* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] AT, UH, 10 44. [A. CALL TO ORDER] SO, WELCOME TO THE BOARD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OUR REGULAR MEETING ON, UH, TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH. WELCOME TO THE BOARD AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, AND THOSE TRYING TO WATCH US ON THE, ON THE, ON THE TV. UH, WITH THAT, ANGIE, I'LL ASK FOR A ROLL CALL. YES, SIR. CHAIRMAN, JEFF PATTERSON. HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN WILLIE GONZALEZ. HERE, TRUSTEE MAYOR RICK BROWN. HERE. TRUSTEE SHEILA LISTA. HERE. TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE. HERE. TRUSTEE VIC PEARSON. HERE. TRUSTEE. ERIC TROMBA. HERE. THANK YOU. I'LL DECLARE WE HAVE A COURT. MS. STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STAND. HANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, JUDGE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL. DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF TRUSTEE, UH, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY A TRUSTEE THAT WE WANT TO BE DECLARE? I WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE CONFLICT WITH, UH, ITEM E FIVE. AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES. OKAY. I'M IN SUB ONE TIER 21. YES. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. OKAY. SO, NOTED. ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON. UM, NO PRESENTATIONS. MOVING INTO [C.1 Approval of the Minutes] GENERAL MINUTES, UH, GENERAL BUSINESS. WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, I BELIEVE ENGINE. WE HAVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AND THEN A SPECIAL MEETING. CORRECT. SO I DO THOSE WITH ONE MOTION IF WE'RE SO INCLINED, I MOVE APPROVE . THANK YOU, RICHARD. SECOND. GOT A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE GONZALEZ. ANY, UH, COMMENTS? UH, UH, CORRECTIONS ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. UH, ANGIE, I DIDN'T, NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO, WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE COURT [C.3 Port Director's Report] DIRECTOR'S REPORT. ALRIGHT, MR. REESE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. P FIVE. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. UM, HERE AGAIN, UH, HERE'S OUR CARGO GLANCE. OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, AND WE'RE MOVING WHERE ALMOST WHAT 80% FILLED ON ONE OF OUR SLIPS. IT'S REALLY LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. YEAH. UM, BRETT, I MEAN, JUST A QUICK, UM, UPDATE ON THE WIND. I THINK YOU ALREADY SAID IT, BUT YEAH. SO YEAH, IT'S GONNA PICK UP, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UH, A LARGE, UH, VOLUME OF WHAT COMPONENTS MOVING THROUGH THE BEGINNING, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER THROUGHOUT THE, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY QUICK JUST MENTION THE, THE DRY BULK WE HAVE ON THERE. THAT IS ALL THE CHS. SO THAT'S OUR FERTILIZER. UH, WE JUST HAD ONE SHIP UNLOADED. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COMING IN. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DREDGE THEIR BIRTH DOWN TO THE REQUIRED DEATH. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY GOOD YEAR. GOOD. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT? UM, YOU SAID GE WAS PRIMARILY THE, THE LAST YEAR? YES. YEAH. COMING IN. BRING IN, IN THIS TIME, THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE OTHER MANUFACTURERS BRINGING IN THE WATER. ARE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THE ROADS AND ALL THE YES. THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YES, SIR. THEY'VE BEEN HERE. OKAY. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO BLOCK THE ROAD. GOT IT DOWN TO THE SCIENCE. AND HERE'S THE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, EACH WHERE, WHERE WE'RE CRUISE STATISTICS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S STATISTICAL HERE AND HERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, THE NUMBER OF THEM DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUES ARE UP. UM, SO YOU THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT SHIPS AND STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, COMING IN. I NOTICED THE, THE, UH, THE DREAM IS COMING BACK OUT. WE HAD A DREAM AND DRY DOCK, I THINK FOR, FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IT'S COMING BACK. DREAM ROGER. SEE, WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET. YES, SIR. HOW FULL? WERE THE SHIPS RUNNING OUT? IT APPEARS TO BE, THEY'RE RUNNING REAL CLOSE TO CAPACITY. THEY ARE. I THINK THEY'RE HIGH NINETIES. YEAH. OH YEAH. HIGH NINETIES, WHICH IS GREAT. THE BREEZE JUST, WE, THE OTHER DAY I SAW IT WAS AT 48, 4900. USUALLY THEY WERE ALL 4,543. OH. SO YEAH, I THINK MSCS DOING WELL AS WELL. YEP. YEAH. AND I'M NOT NEIGHBOR THAT WORKS, DOES THE, UH, PAPER CHECKING TERMINAL. BUT THAT, I GUESS WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY, UH, WITH THE, THE FUNDING ISSUE AND TSA AND ALL THIS. NOT, I GUESS NOT. IT'S NOT AFFECTING CBP. NO, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET. I MEAN, ENFORCE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THESE GUYS AREN'T GETTING PAID. YEAH. I GUESS WE MUSK MIGHT STEP UP AND WRITE SOME CHECKS. I DUNNO. THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHAT I HEAR. POTENTIAL FUNDING. YEAH. BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING, I'M NOT HEARING [00:05:01] ANY, I GUESS WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY BIG ISSUES AT THE TERMINAL BECAUSE OF THAT. NOT CERTAIN OF, NOT LIKE THE AIRPORT SOMETHING. IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE, THE CBP WORKS DOWN HERE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ARM, BUT THEY'RE NOT AFFECTED BY THAT. SO THEY WORK. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, FINANCIAL SUMMARY. UH, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS A, A DUPLICATE OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY THIS MORNING FOR YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS. UM, ALREADY, I THINK WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START. UM, GRANTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, FORD INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, AS YOU KNOW, THEY FINALLY JUST, UH, ANNOUNCED THAT HERE AT THE END OF OF FEBRUARY, WE PUT IN, UM, A, UH, REQUEST FOR SHORE POWER UNDERNEATH THAT GRANT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE SHORE POWER IS, IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD. AND I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE. UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THE COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL, UH, PROJECTS THAT, I MEAN, WE PUT IN FOR GRANTS ON THAT. AND HERE'S THE, THE NUMBER, THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVED AND WHERE WE ARE. YOU KNOW, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, UH, T STOCK GRANT IS, IS OBVIOUSLY UNDERWAY. AND THEN THE WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY, UM, WAY FINDING AS, AS THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP EARLIER. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD, FORWARD ON THAT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD KICKOFF MEETINGS. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, IT IS A PROCESS, RIGHT? I MEAN, UP TO DO THESE THINGS AND, AND YOU, AS WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, YOU GOTTA GET STARTED BEFORE YOU REALLY SEE MUCH ACTIVITY AND, AND THEN YOU GET STARTED BASED ON EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULES AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE REAL FORTUNATE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS UP HERE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE KIND OF GRANTS AND, AND, UH, AND THOSE AMOUNTS. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MOVING INTO, UH, THE, UH, TEXAS FORCE ASSOCIATION AND THE PAC, UM, BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE PUSHING OUR, UH, OUR PROJECTS FROM ALL PORTS. THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING THIS OVER THE SUMMER WITH SOME TESTIMONY IN, UH, SOME OF THE COMMITTEES, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE TEXAS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION, TEXAS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION. JUST, UM, HIRED A FULL-TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO WE FEEL REAL HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY TO ACTUALLY RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THAT ORGANIZATION. UM, HERE'S SOME MORE GRANTS THAT ARE, WERE, THAT WERE WORKING. UM, JUST SHORE POWER. AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME MICRO GRID. UM, WE ADDED THAT ON, IF YOU SAW THIS FORM, WE ADDED THAT ONTO THE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT SHEETS AS THAT THING MOVES FORWARD. UM, THE HGAC, YOU KNOW, THOSE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE STATUS OF ALL THOSE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE KICKOFFS AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEES. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSALS AND, AND WE BRING SOME OF THAT BACK TO YOU HERE SHORTLY. UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE RAISED GRANT, WE'VE GOT 408,000 ON THAT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF, WE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS MOBILITY STUDY AND YET WE, WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDS TO, UH, DO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO KIND A LITTLE BIT AHEAD SCHEDULE ON THAT. WE'LL SEE. THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP HERE, THE MOBILITY STUDY AND, AND THE CITY'S, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY. AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE PORT SECURITY GRANTS. UM, WE USUALLY RECEIVE THIS. IT'S JUST A SUMMARY. SO YOU SEE, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT GRANTS WE HAVE FOR SECURITY GRANTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OUR ANNUAL GRANTS. UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON SOME, UH, ONE OF THE NEWEST GRANTS IS, IS MORE OF A EDUCATIONAL, WE'RE ALWAYS PUTTING, REPLACING CAMERAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE, THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY IS GOING OUT. UH, IT'S GOING AHEAD, IT'S GOING AHEAD UP. THERE'S SOME MORE SECURITY GRANTS. WE HAVE TWO TO THREE YEARS TO FINISH THESE GRANTS. UM, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE. UM, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE WE'RE, AS I MENTIONED UP THERE IN THE GRANTS, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS, UM, SOLICITATIONS ON THESE HGA PLANT PROJECTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF BOTH OF THOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY BECAUSE IT LOOKS, THEY, THEY FIT EACH OTHER. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO 'EM ALL WITH THE SAME COMPANY IF IT WORKS OUT THAT WAY. UM, UH, WE'RE WAITING ON A NEW DESIGN. UM, I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, AND THEN, UH, OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL INTERNAL, UM, THAT, THAT'S THE WEST END THAT SEEMED TO BE GOING FORWARD. SHUTTLE BUSES. UM, WE HAD THAT ON TODAY'S AGENDA, UM, WHICH IS A, IS A BIG EXPENSE FOR US. AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG CONTRACT. IT'S FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT, UM, WHICH WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON IT, AND THE MOBILITY STUDY, AS I MENTIONED, WAY FINDING. AND THEN, UM, THE SOLICITATION FOR JANITORIAL [00:10:01] SERVICES, UH, ON THE JANITORIAL SERVICES. ROGER DOES. IS CT 10 INCLUDED IN THAT, OR DOES NO, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S PRIVATE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO THAT'S A BIG SPACE THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN IT. RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, EXTERNALLY, WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT, BUT WE, WE TAKE CARE OF THE LOTS AND ALL THIS. OH, NO. OKAY. UH, MARK'S SAFETY, UM, ANDREW QUINTANA, UM, FOUND SOME ALGAE ON THE SIDEWALK. SO WE, UH, CLEANED THAT OFF. AND HE GOT A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE PARKING, HOW I WAS GONNA, HOW'S OUR NEW SAFETY? WE HIRED A NEW SAFETY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE A NEW SAFETY. AND SO SHE'S GETTING ORIENTED AND, UH, SHE'S HERE EVERY DAY, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. YEAH. AND, AND, UH, SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF HER IN THE FUTURE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT, THAT FOLK BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOCUS EVERY DAY'S REALLY GOOD. RIGHT. SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE, WHICH MAKES A DIFFERENCE. MAKES A DIFFERENCE. UM, HERE'S THE NUMBERS FOR FEBRUARY. UM, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST CRANKING. I MEAN, IN PARKING AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION. I MEAN, THESE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD. UM, YOU KNOW, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'LL, IF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK AND THOSE, YOU'LL SEE VERY ACTIVE, THAT WE'RE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PARKING A BIG BAR. I MEAN, A LOOKING PRODUCT TOO. YEAH. WE'RE DOING THAT INTERNALLY. THAT'S GOOD. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU POINT OUT HERE, AND I THINK THAT JULIO AND I, WE DISCUSS THIS PROBABLY ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE MARKET HERE IS SOMEWHERE, AND THESE ARE JULIO'S NUMBERS, THAT MARKET FOR PARKING IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 60 MILLION A YEAR. AND SO WE'RE, WE ARE, WE ARE ONLY ATTACKING, WE'RE ONLY GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 50% OF THAT. SO THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND, AND IMPROVE OUR OWN PARKING, UM, I THINK WE WILL IMPROVE MORE MARKET SHARE. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY EVERYBODY'S IN, YOU KNOW, THE HOTELS ARE ALL IN IT, THE AIRPORT'S IN IT, EVERYBODY'S IN IT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A PIECE OF THIS PIE. AND SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. RIGHT, JULIO? YEAH. APPARENTLY EVERYBODY'S DRIVEWAY CAN NOW DO CRUISE CORRECTING. . I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT. I SAW, I'VE SEEN THAT ON FACEBOOK WHERE IT'S KIND LIKE AIRBNB FOR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? YEAH. AND YOU CAN GO ON AND RENT THOSE OUT DOLLAR SAY IN THIS. YEAH. THIS IS, WE'RE LUCK INTO ALL OF IT. ACTUALLY. IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE, IF YOU HAVE A DRIVEWAY, THERE'S A GROUP OUT HERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A GROUP OUT HERE THAT'S TRYING TO GET YOU TO SIGN UP WITH THEM TO, FOR CRUISE PARKING IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS. PLUS, PLUS THERE'S SOME SURFACE LOTS DOWNTOWN THAT I THINK ARE GOING UP ON FOR SALE, LARGE LOT DOWNTOWN. AND, UH, I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT SURFACE. GLEN JULIO'S ON TOP OF THAT. HE, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. THAT'S A BIG CRUNCH ON DOWNTOWN PARKING. THESE ARE LARGE LOTS, AREN'T THEY, JULIO? THAT ARE, YEAH, IT'S ROUGHLY SIX PARKING LOTS. IT'S A LITTLE OVER UNDER SIX OR 700 SPACES. YEAH. THEY'RE OWNED BY BROOKFIELD, UM, THAT THEY ACQUIRED IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL TRANSACTION. SO YEAH. THEY, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO OPERATE THEM. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE TRUCK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET CRUISE PARKING. YEAH. YEAH. THE DRIVEWAYS ARE AN INTERESTING QUESTION. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE SHORT TERM RENTALS, THERE'S A QUESTION CONCERNING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS WHERE PEOPLE LEASE THEIR PROPERTY, SOME OF IT VERSUS ALL OF IT, OR SOME OF THE YEAR VERSUS ALL OF THE YEAR. AND THIS COULD HAVE A SIMILAR IMPLICATION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PUSH THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS, AS ROGER MENTIONED, THERE'S SO MANY AREAS THAT PARKING'S BEING UTILIZED FOR CRUISES AND NOT, UH, ING UP PAYING FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE NEED TO PUT A BIGGER PUSH AT THE CITY ON THAT. MM-HMM . UM, TOMORROW EVENING, FOUR TO SIX. UM, I THINK WE'VE REALLY PUBLICIZED THIS REALLY WELL. SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A GOOD TURNOUT. WE HAD, WHAT, 150 OR SO LAST TIME. AND I THINK WITH THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUILDING AROUND THIS NEW MASTER PLAN. YEAH. OBVIOUSLY. EXCUSE ME. I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD. BEFORE YOU FINISH, I WAS GONNA SAY, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE, UH, OPINION MICHAEL SMITH READ ARTICLE. GREAT EDITORIAL. YEAH. YEAH. IS THAT TODAY? IT IS TODAY. VERY FAIR AND GOOD. SO THAT'S GOOD. I MEAN, I, AND I HEAR, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THIS IS OUR, [00:15:01] YOU KNOW, OUR ATTEMPT OF TRANSPARENCY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS GREAT. THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, COLOR AND A LOT OF, UH, BUT NONE OF IT HAPPENS UNTIL THIS BOARD DECIDES IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THEY EVEN UPGRADED THE BATTLESHIP TO, YOU KNOW, IOWA CLASS. MODERN SHIP, MODERN, MODERN BATTLESHIP. UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, UM, WE'VE JUST ANNOUNCED THIS. AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, PRESENTED BY MOODY BANK HAS AGREED TO UNDERWRITE, UM, A MARITIME DAY ACTIVITIES. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO, CONTINUE OFF OF WHERE WE DID LAST YEAR ON THE GALA, IS TO HAVE MARITIME EVENT. AND IN HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER 20 TO 30,000 TO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE HOPE TO LATER ON IN THE YEAR HAVE ANOTHER EVENT. UM, MY GOAL IS JUST, IS JUST TO KEEP THIS FLOW OF MONEY INTO THESE, INTO THESE, UM, ENDOWMENT ACCOUNTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT'S GOOD FOR OUR, FOR US TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. AND SO THAT WILL BE CONTINUED. WE'VE GOT A ADD I WANT TO ADD TO THAT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENDOWMENT AND THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GREAT. GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUT ONTO THE PEER AND SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IS, TO ME, EVEN, EVEN BIGGER. 'CAUSE YOU'RE GETTING, HOWEVER MANY DECIDE TO SHOW UP HUNDREDS OF, OF LIKE KIDS THAT ARE GONNA BE FIGURING OUT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA LAND AFTER THEY GRADUATE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO INTERACT WITH EMPLOYERS AND UNIVERSITIES AND THE LIKE SETTING. AND WE'RE GETTING 'EM STARTED EARLY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE, WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS THERE, UM, DOING SOME SONGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WILL, UH, GALVESTON COLLEGE BE THERE? UM, I AM NOT SURE BUILDING PROGRAM. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WHAT OUR PLANS ARE IN TERMS OF HAVING, WE HAVE TABLES LIKE WE DID BEFORE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A, YOU CAN HAVE A TABLE THERE AND TALK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR PROGRAMS, STUFF LIKE THAT. THE PILOTS AND, AND EVERYBODY GET CONTRIBUTES. GOOD IDEA. WE'LL REACH OUT TO HIM. BRETT'S BEEN COORDINATING WITH ALL THE ENTITIES. SO WHAT ONE THING WE WERE RUNNING INTO, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE COLLEGE IS TIMING. THE FINALS, UH, ARE TAKING PLACE DURING THAT, THAT DAY AS WELL IS A FRIDAY. UH, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE O'CONNELL PASS START CAST AND EVERYBODY WITH GISD IC ACADEMY. AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM A PRESENTATION AT TERMINAL 16, THEN A FOURTH TOUR WHERE THERE'LL BE SOME OF THE STEVE DOORS AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO, UH, P 21, KIND OF THE, THE SHOW AND TELL WITH ALL THE VESSELS. SO, UH, I HOPE TO HAVE THE US COAST GUARD CUTTER H HAWK HERE, AS WELL AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. THAT WAS A BIG, BIG HIT THAT GAVE TOURS ON THAT VESSEL. RIGHT. UM, BUT YEAH, LOOK, TO HAVE IT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. IT'S THE SAME SCALE, BASICALLY. HOPEFULLY WE'RE HAVING A NICE, YOU KNOW, MEAL AFTERWARDS. AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL GUEST SPEAKERS INVITED. UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE EVERYBODY CAN CLEAR THEIR SCHEDULES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SPEAKER AT LUNCH TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. HOPEFULLY THE STREET BUILDING AREA. A SPONSOR FOR THE LUNCHEON FOR, FOR 10,000. SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY. SORRY, , UM, FORD AND TRADE ZONE. UH, BRETT, YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THAT? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING, WE'RE SEEING INCREASED ACTIVITY OVER THIS. YES, SIR. SO I, I PUT THIS SLIDE IN THIS TIME, UH, EVERY YEAR. UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WE ARE THE ONE TRADE ZONE NUMBER 36 GRANTEE, UH, WHICH ENCOMPASSES ALL OF GALVESTON COUNTY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OPERATORS. I'LL BE BRINGING A FIFTH ONE, UH, TO YOU TODAY, UM, FOR APPROVAL. AND THIS, JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE VALUE OF SHIPMENTS THAT'S IMPORT AND EXPORT THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE MERCHANDISE THAT'S BROUGHT AND EXPORTED. AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES IS 78, UH, EQUIVALENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UH, FOR AND THE OPERATIONAL AREAS, UH, FOR LAST YEAR. SO THAT ESSENTIALLY THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE REALLY IS FOR CREATING JOBS. SO TRACKING HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING, UH, IS REALLY CRITICAL AND PART OF THE, UH, THE REPORT. SO THIS TIME OF YEAR WE COLLECT ALL THE INFORMATION FROM OUR OPERATORS AND WE SPENT THE REPORT TO THE FOREIGN TRADE BOARD. UM, AND THEN I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FTZ, MAY BRENT, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TELL 'EM AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 'CAUSE IT'S SURPRISING TO HEAR. YEAH. SO WE HAVE, OF COURSE, B-M-W-B-M-W IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR, UH, TO THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE. UH, THAT'S A BEER 10. WE ALSO HAVE AN AREA OUT AT PIER 41 THAT IS LENIUS. UM, WE HAVE, UH, METRO PORTS WHO HANDLED, UH, IF YOU RECALL, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, A LOT OF THE WIND COMPONENTS. PIER 34, UM, AS WELL AS DOWN THE AREA THAT'S OFF 37TH SOUTH OF HARBORSIDE DRIVE. UH, THEN WE HAVE KING TRANSPORT, WHO'S UP THERE ON 6 46 IN DICKINSON. AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS [00:20:01] WITH A COUPLE CITIES, UH, THAT ARE INTERESTED AS WELL. SO IT'S GOTTEN VERY POPULAR. UM, THE ONE I'LL BE BRINGING TODAY, WILL WE TEXT INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS FOR THEIR, TWO OF THEIR THREE WAREHOUSES THAT, UH, UH, ON THEIR PREMISES. UH, THEY'VE BEEN AN OPERATOR BEFORE, UH, BUT THEY STOPPED OPERATIONS IN, UH, 2024, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ENDS THEIR, UH, AGREEMENT WITH US AND, UH, PASSES THEIR SUNSET DATE WITH THE FOREIGN TRADE COURT. UH, BRETT, UH, PUBLIC, WOULD YOU MENTION WHAT THE FOREIGN FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, WHAT THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS? SO THE BENEFIT IS THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE IS A, AN AREA THAT'S DESIGNATED, AND IT HAS TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, TRADE BOARD AS AN AREA, UM, THAT IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, OUTSIDE OF THE CUSTOMS BOARD OF PROTECTION, THEIR AUTHORITY. UM, SO WHAT IT ALLOWS IS MERCHANDISE, EQUIPMENT, PRODUCT TO BE BROUGHT IN TO BE WAREHOUSED FOR STORAGE OR TO BE, UH, MANUFACTURED INTO OTHER ITEMS. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU BRING COMPONENTS IN FOR A VEHICLE, UH, IT'S CHEAPER TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT, UH, VEHICLE IN ONCE IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, ASSEMBLED. SO YOU GET A DISCOUNT ON THAT. UM, AS WELL AS GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A LOT OF WIN COMPONENTS THAT WERE GOING TO CANADA. UH, HOWEVER, THEY NEEDED A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD BRING THE, UH, VESSEL IN TO DISCHARGE THE WIN COMPONENT PIECES WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE, THE CUSTOMS IN DUTY. WELL, THEY MAY LOSE OUT ON THAT. HOWEVER WE GAIN, 'CAUSE WE GOT THE REVENUE FOR IT, AND WE GOT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EVEN LABOR HOURS FOR THAT AS WELL. UM, IT WAS CREATED IN THE 1930S, I THINK, 1934. UM, AND IT'S REALLY THE PRIMARY GOAL IS JUST TO KEEP COMMERCE MOVING, KEEP PRODUCT FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CREATING JOBS. AND WHEN IT COMES IN, IT IS NOT A, A ELIMINATION OF TAXES, IT'S A DEFERRAL, BASICALLY. RIGHT. UNTIL THEY'RE BROUGHT INTO THE UNITED STATES OF USE OF THE UNITED STATES, ONCE IT LEAVES THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, IF IT COMES INTO THE US AT THAT POINT, IT'S SUBJECT TO DUTIES. THAT'S CORRECT. IF IT'S BROUGHT IN, THEN HAS A, A USAGE OR A FINAL DESTINATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT'S WHEN THAT'S, UH, PAID. IF IT BACK OUT, IT'S NOT. BUT WE'VE COLLECTED OUR THEY, UH, IF THERE'S JOBS AND MOVING IT AROUND THEMSELVES. SO IT'S BENEFICIAL LOCALLY, EVEN IF THEY DON'T BRING IT IN FOR, UM, YES, YOU STILL UP. SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO DREDGE BOATS. ACTUALLY WE HAVE THREE, BUT, UH, TWO, UH, DREDGE BOATS THAT ARE CONTRACTED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. ONE IS WORKING THE CURRENT FEDERAL HARBOR, UM, RIGHT OFF OF, UH, THE CB DOC, THE BUCK ISLAND STORAGE TERMINAL. THE OTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE CHANNEL EXTENSION PROJECT. SO WHO FINALLY, I'VE GOT THAT GOING SINCE 2016. SO THAT'LL BE MOVING. UH, THE ESTIMATED, UH, TIME OF COMPLETION FOR THEM TO DREDGE THE FULL DIMENSIONS OF THE HARBOR IS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER. UM, AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO SOME ADVANCED MAINTENANCE DREDGING TO BRING THE, UH, THE HARBOR DOWN TO 51 FEET. SO THAT DEFINITELY WILL HELP US DOWN. NOW WE'RE STILL AUTHORIZED 46, SO WE STILL SAY 46, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA CUT IT, THE AUTHORIZED DEPTH TO SAVE 51. AND WE'RE GIVING THE SHELVES, UM, ALL THAT MATERIALS GETTING PUT INTO THE PELICAN ISLAND, UH, STORE, THE, UH, PELICAN ISLAND PLACEMENT AREA. AND THEN ON OUR END, WE'RE DOING SOME EMERGENCY DREDGING. WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF 34 35 TO ALLOW FOR THE FERTILIZER VESSEL TO COME IN AS WELL AS PIER 39 40, THE FULL KEY, UH, WHICH IS 1400 FEET. UH, SO THAT'LL BE READY IN JUNE WHEN WE OPEN THAT NORTH BACK UP FOR THE RAILROAD SHIPS. HAS THE CHANNEL BEEN TAKEN DOWN TO 51 BEFORE? NOT THAT I, NO, NO, ACTUALLY I'LL SAY NO. HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR BENEFICIAL USE FOR THAT HARDER MATERIAL LIKE THAT CLAY TYPE MATERIAL THAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT UP? WELL, TECHNICALLY IT, IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT, UH, VIRGIN MATERIAL. IT'S MAINTENANCE MATERIAL. THEY JUST OVERCUT EVERY YEAR HERE AND THERE. UM, BUT THEY NEVER HAD A FULL 51 FEET AT ONE TIME. UH, SO MY, UH, UNDERSTANDING IS NONE OF IT IS GOING TO BE THE CLAIM. NONE OF IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, ANY OF THE VIRGIN MATERIAL. DO WE MAKE MONEY WHEN THEY PUT IT IN OUR SPOIL SIDE HERE? SO WE DO, WE DO NOT THE, THE FEDERAL 'CAUSE THEY PUT IT IN THEIR PLACEMENT AREAS, BUT WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME STAKEHOLDERS, UH, IN THE HARBOR, UH, THAT WE DO, UH, ASSESS A TIPPING FEE TOO. AND I WOULD SAY, I THINK IN 2023, I THINK WAS THE LAST TIME WE DREDGED, UH, ON THAT 2024, SORRY. UH, WE MADE I THINK ABOUT 500,000 FOR TIPPING FEES, UH, IN OUR PLACE AREA. SO YES, WE DID MONETIZE OUR PLACE AREA AS WELL. AND THAT, THAT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BOUGHT AN EXCAVATOR OVER THERE, WHICH A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT, AND ALSO KEEP THE, OUR OWN, UH, LEVEES UP, YOU KNOW, SO WE WOULD, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT FOR TEXAS A AND M AND, UH, WELL, THE DAVY DEFENSE NOW AND THEN THOSE ARE PAYING, WE GET PAID FOR THAT. AND THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY TWO I KNOW THAT IS THERE ANOTHER ONE WE GET PAID FOR? I DON'T, SO WELL, WE HAD SOME OTHER INTEREST, BUT THE KEY PARTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CAPACITY IN OUR PLACEMENT AREA [00:25:01] FIRST. UH, SO WE DON'T UNDERCUT OURSELVES, BUT, UH, WE HAVE HAD OTHER INQUIRIES. WE JUST HADN'T HAD SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THEM. BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ONES YES. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO A COUPLE OF TENANTS OR ONE TENANT THAT WE HAVE TO DREDGE THEM AND, AND EAT THE COST OF THAT AND, AND THE TURN BASE. YEAH. UM, THIS BRINGS ON, UH, OUR PROJECT SPECIALIST, EXTRAORDINAIRE. THANK YOU, ROGER. UH, YEAH, THE OVER LOOK AT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, THE MAIN UPDATES FROM LAST MONTH ON HERE IS, UH, THE, THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY WALKWAY PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE UPDATED THE ACTUAL TIMEFRAMES THAT WERE BID AND THOSE BIDS WE RECEIVED. UM, UH, OF COURSE WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THE, THE WALKWAY PROJECT AT THIS BOARD MEETING, SO THAT'LL SHIFT OUT NEXT MEETING BECAUSE OF THAT. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO UPDATED, UH, THE, THE TIMEFRAME AND DURATION FOR THE, WE ADDED THE, UH, THE STREET, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING AND, AND THOSE EXPECTED CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAMES RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT WE KNOW. JEFFREY, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLAN ON THE WALKWAY? THE TIMING OF ? SO, UM, SO YEAH, WE RECEIVED THE BIDS. SO, SO WHAT WE'VE, WHAT'S TRANSPIRED SO FAR, WE RECEIVED, UH, BIDS PREVIOUSLY, THEY WERE OVER BUDGET, 10 AND $12 MILLION WE WENT THROUGH. IT WAS ACTUALLY, IT WAS A PRETTY MINIMAL, WE ONLY, UH, SPENT ABOUT $20,000 ON REDOING SOME OF THE DESIGN OF THAT TO TRY AND RECOUP UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE BIDS THAT WERE 10, $12 MILLION MOVED TO, UH, 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PLUS OR MINUS $50,000. SO EVERYTHING HONED IN AT THAT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ONLY RECEIVED, UH, JUST UNDER 5 MILLION, WELL, $5 MILLION WAS A PROJECT THREE AND 3.75 WAS THE AMOUNT WE WOULD RECEIVE FROM TECHOPS FOR THAT PROJECT. SO THE, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING A, YOU KNOW, A LET'S GO FORWARD WITH THIS VERY OVER BUDGET PROJECT OR DON'T GO FORWARD WITH IT TO Y'ALL AT THIS POINT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A THIRD OPTION THAT WOULD BE MORE BUDGET FRIENDLY. UM, AND, AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH TIME TO PULL ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER. AND SO NEXT MONTH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING BACK NEXT MONTH. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED, UM, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS JUST TO START TRACKING PROGRESS ON, ON THE, THE TWO, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE 16TH TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS, UH, IN TEXT REVIEW RIGHT NOW. UH, SO, SO THERE'S USUALLY A SIX MONTH REVIEW BEFORE, UH, LET ON A TEXT DOT PROJECT. AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD. THE 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL STILL IS LOOKING AT A AUGUST 20, 27, LET DATE ON THE TXDOT, UH, PROJECT LIST. UM, HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO, TO GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE PRIOR TO THAT, UM, WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTIGATING RIGHT NOW. SO BASICALLY THE, OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I, I, I NOTICED THEY WERE DOING SOME, UH, CUTTING IN, UH, PORT INDUSTRIAL RIGHT AROUND 16TH STREET. DO YOU KNOW THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO? NO, I WAS PRAYING THAT IT WAS WORK ON THE TRACK. NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WORK ON TEXT DOTS DOING, UH, REPAIRS ALL UP AND DOWN FROM, I THINK IT'S LIKE 19TH STREET TO, IS IT 14TH, 14TH STREET UP TO, TO 45. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THAT PROJECT. OKAY. WE DID, JEFF AND I DID GO UP AND MEET WITH THE DIS DISTRICT ENGINEER. GOOD MEETING. UM, THEY REALLY VERY SUPPORTIVE WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE. SO WE'RE JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP. UM, THEY WANT TO SEE, THEY WANT TO SEE SAFETY, THEY WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HARBOR SIDE AND MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, A, A BETTER PLACE. AND SO I THINK WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP. THAT'S WHAT REALLY AMOUNTS TO, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE JEFFREY 16, IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE TECH STOCK APPROVAL PROCESS THAT'S KIND OF THE, LET'S SAY, CRITICAL PATH OR THE, THAT'S WHAT'S KEEPING US FROM CORRECT. AND ON THE 33RD STREET, IT'S REALLY GETTING RAILROAD APPROVAL IS THE, THE MAIN THING THAT'S THE CRITICAL PATH BECAUSE THERE'S THE, THE TWO ACTIVE RAIL LINES, SO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. JEFF, YOU HAD MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT SOME OF THE MATERIALS PROCUREMENT, LIKE THOSE, THOSE SIGNAL POLES MM-HMM . THAT, THAT IT, AT TIMES THERE COULD BE DELAYS IN PROCUREMENT. IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S BEING EXPERIENCED? I DON'T TRACK IT ALL THAT CLOSELY. I KNOW PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO THAT WAS LIKE, THEY WERE VERY LONG LIKE NINE TO 12 MONTHS NOW. NOW WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THEY'RE KIND OF LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEEL ON THAT EXACTLY. THAT THAT CAN CHANGE QUITE QUICKLY DEPENDING ON COMMODITIES AND, AND WHATNOT. UH, I [00:30:01] CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT SPECIFIC IS AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON, I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S A PROJECT THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXECUTE ON, IS THERE ANY WAY TO, UH, GET PROCUREMENT GOING THEN? NOT THAT, LET THAT BE A, A DELAY. I NOTICED THAT THEY USE, THEY USE A CONTRACTOR, 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING WORK RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE CHANGING OUT THE LIGHTS AT HARBORSIDE AND FERRY ROAD. MM-HMM . AND IT, IT'S A CONTRACTOR, SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE THE CONTRACTOR DO THE PROCUREMENT OR NOT. TYPICALLY, THEY, THE YEAH, THAT SUBCONTRACT, THERE'S SIGNAL SPECIAL SPECIALIST SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WORK UNDER WITH THE GENERAL THAT, THAT USUALLY PROCURE THOSE. UM, I, I, I WOULDN'T ADVISE IT ONLY BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE TEXTILE APPROVAL AND ANYTHING CAN CHANGE AT THAT POINT. RIGHT. UH, WHARF ROAD, 23RD STREET TO 20TH STREET, UH, THIS IS THE RIDER 37, UH, GRANT PROJECT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MOVING ALONG, UH, QUITE, QUITE WELL, ACTUALLY. UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE STUCK WITH, UH, SURFACE PICTURES FOR A LOT OF THE PICTURES THIS MONTH BECAUSE OUR DRONE WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR A MONTH DUE TO CRASH. BUT, BUT THEY DID THAT WE MISSED. BUT, BUT, BUT JOHN WAS OUT FLYING IT, UH, LAST WEEK, SO WE WILL HAVE UPDATED PICTURES FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO GET A GOOD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A GOOD SHOT OF, UH, FISHERMAN'S WHARF THAT ACTUALLY NEVER EXISTED BEFORE, BECAUSE BEFORE YOU HAD THIS KIND OF LANDSCAPING AREA JUST, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS, THAT'S ALL REMOVED NOW. UH, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, UH, DEVELOPING NOW, UH, A VERY CONSISTENT NEW PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS IS GONNA CONTINUE DOWN THE, THE LENGTH OF THIS PROJECT. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY NICE. WE HAVE NOTICED ALREADY THIS, THERE'S A NARROW LANDSCAPE AREA THAT SEPARATES THE ROADWAY. WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN SOME KIND OF HARDSCAPING OR SOMETHING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM WALKING OVER OUR LANDSCAPING THERE. BUT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THE, THE PROJECT'S GOING ALONG VERY WELL, UH, ON, ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THIS SUMMER. AND, UH, YEAH. YEAH. THE, THE, UH, TEXAS GOLF'S BEEN PERFORMING WELL, THE PROJECT TEAM'S BEEN DOING GOOD AT KEEPING, UH, KEEPING ALL THE, UH, THE, THE ACTION ITEMS LISTED AT A MINIMUM TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING. SO YEAH, WITH DOWN THERE SUNDAY, IT'LL BE GOOD TO GET THAT DONE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC DOWN THERE, LOT OF DISRUPTION. UH, THE GRAND ELEVATOR TOWER, UH, THIS, THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST TIME THIS IS ON, UM, THE MAIN THINGS WERE WAS, UH, WE, WE DID CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT AND THAT WAS AT, UH, $44,000 NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDER THEY GAVE US FOR, UM, UH, SOME, SOME WORK THAT IT, IT WAS BASICALLY SOME ITEMS THAT OF SCOPE OF WORK THAT WERE ON THE PUNCH LIST ITEM THAT THEY, THEY WERE JUST READY TO GET OUT OF HERE. AND SO WE SAID, WELL, WE CAN PERFORM IT OURSELVES, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY US FOR THIS. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT NEGATIVE 44,000 CHANGE ORDER WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND THERE WAS ALL THINGS THAT THEY WERE NOT SPECIALISTS IN THAT WE HAD MORE EXPERTISE. AND SO WE FIGURED THAT WE'D GET A BETTER PRODUCT IF WE JUST PERFORMED THOSE ITEMS VERSUS, I, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK THIS, AND FORGIVE ME IF I, IF I HAVEN'T FORGOT THE ANSWER. WHAT IS THAT OCTA OCTAGON SHAPED? UH, THAT'S A, I'LL LET BRETT TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT'S NOT HELIPAD. IT'S A HELIPAD. IT'S BEEN HERE. UH, SO WE CHARGED HIM A LEASE RATE FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HERE THAT TO ME, CHANGE ORDERS ARE NEGATIVE ANYWAY. SO THIS RIGHT HERE SAYS A NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDER, NOTHING GOOD BECAUSE IT'S POSITIVE WE GET MONEY BACK. RIGHT. NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE OF A NEGATIVE. RIGHT. RIGHT. UH, THE, UH, THIS IS THE, THE SLIP FILL PROJECT 3 39. YEAH. THIS IS THE FIRST, FIRST PERSON LOOK OF THE ACTUAL KIND OF APRON STRUCTURE OUT THERE. SO, UM, THERE'S BEEN THE QUESTION BEFORE, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WILL THE APRON LOOK LIKE? WELL, THIS, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE STANDING ON HERE IS THIS IS THE ACTUAL, UH, STRUCTURAL CAP ON TOP OF THE COMBI WALL. AND THEN BEHIND THIS, ALL THE WAY BACK UNTIL YOU GET TO OUR, THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE THE GRADE OF, OF, OF THAT APRON THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE CONCRETE IN THE CON CONTRACT RIGHT NOW TO, TO PUT IN PLACE. AND THEN THIS IS THAT START OF THAT SURCHARGE THAT'S GONNA GO THE REST OF THE SLIP. AND THAT'S GONNA HELP CONSOLIDATION. SO THIS IS THE WIDTH OF THE APRON THAT WILL BE PROVIDED OF BY THIS PROJECT. ROUGHLY. ELEVATION'S GONNA BE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER. YEAH. TEMPORARILY UNTIL, UH, WE, WE SEE THAT CONSOLIDATION HAS, UH, STARTED TO FALL OFF. YEAH, MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME WIDE OUT AND FILL IN THIS ON THE MAP THERE. AI COULD CHANGE THE, UM, AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT THE OTHER, UH, FROM, FROM THE OTHER WAY. SO, SO THIS IS THE SAME THING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE YOU SEE [00:35:01] IS IN THE LAST PICTURE IS A SANDY MATERIAL THAT WAS PUMPED IN, IN THIS CASE, UH, CONTRACTOR CHOSE TO FILL WITH CONCRETE CRUSH. AND SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT BASE MATERIAL, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE APRON IS ON ONLY A CERTAIN WIDTH, AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE WATER BEHIND THAT APRON. UM, AND SO, UH, BOTH PROJECTS ARE, ARE, UH, UH, SCHEDULED TO, TO WRAP UP LATER THIS SUMMER. I'LL SAY DEFINITELY THE, THE LINEAR FILLING OF, UH, LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUME OF FILL THEY'VE PUT IN THE SLIP OVER TIME, IT'S BEEN GOING VERY CONSISTENTLY. NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY HAVE LESS AREA TO, TO ALLOW THE WATER TO SETTLE OUT. SO, SO THERE, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE THAT DROP OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT AS, AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. BUT, BUT STILL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE FILLING. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW THEIR PLAN WAS TO USE THE PORT PLACEMENT AREA FOR, FOR THAT DECANTING OF THE WATER. UH, UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW THERE'S, UH, A DREDGE, A FEDERAL DREDGE IN THE HARBOR THAT'S RIGHT IN THE WAY OF WHERE THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR SUBLINE. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UH, AND THEN THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, 33RD TO 41ST STREET. UH, THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO, TO, UH, AWARD A LITTLE BIDDER, UH, CRUISE TERMINAL 16. UH, REALLY THE, THE MAIN THING WE'RE JUST WORKING ON CLOSEOUT. WE THOUGHT WE'D HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR, FOR THIS MEETING, BUT THERE'S ONE ITEM WE STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON WITH RESPECT TO THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL NEXT MEETING. AND, UH, THE CRUISE TERMINAL, UH, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR. THE ONLY THING WE ADDED HERE WAS UNDER THE CHANGE ORDERS, THERE'S TWO PCOS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, BUT THOSE WERE, THERE'RE NOTHING, UM, NECESSARY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL SPARE PARTS WAS, UH, ONE OF THE CHANGE ORDERS WE'RE JUST REVIEWING TO SEE IF WE WANTED TO, UM, PRE-ORDER SOME KIND OF CRITICAL SPARE PARTS TO HAVE EM ON, ON, UH, ON, ON SITE RATHER THAN, UH, OFF SITE. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS MAY BE A GOOD AREA FOR US, A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE THERE AT 16. YEAH. MM-HMM . WITH THE GANGWAY THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, UM, A SHIP THAT PASSED THE CRUISE TERMINAL 16, AND THEY CAUSED THE, UH, SEASCAPE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHIP FOR, UH, C-C-M-S-C. AND, UH, IT MOVED. AND, UM, SO WE HAVE AN ISSUE, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE TALK ABOUT THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YEAH. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE THERE. WE HAD DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE, UH, BRIDGES, UH, BRIDGES. AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, UM, AND I'M, I WOULDN'T SAY MUCH MORE THAN THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO, TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE THERE. WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO USE ONE GANGWAY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS DAMAGED, AND IT HAS BEEN IN FACT MOVED OFF THE PREMISES TO BE FIXED. UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHO'S WHO, WHO PAYS, WHICH IS BEING SETTLED OUTSIDE OF THIS. YEAH. IT'S BEING SETTLED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HERE AGAIN, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, UH, I WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW. 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY, YOU MIGHT READ VALUE, I HEAR VALUE, BUT THERE IS A, THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AND, AND WE FEEL LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT, ABOUT THAT, BUT YEAH. ANY UPDATE ON, ON TARIFF REBATE? UM, NO, NOT REALLY. I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY'S KIND OF WAITING, BECAUSE THERE, THERE IS TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON THIS. ONE OF 'EM HAS GOTTA GO THROUGH THIS LONG PROCESS, AND IT COULD BE A LONG TIME. AND THAT THE OTHER SCHOOL THOUGHT IS, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST GONNA START REFUND IT, JEFF. JUST REFUND THEM TO EVERYBODY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH CHAOS RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, BELIEVE ME, WE'RE ON TOP OF IT. JEFF, MY SENSE IS THAT IF WE DO RECEIVE A REFUND, IT'S LIKE FOUND MONEY YEAH. THAT YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON YEAH. RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. IT HAPPENS. IT HAPPENS. WELL, WE, AND HERE AGAIN, I WOULD JUST SAY WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CASE THAN MOST TRUTH. YEAH. WE RELY ON THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT. BUT WE, WE MAY HAVE THE PATIENT, BUT YOU'RE JUST SAYING, YEAH, WE WOULDN'T GO OUT AND SPEND THAT. NO. UH, NEXT PROJECT, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT, UH, WHICH CHILD APPROVED, UH, ENGINEERING DESIGN OF, UH, PAVEMENT AT 39 40. SO THIS IS, UH, A, UH, ENGINEER'S REPRESENTATION, NOT A AI REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE NEW PAVEMENT AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE DOWN THERE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A NEW PAVEMENT ITEM FOR WITH ENGINEERING MONEY. NO, NO CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR, FOR, UH, THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD RIGHT AFTER DESIGN, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR FUNDING WITH, [00:40:01] WITH THIS. BUT, UH, UH, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UH, THIS, THIS PROJECT, UH, SLIDE WE JUST WANNA PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS PLANNED AND THIS, THIS IS HOPEFULLY GIVES SOME CLARITY TO ALL THE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND, AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND KICKING OFF RIGHT NOW. UM, THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS ON THE LIST HERE, WE'VE GOT THE ORANGE PROJECT RIGHT HERE. THIS IS, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, $2.2 MILLION FROM HJC TO STUDY A DIRECT CONNECT BETWEEN I 45 AND, UH, UH, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 2 75, UM, WITHIN THAT PROJECT AREA. SO THAT'S THE AREA OF STUDY. IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IMPROVEMENTS EVERYWHERE IN THERE, BUT WE'RE STUDYING THAT FOR THE BEST, UH, POSSIBLE PLACE THAT WE CAN INSTALL THAT DIRECT CONNECT. UH, THE NEXT ONE, THE BLUE AREA HERE, UH, IN THE SAME OFFERING FOR, FOR PROJECTS, WE RECEIVED ABOUT $800,000 FOR, UH, ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT, THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE BEST WAY TO ACCESS THE PORT OFF OF, UH, HARBORSIDE DRIVE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYWHERE BETWEEN WHERE THE, THE REALLY, THE TWO ROUTES THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE PORT NOW DOWN DOWN OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, OR 37TH STREET. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO STUDY THE BEST WAY TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE ACCESS IN PORT. UH, THE NEXT ONE IN RED. UH, THIS IS, UH, THE MOBILITY STUDY, A DOWNTOWN TORT MOBILITY STUDY, WHICH WE, UH, JUST RECEIVED OUR RF QS ON AND OUR QUALIFICATIONS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE RIGHT NOW. UH, LOT INTEREST IN THAT PROJECT. GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. THE GREEN ONE HERE, THIS IS SOME, A PROJECT WE GOT FROM THE RAISES GRANT. UH, AND IT WAS A INTERMODAL MOBILITY PLAN. IT'S LOOKING AT IMPROVING CARGO INTERMODAL OPERATIONS. IT ALSO HAS, UH, VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN, UM, UH, CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT PROJECT. UH, THAT PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, UH, PROBABLY LOOK AT SOLICITING AN RFQ ON THAT PROJECT, UH, SOMETIME MIDYEAR OR SO. AND THEN WE'VE GOT AND, UH, SI HERE WE'VE GOT THE IF YEAH. BLUE LIGHT BLUE SIGN. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. YEAH. SIGN. YES. SCIO. YEAH. C-C-Y-A-N-C-O-C. YEAH. UM, JEFF, WHAT'S THE SOUTHERN POINT OF THE LIGHT BLUE LINE? WHAT STREET IS THAT? THIS RIGHT, RIGHT HERE? MM-HMM. THIS IS MARKET AND THIS IS POST OFFICE HERE. THANK YOU. UH, WE'VE GOT THE, THE, UH, COURT WAY FINDING PROJECT THAT'S, UH, WHERE WE HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS PACKAGE ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW OUT, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED THOSE ON APRIL 7TH. BUT THAT'S THIS, THIS ONE, UH, THE LIGHT BLUE PROJECT IS THE ONE THAT WILL ACTUALLY WILL PROVIDE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UM, TOO. SO THAT JUST, AND THAT'S FOR WAY FINDING? YEAH. THIS IS, THIS IS FOR WAY FINDING AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THAT PROJECT IS BETTER WAYS WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO, UH, PEOPLE THAT THEIR DESTINATION IS THE CRUISE TERMINAL, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEIR VESSEL MIGHT BE. SO, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE ANY RECIRCULATION OR THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT TURN UP THE WRONG STREET TO GO TO THEIR VESSEL IF THEIR VESSEL'S OUT ANOTHER TERMINAL HERE OR THERE. RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE MAIN, UM, BUT DE DEFINITELY YOU'LL PICK UP LIKE PORT, PORT INDUSTRIAL AND FERRY ROAD AND THEN, OR YEAH. RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE, THE, THE MAJORITY OF, OF THIS, THIS IS THE PROJECT BOUNDARY THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO, TO THAT PROJECT. WASN'T CHURCH PART OF THE DISCUSSION? CHURCH STREET OR GUESS NOT FOR THE MOBILITY. MOBILITY FOR MOBILITY. AND, AND I'M SORRY, THIS IS CHURCH STREET. OKAY. BECAUSE YEAH, CHURCH STREET GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 49. YEAH. YEAH. POST, I DON'T KNOW. WELL YOU MEAN, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE DILEMMA THAT WE WOULD, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE SAME AREA, AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERLAP, YOU KNOW, BY THESE SEPARATE GRANTS AND STUFF. SO JEFF, THIS IS A GREAT MAP THAT JEFF PUT TOGETHER TO, TO SHOW WHERE ALL OUR PROJECTS ARE AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU SEE THEY DO OVERLAP, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THEM NEED TO MEET LIKE WEEKLY. THE OTHER ONE I DIDN'T SEE IT THERE IS THE SAFE STREETS, THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROJECT. YEAH, THAT ONE WE DON'T HAVE, I WOULD SAY WE OUGHT TO ADD THAT YEAH. TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A, THAT AGAIN, IT FITS IN THAT MODE. I THINK. I THINK THE OTHER THING, TALKING TO ROGER CRAIG FOR CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING MONEY IN AREAS THAT ARE GONNA BENEFIT THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. NO, THERE'S NO DOUBT. IT'S GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT, TO HIGHLIGHT THESE, BUT I, I WOULDN'T SAY LET'S ADD THE, THE SAFE STREETS PIECE OF IT. WELL, YOU, AND YOU CAN'T SAY WE AREN'T TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE GET ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS DOWN THERE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT TOUCHES A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT DEPICTION OF, OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING. WELL, I THINK THE OTHER I, I'D SAY TOO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXPANSION [00:45:01] OF TERMINALS AND WE TALKED ABOUT A TERMINAL SIX AND SEVEN. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS, LIKE, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION. THE GOOD DISCUSSION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, THAT YOU REALLY GOTTA LOOK AT THAT, THIS WHOLE, UH, HOW DO YOU GET FROM 45 INTO THE AREA IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROVEN. BUT I THINK THE MESSAGING IS, IS WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND THINK ACTIVELY LOOKING AT HOW THAT PRODUCT COULD WORK. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T DO THE SIX AND SEVEN, I MEAN, THAT'S THE, YOU STILL NEED THOSE OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CARGO AS WELL. IT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD STUFF. YEAH. GOOD. JEFFREY. AND THEN, UH, LOOK AT, UH, THE C AND M WORK ORDERS TODAY. UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH GETTING THE, UH, NEW MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE UP AND RUNNING, BUT, UH, UH, 3 33 WORK ORDERS CLOSED OR COMPLETED DATE, 400, UH, WORK ORDERS CREATED. THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, PICTURES OF SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS. WE'RE DOING SOME, UH, CONCRETE S FALL REPAIR. UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S FROM 25. UM, THE MIDDLE PICTURE, THERE IS SOME WORK THAT CM DID AS PART OF THE, UH, SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY 88 PROJECT, 33RD STREET TO 41ST STREET. UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE, THAT PROJECT COMES RIGHT IN FRONT OF GATE 40. SO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE OPERATIONS PLAN. UH, THAT CNM WAS BASICALLY CREATING A, A TEMPORARY DRIVEWAY AT THE WEST END OF PORT TO, TO, UM, ASSIST WITH HOW AC TRUCKS WILL BE ACCESSING AND GIVING ACCESS TO THIS TRUCK, TRUCK STAGING AREA. UM, UH, AS PART OF THE PROJECT IS SHEILA OKAY, I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO GO THE WAY OF THE WE BOX. SO WHEN WE SAW THIS SLIDE, WADE, I, UM, DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON WHAT SALING WAS AND SO I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AGAIN, MAKE A MOTION TO RECOGNIZE. YES. YOU GET THE LAST PICTURE. JEFF IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY WORK, WORK IN THE, UH, SPOILS AREA. AND THAT'S OUR NEW S TURN. WE GOT NEWBIES PUTTING IN OH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S IT. YEAH, NO, THAT, AND THERE'S, I, UH, THE NEW PICTURES I'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING AT, AT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE IMPACT OF THE AREA. IT'S DEFINITELY DRAWING UP. UM, I SAY THAT WITH ALSO SAYING WE HAVE ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OVER THERE WORKING ON IT. WHENEVER YOU DO A PLACEMENT AREA, YOU TYPICALLY HAVE MULTIPLE, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. SO, SHEILA, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERS DON'T ALWAYS EVEN KNOW ALL THIS STUFF. THE DITCH, DITCH AND DRY, IS THAT KIND OF A, A TECHNIQUE OR, OR A YEAH. EXCAVATION OF AREAS. SO, SO YEAH, WITH PLACEMENT AREAS, THERE'S WHAT YOU CALL, THERE'S A DRED MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA, DMPA. AND YOU TYPICALLY DO, UNLESS IT'S WHAT WE WERE WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW, THE, THE DMMP, THE DREDGE MATERIAL MAINTENANCE PLAN AS PART OF THAT DREDGE MATERIAL MAINTENANCE PLAN. OUR FIRST WAS A DITCH, DRY AND DRAIN PLAN FOR THE, THEY HAVE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. WELL, YOU'RE TRYING TO DIRECT WATER OFF. YEAH, TOTALLY. IT'S CAPITALIZED. LIKE THAT IS A, THAT IS A THING, RIGHT? DITCH AND DRY. IT IS, YEAH. IN THIS CASE, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD DRY AND DRAIN PLAN. ALSO, I, I, I, I HAVE A HABIT OF OVERCAPITALIZING WORDS TO SEE IT BETTER THAT WAY. THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHT. OKAY. UH, MOVING ON TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR MONTHLY STATISTICS REPORT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, SEE SOME OF THE LINES ARE GETTING ALONG. UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON DOWN THERE. AND THEN, LIKE WE, I DID, UM, PUT AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER LAST WEEK TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR US. UM, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY HELPING, UM, CBP AND, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING IN THE TERMINALS ON MAKING THAT, MAKING THAT A SEAMLESS PROCESS. UM, THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF, OF CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON. PERMITS THAT WE'RE ISSUING JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF, OF ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE GOT. AND THEN A COUPLE OF, UH, SHOTS OF, UH, THIS, I GUESS THIS WHEN THE DRONE WAS STILL FLYING, PREVIOUS DRONE . UM, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AS ALWAYS EVERY MONTH, YOU KNOW, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE A A PA, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, SUMMIT, AND THAT WAS GOOD. MET WITH RANDY WEBER. WE MET WITH, UM, SEVERAL OTHER, UM, KEY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE TRANSPORTATION ON TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES. UM, AND ACTUALLY WAS INTERESTING TO GO, UH, TO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON'S, UH, HAS A LITTLE BALCONY OFF ON AT THE, UH, WHITE HOUSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AT THE, UH, CAPITOL. AND [00:50:01] WE HAD A RECEPTION THERE. SO THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE. IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THE BACK, UH, HALLWAYS AND STUFF. MM-HMM . AND, UH, I HAD A MEETING WITH DAVIES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING, TIMEFRAMES AND STUFF WITH WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT THE, THE OPEN HOUSE, THE MASTER PLAN TOMORROW. AND THEN WE'RE MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY TO GO OVER THE MOBILITY PLAN AS WELL AS THE MASTER PLAN. SO WE, I THINK YOU GOT US ON YOUR SCHEDULE FOR THAT. YES, SIR. START AT NINE O'CLOCK. IS THAT THE 27TH OR THE 26TH? 26TH, YEAH. WHAT THE 26TH AND ALL OF US ARE SUPPOSED TO, OH, I WOULD, I WOULD'VE MISSED THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS, THIS ISN'T A JOINT MEETING, BRIAN. CORRECT. OKAY. IT'S NOT, IT'S REALLY ROGER'S, ROGER'S PRESENTING AND I'M THERE SAYING, GO ROGER. GO . WELL, HERE, HERE'S A, YOU KNOW, WE MADE, I MADE A PRESENTATION TO A CLASS AT O'CONNELL, UM, AND WILLIE WAS THERE FOR THAT. AND THEN THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE SIM, UH, SUMMIT. AND THIS IS WHERE THIS LITTLE BALCONY OFF OF, OF REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON'S OFFICE AND, AND APIC AND A PICTURE FROM THAT VIEW FROM THERE. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT THE KIDS ASKED. THEY WERE VERY, THEY WERE ENGAGED. ALRIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT. THANK YOU ROGER. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOLLOW UP FOR ROGER. [D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION] ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL ESTATE 5 5 1 0 7 4. PERSONNEL 5 5 0 7 6 SECURITY MATTERS. AND 5 5 1 0 8 7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION AT 1136. REGULAR [E. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING] MEETING BACK IN SESSION AT 1 58. VIC HAS LEFT FOR A ENGAGEMENT IN DALLAS. SO, SO MOVING ON [F.1 CFO REPORT/CONSENT AGENDA] TO BUSINESS ITEMS. WE HAVE THE CFO REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA, MR. BORE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE, WHICH ITEM? ACCEPT. ACCEPT, YEAH. CONSIDER OR APPROVE. YEAH, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALRIGHT, THAT POINT WE HAVE SECOND, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMENTS NOTED WITH THE TRAVEL THAT ROGER, THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE TRAVEL FOR THE NORWEGIAN EVENT? YEAH, YOU MIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC. JUST YEAH. WHAT WAS THE, YOU MIGHT SAY WHAT? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE LUNA, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSENT, WHICH INCLUDES, YEAH. WHICH INCLUDES, I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THIS, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, WHICH INCLUDES TRAFFIC, WHICH INCLUDES TRAVEL BY ROGER TO MIAMI. YEAH. NEXT WEEK OR A SHIP. CHRISTIAN. CHRIS IS GONNA GONNA BE THE GODMOTHER OF THE SHIP. . SO YOU SECOND ALL THAT. OKAY. PERFECT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. SHE WAS GOOD. SO DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR. SIX ZERO. I DO THE MATH. THE SIX, UH, DISCUSS [F.2 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE ACTUARIAL VALUATION OF THE GALVESTON WHARVES PENSION PLAN AS OF JANUARY 1, 2026 WHICH INCLUDES THE GASB 67 AND 68 REPORT, RELATED ASSUMPTIONS AND APPROVAL OF THE CONTIBUTION OF THE PLAN FOR 2026] AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE ACTUARIAL EVALUATION OF THE GALVESTON BOARDS PENSION PLAN AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026, WHICH INCLUDES THE GA B 67 AND 68 REPORT RELATED ASSUMPTIONS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN FOR 2027. 2026. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT. AND, AND ALSO THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING. THERE WAS A UPDATE. THE ASSUMPTION FOR THE MORTALITY. THAT'S RIGHT. UPDATE THE MORTALITY ASSUMPTION. ASSUMPTION IS RECOMMENDED BY, AND THEN MARK THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLAN WAS 505,000. THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO. THAT'S RICHARD'S MOTION. THAT'S MY MOTION. ALRIGHT. SECOND. SHEILA HAS SECOND IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES [F.3 Discuss and Consider Approval of the Settlement Resolving Cause No. 25CV0004, Great Way Contracting, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves - Tony Brown] UNANIMOUSLY. F THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT RESOLVING CAUSE. NUMBER 25 CV 0 0 0 4. GREAT WAY CONTRACTING INC. VERSUS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON BOARD. MR OR SHEILA, SORRY, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY LEGAL COUNSEL. SECOND. SECOND, DR. BROWN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? [00:55:01] ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [F.4 Discuss and Consider for Approval an Amendment to the 2025 Galveston Railroad, L.P. Terminal Tariff, GVSR 7006-19 Rates for Customer Switching and Accessorial Services to be Effective on April 1, 2026 - Brett Milutin] F FOUR. UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND AMENDMENT TO THE 2025 GALVESTON RAILROAD HELD P UH, TERMINAL TERRA, GBSR 7,006 DASH 19 RATES FOR CUSTOMERS SWITCHING AND X THAT'S A GOOD WORD, ACCESSOR SERVICES TO BE EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 1ST, 2026. CORRECT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THIS IS THE ANNUAL, UH, TARIFF ADJUSTMENT WITH GALVESTON RAILROAD. UH, THE LAST TIME THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD WAS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024. FOR THE YEAR OF 2025. UH, THIS WILL GO IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. UH, AND THIS IS A REQUIREMENT, UH, BY THE BOARD BEFORE THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR RATES, UH, IN TARIFF. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. DR. BROWN MOTION FOR APPROVAL. IS THAT LEAST SECOND. AND I GUESS CRAIG, UH, BRETT, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A NORMAL RATE UPDATE AND I AND I ASSUME THAT THEY'VE ALSO GOT A QUITE A BIT OF LESS VOLUME THAN WHAT THEY WERE HANDLING IN THE PAST. YES. I'LL GO BACK HERE. UH, I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT ONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO [F.5 Discuss and Consider for Approval, the Sixth Amendment to the 2006 Lease Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Galveston Railroad, L.P., Effective on August 1, 2026 - Brett Milutin] THEN DISCUSSING, 'CAUSE YEAH, THIS, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS INTO THE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE 2006 LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON, WHAS AND GALVESTON RAILROAD LP EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 1ST, 2026. RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. SO THIS IS, UH, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE FIFTH AMENDMENT THAT YOU APPROVED IN 2025. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE VOLUME OF RAIL HAS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE CHANGES WE HAD ON THE WEST END. UH, THE GRAND ELEVATOR, UH, DEPARTING, UH, THEY ACTUALLY DECLINED DOWN TO LESS THAN 1800 CARS. NOW DURING THE, UM, THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT, UH, IN 2025, WE REDUCED, UH, THEIR LEASE RATES BY 50%, UH, REDUCED THEIR TRACK FUND RATE, UH, AS WELL AS CHANGED THE THRESHOLD AND THE REVENUE SHARE, UM, TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE OPERATING. UH, THIS YEAR. THEY KNOW THAT THEY, UH, WANT TO BE PARTNERS WITH US. HOWEVER, THEIR AGREEMENT ACTUALLY TERMINATES JULY 31ST OF THIS YEAR. THEY'RE LOOKING TO STAY, UM, AS THEY DO KNOW THAT RAIL IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF, UH, OUR SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY DURING CARGO. FOR CARGO ON THE WEST END. UH, AND THE ONLY ASK THEY HAVE IS TO HAVE A FEW CONCESSIONS. AND ONE OF THOSE IS ONE CONCESSION, UH, IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR LEASE RATE REDUCED 50%. UM, AND THEN ALSO HAVE A ONE YEAR LEASE EXTENSION WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS. UM, WE THINK THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THE SERVICE OF OUR TENANTS. UM, AND WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE RAIL VOLUME THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS THAT ROGER HAVE HAD WITH, UH, OTHER SHORT LINE RAILROADS, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OTHER TAKERS AT THIS MOMENT. SO WE THINK WHILE WE'RE AT THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE WEST END, UM, THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT MOVE TO HAVE THEM REMAIN OUR, UH, PARTNERS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS. ALRIGHT, MOTION IMPROVE. WILL YOU MAKE A MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS FOR BRETT? ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SO, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [F.6 Discuss and Consider for Approval, a Foreign-Trade Zone Operating Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Texas International Terminal, LTD - Brett Milutin] M SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND TEXAS INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS. LTD. UH, RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, AS, UH, BRIEFLY MENTIONED DURING THE COURT DIRECTORS REPORT, UH, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL HAD A OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH US IN 2021. UH, HE WAS TERMINATED DUE TO LACK OF FTZ ACTIVITY, UH, AND THE SUN STATE DATE THROUGH THE, UH, FOREIGN TRADE, UH, BOARD. UH, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON APRIL 1ST, CONTINGENT UPON TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST WOULD BE, UH, AUTHORIZATION FROM CBP FOR ACTIVATION OF THE SITE. AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COURT DIRECTOR, UH, FOR CBP, UH, DURING LUNCH TODAY. EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. I'LL BE GETTING THAT LETTER QUICKLY SHORTLY. UH, AND THE OTHER IS TO GET THE APPLICATION FEE $2,500. ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE, THEN IF APPROVED, THE, UH, THE OPERATING AGREEMENT WOULD GO IN EFFECT, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. DR. BROWN. SECOND. ANY ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS? ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [F.7 Discuss and Consider for Approval, the First Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Cruise Crew Connection Corporation for Lease Space in Cruise Terminal No. 16 for Five Years Effective April 1, 2026 - Brett Milutin] DISCUSSED F SEVEN. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE FIRST AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE GALVESTON BOARDS AND CRUISE CREW CONNECTION CORPORATION FOR LEASE SPACE IN CRUISE TERMINAL 16 FOR FIVE YEARS EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, 2026. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, IF YOU RECALL, UH, DURING THE JANUARY MEETING, YOU APPROVED TWO LOCATIONS [01:00:01] APPROVED CONNECTION AT 10 25 AND 28. UM, DURING THAT, UH, MEETING, IT WAS, UH, DISCUSSED, UH, THAT IT POTENTIALLY THEY'D BE LOOKING FOR SPACE IN CRUISE TERMINAL 16. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SPACE WORK OUT, UH, NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH THE FIRST AGREEMENT OR THE FIRST TO THE ONLY AGREEMENT, UM, FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. UH, THIS WILL ALLOW 'EM TO PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE CREW. ALRIGHT, THANKS BRETT. I'LL, I'LL MOVE RICHARD HAVE, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND WILL. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THOSE, UM, QUESTIONS, MOTIONS UPDATE, SIR SERVED? YEAH, SO THEY SERVICE A LOT OF, UH, CONCESSIONS. UM, THEY DO A LOT OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS. UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE, UH, PRODUCTS FOR CREW MEMBERS ON THE CRUISE SHIPS, UH, THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET, WHETHER IT'S FROM THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. UH, 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE AT SEA FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS AT A TIME, THEY DO, UH, MONEY TRANSFERS. SO ANY PAYCHECKS THAT THEY GIVE, THEY CAN SEND THAT HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AND VICE VERSA. UM, SO IT'S, UH, QUITE A ARRAY OF SERVICES THEY BROUGHT PROVIDE DIRECTLY TO THE CREWS, UH, THE CREW ITSELF. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY THE CRUISE LINES HAVE APPROACHED ME AS WELL, THAT THEY REALLY LIKE. UH, MSC WAS ASKING WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET THEM THEIR SPACE IN TERMS 16, THERE'S A LITTLE STOREFRONT ON THE DOCK, SO WHEN THEY JUST GET OFF THE SHIP AND RIGHT THERE AND, AND, AND A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS ARE FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. SO ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS ON WHAT, IN OUR LEASE? DO WE HAVE ANY LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THOSE PRODUCTS CAN BE? WELL, IT'S A STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN'T BE ANYTHING LIKE A GAMBLING OR, UH, THERE'S NO ALCOHOL. UM, THE STANDARD TONY, THE STANDARD, UH, LEASE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE PROHIBITED, UM, ACTIVITIES. RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY CAN'T, THERE'S REALLY NO LIMITATION BEYOND ANYTHING ILLEGAL. YEAH. UM, I DON'T THINK THEY SELL ALCOHOL THERE. THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH MY QUESTION. NO, NO. THAT, THAT'S NOBODY'S, THAT'S NOT IN THE LEASE THAT THEY CAN'T COMPETE. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. THAT'S MY CONCERN. I WOULD IMAGINE IF THERE'S MUCH COMPETITION, A LOT OF THAT WOULD'VE TO DEAL WITH HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE WE'RE ALLOWING THEM THOUGH. I MEAN, IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN BE, WELL, THIS AMENDMENT ONLY EXPANDS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND CHANGES AROUND. UNDERSTAND. SO I DON'T, I'D HAVE TO PULL, BUT OUR BASE USE IS WHAT I WAS CURIOUS. OKAY. GIMME A MINUTE. . SO I CALL QUESTION MY ONLY, UH, STATEMENT REGARDING THIS IS, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A, A VERY GOOD LEASE, LIKE GENEROUS TERMS. UM, THEY'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS AND THE THE RENT IS SEEMS MORE THAN FAIR. I, I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, PASSING THAT DOWN TO THE CREWS, CREWS, THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE SELLING, IT'S ALSO PRICE. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL. I I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE, TO THE MOTION. THERE IS AN ESCALATOR AS WELL. 3% EACH YEAR. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR? OH, I'M SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MEAN, ALL ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK WE HAVE UNANIMOUS THERE. THANK YOU BRETT. [F.8 Discuss and Consider for Approval giving authority to Port Director to execute agreement Awarding A Three-Year Contract, With the Option to Renew for Two Additional One Year Terms, To LAZ Parking Services to Provide Shuttle and lot attendant Services pending legar review of agreement - Julio DeLeon] SO MOVING ON TO F EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL, GIVING AUTHORITY TO THE PORT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT, AWARDING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS TO LS PARKING SERVICES TO PROVIDE SHUTTLE AND LOT ATTENDANCE SERVICES PENDING LEGAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, JULIO. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU TRUSTEES. SO WE'VE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH LAST TO PROVIDE OUR SHUTTLE SERVICES AND LOT ATTENDANT, UH, STAFFING SINCE JULY 21ST. THIS IS WHEN WE, UM, CAME BACK FROM COVID IF WE RAN ON A FOUR YEAR DEAL. UH, WE RENEW THEM ONE YEAR LAST SUMMER, AND IT EXPIRES JULY 1ST. SO IN FEBRUARY WE PUT TOGETHER AN RFP. UH, STEPHANIE CAN SPEAK TO ANY PROCUREMENT QUESTIONS. WE, UH, SCORED IT. AND LAST WAS THE, THE WINNING COMPANY. UH, WE WORKED A LITTLE BIT, SO WE GAVE YOU A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION, A LOT OF THE SCOPE, THE STAFFING. WE LEARNED TO BRING THAT DOWN SOME FROM WHAT WAS POSTED INITIALLY. UH, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARRIVED AT. YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRICING SHEET THAT HAS SOME ESTIMATES ON WHAT IT WILL COST IF IT RUNS THE FIVE YEARS. IT IS STRUCTURED AS A THREE YEAR PLUS ONE PLUS ONE TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY. IN THREE YEARS, WE COULD LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND WE MAY WANT TO EITHER PROVIDE MORE ONSITE PARKING FOR EMPLOYEES, UH, WHO KNOWS. AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS CAN CHANGE IN THREE YEARS. THAT'LL GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO NEGOTIATE THAT, UH, DIFFERENTLY IN ABOUT THREE YEARS. BUT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JULIO. UM, PRIOR TO, [01:05:01] WELL, I GUESS OUR PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD, HOW MANY SHUTTLES WERE IN THE FLEET? THE, IN THIS CONTRACT? 25. PRIOR TO THIS CONTRACT? CURRENTLY? I GUESS HOW MANY SHUTTLES ARE OPERATING? I THINK 22. I WROTE DOWN 22 HERE. JUST OKAY. IN MY NOTES. BUT I, I, I DON'T SPEAK FOR JULIO. SO WE, I THINK WE PROVIDED AN EXISTING LIST AND, AND THESE ARE IT. THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAVE, UM, I'VE MANAGED WHAT WE CALLED IN THE INDUSTRY LAST MILE SERVICES BEFORE, WHICH TYPICALLY MOVE EMPLOYEES IN A SMALL AREA. YOU'VE RUN THESE BUSES, EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE DOESN'T LOOK IT, THEY TAKE A BEATING. UH, YOU GET A LOT OF, UH, UH, TEAR AND WEAR RUNNING THEM ON SHORT DISTANCES. SO THE, THE AGE OF THESE EXISTING BUSES ARE CAUSING US SOME PROBLEMS WITH DOWNTIME AND MECHANICAL WORK. THE EXISTING, UH, FLEET, IS THAT OWNED OR LEASED? IT'S LEASED. IT'S LEASED, YEAH. KNEW THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT, UM, MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE. YES. AND I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE THAT THAT'S JUSTIFIED OR, YOU KNOW YEAH, YEAH. SO WHERE IT'S AT IN THE CONTRACT, I, UM, ROGER HAS HAD, HAD ME DO THIS EXERCISE. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT COST IF WE DO IT IN HOUSE? AND I'VE RAN THAT PROFORMA BEFORE. AND SO WE'VE, I'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THESE SHUTTLE BUSES COST OVER. I THINK I'VE PROBABLY PRICED THIS TWICE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND THEY HAVE GONE UP. I MEAN, I, I COULD GO BACK, YOU KNOW, 10, 12 YEARS WHEN YOU COULD GET A SHUTTLE BUS FOR 60,000. 70,000. THEY'RE UP TO ABOUT 120, 130,000. THESE ARE CUSTOM BUSES THAT YOU ORDER, THEY'RE EQUIPPED MANY OF THEM WITH TWO AC UNITS. UH, WE REQUIRE LUGGAGE RACKS. UH, SO YEAH, THE, THE COST OF THE BUSES IS ONE. ALSO THE STAFFING LEVEL THAT WE ESTIMATE WE WILL NEED THAT WE'VE BUILT INTO THIS, UH, IN THE FINAL AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY 65,000, UM, LABOR HOURS BUILT INTO THIS. SO YEAH, IT, IT IS QUITE AN INCREASE OVER, WE, YOU'RE PROBABLY CONSIDERING THE LAST FULL YEAR, WHICH WAS 2025. UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT 25 HALF THE YEAR WAS WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A FULL STAFFED CONTRACT. AND BECAUSE WE HAD TO, WE RENEW LAST SUMMER FOR THAT ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR, UH, LEGALLY WE HAD TO BRING THAT LEVEL DOWN. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION, BUT THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE COULDN'T STAFF WHAT WE WANTED. WE, WE COULD ONLY AWARD A ONE YEAR EXTENSION AT THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS, IF I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE. SO, SO IT, IT, IT LOOKS DOWN TO YOU, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT, NOT BEEN FULLY STAFFED TO WHAT WE NEEDED. AND WE'VE SEEN IT, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN PROBABLY THE MOST NEGATIVE REVIEWS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE LAST FIVE LAST YEAR. UH, IN TERMS OF SERVICE LEVELS, UH, WE'VE HAD TO GET CREATIVE. WE MOVED EMPLOYEE 10, UH, TERMINAL 10 EMPLOYEES. THEY USED TO BE A LOT D WE MOVED THEM OVER AT PIER 14 BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WE HAVE THERE. 'CAUSE WE COULD DO THAT, SHOULD ROYAL ADD MORE SHIPS, WE'D HAVE TO REVISIT THAT AND POSSIBLY TAKE THEM REMOTE, UH, TO A REMOTE SITE AGAIN. SO WE'VE DONE IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MOVE AROUND TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OVER THE LAST YEAR. BUT, BUT WE DO FEEL THAT THE LEVEL THAT WE PUT INTO THE AGREEMENT IS WHAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE. BUT I, I HEAR THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING KIND OF A REDUCED, NOT, NOT WE SAY SKELETON, BUT A REDUCED YES. AMOUNT OF SHUTTLES. AND SO PART OF THIS INCREASE IS YOU WERE, YOU WERE GONNA BE SEEING MORE COVERAGE, LESS WAIT TIMES, RIGHT. KIND OF THING. AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HOW TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP PEOPLE HAPPY, WAITING FOR A SHUTTLE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO, TO MAKE PEOPLE NOT HAPPY WITH OH YEAH. HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE. I WOULD, WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO FULLY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A, A VERY EFFICIENT SHUTTLE SERVICE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE HAPPY WITH. YEAH. AND, AND THE, THE PARKING IS THE ONE THING THAT WE DO AS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE DIRECT COMPETITION. I MEAN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EARLIER, BUT I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE DIRECT COMPETITION. THERE'S, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY ABOUT IT. AND, UH, EVERY, EVERY DAY THERE'S MORE COMPETITION. SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOTTA DO A GOOD JOB TO, TO RETAIN IT. UH, COULD YOU TELL ME ROUGHLY, UM, WHAT PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT RIDE THESE SHUTTLES OR CRUISERS VERSUS CRUISE EMPLOYEES? GOOD QUESTION. UM, I, I DID AN ESTIMATE, [01:10:01] I TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF, OF SOMETIME BACK THAT ABOUT A THIRD IS GUESS A THIRD WAS EMPLOYEE AND A THIRD WAS LOT ATTENDANT. AS IT PERTAINS TO THE TOTAL BILL TO THE TOTAL COST. LOTS, LOT ATTENDANTS. WE, WE USE LOT ATTENDANTS IN THIS AGREEMENT AS WELL. THEY STAFF OUR LOTS, RIGHT. HELP AT THE ENTRANCE EXITS, UM, GUIDE THEM TO THE ENTRANCES. SO YOU'RE TWO THIRDS ARE NOT CRUISERS THOUGH. YEAH, CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. I ESTIMATE ABOUT A THIRD IS EMPLOYEES, THE EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE COST. THAT'S INTERESTING. UM, WHAT ARE CRUISERS IN ADDITION TO THE THREE SHUTTLES BEING ADDED TO THE FLEET FROM 22 TO 25, 10% INCREASE, WHAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE WOULD YOU APPLY TO THE GROWTH IN LOT ATTENDANT STAFF? I MEAN, YOU SAID YOU WERE RUNNING UNDERMANNED. IS IT A 10% INCREASE, 20% INCREASE? WHAT? THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UH, FOR THE, THE EXERCISE OF PROVIDING THE BIDDERS A GOOD AMOUNT OF HOURS, I DID NOT DIVE DEEP INTO TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. BUT, UM, I MEAN, WE'RE FULLY AUTOMATED. WE, THEY DON'T TAKE PAYMENTS. THEY HELP PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO THE LOT THAT ARE IN THE WRONG LOT, DON'T, AREN'T GOOD WITH TECHNOLOGY, DIDN'T PRINT QR CODE MM-HMM . THAT TYPE OF THING. UM, YEAH, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT, SO A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE PER LOT THAT ARE JUST KIND OF MOVING AROUND OR WAITING AT THE GATE TELLING PEOPLE LESS THAN THAT. OH, LESS, LESS THAN A HANDFUL. LESS THAN A HANDFUL. AND, AND, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TASKING MY TEAM ALL THE TIME. IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE OUR HOURS THIS MONTH? WHERE CAN WE HAVE MORE EFFICIENCIES? UH, OUR CSRS TAKE, UH, CALLS FROM THE INTERCOMS. SO THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HAS THE ABILITY TO, IT'S CALLED A CALL CENTER THAT YOU PRESS AND GET HELP FROM HERE. UM, NOW THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL, BUT THAT'S STILL A PROCESS VERSUS A PERSON IN THE LANE. SO WE'VE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL EVER SEE MORE THAN ONE ATTENDANT PER ENTRY PLAZA AT THE BUSY LOTS. AND, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT MY LINE OF QUESTIONING IS, UH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SUGGESTING IN ANY WAY THAT, THAT THE PORT BRING THIS SERVICE IN HOUSE. I THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT TRACK TO TAKE. YEAH. I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE 20% OR 30% INCREASE IN COST WHEN THE FLEET IS ONLY INCREASING BY 10%. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE OTHER ATTEND A LOT, ATTENDEES IS ONLY A HANDFUL, SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE LABOR'S GONNA BE GOING UP, THE COST OF THE EQUIPMENT, THE FLEET, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES UP, BUT IT'S A LEASE. SO IT'S SPREAD OUT OVER TIME. THE MAINTENANCE SHOULD GO DOWN WITH NEWER VEHICLES. SO IF YOU'RE PAYING MORE IN MAINTENANCE NOW YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF A TRADE OFF THERE. YOU'VE DONE THIS, YOU'VE DONE THE NUMBERS A LOT MORE THAN, THAN I COULD HAVE IN A FEW MINUTES. SO I CERTAINLY VALUE YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. YES. BUT WHAT I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IS THE, THE SAME THING I TELL ROGER EVERY TIME HE ASKS ME, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE CLAIMS , YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HAVING EVERY BOARD MEETING WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO SETTLE A CLAIM. AND I MEAN, I'M TALKING FROM A SMALL FENDER BENDER TO MORE SERIOUS CATASTROPHIC THINGS THAT, THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. BUT WE'RE FULLY INDEMNIFIED, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LIABLE. THEY PROVIDE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR US. SO THERE, THERE'S SOME THINGS HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE ASKING BRENDA TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO DO MBRS TO, UM, ADHERE TO TEXTILE REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU HAVE CDO LICENSES, UH, DRIVING FOR YOU. SO IT'S A BIT OF, UH, IT'S A BIT INVOLVED AND, AND, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, SO THOSE CLAIMS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LA IN THIS CASE. I DO LIKE THE THREE YEAR COMPONENT TO THAT COST ONE MM-HMM . AND HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH, SO YEAH, SO IN, IN THREE YEARS, IF WE COULD CHOOSE TO GET OUT OF THE DEAL, WE DO HAVE TO PAY THE UNAMORTIZED PORTION OF THE LEASE OF THE BUSES. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY OF THE LABOR. THE THE PRICE THAT YOU SEE PER YEAR IS NOT A GUARANTEE. IT'S SIMPLY AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE FEEL WE'RE GONNA SPEND. UH, WE COULD FIND SOME ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCY BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND WE COULD BE BELOW THAT. UM, WE COULD, YEAH, A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. UH, BUT THE THREE YEAR JUST GIVE, GIVE US IN THREE YEARS, UH, WE HAVE A GARAGE BEING BUILT AND WE DON'T NEED A LOT OF BUSES SAY TO THE SOUTH LOT, TO THE, THE GARAGE FROM TERMINAL 10. AND WE, WE ELIMINATE, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS THEY BASICALLY PAY AS YOU USE IT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S BASED ON USAGE AND WHAT THEY, A LOT OF THE LABOR IS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LEASE COMPONENT [01:15:01] FOR THE BUSES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING THESE COMPANIES TO GO AND PROCURE YEAH, THEY'RE GOING IN ON AN ASSET, WHICH IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING OUT AND PROCUREMENT ROUGHLY 3.6 MILLION AND ALLOCATING IT HERE AT OUR NEED. SO THAT'S THE ONLY PORTION OF THE DEAL THAT WE, WE'D BE LIABLE FOR OR NEED TO PAY OFF THE IZED PORTION IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THAT DEAL. BUT AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ENTIRE DEAL, IT'S UH, MUCH SMALLER. ONE MORE QUESTION, JUST, YOU KNOW, TERMINAL 16 IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT. OH YEAH, MY TIME IS UP . UM, HOW MUCH, UH, AND THAT WOULD REFLECT A LITTLE BIT IN 2025, BUT IN YOUR MIND, WHAT KIND OF A, AGAIN, I THINK PART OF THIS IS JUST TRYING TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND WHAT, WHAT'S THE EXTRA MILLION FOR? AND I GUESS TO ME, ONE PIECE OF IT IS 16 THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN THE MIX BEFORE. THERE'S SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT WORK AT 16 AND THEY'VE GOTTA GET BACK AND FORTH. SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL SHOWS REQUIRED FOR THAT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST. YEAH. WELL AND YOU, YOU HAD A CURVE THAT WENT UP LIKE THIS. YOU EX YOU EXTENDED THE LE YOU EXTENDED IT FOR ONE YEAR, WHICH MEANT TO GO DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD A, A COST PROHIBIT YEAH. WAS PROHIBITED HOW FAR WE COULD GO UP. SO NOW YOU'RE COMING FROM THIS PART TO A NEW ONE. NEW ONE, YEAH. SO WHERE IT MAY NOT BE QUITE A MILLION, RIGHT? BASED ON YEAR THREE OF THE CONTRACT, THAT'S PART OF THE MILLION. IS THAT YEAH, I MEAN I, I THINK 25 WE WOULD'VE EXCEEDED THAT NUMBER WOULD'VE CAUGHT, KEPT GOING UP IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT RESTRICTION IN THE ONE YEAR AGREEMENT UP FROM 20. SO IT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING. IT MAKES YOU, MAKES YOU FEEL THAT. UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE BUILT, I'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY NEGATIVE REVIEWS SINCE I'VE HAD THIS PAST YEAR. SO WE, WHEN WE BUILT THIS STAFFING, WE BUILT IT TO REALLY MEET THE NEEDS THAT WE FEEL WE WOULD HAVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. YEAH. I CAN SAY THAT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SAVING MONEY AND SCRIMMING, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT AREA TO CUT YOURSELF SHORT, RIGHT. AS A CUSTOMER, DID WE HAVE FULL UTILIZATION OF THOSE 22 SHUTTLES LAST YEAR? UM, A LOT OF AGING BUSES. UH, WE, WE HAD SOME SERVICE ISSUES WITH THEM. I MEAN, UH, I MEAN, IN THE SUMMER, IF YOU LOSE ONE OUT OF THE TWO AC UNITS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY, IT'S A PROBLEM. I MEAN, YOU, YOU ARE GONNA GET COMPLAINTS. UM, WE'VE HAD TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED, WE'VE HAD ENGINES REPLACED. SO IT'S, IT'S UH, THEY TAKE A BEATING THE AIR CONDITION, DON'T THEY? YES. I WAS GONNA SAY NONE. THESE ARE THAT, THAT'S OLD SCHOOL BUS LOOKING ONE WITH NO AC. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT CHUCK 2020 PASSENGER, THESE RANGE, UH, BETWEEN SOME 16 PLUS TWO BECAUSE THE ADAS ARE 16 PLUS TWO, WE, A PERCENTAGE OF OUR FLEET IS A DA AND THE REST I BELIEVE ARE 20 OR 22. ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH, GO AHEAD ROGER. DO WE ALLOCATE, DO WE ALLOCATE THIS EXPENSE TOTALLY TO PARKING OR DO WE ALLOCATE A PORTION OF IT TO CREWS FOR THE, THE PASSIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEE ALL TO CREWS TO MARKET? HMM, MARK. WE DO, SO L GOES TO PARKING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW PEOPLE YOU HAVE ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL. A LOT OF ATTENDANTS OBVIOUSLY GO TO PARKING. THE REST OF IT GOES TO PARKING. BUT IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSED IN ONE CONTRACT. I UNDERSTAND. BUT WE MIGHT WANT TO, I MEAN, YEAH, WE MIGHT WANT TO ALLOCATE SOME PORTION OF IT. IT'S 30% OF THE, OF THE PASSENGERS ON THESE ARE WELL EMPLOYEES IN THE TERMINAL. 60%. OH, 30 50%. I YOU SAID IT WAS 30 30. A THIRD OF 'EM WORTH A LOT ATTENDANCE. THIRD OF THEM WERE THE WORKING AT THE TERMINAL. THIRD OF 'EM WERE CUT. WERE CRUISERS IS WHAT I, THOSE THAT WORK ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE CRUISE TERMINAL ALREADY GET CHARGED TO CRUISE CONTRACT SECURITY. OKAY. SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST Y'ALL LOOK AT THAT TO CRUZ DOES GOOD ON HIS OWN. I MEAN THEY HAVE, YEAH, I MEAN SURPRISED MOVE THEIR CRUISERS, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE TERMINAL WITH THE PARKING LOTS. YEAH, WE RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. BRING THOSE CLOSURE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. DOES THAT, DOES THIS TWO FAR NON REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE BUDGET AT ALL? I MEAN, YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER $1 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR AND THE COST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, WELL, YOU'RE NOT ADDING A MILLION THIS YEAR. REMEMBER THIS GOEST AFFECT JULY 1ST, SO IT'S, YOU'RE ADDING HALF AND WE ALREADY HAD AN ESCALATION [01:20:01] BUILT INTO THE BUDGET, SO IT'S NOT GONNA ADD A SIGNIFICANT, I DO NOT THINK, WITHOUT GOING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD, I DO NOT THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE DID INCLUDE INCREASE THE BUDGET STARTING IN JULY, UH, TO REFLECT NEW PRICES. ALRIGHT, SO CAN I GET A MOTION OR ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, I CAN BE APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, SO SHEILA, MOVING APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND THAT A SECOND. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES YOU UNANIM. THANK YOU JULIO. I KNOW JULIO. THANK YOU JULIO. WE SAW THE SUMMARY, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO PUT ALL TOGETHER. IT GOES TO STEPHANIE. THANK YOU STEPHANIE. THANK YOU STEPHANIE. ALRIGHT, MOVING [F.9 Discuss and Consider Approval of Construction Contract between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Texas Gulf Construction Co., Inc. for the Old Port Industrial Road 2 project for an Amount Not to Exceed $6,855,184.25, and including a Project Contingency of $300,000.00] ON TO F NINE. I'M SORRY. NO, IT IS AT DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE GALVESTON WARS IN TEXAS, GULF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. FOR THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD TWO PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,855,184 AND 20%, INCLUDING A PROJECT CONTINGENCY OF 300,000. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, YEAH, TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM IS THE NEXT STEP IN, UH, COMPLETION OF THE RIOTER OR THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY. A DA PROJECT, UH, OLD FOR INDUSTRIAL ROAD BETWEEN, UH, 33RD STREET AND 41ST STREET. UM, FREEZE AND NICHOLS HAD, UH, CONTINUED, UH, TO, TO WORK ON THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT. I'M SORRY, MY NOTES ARE POPPING UP HERE. UH, YEAH, THE PROJECT STRETCHES BETWEEN 33RD STREET AND 41ST STREET. IT'S EXPANDING THE TWO LANE ROAD NOW TO A THREE LANE ROAD. IT'S INSTALLING, UH, NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEMS FOR, FOR THE SPECIFIC ROADWAY AND REPLACING A WATER LINE UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY. UH, FREEZING NICHOLS, UH, WORKED ON THE, THE ENGINEERING PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT AND A PROJECT SOLICITATION WAS RELEASED ON JANUARY 23RD. FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 20TH. UM, THE BIDS INCLUDING ALTERNATE BID ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, RANGE FROM $6.5 MILLION TO $8.3 MILLION. UM, ALTERNATE BID ITEM ONE IN THIS CASE. UM, WE SPLIT THE PROJECT INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE BASE BID BEING 37TH STREET TO 41ST STREET. ALTERNATE BID. ITEM ONE WAS 33RD STREET TO 37TH STREET. SO WE'D HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW WE AWARDED, UM, THAT PORTION DEPENDING ON, UH, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. UH, TEXAS GOLF WAS THE, THE, THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE PROJECT. UH, THEIR BID FOR, OR THE BASE BID AND ALTERNATE BID ITEM ONE CAME IN AT SIX, UH, $0.5 MILLION, UH, SIX $6,555,184 25 CENTS. UM, THAT PRICE DOES INCLUDE SOME, UH, ALLOWANCES AND EXTRA WORK, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN KIND OF A LESSON LEARNED FROM SOME OF THESE ROADWAY PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, STABILIZED SAND AND ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION THAT'S SOMETIMES NEEDED. UH, WE HAVE THOSE BID ITEM, UH, EXTRA BID, EXTRA WORK BID ITEMS AND ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS. UM, ANOTHER ITEM I WANTED TO POINT OUT, WHICH WAS NOT IN THE BRIEFING, BUT UH, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO GONNA BE USING CRUSH CONCRETE THAT WAS PRODUCED AT THE A DM UH, PROJECT AND THAT SAW SAVINGS OF ABOUT, UH, $236,000 BID ITEM, ALTERNATE BID ITEM TWO AND THREE WERE THOSE BASICALLY THE COST IF THEY WERE GONNA PROVIDE THEIR OWN CRUSH VERSUS USER. OUR UTILIZER, OUR, OUR EXISTING CRUSH. SO WE ARE, WE'RE SEEING SOME, SOME OF THE FRUITS OF THAT PROJECT ALREADY. UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE $6.5 MILLION, WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING A $300,000 CONTINGENCY FOR PROJECT. UM, THE LAST THING I HAVE IS THE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON A CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING TESTING, UH, CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO A FUTURE TWO NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDERS IN ONE MAIN. DON'T GET USED TO THAT. WILL THE SURFACE BE, UH, CONCRETE? YES, THIS WILL BE, IT'LL BE, UH, REINFORCED CONCRETE THAT'S SUITABLE FOR MY BIKE. YEAH, THAT'S CONFUSING. THE TRUCKS YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH OUT. OH, TRUCKS BROWN. MOVE FOR, FOR, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I GUESS [01:25:01] SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TWO, THE UH, TECH STOCK GRANT WAS LIKE 2.5 MILLION. CORRECT? SO THE OTHER FOUR, WHAT 4 MILLION OR SO IS GONNA BE IN THE 25 CENTS IS GONNA BE OUT OF OPERATIONS. I GUESS WHEN WE GOT THE TECH GRANT, DID WE, WAS THAT KIND OF EXPECTATION THAT WE PAY FOR THE WHOLE OF FAME OR IS WERE WE ALWAYS EXPECTING THIS WAS GONNA COST US SOME MONEY OUT OF POCKET? NO, I MEAN, WELL WE ALWAYS EXPECTED SOME MONEY OUT OF POCKET. THIS IS DEFINITELY, AT THIS POINT IT'S GONNA BE MORE MONEY OUT OF POCKET THAN WE ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. UM, PART OF THAT'S DUE TO TIMING. PART OF IT'S ALSO DUE TO INCREASED SCOPE OF WORK. UM, WHENEVER WE GOT OUT THERE AND TOOK A LOOK AT EXISTING AREAS, THEY DEFINITELY INCREASED OVER THE, THE GENERIC LIKE LINEAR ROAD FOOT THAT WE USED IN OUR, OUR, UH, ESTIMATES. UH, SO IT WAS A COMBINATION OF BOTH. UH, BUT, BUT TIME DID PLAY A BIG FACTOR AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A BETTER WAY IN THE MASTER PLAN. WE DO HAVE NOW THE, UH, TIME VALUE OF MONEY BUILT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO HEDGE SOME OF THOSE KIND OF COST CAPITAL COST CREEPED OVER TIME. THIS THIS, THE GRANT WAS RECEIVED WHAT? THREE? WELL, WE YOU APPROVED THE AGREEMENT OF 2023. WE HAD TWO YEARS PRIOR TO, THAT'S WHEN WE CAME UP WITH ESTIMATE THE NUMBER. YEAH, SO WE'RE KIND OF BACK TO THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD WAY TRYING HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME REALLY EARLY NUMBERS. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, TO ME IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE WALKWAY, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE SMALLER DOLLAR VALUE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE WALKWAY WHERE WE HAD SOME MONEY APPROPRIATED NUMBERS OF YEARS AGO. NOW WE'RE DOING IT. GUESS WHAT? THE COSTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE NOW THAN FIVE YEARS AGO. SO, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD, I MEAN THIS COMPLETES OUR, OUR WORK FROM PIER 10 TO 41. SO IT'S A GOOD, WE DEFINITELY WANT, WE DO YEAH, 41ST STREET'S REALLY OUR CONTROL. OKAY, SO ANY OTHER, SO WE HAD MOTION AND SO WE'RE READY. ANY NO, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR JIM. RIGHT? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? YOU GOTTA STEP A ROADWAY IN 375 DAYS. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. [F.10 Discuss and Consider for Approval the Capital Purchase of Two (2) 2026 Ford F-150 Police Responder Trucks for the Port of Galveston Police Department - Chief Brown] ALRIGHT. SO NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDER F 10. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE CAPITAL PURCHASE OF 2 20 26 F-150 POLICE RESPONDER TRUCKS FOR THE PORT GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON CHIEF TRUSTEES. UH, THIS IS JUST, UH, THIS REQUEST IS PART OF OUR ONGOING FLEET MAINTENANCE. UM, THE, UH, THE VEHICLES UH, HAVE ABOUT A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH LEAD TIME RIGHT NOW FROM THE TIME THAT WE PURCHASED THEM TO THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THEM. UH, WE DID NOT PURCHASE ANY VEHICLES LAST YEAR. SO BY THE TIME WE RECEIVED THESE, IT WILL HAVE BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS SINCE WE GOT INTO NEW VEHICLES. AND IN THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE BASED OUT SOME OF THE VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET, SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES US KIND OF BACK WHERE, WHERE WE WERE ALREADY. ALRIGHT, I WAS MEAN LAST YEAR AND WOULDN'T THEM HAVE A, WOULDN'T HAVE ANY TRUCKS LAST YEAR. I WOULD SAY IT WAS MEAN'S NICE BUT FIRMLY. SO MOTION BY WILLY TO APPROVE. SECOND, SECOND FROM ERIC. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD. BUT THESE TRUCKS, UM, I'M SURE THEY COME FOR, FOR YOUR NEEDS. SO , THE PRICE DOES INCLUDE THAT. THEY, THEY DON'T COME THAT WAY, BUT THE, THE, THE UH, THE PRICE IN THIS IS INCLUDING THE UPFITTING. SO WHEN WE ORDER THE TRUCKS, THE DEALERSHIP TAKES, TAKES POSSESSION OF 'EM FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND THEN THEY UPFIT 'EM WITH ALL THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND CAGES AND ALL THAT STUFF. UH, WHEN WE GET 'EM, ALL WE'VE GOTTA DO IS PUT STICKERS ON 'EM. WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN A WEEK AND THEN, AND THEN ONCE WE GET 'EM, THEY'LL BE READY TO GO. YES, SIR. RICHARD, THESE ARE BEING BOUGHT THROUGH THE, I THINK THAT CALLED THE BUYBOARD. THE BUYBOARD, YES. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SLIGHTLY UP. YOU'RE IN FAVOR BACK. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. I, I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. THAT'S [F.11 Mobility Update - Jeffrey Thomas] OUR LAST BUSINESS SIDE, SO YEAH. WELL, NO, WE GOT THE MOBILITY UPDATE. OH YEAH, JEFF, I'LL SEE YOU. SORRY, I THINK WE ALREADY COVERED MOST OF THE ITEM EARLIER IN THE MEETING, BUT, UH, WE DID RECEIVE THAT SEVEN QUALIFICATIONS PACKAGES, THE RQ WE DID, I RECEIVED THOSE LAST TUESDAY. UM, OUR, OUR DEADLINE FOR REVIEWING THOSE WAS, UH, TODAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE SETTING THE MEETING TO MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE. UH, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, UH, UH, RIGHT NOW IS SET FOR TOMORROW, BUT I THINK THERE'S A SCHEDULING CONFLICT ON THURSDAY. UM, AND SO ONCE OUR COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH, UH, THE, UH, AND THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF, UH, FOUR FOR GALS AND STAFF ONE CITY SOUTH. UM, AND, UH, AND SO ONCE WE, THE, THE COMMITTEE COMES UP [01:30:01] WITH THE RANK ORDER OF THE CONSULTANTS AT THAT POINT, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START NEGOTIATING SCOPE AND FEE WITH THE HIGHEST, UH, RANK RESPONDENT THAT OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, WE WILL BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO I THINK THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE FIRST AND THEN I GUESS IT'LL MAKE ITS WAY BACK HERE OR CITY COUNCIL DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE GOES WITH MAYBE BOTH THAT. YEAH, PROBABLY ABOVE, PROBABLY. YOU'D HAVE TO GO EITHER, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROCESS AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. ARE, ARE YOU, ARE YOU AT LIBERTY, UM, UNDER THE RULES TO DIVULGE THE RESPONDERS? I THINK YOU, DO YOU HAVE THAT LIST WITH ME? I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT. CAN, IT'S NOT A BID. SO THAT I GOT KNOW EXCEPT FOR THE ONE, I DUNNO, TJ, K, M, MAYBE HAR TJ K. YEAH. OKAY. SO THERE WAS UM, LEMME JUST PULL IT UP. SO I'M NOT, I THINK I COULD RECITE IT ALL FROM, BUT SHE JUST REMINDED OF THE ONE THAT I COULDN'T COULD, SHE JUST SHOWED UP. MOST OF THEM WE HAVE SOME WORK WITH IN THE PAST OTHER THAN ONE FIRM WAS A NEW FIRM THINK IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING LONGER. OF COURSE. THERE WE GO. WE HAVE, UH, FREEZE NICHOLS INC. UH, GFT INFRASTRUCTURE INC. LEY HOR ASSOCIATES, INC. TJKM, WALTER P. MOORE ASSOCIATES, INC. WGI INC. AND WIL. OKAY. SO GOOD, GOOD RESPONSE NOTES. AND I KNOW TWO OR THREE OF THOSE THAT, THAT ARE GOOD AT THIS, SO THAT'S GOOD. SO THANK YOU. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THE, SEEING THE NEXT STEP THERE. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO A, HOPEFULLY A REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK THAT'S HOPEFULLY BE PREPARED. RIGHT, RIGHT. RICHARD, I'M READY. WELL, I GUESS I AM, I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE CALL. [F.12 Discuss and Consider Agenda Items for the April Board Meeting] SO WITH THAT IS, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTUALLY NOT AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE APRIL BOARD MEETING. ANYTHING DISCUSSION ON THE DATE? I, WE DID HAVE THE DISCUSSION. YEAH, THERE, I GUESS WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE. TWO PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE. OH, EIGHTH, APRIL 28TH. FOURTH TUESDAY. SO WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AN ALTERNATIVE AND I GUESS I, I'VE GOT AN ISSUE THE WEEK I'M OUT THE WEEK BEFORE, SO MAY HAVE TO HAVE TRADE OFF ON OR WEDNESDAYS PROBABLY CAN. YEAH, WE CAN JUST WONDERING IF IT COULD, WE COULD EVEN GO INTO THE NEXT MONTH I SUPPOSE. IS THAT LEGAL? YEAH, DONE. WE'VE DONE THAT THE NEXT EARLY. YEAH, I MEAN I'D LIKE TO BE HERE. SURE. SHEILA, YOU'RE BOTH, YOU'RE BOTH AT THE WEEK OF THE 13TH, RIGHT? 28TH. THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT? TONY 28TH, NEXT DATED BOARD MEETING. WE CAN SET THAT UNDERNEATH THAT AGENDA ITEM. YEAH. OKAY. THEY'RE PROBABLY THE LAST WEEKEND OF APRIL. THEY'RE GONE THE WEEK OF THE 27TH. I'M GONE THE 20TH. THEY CAN SET THE WHOLE WEEK, YOUR HONOR. I'M GONE, I'M GONNA BE SOON ROGER, GET THIS BOARD BRIDGE FIXED. WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT'S THAT NEXT TUESDAY? FIFTH CINCO DE MAY? NO, IT'S APRIL, MAY, MAY CINCO DAY. APRIL MAY. IT'S MAY, APRIL 28TH MEETING IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. APRIL. APRIL MEETING. YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APRIL. THIS IS MARCH . YES. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY, MAY 5TH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT HAVING A MEETING AT ALL IN APRIL THEN. YEAH, WE WELL THE APRIL MEETING WOULD BE MAY 5TH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE YOUR REGULAR MONTHLY ON THE 26TH. SO MAY 5TH I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE, I'LL DEAL WITH THAT THEN WE'LL GO EAT MARGARITAS AFTERWARDS. SO I GUESS, YEAH, PROBABLY GET A NOTE OUT 'CAUSE CRAIG'S NOT HERE. VIC'S NOT HERE THE MEETING, BUT YEAH, KIND OF, I GUESS WE'RE TENTATIVELY PROPOSING TO MOVE THE MEETING TO MAY 5TH, ASSUMING DR. BROWN AND VIC AND MEMBERS HAVE JUST DECIDE EITHER WAY. RIGHT. SO AND PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL SO THAT PEOPLE YEAH, WE WANT, 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE AT TUNED TO FOURTH TUESDAY, SO YES. OKAY. SO YOU'LL GET COMMUNICATE WITH US AND WE CAN VERIFY THAT. UH, SO THAT GETS [G. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES] US DOWN TO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO WILLIE, THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU JULIA, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UH, THE [01:35:01] BID FOR THE, UH, SHOVEL. WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND YOU ANSWERED ALL OF THEM QUITE WELL. SO, UM, SAFE TRAVELS FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S GONNA BE DOING SO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MARITIME TODAY TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, PLAY A BIG PART OF THAT. YEAH, ECHO, UH, WILLIE SENTIMENTS, THANK YOU TO STAFF. I MEAN, THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN GOING SO SMOOTH AND IT'S 'CAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'LL PUT INTO IT AHEAD OF TIME, SO THANK YOU. UM, APRIL 22ND, THE, UH, PROPELLER CLUB FOR THE PORT OF GALVESTON WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL CRAWFISH BOIL APRIL 22ND AT THE KC HALL. IF, UH, Y'ALL ARE AVAILABLE, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. AND, AND MAY IS THE STATE OF THE PORT, CORRECT. OKAY. MAY. THANKS MR. . SO THANK, THANK THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WE, WE JUST MET ABOUT. UH, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SEEING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN TOMORROW AT THE, UH, WHAT DO WE HOUSE? OPEN HOUSE? YEAH. FOUR TO SIX WITH THIS. FOUR TO SIX. THE PRESENTATION BY LEWIS AT FOUR 30. AT FOUR 30. SO FOUR 30 IS THE, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION. OKAY, GOOD. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK FROM LAST TIME, JUST HAVING ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION WHERE EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME GOOD. YEAH, THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH JUST, WE'RE ALL THERE. NO, WELL YOU JUST CAN'T TALK ABOUT POOR BUSINESS THERE TOGETHER. POOR BUSINESS. SO, SHEILA, I JUST, WE'RE GONNA SET, THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, YOUR HONOR. THIS IS ROGER. ANY FINAL I WORDS? I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE, THE DOUBLE NEGATIVE, UH, CHANGE ORDERS, THOSE YOU'RE HOPING JEFF CAN, UH, TAKE THAT AND, AND CONTINUE ON. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR. MR. BROWN. I THINK THAT THE FOCUS, UH, JUST TO, TO CLARIFY ON WHAT I ABOUT THE, UH, THING TOMORROW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE MASTER PLAN. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FOCUS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF PEOPLE TRY AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSING BUSINESS, MAYBE THERE'S NOTE THAT FOCUS AND, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK NOT RECEIVE, RECEIVE, RIGHT? WE'RE THERE TO LISTEN. SO YEAH. AND WITH THAT, YEAH, I WOULD JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE GOOD WORK FROM STAFF. IT'S JUST, UH, YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK AND YOU BRING US GOOD IDEAS AND WE, AND I REALLY, I WOULD ALSO, UH, EXTEND THAT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I THINK WE, WE HAVE VERY, UM, MEANINGFUL AND PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS. EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY AGREE QUITE ON MAYBE EVERY POINT OF EVERYTHING, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT IS PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES AND THERE'S, THERE'S, WE WANNA HAVE THE GOOD DISCUSSION. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THINGS FROM ALL ANGLES SO WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE PORT BEST DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THANKS TO ALL AND WITH THAT I WILL DECLARE US ADJOURNED AT, UH, 2 44. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.