PROBABLY
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HAVE THAT THIS NEXT MONTH FOR Y'ALL.UM, AND RIGHT NOW, THE, THE, THE COST OF THAT THAT WE RECEIVED BACK WAS JUST OVER $200,000 TO REMOVE THOSE POLLS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL REVIEWING THAT.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE RECEIVED.
JUST POLLS, JUST JUST POLLS ITSELF.
UH, CRUISE TERMINAL 16, UH, JUST, JUST KIND OF THE BA WAS ON SITE TO PERFORM, UH, PUNCH LIST INSPECTION THE WEEK OF, UH, OCTOBER 13TH.
UH, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY AS A STAFF, WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING THROUGH DOING, ADDING, ADDING TO THAT PUNCH LIST, UH, THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL GEAR UP FOR, FOR NEXT WEEK, WHENEVER THE FIRST VESSELS ARRIVE.
BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, WHICH WE, UH, WE DID, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A BIG, UH, KUDOS TO THE, THE TEAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD ON SLIDE.
ROGER, UH, THE, THEY DID REACH, UH, THEIR, UH, TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY SEPTEMBER 25TH FOR THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND, UH, UH, OCTOBER 6TH FOR THE GARAGE.
SO THAT WAS A BIG, BIG MILESTONE TO GET PAST THOSE THIS LAST MONTH.
I MEAN, GOOD, REALLY GOOD JOB TO THE, UH, PROJECT TEAM, ZEL PHELPS STAFF, THE BA YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG FEAT TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, 14 MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAD BANANA TRUCKS IN THAT AREA.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S QUITE A TRANSFORMATION.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KIND OF FORGET WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING THIS, THIS, UH, BIG PARKING GARAGE WITH IT'S, UH, IT'S, YEAH, AMAZING TRANSFORMATION.
UM, UH, PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES, WE RECEIVED THIS PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES, UH, IN OCTOBER.
UM, THEY WERE ARRIVED AT, DELTA IS WORKING ON THE STARTUP OF, OF THOSE, UH, RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING FINAL KIND OF COMMISSIONING AND ACCEPTANCE TESTING NEXT WEEK.
UH, CREW FROM 16TH P UH, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, UH, OR WE, WE REACHED THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THIS, UH, EARLIER IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, GETTING THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS, APPEARS READY TO RECEIVE, UH, THE, THE VESSEL.
UM, AND THEN WE DID RECEIVE KIND OF SOME, SOME LAST MINUTE CHANGE OVER REQUESTS FROM ORION THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH.
AND IF YOU DO THE QUICK MATH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS DO ADD UP TO A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT WE HAVE, UH, APPROVAL.
SO WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO BRING SOME CLEANUP, UH, BACK TO Y'ALL FOR, FOR, FOR THIS ONCE WE GET THROUGH ON THOSE CHANGEOVER REQUESTS, WHICH I, I JUST THINK FOR, FOR HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCOVERY, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, NOT AS GOOD OF A PICTURE OF THAT AS YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE BUILDING ON THE GROUND, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE UPDATE, YOU CAN SEE 1300 WORK ORDERS CREATED TODAY, 1200 WORK ORDERS COMPLETED TODAY.
I MEAN, LIKE THESE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE DOING LIKE EIGHT OR 900 WORK ORDERS A YEAR, SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY STEPPING UP.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU'LL SEE, I MEAN, JUST THE LANDSCAPING WORK ORDERS ALONE.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OUT THERE ON THE EAST END.
UM, AND SO, UH, THIS TEAM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PREPARING, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE, THE FIELD SERVICE MANAGEMENT, UH, MODULE.
SO THE TEAM'S KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THE, THE COMMISSIONING ON THAT, THAT SOFTWARE PROCESS.
AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE READY TO PUT THAT IN THIS, THIS, WE, WE, WE'LL BE TRACKING KIND OF THE SAME THINGS.
IT'LL JUST LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
BUT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO GET STARTED WITH THAT.
AND I THINK IT'LL, IT'LL HELP US MANAGE SOME OF THE ROUTINE THINGS EASIER SO THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON SOME OF THE MORE SPECIAL, UM, TYPES OF, OF PROJECTS WE JUST WORK ON.
UM, THROUGH STORM 28, UH, THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK THEY WERE DOING OUT THERE TO REPAIR.
THERE WAS A, A BIT OF, UH, THERE WAS A VOID THAT DEVELOPED AROUND IT DRAIN, SO THEY WENT OUT THERE AND RECOMP COMPACTED THE AREA AND REPLACED THE ASPHALT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'VE GOT, UH, A LOT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE 25TH STREET WALKWAY PROJECT, BUT, BUT CN M'S ACTUALLY BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK OUT AT THAT INTERSECTION.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK NOW VERSUS TWO WEEKS AGO, WE'VE KIND OF REPROGRAMMED ALL THE PEDESTRIAN WALK AREAS.
WE'VE RETRIED 'EM, REMOVED SOME OF THE OLD STRIPING, AND WE'VE TRIED TO CLEAN IT UP SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN ROADS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT, IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT, UH, SIMPLER AND WE'RE LIMITING THE AREAS OF PEDESTRIANS CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE CONFLICTS WITH VEHICLES.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH THE RIDER THREE SEVEN PROJECT, THAT KIND OF GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT A NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING WHERE, UM, PROVES THE, THE, ON A TWO SHIFT, DAY 25 COMES IN AT 23RD STREET AND
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28 COMES IN AT 33RD STREET.AND SO IS VERY LIMITED TRAFFIC ACTUALLY CROSSING 25TH STREET.
AND WITH THE NEW PEDESTRIAN STRIPING, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING BETTER OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE STILL KIND OF EVALUATING AND SEEING HOW WE CAN FURTHER IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE, UH, ON THE PARKING GARAGE, UH, FACING SOUTH, THERE'S A NEW SIGN THERE, WHICH IS TO HOPEFULLY USE, WE WILL HELP MOVE PEOPLE AROUND THE, THE PARKING DECK, AN ELECTRONIC SIGN OUT THERE FACING THIS WAY, SO YOU CAN KIND OF DIRECT TRAFFIC AND LET PEOPLE KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT'S, YOU GOTTA, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESERVATION TO GET INTO THE PARKING GARAGE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, PEOPLE WERE WAITING, THINKING THEY COULD GO IN THERE AND, BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE A RESERVATION.
SO WE'VE GOT A, A, A ELECTRONIC SIGN THERE.
UM, MOVING TO A PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF OUR, OUR, OUR SNAPSHOT OF WHERE OUR ISSUES ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, LET'S FACE WITH MORE PEOPLE, MORE ISSUES.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UM, BEEF UP, UH, ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR THE CRUISE TERMINAL 16.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTINE DUFFY WHEN SHE WAS HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE HAD, UH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES ON SHIPS HERE, AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH BOLSTERING UP THEIR SECURITY IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH US.
AND SO I THINK IT'S, WE'RE WORKING WELL TOGETHER TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THOSE ISSUES.
THIS IS JUST AN INDICATION OF KIND OF THE, THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE, UH, ON THE PORT ISSUE PER PERMITS IS A GOOD WAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING GOING.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF OF PICTURES HERE.
YOU CAN SEE WE WE'RE UTILIZING, UH, THE RAILROAD SHIP, AND THERE'S A SHIP THERE AT CHS, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, TRY TO PUT SHIPS WHERE WE CAN.
UM, AND JUST A LISTING OF EVENTS BEEN A BUSY TIME.
UH, WE'VE DONE A, I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS TO SOME LOCAL GROUPS.
UM, WE DID HAVE THE MAYOR ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES, WHICH, UH, UH, WILLIE AND, AND JEFF ATTENDED.
UM, AND, UH, SO I THINK, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING, ACTUALLY.
UM, AND PAUL, ONE OF THE BETTER MEETINGS THAT THEY'VE HAD UP THERE.
AND WITH THE A PA, UM, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD BOUGHT HIGH END AGAIN HERE JUST RECENTLY.
UM, AT, AT P 10, THEY TOOK A TOUR OF P 10 AND 25.
UM, WE WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE TALKING JOBS, WE'RE TALKING THINGS ABOUT WORKFORCE AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET YOUNGER KIDS MORE INTERESTED IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY.
AND I THINK THERE, THIS TIME WE HAD ABOUT 45 KIDS THERE AND PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, MARK KELSO'S CLASS, UM, GALSTON HISTORY THAT HE TEACHES OVER AT BALL HIGH.
AND SO HE ALWAYS, EVERY, EVERY YEAR OR REALLY TWICE A YEAR, HE BRINGS IN A GROUP AND TRIES TO GET HIM INTERESTED IN, IN THE BUSINESS.
UM, AND HERE HE HAD THE BUY LISTING OF THE BICENTENNIAL EVENTS.
A COUPLE THINGS THAT WENT UNNOTICED, I THINK A LITTLE BIT WAS, UM, ON, ON FRIDAY THERE WAS A, A LEAD CERTIFICATION, AWARD PRESENTATION FOR, UH, COTERMINAL 10.
UH, THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO C TWO CERTIFICATIONS THEY RECEIVED, UM, FROM A, A LEAD STANDPOINT, A A ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT.
AND THEY'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
AND, AND IT WAS, UH, QUITE A NICE, A NICE LITTLE PRESENTATION OF THOSE, UH, CERTIFICATIONS.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OF THE GALA WAS, UM, THE DAY OF OUR, OF THE GALA, YOU KNOW, AND MANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE CAR'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH WAS, WAS A NICE EVENT.
CHRISTINE DUFFY WAS PRESIDENT AND WITHOUT HER BOOTS.
YEAH, SHE HASN'T FOUND HER BOOTS.
I DON'T DUNNO IF SHE DID OR NOT.
THEY, THEY WERE TRYING TO HUNT 'EM DOWN, BUT, UH, SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY'S GOT SOME PLANNED TO DO.
AND, AND THOSE ARE SOME NICE BOOTS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THEY WERE VERY, UH, SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION COMMITTEE MEETING, AND, AND THEN I MADE A PRESENTATION TO QUAIS CLUB THE OTHER MORNING.
UM, AND THEN I HAD, I SPOKE ON, ON 23RD, UM, WITH, UH, GREAT LAKES, UM, DREDGING COMPANY.
THEY, THEY BROUGHT IT, THEY BOUGHT A NEW SHIP.
AGAIN, IT'S TWO SHIPS, TWO YEARS.
AND SO WE HAD A NAME CEREMONY OVER THERE, AND THAT'S A FEW WORDS THERE, ALONG WITH COLONEL FO FROM A AND M AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BOARD MEETING DEDP SUMMITS TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, WE'RE ALSO HAVING, UM, A BOOK SIGNING.
UM, AND I THINK TODAY ALSO THERE'S A, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD, MANCH SHOULD HAVE THIS FOR MANION.
MANCHIN TONIGHT IS HAVING THE NEXT OPENING UP OF AN
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EXHIBITION.SO JUST TOE RECAP HERE OF, YOU KNOW, OF EVERYTHING.
BICENTENNIAL EVENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, HERE AGAIN, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND EVERYTHING, BUT NOW WE HAVE A, NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND CONTINUE WITH
WE HAD ABOUT 125 GOLFERS OUT THERE, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE.
UM, WE APPRECIATE MOODY BANKS, UM, SPONSORSHIP.
UM, AND THEY HELPED US WITH THE, THE DRINKS.
SO THERE WERE NO, NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DEALS WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS.
IS IT WILLIE? WIN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT? NO, SANDBAGGERS IS ONE.
AND UPDATE THE PERSON THAT GOT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BALL WAS, IS FINE.
IT WAS MY, I WAS FIVE FEET AWAY FROM HIM.
HE WAS THE PRO, RIGHT? THE PRO AT BOOTY.
I THINK HE WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING TO, UH, TO MISS THE REST OF THE GOLF TOURNAMENT THAN HE WAS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE WAS GONNA STAY.
BUT HE HAD THREE, A SOFTBALL GAME THAT NIGHT, AND HE WENT THREE FOR THREE.
SO HIS WIFE WASN'T GONNA LET HIM PLAY IF HE DIDN'T GO GET CHECKED OUT.
SO
OH YEAH, WE HAD ONE MORE SLIDE.
OH, THERE, WHEN WE WERE UNLOADING THESE THINGS, THEY BIG, UM, AND YOU SEE HOW THAT THING'S ACTUALLY MOVING, HOW SLOW IT'S MOVING WHEN THEY, THEY BRING IT OFF AT AN ANGLE LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TO SEE.
AND SO, SO WHEN WE DO GO TO BARCELONA, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, MAKING SURE THESE THINGS WORK, AND DO A FILE INSPECTION ON 'EM.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ACTUALLY THEY EVEN DELIVER COMPLETED.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY BRING 'EM HERE IN PIECES AND PUT 'EM TOGETHER.
BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE MONSTERS BECAUSE THE OF THE SIZE OF THE BIRTH.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SO UNLIKE IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA, AND WHEN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, UH, PVV OF 25, BUT IN REALITY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, THE DIFFERENCE IN, IN, IN PRODUCT HERE, THIS IS FREE FLOWING, HAS WHEELS, MOVES ACROSS THE DOCK EITHER WAY, YOU KNOW, NORTH AND SOUTH OF EAST AND WEST, AND WHERE YOU LOOK AT 20.
SO YOU LOOK AT
IT'S LITERALLY CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING AND HAS A PIVOT POINT.
AND SO THE NEW WE BOUGHT GOES BACK AND FORTH LIKE THAT, WHERE THIS ONE HERE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT MOVES UP AND DOWN, CONNECTS TO THE GA THE WALKWAY, UM, WHICH EVENTUALLY THIS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
BUT I MEAN, HERE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT IS, IT IS MOVING, BUT IT'S, THEY'RE VERY SLOW, METICULOUS.
THEY'VE GOT TWO CRANE OPERATORS.
UH, MOVING ON THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A BALANCING EFFORT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.
SO I THOUGHT FOCUS ON THE END.
IT'S LIKE WATCHING WATER BOIL
[C. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NOW TIME TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2, REAL ESTATE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4.
PERSONNEL SECTION 5 5 1 0.076, SECURITY MATTERS.
WE ARE GONNA ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:58 AM
[D. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING]
OKAY, ANGIE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE OKAY.WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AT 12:30 PM
[E.1 Consider and Accept CFO Report - Consent Agenda - Mark Murchison]
ITEM D ONE OR D ONE, ACTUALLY DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY ON SPECIFIC MATTERS.DISCUSS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE AGENDA AND SUFFICIENT, PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE AS REQUIRED, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
ITEM E ONE, CONSIDER AND ACCEPT CFO REPORT.
MARK MAR, PRESENT THAT WILLIE IS, YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
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MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT.AGAIN, THANK WILLIE FOR, AND SHEILA FOR, UH, THE, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[E.2 Discuss And Consider Portfolio Performance Analysis Report, Summary Of Investment Performance Report And Investment Detail Of The Galveston Wharves Pension Plan Period Ending September 30, 2025, And Discuss And Consider Percentage Changes In The Fund Mix That May Be Necessary To Increase Investment Results - Mark Murchison]
ITEM B TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS.REPORT SOMEWHERE OF INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE REPORT AND INVESTMENT DETAIL OF THE GALS MOORE PENSION PLAN PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
AND DISCUSSING CONSIDER PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN THE FUND NEXT THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO INCREASE INVESTMENT RESULTS.
CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? I, YES.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND WOULD NO CHANGES WITH NO CHANGES.
OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION AND A SECOND.
AGAIN, WE JUST DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER THIS MORNING IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
MOTION CARRIES HUMAN UNANIMOUSLY.
[E.3 Discuss And Consider the Write-off of Assets and/or Receivables with Individual Net Book Value in excess of $5,000.00 - Mark Murchison]
ITEM E THREE, WHICH WAS ALSO DISCUSSED THIS MORNING IN FINANCE COMMITTEE.DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER THE WRITE OFF OF ASSETS AND RECEIVABLES WITH INDIVIDUAL NET BOOK VALUES IN EXCESS OF $5,000.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE E THREE.
OKAY, MOTION SECOND BY, UH, TRUSTEE LU.
AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY, WE DISCUSSED THIS.
EVERYBODY WAS HEARING THIS MORNING.
THAT MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[E.4 Discuss And Consider For Approval, The Seafarer’s Center Voluntary Rate Increase from $85to $125 Per Vessel Per Port Call Effective January 1, 2026 - Brett Milutin]
D FOUR, WHICH WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE CFAR CENTER'S VOLUNTARY RATE INCREASE FROM $85 TO 125 PER VESSEL.THIS IS RATHER A STRAIGHTFORWARD AGENDA ITEM, BUT THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST COMPONENT IS TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE NAME IN OUR TERRA FROM THE GALVESTON SEMEN CENTER TO THE GALVESTON'S, UH, SEAFAIR CENTER.
UH, THE SECOND IS TO INCREASE THE RATE FROM $85.
THE VOLUNTARY RATE FROM $85 TO $125.
UH, THAT'LL BE PER VESSEL PER CALL.
THEY'LL GO IN EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST.
UH, I DID REACH OUT TO A LOT OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND A LOT OF IT WAS VERY FAVORABLE FOR THAT INCREASE.
OKAY, MAYOR BROWN, TRUSTEE MAYOR BROWN.
UH, TRUSTEE WOODSTONE SECONDS.
THEY HAVEN'T RAISED THAT RATE.
AND I BELIEVE THEIR THROUGHPUT AT THE CENTER HAS INCREASED BY 95%.
AND EXPECTED TO GO EVEN HIGHER.
ALL FAVOR RAISE, MOTION CARRY, UNANIM.
JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE BILL THAT AND COLLECT THAT FOR THEM EVERY MONTH AND THEN SEND MONEY.
[E.5 Discuss and Consider Approval of Easement for Gas Pipeline with Texas Gas Service as Necessary for the Old Port Industrial Road 1 Project (Jeffrey Thomas)]
OKAY.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EASEMENT FOR GAS PIPELINE WITH TEXAS GAS SERVICE AS NECESSARY FOR THE OLD FORD INDUSTRIAL ROAD ONE PROJECT.
JEFFREY? UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, AS PART OF THE RIDER 37 ROAD WORK BETWEEN 20TH STREET AND 23RD STREET, UM, WE HAD CONTACTED TEXAS GAS 'CAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A, A LINE THERE THAT WAS SHALLOW AND HAD BEEN STRUCK MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, AND WE WANTED TO SEE IF THEY COULD RECTIFY IT, PUTTING IT DEEPER.
UM, THEY, UH, HAD, HAD AGREED TO DO THAT, AND THEY MOBILIZED TO START WORK AND THEN REALIZED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN EASEMENT TO DO WORK IN, SO THEY HAD TO STOP WORK.
UM, AND SO THIS IS AN ACTIVE GAS LENS REPLACING THE PROJECT SITE.
UH, THERE WAS NOT AN EASEMENT, UH, RECORDED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE GAS LINE.
AND SO WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING UP WITH PLACEMENT SO THAT, UH, TO, TO PUT AN EASEMENT IN FOR THIS GAS LINE THAT GOES FROM 20TH STREET TO, UH, 23RD STREET.
AND IT SERVICES THE RESTAURANTS ALONG THE WAY.
UM, AND SO, UM, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE, THE EXISTING CAST LINE THERE.
CHAIRMAN, HAVE SOME MOTIONS OF TRUSTEE.
ALL IN FAVOR, THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY JEFFRIES.
[E.6 Discuss and Consider Approval of Contract between the Board of Trustees and Houston Heavy Machinery, LLC for Amphibious Excavator Equipment Rental and Operator for the Port's Dredge Material Placement Area (DMPA) Maintenance at a Cost not to Exceed $50,000.00(Jeffrey Thomas)]
AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND HOUSTON MACHINERY, LLC OR AMPHIBIOUS EXCAVATOR EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND OPERATOR FOR THE PORTS MATERIAL REPLACEMENT, AREA MAINTENANCE AT A COST ON EXCEED 50,000.UH, THIS, THIS I ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, UH, PORTS DREDGE MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT 80 ACRE SITE ON, UH, PELICAN ISLAND JUST NORTH OF GULF COPPER.
UM, THE SITES USED TO PLACE DREDGE MATERIAL THAT WE DREDGE FROM OUR OWN BIRTHS, UH, ALONG THE SITE, AND IT'S ALSO BEING UTILIZED AS PART
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OF THE SLIP FILL PROJECT.UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, Y'ALL HAD APPROVED, UH, A CONTRACT WITH, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM BANKER, QEA TO BASICALLY, UH, DO A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US, DO SOME, UH, SITE, UH, SURVEYS, UH, GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION.
UH, HERE'S A DITCH DRY DRAIN PLAN THAT WOULD HELP US, UH, START TO MANAGE THE SITE BETTER AND ALSO THEN LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE ON HOW WE MANAGE THE SITE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLACEMENT FOR OUR, OUR JUDGE MATERIAL.
UM, AND SO AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND, AND HOW WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON TAKING CARE OF IT.
AND WE, WE WANT TO KIND OF TAKE THAT IN-HOUSE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CAPABILITY, OR BUILD THE CAPABILITY IN HOUSE TO, UH, MANAGE THE SITE, KEEP, WHICH, WHICH ULTIMATELY MEANS JUST DRYING OUT, TRYING TO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN DRY OUT THE MATERIAL THAT'S PLACED IN THE SITE.
HYDRAULICALLY IT'S GOT A LOT OF WATER WITH IT.
AND IF YOU DON'T GET IN THERE AND START WORKING AND PITCHING IT, IT, IT JUST, THE WATER SITS THERE FOREVER AND IT ACTUALLY EATS UP YOUR CAPACITY BECAUSE THE WATER TAKES UP VOLUME UNTIL YOU GET THE WATER OUT.
UH, ONCE YOU GET THE WATER OUT, IT TAKES UP LESS SPACE.
SO IT GIVES YOU CAPACITY BACK.
AND, AND THEN ALSO THEN YOU CAN USE THAT MATERIAL TO HELP BUILD THE LEVY.
SO, UM, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS IS WE, WE HAD, UH, UH, IN, IN PREPPING THE SITE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE WATER FROM THE SLIP FILL PROJECT, WE HAD, UH, A EXCAVATOR OVER, UH, WE, WE PROCURED AN EXCAVATOR, UH,
FOLLOWING THAT, WE'D RECEIVED THE DITCH DRAWN DRAIN PLAN.
SO WE STARTED DOING SOME WORK WITH THAT, BUT WE REALIZED THAT WE, UH, UM, ALSO HAVE, UH, PROCUREMENT THRESHOLDS WE CAN'T COST.
SO WE, UH, BID OUT DURING THAT FIRST, UH, MONTH, UH, THE, THE USE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS EXCAVATOR.
AND WE RECEIVED BIDS, UH, TO, TO RENT THE EXCAVATOR AS WELL AS, UH, HAVE AN OPERATOR HIRE AN OPERATOR TO USE THE EXCAVATOR.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE, UH, IN THIS ITEM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON IS, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $50,000.
SO WE CAN USE THAT EXCAVATOR FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH, WHICH WILL, RIGHT NOW THE, THERE'S A, A DELAY IN GETTING STARTED WITH THE, UH, THE, THE, THE SLIP WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET STARTED IN OCTOBER, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING SOME STUFF OUT WITH THE BORROW SITE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE NOT STARTING TILL MID-NOVEMBER AND WE REALLY WANT TO USE THE TIME TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE AREA.
UM, UH, ROGER MENTIONED EARLIER THIS, THIS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BUYING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RENTAL COST OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EVALUATING, UH, A PURCHASE OF A EQUIPMENT AND WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK TO Y'ALL IF WE HAVE NEED TO HAVE A BALLPARK ON THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WHAT IT COST YOU.
SO, SO THE, UH, TO PURCHASE THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW, UH, IT'S A USED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S PROBABLY GOT MAYBE 20% OF THIS LIFE LEFT, UH, BEFORE YOU DO SOME SUBSTANTIAL MAINTENANCE ON, IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO, TO PURCHASE A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S ABOUT A HALF, JUST OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHAT, WHAT WHAT WE DID WAS WE ORIGINALLY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, RENTING THIS THING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, AND I, AND I ASKED JEFF TO, LET'S, LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE BIT MM-HMM
AND, AND MAYBE WE DON'T WANNA STOP THE WORK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, USE LONG TERM.
SO I MEAN, I, I WANTED TO TAKE BACK AT, AND WE'RE PAYING LIKE 30 GRAND A MONTH, 33,000 A MONTH FOR RENTAL MM-HMM
AND THEN THAT, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OPERATOR, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR PLAN, WHAT I ASKED US TO DO IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, OKAY, DO WE WANT TO BUY THIS EQUIPMENT? AND, UH, AND OUR EXPERIENCE WITH USED EQUIPMENT HAS NOT BEEN GOOD, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND SO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF SPENDING 265,000 ON SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU NEED WORK AND STUFF.
SO I, SO WHY DON'T WE RENT THIS THING ONE MORE TIME, PERIOD.
IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO BUY THIS EQUIPMENT AND TO OWN IT AND TO TRAIN SOMEBODY TO OPERATE IT ALL THE TIME.
SO RENT THIS WILL HELP US GAIN IS THAT RENT IT TO THE CITY WHERE THEY NEED.
AND THIS WILL, THIS WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO REBUILD THE LEVEES TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.
WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO DO.
YOU KNOW? AND SO I THINK IF WE CAN BRING THIS IN HOUSE, AND YOU KNOW ME, I BELIEVE IF WE CAN DO IT IN OUR OURSELVES, I'D MUCH RATHER DO IT THAT WAY.
AND SO THIS IS THE QUESTION IS GONNA BE A 500,000 QUESTION, DO, DO WE WANT TO BUY VERSUS CONTINUE TO RENT? AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
I THOUGHT WILLIE HAD MADE THE MOTION.
I AM MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WELL, ROBERT WAS OVER ROBERT, BUT YEAH, SO MORE TO COME.
ERIC, DID YOU HAVE SO THING ON THIS, UH, I, I GUESS JUST WANTED TO,
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IF WE GO OUT AND, AND PUT THIS, UH, ESTIMATE TOGETHER ON PURCHASING THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRAINING TO ALSO INCLUDE THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FROM PORT PERSONNEL AS WELL, RIGHT? FOR THAT LOG GOING, THERE'S WARRANTY ON IT.AND THERE'S NO WARRANTY ON THIS RIGHT HERE.
AND SO, AND THEN I DON'T LIKE TO SPEND MONEY
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING TODAY, BUT THE NEXT MEETING WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AND BRINGING TO ANOTHER ISSUE, UH, ANOTHER, UM, UH, REQUEST TO THE BOARD TO BUY THE EQUIPMENT AND OWN IT AND THEN OPERATE OURSELF.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, AND ONE, ONE CLARIFICATION.
JUST SO THIS 50,000 THERE, THERE WAS, THIS IS THE SECOND MONTH.
THE, THE FIRST MONTH WAS ALREADY PAID FOR UNDER A SEPARATE PROCUREMENT THAT WAS NOT PUBLICLY ADVERTISED IN THIS ONE BECAUSE WE HAD TO EXCEED THE THRESHOLD, WE HAD TO PUBLICLY ADVERTISE THIS FOR THE SECOND MONTH.
AND THAT'S WHAT, AND YOU'VE GOT, YOU HAD THE, UH, TAB TABULATION IN HERE AS FAR AS THE ONES YOU, YOU WENT TO OUTSIDE MY AUTHORITY TO GO.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE EVERYONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT ADDS UP.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
[E.7 Discuss and consider approval of an award to McGriff, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company, to be the Ports Broker of Record for a three-year term with two one-year options for an annual service fee of $75,000. (Laura Camcioglu)]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A AGENCY TO BE THE COURTS BROKER OF RECORD FOR A THREE YEAR FROM, WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS FOR AN ANNUAL SERVICE FEE.SO LAST MONTH WE WENT OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS.
ONE FROM, UH, MCGRIFF AND MARSH FROM CLINIC AGENCY, LLC COMPANY, AG GALLAGHER, AND A AND IMA.
UM, THE COMMITTEE RATED MCGRIFF HIGHEST AND SO WE'RE COMMENDING TO THE BOARD A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO YEAR OPTIONS AT 75,000 PER YEAR FROM FROM MCGRIFF.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
HOW LONG HAS MC MR. MCGRIFF, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN DOING THIS FOR US? IS THIS THREE YEARS OR THIS IS THIS IS FIVE YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING FIVE YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS WITH US.
THAT'S WHY WE WENT OUT FOR THE, FOR US.
IT WAS TIME TO RENEW IN YEARS PAST.
WHAT, WHAT HAS THE SERVICE FEE RUN? THEY PROVIDE VERY GOOD SERVICE.
IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? I GUESS HAS IT INCREASED MUCH FROM YEARS PAST TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING NOW OF 75,000 BUCKS? NO, IT WENT FROM 72 TO 75.
AND THAT'S FIXED TO THE WHOLE CONTRACT, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL EVERYBODY IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND MOTION, CARRIE UNANIMOUSLY.
[E.8 Discuss and Consider Approval of sublease from GC Asset Holdings, LLC to corporate affiliate Gulf Copper, LLC, following Assignment of Lease from Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation to GC Asset Holdings, LLC - Tony Brown]
THE NEXT ITEM, I'M NOT GOING, I'LL JUST READ IT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUBLEASE FROM GC ASSET HOLDINGS, LLC TO CORPORATE AFFILIATE GULF COPPER, LLC, FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT LEASE FROM GULF COPPER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF GC ASSET HOLDINGS.I DO NOT SEE TONY HERE, SO WE'LL REFER TO OUR STAND IN ATTORNEY GOING TO THE BULLPEN HERE.
SO, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER AND I'LL JUST, I'LL RECOGNIZE THE MOTION.
AND SECOND, AS I UNDERSTAND HE'S, UH, GOT A SUBLEASE TO PROPOSE BUT HAS SOME QUESTIONS, MOSTLY TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S PROPOSING.
AND TO COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN, UH, WITH BETTER, UH, ANSWERS.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I THINK WE NEED SOME MORE.
CLARIFICATION ON HOW THIS IS ALL.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 IN TAYLOR WITH ONE EXTENSION.
[E.9 Update on Compensation Committee Meeting - Vice Chair Patterson - Trustee Gonzalez]
UPDATE ON COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.YEAH, SO JUST TO KEEP IT QUICK HERE, WE, UH, MET ON OCTOBER 21ST, THE NEW
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WILLIE, ERIC, AND MYSELF.AND ACTUALLY ALL THE OTHER TRUSTEES WERE HERE EXCEPT I THINK EXCEPT FOR YOU AND THE MAYOR.
SO I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED Y'ALL PARTICIPATING AND ROGER PARTICIPATING.
I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION.
AND I THINK JUST MAYBE TO TAKE US BACK, LIKE FROM LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, PUT TOGETHER A, A COMMITTEE WAS LED BY A TRUSTEE MOORE, PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A DRAFT POLICY FOR HOW TO SET, AND BASICALLY THIS IS COMPENSATION FOR YOU KNOW EXECUTIVES, BASICALLY THE CEO, THE ASSISTANT BOARD DIRECTOR, AND THE CFO.
AND WE PUT TOGETHER A PROCESS THAT SAID WE WOULD KIND OF, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE WOULD TAKE THE 10 LARGEST CRUISE PORTS IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT WOULD BE THE PEER GROUP THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
AND WE WOULD USE THAT AS A BASIS FOR SETTING THOSE SALARIES.
AND I THINK OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION LAST YEAR, I THINK WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DID THAT, THAT WAS WHEN WE USED THE AA, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES DATA, WHICH THEY HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE THE PACKET, BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD SET OF DATA.
BUT I THINK WE FELT LIKE WE REALLY WANTED TO TAKE SOMEBODY THAT DID THIS FOR A LIVING AS FAR AS PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT PROCESS AND IS THERE ANY DIFFERENT COHORT WE SHOULD LOOK AT, PEER GROUP, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, AND THEN HOW DO WE GO KIND OF SETTING THE SALARIES WITHIN THOSE RANGES? AND I THINK, VIC, YOU HAD GOTTEN US A QUOTE FROM KORN FERRY, WHO I THINK IS A VERY REPUTABLE, UM, HR FIRM, UH, FOR WHAT, $12,500.
AND SO WE CONSIDERED THAT IN THIS MEETING.
AND I THINK WE GET, WE AT THAT POINT GAVE, BASICALLY TOLD ROGER TO GO EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE.
AND SO WHAT THOSE GUYS WILL DO IS KIND OF GO, THEY WILL TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THAT PROCESS AND THE, THE 10 LARGEST PORTS, CRUISE PORTS IN THE US, THEY WILL GO OUT AND LOOK AT, IS THAT THE RIGHT COHORT OF PEOPLE TO LOOK AT? AND THEY WILL LOOK AT NOT JUST BASE SALARY, BUT BONUSES, TOTAL COMPENSATION, KIND OF THAT WHOLE PACKAGE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE WANT TO PAY OUR PORT DIRECTOR AND OUR SENIOR STAFF COMPETITIVELY WITH WHAT THE REST OF THE MARKET IS DOING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S HOW DO YOU FIND THAT MARKET? AND SO THESE GUYS, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND ALSO TO TAKE THIS POLICY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAS OR REMEMBERS A COPY, IT MAY, MAY BE GOOD IF WE COULD RESEND THIS DRAFT POLICY IF WE HADN'T MAYBE EITHER JIM TONY OR AN UH, ANGIE.
THIS, IT'S A ONE PAGE THAT THE COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER LAST YEAR.
BUT WE GAVE THAT TO KORN FERRY AND SAID, GO NOODLE, YOU KNOW, COME BACK AND GIVE US ANY UPDATES TO THAT.
AND EXACTLY LIKE COHORT OF PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THEY ORIGINALLY CAME BACK AND SAID THEY HAD BEEN PROPOSAL, SAID DECEMBER, THEY'D HAVE IT BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
WE ASKED THEM TO, IF THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY GET THAT DONE BY NOVEMBER.
AND I THINK THEY AGREED THAT THEY COULD DO THAT BY NOVEMBER.
SO SHE, BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, PACKAGE OF INFORMATION, WHICH THEN WE COULD USE TO, TO GO FORWARD AS FAR AS THE COMPENSATION SETTING FOR THE TOP POSITIONS THERE FOR, FOR 2026.
AND THEN MAYBE THE, THE ONE OTHER THING I'D ADD IN THERE IS, AND MAYBE AGAIN FOR JIM AND FOR MAYBE PASS ON TO TONY WHEN HE RECOVERS HERE, IS WE HAVE THIS EVALUATION PIECE THAT WE DO OF OUR CEO.
AND I THINK WE SAY IN THE POLICY THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT, WHAT WE SAY HERE BY NOVEMBER.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND, AND GIVE TONY A HEADS UP THAT WE, I THINK IN YEARS PAST, SOMETIMES WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT TO US THE, THE DECEMBER, DECEMBER MEETING AND BEFORE THE MEETING IN DECEMBER AND FILL IT OUT BY TOMORROW.
SO MAYBE JUST GIVE TONY A HEADS UP TO KIND OF, LET'S GET PREPARED.
I THINK WE SAID WE WILL, I THINK WE SAID NOVEMBER.
WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO, TO FILL THAT OUT AND GET BACK, UH, GIVE THAT BACK TO TONY SO HE CAN COMPILE THAT.
AND THEN THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE, WE'LL HAVE HOPEFULLY WITH KORN FERRY WILL HAVE THE MARKET ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE SALARY RANGES ARE AND KIND OF A PROCESS FOR SETTING THOSE, THAT SALARY.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE EVALUATIONS.
AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THOSE TWO PIECES, BRING, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH THE SALARY DELIBERATIONS TO BRING TO THE BOARD.
I THINK WE SAID WE WANT KORN FERRY TO KNOW ABOUT SOONER THAN LATER.
AND THEY AGREED TO, UH, NOVEMBER.
THEY COULD HAVE THIS COMPLETED DECEMBER ONE.
JEFF, THIS CONFERENCE, IT IS JUST FOR TOP PERSONNEL.
THIS WAS, SO WE HAVE THIS, THIS IS REALLY, YOU COULD SAY THE EXECUTIVE, IT'S REALLY THE CEO POSITION.
THE COO POSITION, AND THE ASSISTANT BOARD DIRECTOR'S.
REALLY, THOSE HAVE YOU EVER DONE FOR REST OF THE EMPLOYEES? WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT OUT.
YEAH, IT'S JUST, THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE BUCKETS.
AND WE HAVE THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE PROPOSALS IN, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN EVALUATING THOSE ON THAT, RIGHT.
SO THAT, THAT'S FOR, YEAH, WE HAVE THOSE.
AND THEN THIS IS REALLY FOR THE EXECUTIVE SALARIES.
I MEAN, WHAT REALLY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET A MORE, WE, AND I THINK YOU GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS A WHILE, WE, WE KIND OF COME, COME ON THE JOURNEY OF HOW DO WE SET THESE SALARIES NOW, WHAT'S THE PEER GROUP? IS IT, YOU KNOW,
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POSITIONS AT THE CITY, SAY, WELL, REALLY FOR THESE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS, IT'S REALLY MORE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY COMPETING AGAINST OTHER PORTS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR KIND OF BUSINESS MODELS.UH, THAT'S WHO WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING CEOS FROM.
IT'S NOT REALLY CITY POSITIONS.
SO I THINK WE, WE WANNA MORE FORMALIZE THAT.
AND I THINK KORN FERRY WAS GIVING US A GOOD THIRD, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL THIRD SET OF EYES TO VALIDATE KIND OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN TIME TO USE FOR THE COMPENSATION DECISIONS FOR THIS YEAR.
SO, MAYOR, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? NO, I JUST, AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAME WITH THAT DISCUSSION.
AND ROGER, I THINK WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD, GOOD DISCUSSION AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALL IN A GOOD ALIGNMENT ON HOW WE WANT TO, HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY THE END OF NOVEMBER TO USE.
[E.10 Discuss Future Agenda Items for the November Board Meeting.]
E 10, DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING.AGAIN, WITH THE NEW STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO GET OUR AGENDAS OUT EARLIER.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, PLEASE GIVE TO ANGIE.
ALSO, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE RETREAT COMING UP, WHICH WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO HAVE A MORE
BUT, UM, IF YOU DO HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, PLEASE LEMME KNOW.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH THIS? YEAH, NO, BUT I OWE YOU SOME FEEDBACK.
I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN, ADMIT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY FEEDBACK PAGE FOR THE BOARD RETREAT.
FOR THE BOARD RETREAT WE POST TOMORROW, SO, OKAY.
I'LL GET THAT TO YOU RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING RECORD TIME, UH, AT LEAST IN MY FIVE YEARS OF SURVEY TIME.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED A FILIBUSTER? THERE'S ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE AT THE TABLE THAT I CAN MAKE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT MONTH?
[F. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
UH, ADAM F COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.UM, WE WANT TO FORMALLY THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE MAGNIFICENT CELEBRATION LAST WEEKEND IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE.
AND, UM, LOTS OF PEOPLE AND LOTS OF GREAT, UM, FEEDBACK ON THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED EARLIER TODAY FOR LIFE SAVING AWARDS.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT FACILITIES AND BOATS AND DREDGES AND PASSENGER BOARDED BOARDING BRIDGES, BUT THESE, UM, FIVE OFFICERS ACTUALLY SAVED A COUPLE OF LIVES.
AND SO IT REALLY, UM, IT WAS REALLY VERY MOVING TO HEAR ABOUT THEM TODAY.
AND I WANNA ADD MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, PASS NOTE THE PASSING OF LOUIS GONZALEZ'S FATHER CARLOS GONZALEZ, UH, WHO DIED LAST WEEK, 10, 10 DAYS AGO.
UM, I KNEW HIM AS A YOUNG GIRL AND I WANTED TO PLAY GUITAR, AND I HEARD HIM SING.
AND, UM, HE'S LIVED A LONG AND WONDERFUL LIFE AND RAISED A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND, UM, HE WILL BE MISSED.
BUT WITH, UH, WITH THAT COMES GOOD NEWS THAT ALYSSA STRAND, UH, WAS BORN LAST THURSDAY.
ERIC WAS A BOY DAD FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT NOW HE'S WAITING INTO THE, THE LIFE OF A GIRL DAD.
YEAH, HE'S GONNA LOOK A LITTLE RAGGED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT WE CAN HELP HIM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
SO I JUST HAVE TO ECHO THE PORT CELEBRATION PIECE.
THAT'S JUST, I, IT'S SO MANY GREAT COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE.
IT'S KIND LIKE, WHY, WHY HAVEN'T WE DONE THIS BEFORE? WHY DON'T, AND WHY DON'T WE DO IT AGAIN? YOU KNOW, SOME, TO SOME LEVEL, DO IT AGAIN.
IT'S, IT WAS SUCH A GREAT VENUE AND IT'S TURNED OUT SO WELL.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS AND ALL YOUR STAFF JUST THAT WAS KIND OF FOCUS FOR A LONG TIME, WAS TRYING TO GET THAT READY, BUT IT, IT TURNED OUT VERY, VERY WELL.
AND I THINK IT, IT REFLECTS, SHEILA KIND OF ALLUDED TO THE, THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, YOU SAW THE LIFE SAVING, WHAT OUR FOLKS DO, THE GOOD WORK ON, ON, ON, WHETHER IT'S, UM, CELEBRATIONS, WHETHER IT'S ON, YOU KNOW, AMPHIBIOUS EXCAVATORS OR WHETHER IT'S ON THE INSURANCE.
I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DO IS JUST AMAZING.
ANY, YOU DO IT WITH YOUR STAFF AND REALLY THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP PROJECT TO KEEP PEOPLE FOCUSED AND ENERGIZED.
AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE WORK THAT'S THE, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
IT FEELS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THIS, YOU KNOW, ENTERING, I GUESS MY LAST YEAR ON THE BOARD, SO START,
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I WAS START TO GET NOSTALGIC HERE, BUT, BUT JUST LOOKING BACK OF WHERE WE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S INCREDIBLE.THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY GOOD.
AND THEN, YEAH, ON THE OTHER PART IS WILLIE'S OUR CONDOLENCES ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
IT'S KIND OF A CIRCLE OF LIFE, RIGHT? ONE, ONE OUT HERE.
BUT THAT'S, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND, AND HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE, KEEPING THE FOLKS MOTIVATED, APPRECIATING 'EM, AND KEEPING THEM, KEEPING THEM ON TASK.
YEAH, SO THE, UH, THE DATE OF THE BIRTH OF MY DAUGHTER ALMOST COINCIDED TO THE, UH, SAME DAY.
A YEAR IS THE DEATH OF MY FATHER.
SO IT BRINGS BACK A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE WISHES HE WAS HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH TIME AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE SENTIMENTS ON THE BIRTH OF MY DAUGHTER.
SHE BLESSED US ABOUT THREE WEEKS EARLY.
UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER HERE.
SHE'S NOT ONE TO MISS OUT ON A PARTY.
SO HALLOWEEN AND EVEN OUR BABY SHOWER, SHE DECIDED TO, TO, TO CRASH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BICENTENNIAL AND THE EVENTS.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE REALLY WELL, UH, REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
THE PUBLIC REALLY LOVED THE PARTY ON THE PIER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVERYBODY I TALK TO IS ASKING WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE, UH, DOWN THE ROAD FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD, UH, TURNOUT.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THROUGH ALL THOSE EVENTS, THE MONEY THAT WAS RAISED, THAT WENT TO THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS OR THAT WILL GO TO TEXAS A AND M FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT AND OVER $300,000 RAISED.
SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THE PROPELLER CLUB FOR THE PORT OF GALVESTON MEETS MONTHLY, AND THEIR MISSION ALSO IS TO, UH, PROMOTE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND RAISE MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEXAS A AND M AS WELL AS, UH, THE GALVESTON SEAFAIR CENTER.
THE NEXT, UH, DINNER IS NOVEMBER THE 19TH.
SO IF ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANTS TO ATTEND, UH, CERTAINLY WELCOME.
YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE.
UH, DECEMBER 5TH IS THE LARGE, UH, I GUESS, UH, UH, UPSCALE EVENT.
IT'S GONNA BE HOSTED AT THE, UH, GALSTON CRUISE TERMINAL TERMINAL 10 0 14, 0 10, SORRY, TERMINAL 10.
UM, SO THAT SHOULD BE AN ELEVATED EVENING.
UH, A LOT OF GOOD FOOD, GOOD DRINKS, GOOD COMPANY.
AND PROCEEDS, UH, WE WILL GO TO THE GALSTON SEAFAIR CENTER, SO HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE ON DECEMBER 5TH.
OKAY, MOVING, UM, I'LL START WITH THE A A PA CONFERENCE.
UH, JEFF AND I ATTENDED WITH ROGER, AND ONCE AGAIN, GOING THROUGH THERE WITH A NAME TAG ON YOU, GET STOPPED, YOU KNOW, EVERY 50 FEET.
SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN GALVESTON AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND, UH, JUST PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND DEFINITELY THE NAME GALVESTON'S OUT THERE WITH NOT ONLY CRUISE, BUT, UH, CARGO AS WELL.
UH, CARNIVAL'S 25TH WAS CELEBRATED THIS WEEK ON THE JUBILEE.
UM, AND IF YOU, 25 YEARS JUST HAPPENED SO QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, TO THANK THAT ONLY 25 YEARS AGO, WE'VE COME UP FROM THAT, WHAT WE DID THEN TO TODAY.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY MIND BLOWING IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
UM, SO KUDOS TO ALL THE, ALL THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS THAT SERVED WELL BEFORE US THAT HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.
THEY, AND, AND THE FORESIGHT THAT THEY HAD, UM, THE, THE 200 CELEBRATION, THE PIER, THAT WAS JUST A, LIKE JEFF SAID, IT WAS A, IF I WANT MORE OF IT JUST LETS YOU KNOW WHAT VALUE WE HAVE DOWN THERE AND THE POTENTIAL THAT IT CAN SERVE.
NOT JUST THE PORT, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SAY, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
AND IT GIVES US ACCESS, YOU KNOW, TO JUST KNOW, KNOW IT AS THE PEER, AND PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING, UH, MORE, MORE THINGS, MORE EVENTS OUT THERE, SPONSORED BY THE, THE COURT.
UM, I'M GONNA PASS OUT SOME PICTURES, JUST ONE PICTURE WITNESS.
UM, THIS IS A HERE, SO IN THAT PICTURE, IT'S A, IT'S TAKEN ABOUT 1964 PROBABLY.
AND, UH, MY DAD, SHEILA'S DAD WORKED TOGETHER FOR MCDONOUGH IRONWORKS ON THE PORT.
THEY WERE CONTRACTOR WELDERS, AND THEY PUT THESE GUYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIPS WELDING WITH VERY POOR VENTILATION.
UH, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE'D COME HOME LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, TO KNOW THAT HE WAS STILL GONNA HAVE FOUR MORE KIDS AFTER THAT PICTURE,
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I'D HAVE STOPPED, YOU KNOW, AFTER I THOUGHT GOOD ONE OR TWO.SO, BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, IT MAKES ME PROUD.
AND IT MAKES ME KNOW THAT SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A YOUNG MAN OR A WOMAN WHO WANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR KIDS AND LIVE IN BOSTON AND IS WILLING TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, IN THE YEARS TO COME, I KNOW WE'VE GOT, I'VE GOT THREE MORE YEARS HERE, AND SO MAYBE CONSIDER DOING A YEARLY FUNDRAISER FOR NOT JUST A AND M BUT, UH, GALVESTON COLLEGE, ANY KIND OF WELDING PROGRAMS OR FIGHT FITTERS, ELECTRICIANS, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ONLY GONNA WORK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIP, BUT AT THE TOP OF THE SHIP AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD SERVE OUR CITY, SERVE OUR CITIZENS, AND, AND KEEP THEM IN MIND WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO, UM, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR CONDOLENCES.
UH, THIS TOWN'S GIVEN A LOT TO US, AND WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE THAT.
WELL JUST ECHO ALL THE SENTIMENTS THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED.
THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
UM, VERY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND, UH, SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE GONZALEZ FAMILY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MANY GONZALEZ INDIVIDUALS HAVE GIVEN BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I THINK ALL OF US CAN REMEMBER HOW MANY OF THE GONZALES MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY THAT HAVE, UH, WORKED TOWARDS MAKING THIS CITY BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND, AND NOW, AND THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER AND HOW YOU WERE RAISED.
SO THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ON THAT.
AND ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
IT IS A PLEASURE GOING THROUGH A QUICK MEETING.
I'M NOT USED TO THAT AS CITY COUNCIL,
NO, MAYOR, WE'RE NOT GONNA REALLY TALK ABOUT YOU, THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE AT THE TABLE TODAY, BUT I, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD MEETING.
AND AGAIN, JUST FILL ERIC, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THANK YOU, VIC, FOR YES, THANK YOU, VIC, FOR RECOMMENDING YOU GO.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY DAD AND MAY, SO WE, YOU KNOW, SANG TOGETHER IT TOGETHER.
AND BY THE WAY, IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A, UH, SPECIAL FUND OF GALVESTON COLLEGE FOR, UH, THE GONZALEZ WORKFORCE SCHOLARSHIP.
I THINK THAT'S TO SAY, YEAH, I JUST IUL THIS TWO WILLIE IN.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, AND I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SAY THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WILLIE WORKED FOR FREE AT THE PARTY ON THE PIER.
UM, AND THAT WAS VERY NICE OF YOU TO DO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE CONTRIBUTED HIS TIME FOR THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO IN GALVESTON.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A VERY NICE GESTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK WE DO, AND WE DO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO GALVESTON COLLEGE, THE KIND OF OF PROJECTS THAT THEY DO.
AND, AND, AND, AND ON A LIGHTER NOTE, UM, I, I SAW THIS THE OTHER DAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY ACCORDING TO AA, WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST CRUISE SPORT IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PASSENGERS, THIS IS HOW THEY CALCULATE IT AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PASSENGERS IN THE, IN THE WORLD, TOTAL PASSENGERS.
YOU KNOW, WE RANK NUMBER FOUR, WELL, ACTUALLY THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE BARCELONA, ROGER'S AMERICAN PASSENGERS, WAS IT JUSTER? JUST AMERICAN PASSENGERS, BUT STILL, STILL MOVING EVERYBODY ELSE THEY WERE SAYING GLOBALLY.
THAT WAS TO WILLIE'S POINT, WE ARE, WE ARE ON THE MAP.
ANYWAY, YEAH, TREMENDOUS GROWTH AROUND AND GREAT MEETING TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PROBABLY IN MY FIVE YEARS.
I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING OUT AT 1 0 8.
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IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT COME BEFORE THIS FLIGHT.