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OF THE GALSTON WORKS TO ORDER AT 9:51 AM ON NOVEMBER 18TH.ANGIE, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN JEFF PATTERSON.
TRUSTEE SHEILA LIT STONE HERE.
WHAT STANDS FOR THE P IONS TO FLAG OF UNITED? UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? THE REPUBLIC FROM WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH THEIR LIVING.
[A.4. Declaration Of Conflicts Of Interest By A Trustee]
IS DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY A TRUSTEE.I HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ITEMS UNDER THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF F 15, F 16, F 17.
AND UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, OH SEVEN.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONFLICTS WHERE WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING.
UH, PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[C.1 Approval of the Minutes]
THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING.DO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
MOTION SECOND BY TRUSTEE MOORE.
HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MINUTES ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[C.3 Port Director's Report]
REPORT EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESS.TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE SWINGING INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE MOST HEAVIEST PART OF OUR YEAR IN TERMS OF REVENUES AND, AND CRUISE SHIPS AND ALL THOSE.
SO THAT'S EXCITING PART FOR US.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE, OBVIOUSLY WE KEEP, WE GO OVER THE CARGO AND THE, AND WE'RE STILL BRINGING IN WIND, ALTHOUGH IT'S DOWN.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE A, UH, HAVE A BUNCH OF BLADES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING MORE, UH, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE, UM, WHILE WE'RE, WE, WE DID A LITTLE BOAT TOUR YESTERDAY WITH, WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE, UH, STAFF.
AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THE, THE WALLS, THE, THE BIRTHS AND EVERYTHING ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY WELL BELOW LAST YEAR, BUT WE ALL KNOW THE REASON WHY ON THAT.
UM, CRUISE STATISTICS, UM, CONTINUING TO, UH, UH, MOVE UPWARD ON PASSENGER COUNTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME EXTRA SHIPS ADDED.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME OF 'EM ALREADY HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, ROYAL AND, AND CARNIVAL BOTH ARE TALKING ABOUT OR ARE DOING, UH, BRINGING IN EXTRA SHIPS TO DO LONGER TOURS, 14 DAY TOURS AND, UH, CRUISES.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS WILL GET REFLECTED, UM, IN OUR, UH, REVENUE NUMBERS.
UH, WE CAN SEE IT ON THE RIGHT THERE.
THE, THE WIND BLADES GETTING READY TO BE UNLOADED.
UM, MARK'S OUR, WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER THIS IN FINANCE.
UM, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY, UH, APPROVED THESE NUMBERS.
I JUST, I DIDN'T COME IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RIGHT HERE, BUT JUST TO SAY, TO SPEND THAT KIND OF CAPITAL, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT, JEFF AND YOUR TEAM AND THE WHOLE STAFF TO PUT, TO GET THAT KIND OF MONEY.
TO DO THE WORK, TO GET THAT KIND OF THROUGHPUT OF CAPITALISM IS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION IS TREMENDOUS.
WELL, I, I, I HAVE TO SAY THE, THE WHOLE, THE WAY WE DO CONSTRUCTION AND THE PARTNERS WE USE, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF BIG CONSTRUCTION, BUT NOTHING LIKE THAT.
156 MILLION, 15 MONTHS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, EVEN WITH A TARIFF.
IT'S, WE GOT A GREAT TEAM HERE.
UM, THE GRANT PLANS, UH, NOW THE GOVERNMENT'S BACKING, UH, SERVICE AGAIN, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS COMING FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, UH, OBVIOUSLY WORKING ON A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE'RE PUT ON HOLD.
UM, SO YOU, YOU CAN SEE EACH INDIVIDUAL AND WE'VE, WE'VE SUBMITTED SOME OF THE PRIOR TO THE SHUTDOWN, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET, UM, ALLOCATED AND AWARDED, KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON ALL ON ALL THOSE THINGS, ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT GRANTS.
HERE'S THE GRANTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, HAVE RECEIVED AND ARE WORKING THEM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, AND HERE AGAIN, JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID, RICHARD, I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE HAVE, BUT THEN
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YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF GRANT MONIES WE RECEIVED, RIGHT? AND, UH, WHAT THE TEAM IS DOING TO GET THOSE THINGS, UH, IN, IN PROCESS.SO YOU CAN, UH, LOOK THROUGH THOSE AND SEE THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY.
UM, WE HAD A, A PAC MEETING THIS WEEK OR, OR LAST WEEK, UM, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SETTING UP THE PROGRAM AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY AND THE, UH, MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING INTO THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, UM, THE MORE MONEY ON THE WEST END TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER SLIP FILLED THERE AND GET THAT KIND OF COMPLETED OUT.
SO WE'LL SEE, SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT I NOTICED TOO IS, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THIS PORT TO, TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THINGS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING WORDS WHERE OUR MOUTH IS TO, SO TO SPEAK, IN, IN MAKING THESE PROJECTS GO FORWARD.
WE DID JUST HAVE THE FIRST MEETING ON THE, UH, WAY FINDING, UM, WE MET WITH TEXTILE ON THAT TO DETERMINE THE PARAMETERS OF WHERE WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS.
UM, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL, UH, ALL THOSE ARE IN, IN PROGRESS.
UH, WE, WE DID HAVE A, THE, UH, PORT SECURITY GRANTS, UH, WE, WE TYPICALLY, IT'S A USUALLY ABOUT THREE YEAR PROCESS TO GET 'EM ALL FROM, FROM BEGINNING TO END.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PROG, EACH ONE OF THOSE GRANTS AND THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA USE THOSE FUNDS FOR.
UM, A LOT OF IT IS, UH, IS UPGRADING OR I'D SAY A LOT, SOME OF IT IS UPGRADING.
UM, OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL THE TIME REPLACING CAMERAS, REPLACING CAMERAS.
AND FOR YOU, FOR, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT OR NOT, BUT WE HAVE A DISPATCH DEPARTMENT DISPATCHERS THAT WORK UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WORK OVER HERE IN CRUISE TERMINAL, UH, 25.
AND, UM, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THESE CAMERAS.
SO WE HAVE 24 HOUR SURVEILLANCE.
UH, SOMEBODY AT A DESK SITTING THERE LOOKING AT ALL THE CAMERAS AND, AND, AND CHECKING OUT OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS. FIRST ENTRY IS OUT OF DATE AND SAID THREE CRUISE TERMINALS.
SO, AND HERE'S, HERE'S A COUPLE MORE GRANTS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANT MONEY.
UM, IT, IT IS, GRANTS ARE TIME CONSUMING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN WHEN WE DO GET A GRANT, THEN WE HAVE KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH
AND THEN WE, IN, IN SOME CASES, WE'RE DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF THOSE GRANTS.
UM, THEY, THEY, THEY MAY HAVE A GENERAL, UH, UH, AREA OF USAGE, BUT THEN WE SIT DOWN AND, AND KIND OF NARROW THAT DOWN SO THAT, UH, THE HGAC AND THOSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND REALLY, WE, WE HAVE AGREED WITH THEM.
THE SHORT POWER, UH, I SEE THAT'S PENDING.
WE, WE ARE KIND OF WAITING TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM CENTER POINT OR, UM, EXCUSE ME.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WHERE THAT IS IS, UM, WE ARE, THE NEXT THING WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS DECIDE WHERE ON THE PORT, I MEAN, THE, THE, UH, SHELL HAS SAID WE'RE READY TO GO.
UM, WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY DO NOT HAVE A DEAL YET TO, I MEAN, LEGALLY TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROGRESS OF THAT IS BASICALLY, UM, DEFINING AN AREA ON THE PORT WHERE WE CAN PUT A SMALL SUBSTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, CENTER POINT IS, IS ON BOARD WITH, UH, THE UPGRADE TO THE, UH, SUBSTATION RIGHT BEHIND THE OFFICES HERE.
THEN THERE'LL BE A, A LINE DIRECTLY FROM THAT SUBSTATION TO, FROM THAT SUBSTATION TO A SMALLER SUBSTATION ON THE PORT.
AND THEN WE WILL, THEY WILL, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY NO COST TO THE PORT.
AND THEN WE WILL BE, THEN, THEN WE WILL BE BURYING CABLES OR IN SOME CASES MAYBE ABOVE GROUND CABLES TO, UH, LIGHT UP ALL THE TERMINALS WITH POWER.
AND SO THIS, I MEAN, IT'S A COUPLE YEAR PROJECT AND, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THERE'S A MEETING OF THE MIND BETWEEN CENTER POINT SHELL AND THEN US, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND WE SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE TO HAVING THE DEAL TERMS, UH, FOR THE PORT.
YOU KNOW, WE BRINGING THOSE MAYBE IN DECEMBER.
UM, AND LAURA, IS THERE ANYTHING I'M MISSING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO, YOU PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING.
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YOU KNOW, AT THE, UH, AT THE DEDICATION OF CRUISE TERMINAL 16 AT OUR LUNCH AND THERE ON SEASCAPE, THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT OUR TABLE YES.ABOUT SHORE POWER, WANTING TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE ON THAT AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, AND I'VE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH CHRISTINE DUFFY ALSO AFTER THAT MEETING.
AND, AND THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE, ONE OF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS L AND G.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE ISSUE YEAH.
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AS A STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME POTENTIAL LOCATIONS ON, ON PELICAN ISLAND.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS, IS THAT LARGE SCALE LNG IS A HUNDRED OVER A HUNDRED ACRES.
AND SO AT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS OF DO WE, ARE WE INTERESTED IN, UH, TAKING SOME OF OUR LAND AND PUTTING IT IN LNG ON PELICAN ISLAND OR THERE, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE, ARE, ARE REVOLVING AROUND SMALL SCALE LNG WITH THE PROBLEM WITH SMALL SCALE.
I MEAN, IT, IT WILL MAKE ENOUGH LNG IN, UM, ONE WEEK TO SATISFY ONE SHIP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BRETT AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF L AND G PRODUCERS IN THE, IN THE, UH, HOUSTON AREA TO SEE IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND, SEE IF WE CAN'T GET SOMEONE TO BITE ON THE INVESTMENT THAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO BUNKER L AND G, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IS BUNKER L WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL THINGS, UM, ABOUT, UH, USING BRINGING IN THE SMALL SCALE LNG AND ADDING STORAGE, WHERE OBVIOUSLY IF WE, IF WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE LNG AT A SMALL SCALE AND PUT IT INTO A TANK, WE CAN MARGINALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURE ENOUGH.
BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM IS AWARE THAT, UM, ROYAL CARIBBEAN JUST ANNOUNCED THE ICON SHIP POINT IN, UM, IT'S AN LNG PRODUCED.
ALMOST ALL THESE SHIPS HAVE LNG.
THEY, THEY'RE JUST NOT OPERATING ON 'EM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.
AND, AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR, FOR RETIN I TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DEVELOP A SOURCE.
UM, WE TALKED TO FREEPORT, LNG, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SEE THE, THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO BUSY EXPORTING EVERYTHING, AND THE MONEY, THE SPOT RATES AND EVERYTHING ARE SO MUCH BETTER FOR EXPORT, WHICH IS HARD TO GET SOMEBODY THAT REALLY IS INTERESTED IN BUNKERING.
SO WE CAN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THAT THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, UH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH.
UM, ONE OF WHICH HAS A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM THAT IS AGREEING TO FINANCE THE, THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN BOTH OF THESE THINGS, BOTH THE SHORE POWER AND THE LNG, THERE IS A, A PIECE IN THERE FOR THE PORT, IN OTHER WORDS.
SO AS WE DELIVER, I'LL TALK ABOUT SHORE POWER BRIEFLY, BECAUSE IF WE DELIVER SHORE POWER, UM, WE WILL BE GETTING PAID ON PER MEGAWATT HOUR.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST CRUISE SHIP ONLY.
THAT'S ALSO SOME CARGO THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE ALL THE CRUISE SHIPS INITIALLY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE, UNTIL WE GET THE, THE CARGO SHIPS BACK UP TO SPEED, THE INVESTMENT IT TAKES TO BRING THE, THE WIRING TO THE WEST END IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BUSINESS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY FOCUSING ON CRUISE, CRUISE SHIP, BECAUSE THEY'LL USE, THEY USE A LOT IN, IN, AND THEY ALL WANT IT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY GOOD, UH, PR FOR THEM TO NOT RUN ENGINES IN PORT.
AND SO THAT DEAL, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE HERE, AND HOPEFULLY IN DECEMBER WE CAN BRING SOME DETAILS TO YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT IT'S A GOOD DEAL.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR US.
OUR ONLY INVESTMENT WILL BE, UM, DEDICATING ABOUT AN ACRE OF LAND ON THE PORT ON FOR THAT.
ONE LAST QUESTION ON THIS, THE, UH, PLOW OVER FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT IT SAYS THE SELECTION TEAM HAD KICKOFF, IS THAT AT SGC LEVEL? YES.
AND THEY, WHAT WE DID WITH BOTH OF THOSE GRANTS IS, UH, WE ADDED THAT AND THE, UH, UH, 41ST STREET FEASIBILITY STUDY WE ADDED, WE AGREED TO PUT
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BOTH THOSE TOGETHER.AND SO WE DID THE RFP ON THAT.
AND, UH, SO THE PRO THE PROGRESS NOW IS, IS TO DEVELOP THE SCOPE.
JEFF, DID I TALK, DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE, WE WERE WAITING ON SOME CORRESPONDENCE BACK FROM T SCOTT ON THE FINAL APPROVAL OF KIND OF THE SELECTION, UH, MATRIX, UH, THAT WE UTILIZE.
BUT, BUT YOU'RE AT THE DEVELOP THE SCOPE AND FEES THE NEXT, THAT'S STILL QUITE A WAYS OFF, ISN'T IT, UH, TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY AND THAT AND FUNDING.
I MEAN, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST A STUDY.
I MEAN THE, ANY, ANY PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE QUITE A WAYS OFF.
UH, UNLESS, UNLESS HOPEFULLY WE COULD GET IT, I'M SURE THE AREA APPRECIATIVE SOONER, BUT, BUT, UM, BUT YES, JEFF, THE CITY INVOLVED IN THAT, IN THOSE SCOPING MEETINGS.
SIR, THERE'S LIKE A HUMMING BACK HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S FEEDBACK OR IT'S, IT'S JULIO BACK.
SORRY, MY, MY QUESTION IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OVERHEAD AND, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT? YEAH.
IS WE, WE WERE PLANNING TO PUT TOGETHER A, ONCE WE HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO PUT TOGETHER A STAKEHOLDER GROUP INVOLVED THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE, LIKE, LET'S, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE WANNA SHEPHERD THIS THING THROUGH, BUT WE DON'T OWN ANY OF THE PROPERTY OR SO, SO WE WERE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
ONCE WE HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO, TO KIND OF GUIDE THE WHOLE STUDY THROUGH THE, THE RIGHT PHASES.
IT'S, IT'S MOVING FORWARD ONE LITTLE STEP AT A TIME.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART ABOUT GRANTS.
THEY MOVE FORWARD, SMALL STEP, SMALL STEPS AT A TIME.
AND I, I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE PART OF THIS IS RIGHT AWAY, ACQUISITION AND, AND RESEARCH INTO WHO OWNS WHAT PROPERTY AND HOW MUCH THEY WOULD NEED TO, TO PUT THE ROAD IN.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST, UH, WE JUST DODGED A BULLET WITH TEX, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAME IN AND WANTED TO CLOSE TWO LANES AT ONCE.
AND WE, WE TALKED TO YOUR STAFF ABOUT THAT, AND WE GOT THEM TO ONLY CLOSE ONE LANE AT A TIME.
AND THIS IS ALL WORK ON THE, UM, RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
BUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, BECAUSE WITH TWO LANES, ONLY TWO LANES OPEN, WE COULDN'T MOVE ANY HEAVY CARGO, AND WE COULDN'T MOVE ANY OF THESE BLADES OUT HERE.
SO, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS, I MEAN, THEY HAD, THEY CAME FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN.
SO I WAS, WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE GUYS.
AND I, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING.
ROGER, ONE MORE QUESTION, JUST ON THE 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
WHAT, WHAT DO WE THINK THE TIMING IS FOR GETTING THAT? WHEN DO WE THINK IT'LL BE INSTALLED BY JEFF? I'LL LET, I'LL ALWAYS ASK THAT THIS WEEKEND BY SOMEBODY.
REALISTICALLY, AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY MID TO LATE 2026.
ARE OR IS THE POOR HANDLING CONSTRUCTION OR THE CITY? THE COURT IS, YEAH.
THE CITY WOULD BE HANDLING THE RECEIVABLE OF THE GRANT FUNDS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO THE BOARD.
IS IT IN ENGINEERING NOW? OR? WE TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE.
YOU'VE GOT A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING.
THE, THE BIG HURDLE ON THIS ONE IS JUST WORKING OUT ANY DETAILS WITH THAT RAIL, BECAUSE WHILE IT IS A RAIL THAT WE SEE AS THE TRAIN MUSEUM RAIL, IT STILL IS CLASSIFIED AS A CLASSIC ONE RAIL.
AND SO, SO THAT'S THE BIG, BIG HURDLE WE JUST GOTTA GET PAST.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST UNKNOWN WE HAVE ON THE PROJECT.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MOVING SMOOTHLY.
WE HAD, WE HAD SOME CONCURRENCE WHEN WE, WE WERE WORKING ON THIS BACK IN 2013, AND WE HAD SOME RECURRENCE FROM THE RAIL.
AND WE'RE JUST, UM, AS LONG AS WE CAN CONTINUE TO, OKAY.
JEFF, WHILE, WHILE WE'RE ON, UH, STOP LIGHTS, WHAT ABOUT 16TH, 16TH STREET AND 16TH STREET THAT THAT DESIGN IS COMPLETED? UH, THE, THE ENGINEER, UH, KIMLEY HORN, THAT WAS A SUB VA ON THE PROJECT, THEY, UH, WE HAD A CALL ABOUT A, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO, MAYBE A MONTH AGO, THEY HAD RECEIVED A DRIVEWAY PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THAT LIGHT.
HOWEVER, THEY HAD THE WRONG IMPRESSION WITH RESPECT TO WHO WAS PULLING THIS, THE PERMANENT PERMIT FOR THE SIGNAL.
SO WE'VE RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FROM THEM.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S LIKE $13,000 TO, TO REORGANIZE THE PACKAGE, SUBMIT FOR THAT PERMIT, UH, WITH HOUSTON DISTRICT TO INSTALL THE SIGNAL.
AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO BE HELPING US WITH SOME BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION BASED STUFF AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, ISSUING A PO FOR, FOR THAT WORK AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REPACKAGING TO SUBMIT FOR THE FULL SIGNAL PERMIT.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING BID.
AND, AND Y'ALL ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THAT TOO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY DEFINITELY ARE GONNA NEED
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TO GET THAT INTO THEIR SYNCHRONIZATION, THEIR NEW SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN.YEAH, NO, I, I KNOW, UM, ROB WAS INVOLVED WHENEVER WE HAD SOME OF THE TIA STUFF INITIALLY FOR THAT SIGNAL.
AND, UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY, UM, UH, ROB AND, UH, BRANDON ALSO INVITED ME TO KIND OF PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THEIR, THEIR STUFF, UH, WHENEVER THEY GET STARTED WITH THE, THE SYNCHRONIZATION, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED.
WELL, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE STARTING SOON.
DO YOU EXPECT MAYBE MIDYEAR TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED BY OR WHAT'S THE UH, I, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME, ON THE SAME.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF, OF, OF IT.
SO IT'S POTENTIALLY ABOUT MIDYEAR, BUT I, I'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ONCE WE GET PAST A COUPLE.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ON THAT SIX MONTH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND WORKING TOGETHER, IMPROVE MOBILITY.
BOTH OF THESE ARE GOOD PROJECTS.
ROGER, WHILE WE'RE KIND OF BROKEN, I KNOW WE HIT THE FIRST WEEKEND WITH THE SHIP.
WE ONLY, BUT WE JUST, THEY WERE EMBARKING, THEY WEREN'T DISEMBARKING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM, I GUESS LAST WEEKEND WE HAD THE SHIP IN AND THE SHIP OUT.
ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC AND HULU? YOU INVOLVED WATCHING SOME OF THAT? IT'S BEEN ALL POSITIVE.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY THAT, THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THAT WAS ACTUALLY CAME DOWN THERE, WE, AND LOOKED THROUGH IT.
AND I KNOW JULIO WAS DOWN THERE AND, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU HAD, WERE DRIVING AROUND DOWN THERE, BOAT, MY BIKE.
AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA REALIZE TOO, I THINK THAT, UM, THOSE, THAT SUNDAY WAS A SMALLER, THAT SATURDAY WAS THE SMALLER SHIPS.
WE DID NOT HAVE ALL BIG SHIPS HERE.
BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY NEGATIVITY COME OUT OF ANY TRAFFIC SO FAR.
I, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS WEEKEND.
I HADN'T RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS THROUGH ME.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GAUGE WE HAVE GAVE, I TOOK A QUICK RIDE, UM, RIGHT AT NOON ON SATURDAY.
AND THERE WAS TWO OTHER FESTIVALS IN TOWN TOO.
THE, THE OLD ACOUSTIC QUARTER CAFE FESTIVAL AND SOMETHING SINGING FEST, GOT MY GOLF CART, TOOK VIDEO, SHOWED IT TO EVERYBODY.
A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THE SHOP.
I TO TAKE ABOUT TWO MINUTE LONG VIDEO ABOUT IT.
DID WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE ON THE, ON THE GROUND BOOTS ON THE GROUND ON THE STREETS DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT PORT, THE PORT POLICEMEN? AND I KNOW IT, IT 16, IT WAS PORT, IT WAS ACTUALLY PORT POLICEMEN AND I THINK IT WAS MAYBE CONSTABLES OR SOMEBODY AT 33RD CONTRACT.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
I MEAN, I, I, I HAD MIXED EMOTIONS ON THAT
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING SUCH A SMALL WINDOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT MAXIMUM, IN MOST CASES, A FOUR HOUR WINDOW, 10 TO TWO WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON AND GETTING OFF.
I MEAN, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE COMING IN BEFORE AND AFTER, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THEN I WOULD TELL YOU THE CRUISE LINES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU BUY A CRUISE TICKET 10 DAY, YOU GOT A TIME THAT THEY WANT YOU ON THE SHIP.
RIGHT? AND SO THEY ALL, THEY WANT TO HAVE GOOD SERIES TOO.
WHAT CAN I SAY? WE, WE SIGNED IT TODAY, WE CAN I SIGN THE DOCUMENTS, UH, SETTING UP THE FOUNDATION ACCOUNT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE SIGNED IT.
I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT, UM, CAN PICK UP SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL CONTINUE REPLENISH THIS FUND.
BECAUSE HE AT, AT REALLY TECHNICALLY A 48,000 STUDENT, IF THEY STAY IN THE PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS, THEY, AND WE GOT ASSURANCES ON HOW THEY, THEY TRACK THAT.
AND, AND THEY DO THAT A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, A LOT OF OTHER FUNDS, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THEIR DOWNING FUNDS ARE SPECIFIC.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT, TO ME THAT WAS, TO ME, THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WHOLE BICENTENNIAL, UM, PROCUREMENT THINGS.
HERE, HERE IS A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE IN REVIEW WITH TDO.
UM, TDOT IS, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING BEAUTIFULLY, I WOULD SAY TO ANY REQUEST WE HAVE FOR MEETINGS, SETTING THINGS UP.
UM, THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS PORT AND OTHER PORTS BECOMES BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PROGRAMS. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE PAC HAS, HAS JUST HAD OUR MEETING AND, AND WE'RE STARTING, UM, THE NEW PROJECT LIST.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, LESSONS LEARNED ON WHY WE DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY LAST TIME, AND, AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE DID, WE HAVE A CONTRACT TODAY ON THE, UH, NEW, THE NEW
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SECURITY FIRM, UH, DID THE RFP ON THAT.AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE HYDRAULICS ON THAT, UH, THE OLDER, UM, GANGWAY AT C 2 25.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO BE SOLVED.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS, I THINK TODAY OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS ON, IN BOARD.
AND WE'RE HAVING ONE OF OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR STAFF IS TRAINING ALONG THAT ROUTE OR ALONG THAT, UH, ROUTE.
UM, HERE AGAIN, WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EXCAVATOR PURCHASE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WENT BACK AND COULD NOT SEE WHERE WE WERE SAFE ENOUGH WITH ANYTHING ON THE STATE BOARD TO DO THIS.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND, AND DO THE RFP TO GET THE EQUIPMENT.
IT'S ABOUT A 30 TO 60 DAY, UM, TIME PERIOD TO GET IT DELIVERED AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SET UP.
'CAUSE THIS, I WAS OVER THERE THIS PAST WEEK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRENCHING THROUGH TO TRY TO, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT A LOT OF WATER OVER THERE FROM THE DRAINING OF THE SLIPS ON THE WEST END ALL.
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THAT WILL BE WATER, THERE'LL STILL BE, WILL BE SOME, UH, PARTICLES IN THERE THAT HAVE TO, THAT HAVE TO SETTLE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING, THEY'RE WORKING THAT.
WE HAVE A GUY WORKING THAT, UM, EVERY DAY OVER THERE NOW.
UM, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
SOMEBODY HAD OBSERVED PROPER, OR I SHOULD SAY IMPROPER PP BEING USED.
AND SO YOU, UH, WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT, UH, PARKING, UH, CONTINUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL SETTING RECORDS IN, IN, IN REVENUES.
UM, IF YOU WATCH IN THE TERMINAL, ACCESS FEES ARE INCHING UP, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UM, FROM, UH, THE, THE, UH, ACCESS TO THE JOURNALS.
ROGER, JUST ON, ON THE 25TH, I KNOW YOU GUYS MADE SOME CHANGES ON THIS ENTRY POINT DOWN HERE.
IS THAT, IS THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE OR IS, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? AND I MEAN, WE HAVE HAD SOME INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, MOSTLY STAFF, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, IS IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING RIGHT.
WE HAVE A CROSSOVER POINT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS OF SOME CONCERN INSIDE THE PORT, AND THAT'S RIGHT OVER THERE IN FRONT OF 25 OVER THERE.
JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? NO, THAT'S, I MEAN, HONESTLY, THE, DURING CONSTRUCTION, I WAS GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TEST SOME DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CONFIGURATIONS.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, AT THE SAME TIME, ELIMINATE AS MANY CONFLICT POINTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND AND VEHICLES ON OUR, OUR, OUR SIDE.
AND SO, SO FAR IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL, GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WE'RE NOT PUSHING TWO, TWO TERMINALS WORTH OF TRAFFIC THROUGH 25TH STREET.
'CAUSE ONE OF 'EM IS COMING IN AT 33RD, 33RD STREET.
SO WE, I DON'T THINK OUR, OUR, OUR MIND IS MADE UP YET.
BUT, BUT IT DOES LOOK KIND OF OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME BENEFITS INTUITIVELY.
IT SEEMS LIKE GETTING PEOPLE OFF BEFORE, GETTING PEOPLE OFF AT 33RD FOR, I GUESS TURN 28TH BEFORE THEY EVEN GET DOWN HERE, BEFORE THEY EVEN GET DOWN HERE IS, IS GONNA HELP 25TH AND 23RD STREET.
IT'S GOOD TO TEST IT IN REAL LIFE.
ONE THING I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, IF WE'VE HAD LIKE THE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, I THINK NOW ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT LIKE 23RD STREET HAS LOOKED BETTER BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS ONE VESSEL THERE OR NOT.
WELL, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO MORE LANES IN THERE TOO, RIGHT? NEW LANES.
BUT IN 25TH YOU, YOU PUT, YOU'VE GOT SOME NEW SIGNAGE AND NEW READER EQUIPMENT, I GUESS THERE, I ASSUME THAT'S, THAT MAKES IT, IS IT FASTER FOR PEOPLE? YOU GOTTA HAVE A RESERVATION AND IT GUESS IT READS YOUR LICENSE TAG.
WELL, ONCE YOU GO IN, ONCE YOU GO IN, YEAH.
BUT YOU AREN'T WAITING TO GET IN 'CAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING IN RIGHT.
YOU'RE NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF TIME, YOU'RE NOT GOING IN THAT.
AND THAT'S RIGHT HERE MOSTLY, UM, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE CHANNEL EXTENSION, UH, SHOULD BEGIN NEXT YEAR, UH, JANUARY.
UM, IT COULD TAKE ABOUT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT COULD TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
AND I JUST REMIND YOU ALSO THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GALVESTON HARBOR, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ENTRANCE OUT THERE IS IS CLASSIFIED AS, AS THE GALVESTON HARBOR.
UM, HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, CHARLIE JENKINS AND TEXAS, UH, CITIES, UH, CEO TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD ON WHERE PROJECT
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12 IS GOING.UM, PROJECT 12 IS A HUGE PROJECT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT.
I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, MOSTLY PORT OF HOUSTON, SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN WASHINGTON TRYING TO GET THIS THING FUNDED BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OVER A BILLION, SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS TO GET REALLY WHAT THEY NEED.
AND THE, AND THE PORT, OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF TENANTS, UH, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT NEED THE DEPTH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL ARE THE FEDERAL CHANNEL, AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO BE, WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE CHANNEL.
SO THIS, THIS WILL START, AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TOO.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, PROBABLY ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, UM, WE WERE BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND, UH, WE NE WE, WE, WE COULD NEVER HAVE A PLACE TO PUT IT.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN THE ISSUE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT A LOT OF WATER INTO OUR PLACEMENT AREA.
AND I WENT, AND LIKE I SAID, I WENT OVER THERE WITH JEFF LAST WEEK AND LOOKED AT THE PLACEMENT AREA.
AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE DIRT, THE, THE SEDIMENT IS UP, UP TO THE TOP.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT REBUILDING THOSE LEVEES.
UM, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW WE THINK WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS BEING, HAVING ENOUGH SPACE OVER THERE TO, TO DRAIN OUR WEST END SLIPS OR SLIP ON THE LAST SLIDE, LIKE 43 FEET.
IS THAT LESS WE AT 46 NOT TOO LONG AGO? OR IS THAT WELL, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE 46 RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE AT 42 OR SO.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE AUTHORIZED 46 6, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DR THAT, YOU KNOW, IT PLUS OR MINUS IS TWO.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A, A MOVEMENT, UH, BY LAW STAKEHOLDERS TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE BRIDGE TO A LAND BRIDGE AND, AND ALL THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE THAT'S GOING.
I DO SIT THROUGH THE MEETINGS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOSTLY STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN GALVESTON THAT ARE LOOKING TO, TO, UM, CLOSE OFF THE END OF THAT, OF THE CHANNEL.
UM, IT WILL OBVIOUSLY SAVES US, US A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE WALKING, UH, A TIGHT LINE ON WHAT YOU SAY AND WHERE IT'S GOING, BECAUSE IT'S, RIGHT NOW IT'S BEING DEVELOPED AS A HIGH BRIDGE, AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S, THAT'S WHERE IT'S TEXTILES DOING.
I JUST WANNA ADD THAT THAT SHOULD BE, UH, 44 FEET FOR, FOR THE DRAFT RESTRICTION.
IS THAT WHAT THAT'S REFERENCING? YEAH.
I MEAN, REALLY SCHEME OF THINGS.
UM, TEXTILE HARBOR, HARBORSIDE DRIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
UM, JEFF, I'M GONNA LET YOU GET IN.
NO, YOU TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY.
THIS WAS, UH, THE WHOLE THING WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COORDINATED BRETT AND HIS TEAM COORDINATED WITH, UH, T AND THEY DID PUT OUT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES, UH, UH, YESTERDAY TO START DOING SOME WORK PRIMARILY BETWEEN 51ST AND, UH, 14TH.
I THINK THEY'RE FOCUSING CLOSER TO 33RD, BUT I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN OUT TO SEE WHERE THEY, SO WERE THEY STARTING AND ARE, I THOUGHT I READ THEY ARE STARTING ON 14TH MOVING WEST, BUT NO, THEY, THEY WERE, THAT WAS A PLAN, BUT THEN THEY, IT'S BEEN KIND OF A, A CONTINUING, UH, SITUATION OF, OF, OF TELLING THEM KIND OF OUR OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS AND THEY WANTED TO START DOWN THERE ON THE WEEKEND.
WE SAID THAT'S A BAD PLACE TO START ON THE WEEKEND.
SO WE STARTED MASSAGING 'EM TO AREAS WHERE THEY CAN.
UH, AND, AND, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING.
BUT, BUT, UH, OVERALL THEY'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE AND SO, SO FAR I DON'T THINK THEY'VE DONE WORK THAT THEY'VE PUT UP THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.
RICHARD, UH, I GET CONFUSED SOMETIMES BECAUSE I'M, I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO IT OR I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
ARE THEY FOCUSING ON JUST THE, UH, RAILROAD CROSSINGS, OR ARE THE PAVED? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF BAD SPOTS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE MOSTLY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS IT'S MOSTLY THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
BUT THERE ARE SOME PLACES JUST AT, I THINK WEST OF 33RD THAT THEY REALLY THINK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE OKAY.
BUT THEY, I, I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE RAIL.
LIKE, LIKE DOWN BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT 45.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A FULL DEPTH REPLACEMENT, BUT THEY'VE CHANGED THAT TO A MILL AND OVERLAY, WHICH IS GONNA BE LIKE A NEW, NEW PAVEMENT THAT THEY PUT ON TOP OF THE EXISTING BASE AND PAVEMENT.
WHEREAS KIND OF EAST OF 51ST STREET IS MORE OF, OF SPOTS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME LARGER SPOTS.
LIKE THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE SPOT WEST OF 37 INTERSECTION, AND I THINK 33RD INTERSECTION THAT JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRUCKS STOPPING THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CAUSES
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PAVEMENT TO FAIL.BUT, BUT IF YOU, LIKE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE DOWN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THERE'S ALL THESE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, UH, ASPHALT BUMPS AND STUFF THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE FIXING ALL THOSE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO MARKET
ALSO, I WANTED TO, WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TERRY LITTLE WILSON, YOU KNOW, OUR REPRESENTATIVE STEPPED IN ON THIS AND, AND, UH, CONTACTED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHER OFFICES AND, AND REALLY HELPED US MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, BECAUSE, AND, AND, UH, SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE TO HELP US ON THAT.
UM, THE LESION, I GUESS, UH, MOST OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A, UH, DOCK THAT WAS STRUCK BY A SHIP OUT HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND, UH, THERE WAS AN OIL SPILL AND IT, THAT'S BEEN CONTAINED NOW.
THE OIL SPILL HAS, BUT NOW THE LEGAL STUFF'S STARTING TO, YEAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, THE PORT IS OPEN, UM, FOR BUSINESS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THERE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF, IT'S STILL, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME, WHEN IT HIT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE COMPANY'S INSURANCE, THE, THE COMPANY'S INSURANCE COMPANY IS TALKING TO US, AND WE, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A CASE IN IN PROGRESS.
SO, UH, THE WALKWAY, WE TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER.
THERE'S GONNA BE GETTING US THE, THE UPDATED PACKAGE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THEY ANTICIPATED, BUT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
BUT WITH THAT, WE WOULD BE WANT, DO WE WANNA OPEN AS MUCH COMPETITION AS POSSIBLE? SO WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD THING TO ADVERTISE BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
UH, WE THINK THAT WAS THE LAST BID, UH, OPENING WE DID ON THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER A FREEZE.
AND SO WE THINK THAT THAT PROBABLY DID HAVE SOME EFFECT ON HOW BID WE HAD.
YOU KNOW, UH, WE ONLY HAD TWO BID, NOT THE CASE.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING AND JUST, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT AND PLANNING TO SCHEDULE IT FOR RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, TO, TO ADVERTISE IT, RECEIVE THE DATES IN JANUARY, JANUARY, UH, THE WHARF ROAD PROJECT BETWEEN 23RD AND 20TH STREET, YOU CAN SEE THAT NEW PAVEMENT THAT WE'RE OPERATING ON NOW.
AND, UH, UNDERNEATH THAT THERE'S ALSO SOME, UH, WATER LINES THAT WAS REPLACED AND, UH, STORM SEWER THAT WAS INSTALLED.
AND NOW THEY'RE WORKING BASICALLY FROM, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH GATE SIX IS THE EAST END OF, UH, BRUCE TERMINAL 25 FROM THE GATE SIX AREA ALL THE WAY OUT TO 22ND STREET.
SO THIS WAS REQUIRING US, RIGHT NOW ALL OF CT 20 FIVE'S TRAFFIC IS, UH, BASICALLY CIRCULATING CLOCKWISE NOW.
IT HAD BEEN CIRCULATING COUNTERCLOCKWISE IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL FOR SOME TIME, BUT FOR THIS TEMPORARY, UH, PERIOD OF TIME THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR WHERE WE'RE CIRCULATING, UH, CLOCKWISE THROUGH THE AREA AND THEN EXITING BACK ON 23RD STREET.
SO TILL, UH, 22ND STREET IS OPEN AGAIN.
UM, THE GRAIN ELEVATOR PROJECT, UH, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE CRUSHING CONCRETE.
ACTUALLY, ONE, ONE THING THAT'S UPDATED SINCE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN HERE IS THAT, THAT, UH, AREA WHERE THE FOUNDATIONS USED TO BE THAT DARK AREA JUST TO THE EAST, TO THE RIGHT OF THAT BRIGHT PILE OF UN CRUSHED CONCRETE.
UM, THEY HAVE FILLED THAT IN, UH, SINCE, SINCE THIS PICTURES TAKEN.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT PROGRESS, BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE SLOWER THAN, THAN WE WOULD LIKE.
BUT, BUT THEY'RE STILL MAKING PROGRESS ON THE CRUSHING AT THAT SITE.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THIS IS THE SLIP FILL PROJECT, UH, 38, 39 SLIP FILL, UM, TWO PICTURES HERE.
THE, THE, THE COMPLETED CLOSURE WALL STRUCTURE AT THE TOP, UH, AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS THE JUDGE MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA.
THIS IS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE DRESS MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA.
UM, AND THE BAD THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS PICTURE IS ALL THE DITCHES WE DUG ARE FULL OF WATER, BUT, BUT THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER A RAINSTORM WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
AND WE'VE SINCE CLEARED 'EM OF WATER WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE WITH ROGER LAST WEEK.
BUT, BUT YEAH, THE, THE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE ONE AMPHIBIOUS EXCAVATOR THAT WE HAVE IS RIGHT KIND OF ON THE RIGHT QUARTER OF THE, UH, OF THE PICTURE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH'S AGENDA, SHEILA, WHAT ARE WE THINKING THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN WE DRAIN IT? SO IN THAT PICTURE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BAD PICTURE FOR THAT IN, IN ORDER TO, I CAN PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER A BETTER PICTURE TO EVEN SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE SO FAR.
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IF YOU GO ON GOOGLE EARTH RIGHT NOW, UM, AND IF, UH, I CAN EVEN PRINT THIS OFF AND GIVE YOU A COPY, BUT, BUT THEY, THEY'RE DOING THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW AT THE LARGE PELICAN ISLAND PLACEMENT AREA.AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU DIG ALL THESE DITCHES THAT GIVES A FAST PATH FOR WATER TO EXIT THE MATERIAL AS LONG AS THEY'RE CONNECTED TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, AN EXIT TO THE LEVEE SYSTEM, IN THIS CASE, A DROP INLET.
AND, AND YOU END UP LOOKING, IT LOOKS LIKE A GEOMETRIC PATTERN, HONESTLY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM AN AAL.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU DIG ALL THESE DITCHES, THE WATER EXITS THROUGH THE DITCHES, AND THEN THAT ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WATER CONTENT AND THE SOIL INSIDE THE LEVEES.
YOU DO GET SOME SEEPAGE VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE LEVEES OVER TIME.
BUT THE PRIMARY MEANS OF DRAINAGE IS THROUGH THE WEIR BOX.
SO IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE A PATH, THAT WATER'S GONNA STAY INSIDE THAT SOIL FOR A MUCH LONGER TIME.
AND, AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS, UH, WE HAD, UH, YOU PROVIDE THE DRAINAGE PATH, SOIL EXITS THE, THE, THE MATERIAL QUICKER.
IT GOES THROUGH THE DITCH TO THE DROP INLET.
AND, AND OUR, UH, UH, ANCHOR QEA WHO'S WORKING ON OUR DMMP, UH, WITH US RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IN THE DRAFT DMMP THAT I, UH, REVIEWED, THEY WERE ESTIMATING IT'S, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 125,000 CUBIC YARDS OF CAPACITY WE CAN GAIN JUST BY DRAINING ALL THAT EXCESS WATER OUT OF THIS MATERIAL.
THAT'S NOT INCREASING THE LEVEES AT ALL.
SO, SO WHAT HAPPENS, AND YOU CAN SEE IT OVER THERE, IT'S HAPPENED ALREADY A LOT ON THIS SIDE IS, IS WHERE WE'VE DITCHED.
IT KIND OF JUST SUPPRESSES DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING MATERIAL INSIDE THE LEVEE.
IT JUST KIND OF SHRINKS DOWN BECAUSE IT'S LOSING THAT VOLUME, THE MO THE WATER VOLUME OUT OF THE, KIND OF THE SOIL STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE THING, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PICTURE UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY JUST, UH, GO OUT THERE AND SEE.
BUT I CAN, I CAN PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF PICTURES TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE STARTED AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, YOU WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THE SLIP.
I THOUGHT, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SLIP.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SLIP INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT WAS FASCINATING TO, OKAY, SO, SO THE SLIP, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH IT? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? SO AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT, WE WILL HAVE, UH, UNFINISHED FIVE FOOT HIGHER THAN ADJACENT GRADE SURCHARGE ON THIS AREA.
SO, SO IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THIS WILL, THERE'LL BE A, A CONCRETE APRON, A 50 FOOT CONCRETE APRON THAT'S GONNA GET PAVED ON THE NORTH END OF THIS, JUST BEHIND JUST SOUTH OF THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WHITE, UH, SHEET POW WALL CAP.
AND THEN SOUTH OF THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, IT'S GONNA INCREASE IN HEIGHT FIVE FOOT.
AND THAT'S GONNA ALLOW, UH, ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE TO, TO ALLOW FOR QUICKER SETTLEMENT OF, OF THE, THE PLATES TO FILL.
UH, AND THAT RIGHT NOW, AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT, AT THE END OF THIS CONTRACT WON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON IT.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT USING THE CRUSH WE HAVE.
AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE RESOURCES, WHETHER IN-HOUSE OR CONTRACT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO KIND OF GO, MAYBE PUT SOME TEMPORARY ASPHALT DOWN, ALLOW IT TO BE OPEN FOR CARGO USE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
UM, IN THAT WHOLE AREA THAT THAT SIX ACRES, WE HAVE 12 SETTLEMENT STATIONS WE'RE GONNA BE PLACING.
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS IT'S A, IT'S A PLATE THAT GETS KIND OF BURIED IN THE GROUND.
IT HAS A ROD THAT COMES UP TO THE SURFACE, SO A SURVEYOR CAN COME AND SHOOT THE TOP OF THAT ROD, AND AS THE SOIL SETTLES, YOU'LL FEEL TO MEASURE THAT SETTLEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SLIP.
AND SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AND WITH THE APPROPRIATE TIME, RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT TO DO A TEMPORARY PAVEMENT TO THE SLIP, AND THEN A FINAL PAVEMENT.
MANY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AT LEAST IN THE FUTURE.
SO, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO BIRTH THERE LONG BEFORE THE SLIP IS YEAH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT.
UH, AND THIS, THIS PROJECT, UH, THE 39 40 T HEAD AND, UH, 40 41 SLIP BUILT OR SLIP CLOSURE PROJECT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS SO, SO, AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS, IS A DIFFERENCE OF LIKE, WELL, YOU'D SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THIS ON THE OTHER SLIP? WELL, THIS IS CONCRETE CRUSH AND THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE WAY TO, UH, FILL.
AND SO THIS, THIS CONCRETE CRUSH HERE IS JUST BASICALLY GIVING US AN APRON TO DRIVE ACROSS.
UM, THIS, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA FILL THE WHOLE SLIP, OR ELSE WE, WE'D PROBABLY PAY $40 MILLION FILLED FOR, FOR CONCRETE PRODUCT TO FILL THE SLOPE.
SO, UM, THIS PROJECT THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE FILLED BEHIND THE, THE, THE WALL, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK ON THEIR, UH, THE FORM WORK AND WHATNOT FOR THEIR PILE CAPS.
UH, THIS, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINALIZING ALL THEIR TIE RODS, UH, ON THE 39 40 SIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THAT WORK ON HERE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL UPDATE, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT, UH, 65%, UH, SPENT TO DATE.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE, WE DID RECEIVE A FAIRLY LARGE EXTENDED GENERAL CONDITIONS, UH, CHANGE ORDER THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW ON, AND
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THAT'S RELATED TO, UM, BASICALLY ADDITIONAL DAYS THAT WERE NEEDED BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING AT 41 AND 30.UH, 40 AND 41 T HEAD LOCATIONS.
YESTERDAY, THANKS TO THE PILOTS, ROGER AND I HAD A SURE OF THE HARBOR.
AND ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS, YOU SEE THE LITTLE AERATOR IN HERE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY OUR A
BUT THIS LOOKS AMAZING FROM THE WATER, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS.
ARE WE STOCKING IT
WHAT ARE YOU USING, PHIL? FROM THE GRAIN ELEVATOR, UH, DEMO TO? NO, THIS CONCRETE CRUSH IS, UH, IS, IS WAS SOURCED THROUGH THAT CONTRACT.
IT CAME LIKELY, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE, THE LOCATION, BUT IT'S THE SAME COMPANY THAT OWNS THE LOCATION OFF OF SOUTH LOOP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A BIG PILE OF CRUSH IF YOU GO KIND OF TOWARDS THE MEDICAL CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME FROM THAT LOCATION, BUT IT CAME FROM THE SAME COMPANY THAT HAS THAT LOCATION BECAUSE WE'RE USING A LOT OF CRUSH THAT WE HAVE FROM THE GRAIN ELEVATOR ON SITE AS WELL.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN USING LITTLE BITS HERE AND THERE SINCE, SINCE WE'VE HAD KIND OF A STOCKPILE AND WE'LL HAVE A MUCH LARGER, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF AN ALLOCATION ON WHERE WE CAN WORK ON IT.
UM, AND ACTUALLY I THINK ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE ROADWAY PROJECT, IF I'M CORRECT.
THIS PROJECT, WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE WORKING ON, UH, IN THE UPDATE TO THE BID PACKAGE WAS, UM, THE OPTION.
SO, SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT BID WE'LL RECEIVE.
ONE IS WHERE THEY USE OUR CONCRETE CRUSHES ROAD BASE, AND ONE IS WHERE THEY PROVIDE THEIR OWN ROAD BASE.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT IS IN THE CONTRACT AND WHETHER WE THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO USE IT HERE MAY BE MORE OF TOPPING OFF THE SLIP.
SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A, A DECISION TO MAKE THERE JUST A ROAD BED, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, UH, AND THEN, UH, THE CRUISE TRU ONE 16, AND I APOLOGIZE, I, WHEN I'M PULLING OVER MY SLIDES, PULL OVER THE UPDATED CRUISE TRU ONE 16 SLIDE.
SO THESE ARE, THIS INFORMATION'S STILL GOOD, IT'S JUST A LITTLE, LITTLE DATED, BUT THEY ALL WERE THERE TO EXPERIENCE KIND OF THE GROUND OPENING AND EXPERIENCE IT IN PERSON.
SO, UM, YEAH, REALLY THIS PROJECT IS KIND OF, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE RIBBON CUTTING.
IT'S A CEREMONIAL THING, BUT IT'S ALSO A KIND OF A START OF A TRANSFER BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AND MOVING MORE TOWARDS OPERATIONS.
AND, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE CHANGING OUR, OUR FOCUS NOW AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT WAS TO DO X, Y, AND Z.
NOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT X, Y, AND Z FIT US LIKE A GLOVE, AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO MODIFY THINGS HERE AND THERE.
SO IF I UNDERSTOOD, MARK, WE'LL, WE WILL PROBABLY BE MAKING THE FINAL PAYMENTS ON THIS, UH, BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
MARK, DID HE UNDERSTAND YOU? CORRECT.
WE'LL BE CLOSE TO MAKING THE FINAL PAYMENTS.
WE'LL IDENTIFY WHAT PAYMENTS ARE LEFT.
WE'LL HAVE IT NARROWED DOWN TO JUST, UM, JUST LIKE WE DID ON, UM, UM, CT 10, UM, I MEAN CT 10, WE CARRIED, UH, CVP AND ONE OTHER PAYMENT.
WE CARRIED THAT VOID FOR OVER SIX MONTHS BEFORE YEAH.
THIS AFTER THE TERM REST OF THE TERMINAL WAS COMPLETE.
THIS ONE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEER WHO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THIS YEAR, THE PVP, I KNOW THAT THEY, WE WILL NOT MAKE THEIR FINAL PAYMENT UNTIL JANUARY AT THE EARLIEST BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COME BACK.
WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THOUGH IS CAPITALIZING IT BECAUSE IT'S USED AND USEFUL, AND THEN HAVE TRADE.
WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, WE WILL HAVE TRAILING COSTS THAT WILL ADD TO IT, BUT YOU'LL CAPITALIZE IT AT THE, AT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
WE'LL CAPITALIZE IT AS BASED UPON WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SPENT SPENT OKAY.
AND THEN YOU'LL INCREASE IT ONCE, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL ADD TO IT TRAILING COST AS IT COMES ALONG.
ADD THAT TO THE REMAINING MODULE.
WE DID GET THE, UH, UH, POWER IN OUR NAME.
THERE'S NO, NOBODY WASTED ANY TIME GETTING THAT DONE.
SO WE, WE NOW HAVE ALL THE POWER BILLS COMING TO US FOR TERMINAL.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY, JEFF, ON THE, THE OPENING, UH, I GUESS IT WAS THE RECEPTION THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT YOUR, YOUR FOLKS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AS TOUR GUIDES.
THEY WEREN'T, THEY ENJOYED IT.
THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T LIKE ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, SAYING HERE'S THE, THE BREAK OF THIS, UH, SLAB WAS IN THIS, BUT THEY DID, THEY, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TAKING, YOU KNOW, A A PRETTY HIGH POWERED GROUP OF FOLKS FROM MSC AND OTHERS THROUGH THERE AND MAKING IT A VERY INTERESTING TOUR.
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REALLY A, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN UP ON THE TOP LEVEL OF THE PARKING WORLD, THAT'S REALLY A NICE VIEW OF THE WHOLE CITY UP THERE, THE THIRD LEVEL.BUT I PURPOSELY WROTE UP ALL THE WAY, JUST SO I CAN SEE THAT.
UM, ROGER ON, ON CRUISE TERMINAL 16, WHAT'S OUR PROJECTION ON, UH, UTILIZING THAT FOR OTHER SHIPS OTHER THAN M MSC AND REGION? WELL, UM, WE HAVE, UH, 20, I THINK IT'S 20 TURNS FOR ANOTHER CRUISE LINE.
UM, I, I'M NOT, UH, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHO THAT IS.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY, UM, ANNOUNCED THE DATES, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE DATES RESERVED AND, AND THEY RECHECKED LAST WEEK AGAIN FOR THOSE DATES.
AND THE GOOD THING IS THEY'RE ALL DURING THE WEEK, SO I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, NOR WEED IS NOT IN HERE TILL 27, LATE 27 FOR FULL TIME.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT, RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME IS WHEN THE OTHER CRUISE LINE COMES IN.
AND I, I WOULD SAY THEIR NAME, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THEY LIKE TO ANNOUNCE IT THEMSELVES, BUT, UH, SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE RESERVED THAT TIME.
AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO ASKED, UM, ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR, FULL TIME, NEXT YEAR ALSO, UM, WE CAN PUT LAY THOUGH, AND THAT OH, YEAH, YEAH.
WE, WE, WE HAD LAY THERE, WE WERE DOING INSTRUCTION.
OH, AND BY THE WAY, IT'S OFFICIALLY OPEN.
GREG, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED WHEN WE WERE ON THE SHIP, WE LOOKED OVER AT 10 AND THERE WERE RAILROADS OUT THERE BRINGING OH, I SAW THAT.
SO WE CAN, GOING ON, ON THE, THE PIER PROJECT, WE STILL JUST HAVE, UH, ONE OR ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ROGER, THERE, THEY'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE CHANGE ORDERS, REVIEWING THOSE, BUT WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOUR, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO CLOSE OUT THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS WE HAVE THAT EXCEED.
THERE'S THE USS, TEXAS HOME
SO, I MEAN, IT'S KUDOS TO THE GUYS DOWN THERE.
AND I MEAN, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU OPEN A TERMINAL LIKE THIS, THAT'S WHENEVER YOU'RE, YOU, YOU REALLY COME TO APPRECIATE LIKE, I MEAN, HOW, HOW GOOD IT IS TO HAVE SUCH A, A, A WELL EXPERIENCED TEAM BEHIND YOU WITH, WITH, WITH CM BECAUSE THEY, THEY COME AND THEY FILL IN THE GAPS THAT, THAT ARE CREATED BY THE, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER OF THE PROJECT TO THE OPERATIONS.
AND, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE TEAM THERE.
AND WE HOPE TO KIND OF GROW THEM AND CONTINUE TO TRAIN THEM.
AND, AND AS, AS YOU SAY THIS, THIS, THIS SPREADSHEET KIND OF GUIDES US ON, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHICH AREAS WE NEED TO GROW IN AND, AND WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TRAINING ON DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT THEY, THEY ENCOUNTER DAY TO DAY.
SO, UM, THERE'S A PRIDE, THERE'S A PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP IN OUR STAFF AND STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND THEY CAN GO DOWN THERE AND SEE FRESH PAVING.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S A BIG VALUE IN HAVING YOUR OWN FOLKS, RIGHT, DOING THE WORK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE THE GALVES WARS ON THEIR BADGE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PAYCHECK COMES FROM.
SO IT IS EXACTLY ROGER, THAT PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP VERSUS NOT THE CONTRACTORS DON'T DO GOOD WORK, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT, IT'S A DIFFERENT MODEL.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE FOLKS EXPERIENCED FOLKS THAT FEEL OWNERSHIP.
SO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING ON THE WEST LEFT PICTURE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING SOME WORK TO GET SOME ELECTRICAL POLES OUT OF THE WAY OF, UH, THE PIER 39 40.
UH, THERE'S SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN ELECTRICAL POLES, UH, AND, UH, AND THE TIEBACK SYSTEM.
UM, UH, THE MIDDLE ONE IS AT THE A DM PROJECT.
THEY WERE THERE SUPPORTING US BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER WATERLINE BREAK.
UM, AND THEN THAT PIER 10, YOU KNOW, FENCE GOT HIT, FENCES ALWAYS GET HIT AND THEY, OUR GUYS ARE READY TO PUT 'EM BACK UP.
SO, AND THIS IS THE PROJECT TOO.
I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL BIDS WE GOT WERE 160,000 AND I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT EVENT I WAS AT.
ONE OF THE GUYS FROM WHAT, FROM CENTERPOINT, SO IT WAS THE GDP EVENT.
ONE OF THE GUYS FROM CENTERPOINT WAS THERE, AND I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE 160.
THE NEXT DAY HE CALLED ME UP AND SAYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE ONE 60, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF, UH, SOME CLASSIFICATION.
SO THEY'RE MOVING THOSE POLES FROM NOTHING.
AND THEN THIS LAST ONE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT PICTURE SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO THE PEDESTRIAN FLOWS IN CREW FROM 28 25, TRYING TO GIVE THEM A CLEARER LINE AND SEGREGATE 'EM FROM TRAFFIC,
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UH, BULL RAIL REPAIR, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, MARINE TERMINOLOGIES THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS BULL.SO THIS IS, IT'S BASICALLY A WHAT BLOWER SOMETHING TO KEEP FORKLIFTS FROM ROLLING OFF THE DOCK.
AND, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO MILES OF IT OUT THERE.
SEE, MAINTAINS EVERY BIT OF THAT TIMBER POLE RAIL, SO YEAH.
RAILROAD TIES, RIGHT? OH, ON THE RIGHT.
BASICALLY, UH, FLINGS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.
IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A FIRE SAFETY, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, BUT IT ALSO HELPS WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL TOO, BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A RED CURVE IS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TICKETED FOR, SO THEY, THEY, THEY WON'T PARK ON IT.
SO, SO FIRE MARSHAL APPRECIATES THAT OUR OPERATIONS APPRECIATES THAT CURVE AS WELL.
JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE JEFF SHOWING, SHOWING THIS SLIDE, THIS IS KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RECAP FOR OCTOBER ON, ON THE, THIS IS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PRETTY BUSY.
ONE DC PERSON, PERSON I GUESS DECEASED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I GUESS THAT'S GOVERNED BY MARITIME LAW.
THIS JUST, I MEAN, THESE JUST GIVE YOU THE KIND OF A DELAY OF, UH, OF THE WORK.
AND ON A PRACTICAL BASIS, OVER THE YEAR, EVERYBODY DOES WORK HAS TO ID CARD HOW WE CONTRACT.
KEN, IF YOU WANNA JUST STEP UP HERE AND SURE.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO LAST MONTH, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO QUANTICO AND PRESENT AT THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY.
UH, I HAD BEEN WORKING ON AN, AN AI MODEL, UH, TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS WITH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND, AND WITH PRESS RELEASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I SHARED IT WITH SOME COLLEAGUES JUST TO KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, THAT LED TO, UH, AN INVITATION TO COME OUT AND PRESENT IT, UM, TO, TO THE, TO THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ACADEMY.
AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND PRESENT THAT AND MODEL IT AND SHOW THEM.
AND, AND SINCE THEN I'M ABLE TO SEE THE STATISTICS ON MY SIDE AND, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN USED SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES, UH, SINCE MY VISIT THERE.
AND, UH, THERE WAS SOME INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THERE AS WELL AS, AS STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE, THE UNITED STATES.
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT'S GONNA GO ALL OVER THE WORLD WHEN THEY GRADUATE AND, AND BE USED AS A, AS A GOOD TOOL FOR THEM.
SO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY LICENSING ON THAT?
I TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S, TONY'S GOT SOME EXPERT FROM I WORK, I'LL WORK WITH TONY ON, ON THERE.
WELL, YOU REPRESENTED THE PORT VERY WELL.
YEAH, I REALLY LIKE YOUR QUOTE THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
ABOUT HAVING, DEFINE, YOU DEFINE THE NARRATIVE, RIGHT? IT DEFINES YOU.
IF, YEAH, IF YOU DON'T GIVE, IF YOU DON'T GIVE THE STORIES, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT UP OR THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THE STORY WHAT THEY WANT IT TO BE.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, PICTURES AROUND THE, AROUND THE PORCH.
IT, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UH, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
UH, JUST MOSTLY, UH, RECEPTIONS AND, AND, AND MEETINGS AND, UM, FOR STAFF WORK.
HERE'S BEFORE STAFF WORK AGAIN.
UM, KATHY DID A GREAT JOB AND, AND OF, UH, SCHEDULING THIS THING.
GOT SOME DIGNITARIES HERE TO, WE WERE LOOKING EXCITING.
TIME, CHANCE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU ARE, UH, PRESENTED THESE EVENTS.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT ON, ON BOARD THE SHIP AT THE CAPTAIN.
I, I WASN'T THERE IN THE BOTTOM PHOTOS NEXT TO THE RIDER.
WHAT ABOUT THE PICTURE WITH JEFF? WHAT ABOUT THE PICTURE WITH JEFF ON THAT RIDE? YEAH, WE DIDN'T PUT THAT ONE.
THAT'S ME ON THE RIGHT ON, RIGHT.
WE CAN SHOW THEM BECAUSE WE DID JUST HAVE NO INCREASE IN OUR INSURANCE RATES.
[D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
GONNA ANNOUNCE RECESS INTO SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE, CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.[01:00:02]
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION FIVE, REAL ESTATE SECTION NEGOTI SANCTION AT 10:52 AM FOR RECESSING CHAIRMAN ENVIRONMENTAL BREAK READY,[E. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING]
CONVENE THE BOARD MEETING AND, UH, OPEN SESSION AT 12:56 PM UH, ITEM E, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY ON SPECIFIC MATTERS, DISCUSS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE AGENDA IS SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ARE NONE.[F.1 Consider and Accept CFO Report-Consent Agenda-Mark Murchison]
WE'LL MOVE INTO THE BUSINESS ITEMS. UH, ITEM F1, CONSIDER AND ACCEPT CFO REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA.MARKON, UH, MR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO? I WOULD, YEAH, WE WENT OVER THESE THIS MORNING AND I THINK WE ALL GOT HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF 'EM.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THOSE, UH, REPORTS.
AGAIN, THE, ALL THE TRUSTEES WERE HERE.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS ON, ON THIS? IF NOT ALL THEM TAKE, RAISE.
WE DO LEFT RIGHT, KIND OF PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE.
GONNA RAISE LEFT HAND I PIN GLASSES UNDER THE
[F.2 Discuss and Consider 2026 Operating, Renewal & Replacement and Capital Improvements Budgets]
F TWO.UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER 2026 OPERATING REAL REPLACEMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
BUDGET, RICHARD? SO WE ALSO WENT OVER THIS AGAIN THIS MORNING, WHICH IS THE SECOND TIME IN THE COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
AGAIN, WE, WE DID HAVE, UH, UH, PLENTY OF DISCUSSION.
ALL TRUSTEES WERE PRESENT AS FINANCE COMMITTEE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, THAT IS APPROVED UNANIM.
[F.3 Discuss and Consider Approval of the 2026 Incentive/ Employee retainage plan for senior management and personnel.]
ITEM F THREE.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2026 INCENTIVE EMPLOYEE RETAINAGE EACH PROCEED IN MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL.
GOT A MOTION? AND A SECOND? SECOND, RICHARD, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ALREADY.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IT LOOKS GOOD.
AND THEN I'LL CALL THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
AGAIN, CONTINUED ON FROM THIS MORNING.
[F.4 Discuss and Consider Renewal of Medical Benefit Plans for Port Employees for Plan Year2026]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RENEWAL OF THE ME MEDICAL BENEFIT PLANS FOR COURT EMPLOYEES FOR THE PLAN YEAR 2026.UH, AGAIN, WE ALL TRUSTEES WERE PRESENT EARLIER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING JUST A PASS, WHAT WE CALL A PASS THROUGH ON THIS, WHERE THE RATES DID NOT GO UP, NO INCREASE FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
SO CONGRATS TO STAFF FOR GOOD WORK TO, AND ALSO, YEAH, TO, I THINK IT ALSO SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR SAFETY DEPOSIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SAFETY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND RAISE.
THAT IS APPROVED IN UNANIM BEL.
[F.5 Discuss and Consider Approval of a Recommendation by the Committee to the Board of Trustees for the 2025 Employee Incentive Payment Based on Prior Approved Compensation and Benefits Policy]
ITEM F FIVE.DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 2025.
EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE, PAYMENT BASED, PAYMENT BASED ON PRIOR COMPENSATION,
I THOUGHT YOU WERE RAISING, I DUNNO WHAT I WAS DOING NEXT WEEK.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[F.6 Discuss and Consider Approval of Payment of Emergency Hydraulic Repair Costs to Diamond Hydraulics in an amount not to exceed $65,864.96 (Jeffrey Thomas)]
UH, JEFFREY, IS HE IN THE BUILDING? HERE? HE IS.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PAYMENT FOR OF EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC PREPARED COSTS TO DI DIAMOND HYDRAULICS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $65,864 AND 96 CENTS, JEFFREY? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
NOW WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU ON THE ITEM TODAY
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IS, UH, TWO OCCASIONS WHERE WE HAD TO DO SOME EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE HYDRAULICS ON THE, UH, UH, 10 LITTLE OVER 10-YEAR-OLD, UH, P 14-YEAR-OLD PBB AT, UH, CT 25.UM, AND, UH, ONE OCCASION THE, THE, THE WORK WAS $32,000 THAT WE HAD, UH, AWARDED TO DIAMOND HYDRAULICS THROUGH CONVENTIONAL PURCHASING.
BUT, UH, ONCE THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS BACK TO THEIR, UH, SHOP AND TOOK 'EM APART, THEY, THE SEALS, THEY REALIZED THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT THEY HAD TO DO.
THAT THAT ONE OCCURRENCE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL $40,000, UH, OF WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO GET THE DB BACK OPERATIONAL BEFORE THE NEXT SHIP CALL.
THE SECOND HAD TO DO WITH, UH, A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE, BUT IT WAS A SEPARATE CYLINDER THAT WAS CAUSING, UH, THE PBB TUNNEL TO, TO SINK.
IT WAS A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE SEAL INSIDE.
AND SO, UH, DID THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURE WITH THAT ONE CYLINDER, AND THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 COST.
UM, SO THE, THE ORIGINAL PO, UM, HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR, BUT WE CAN'T, UH, PAY FOR FOR THESE UNTIL WE GET APPROVAL, UH, FROM THE BOARD FOR THE EMERGENCY SHIELD MOTION.
SECOND, RICHARD, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, JEFF, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I READ IN THERE THAT, DO WE HAVE LIKE, ARE WE GONNA GET LIKE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT OR SOME KIND OF STANDING ORDER WITH YOU? YEAH, SO, SO NOT NECESSARILY WITH THEM, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPEN PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW.
TWO MANUFACTURER, ONE OF EACH TYPE OF SPARE CYLINDER.
RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE A SPARE CYLINDER, SO WHENEVER THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE CYLINDER, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF AND WE HAVE TO RETURN IT REALLY QUICKLY.
SO WE'RE PAYING EXTRA FOR RUSH WORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, SO THAT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW IS MANUFACTURING ONE SPARE CYLINDER AND ALSO A BANK OF, UH, TECHNICIAN HOURS TO BASICALLY SERVICE CERTAIN THINGS AS NECESSARY.
SO IT'LL MAKE THAT, NOT SAY GUARANTEED AVAILABLE, BUT IT'LL MAKE IT MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE QUICKER.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'D BE ABLE TO FIX SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S TAKING A WHOLE WEEK, A RUSH TURNAROUND.
MAYBE WE TAKE IT A DAY AND A LESS RUSH TURNAROUND.
[F.7 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 $100,000.00 (Jeffrey Thomas)]
JEFFREY? MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP HERE F SEVEN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND HOUSTON HEAVY MACHINERY, LLC OR AMPHIBIOUS EXCAVATOR EQUIPMENT WHEEL, AN OPERATOR FOR THE FOUR STRETCH MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA MAINTENANCE AT A COST OF 100,000.YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, THIS ITEM IS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO AN ITEM Y'ALL SAW LAST, UH, MONTH TO, TO APPROVE THE RENTAL OF THIS AMPHIBIOUS EXCAVATOR.
UH, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, OR, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROCUREMENT TEAM TO, TO TRY AND VET OUT THE OPTIONS WE HAD TO BRING BACK TO Y'ALL.
BUT, BUT WE CAME UP SHORT WITH ANY AVAILABLE CONTRACTS THAT WE COULD.
THERE WAS AVAILABLE CONTRACTS FOR EXCAVATORS ON BY BOARDS, BUT NOT FOR, UH, THE FULL ASSEMBLY OF EXCAVATORS AND THE, THE PONTOONS NEEDED.
AND SO WHAT WE DID INSTEAD, AS WE, UH, SOLICITED FOR PROPOSALS, AND SO THAT'LL COME BACK TO US IN A FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM, UH, THE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO AND MAYBE A FEW OTHERS ON A FULL BUILD OF A, UH, EXCAVATOR.
THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM DOES NOT APPROVE ANYTHING WITH THAT PROCUREMENT, BUT THIS IS JUST APPROVING ADDITIONAL RENTAL TO KEEP US WORKING OVER THERE UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO Y'ALL IN THE FUTURE DATE.
AND I WILL SAY THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE SPENDING ALL OF THIS, BUT THIS IS RIGHT NOW, UH, UH, AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS OF THAT, UH, FOR OPERATOR AND FOR, UH, UH, RENTAL.
ANGIE, WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND ON THIS YET? NOT YET YET.
WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PROPERLY THAT THIS, OKAY.
ANY DISCUSSION? THE, THIS IMPORTANT FOR US? YES.
THE TWO MONTHS THAT THIS, UH, CONTRACT WOULD COVER, THIS RENTAL WOULD COVER, IS THAT STILL TIME THAT, THAT YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO WORK ON THOSE DITCHES BEFORE? UH, YES.
[F.8 Consider And Approve A Resolution of The Board of Trustees of The Galveston Wharves Approving and Accepting A Grant Approved by the Texas Port Authority Advisory Committee and the State of Texas Acting Through the Texas Department of Transportation]
ITEM F EIGHT, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A GRANT APPROVED BY THE TEXAS BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTING THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT[01:10:01]
OF TRANSPORTATION.AND AS YOU SAID, UM, THIS IS A ITEM THAT'S ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT A GRANT FROM TEXDOT FOR COURT WAY FINDING SIGNAGE PROJECT.
AND JUST A LITTLE SUMMARY, IF YOU JUMP TO THE BACK, THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PACKET IS THE RESOLUTION AND JUST A SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION IS BASICALLY SUPPORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS DESIGNATED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, CHAPTER 55 OF THE TEXAS CODE, UH, TRANSPORTATION CODE TO REVIEW PROJECTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDING TO T THE COURT SUBMITTED THIS PROJECT, UM, GALSTON ISLAND WAY FINDING PROJECT TO, UM, TDOT FOR FUNDING AND TEXDOT APPROVED THAT FOR SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY FUNDING.
UM, THE $1.6 MILLION PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO REDEVELOP FORT SIGNAGE TO HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC IMPACTS, UM, THE PACK REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED THIS PROJECT AND TDOT, AS DID TDOT.
UM, AND SO THE COMMITMENT IS, IS THAT TEXDOT PAYS 75% OF THE PROJECT AND THE WARS BOARD AND THE COURT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 25% MATCH AND ANY OVERRUNS.
LASTLY, IT GIVES THE COURT DIRECTOR AUTHORITY TO SIGN CONTRACT TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE GRANT TO HAVE THEM PROCEED.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
WILL SECOND? ANYTHING YOU WANT? YES.
THIS IS ONLY ON PORT, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, WE, WE, WE MET WITH THEM AND THEY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ALSO USE IT ON HARBORSIDE DRIVE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CAN USE IT ON BOTH SIDES.
WAS THAT, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER, WAS THIS OUR MATCH? WAS THAT IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN OR IS THAT BEING FUNDED? SOME OTHER, WELL, WE WE'RE APPROVING IT RIGHT NOW.
SO I GUESS I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
I'M NOT, I DIDN'T, I WAS KIND OF, I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT I DON'T, MAYBE I MISSED THE PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO A FILE RESOLUTION OKAY.
TO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE, TO THE CAPITAL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, QUESTION ANGIE TO SIGN THIS RESOLUTION? YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING READY TO.
[Items F.9 - F.10]
F NINE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DECISIONS TO THE BOARD PURCHASING POLICY.YES, ACTUALLY, ITEMS F NINE DOVETAIL, WE MAY RECALL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THAT THE BOARD MADE SOME REVISIONS TO THE BYLAWS TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES.
THOSE WERE, UH, DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR OR LOCALLY BY THE MAYOR.
UH, AND WE'VE SINCE THEN, UH, THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE OTHER EMERGENCIES RECOGNIZED UNDER STATE PURCHASING LAWS FOR UNFORESEEN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR THE LIGHT THAT, UH, HAS BECOME A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE WE RUN FOUR OR FIVE SEVEN DAY CRUISES.
WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS COMING IN ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S JUST WAITING THAT LONG TO DO REPAIRS TO GET A BOARD MEETING WITH FIVE SIX ON MORE DAYS NOTICE FOR A SPECIAL MEETING TO ADDRESS.
SO THIS HAS INCORPORATED THOSE ADDITIONAL, UH, EMERGENCY SETTINGS UNDER THE SAME SCHEME AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD WHERE WHEN THE BOARD CAN'T MEET, IT CAN BE APPROVED BY THE CHAIRMAN OR ALTERNATIVE BY VICE CHAIRMAN AND IF NEITHER ARE AVAILABLE TO BE ON THE COURT DIRECT.
SO YES, I THINK THIS IS JUST US TO CONTINUE TO ONGOING AND IT GETS REPORTED IN REAL TIME TO THE COURT AS WELL.
EVIDENCE AVAILABLE, NO APPROVAL.
COULD I ASK YOU, WOULD YOU MAKE THAT MOTION FOR BOTH? BOTH ON BOTH ON BOTH.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR BOTH? I'LL SECOND.
SO WE'RE DOING F NINE AND F SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
F NINE AND F 10 APPROVE YOU UNANIM.
[F.11 Discuss and Consider For Approval, Security Services Agreement Between Terminal Security Services, Inc and The Board of Tl'Ustees of the Galveston Wharves (Charles Varnado)]
NOW F 11, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL SECURITY[01:15:01]
SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN TERMINAL SECURITY SERVICES INC.AND THE BOARD OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GAL.
UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, OUR CURRENT SECURITY CONTRACT EXPIRES ON DECEMBER.
UH, WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE AND THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, WE RANKED THE TOP FIVE.
WE TOOK THE TOP FIVE AND BROUGHT THEM IN TO ACTUALLY DO PRESENTATIONS FOR US.
TERMINAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS, UH, WAS, UH, NUMBER ONE AFTER THE REVIEW OF THE, UH, PROPOSALS AND ALSO AFTER WE DID THE IN-PERSON, UM, UH, PRESENTATIONS.
UH, SO WE, UH, WE WERE REQUESTING THAT THEY WILL HAVE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO ONE YEAR, UM, OPTIONS.
UH, INTERNAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS FALLS UNDER
SO THEY'VE BEEN AT THE PORT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PORT AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL, UM, PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES HERE FOR PORT GALVESTON.
UH, RICHARD, UM, I MOVE APPROVAL.
AND THEN I HAVE A SUMMARY SECOND BY THE MAYOR.
I DIDN'T READ IT REAL, REAL CLOSELY, BUT I COULDN'T SEE WHERE, OR, OR WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS AGREEMENT, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THIS VENDOR ACTUALLY PAYS THE PEOPLE A COMPETITIVE SALARY? IT IS ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT WE GAVE THEM A MINIMUM CONTRACT, UH, MINIMUM PAY FOR THE PAID FOLKS.
AND ACTUALLY WITH THE TERMINAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCREASES IN PAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE WORKING THE TRAFFIC, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING OUTSIDE, UH, IN THE MOST, UH, HAZARDOUS AREAS.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE IT IN PLACE TO WHERE THEY WILL GET A, A MINIMUM PAYMENT PAID PER HOUR AND THEN ANNUALLY WE'LL COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS CO BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE ACTUAL, IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT.
I JUST DIDN'T ALSO, BECAUSE WE INCLUDE BILLING PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THEIR HOURS AND YES.
RATE IN WITH THE RENT INVOICE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR PAY FOR WHATEVER THE, UH, OVERALL PAY IS PER HOUR.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, 'CAUSE I REMEMBER, WAS IT LAST YEAR YOU BROUGHT US YES, YES.
WE HAD, YOU, YOU HAD SOME CONCERNS FOR THE LAST YEAR OF THAT CONTRACT THAT WE WEREN'T PAYING SOME OF THE FOLKS ENOUGH OR THEY WEREN'T BEING PAID ENOUGH.
WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH THE TURNOVER.
BECAUSE OF THE OUTSIDE, UM, COMPARING OUTSIDE TO INSIDE.
AND IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INSIDE, THEY WOULD WANT TO GO INSIDE.
SO, UH, AND WITH TSS IT WAS GREAT THAT THEY ACTUALLY INCREASED THE PAY AND THEY WERE STILL COMPETITIVE IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THE INCREASED PAY TO THE, UH, OUTSIDE PERSONNEL.
SO THEY WERE RANKED SECOND WHEN IT COMES TO THE PAY.
BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CUSTOMER FACING FOR US.
I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE FATE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE REMEMBER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TRAFFIC GUARD, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERFACING WITH THE CUSTOMER SO THEY HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S A BAD REFLECTION ON THE POINT.
SO ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES WITH TSS IS THEY ALSO, UH, STATED THAT THEIR SUPERVISORS WILL BE ATTENDING TRAINING FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
UH, TRAIN TO TRAINER, AND THEN THEY WILL BRING THAT TRAINING BACK TO THE OTHERS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS WE GROW, UH, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE, AND ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS WE ASKED WAS THAT, UM, WITH FOUR, OVER 400, 4 MILLION PASSENGER MOVEMENTS PER YEAR, WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, PEDESTRIAN, UH, VEHICULAR INTERFACE? OKAY, GOOD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, SIR.
'CAUSE I KNOW THIS, THIS IS, THIS WAS NOT TRIVIAL TO GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE 10 PROPOSALS, INTERVIEW FIVE TO GET TO THIS.
SO WE, WE HAD A GREAT TEAM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH, UH, WHICH, UH, INCLUDED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR MOBILITY, AND SOME OTHER FOLKS.
[F.12 Discuss and Consider for Approval the Renewal of Contract with Community Strategies, LLC.]
ITEM NUMBER F 12, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL OF CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY STRATEGIES.DO I HAVE A MOTION? UM, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT FOR, FOR ONE YEAR, UH, WITH A CAP ON EXPENDITURES OF $175,000 FOR THAT YEAR, ALL IN EXPENSES.
AND THAT WE, UH, BEGIN THE PROCESS.
WE, UH, ASKED KORN FERRY TO, UH, LOOK AT THE, UM, DEFINING THE, THE JOB AT DEVELOPING A JOB DESCRIPTION AND, UM, ALSO COMING, UH, BACK TO US WITH A RANGE OF SALARY, UM, DURING, DURING THIS YEAR SO
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THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO MOVE OR GO AHEAD AND MOVE, UM, UH, PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, UH, IN-HOUSE AT THE PORT, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.ANY DISCUSSION? I, I THINK THAT'S JUST, IT'S A VI THAT'S LONG TERM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS IN-HOUSE SOMEHOW.
AND SO I THINK WE AS SHEILA'S IN THE MOTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY A TIMING BOUNDARY ON THAT NECESSARILY, BUT WE NEED TO EVENTUALLY, WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS THAT.
AND SO THIS KIND OF STARTS THE
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL ONLY TAKE A RAISE RIGHT HERE THAT'S APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[F.13 Discuss and consider approval of First Amendment to Lease Agreement between Robert W. Jones and Mary T. Jones and the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves (120/1228 Harborside Drive). - Tony Brown]
WE'LL MOVE TO F 13, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROBERT W. JONES AND MARY T. JONES AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALS DIVORCE.WELL, IT'S THE BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET ON THE, ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF HARBORSIDE DRIVE.
THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY ENTERED A LEASE IN 2022 TO LEASE THAT PROPERTY FOR, FROM MR. AND MRS. JONES.
UH, IT, UH, AS PART OF THE CRUISE TERMINAL, 10 PARKING FACILITIES, THE SOUTHERN END OF THOSE, THAT PARKING FACILITY.
UH, AND, UH, AFTER THE LEASE WAS ENTERED, IT TURNS OUT THAT PROPERTY NORTH OF THAT, UH, MR. JONES, MR. AND MRS. JONES PROPERTY WAS A 10 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, UH, WHICH, UH, HE ACQUIRED BY ABANDONMENT FROM THE, UH, CITY.
AND SO HE'S NOW THE OWNER OF THAT.
AND SO THE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, INCREASES THE, UH, UH, INCREASES THE SIZE OF THE LEASE PREMISES BY 3,800 FEET, THE AMOUNT OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY WHERE THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE, UH, OF RENT AT THE SAME AMOUNT PER SQUARE FOOT AS IS BEING PAID ON THE REST.
HOW LONG IS THIS LEASE FOR? IT ENDS IN, I DON'T FORGET WHICH MONTH, BUT IT'S IN 2027.
DO I HAVE A MOTION APPROVAL? OKAY.
MOTION BY TRUSTEE MOORE FOR APPROVAL.
SHEILA, COULD I, COULD WE HEAR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? YES.
ROGER, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND OR SAY ON THIS OR I'LL LET, I'LL LET JULIO SET, SAY LEO.
YEAH, I MEAN, HE'S GOT A LOT MORE DETAILS ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
UM, JUST WHAT IS THE STATUS RECOMMENDATION,
UM, I THINK MR. JONES LEGALLY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.
UM, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE'RE IN THE MONTH 40 OF A 60 MONTH AGREEMENT, UM, WHICH WE DID NOT, YOU KNOW, EXPECT WOULD GROW THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF HIS PROPERTY, BUT IT DID GROW.
HE ACQUIRED IT FROM, UH, THROUGH THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS.
UH, WE, WE FELT THAT THE CITY PROBABLY COULD HAVE WORKED WITH THIS A LITTLE BETTER.
UM, IT'S A PROPERTY THAT, THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT, AS WE'VE KNOWN IT AS PIER 10, WE'VE OPERATED FOR DECADES.
AND, UH, HE MANAGED TO ACQUIRE IT LEGALLY.
UH, AND, UH, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD REALLY.
IF WE WANT TO PAY HIM THE INCREASED RENT, IT AMOUNTS TO 20 ADDITIONAL MONTHS OF ABOUT $2,000.
SO $41,000 IN INCREASE RENTED.
DO, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST CONTINUE THE LEASE AS IS WITHOUT THIS INCREASED, UH, LAND, THIS LITIGATED? YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THE, UM, CANCELLATION CLAUSE IN THIS AGREEMENT.
WE DO OWN THE LABORING PROPERTY, UH, BUT, UH, NOT ON THIS ONE.
I MEAN, UNLESS, I MEAN, TONY CAN TELL US THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? WELL, I, I DO WE HAVE THE, WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
DO, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE LEASE AS IS WITHOUT ADDING THE 3,800 SQUARE FEET? I DON'T, CAN WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE, IF WE ELIMINATE THAT 3,800 FOOT STRIP, DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE REST OF THE SPACE? WELL, ONE OF, ONE OF MY PROPOSED IDEAS WHEN WE CAME ACROSS THIS WAS TO OFFER A SWAP, RIGHT? SO
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THE GENTLEMAN HAS, UH, HAS INCREASED 3,800 SQUARE FOOT OF FOOTPRINT.WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT 3,800 IN A DIFFERENT PORTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHERE IT SITS, IT'LL DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR OPERATION.
SO, SO THE IDEA THAT WE COULD GO BACK TO 'EM AND PROPOSE HERE'S YOUR 3,800 FEET ON THIS CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WE WON'T OPERATE ON THAT, BUT WHERE IT SITS, UH, IT DOES IMPACT THE OPERATION YOU HAVE YOU OFFERED THAT? WE'VE NOT, AS FAR AS I, I KNOW, TONY, I THOUGHT YOU, I THOUGHT THERE'D BEEN DISCUSSIONS THAT HE REFUSED TO YEAH, NO, I DON'T THINK WE'VE, UH, PUT THAT IN WRITING TO HIM.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE REALLY WOULD.
JUST WONDERING HOW HE CAME ACROSS THE BAR IN THE PROPERTY.
THAT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PORT TO DO THE LAND SWAP, WOULD IT? I WOULD, I WOULD THINK SO, YEAH.
I MEAN, REMEMBER WHEN WE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY, THE, THE PIECE WAS A LOT MORE CRITICAL.
WE DID NOT HAVE ALL THE PARKING SPACE NEIGHBORING TO TERMINAL 10.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE UTILIZED IT VERY HEAVILY.
IT'S BEEN VERY, UH, HIGHLY OCCUPIED, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SAT EMPTY.
UH, OUR OCCUPANCY RIGHT NOW, THE HIGH SEASON SITS, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 85 AND 95% OCCUPIED WITH VEHICLES WE PARK IN POLICE.
SO IT'S BEEN HIGHLY UTILIZED THROUGH THE TERM FOR THE 40 OF THE 60 MONTHS OF THE AGREEMENT.
WE OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE ENTERED THAT DEAL, WE DID NOT EXPECT TO BE SITTING WHERE WE SIT NOW WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND THE 2300 NEIGHBORING SPACES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE COULD, WE COULD LIVE WITHOUT IT.
HEY, ERIC, DOES, DOES THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FROM THE ABANDONMENT RESULT IN ADDITIONAL PARKING? UH, NO.
NO, BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY ON, WE ALREADY USED ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT WAS ALREADY, OKAY, I GOTCHA.
AND IF I UNDERSTAND, IF I UNDERSTAND IT ON THAT POINT, WE'RE ONLY HAVING TO PAY HIM FOR USING IT BACK TO SEPTEMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WE HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME, YES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF, IF I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE ANOTHER MOTION, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE.
WE HAVE MOTION UNLESS THEY WITHDRAW.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL ON FAVOR? THE MOTION.
ALL OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MOTION FAILS SO YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, DEFER THIS ITEM TILL, UH, THE NEXT MEETING AT WHICH TIME, UM, STAFF CAN BRING BACK, UM, SOME OPTIONS THAT THEY'VE OFFERED AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AGAIN.
GOT A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? SO, UH, THIS IS A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NUMBER F 13.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I, I MADE MY COMMENTS ON THE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES THING.
I THINK I'D BE REMISS TO SAY THAT KATHY IS DOING A FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL JOB.
I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT SOME, IDEALLY THAT ROLE WOULD BE AN INTERNAL ROLE.
SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS A PLAN TO DO THAT, BRING THAT ROLE BACK IN.
BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IN NO WAY THE REFLECTION OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK CAPTAIN.
[F.14 Discuss and Consider the Finance Committee and Board of Trustees Calendar for 2026]
SO ITEM F 14, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ORDER.ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I THINK IT'S, IT'S GREAT.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING WE MIGHT ADD ON THERE IS THIS EVALUATION, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, THE EVALUATION WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
MAYBE THAT, ADD THAT ON THERE.
SO AGAIN, SO WE DON'T FORGET IT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR? NEXT YEAR.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT FOR A FEW FOR YEAR.
JUST IT'S A TICKLER SO YOU DON'T YEAH.
FORGET TO MAINLY PUT IT FOR NOVEMBER 30TH.
NEXT, DO IT BECAUSE IT'S TO BE DUE FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING.
I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE NO, NO, JUST SO WE DON'T FORGET IT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CAN EASILY, OKAY.
I'M, I'M TAKING THAT AS A MOTION, RIGHT? IF IT'S YES, I'LL SECOND.
SECOND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NOVEMBER 30TH DATE.
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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MOTION CARRIES UNANIM.[Items F.15 - F.17]
SEE, UH, THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. I HAVE A CONFLICT.I AM GOING STAY IN AND JUST FACILITATE DISCUSSION, BUT DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION.
YOU CANNOT DELIBERATE, I'M NOT GONNA DELIBERATE.
I'M JUST GONNA ANNOUNCE THE, AND LET, LET THE, UH, DISCUSSION CONTINUE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUBLEASE FROM GC ASSET HOLDINGS, LLC TO CORPORATE AFFILIATE GULF COPPER, LLC OWNING THE ASSIGNMENT LEASE FROM GULF COPPER AND MANUFACTURING CORPORATION TO GC ASSET HOLDINGS.
SO THESE ARE ALL, ALL THREE OF THESE ARE RELATED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED ASSIGNMENT FROM, UH, OF THE, UH, LEASE ON PELICAN ISLAND FROM GULF, THE CURRENT GULF COPPER TO, UH, AN AFFILIATE OF A COMPANY.
UH, IT'S, UH, MARITIME DEFENSE AND INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION IS THEIR US PARENT COMPANY.
AND THROUGH THEIR CORPORATE STRUCTURING, UH, THEY, THE BOARD IS ALREADY APPROVED A CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF A LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO 'CAUSE THEIR INTERNAL STRUCTURE ALSO WANT TO SUBLEASE FROM THE ASSET NEED TO ANOTHER AFFILIATE.
AND SO THE, UH, CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN MODIFIED SO THAT THE US PARENT WILL GUARANTEE NOT ONLY PERFORMANCE BY THE ASEE, BUT ALSO BY SUBES TO COVER THAT.
AND THEN THE ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE IS BASICALLY A STANDARD, UH, DOCUMENT WHERE A LANDLORD CONFIRMS THE, IS EXISTING AND IT IS IN PLACE, AND PEOPLE MAY RELY ON THAT TO ACQUIRE THE LEASEHOLD INTEREST.
SO TONY, UH, CAN, DO WE NEED THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS? OR ONE MOTION FOR I THINK, I THINK YOU CAN HAVE ONE MOTION FOR ALL THREE, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD.
I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS F 15, F 16, AND F 17.
YOU LIKE A SECOND OR SECOND DISCUSSION? OKAY.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, ITEMS F 15, F 16 AND F 17 ARE APPROVED WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
[F.18 Discuss Future Agenda Items for the Novembe1· Board Meeting.]
OKAY, F 18.DISCUSS AND DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING.
UH, SHOULD SAY PROBABLY DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.
YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE DISCUSSION ABOUT A, A CITY AND BOARD MOBILITY PLAN AT THE FOREFRONT.
SO COULD WE ADD THAT AS A, A, UH, AN UPDATE, A RECURRING UPDATE FOR EACH MONTH? AND I GUESS AS ANGIE, YOU, YOU WERE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER A, UH, THE, UM, WHAT WE CALL REAL ESTATE, THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE MANAGING.
SO YEAH, IF WE GET THAT MEETING TOGETHER, THEN WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE DECEMBER BOARD.
[G. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
OKAY.COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I'M GONNA GO OUTTA ORDER A LITTLE BIT AND JUST PASS THAT THE BOARD, UH, KEITH FORMER OF TRUSTEE, UH, AND HIS FAMILY, RICHARD FAMILY, UH, IN THE SHEILA, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YAY AND SO DESERVED.
AND ALSO, ROGER ON THE, UH, AWARD OF THE TAMAN AWARD THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND MR. TOMAN WAS, UM, A PILLAR OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL AWARD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF, WHICH WE USUALLY DO EVERY MONTH, AND KNOW THAT IT'S HEARTFELT.
UM, TO JEFF'S POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, COMMUNITY STRATEGIES, UM, OUR OWN ANGIE RAMIREZ AND THE SAN LUIS STAFF FOR AN AMAZING SERIES OF EVENTS, UM, UH, IN DEDICATION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE EXPERTISE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE AND THE WAY THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE, UM, TO THE PROGRESS OF THE FIELD.
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UM, HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND THANK YOU FOR NOT SERVING TURKEY TODAY.WELL, SHEILA SAID IT VERY WELL THERE.
SO THAT WAS THE KUDOS TO, UH, VIC, YOU AND ROGER FOR YOUR AWARDS.
I THINK IT'S JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN MR. BOARD, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.
AND, UH, I JUST, YEAH, YOU THANK AS FAR AS THE, THE WORK OF THE STAFF AND ALL THE GREAT STUFF, AND I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, WE PAT OURSELVES ALL ON THE BACK AND JEFFREY AND YOUR TEAM AND, UH, EVERYBODY FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKING A, A UH, CONTAINER OR A BANANA WAREHOUSE WITH FOUR TRUCKS IN 16 MONTHS, TURNING IT INTO A BEAUTIFUL, UM, CRUISE FACILITY AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND HAVE IT OPEN ON, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE ABILITY OF THIS PORT TO GET THINGS DONE AND, AND DO WHAT, DO WHAT THEY SAY.
SO THAT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND TO ALL FOR THAT HARD WORK.
AND THEN SHEILA, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, ECHO SHEILA AND JEFF SENTIMENTS.
THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, PROPELLER CLUB, UH, COMING UP TOMORROW, ANYBODY IS FREE STOP BY KC HALL PROPELLER CLUB'S, HAVING THEIR, UH, MONTHLY STEAK DINNER.
AND THEN DECEMBER 5TH AS WELL AT CRUISE TERMINAL 10 WILL BE A, A VERY SPECIAL EVENT.
UM, TICKETS ARE ON SALE ONLINE, SO HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE AT THE PROPELLER CLUB CHRISTMAS FUNCTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO ALL THE ECHOES.
I MEAN, WHENEVER YOU FINISH A YOU'RE NOT FINISHED, BUT WHENEVER YOU GET TO THIS STAGE IN A PROJECT LIKE CT 16, IT'S REALLY, REALLY, UH, IT, IT, IT REALLY SHOWS THAT WE'VE GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO GET STUFF DONE, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AGAIN, YOU TWO ARE A POWERHOUSE, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE JOINT MEETING WE HAD WITH COUNCIL.
I THINK IT WAS, WE, IT WAS ONE HOUR LONG, BUT WE GOT A LOT DONE, SEEMS LIKE, WHICH WAS GOOD.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR ON ON FACILITATING THAT.
WE DO, UM, HAVE OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO RICHARD DRE'S SON, CHRIS, WHO'S LIKE I TOLD SHE, I DON'T COMPARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TINO, BUT CHRIS FOR SURE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.
HE WAS, UM, AS FRIENDLY AND AS NICE AND LOVING AS THEY COME AND HE'LL BE SOLY BLESSED.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RICHARD, UH, WHO SERVED ON THIS BOARD.
ALSO, THE, UH, VAN NESS FAMILY WHO RECENTLY LOST MARK AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF MINE, THE AL FAMILY, WHO HAD A TRAGEDY, UH, HAPPENED TO THEIR FAMILY THIS WEEK.
AND OUR PRAYERS FOR THE, FOR, FOR HEALING FOR THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.
ON A LATTER NOTE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ANGIE RAMIREZ ON 24 YEARS WORKING WITH, SHE'S, UH, DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING EVERY SINGLE TEXT, EVERY SINGLE EMAIL AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO V AND ROGER FOR YOUR AWARD WELL SERVED, UH, FOR SURE.
AND, UH, WANTED TO MAKE JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE MOBILITY STUDY.
UH, VERY PROUD, PROUD OF THE PORT.
UH, THE BOARD INITIATED THIS DISCUSSION, UH, BROUGHT IT TO CITY COUNCIL AND SUPPORTED, I THINK UNANIMOUSLY OF COURSE BY CITY COUNCIL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GUIDANCE THAT, UH, THE BOARD AND THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE CAN GIVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO THAT WAS WELL DONE, REPRESENTING NOT ONLY THE PORT, BUT THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING THIS MOBILITY STUDY FORWARD.
UH, AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.
DOCTOR, ANYTHING? UM, YEAH, I, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE GALA OF NEXT YEAR FOR ANGIE'S 25TH
IT ONLY FEELS LIKE TWO, IT ONLY FEELS LIKE 200.
I WOULD JUST SAY HOW FORTUNATE I'M TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE ME AND 24 YEARS IS A LONG TIME BIG CHUNK OF LIFE.
SO WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR 30, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 30 SO, SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO FOR US.
I TO CLOSE BY SAYING THE COURT IS MAKING NEWS ALL OVER THE PLACE
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AND YESTERDAY WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR ME IN THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS SAID, I WANT COME DOWN AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.READ YOU, SEND ME STUFF ON CRUISE, IS YOU SEND ME STUFF ON ICEBREAKERS, YOU SEND ME, I WANT TO COME SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SHE LET A CONTEND OF MAYBE 10 OR 12 PEOPLE FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BANK THANKS TO THE, UH, THE PILOTS WHO PROVIDED A BOAT.
WE DID A HARD TOUR, THEY GOT ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS, AND, BUT THEY COULD WENT ANYWHERE, BUT THEY CHOSE THE BOARD OF GALAX THAT'S IN NAAU, BUT THEY CHOSE THIS AREA TO COME AND SPEND A DAY WITH US YESTERDAY.
AND SO I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A REACH WAY OUTSIDE OF THE TON COMMUNITY, STATEWIDE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL.
AND I THINK HE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THE SUPPORT'S DOING.
AND THAT WAS A COMPLIMENT TO YOU TOO.
MANY OF YOU KNOW, AT BALL HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A PRETTY UNIQUE CLASS, THE HISTORY OF GALVESTON.
MARK KELSO TEACHES IT, AND ROGER'S DONE A LOT TO BRING THE KIDS HERE.
THEY'VE TOURED THE CRUISE TERMINALS AND THE LIKE.
AND TOMORROW THERE'S ANOTHER INSTALLMENT WHERE THE KIDS ARE COMING AND THEY'RE GONNA VISIT THE GALVESTON, TEXAS CITY PILOTS, UH, G AND H TOWING TEXAS A AND M AT GALVESTON AND GULF COPPER.
SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO OPEN, MAKE IT REAL AND GIVE, LET KIDS SET THEIR EYES ON IT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND GIVE THEM IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT DO FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.
SO APPRECIATE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS HELPING WITH THAT.
THERE A LOT TO BE SAID AFTER 200 YEARS OF BEING THE COMMERCE HERE.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU TONY FOR BRINGING UP TO OUR ATTENTION.
ANYTHING ELSE BECOME BEFORE THIS BODY BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
IT'S NOT 1:37 PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.