May 05, 2026 Port of Galveston Meetings - Wharves Board Regular

WE'LL MOVE ON INTO PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[B. PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE

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USS TEXAS AGREE, MR. DAVIS.

OH, WELCOME.

PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD.

YES, , IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

AND, UM, I'M HERE WITH MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE, TRAVIS DAVIS, OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

HE'S MET TWO TIMES AND DEBBIE ELLIOT, NEW VICE DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COLLABORATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE YEARS.

UH, HERE WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH A PICTURE OF THE BATTLESHIP, UH, 25 FEBRUARY, 1945 OFF THE COAST OF I JIMA, WHERE SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE EVASION OF IWO JIMA, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT ALSO WAS THE ONE WHERE HE HAD THE FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MARINES RAISING THE FLAG ON, UH, MAP SOCI.

SO THAT WAS THEN, AND THIS IS THE FUTURE.

ADDED MORE GUNS AND WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FIRST, WITHIN THE FIRST 10 SECONDS OF SEEING THIS GRAPHIC, TRAVIS SAID, THAT'S NOT THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS WHO AI, THAT'S AN IOWA CLASS.

BATTLESHIP LIKE THE MISSOURI.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO, UM, SO HERE WE ARE AND IT'S WELL DEPICTED.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THIS.

HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE, REALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER TO THE EAST SOME MORE, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, JEFF, THOMAS AND ROGER AND SO AND SO FORTH.

SO, UH, IN JUST A MINUTE, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO TRAVIS AND HE'S GONNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE MORE, UH, DETAIL OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING.

WE ARE FULFILLING OUR PROMISE, MAYOR BROWN, THAT WE'RE GONNA WITHSTAND 160 MILE AN HOUR WIND AND 19 FOOT STORM SURGE, WHICH MEANS OUR PILINGS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER AND THREE INCHES THICK.

SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

UH, SO I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

UH, FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, WE'VE HAD A, UH, $15 MILLION, UH, PRIVATE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOING ON, AND WE HAVE RECENTLY HIT THE $10 MILLION MARK.

SO, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TEAMS WORK VERY HARD TO GET THERE.

WE, THAT, THAT 10 MILLION IS DEDICATED TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF THE NEW HOME PORT.

UH, THE DREDGING, UM, THE DRIVING THE PILES, THE GANGWAYS, UM, THE UTILITIES, THE GIFT SHOP AND, UH, TICKET BOOTH.

SO ALL THOSE, SO WE'RE LOCKED AND LOADED AS SOON AS WE GET ALL OUR PERMITS.

AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR PERMIT FOR TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, JUST RECENTLY.

SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.

UH, THE SHIP IS STILL IN, UH, GULF COPPER, AND, UH, WE'RE REPLACING THE WOODEN DECK.

THE IMAGE YOU SAW, YOU SAW FROM 1945, THE WOOD DECK WAS, UH, UH, LOB LOLLY PINE, AND IT WAS, AND WE'RE OBLIGATED TO, UH, REPLACE THINGS ON THE SHIP AS IT WAS IN 1945.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE DONE THE DECK? UH, OVER 60%, OVER 60% DONE ON THE DECK.

UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME OVER AND LOOK ANYTIME, BUT THE DECK IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND WHERE YOU FIND IN THE LUMBER.

SO, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME FOUND THE LUMBER.

IT'S A CUSTOM MILLED FOUR BY FOUR PINE THAT'S BEEN TREATED.

AND SO WE'RE PUTTING DOWN A WOMANIZED PINE, UH, FROM A, A SMALL, RELATIVELY SMALL, UM, LUMBER YARD.

BUT TRAVIS TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE, THOSE DETAILS.

BUT, UM, NICE.

YEAH, IT'S GOING WELL, BUT NOT, THEY STARTED OUT SHIPPING US A LOT OF WARP LUMBER AND NOW THEY, NOW THEY'RE DOING BETTER.

SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.

UH, SO THE, THE WOOD DECK IS PROCEEDING.

THE, UH, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, PERMIT IS PROCEEDING.

AND, UH, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY OF 27, UH, AND COMPLETE IT BY APRIL, MOVE THE SHIP APRIL OF 27, HAVE A SOFT OPENING, AND THEN HAVE A GRAND OPENING.

THE GOAL WOULD BE, UM, LABOR DAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 27TH.

SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF A, THAT'S A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE.

I'M GONNA LET, UH, TRAVIS TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE MORNING DESIGN, AND THEN AT THE END WE'RE GONNA INVITE YOU TO A PARTY.

SO GO AHEAD, TRAVIS.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. GONZALEZ, THE, UH, THE PINES ACTUALLY ALL SOURCED FROM EAST TEXAS, SO, OH, SO IT'S ALL EAST TEXAS PINE.

WE'RE TRYING TO USE AS MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE AND SOURCED THE MATERIAL AS LOCALLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO, AND HAVING GROWN UP IN EAST TEXAS, IT, IT KIND MEANS SOMETHING TO ME, SO THAT'S NICE.

UM, SO MOVING REAL QUICK INTO THE, INTO THE NEAR ARRANGEMENT.

LOOKING AT AS A SIDE PLAN FOR THE BATTLESHIP.

YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING HERE, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE

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UH, YOU SEE, WE'RE KIND OF MORE AND MORE TOWARDS THE POOR PIER 14 SIDE.

UH, THERE IS 25 FEET OF SPACE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SHIP.

WE'RE, WE'RE INTENTIONALLY DOING THAT TO DAYLIGHT OFF OF THE, THE PIER, UH, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ISSUES THERE.

UM, AND THEN THE, OF COURSE, THE, THE FOUR, THE, OH, IT DOESN'T, OKAY, SO THERE, THERE'S THE FOUR WARMING, UH, PILES.

IF YOU SEE THE, THE, UH, WHITE CIRCLES, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.

UM, EACH ONE OF THOSE PILES IS 190 FEET LONG.

UM, THEY EACH WEIGH ABOUT 196 TONS.

AND, UH, THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS THREE AND FIVE EIGHTS.

UM, AND THEY'LL BE DRIVEN TO A DEPTH OF NEGATIVE 120.

SO THERE'LL BE ABOUT 40 FEET OF THEM STICKING ABOVE THE, THE WATER LINE.

UM, AND THAT IS ALL TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT, UM, WHICH WE'RE, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO.

THE SHIP WILL, WILL BE BOARD HERE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 160 MILE AN HOUR WIND, 19 FOOT STORM SURGE, AND, UH, UM, AND SAFELY, UM, AND, UH, MEET THAT MINIMAL REQUIREMENT.

IF YOU ALSO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GREEN AREA THERE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS, YOU KNOW, AS REFLECTIVE OF THE MASTER PLAN AND THE GREEN SPACE THERE.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUR REPURPOSE OUR PURPOSE THAT FOR AS A VISITOR, UH, WELCOME AREA EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE BUILD A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THERE FOR OUR TICKETING AND GIFT SHOP AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WAY DOWN THE ROAD A, A, A MUSEUM AS WELL.

UM, WITHIN THAT, THAT FOOTPRINT, UH, THE RECTANGULAR STRUCTURES THAT ARE ALONGSIDE THE SHIP, THOSE ARE THE, UH, GANG WAVES, IF YOU WILL.

UM, THAT'S A PLATFORM THAT'LL BE 11 FEET ABOVE THE PIER, UH, OR THE, THE GROUND LEVEL.

AND THEN TO, HERE, I CAN JUST SHOW YOU THIS WAY.

UM, THERE YOU GO.

UM, SO THERE'S A PROFILE LOOKING THROUGH THE SHIP, YOU CAN SEE THE PIERS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RIGHT HAND DRAWING.

UM, THEY'RE ABOUT 11 FEET OFF THE, THE GROUND.

IT'S TO GIVE US THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY ONTO THE SHIP, UH, AND THROUGH THE SHIP'S TITLE SWINGS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND A THREE FOOT TIDAL SWING, UH, THROUGH THAT WHOLE SWING, THE, UH, THE SHIP WILL STILL BE AT LEAST ACCESS ONTO THE SHIP WILL BE, WILL MEET A DA REQUIREMENTS.

UH, OF COURSE, IN A 19 FOOT STORM SURGE, WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET THAT.

SO, UM, UM, BUT IN, IN MOST USE CASES, YOU KNOW, IN THE NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION, WE WILL, WE WILL MEET THAT, UM, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE AS WELCOMING AND AS INVITING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S OUR GOAL.

UM, LET'S SEE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PILES TO THE, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SHIP, UM, AND CAN KIND OF SEE HOW, WELL, IT DOESN'T SHOW QUITE HOW FAR DOWN THEY GO, BUT THEY GO QUITE WAYS.

UM, THE, THAT'S THE KIND OF WHAT OUR, THE DRAWING ON THE LEFT SHOWS WHAT OUR, UM, KIND OF THE AXIS WILL LOOK LIKE OVER WATER.

THEY HAVE A CONCRETE PILE S AND THEN A CONCRETE, UH, RAMP OR GANGWAY PLATFORM.

UM, AND THEN THE, UH, DRAWING ON THE RIGHT WILL WILL SHOW, SHOWS THE PILES THEMSELVES.

SO AGAIN, THEY'RE VERY, VERY LONG, VERY, VERY HEAVY.

AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THOSE EACH IN, IN ONE, ONE CONTINU DRIVE EACH ONE IN EACH IN A CONTINUOUS OPERATION.

SO THERE'S VERY FEW COMPANIES THAT CAN DO THAT.

AND FORTUNATELY ONE IS ON THE ISLAND.

SO, UM, UM, LET'S SEE.

OH, ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ON ANY OF THAT? YES, SIR.

SO THE, THE FOUR PILES THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN, THERE'S GONNA BE COLLARS THAT CONNECT TO THE BATTLESHIP, NO SOFT LINES.

NO SOFT LINES.

SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE, YOU SEE THE, THE BLACK STRIPES THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S A RECTANGULAR THAT IS THE COLLAR.

UH, SO THE COLLAR IS, UH, THE PILES ARE EIGHT DIAMETER, UM, SORRY, UH, 17 DIAMETER.

AND THEN THE COLLAR'S JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

THEY'RE OVER AN INCH AND EIGHTH WALL THICKNESS.

AND THEN THEY'RE SECURED TO THE SHIP USING, UM, BASICALLY CHAIN AND NAVAL CHAIN AND THE STRUCTURE THAT'S ON THE SHIP, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS BEEN USED FOR.

WE'RE HAVING TO UPGRADE THE, THE CONNECTION POINTS FOR THE HIGHER, HIGHER LOADING.

UM, SO THAT'S STUFF THAT WE WILL DO OVER THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL.

WELL, BEFORE WE START, UM, ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THESE PILES THEIR SIZE, UH, WE WILL START ORDERING MATERIAL IN, TO, TO, TO BE READY FOR A JANUARY INSTALLATION.

WE'LL START ORDERING MATERIAL IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THE COLLARS TRAVEL UP TO THAT 19 FEET.

AND THEY, THEY'LL COME WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET AT THE TOP.

SO, I MEAN, THEY'LL NEVER EXCEED.

SO IF WE, SO THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY AND NOT IT'S FLEXIBILITY, BUT, UM, UM, CONTINGENCY IF YOU WILL.

SO 19 FEET, 160 MILE HOURS, WHAT'S DESIGNED TO, IN A SURVIVABILITY CASE, OF COURSE YOU CAN EXCEED

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THAT.

WE JUST HAVEN'T MODELED WHAT THAT EXCESS IS.

THE, UM, GO BACK, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK FURTHER.

SURE, SURE.

THE DOTTED LINE ON THE RIGHT, IS THAT CURRENT? THAT'S CURRENT, YES, SIR.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO DREDGE, I GUESS THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WE'RE ESTIMATING BETWEEN, UM, AROUND 55,000 CUBIC YARDS.

IS THAT A ONE TIME FOR US? THAT'LL BE A ONE TIME, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MOVING IN AND OUT, THE SHIP IS BASICALLY MOVES UP AND DOWN.

UM, THE MOORING SYSTEM RESTRAIN THE SHIP, RESTRAINS THE SHIP VERY WELL, SO SHE DOESN'T MOVE VERY MUCH IN THE BER UM, THE MOST LATERAL MOVEMENT IN FOUR AND A HALF.

AND, UH, PORT STARBOARD WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SIX INCHES.

UH, WE SAW THAT AT SAN JACINTO WITH A, WITH A HEAVY SEA CURRENT OF SHIPS PASSING BY.

UM, SO IT'S NOT GONNA MOVE VERY MUCH.

UH, SO YEAH, WE, WE DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING DREDGING.

NOW, WHEN WE PULL THE SHIP OUT IN 15 YEARS TO GO TO DRY DOCK AGAIN, HOPEFULLY ACROSS THE SHIP CHANNEL, UM, THEN WE WILL, WE WILL CLEAN THE BIRTH OUT AGAIN AND RE REDO IT.

I MEAN, AND WE'RE NOT SEEING A HEAVY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, THERE'S NOT A VERY HEAVY SILAGE RIGHT THERE.

UH, BUT WITH VESSEL TRAFFIC NOW COMING OUT OF 16, UM, UM, YEAH, 16, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THOSE HEAVY THRUSTERS THERE ON THOSE, ON THOSE SHIPS.

SO THAT MAY ACTUALLY WORK TO OUR ADVANTAGE AND HELP CLEAN THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE SCOURING TERRAIN.

UM, I KNOW ON YOUR RENDERING THERE, WE HAD, UH, YOU SHOWED A SECOND CRUISE TERMINAL FOR ROYAL CARIBBEAN THERE.

HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ROYAL AND ARE THEY, UH, ASSISTING IN ANY WAY OR WORKING WITH YOU ON, AND YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS? UM, Y WELL, , THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS.

SO, SO YES.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH, WITH ROGER AND BRETT AND JEFFREY ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE POTENTIALS ARE.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF WHAT, UM, GIVEN THE MASTER PLAN AND WHAT THE FUTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MIGHT BE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PRECLUDING, UH, THAT, THAT GROWTH, THAT POTENTIAL GROWTH THERE.

ARE THOSE CORE PILINGS, ARE THERE SOLID CONCRETE PILINGS? NO, SIR.

THEY'RE HOLLOW STEEL.

AND THEN YOU, THEN YOU POUR CONCRETE IN WE DON'T, NO.

OH, YOU'RE NOT POURING EM? WE, WE DON'T.

SO IT IS LIKE DOING A CORING.

SO YOU GET THERE, THE PILOT, YOU'RE JUST DRIVING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

SO THEY WILL, EVENTUALLY, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL GET FILLED WITH THE, THE MATERIAL INSIDE AS THEY GO DOWN.

UM, SO THE, THE ISSUE WHY WE HAVE TO BUILD THE WALL SICKNESS IS SO THICK HERE IS BECAUSE JUST THE SOIL'S HERE, WE'RE NOT HITTING ANYTHING SOLID UNTIL LIKE 80 FEET DOWN.

SO, YEAH.

AND IT'S AT THAT POINT, SAND, SAND AND CLAY.

SO ARE THESE, UH, HOLLOW LINGS GONNA BE COATED AT ALL YES.

AROUND THE WATER LINE? OH, YES.

THE, THE WHOLE LENGTH WILL BE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE COATING.

SO, AND OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON THOSE AS WELL AS WE HAVE IN OUR, UM, OPERATING AGREEMENT WHERE THEY'RE ANNUALLY INSPECTED IN OUR, OUR, UM, REPORTING, YOU KNOW, IN ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, JUST TO COMMENT, YOU'RE IN A WONDERFUL AREA.

GET SOME POSITION THERE THAT'S GOING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PORT.

THAT'S GONNA BE A FOCAL POINT FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND LOOK AT NOT ONLY INDUSTRIAL AND THE MARITIME PORTION OF THE PORT, BUT THE USS TEXAS.

YEAH, I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT DRAW.

GREAT DRAW FOR AREA.

WELL, WE, WE FEEL VERY BLESSED.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LONG PROCESS TO GET WHERE WE'RE AT AND IT WORKED OUT.

I MEAN, I THINK IT WORKED OUT FOR EVERYBODY FOR, FOR THE PORT, FOR THE CITY, FOR GALVESTON, FOR ALL OF THE, THE PORT STAKEHOLDERS, UH, AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.

SO I, I, I CAN'T SAY HOW HAPPY WE'RE WITH THE PROCESSES.

AGAIN, YOU COULD BE PULLING IT TEETH AT TIMES, BUT IT WAS A JOURNEY.

IT WAS A JOURNEY.

UM, SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, I HAVE ONE, I'M SORRY.

NO, NO, NO.

QUICK, UH, I SEE THE TWO PILES YOU HAVE, SIR, SIR.

SO IT DOESN'T MOVE EAST, WEST, I GUESS, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO ASSURE? IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE OPEN, THOSE FOUR PILINGS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, WITH THE FOUR PILINGS IN LINE LIKE THAT, IT'S VERY HARD FOR THE SHIP TO MOVE LIKE THIS.

MAKING SURE THERE'S SO MUCH ROOM AROUND THE SHIP IS SO THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTING, UH, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT DAMAGING IT OR DAMAGING THE SHIP.

UM, SO WHAT WE'LL SEE IT MAXIMUM DEFLECTION, UM, WOULD BE IT, UM, AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, AT A 19 FOOT STORM SURGE, 160 MILE AN HOUR WIND, IT'LL BE A PORT STARBOARD MO MOVEMENT.

SO, UH, AT THAT POINT IT'S THE EAST, WEST, UH, OF, UP TO FIVE FEET.

SO THERE'S ALL THAT STEEL COULD BEND UP TO FIVE FEET AT THE TOP.

UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE GIVING OURSELVES SO MUCH ROOM AROUND THE SHIP OR

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SO, UH, DURING A NORMAL, DURING NORMAL OPERATE, OR NOT NORMAL, UM, YEAH, DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS THERE WON'T BE HARDLY ANY MOVEMENT AT ALL.

AND THEN CERTAINLY IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE NORTH SOUTH MOVEMENT, SO TOWARDS THE CHANNEL, VERY, VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT STILL.

UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH IN LINE TOGETHER.

I LIKE, I LIKE THAT MOVING IT TO THIS SIDE OF THE, OF THE, UH, SLIP.

WE KIND OF, I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME INTERFERENCE WITH TERMINAL 16 DIFFERENT THINGS, SO THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES.

UM, I GUESS THE OTHER THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYOR BROWN'S, UH, POINT ABOUT WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE KIND OF THE P 19 AREA AND MAYBE DEVELOPING SOME GREEN SPACE THERE.

AND I THINK THE OTHER OTHER THING ROGER BROUGHT UP, ACTUALLY, I'M SURE YOU GUYS PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT ALSO LOOK AT THAT, HOW WE DEVELOP THAT TOGETHER, RIGHT? WITH WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE WITH WHAT WE THINK IS, IS DR. BROWN SAID IS KIND OF A FOCAL POINT FOR, UH, PEOPLE AND HOW DO WE MAKE THAT A NICE PUBLIC SPACE WITH YOUR FACILITIES AND WITH WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO THERE TO MAKE THAT A, A GOOD GATHERING AREA.

I, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR TONY AND SAYING THIS, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, IN OUR BOARD, BUT I THINK THAT WE'D BE VERY MUCH OPEN TO, TO COLLABORATING ON WHAT THAT POSSIBILITY MAY LOOK LIKE.

UM, OF COURSE WE WANT TO, WE'D WANNA, UM, PROBABLY PUT THE, THE PEDAL TO THE METAL ON THAT OVER THE SUMMER SO WE CAN GET A DESIGN AND START GETTING CONSTRUCTION SO THAT THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THE TIME WHEN MOVE THE SHIP OVER.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THERE'S NOT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GET VISITORS ON THE SHIP AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ARCHITECT ACT LANDSCAPE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT PIER 19.

AND ROGER, I THINK BROUGHT UP, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA, IS MAYBE KIND OF HAVE THEM ALSO SKI, ENGAGE WITH YOU GUYS AND START LOOKING AT WHAT YOUR FOOTPRINT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE GET SOME GOOD PROFESSIONAL, THESE GUYS ARE PROFESSIONALS AT WHAT THEY DO.

SO THAT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TIE, TIE, TIE THAT IN WITH YOU GUYS SO WE CAN KIND OF DO ALL THAT TOGETHER.

AND THAT WAS SUGGESTION MOVEMENT, , WELL, WE SUGGESTED THAT MOVEMENT MAYBE MORE FROM PIER 19 FURTHER EAST.

MM-HMM.

I MEAN, BECAUSE REALLY, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES OBVIOUSLY WITH YOU.

AND SO IF WE MAKE THAT NICE AS A WALKTHROUGH, THEN UH, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN ADD MAYBE FOCUS MORE HERE.

AND OF COURSE I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE TO SEE THOSE PARKING.

WELL, SHE JUST FIGURED THAT IN RENT.

SO, AND I GUESS THAT'S THE OTHER SORT OF JUST FROM, I GUESS MAYBE FOR TONY AND TONY'S AND TONY'S THERE, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA WORK.

THERE'S A PART OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT, WE'VE GOT TO, WHAT DO WE THINK? WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT OR THE TIMING ON WHEN WE CAN KIND START THOSE DISCUSSIONS? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE PART WE WANNA GET RESOLVED.

WELL, IN ALL HONESTY, I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, THE BIGGEST WAS GETTING THE SIDING OF THE SHIP DOWN, MAKING SURE RIGHT.

YOU GET TO THIS POINT.

AND, AND WE'RE THERE.

SO WE, WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT, I WAS SITTING IN THE MEETING, UM, I, I ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE RECEIPT OF, OF OUR APPLICATION FROM THE CORE.

SO WE SUBMITTED IT LAST WEEK, BUT WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING THE RECEIPT.

SO, UM, SO IT'S OFFICIAL AND, UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POSITION.

SO I THINK THE QUICKER WE CAN START MOVING FORWARD ON HASHING THAT OUT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE NUANCES OF WHAT THAT GREEN SPACE LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE WORK THROUGH THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE BETTER WE ARE.

ALTHOUGH BETTER WE ALL ARE.

TURN IT OVER TO, YOU GUYS HAVE MADE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS.

WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM ON THE BUSINESS TERMS. RIGHT.

AND THE SPECIFIC PLA PLOT AND THEN AFTER THAT WE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YEAH, WE'RE READY TO KIND OF BEGIN THOSE, BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

ARE Y'ALL STILL PLANNING A, A STRUCTURE? YES.

UM, E EVENTUALLY, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE, THE LAST THIRD OF OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE COMING LATER, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

UM, AND POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY, UM, IN THIS DRAWING BELOW THE SHIP.

SO I GUESS IN EAST WEST DRAWING THE LASER POINTER DOESN'T WORK ON THE RIGHT THERE.

I'D LIKE TO CORRECT YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THIS.

YOU MENTIONED THE PROCESS, IT'S LIKE PULLING IT, I'M A DENTIST.

WELL I CAN IMPACT THIRD MOW .

WELL, WELL WORTH THE PAINT.

WELL WORTH THE PAINT.

THAT WAS A GOOD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, THE SIDING OF THE SHE LOCATION OR ANY OTHER, OTHER ASPECTS BEFORE I, I

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ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, SO TURN OVER TO DEBBIE.

SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WE HAVE, UH, COMING UP, UM, IN TWO MONTHS.

WELL, HI, NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY.

I WOULD WORN HEELS.

I KNOW I WAS GONNA SPEAK, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

UM, SO JULY THE THIRD, IF YOU'LL, THERE'S A DRAWING THERE.

HOLD ON.

SO JULY THE THIRD, WE WILL BE HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT IN CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S TWO 50, THE CITY OF GALVESTON, ON JULY THE FOURTH.

WE'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL FESTIVAL AND FIREWORKS AND ACTIVATIONS AND WONDERFUL THINGS ALONG THE SEA WALL, BUT WE'RE GONNA KICK IT OFF ON THIS SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

SO WE WANNA INVITE YOU ALL TO, YOU KNOW, COME JOIN US IN VIP WHERE IT WILL BE AIR CONDITIONED, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WITH SOME FOOD AND DRINKS.

AND, UH, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE'RE GONNA INVITE THEM TO COME OUT AS WELL.

UM, PIER 21, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, WE'RE GONNA INVITE ALL OF THE MUSEUMS AND, AND, UH, TO COME OUT AND HAVE A LITTLE, UH, TENT, A BOOTH AS IT WERE TO ENJOY THE AFTERNOON.

AND THEN ONCE THE LIGHTS START GOING DOWN, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING BY INITIALLY HAVING BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF ALL FOUR OF THE GUNS.

SO TWO, TWO.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DRONE SHOW, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FIREWORKS.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE EVENING TO, FOR THE BIG CONCLUSION, WE'LL HAVE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE GUNS.

SO IT'S GONNA BE AN EXCITING HISTORIC EVENT.

YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR PERMANENT LOCATION, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A LITTLE PREVIEW OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SHIP.

SHE WILL BE LIT UP IN LIGHTS ALONG WITH ALL THE BEAUTIFUL DRESSING, THE FLAG.

THANK YOU BRETT, FOR HAVING JACK MEET US THIS MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, UM, WITH THE CATERER.

HE'S VERY EXCITED AS WELL.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR, ON YOUR CALENDAR AND I'LL BE SENDING EACH OF YOU AN INVITATION.

SO I HOPE YOU'RE IN TOWN AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT LINEUP.

WHERE'S THE LINEUP IN THERE? THE LINEUP? SHE'S RIGHT THERE, .

AND THANKS TO THE PORT OF GALVESTON'S, UH, 200TH ANNIVERSARY, WE, UH, WE WERE THERE AND WE WILL BE USING THE SAME FIREWORKS AND DRONE PEOPLE, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE SPECTACULAR.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND NICE TO SEE YOU.

AND IF YOU CAME, IF YOU WERE ON THE FLOAT FOR MARDI GRAS, EVEN IN RAIN AND THUNDER, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, RIGHT, MR. PATTERSON? THANK YOU KINDLY.

WATER MANAGEMENT, UNDERWATER NOISE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

SO WE'RE GONNA SWITCH GEARS HERE.

I JUST GO FROM BLUE TO GREEN HERE.

HAVE A PRESENTATION BY LAURA ON GREEN MARINE.

SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT GREEN MARINE, WHAT IT IS, WHAT WE DO FOR IT, BUT BASICALLY EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS, SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY.

IT'S A, A VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALING PROGRAM FOR, UM, NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE.

AND THEY ARE MOVING GLOBAL AND IT HELPS TO REDUCE, UM, THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

I'M NOT MOVING THIS WAY.

OH, THIS ONE.

OH, WHO PARTICIPATES? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHO PARTICIPATES? UM, OWNERS, SHIP OWNERS, PORT SHIPYARDS, TERMINAL OPERATORS.

BUT HERE AT PORT OF GALVESTON, IT'S ENCOURAGED BY GREEN MARINE TO GET OUR, OUR TENANTS AND OUR, UM, OUR PARTNERS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE, UM, METRO PORTS PARTICIPATING.

WE HAVE SSA MARINE PARTICIPATING.

WE HAVE PORTS OF AMERICA PARTICIPATING AS WELL AS GULF COPPER WEST.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT STANDS TODAY, BUT, UM, PORT OF AMERICA GOT CERTIFIED IN GREEN MARINE IN 2024, AND SSA MARINE TOOK IT FURTHER THAN THEIR GREEN MARINE, UM, CERTIFICATION AND GOT A ISO CERTIFICATION AS WELL RECENTLY.

SO HOW DO YOU GET CERTIFIED? SO HERE'S ALL THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE MARINE, MARINE COMMUNITY, SHIP OWNERS, PORTS, SEAWAYS TERMINALS, AND SHIPYARDS.

AND EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SECTORS HAVE DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT THEY NEED TO MEET, UM, TO BECOME CERTIFIED WITH THE PORT.

IT'S PRIMARILY AIR QUALITY ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITY IMPACT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP, STORM

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AND TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION, YOU NEED TO GET TO LEVEL TWO.

UNDER EACH OF THESE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, THERE'S ACTIVITIES THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET TO LEVEL ONE, TO GET TO LEVEL TWO AND SO ON, UP TO FIVE.

AND SO TO GET CERTIFIED, YOU NEED TO HAVE A, A LEVEL TWO ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, AND THEN TO REMAIN CERTIFIED, YOU NEED TO IMPROVE EACH YEAR.

SO HERE'S OUR RESULTS.

THIS IS A PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE WE JUST TURNED IN ALL OUR INFORMATION TO GREEN MARINE.

UM, OUR CERTIFIED RESULTS FOR 24 AND OUR, OUR RESULTS FOR 25 WILL BE CERTIFIED IN JUNE NEXT MONTH.

AND, UM, WE JOINED GREEN MARINE IN 2019 AND WE GOT CERTIFIED IN, UH, 2021.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IS AIR EMISSIONS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, UNDERWATER NOISE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO IMPROVE IN THOSE AREAS.

SO ON THOSE LEVELS, I MEAN, LET'S, IT'S ONE THROUGH FIVE, ONE THROUGH FIVE.

SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD THREE WOULD BE DEFINED AS AVERAGE.

SO FAR 25 ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES.

WE FOCUSED ON ENHANCING AIR AND WATER QUALITY, WASTE REDUCTION, AND CLEAN ENERGY.

IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY, WE WORK WITH A CONSULTING FIRM EACH YEAR THAT, UM, CALCULATES OUR CO2 PER CARGO TON HANDLED ANNUALLY.

AND WE PROVIDE THEM ALL THE DATA, THE FUEL, THE ELECTRICITY, THE GAS, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO GREENHOUSE GASES.

WE PROVIDE THEM THAT INFORMATION AND THEY COME UP WITH THAT CALCULATION.

THEY ALSO PROVIDE US RECOMMENDATIONS TO FURTHER REDUCE THAT IN TERMS OF CLEAN ENERGY.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON SHORE POWER AND L AND G AND WE, FUNNY STORY, WE FINALLY GOT TO CLOSE OUT OUR, UM, EV CHARGING STATIONS.

WE HAD TO HAVE THEM ALL ON THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WITH TERMINAL 16 CONSTRUCTION, WE HAD TO TAKE ONE BANK OUT.

AND SO IT TOOK US TO, AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION TO GET 'EM ALL BACK IN AND CLOSE OUT THE GRANT.

SO THAT'S CLOSED OUT.

AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE EV CHARGING STATIONS IN SOME OF THE PARKING LOTS.

UH, OH.

CAN I ASK, UH, DO YOU, ARE THOSE, UH, CHARGING STATIONS WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN COME IN THERE MM-HMM .

AND CHARGE YOUR STUFF? MM-HMM .

GREAT.

AND THOSE ARE AT CHRIS TERMINAL OF 16.

WE HAVE 'EM AT SEVERAL.

I, I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU, BUT I CAN GET YOU THE ANSWER.

WE HAVE 'EM AT SEVERAL OF DIFFERENT, IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE SO THAT WE CAN NOTIFY, MAYBE PUT OUT A, A, A, UH, PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CITY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

AND HERE'S OUR AIR QUALITY, UM, CALCULATIONS.

THE S-S-G-S-G-S DOES FOR US.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP GRAPH ON THE BLUE LINE THAT'S GOING DRAMATICALLY DOWN.

THAT'S FROM 24 WHEN WE TRANSFERRED OVER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY, 75% WIND, AND 25% SOLAR.

SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY GIVE THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

WE TOOK THAT RECOMMENDATION.

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IS ANTI-IDLING.

WE'VE DONE AN ANTI-IDLING CAMPAIGN WITH TRAINING THE EMPLOYEES AND PUTTING UP SIGNAGE FOR THE TRUCKS.

WE'VE DONE LED LIGHTING DOING THAT ACROSS THE PORT.

AS WE, AS WE, AS THE LIGHTS GO OUT, WE REPLACE WITH LED.

SO IN THE, I'M SORRY, YOU, YOU, UH, LAURA, YOU HAD, UH, CARGO IN HERE.

ARE THE CRUISE SHIPS INCLUDED AT ALL IN ANY OF THESE EMISSIONS FROM THE CREW COMMISSIONS FROM THE CRUISE SHIPS? NO.

NO.

ISN'T IT CARGO? I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT OUR AGREEMENTS REQUIRE THAT THE STEVE DO AND EVERYBODY ON THE DOCKS HAVE TO USE ALTERNATIVE FUEL, UH, FORKLIFTS AND THE LIKE, THAT CAN'T USE HYDROCARBON POWER.

ON HIS TEAM WORKED VERY HARD AND NOW WE HAVE A SOLUTION AND A RESOURCE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND WITH WASTE REDUCTION, WE HAVE ALL YOUR STANDARDS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, FURTHER OUR, OUR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES AND, UM, OTHER FACILITIES.

WE HAVE PLASTICS, PAPER, UM, ALUMINUM BATTERIES, CENT LIGHT BULBS, AND, UM, CARTRIDGES, TONER CARTRIDGES.

BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS ACTUALLY BREAST GROUP SOURCE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL RECYCLERS RECYCLING SOLUTIONS FOR THE DUNNAGE AND THE TIRES.

'CAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL GOOD WAY OF GETTING RID OF ALL THAT.

AND SO, UM, MATT ROBERTSON

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WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE, WE JUST BURN THOSE TIRES RIGHT IN THE BACK DOOR, BACK OVER ON PELICAN ISLAND.

SO CLEAN ENERGY, CLEAN ENERGY.

WE HAVE MICROGRID THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM TCEQ TO WORK WITH CARGO SHIPS AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT PILOT IN THE FALL.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SHORE POWER, UM, FOR CRUISE SHIPS.

UM, IT'S JUST RATHER EXPENSIVE AND IT'S A DIFFICULT NEGOTIATION.

UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE RENEWABLES ALREADY FOR 26.

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AIR QUALITY AND LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SGS GIVES US AND IMPLEMENT WHERE FEASIBLE POSSIBLE CLEAN ENERGY.

OF COURSE, AGAIN, LNG AND SHORE POWER, OUR PRIMARY FOCUSES AND ON REDUCED, UM, WASTE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO EACH YEAR THAT I GET A REPORT FROM, UM, REPUBLIC WASTE ON, UM, EXCEPTION, AND IT TELLS US HOW MUCH, UM, TRASH THAT WE SEND TO THE LANDFILL.

SO I'M ALWAYS LIKE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER.

AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING OF IS DOING RECYCLING INSIDE THE TERMINAL.

AND SO I'M PULLING PRICING TOGETHER AND SEEING WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FEASIBLY DO.

ANY QUESTION, QUESTION, BUT ON, ON THE MEASURING AIR QUALITY AND MEASURE AND GASES, DO WE ACTUALLY MEASURE, MONITOR ANY POINTS OUT HERE? IS IT MORE CALCULATIONS? WE PUT IN GRANTS FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOT ONE YET.

IN THERE TO DO THAT.

FROM THE GREENHOUSE GAS BACK TO THE CRUISE LINES, THEY HAVE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

THEY HAVE TO MEET MM-HMM .

IS THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM .

WE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.

AND INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL THROUGH IMO TOO.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DEADLINES TO MEET AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S THE QUALITY OF FUEL AND WHERE THEY CAN BURN IT.

I MEAN, AT THE DOCK THEY CAN BURN A, A HIGHER QUALITY WITH LESS EMISSIONS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO THAT WATER SITTING HERE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WITHIN 200 MILES.

THEY CALL IT A ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ZONE, ECA, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND THEY HAVE TO SWITCH OVER FROM A, A HEAVIER FUEL TO A, A LOWER SULFUR CONTENT FUEL GOING FROM 0.5%, UH, DOWN TO 0.1.

SO 80% REDUCTION IN THE, IN, IN THE SULFUR CONTENT WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE WITHIN THE REGION.

AND THEN, UH, THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2012.

AND THEN IN 2016, UM, SOME REGULATIONS WENT INTO EFFECT ON ANY, ANY VESSELS BUILT DURING OR AFTER 2016 HAVE TO BE LIKE A TIER THREE ENGINE, WHICH PRODUCES LESS NOX OR NITROGEN DIOXIDE.

SO THOSE EMISSIONS WENT DOWN AROUND 2016 AS WELL FOR A LOT OF THE VESSELS THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, NEWER.

AND IF WE CAN PUT IN SHORE POWER, THE NITROUS OXIDE AND THE SULFUR OXIDE OXIDE, THE DIFFICULT AIR POLLUTANTS CAN GO DOWN 98 AND 97% RESPECTIVELY, DRAMATICALLY.

AND I WOULD ASSUME L AND G REDUCES THAT A FAIR AMOUNT IF YOU'RE BURNING DOWN MM-HMM .

AND ON THE, ON THE FEDERAL STANDARDS, IS THAT UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MONITOR THAT AND TO YEAH.

FORCE THAT? OKAY.

A QUESTION FROM ROGER.

UH, AT ITS PEAK RECENTLY, UH, HOW MANY 18 WHEELERS WOULD BE CALLING ON A WEEK? I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US THAT INFORMATION AT DEL MONTE WHEN IT WAS THERE.

OH GOSH, IT'S 400.

400.

FOUR 500 TAKING FOUR TO 518 WHEELERS OFF OF THAT AREA.

SO THAT'S GOTTA BE AN AMAZING, DRAMATIC POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE AIR QUALITY.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THE INTERNAL ROADWAY IS ALSO POSITIVE IMPACT BECAUSE THAT'S DESIGNED TO REDUCE CONGESTION.

AND SO THAT ALSO REDUCES EMISSIONS AS WELL.

THAT'S ACROSS THE PORT TOO.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

EVERY VESSEL THAT CALLS ON THE PORT HAS TO FOLLOW THOSE EPA AND MARKWELL REGULATIONS.

SO NOT JUST THE CRUISE INDUSTRY, BUT EVERY VESSEL COMING HERE HAS SEEN AN 80% REDUCTION IN THEIR EMISSIONS SINCE 2012.

TO FIVE MEGA WATTS OF ELECTRICITY WHERE ETHO ETCH, UM, PER, WHEREAS A CRUISE SHIP USES LIKE 16.

EXCUSE THE QUESTION.

MAY, ERIC, I DON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IT, IT EMISSIONS FROM A CARGO SHIP VERSUS A CRUISE SHIP.

DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVE FEEL? WELL, I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

SO A CARGO SHIP USES LIKE 3.3

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SO JUST THE GENERATION OF POWER IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT ABOVE THE, AND SO THAT FIGURES INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, WHAT DO YOU USE TO GENERATE THE POWER? YEAH.

WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS IS, ARE YOU USING? AND THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

WE, WE HAVE ALL, I GUESS GREEN MATERIAL, ELECTRIC FUELS THAT WE'RE USING, AND I GUESS WIND AND SOLAR.

I MEAN, YOU GO OUT AND YOU BUY THAT.

I OFTEN WONDERED HOW YOU COULD TELL WHICH PIECE OF ELECTRICITY WAS FROM SOLAR AND WHICH WAS FROM WIND.

BUT WE PAID FOR, THEY HAVE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A WAY TO, YOU'RE BUYING OR YOU'RE BUYING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BUYING CREDITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND HERE'S OUR TEAM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO DO TWO VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, CLEANUPS, YOU CAN SEE BEACH CLEANUPS.

WE CLEANED UP HARBORSIDE, WE DONATED FOOD.

WE HAVE A NATIVE PLANT GARDEN AT TERMINAL 10.

WE DID OYSTER REEF RESTORATION OVER AT GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION.

SO WE DO THE TWO, UM, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES A YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO TRY TO DO TWO LUNCH AND LEARNS TO EDUCATE THE EMPLOYEES ON, ON EITHER NEW THINGS COMING UP OR REMINDERS OF HOW YOU CAN TAKE, TAKE SMALL STEPS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

LAURA, WHERE ARE, WHERE IS THAT TOP UPPER LEFT PICTURE TAKEN? UM, THAT'S THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION.

IS THAT OUT THERE WHERE THE BIRDWATCHING AREA IS AT THE, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BA BIRD WATCHING THERE TOO.

BUT WE WERE THERE TO RESTORE THE OYSTER REED.

WE HAD TO GET OUT IN THE WATER.

WHAT? UM, STORE ONE.

WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CONVENE ON THE GREEN, WHICH IS PUT ON BY VISION GALVESTON.

AND IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A GREAT GROUP BECAUSE, UM, JUST IN THE MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE, THERE'S 35 DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING GREEN OR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.

SO WE'RE ALLOWED, WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE OUR IDEAS, PARTICIPATE IN GRANTS TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH THE TREE CONSERVATIVE CONSERVANCY TO GIVE AWAY TREES AND WE CAN PARTNER OFF ONE ANOTHER.

WE'VE ALSO, UM, INSTITUTED THREE WORKING GROUPS.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPLEMENTATION POLICY AND ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION, UM, THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

THAT'S, THAT'S ELLIE STANDING UP THERE, THAT ON ELLIE ON.

NO.

AND SO IN CLOSING, GREEN MARINE ENCOURAGES US TO IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES TO REDUCE OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE.

SO WE LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS, KUDOS TO DUKE.

THIS IS SSA MARINE AND RURAL CARIBBEAN.

LAST YEAR THEY GOT DUAL LEED CERTIFICATION AND WHEN THEY OPENED THE TERMINAL, THEY HAD GOLD LEED CERTIFICATION.

SO KUDOS TO THEM.

YEAH, WAY AHEAD.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, YOU MAY HAVE, YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT EARLIER, BUT WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND ON GREEN MARINE? ARE, ARE THEY A FEDERAL SUBSIDIARY OR? SO IT'S, IT'S GLOBAL DIRECTOR RECOGNIZED NORTH AMERICA EUROPE.

AND THEY'RE MOVING, UM, GLOBAL.

THEY HAVE 565 PARTICIPANTS WORLDWIDE.

WHERE'S VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION? OKAY, SO AND THE HEADQUARTERS OUT CANADA, RIGHT? CANADA, YEAH.

GREAT, THANKS.

THEY, UH, LAURA, JUST QUESTION THE, UH, WE'VE BEEN CERTIFIED SINCE 2021.

AND MAINTAIN THAT CERTIFICATION EVERY YEAR, IS THAT, YEAH, WE HAVE TO IMPROVE EACH YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE CERTIFICATION.

SO YOU HAVE TO GO UP CLOSER TO FIVE ON THOSE? YES.

THE CHART THAT HAS 1, 2, 3 DOWN SIDE, YOU KNOW, SO EVERY YEAR YOU'VE GOT TO GO UP A LEVEL IN, WAS IT TWO OR THREE OR, I DON'T EXACTLY.

NO, WE JUST NEED TO IMPROVE EACH YEAR.

GONNA MOVE ON INTO GENERAL BUSINESS.

BUT STILL, IT GETS TO A POINT WHEN THE DIFFICULT THINGS ARE AT THE TOP , IT'S HARDER, IT'S HARDER TO IMPROVE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU LORD FOR GOOD.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE

[C.1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES]

UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? NO, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE WILLIE.

SECOND.

ANY UPDATE, ANY CHANGES, CORRECTIONS FOR THE WITNESS? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL? ANY BE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY REALLY HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, BUT I SEE

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TED, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO COURT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

THERE WAS TWO SETS MINUTES.

I'M SORRY.

SO ESPECIALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO RICHARD, CAN YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO YES.

WILLIE, ARE YOU OKAY? YES.

ALL MINUTES.

ALL ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING VOTE.

[C.3 PORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT]

PORT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

NOW WITH MAY 5TH.

MAY 5TH, APRIL, UM, REMEMBER WE MOVED OUR MEETING, UH, OF COURSE.

SO LATER ON.

SO, UM, HERE'S THE CARGO WITH THE, JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS, WE'RE, WE'RE FEELING GOOD, YOU KNOW, WIND IS UP, YOU KNOW, AGAIN.

AND THEN NOW WE'LL, WE'LL START SEEING SOME OF THE OTHER PRODUCTS MOVING FORWARD.

RAILROAD, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET THAT, GET COMPLETED WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION.

UM, HERE'S, HERE'S GAP NUMBERS ON IT.

UM, 16% OF, UH, LAST YEAR CATEGORIES TOTAL THROUGH STACKS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PASSENGER COUNTS FOR, YOU KNOW, DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST SEASONAL.

UM, WE PICKING THAT BACK UP AS BIGGER SHIPS GETTING MOVED AROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT.

PARKING WE'RE ABOVE LAST YEAR.

UM, SHIP CALLS WERE ABOVE LAST YEAR ALSO, OR, OR, UH, MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

UM, SO, AND I WAS NOTICING OUT THERE TODAY WE GOT FOUR LAY SHIPS IN, IN USING ALL TERMINALS AND, AND, UH, PIER 37, 38.

SO IT'S ALL USING THOSE ASSETS.

YEP.

AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY KIND OF LOOKED AT, UH, GOOD, GOOD FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

UM, I THINK PRETTY MUCH INDICATIVE, I THINK WE'LL OBVIOUSLY SEE A BIT OF A LAW HERE IN THE SUMMER AS SOME, AS THE HAVE MOVED, UH, TO ALASKA.

A COUPLE OF MOVED, WERE HERE SAFELY MOVED TO ALASKA.

UM, GRANT, GRANT PROGRAMS, UM, THESE WERE A COUPLE OF GRANT THREE GRANT PROGRAMS. WE SUBMITTED STUFF TO THE DOT, UM, NOT BACK.

THIS IS THE PROGRAM TO FIND WHERE THEY SUBMIT PROGRAM THAT HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO YOUR ASSETS.

AND, UH, SO WE HAVE TO, WE SUBMITTED SOMETHING ON PELICAN ISLAND AND SEA PARKWAY AND, UH, OUR PROPERTY UP THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF, UH, PELICAN ISLAND, EDA.

WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

THOSE ARE JUST, THOSE ARE ROLLING.

WE, IF WE FIND A PROJECT THAT FITS THE PARAMETERS, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY SUBMIT SOMETHING IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE DATED.

WE DID NOT GET THAT.

IT JUST CAME OUT LAST WEEK.

UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE HERE.

WE HAD, WE PUT IN FOR SHORE POWER AND, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IS, IS THIS GET, IT'S KIND OF INDICATIVE OF WHAT THIS, THESE, THIS PIDP IS IS HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ THE NOFO AND YOU TRY TO FOLLOW THE NOFO, BUT THEN WE SEE WHO GETS AWARDED THESE, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF DEVIATION FROM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYBODY AROUND US GOT SOME MONEY THIS TIME.

AND IT WAS, UH, I THINK, UM, FREEPORT GOT SOME MONEY.

UH, HOUSTON GOT A BIG CHUNK.

AND THEN I THINK, UM, BEAUMONT GOT A BIG CHUNK TOO.

SO WE JUST KEEP WORKING.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS TIME WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON A, UH, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS OF, UH, A NEW BIRTH ON PELICAN ISLAND.

WE HAVE, WE ARE IDENTIFYING OUR NUMBER ONE PROJECT.

I GET, I GET THAT IN A SECOND.

I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BOGGED DOWN IN TALKING ABOUT ALL OF IT AT ONCE.

BUT THE MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GRANTS.

THAT'S THE PRO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS WE PUT IN IS THE REHABILITATION OF 38 AND 39 AND THE SLIP CLOSURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UM, THE F THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UM, WE'VE GOT AFAS IN FROM THAT ONE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY.

IT'S, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN.

UM, IN A COUPLE WEEKS WE'LL BE HAVING THE PAC MEETING, UM, WHICH WE WILL, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, SOME, SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PROGRAM, THESE ARE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

KICKOFF PROGRAMS ARE BEGINNING, UM, PRE PROCURING ENGINEERING FOR THE, UH, DIRECT FLYOVER.

SO WE'VE COMBINED, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS IN THERE TO AS ONE, WHICH IS THE FLYOVER FROM HGAC, BASICALLY.

AND THEN, UH, THE, THE CONTINUATION OF OUR INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK.

UM, SO THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS WERE, UH, WILL BE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WARD THOSE TOGETHER THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

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AND WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, WE PUT THAT OUT AS ONE PROJECT 'CAUSE THEY'RE CONNECTED.

AND THEN YOU GOT THE, UH, THE, YOU REMEMBER THE 340,000 WE GOT FROM DOT, UM, FOR THE, UH, UH, TO SAFETY SAFE STREETS STUFF, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THAT WHERE THE, THE, UH, STATE GAVE US 2.8 MILLION, UM, OF THE 10 MILLION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE STREETS PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, GETTING THAT STARTED BASICALLY.

AND, AND THAT SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THE INTERSECTIONS AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE SAFE STREET PROGRAM, WHAT THAT RECOMMENDED.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE STATE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FEDERAL PROGRAM, THE STATE, UH, FOUND SOME MONEY AND, AND GAVE US 2.8 MILLION TO WORK ON HARBORSIDE DRIVE.

SO THEN THE NEXT STEP, AGAIN, FINDING A PROCURING AN ENGINEERING COMPANY TO DO THE DESIGN WORK ON THE, ON THE, YEAH, I MEAN, OVER, YEAH.

JUST, JUST STARTED THE KICKOFF MEETINGS JUST STARTED.

YOU, RICHARD, COULD ROGER, WHO, WHO HERE AT THE PORT OWNS THIS, UH, MICROGRID PROJECT.

UM, LAURA IS DOING MOST OF THAT.

YOU, YOU, THIS IS THE, UH, POWER ON THE, ON THE DOCK.

THEY, THERE IT IS A, IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM, RIGHT? WHETHER THEY'RE TRYING TO, TO PUT IT'S SOMETHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A AND M.

GET A FURTHER EXPLANATION.

I MEAN, WE'RE THE LEAD ON THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PARTICIPATING WITH THE A AND M ON THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

MAKE THIS SIMPLE, GRAB ONE OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE LINES, TIE INTO THAT, AND THEN BRING IT DOWN TO THE PORT IN A SUBSTATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, UH, SHORE POWER, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHORE POWER.

WE'VE, WE SPENT THREE YEARS WORKING ON SHORE POWER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE ON IT AND, AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT CAN BE FINANCED.

SO WE WENT TO THE CRUISE LINES, AND THERE'S BEEN VARIED RESPONSES TO THAT.

I MEAN, THE PROJECT IS WELL O WELL IN EXCESS OF, OF 90 MILLION, CLOSER TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD LOOKED AT VARIOUS, UH, WAYS TO DO THIS.

UM, ONE OF THE CRUISE LINES JUST BALKED AT IT ENTIRELY AND SAID, WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD THIS.

'CAUSE IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD EQUATE TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND $5 A PASSENGER IF IT WERE TO BE FINANCED THAT WAY.

AND SO THE, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS IT, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO PAY FOR IT.

AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE ISSUE.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S FINANCED OTHER STATES.

UM, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IN CALIFORNIA, IT WAS MANDATED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE FEDERAL MON FEDERAL MONEY CAME IN, PUT ALL THOSE, PUT IT IN PLACE.

UM, AND SO IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO PLUG UP TO IT.

UM, FLORIDA MO MOST, UH, NOTABLY MIAMI, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TWO DON'T REALLY HAVE, UH, UM, SHORT PRAC, SHORT POWER MIAMI IS DONE THROUGH THE COUNTY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY AND THE NORTH, UH, FLORIDA POWER WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THAT.

SO MIAMI HAS IT.

UM, BUT IT WAS NOT HA IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE FINANCED.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF, UM, SITUATION WHERE IT CAN BE DONE HERE AND WE HAVE TO DO MORE OR LESS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUES ARE.

WE STILL CONTINUE TO WORK IT.

UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN ON THE, ON THE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR THE FORCE, UH, SHORE POWER.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T GET IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT AS ADMINISTRATION CHANGES, THE FOCUS CHANGES ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT SHORE POWER, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THERE'S NOT AS MUCH MONEY FLOWING INTO THAT AS THERE WAS IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PI, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

WE'RE PIVOTING TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, CAN, UH, FURTHER OUR GROWTH THAN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SHORT POWER.

RICHARD, QUESTION, UM, HAVE, HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED SETTING UP AN ELECTRIC CO-OP IN THAT AREA FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE? WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK SO.

BUT WE'VE, WE'VE APPROACHED THIS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTERPOINT, RIGHT? AND SHELL OIL AND US, RIGHT? AND TRYING TO BRING THE CRUISE LINES IN ON THAT.

UM, AND THE CRUISE LINES HAVE, THEY ALL WANT IT, BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE ECONOMICS OF IT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CALL A TIE UP FEE WHERE IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT $10 MILLION TO, TO, AND I'LL

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AND I DO KNOW THAT CENTER CENTER POINT IS DOING SOME WORK TO BRING MORE POWER TO THE ISLAND.

AND I KNOW THAT LAST WEEK THERE WERE A SERIES OF MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT MORE POWER TO PELICAN ISLAND.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE CO-OP, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS.

BUT, UH, LET ME JUST, LET ME JUST SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING DOWN WITH THE, UH, THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE USE FOR THE LEGISLATURE LOBBYISTS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME SOLUTIONS THERE.

I MEAN, ALL, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO GET BONDING CAPACITY OR GET BONDING AUTHORITY AUTHORITY TO SELL BONDS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE REST OF THE PARTNERS INVOLVED THERE.

THEY'RE THERE I THINK BASED ON NEGOTIATIONS WE'VE HAD TO DATE, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT SHELL CAN GET THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO DEVELOP IT, BUT THEN THE RECOVERY OF THAT CAPITAL COST, WHICH THEY ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE 80 OR $90 MILLION TO PUT IN THE ENTIRE THING AND THEN TO OPERATE IT DURING THE TERM CREATES ADDITIONAL COST.

AND WHEN WE TRY TO PASS THAT ON TO THE CUSTOMERS CRUISE LINES ON A PER PASSENGER BASIS, CARGO VESSELS, UH, IT, THE NUMBERS, THIS, THIS WERE QUITE HIGH.

A CO-OP ELECTRIC CO-OP MODEL WOULDN'T OBVIATE THAT COST, BUT IT MAY CONSIDERABLY REDUCE IT BY STRETCHING IT OUT OVER A LONGER POINT.

AND SAFETY CARD WINNER WAS MR. RODRIGUEZ.

POINT IN TIME.

AND THOSE, WELL, WE, WE WERE DOING, UH, 30 YEARS.

I MEAN THIS, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE CAME UP WITH OVER 30 YEARS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I MEAN, IF THERE, THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY.

I MEAN, I, WELL, IT WASN'T EASY, IT WAS NOT EASY TO GET THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ELECTRIFIED.

JUST, UH, GOOD POINT.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS HERE, AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THESE, THESE TRANSPORTATION, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE GOT A TWO HGAC, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, UM, A MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PORT IS, HAS BEEN WORKED ON AND IS CONTINUES TO BE WORKED ON.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE BLOCK GRANT FOR THE, UH, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THE SELECTION TEAM IS WORKING THAT THING, WORK THAT PROGRAM THROUGH.

UM, AND THEN HERE AGAIN, UH, THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE RECEIVED THE TRANSPORTATION, THE $2.8 MILLION I TALKED ABOUT, AND THEN THE MONEY WITH.

UM, UH, THESE ARE ALL GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED AND THE VARIOUS STAGES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT COURT SECURITY GRANT.

WE CONTINUE TO GET THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR, 22, 24.

UM, YOU KNOW, HERE'S 25.

AND HERE AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR AND IT'S USUALLY CAMERA ORIENTED SECURITY, UH, ORIENTED AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO UPGRADE NEW CAMERA SYSTEMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE, YOU MAY, WE HAVE AN AREA HERE THAT'S DOWN IN THE, IN THE CRUISE TERMINAL, A DISPATCH AREA WHERE WE'RE WATCHING, WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WATCH ALL THESE CAMERAS ALL THE TIME AND, AND, AND SEE MOSTLY IT'S RECORDED THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE USE 'EM IF NEEDED.

UM, THESE ARE CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE UNDER PROCUREMENT.

UM, HERE, AGAIN, SAME KIND OF SOME REDUNDANCY HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED GRANTS ON, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY NOW, UH, DOING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON IT.

WAY FINDING, WE GOT THIS FROM THE, FROM THE STATE, UH, FROM TDOT.

AND THEN, UH, HERE AGAIN, THERE'S, THESE ARE A COUPLE SOLICITATIONS WITH THE JANITORIAL SERVICES, THE MOBILE, THE DOWNTOWN MOBILITY STUDY, UM, THAT'S BEEN ADVERTISED.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER TWO THINGS ARE, UH, BIDS AND ARE OUT.

WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE INTEREST IN IT.

AND NOW WE HAVE THE SAFETY COMMITTEE AND WE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT.

GOOD.

GOOD MORNING.

HAPPY CIN DE MAYA.

ALRIGHT, SO FOR, UM, I GUESS IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST MONTH WE HAD, UH, ONE INCIDENT IN THE PORT EMPLOYEES.

TWO OF THE TENANTS, UH, ONE GUEST AND 15 YEAR, UM, SO,

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YOU NOTICED A RAIL CAR WORKER NOT WEARING A SHIRT, ALL WORKING .

SO WORKING ON THAT.

UM, SO BASICALLY, UH, MARCH 27TH, I WENT TO, UH, SEABROOK, TOOK A CLASS, AND I GOT MY A HA AMERICAN HEART, UH, INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION.

AND LAST FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, WE HAD OUR FIRST COURT CPR CLASS, AND WE NOW HAVE SIX CERTIFIED, UH, CPR PERSONNEL.

UH, I'LL JUST NAME 'EM ALL.

PHILLIP AYA, BRETT LEONARD, KIMBERLY GARCIA, BRENDA LAMBERT, GRACE KORU, CUMAN DREW, AND DOROTHY DICKENS.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUR FIRST SIX.

AND AFTER THIS POINT, I HAD TO DO ONE SMALL CLASS INITIALLY, AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE FULL 10 FROM HERE ON OUT.

WE'RE GONNA GET THEM SET UP.

UM, WE HAVE GOT OUR TRAINING ROOM AT THE TERMINAL, ALMOST DONE.

UH, WE GOT A, UM, BILL GRACIOUSLY PURCHASED AN 85 INCH TV WITH A TWO SECONDARY 55 INCH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T DO A TRAINING FOR LIKE LARGER CLASSES.

EVERYBODY CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE CONTENT.

UM, MS. LAURA HAS HAD SHARED WITH ME SOME TML SPONSORED SAFETY CLASSES THAT I WAS TAKING, AND I'VE BEEN TAKING AT COMP JUST TO KIND OF ELEVATE, UH, MY SAFETY AWARENESS AND STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.

SO I'VE TAKEN THREE SO FAR.

I'VE GOT TWO MORE SCHEDULED.

UM, STARTED DOING WAKE WEEKLY, UH, CNM SAFETY MEETINGS ONCE A WEEK.

WE'LL GO OVER THERE WITH DOMINIC, WITH THEIR GUYS.

WE'LL DO CLASSES IN Y LIKE 15 TO 30 MINUTE SAFETY STAND DOWN AWARENESS MEETINGS.

UM, SO OUR SAFETY CARS THAT WE DO, WE HAVE WENT LIVE WITH ONE OF OUR, UH, VENDOR PLATFORM AS A VECTOR.

WE WENT LIVE WITH THAT LAST TUESDAY.

SO NOW ANYBODY, ANY REPORT EMPLOYEES, THEY'LL BE USING THEIR OBSERVATIONS THROUGH THAT APP.

SO WE CAN PULL TRANS LIKE THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO COUNT 'EM OFF ON AN EMAIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PULL THEM FROM THE PLATFORM.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

JUST BRIEFLY, THE INCIDENT WITH CHLOE.

COULD YOU, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW THE EMPLOYEE IS.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE THAT WAS.

I, I COULDN'T THE QUESTION.

THE FORD EMPLOYEE INCIDENT, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE THAT WAS JUST THE MINOR BUMP IN THE VEHICLE.

IS THAT INCIDENT OR WAS IT, I DON'T RECALL.

OFF TOP OF MY HEAD.

FINE.

I KNOW THE TENANT.

ONE WAS LIKE A LL SOLE EMPLOYEE.

SHE STOOD UP AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE BATHROOM, ON THE SOAP DISPENSER, AND SHE GOT A LITTLE CUT.

I DON'T RE, I DON'T RECALL.

IT'S NOT, IT'S ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I DON'T RECALL US REPORTING NEAR MISSES.

IS THAT NEW? WELL, I LIKE IT.

NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN ON THERE FROM WHAT I YES.

UNDERSTAND.

BASICALLY NEAR MRS. OR WEARERS.

NOTHING'S DONE ABOUT IT.

IT'S JUST REPORTED.

SO IF SOMEBODY TRIPS, FALLS, THE GATEWAY.

NOPE, I'M GOOD.

IT'S REPORTED, BUT THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP.

THIS SEEMS LIKE WE HAD, I THOUGHT WE HAD HIGH NUMBERS FOR GUESTS AND UH, IF WE, IF WE CAN TRACK ALONG AT ONE OR TWO A MONTH, NOTHING'S GOOD, BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE.

YEAH, THEY, I, I KIND OF CLASSIFY NEAR MISSES OR WERE LIKE, NO, NO, ESSENTIALLY NO LIABILITIES, LIKE AN ISSUE.

WHAT MAKES SENSE? SO IT'S JUST REPORTED JUST FOR MEMBER PURPOSES AND THAT THE COURT, THE TERMINAL GUYS REPORT THOSE TO ME.

THANKS.

AS SUMMER KICKS IN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE FESTIVALS AND MORE USES, I GUESS, OUT HERE.

SOUNDS LIKE THIS MAY BE MORE OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT QUESTION, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING SAFETY WISE THAT Y'ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? UH, IT'S PROBABLY MORE SECURITY.

WE JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL LIKE PATHWAYS ARE SAFE, YOU KNOW, MARKED, UH, AADA A COMPLIANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN STUFF LIKE THAT FOR, FROM MY STANDPOINT, AS FAR AS PD, THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND STUFF, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING BLOCKED OFF APPROPRIATELY.

DO WE AMP UP MORE POLICE OFFICERS FOR THOSE OCCASIONS ON OUR END? I THINK SO.

THAT'S ONLY IF IT'S AN ACTUAL REQUEST PUT IN.

IF THEY'RE HAPPENING DURING THE DAY.

WE HAVE OUR LARGER, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ON THE WEEKEND AND WE HAVE THE CRUISE SHIPS IN PLACE.

SO IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TOO.

IT'S VERY BUSY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HAVE A FEW CONTRACT POLICE OFFICERS OUT, BUT, UM, NOT REALLY A, A LOT MORE WE CAN DO OTHER THAN OUR NORMAL STAFF.

AND THEN THE CONTRACTS SEND UP MANDATORY OVERTIME IF THEY REQUEST MORE.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD'VE TO PAY WHATEVER EVENTS ON WE'VE TO PAY THE

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DIFFERENCE AND COSTS.

WE PASS THAT ON MOST TIME.

YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST MAKE A COMMENT KIND OF, RICHARD, TO YOUR QUESTION.

I MEAN, TO ME IT'S KIND OF THE, THE PYRAMID, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, FATALITIES AT THE TOP AND THEN YES.

SERIOUS INJURIES DOWN THE BOTTOM ARE KIND OF THE NEAR MISSES, RIGHT? AND SO TO ME, A A NEAR MISS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEAR MISS AND A FATALITY CAN BE GRACE OF GOD, RIGHT? IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HIT THEIR HEAD OR THEY JUST BARELY MISSED, YOU KNOW, CUTTING THEIR HAND.

BUT TO ME THERE'S A TREMENDOUS LEARNING VALUE IN THE NEAR MISS.

MISSES.

MISSES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY, FOR ME, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE JOURNEY THE PORT'S BEEN ON AND THE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START AT THE TOP, I MEAN, YOU'RE, WHEN YOU START, YOU'RE STARTING AT THE TOP.

BUT AS YOU GET MORE SOPHISTICATED IN YOUR PROGRAM, YOU REALLY OUGHT TO BE FOCUSING ON THOSE OBSERVATIONAL NEAR MISSES.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU REALLY GET AT THE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE.

SO TO ME, ALL THOSE NEAR MISSES, UH, AND I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT EMPLOYEES INCIDENT ONE NEAR MISSES.

THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, 30 NEAR MISSES OF EMPLOYEES THAT DIDN'T GET SEEN OR REPORTED.

SO YOU REALLY, YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE THE REPORTING AND THE LOOKING AT THE NEAR MISSES.

'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU LEARN WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU PREVENT THE, THE OTHER THINGS ON THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID PREVENT PREVENTING.

SO TO ME, YOU WANT TO USE THOSE NEAR MISSES AS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ALSO USE THOSE AS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE REPAIRS AROUND THE COURT.

THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

PUT IN WORK ORDERS.

SO IT JUST HELPS US TO, UH, BE MORE SAFE IN A ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR ME, YOU KNOW, A NEAR MISS, YOU OUGHT TO INVESTIGATE IT JUST AS STRONGLY AS YOU DO A, A LOST TIME ACCIDENT BECAUSE THAT NEAR MISS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

JUST DEPENDS ON, AGAIN, THE GRACE OF GOD KIND OF THING.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND OH, GO, I WAS JUST SAY A LOT IT COMES FROM WHAT WOULD, WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT.

CRACKS IN THE PAVING.

YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

ERIC, I THINK A MONTH OR TWO AGO WE HAD, UH, SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC COME AND SPEAK TO US AFTER A, UH, AN EVENT ON THE PIER WHERE THERE WAS A, A VENDOR HAD HAD THEIR EVENT, THEY HAD PORTA CANS OUT THERE.

THOSE PORTA CANS OVERFLOWED AND WEREN'T TENDED TO, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING AS, AS A LANDLORD TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AFTER EVENTS.

SO THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THOSE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE EVENT.

THEY PRETTY MUCH DID DOWN THAT TIMEFRAME.

SHE JUST HAPPENED TO CATCH IT AT THE MOST UNCONVENIENT TIME, UH, FOR THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE USED, ONE THAT WAS RELATED TO THAT.

BUT YES, IT WAS REMOVED, I BELIEVE THE NEXT DAY OR THE VERY FOLLOWING DAY FROM THAT.

THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO CALL YOU, TO LET YOU KNOW, TO PUT THE BALLARD BACK UP.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S, YEAH, WE FOLLOWED, WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE LADY THAT CAME TO THE MEETING.

YES, WE DID.

I WROTE HER AN NICE EMAIL.

AN ALRIGHT.

PARKING, GROUND, TRANSPORTATION, I MEAN, WHAT YOU SAY CONTINUES TO HOLD STRONG.

UH, 17,000 RESERVATIONS ON THE BOOKS.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THOSE GROSS REVENUES FOR A MONTH.

UM, DOING, WHAT IS THAT THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN OVER 4 MILLION? I DON'T, I THINK IT'S OVER 4 MILLION.

ONE OTHER TIME.

AGAIN, 4 MILLION.

IS THAT THE FIRST TIME OR I HAVE, OH, IT'S ABOUT THE FOURTH TIME.

FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

WE, IT'S GOOD NUMBER.

UM, JUST THE REMINDER MAY 22ND.

UM, WE WE'RE HAVING THE MARITIME DAY CELEBRATION, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

UH, WE HAD SOME, UH, A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT LAST YEAR.

SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD STEP THE MARITIME DAY CELEBRATION UP IN NOTCH.

UM, AND THANKS TO MOODY BANK AS THE HEAD SPONSOR ON THAT.

AND I THINK I HEARD YESTERDAY THAT, UH, DAVIES HAD STEPPED UP ALSO TO BE A SPONSOR AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT WE'RE, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION AND, AND, UH, I SHOULD SAY CEREMONY IN THE MORNING IN FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

AND THEN, UH, UH, PHILIP BURNS HAS AGREED TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE LUNCH.

WELL HAVE A LUNCHEON AT, UM, UH, I THINK STILL FISHERS WHA STILL FISHERMAN'S WHARF.

AND SO WE GOT, WE DID HAVE THE LUNCHEON SPONSOR.

SO, UH, WE HAVE TABLES THAT FOR SALE.

AND THEN HERE AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST AN ATTENUATION OF MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S LEFT AFTER COST ON THIS WILL START GOING THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND WE HOPE TO HAVE ONE MORE EVENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, MAYBE A GOLF TERM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO RAISE ADDITIONAL, UH, SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS SURVEY KNOWS THAT'S A FRIDAY OF BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE HERE, BUT A REPRESENTATIVE .

SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GONNA BE AS BIG AS, AS THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL THIS, I MEAN, THAT'S MY THOUGHT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, 20 OR 30,000 A YEAR, JUST, YOU KNOW, CHIPPING AWAY AT IT AND, AND KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP FUNDING IT.

AND WE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, THANK YOU.

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SO THAT'S EXCITING.

UM, HERE'S AN UPDATE ON THE TARIFF REFUND WAS THAT SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, THEY, FEDERAL JUDGE, AS YOU KNOW, SAID, HEY, GOTTA GIVE THE MONEY BACK.

AND SO WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE CERTAINLY IN CONTACT WITH THE DELTA WHO WE PAID THAT THROUGH.

UM, AND I THINK, UH, THAT THE, THE LATEST IS THAT THEY'RE QUESTIONING, OR I GUESS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR DOCUMENTATION ON THE, UH, METAL OR THE STEEL WHERE IT CAME FROM.

YOU.

ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, BRETT? YEAH, NO, THEY'RE, THEY CAME BACK, UH, WHO IS THEY? BRETT DELANTE INQUIRED TO, UH, CUSTOMS ON THE REFUND.

CUSTOMS WERE PROBABLY REPLIED BACK ON, UH, TIME INQUIRY INFORMATION ON THE STEEL, THE WEIGHT WHERE STEEL CAME FROM.

CASES ARE, THEY'LL OPPOSE THOSE TARIFF RATES, 50 50% OF VALUE OF THE STEEL.

UH, SO WE'RE WAITING TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

IF, IF WE GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR TARIFF.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE? 707 9 PLUS SEVEN 90 PLUS INTEREST.

BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S INCLUDE, BUT IT'LL BE A SEPARATE TARIFF THAT'LL BE ASSESSED TO US ON THE STEEL, IF YOU RECALL.

THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME.

IT'S BETTER THAN IRS REFUND .

UM, BRETT? YES, SIR.

SO WE ARE, YES, MOVING INTO THE HURRICANE SEASON, WE'RE JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY.

SO JUST SOME OF THE, THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT WE'RE STARTING TO RECEIVE THE HURRICANE TENANT PLANS FOR REVIEW.

UH, I DO HAVE OUR ANNUAL HURRICANE MEETING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS SET FOR JUNE 22ND.

IT'LL BE APPROVED TOMORROW 16.

IT'LL BE 1:00 PM IT'LL BE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, UH, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, AS WELL AS MYSELF AND OTHERS HERE AT THE PORT.

WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO.

GENERALLY, WE GET ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 80, UH, ATTENDEES.

SO IT'S, UH, IT'S GROWN OVER THE LAST DECADE.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL BE MEETING SEPARATELY, UH, WITH THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, UH, VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE AND THE CRUISE LINES.

AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CRUISE LINE CALLING HERE DURING HURRICANE SEASON.

FIRST TIME MSC, SO WE WILL HAVE A THIRD HERE.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ARE SETTING UP OUR MEETINGS WITH OUR, UH, CONTRACTORS, SO OUR DISASTER RECOVERY CONTRACTOR JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET ON THEIR RADAR.

UM, THEN OF COURSE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR, UH, PRE HURRICANE SEASON, UH, SURVEYS.

IN FACT, WE RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE YESTERDAY.

UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A BASELINE FOR YES.

DREDGING.

AND THAT'S WHAT HELPED OUT WITH BARREL GETTING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BACK.

HOW, UH, WE'RE, UH, BRETT, WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS THEIR HURRICANE MEETING THURSDAY.

WILL YOU, WILL SOMEONE FROM THE PORT BE THERE TOO? ABSOLUTELY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THAT ON MY SCHEDULE.

GENERALLY.

I DO YOU SAY IT'S THIS THURSDAY? IT, IS IT 9:00 AM WE, WE HAVE A NEW, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

UH, I WILL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE.

ERIC, JUST, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION.

YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PRE HURRICANE SURVEYS ARE BIRTH SPECIFIC, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.

UM, DREDGING, DREDGING, DREDGING.

SO THIS WAY WE HAVE A BASELINE AND THEN AFTER THE HURRICANE GOES THROUGH, OR, WELL, IT'S NOT A HURRICANE, BUT WE, AND WE'RE STARTING IN, JUST, JUST A QUICK NOTE HERE.

WE'RE STARTING, UM, HAVING MORE AND MORE MEETINGS AT CT 16.

NOW IT'S OUR OWN FACILITY AND WE CAN, UH, CONTROL IT AND EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING ALSO.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HERE.

SO HAPPY TO SAY WE DID COMPLETE OUR WEST END DREDGING.

SO WE GOT SOME MORE CRITICAL BIRTHS DOWN TO DEPTH THAT REALLY HELPS OUT A LOT OF OUR TENANTS.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE DRY BULK CARGO.

YOU SEE THOSE ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO DREDGE PIER THIRTY NINE FORTY, THE BRAND NEW BIRTH, THE 1400 FOOT BIRTH.

UM, SO THAT'LL BE READY TO GO NEXT MONTH.

UM, BUT SOME OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS ON HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, UH, UNDERLINED, UM, PORTION OF THE BULLETS, UM, WE RECEIVED, I KNOW IT KIND OF WENT A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE RADAR A FEW WEEKS BACK.

WE WERE NOTIFIED, UH, THAT, UH, UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, WE WERE AWARDED 44, UH, $0.8 MILLION FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GALSTON HARBOR AND ENTRANCE CHANNEL.

THAT'S ABOUT DOUBLE IF WE'VE EVER RECEIVED, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN 2023 WHEN WE GOT ABOUT $22 MILLION.

NOW THAT IS STILL A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT THE ARMY CORPS PUT IN FOR CAPABILITIES OF LITTLE OVER 60 MILLION.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 15 MILLION OR SO.

AND THAT WAS PUT IN FOR A COMMUNITY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UH, AT EARMARK.

SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON WHETHER WE'LL GET BACK YEAH.

THAT WOULD RANDY WEATHER PUT THAT ONE CORRECT.

AND WE HAD DISCUSSIONS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UM, WHEN CONGRESSMAN, UH, F FLESHMAN WAS IN HERE,

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THIS IS A ALWAYS A BIG TOPIC FOR ENERGY AND WATER AND, AND MORE.

AND HE'S INVOLVED IN ALL THAT.

SO WE HAD GOOD MEETING WITH HIM.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THE EXTENSION FOR THREE YEARS, YES.

THAT GOT DONE.

YES, IT GOT DONE.

IT GOT DONE QUICK.

SO IF YOU'RE CALLED, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT BEGAN IN THE LATE NINETIES ABOUT DEEPENING ALL THE HARBORS, UM, GALVESTON, TECH CITY AND HOUSTON.

HOWEVER, DUE TO FUNDING AND LACK OF A, UH, BUSINESS PURPOSE, UM, THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE TO REQUEST A NEWS STUDY IN 20 16, 20 17, THAT STUDY WAS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES, UH, ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS.

AND THEN IN 2022, I BELIEVE IT WAS FULLY FUNDED.

AND THEN HERE WE ARE TODAY, JUST ABOUT GONNA HAVE THAT COMPLETED PROBABLY BY THE END.

AND THEN, AND DID YOU, I KNOW I WAS TALKING TO THE CHAIRMAN HERE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WEDGE TOO.

THE WEDGE IS COMPLETELY DONE.

THEY'RE JUST FINISHING UP ON THE ACTUAL EXTENSION PART, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 3000, A LITTLE LESS THAN 3000 FEET.

SO THAT I WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE HARBOR TO AN AUTHORIZED 46 FOOT DECK.

FULL DEPTH AND FULL WIDTH.

A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO, YEAH, 40.

UM, AND, AND I GUESS WE, I WANT TO GO AHEAD, JEFF.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE PELICANO BRIDGE AND WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW AND THAT KIND OF THING.

DO YOU WANNA GO? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK CRAIG MENTIONED THIS LAST MEETING, THAT IN AUGUST, UM, THE ARMY CORPS IS BA I MEAN, NOT ARMY COURT.

TDOT IS KIND OF DONE WITH THE DREDGING, DONE WITH THE, UH, DESIGN WORK ON THE PELICAN ISLAND BRIDGE AS IT STANDS.

UM, AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE TXDOT.

AND WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRIDGE.

UM, WHICH WOULD, IS NOT REALLY A BRIDGE, IT'S A NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE A CAUSEWAY.

UM, WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, UH, REALLY CLOSE OFF THE CHANNEL BASICALLY IS WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE, IS TO CLOSE OFF THE CHANNEL, PUT A RAIL AND A ROAD OVER THIS CAUSEWAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, CHAIRMAN F FLESHMAN OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE SOME FEDERAL PARTICIPATION IN THIS OR NOT.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE ONGOING.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT THAN MAYBE THE RIDGE AT THIS STAGE.

BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT THE, THE DISTRICT ENGINEER HAS BASICALLY SAID WE'RE DONE IN AUGUST, I THINK.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? CRAIG IS CORRECT.

THEY'RE GONNA SUBMIT IN AUGUST, AND THEN THEY'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING ON HOLD AT THAT POINT FOR CLARITY.

I THINK YOU HAD A MISSTATEMENT IN AUGUST.

TEXT SIDE'S GOING TO TURN OVER TO THE COURT, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.

I SAID TURN OVER TEXTILE.

THEY'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CO THE CORE.

AND THEN I THINK THAT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH GEAR, WHO IS THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MARITIME TECH STOCK GUY, AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE, UM, MONEY ON DEPOSIT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, US AND THE PORT OF HOUSTON PUT MONEY UP.

AND THEN TEXTILE HAD GIVEN US, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY A $10 MILLION GRANT.

EACH OF US PUT UP TWO, I THINK IT WAS TWO EVEN, WASN'T IT? CORRECT, YEAH.

AND SO THAT THERE IS A CONVERSATION, AND IT'LL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD IF WE DECIDE THAT THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND $5 MILLION TO, TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT.

NOW, THROUGH THE MEETINGS OVER THE WEEKEND, UM, THAT WE HAD, I HEARD SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT, UH, HAVING, THERE BEEN, SOME ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE, AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS, THIS WILL BE UNDER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO THE NUMBER THAT WAS QUOTED WAS $80 MILLION TO DO, UH, A BRIDGE, A, A LAND BRIDGE, NOT A NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE, IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD.

IT'S NOT A BRIDGE BECAUSE THERE'S NO BRIDGE.

IT'S A NEW, IT'S A NEW REQUEST.

AND SO, SO THERE'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAD HEARD OVER THE WEEKEND FROM, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS KIND OF STUFF, AND THAT WE WOULD, THEN THEY HAD SOME DRAWINGS SHOWING, UM, HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, FILL IN WITH ROCK AND THEN GRAVEL, AND THEN, UM, ACTUALLY BUILD A CAUSEWAY FROM HERE TO, TO THE PELICAN ISLAND AT A THIRD OF THE COST.

ROGER, COULD, COULD YOU WALK ME AGAIN THROUGH THE TIMELINE? WE'VE TURNED INTO, UH, AMENDED, UH, UH, APPLICATION TO THE, UH, TO THE CORE.

IS THAT RIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT AMENDED.

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AND IT'S REALLY A REQUEST FOR A STUDY.

WELL, IT'S A QUEST FOR STUDY UNDER THE EXISTING CORRECT SECTION.

SECTION 2 0 3.

THAT'S BEEN TURNED IN.

HAVE WE RECEIVED FINAL APPROVAL? WE HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM, UH, THE UNDER SECRETARY TAIL.

DO WE NEED OTHER APPROVAL? WELL, I, I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAD A RECEPTION YESTERDAY MORNING FOR, UH, CHAIRMAN FLESHMAN.

AND, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE.

RANDY WEBER WAS THERE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OF THE LARGE STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME.

I FELT THAT WE SHOULD, I DO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, THAT EVERYTHING RESULTED OUTTA THAT GROUP.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THAT GROUP AND PICK A SMALLER GROUP.

I DO TOO.

PICK A SMALLER GROUP TO, TO FOLLOW THAT THING TO THE NEXT STEP.

UH, SO, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NOW AND START DETERMINING WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS AND THE FUNDING AND ALL THAT.

WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR ANY MORE GOVERNMENTAL NO.

THIS, I MEAN, THIS IS OKAY, THE BALL'S IN OUR COURT AT THIS STAGE, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE FEASIBILITY.

I MEAN, THEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO GET THAT DONE.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT I, I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A SMALLER GROUP.

AND, AND I DID TALK TO SOME PEOPLE, AND I THINK WE, WE WILL TRY TO HAVE ONE MORE MEETING RELATIVELY SOON SO WE CAN START IT ON THIS THING AND THEN DETERMINE THE WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR IT.

AND THAT'S THE, THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT THE TO, FOR THE BOARD HERE, IF WE WANT TO USE FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT ASIDE OUR FUNDS TO PORT OF HOUSTON, I KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS BEING HAD WITH THE PORT OF HOUSTON, UM, UH, CHAIRMAN FLESHMAN LEFT HERE YESTERDAY AND WENT TO HOUSTON.

AND SO THERE WAS A CONVERSATION WERE GONNA BE HAD YESTERDAY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT PORT OF HOUSTON'S FEELINGS WERE ON THAT, BECAUSE THERE WERE, THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK FROM THE PORT OF HOUSTON A MONTH OR SO AGO.

'CAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT IF WE, IF WE CLOSED OFF THE CHANNEL, THAT THE SILT AND STUFF WOULD GO NORTH INTO THE NAVIGATION AREAS FOR THE PORT OF HOUSTON CHANNEL.

AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS, I MEAN, THERE'S, AND THIS, WE WILL SEE HOW THIS WORKS BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PRELIMINARY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO THIS KIND OF STUFF.

AND PROBABLY THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS AND WE DON'T SEE THIS BEING AN ISSUE.

SO WE'LL SEE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO JUST TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS.

AND WHETHER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO THAT, WE MAY JUST WANNA TAKE OUR MONEY BACK.

I MEAN, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME DOWN THE LINE AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SHEILA.

I MAKE SURE THAT I WAS FOLLOWING CORRECTLY.

IF THE CONVENTIONAL BRIDGE WAS GONNA BE IN THE 300 MILLION, YOU SAID A THIRD.

SO A HUNDRED MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE NAVIGATIONAL.

NO, SHEILA, I MEAN, THIS, THIS THING IS ALL OVER THE BOARD, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO WHAT, AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE ESTIMATE I HEARD THIS WEEKEND MM-HMM .

WAS 80 MILLION FOR THE LAND, THE NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD THIS WEEKEND WAS ABOUT 80 MILLION.

AND THEY WERE SAYING THIS IS A, AND ACTUALLY, I, I THINK THE NUMBER GOT CLOSER TO 400 IS WHAT I'M, WHAT I HEARD JUST RECENTLY THAT THE NUMBER WAS CLOSER TO 400 FOR THE BRIDGE.

THE BRIDGE FOR THE BRIDGE.

SO IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT SKEWED BECAUSE SPEED, SOME PEOPLE WANT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.

AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE GENERAL, AND, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'VE HEARD YOU SAY CRAIG.

I MEAN, THE GENERAL IDEA IS LET'S BUILD SOMETHING MAKES SENSE.

RIGHT, EXACTLY.

AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS BRIDGE IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT IF IT'S A LAND ORIENTED OR WHATEVER YOU'RE CALLING REALLY NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE.

TO, TO THIS ACTUAL STRUCTURE.

NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE TIME TO COMPLETE CORRECT.

IS SOMETHING GREATLY REDUCED.

CORRECT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IS TO, IS TO GET ALL THOSE THINGS DONE IN A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DETERMINE WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT.

AND I, I DO FEEL, AND, AND, AND FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME GALVESTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THERE IS, NOW THAT THIS IS MAKES SENSE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT FOR THIS KIND OF A BRIDGE.

AND THERE'S EVEN BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, ABOUT, UH, UM, I GUESS WIDENING THAT AND, UH, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING SOME MORE BIRTHS

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NOW THAT'S NOT, NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT FUNDING THAT AND HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA COST, HOW WIDE THAT HAS TO BE DONE.

BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME DRAWINGS THAT, THAT SHOW A NEW BARGE BER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND THEN I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN ONE WHERE IT SHOWED A BARGE BERTH ON THIS SIDE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S MULTI USES THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS, BUT THOSE, IF THOSE BIRTHS WERE THERE, THAT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE UTILIZATION OF PORT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT STILL EXISTS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS WILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO BE, HAD THEY, THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT HAS NOT SHOWN UP AT ANY OF THESE MEETINGS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT ISSUE, THERE'S THAT CONVERSATION TO BE HAD.

BUT, SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A, A POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO GET LEGS, UM, AND JUST SEE WHAT IT, WHAT IT COMES OUT AT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MODIFY OR WHATEVER.

UM, BECAUSE I KNOW PART OF THIS IS, AND AS YOU, YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE JUST FILLED ONE OF OUR SLIPS AND ONE OF OUR SLIPS, UM, ALL THAT MATERIAL CAME FROM, I GUESS TECHNICALLY, UM, THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY THAT COMES DOWN TO THE BRIDGE.

I MEAN, THIS IS, THE IDEA IS, IS WE'RE TAKING MATERIALS BY, FROM PRIVATE, FROM PRIVATE SOURCES THAT OWN, UH, SECTIONS OF THE SUBMERGED LAND.

THAT IS WHERE THE, THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NOW FILLED ARE SLIPPED, HAVE COME FROM.

AND SO THE, THAT THERE'S, THERE'S TWO, TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE BEING DONE HERE.

WE'RE GETTING IT CLEARED OUT.

WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE NEED.

PLEASE FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE, BUT WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DOES A FEASIBILITY STUDY LOOK AT IN, IN REGARD TO A, ESSENTIALLY A LAND? WELL, I THINK THERE'S HYDROLOGY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CURRENT AND HOW THE CURRENT TREATS THE WATER OUT THERE AND WHAT IT DOES WITH THE SEAL.

'CAUSE THERE'S, THAT'S WHERE OUR SEAL COMES FROM.

AND THEN ENVIRONMENTAL, IS THERE ANY ISSUES OUT THERE? YOU KNOW, IS THERE A, A FISH OUT THERE THAT IS EXTINCT IF YOU, IF WE DO THIS OR WHATEVER AT RISK YEAH.

AT RISK.

IT IS NOT CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S REALLY, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A VERDICT THAT SAYS, YEAH, IT'S JUST FEASIBLE.

AND SO I THINK THEN THE NEXT STEP, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ANY QUICKER THAN THE OTHER BRIDGE, BUT THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO, I THINK YOU REALIZE ABOUT THE BRIDGE IS THE FUNDING'S NOT THERE.

I MEAN, THE BRIDGE IS THERE, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO IT.

I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT'S ALL INCLUDED, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY CONTAINS A, A NEPA STUDY MM-HMM .

SO, SO IF YOU WERE TO GO AND GOOGLE AN EPA STUDY, IT WOULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU WHAT'S ALL ENCOMPASSED IN THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND THAT, AND THAT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF THE, THE DOWNSIDE OR THE NEGATIVE TO DO NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE.

WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, I, I FORGET WHO IT WAS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'LL TAKE 'EM FOREVER TO DO THE, THE STUDY.

AND THAT WAS A REASON WHY OKAY.

THE OTHER BRIDGE WAS LOOKED AT.

BUT I THINK THIS, AND, AND, AND LIKE AS CRAIG SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KIND OF BUILD WHAT WHAT MAKES SENSE.

AND I THINK IT'S, YOU START THINKING THROUGH IT, THAT NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE STARTS TO MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE, PLUS COSTWISE, RIGHT? IT SEEMS TO BE ALL MORE ECONOMIC THAN A SEVEN THREE FOOT TALL BRIDGE.

WELL, AND ONE OF THE APPROPRIATORS, OBVIOUSLY, WHO'S HERE THIS WEEKEND, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENERGY WATER, UH, COMMITTEE, BASICALLY HIS EYES LIT UP WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SAVING 20 MILLION A YEAR.

AND I MEAN, STILL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY 20 MILLION A YEAR, YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GALVESTON CHANNEL, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE MOUTH OF THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL.

SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN WHAT WE DO.

SO WE GET $44 MILLION.

THAT MEANS WE'RE ALSO GETTING MONEY FOR THE, GOTTA GET THAT MICHAEL WILSON'S MOSTLY FOR TONY, DOES THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT EXISTS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE? OR DO THEY HAVE THAT'S ITS SOLE MISSION? DO THEY, DO THEY HAVE ANY SAY WITH THE REAL ESTATE AS WELL? THAT'S, THAT HOOKS THE WELL, I THINK THEY DO, BUT I MEAN, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT.

THEIR SOLE MISSION, THEIR COLLECTION OF TAXES IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND, AND OF THIS BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE ITSELF.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE MIX ON BOTH SIDES.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND THEIR, THEIR PURVIEW OVER THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PURVIEW OVER, OVER THE 51ST STREET UC.

IT BEGINS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT.

SO EVEN THE NEW BRIDGE, IF IT WAS BUILT THE, THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH,

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ENGINEERED MM-HMM .

DID NOT INCLUDE REPLACING THE 51ST STREET BUY DUCT.

CORRECT.

AND, AND THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ACQUIRED FOR THE 400 MILLION BRIDGE OR WHATEVER THE CITY HAD.

WE HAD MONEY SET ASIDE THROUGH TDO FOR, UH, ACQUIRING THAT LAND.

AND, UH, AT THIS POINT WE'RE LIKE TDOT, WE'RE PUTTING IN PAUSE ON MOVEMENT ON ANY OF THAT.

AND I THINK ONE THING THAT YOU, YOU REALIZE THAT THE LANDOWNER HERE, HIS OWNERSHIP REACHES UP TO HERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO THIS, THE, THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, WITH THE NEW BRIDGE AS IT WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS OWNERSHIP OF LAND BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSION OF THAT.

BRETT, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I JUST WANNA ADD REALLY QUICK A LITTLE BIT TO IT.

SO TWO THINGS.

AS WE, AS A NON FEDERAL SPONSOR, UH, WE WILL BE ENTERING A CONTRACT WITH THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS FOR THE STUDY.

'CAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME WORK THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO PERFORM.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE COST.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S KEY FOR THIS IS THE N NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE WILL REALLY, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SEE IF IT'LL REACH TWO MISSIONS, ONE SAFE, UH, NAVIGATION, AS WELL AS SAVINGS COST.

IT NEEDS BOTH OF THOSE.

IT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, SO WE COULD GET THE PROJECT FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY 75 25 OR 50 50.

HOWEVER, THAT LAYS OUT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT OF, OF THE, THAT FEATURE THAT WHENEVER WE PUT ON TOP IS THE ROADWAY WE ALL COLLECTED.

AND THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE DID ALL THIS THROUGH YES, THE ARMY CORPS.

I THINK THE CITY HIRED PETE SATIO AT ONE POINT TO LOOK AT TITLE.

WE, WE KIND OF, BUT WE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY, HAVEN'T MOVED ON THAT.

NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY GUESS.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BRIDGE? NO, I DIDN'T SEE THAT UP HERE ANYWHERE ON THE SLIDE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

JEFFREY, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, YOU GOTTA START.

NO, I MEAN, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, FEASIBILITY.

SO YOU'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT HISTORIC THINGS TOO, BE, AND WE'VE DONE THOSE BEFORE, RIGHT? ON OUR, IT'S FEDERAL PROJECT HAS TO DO ALL THAT STUFF.

SO, UM, ON THE SLIDE HERE, WE'VE GOT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

UH, REALLY THE MAIN TREND WE'RE SEEING IS WRAPPING UP THE PROJECTS ON THE WEST END COURT, AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE WORKLOAD FROM 20TH TO 23RD STREET.

THOSE ARE GONNA HAPPEN THIS SUMMER, UH, ACTUALLY AND SLIPS, UH, WRAPPING UP A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE.

AND WE'RE KICKING OFF THE, UH, OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, UH, THIS MONTH IS, IS OUR PLAN, UH, THE WALKWAY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S KIND OF JUST IN THIS, UH, SLIP PHASE THAT'S, THAT WHAT'S SHOWN UP THERE IS, UH, THE, UH, THE CURRENT ESTIMATED DURATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE, UH, 16TH STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT'S SET TO LET IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT'S SET TO LET IN AUGUST OF 2027.

UM, REALLY JUST, JUST A, A SLIDE FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

UH, BUT, BUT NO REALLY THE SAME THING.

UH, AUGUST, UH, LET, WE'RE WORKING, UH, WITH, UM, KIMLEY HORN ON GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR THAT AUGUST LET, AND, UH, SO WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP THAT PACKAGE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH AND 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING THERE IS, IS THE, THE RAILROAD COORDINATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT RAIL LINE THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE OF THE ROAD AT THAT LOCATION.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE AUGUST 27TH WEST STATE.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TRAFFIC HERE.

WHILE WE'RE ON THE, ON THE SLIDE.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION, I THINK I BROUGHT IT UP IN A PRIOR MEETING ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, TRAFFIC EASEMENT MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN IN THAT OTHER STUDY THAT I THINK, UH, SAFE TRIPS? NO, I THINK THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL STUDY BY, UH, MAYBE IT WAS ROYAL POTENTIAL CRUISE TUR POTENTIAL CREW.

WE ALREADY HAD ONE OF THE PIECES ALREADY IN, IN MOTION.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ON MAYBE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE, UH, FIXES OR, OR EASEMENT JUST SHIFTING SOME LANE SHIFT? YEAH, NO.

SO YEAH, SO, SO YOU'RE TALKING GFT OR THE, THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, OPERATOR, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED A TRAFFIC STUDY OF A FIFTH CRUISE TUNNEL AND HAD THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OR MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS AT 14TH STREET AND HARBORSIDE DRIVE.

WE, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT.

I THINK REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING ON OUR SIDE IS WITH MOBILITY STUDY THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UM, THAT'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.

BUT, BUT WE HAVE NOT AT THIS POINT MOVED FORWARD.

I WILL SAY

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UM, WE, WE DEVELOPED DRAWINGS FOR THE EXTENDED CAPACITY OF THAT LEFT TURN LANE, THE EASTBOUND, UH, LEFT TURN LANE.

SO THAT ONE WE ALREADY KIND OF, WE ALREADY HAVE A DESIGN AND WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH ENGAGING TDOT AND, AND MAKE ABOUT MAKING THAT CHANGE.

UM, THE OTHER ITEMS, THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, WE HAVE NOT, UH, MOVED FORWARD.

THERE.

THERE WERE SOME, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION FACILITY THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR OH YEAH.

THE NEW CRUISE TERMINAL.

AND WE, WE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT THAT WORKED.

AND SO WE'VE HAD THAT ONGOING 'CAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT'S KEY TO GETTING CARS OFF OF, OF A SIDE DRIVE.

AND, AND ONE OF THOSE PIECES, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU'VE GOT ON 14TH STREET HEADING FROM THE EAST TO WEST ON HARBORSIDE, YOU'VE GOT THAT DEDICATED TURN LANE MM-HMM .

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TWO LANES THERE ON, ON PORT PROPERTY.

BUT ONLY ONE LANE FROM CITY FEEDING INTO IT.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WAS MARKED THAT RIGHT LANE AS NOT A LANE FILTER THAT TRAFFIC INTO THE ONE LEFT LANE SO THAT THE RIGHT OFF LANE CAN JUST GO, JUST GO, GO, GO.

NO STOPPING.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT'S ALL TAKING PLACE ON PORT PROPERTY AND COULD BE DONE WITHOUT.

YEAH, I MEAN THE, WE, WE'D HAVE TO, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY TO, ON STRIKING THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE NORTHBOUND DOES RIGHT.

TURN ONLY.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER THING OFF COURT PROPERTY.

BUT WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH, NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION STUFF.

UM, FOR FOR SURE.

BUT, UM, WE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD GET SOME, UH, LIGHT ON THAT IN THE MOBILITY STATION.

NO, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IT'LL BE A HIGHER FIDELITY LOOK AT KIND OF THAT, THAT WHOLE ECOSYSTEM I GUESS BE PAUL, WHILE WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC, IS, IS THIS SOME TIME WE CAN JUST ASK FOR UPDATE? WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MADE, MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS BOARD TO APPROVE MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

SO YES, WE CAN, WE'LL DO IT JUST FOR YOU, CRAIG, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND JEFF, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE RAILROAD IS THE HOLD UP ON 33RD? YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ON, ON 33RD STREET HARBORSIDE BECAUSE WITH THIS INTERSECTION, YOU SEE THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CONVENTIONAL INTERSECTION, ALBEIT THE RIGHT OF WAY IS VERY, VERY CONSTRAINED TO WHAT THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM OUTSIDE THE ROADWAY THAT'S EAST IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AT 33RD STREET.

ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES, OR NOT BIG ISSUES, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS THAT YOU HAVE BNSF HAS THE RAIL LINE THAT COMES DOWN TO THIS BUILDING.

AND SO THERE'S COORDINATION THERE AS WELL THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE.

NO, I MEAN WE, WE HAVE AN ITEM LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT BASICALLY THE MAIN THING IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE COST DOWN.

THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS WE CAN CHAT ABOUT NOW.

AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE DETAIL LATER ON IF YOU DON'T LIKE OR IF YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS NOW.

NO, JEFF AND I HAD A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY OF, UM, YOU'VE GOT $5.1 MILLION, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THIS MUCH MONEY FROM TTO AND THEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT OUR 25% MATCH WOULD BE.

HOW DO WE WORK BACKWARDS? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WORK BACKWARDS TO GET TO THIS WALKWAY WITH THE EXISTING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE EXISTING GRANT? AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY THINKING THIS THING THROUGH.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE BUILT WAS THE TAJ MAHAL TO BEGIN WITH AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE $12 MILLION.

I MEAN, WE BUILT EVERYTHING WE WANTED AND IT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THEN WE WENT BACK AND SAID, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE IF WE WERE ABLE TO DEMOLISH THE OLD ONE AND PUT UP RAMPS AND A NEW WALKWAY AND THAT DIDN'T MEET.

THAT WAS WHAT, NINE, EIGHT SOMETHING ABOUT 9, 8, 9, $9 MILLION TO DO THAT.

AND SO YES, JEFF AND I ARE REALLY, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU'VE GOT THIS MUCH MONEY, WHAT CAN YOU DO? AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

WHERE WE ARE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A HYBRID TYPE SCENARIO THAT WE CAN JUST HOLD THE LINE AND WHERE WE ARE AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, TO GET THAT INTERSECTION EFFECTIVELY WORKING.

UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOBILITY STUDY CONSULTANTS TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.

'CAUSE I, I FOR ONE THINK IT'S HOBBLED US FOR ION 15 YEARS NOW.

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I WOULD JUST TAKE IT DOWN.

WELL, I HEAR YOU.

WELL THE DISCUSSION WAS IT NOT ONLY HAS A SAFETY IMPACT ON HARBOR SIDE, BUT IT ALSO IS VERY PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION ONCE THEY GET INTO THE PORT, AS YOU GUYS HAVE EXPLAINED, I GUESS JULIO, IT BECOMES VERY DISRUPTIVE, RIGHT.

AND TO THE INTERNAL TRAFFIC.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MOBILITY WE FI WE NEED TO FIND, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MOBILITY PEOPLE TO STUDY THAT VERY CAREFULLY ALSO.

TO ME IT'S HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE FROM THIS SIDE OF HARBOR SIDE TO THE, TO THE PORT WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE TRAFFIC.

WHICH I THINK YOU GOTTA SEPARATE 'EM, BUT THAT'S, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE MOBILITY STUDIES WILL GIVE US ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

AND WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING IT.

I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I SAY MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS AND, AND, UH, WITH THE EXISTING FUNDS WE HAVE, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS, I DON'T WANNA TURN THE MONEY BACK, BUT IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK, SHEILA, UH, IN HOW MANY YEARS AFTER SERVICE 15 HAS THAT BEEN? UH, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY THE 2011 WAS WHENEVER CRUISE STORM REMOVAL WAS CHANGED ENOUGH THAT IT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN USED SINCE 2011.

THEY, THE UPDATES THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE WERE DONE IN 2014.

SO SINCE THOSE UPDATES HAVE NOT AFFECTED, AND THEN, UM, IF I'M FOLLOWING THIS CORRECTLY, UH, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 450,000 ALREADY ON THE DESIGN THAT WE PROBABLY CAN'T USE.

WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? YEAH, WELL I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

WELL, WELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT CONTRACTS.

IT, IT'S A AND WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING REALLY BE ABLE TO USE TO SOMEBODY LIKELY.

WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE, IT'S OUR DECISION.

IT'S OUR DECISION TO USE IT OR NOT.

WE WANNA DO 12 MILLION IF WE WANT TO PUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT USES THAT ENGINEERING, WE ARE READY TO GO.

I MEAN, WE, WE, WE HAVE DRAWINGS, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO DO IT.

I MEAN, I, I JUST HAVE A MENTAL BLOCK SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY TO GET THIS THING DONE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I, I SAID LET'S START OVER AWAY SOLUTION BACK INTO WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE GOT.

CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER OR CAN WE NOT? MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOBILITY STUDY WAS TO LET'S NOT MAKE THIS A CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK INTO THEIR CONSULTING.

THAT THERE BE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THERE OR NOT.

I MEAN, WE SHOULD LOOK, HAVE, HAVE A, I'M I'M SAYING LOOK AT, LOOK AT BOTH ALTERNATIVES.

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS SAFELY WITHOUT A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME AND WE CAN'T MOVE AHEAD.

WE CAN'T, YEAH, WE CAN'T SHAKE.

WELL, WE, WE CLOSED THE INTERSECTION ONCE, RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT WAS THE, THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

WE CONVINCED OURSELVES, AND I THINK THE SAFETY DATA THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO WAS CLOSE IT.

AND WE HAD SUCH PUSHBACK FROM SOME OF THE TENANTS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE HAD TO OPEN IT.

SO TO ME, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON BORROWED TIME.

SO WE, WE, I JUST SAY WE NEED, TO ME, WE NEED A SOLUTION FOR THAT INTERSECTION.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT LET'S DON'T PRESUPPOSE, LET'S DON'T PRESUPPOSE THAT IT'S A PEDESTRIAN.

SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THE PEOPLE.

'CAUSE OUR SOLUTION WAS TO MAKE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH DOWNTOWN TO 23RD.

AND WE, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT SOLUTION.

SO SOMEHOW YOU GOTTA GET PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET TO THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.

AND SO WILLIE, WHAT WE'VE GOTTA REMEMBER IS THE INITIAL DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE IS ACTUALLY GOOD.

THE WHAT, WHAT WHAT DOES NOT WORK IS WHERE IT LANDS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO US IN THE PAST, I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE YOU DO IT AGAIN, WHY IT DOESN'T WORK ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHY WE COULDN'T BUILD A ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.

JEFF AND I, JEFF AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN YESTERDAY.

YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE BUILD A ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT THE HOUSES AN ESCALATOR AND AN ELEVATOR AND YOU BRING PEOPLE DOWN ONCE THEY GET IN THE BUILDING? AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE, AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO MESS WITH THE STRUCTURE.

NOW WE STILL HAVE TO INSPECT THE STRUCTURE.

SPACE KIND OF, ALMOST A SPACE ISSUE.

THAT'S THERE.

UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE ALSO A CARNIVAL ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING RIGHT INTO THE SECURED AREA AND THEIR VIP AREA.

SO YOU WOULD TAKE CARNIVAL BRIDGE, LIKE SHEILA MENTIONED, .

WELL, AND WE CAN FE I MEAN, HERE AGAIN, I MEAN, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND I KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS.

I MEAN, JEFF AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? RIGHT.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, IS THERE A FEASIBILITY, FEASIBILITY STUDY OF DOING THAT , I MEAN, INTERNALLY, THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

OF COURSE.

WELL, THE FEE, YOU KNOW, THE FEASIBILITY IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, IT'S A

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AND YOU KNOW, I'VE EVEN THOUGHT WE COULD, IF WE PUT THIS ROOM OVER THERE THAT WAS SECURED, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DROP DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR, THEN UM, WE, WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD, WE COULD ADD MORE SPACE TO CARNIVAL.

IF, IF THEY, IF THE CONCERN IS, IS THEY LOSE WHATEVER THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE, THEN IT'S THEIR, IT'S THEIR VIP AREA.

WE COULD EXTEND THE VIP AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE OR SOMETHING.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, UM, JUST PLAY, PLEASE STAY WITH US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THIS ISSUE EVERY WHICH WAY WE CAN.

AND I MEAN, AND EVEN INCLUDING TAKING IT DOWN.

SO THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS IF WE BUILD IT, THEY MUST USE IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE USE THAT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE CONVERSATIONS WITH TDO HAVE BEEN, AND WE MET WITH THE ENGINEER CLOSING DOWN CLOSE THE STREET.

HE SAID, WE, WE CAN DO THAT.

WE CAN DO IT.

CLOSE WHAT STREET? I MEAN NO, I GOTTA SAY CLOSE.

WE'LL CLOSE HARBOR RIGHT THERE.

CLOSE DOWN HARBOR.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'LL CLOSE THE GALVESTON, WE'LL CLOSE THE, THE PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN WALK THE GANG.

OH, YEAH.

WALK UNDER.

YOU CAN'T RIGHT CLOSE.

WE ASKED HOW YOU GET IT TO WORK.

CAN WE DO THIS? AND HE SAID, YES, YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT IT MUST, IF WE SPEND THAT MONEY, IT MUST BE PEOPLE USING IT.

I MEAN, FOR SAFETY, FIRST OF ALL.

ALSO BECAUSE THE EXPENDITURE, THE POINT IS KEEPING PEOPLE FROM WALKING ACROSS THE ST.

STREET AT HARBORSIDE, NOT ONLY, AND AGAIN, NOT ONLY HARBORSIDE, BUT ALSO ACROSS OUR INTERNAL ROAD ARE SEVEN GATES TO ROME ROAD GATE RIGHT NOW AS IT SITS.

DOES THAT, YEAH.

STAY, STAY, STAY TUNED.

I MEAN, WE, WE, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING IT.

YEAH, IT'S, WE ARE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT IGNORED.

YOU TAKING NOTES, TAKING NOTES, ALL THIS.

JEFF, YOU TAKING NOTES, ALL THIS GREAT ADVICE YOU'RE GETTING HERE, .

UH, NEXT ONE WE HAVE ON HERE IS THE, UH, WHARF ROAD, 23RD TO 20TH STREET.

YOU CAN SEE THAT NEXT SECTION THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THERE BETWEEN 21ST STREET, 22ND STREET, RIGHT IN FRONT, LOOKING REALLY GOOD IN THAT AREA UP.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING UP A LOT OF THAT INTERSECTION AT 21ST AND WHARF ROAD.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE PAST THAT NOW, IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET PAST THIS INTERSECTION, A LOT OF THE UTILITIES AND NOT GET, GET SIMPLER.

SO, UH, YEAH, WE'RE, IT'S BEEN A GOOD PROJECT.

UH, THE PROJECT TEAM'S BEEN DOING, I'LL SAY LIKE BEN, UH, BEN AND BRETT ON THE PROJECT SIDE AS WELL AS GRACE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN THEY'VE ALWAYS WORKING A LOT ON THIS.

IT'S A SMALL PROJECT, BUT A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, THEY MIGHT HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS.

IT'S A BUSY YEAR STAKEHOLDERS, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT BECAUSE OF THAT.

EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THIS IS THE GONE SIDE, THE FORM SLIP, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE THE, UH, IN OUR HISTORY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN THREE SLIP FILLS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, OR ACTUALLY FOUR.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIFTH IN THAT CASE.

UM, SO, SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING, LOOKING AT IT AT A GREAT, A REALLY GREAT PRODUCT OUT.

I MEAN THE, THE PRODUCT WE GOT OUT THERE WITH THAT FILL, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE PRETTY GOOD SETTLEMENT, UH, CONSOLIDATION, BUT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE INSTALLING THE SETTLEMENT PLATES, SO, WE'LL, WE HAVE MORE TO REPORT THERE.

BUT, BUT THE MAIN THING HERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING ON THIS PROJECT WE HAVE TO DO, UM, IS, AND WITHIN THIS CONTRACT IS THAT 50 FOOT CONCRETE ACROSS TO TIE 38 TO 39.

AND, AND WE'RE MONITORING CONSOLIDATION AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

UH, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE CONTINGENCY, UH, WHICH GONNA BE SPENT ON THIS PROJECT.

THE END OF THE PROJECT GETTING HIGH AND DRY.

HAVE BROUGHT THAT DOWN BELOW THE, THE APPROVED CONTINGENCY.

UH, AND THE, THE TECH STOCK PROJECT APPEARED 39 TO 41, THE BULKHEAD, UH, AND THE 40 41 SLIP CLOSURE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LAST POUR RIGHT DOWN THERE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

EVERYTHING ELSE HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN COMPLETED.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ASPHALT WORK, UH, TO BE DONE.

UM, AND SO THIS ONE WILL, UH, BE COMPLETED IN MAY FOR SURE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING THE, UH, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALK THROUGH.

IT WAS GONNA BE THIS LAST WEEKEND, BUT, UH, THIS LAST FRIDAY.

BUT THE WEATHER KIND OF PUSHED US OUT TO THIS COMING FRIDAY.

UM, AND ON THIS PROJECT, UH, I GIVE CREDIT TO THE PROJECT TEAM AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE OPEN CHANGE ORDER REQUEST, WE HAVE, WE WERE LOOKING AT PREVIOUSLY EXCEEDING THE CONTINGENCY THAT Y'ALL HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, AND NOW THEY

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I KNOW.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE ABOUT 93% OF EXISTING CONTINGENCY.

SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A GOOD CREDIT FOR THEM, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK WITHIN WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED SO FAR.

SO NOT DONE WITH THEM YET, BUT, UM, THAT IS, UH, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

UH, OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, 33RD STREET TO 41ST STREET.

UH, THE, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE PICTURE HERE IS THE CENTER POINT IS WAS OUT THERE AND INSTALLING THOSE, UH, NEW POLES TO OFFSET AND KIND OF GIVE US THE CLEARANCE TO INSTALL THE THIRD LANE, UH, ON THIS STRETCH BETWEEN, UH, 33RD STREET AND 41ST STREET.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING A CONSTRUCTION KICKOFF MEETING HERE IN MAY, AND PROBABLY BEGINNING, UH, TO, TO, TO START PUTTING UP SOME OF THE, THE CLOSURES TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH AND GETTING STARTED WITH CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE.

CREW FROM WILL 16.

UH, WE'VE GOT ACTION AT THIS BOARD, UH, MEETING TO REQUEST A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA FUNDS TO CLOSE OUT SOME OF THE OPEN ITEMS ON THE PROJECT.

UM, ALL IN ALL RIGHT NOW WE DID, UH, MAKE ANOTHER RETAINAGE PAYMENT THIS LAST MONTH.

AND SO ALL, ALL IN ALL, WE, WE'VE GOT JUST UNDER ABOUT $700,000 LEFT TO PAY AND PHELPS PLUS THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE APPROVED AT THIS.

UH, OR WE, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL AT THIS BOARD MEETING, UH, LEFT ON THAT CONTRACT, BUT, UM, THE PUNCH LIST IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.

UM, STILL, STILL WORKING ON A COUPLE ITEMS, BUT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR BRINGING THAT.

OH YEAH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T PUT THAT ON THE SLIDE, BUT YEAH.

BE A GOOD TIME.

JEFF.

UH, THE, THE TERMINAL IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE AND ROGER MENTIONED THAT WE'RE USING IT MORE AND MORE FOR PUBLIC GATHERINGS AND STUFF.

BUT I GOTTA SAY THE ACOUSTICS PRETTY BAD IN THERE.

IS THERE, HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED AT? WE'VE DISCUSSED IT QUITE A BIT.

UH, HAVE, HAVE WE ACTIVELY LOOKED AT IT? UH, I CAN'T SAY THAT YET.

UM, UH, DEFINITELY.

THE DESIGN OF THE FINISHES WERE MORE ON LOW MAINTENANCE AND NOT MUCH ON ACOUSTICS.

SO, BUT, BUT WE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS OUT OF THE LAST, UH, PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE, UH, WE TOOK FOR SURE.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PROVE, YEAH, I WAS THINKING COMBINE IT WITH PUBLIC ART AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

DO IT, DO IT AND YOU'D KNOCK, KNOCK DOWN A LOT OF THAT ATION.

AND MY OBSERVATION TOO IS THOUGH THE MAIN, THE MAIN WALKTHROUGH THERE IS REALLY BLAND.

I MEAN, IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD GET SOME STUFF ON THE WALL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I WAS GONNA MAKE THAT COMMENT.

I WAS, YOU KNOW, READING ON FACEBOOK AND SOMEBODY MADE THE COMMENT THAT THEY WANT THESE FACEBOOK YOUTUBERS, YOU KNOW, AND HE SAID THAT THE MOST BORING CRUISE WALKWAY IN, IN THE WORLD.

BUT YEAH, SOMETHING ON THE, ON THE WALLS, WHITE WALLS.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

KNOW, WE COME UP WITH A, WE'RE NOT REDOING EFFORTS OR SKIPPING AIR.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY SOME OF THAT.

WAS MSCS DESIRE TO MAKE IT MINIMAL THOUGH, WASN'T IT, JEFF? OH, AND, AND THAT, I MEAN, YEAH.

MAKE IT RIGHT.

I MEAN, LESS COST.

I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT COMMENT FROM FACEBOOK BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT A PRETTY AWESOME .

YEAH, IT'S A VERY FUNCTIONAL THING, BUT IT IS FROM A, FROM A, YOU KNOW, LEFT BRAIN KIND OF THING, BUT YOU SOME SEASCAPES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

YEAH, PRETTY THINGS.

BUT IT'S A VERY, HAVING, YOU KNOW, USED IT HERE RECENTLY.

IT'S A REALLY, I MEAN, YOU'RE ON IN THERE, ON AND ON THE SHIP.

IT'S VERY EFFICIENT AND OFF TOO.

THE OTHER THING ON THAT PROJECT TOO THAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH IS WE'RE IN OUR FINAL REVIEW FOR OUR LEAD CERTIFICATION ON THAT TERMINAL.

SO WE ARE UP FOR LEAD SILVER ON THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITED, BUT WE'RE STILL KIND GOING THROUGH THE LAST PHASES OF THAT.

UM, UH, AND THEN, YEAH, SO THIS PROJECT WE HAVE UP HERE, 3 39 40.

THIS IS JUST THE ENGINEERING PROJECT TO KIND OF GET, UH, PAVEMENT DOWN ON THE SLIP.

AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT SLIP BEING FILLED, 38, 39, ALL THE NEW ARONS WE HAVE, AND THIS WOULD KIND OF COMPLETE, UH, ALL THAT'S OVER THERE GOING, NOPE, BETTER GOOD SPACE.

GET RID OF THE BRICK PAVERS THAT WE'RE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, 500,000 POUND EQUIPMENT ACROSS.

IS THAT A REAL PICTURE? THAT, THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT, UH, BEN JUST DREW A POLYGON OVER IT.

THAT'S WHITE, SO.

OH, I JUST SAY, OKAY.

IT'S NOT AI.

IT WOULD LOOK REALLY COOL.

IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.

AND THEN, UH, ENGINEERING STUDIES, PROJECT PROGRESS.

I MEAN, NO REAL UPDATE ON THIS, BUT JUST TRY TO KEEP IT UP THERE TO YEAH.

KEEP IT IN EVERYONE'S MIND.

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

KNOW REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, DISCUSS POSSIBLY PUTTING SOME CITY PROJECTS ON.

YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE.

YEAH, CRAIG, THIS, THIS IS AGAIN, ONE WE TALKED ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND MAYBE PUTTING THE, WHAT WAS IT, THE, THE STREET SCAPE? THEY HAVE SOME OTHER YEAH.

SCOPE AND, AND JUST, JUST TRYING TO HAVE AN, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY WAS A HELPFUL SLIDE IN THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE BEING KINDA SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND, AND HOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF COORDINATE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO WE, YOU

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WE CAN KIND OF GET THE SYNERGIES BETWEEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 'EM.

THERE'S MORE, UH, STUDIES GOING ON IN THIS AREA THAN ANYWHERE ELSE I THE WORLD.

BUT, BUT, BUT ALL GOOD STUFF.

SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAKE THINGS BETTER HERE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD THIS ON THE COURT REPORTS.

THIS IS KIND OF JUST A REFRESHER AND ALSO KIND OF AN UPDATE.

SO, SO THE, THE COURT IS PARTY TO AN AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE RAILROAD CAUSEWAY THAT COMES ONTO THE ISLAND FROM THE MAINLAND.

AND IT'S ALL THOSE ARCH BRIDGES OUT THERE.

AND THE AGREEMENT STARTED WHENEVER THE BLUE BRIDGE, UH, THAT WE SEE THE LIFT SPAN, UH, BRIDGE WAS APPROVED AS AND, AND WAS KIND OF BEING IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE GRANT PROJECT.

SO, SO WE'RE PARTY WITH THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE RAILROADS.

UM, AND, AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN OUR RR BUDGET BUDGETING ABOUT $200,000 AS PART OF OUR, UH, UH, KIND OF, UH, OUR FUNDS TO, UH, UPHOLD OUR COMMITMENT IN THAT AGREEMENT, UH, ON A ANNUAL BASIS.

WHAT THAT DOES ULTIMATELY IS THE, THE, THE, THE WORK ON THESE ARCH BRIDGES, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE CONDITION OF 'EM.

UH, AND, AND SO IT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT, UM, SOMEWHERE AROUND RIGHT AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS OR, OR, OR WE'RE PROJECTING MAYBE EVEN 1.3 MILLION FOR FUTURE COSTS, UM, ON REPAIRING ONE OF THESE ARCHES.

AND THERE'S A HUNDRED ARCHES.

SO RIGHT NOW THE MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE HAS A 50 YEAR LIFE OF BEING ABLE TO TOUCH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE.

SO THE THOUGHT IS THE COUNTY ACT IS ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF THESE ARCHES.

AND SO THEY WERE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR GRANTS TO LEVERAGE, AND I SAY EXISTING FUNDING, BUT I SHOULD HAVE SAID TYPICAL FUNDING BECAUSE THERE'S NO, LIKE, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN ANNUAL ASK FOR EVERY PARTY RIGHT ON, ON THIS, THIS AGREEMENT.

AND SO, SO BASICALLY NOT INCREASING OUR CONTRIBUTIONS WE HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN MAKING ON THIS, BUT THEN LEVERAGE THAT TO GET MORE ARCHES DONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN TAKING 50 YEARS TO TOUCH EVERY ARCH, WE COULD DO SAY 20 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

AND SO THEN OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS, WE GET EVERYTHING THROUGH RATHER THAN, UM, JUST, YEAH.

SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THAT THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE DID A WORKSHOP ON THIS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, RIGHT.

THAT, UH, THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.

THEY WERE QUESTIONING WHY THEY WERE INVOLVED.

I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY HAD THE DOWNLOAD ON THE, THAT THAT READ THE PAPER QUESTIONING.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? WAS THAT, UH, WHAT'S THAT STRUCTURE THERE? I MEAN, IS THAT SO, SO THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE REPAIR.

SO, SO WHAT THEY DO, THE LEFT SIDE IS LIKE THE CURRENT CONDITION, RIGHT? CONDITION.

AND THEN WHAT THE RIGHT SIDE IS, IS THEY PREPARE THAT SURFACE, THEY INSTALL NEW, UH, COATED REINFORCING, AND THEN THEY INSTALL THAT, THAT FORM WORK.

AND THAT FORM WORK HAS LIKE THESE, THESE RIBS ON IT.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SHEET PILE, BUT IT'S, IT'S INSTALLED ACROSS THE ARCH.

SO, SO EACH JOINT PIVOTS AND FOLLOWS THE ARCH.

AFTER THEY GET ALL THAT FORM INSTALLED, THEN THEY INJECT THAT ANNULAR SPACE WITH A CEMENTITIOUS.

AND THEN THEY TAKE THE FORM, TAKE THE, OH, IT'S A LEAVE IN PLACE FORM.

SO IT'LL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL WITH THAT NEW COATED REINFORCEMENT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, THIS KIND OF PLASTIC MATERIAL FORM WORK THAT'LL STAY IN PLACE TO HELP ALSO TRY AND PROTECT IT OVER.

SO, SO TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF METAL AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU GET THE SULFIDE INTRUSIONS AND IT CAUSES THE RE REINFORCEMENT.

THANKS FIRST.

ALL THE ARCHES OF THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT UNDERNEATH.

UH, NOT ALL OF THEM, UH, BUT SOME OF THEM LOOK WORSE THAN THAT.

AND SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT STATE YET.

THE COUNTY OWNS THE BRIDGE, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT I'VE HEARD IT'S A 999 YEAR LEASE TO THE RAILROADS.

BUT THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE MAINTENANCE COST SHARING AGREEMENT.

AND I THINK THE, WAS THE, THERE'S WATER DISTRICT THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT TOO? NO.

SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THE WATER DISTRICT, DID WE LET THEM OUT? SO, SO, SO THERE'S 19% OF THE COSTS ON THE, THE ARCHES.

IT'S SHARED BETWEEN THREE PARTIES, THE CITY, THE WATER AUTHORITY, AND THE COURT.

AND, UH, AT SOME POINT SINCE THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, THE CITY, I BELIEVE, ACQUIRED THE ASSET FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY OF THE WATER LINE.

AND SO THEN THAT LEAVES THE CITY TAKING THEIR SHARE.

SO, SO WE'RE STUCK.

WE, WE HAVE ONE THIRD OF THAT 19.99% FROM THE CITY HAS NOW TWO THIRDS OF THAT 19 POINT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THE WATER, WATER PIPES GO OVER THE TOP OF THAT.

DOES THE COUNTY SHARE? HAPPY TO DO THAT.

UH, GET STARTED REAL QUICK.

THE COUNTY HAS A SEPARATE CHAIR, COUNTY AND FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.

I KNOW.

UH, I WAS JUST GONNA INTRODUCE REAL QUICK, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, DOMINIC IS HERE.

HE'S GONNA BE PROCEEDING TO ITEMS LATER, SO I JUST, UH, THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

MORNING, DOMINIC.

DOMINIC, TELL US WHAT YOU DO.

I'M THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE MANAGER FOR WORKHOUSES.

GO AHEAD AND,

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SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU CAN STRIP DOWN THE FIRST LINE ITEM THERE.

WE DID ROLL OUT OUR NEW FIELD SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.

UM, IT'S GOING WELL.

UM, THERE ARE SOME LITTLE BUGS WE'RE FINDING HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT'S HAS TO BE EXPECTED WITH A BRAND NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM.

BUT, UM, AS FAR AS REPORTING AND EVERYTHING WE WANT TO GET, IT'S GOING WELL.

WE DO HAVE 500 TICKETS CREATED, UH, HERE TO DATE.

AND WE DO HAVE 423 CLOSED AND WE DO HAVE 102 TICKETS OVER.

WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? TICKETS? THAT MEANS, UH, REQUEST FOR MAINTENANCE, AND THAT IS CORRECT.

AND HERE, HERE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM OUT THERE.

UH, THEY DID A LOT E DRIVEWAY, SIDEWALK, UH, CONCRETE BOARD.

AND THEN WE HAD A WATER MINE REPAIR AT REPAIR 37.

AND THEN WE ADDED SOME STEPS TO FOUR PD ADD ONE MORE ADDITIONAL STEP.

AND THEN FOR OUR FLEET, UM, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN BUSY.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE USING THE TIRE ROTATION AND VEHICLE SERVICE.

UM, AND ALSO AT CT 25, I THINK THE PICTURE'S A LITTLE CUT OUT, BUT THEY HAD TO DO SOME REPAIRS TO ONE OF THE OVERHEAD GARAGES.

I THINK WHEN I A WAS GOING IN WITH ONE OF THE FORKLIFTS, I THINK THE OPERATOR HAD THIS FORKS A LITTLE TOO HIGH, SO THEY KIND OF DROVE INTO OUR BUILDING A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE GOT THAT FIXED UP AND ADDRESSED INSTEAD OF NEAR MOST, IT'S A HIT.

IT LOOKS LIKE A HIT.

, THAT'S A HIT.

I'M GONNA SAY THAT.

I'M GONNA SAY THAT'S AN INCIDENT VIOLATED THE BASIC LAWS OF PHYSICS AND THINGS.

I MEAN, THE I IDEA HERE IS THESE GUYS DO A VARIETY.

KNOW IT'S REALLY, REALLY DO INTERNALLY BETTER.

REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU, DOMINIC.

REALLY GOOD WORK.

WE DOING SOME WORK OUT THERE FOR US.

UM, INCIDENT REPORT, UH, I JUST KIND OF PUT THIS UP THERE FOR EVERYBODY'S, UH, INFORMATION, WHAT WE'RE, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS, CRUISE LINE, CRUISE SHIPS, AND PEOPLE GETTING ON AND OFF AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

I, I DID HEAR JUST, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA THING AGAIN, BUT ON, ON SOME BREAK-INS ON, ON CARS AND, UH, THE PARKING GARAGE AT 16.

DID WE, DID WE KNOW ANY, ANYBODY BACK THERE? YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING.

NOT, NOT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.

I CAN CHECK WITH CHIEF, BUT YOU MIGHT.

JUST IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME CARS POTENTIALLY BROKEN INTO AT 16, JUST IF YOU HEARD ANYTHING.

COULD BE OUR COMPETITION.

YEAH, IT COULD.

WHOA, THAT THING DID WENT CRAZY THERE FOR A SECOND.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE? OH, YOU POPPED OUT, POPPED OUT OF THE, IT DID, IT POPPED OUT OF, UH, PRESENTATION MODE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 36.

JUST, JUST THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, RIGHT? OH, .

I DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

SOMEBODY IS, YEAH, HE'S CONTROLLING FOR BACK THERE.

THERE YOU ARE.

INSTANT REPORTS, UH, PORT JUST GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF, OF HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WORK'S BEING DONE OUT THERE.

AND WHEN WE WITH BY THIRD PARTIES MOSTLY THAT ARE, HAVE REQUIRED YOU TO PORT ID, UM, UH, OUR CHIEF GOT APPOINTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT FOR THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION.

UM, WE, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE AND CONTINUE TO BRING, I THINK, HONORS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE FOREFRONT WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

AROUND THE PORT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THIS WAS THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE.

I I, I WENT DOWN THERE.

THIS WAS THE, UH, SWEDISH SHIP THAT CAME FROM SWEDEN TO GALVESTON AND THEY HAD A LITTLE RECEPTION ON, ON THE SHIP THERE TO KIND OF GIVE IT A LITTLE TOUR OF THIS.

IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE 250TH.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DRIVE ALL THE SHIPS WERE GOING TO NEW YORK CITY.

AND SO THEY CAME TO GALVESTON FROM SWEDEN, UM, AND I THINK MAINLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SWEDISH CONSULATE IN HOUSTON.

AND SO THEY CAME HERE AND ENTERTAINED ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

SO IT WAS AN, IT WAS AN INTERESTING, THEY WERE LEAVING FROM HERE AT, WE WERE LEAVING THAT NIGHT TO GO TO, UM, KEY WEST AND SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS IN KEY WEST AND THEN GOING, I THINK THEY'RE JUST KIND OF BIDING THEIR TIME BEFORE THEY GO TO NEW YORK.

UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, A FEW EVENT EVENTS HERE THAT ARE HAPPENING.

UH, WE, WE'VE HAD, UH, THE GDP MEETINGS, WE HAD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WE ALL KNOW ABOUT, UM, COMMERCE CLUB.

UH, MET WITH THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF.

THEY HAD ONE OF THE, ONE OF THEIR, THEIR GOVERNOR'S STAFF MEMBER WAS THERE FROM THE LEGISL AFFAIRS.

AND SO WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE GALVESTON AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING LIKE KEEPING US IN

[02:05:01]

UH, WE DID HAVE OUR ANNUAL ILA LUNCHEON, UM, AND ACTUALLY THE ILA ALSO, UH, SUPPORTED, UM, CHAIRMAN FLESHMAN VISIT YESTERDAY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PEOPLE UPON US WERE SUPPORTIVE.

AND SO, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A, A GOOD MEETING YESTERDAY.

UM, THE WARD, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THE SWISH SHIP, UM, CHRISTINE DUFFY WAS HERE, UM, ON THE 23RD.

AND, UH, SHE WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SHE WAS MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE TROPICAL COMING IN AND EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND ME, ME INCLUDED.

SO WE, WE, SHE CAME UP HERE AND WE HAD SOME JUST GENERAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, WHERE WE'RE GOING, THE ALVESTON AND, UH, PORT MISSION PLANS COMING UP.

UH, OR YOU KNOW, AS I, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE STARTING TO, WE MET WITH T STOCK TO GO OVER OUR PROJECTS, UM, AND WHICH ONES WE THINK ARE OUR PRIORITIES.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE PUT IN, UM, FOR THE ROAD FROM SEAWOOD PARKWAY DOWN THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TO THE WATERFRONT, UH, TO OPEN THAT UP.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START A, IF WE GET THE L AND G FINALIZED OVER THERE, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

OBVIOUSLY, ALL THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONVERSATION AND APPROVAL.

REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING.

UM, I MADE A, A ROTARY CLUB, HAD A, HAD THEIR MEETING OVER HERE AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT MEETING LAST WEEK.

UM, AND I MADE PRESENTATIONS AT BOTH THOSE MEETINGS.

, THERE'S CHRISTINE, THEY GO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE LANDMARK AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, AND, UH, THE CHAMBER.

WE, WE HOST THE, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, BOARD LEADERSHIP GROUP HERE EVERY YEAR AT ONE OF OUR TERMINALS.

UM, AND WE SUPPLY 'EM LUNCH AND WE GIVE 'EM A FULL DAY OF PORT, WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE PORT AND, AND ALL, AND ALL THEIR PEOPLE.

SO, WELL, HERE'S A, HERE'S A, A PICTURE OF US AT, UM, SEA TRADE.

UM, THERE'S OUR BOOTH IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT'S HARD TO SEE THERE, BUT THAT BOOTH IS PROBABLY 25 FEET TALL AND YOU CAN YOU, WHERE THE GOOD THING IS, IS WHEN YOU WALK INTO, TO THE, UH, TO THE, UM, ARENA THERE, YOU, YOU CAN SPOT US.

WE HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE A SIGN ABOVE THAT, WHICH IS A CIRCULAR SIGN SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE, UH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRUTH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL GROUP.

THAT'S, UH, TONY MILES THERE.

TONY MILES THERE.

I, I JUST, WILLIE YOU SAID YOU GOT IT? YEAH.

TO FOLLOW UP ON MY COMMENT, I TEXTED HIM AND HE SAID THAT THE CHIEF SAID THAT THEY APPEAR TO BE FALSE CLAIMS FROM SOMEBODY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT HE'LL DOUBLE CHECK.

JUST TO CONFIRM ABOUT THE BREAKIN.

SORRY, I GOT THE INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT.

APOLOGIES FOR.

UH, SO WE HAD A DOZER THAT HIT A GUIDELINE AND WHEN IT HIT THE GUIDELINE, IT SHOOK THE, UH, WIRES AND THE TRANSFORMER TRIPPED AND WE LOST POWER.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE INCIDENT WAS.

SO, UM, AND THAT HAPPENED, UM, I THINK LAST MONTH, SO.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GOING INTO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE APPRECIATE IT, JUDGE.

THANKS FOR THE FOLLOW UP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROGER? LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON THERE.

[D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.07.

1 5 5 1 0 7 2 5 5 1 0 7 4 5 5 1 0 7 6 AND 5 5 1 0 8 7 AT 1230.

DID YOU SAY ENVIRONMENTAL BREAK? IT'S A VERY UNIQUE GALVESTON THING.

ALL READY TO GO? SO I'M GONNA CALL US BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 2 33.

ALL RIGHT, SO JOHN, WE'RE READY.

ANGIE, WE'RE WE

[E. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING]

BUSINESS ITEMS. WE HAVE F1, THE CFO REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA, AGENDA UP.

IS THE AFTERNOON.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THE BUSINESS ITEMS, LET'S SEE.

SO WE GOT, YEAH, E ONE IS DISCUSSED IN CONSIDER ACTION ON ANY ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WERE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC IS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANYTHING THERE.

SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO

[F.1 CFO Report/Consent Agenda]

MR. MR. CHAIRMAN MOORE.

SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CFO REPORTS AND CONSENT AGENDA.

HAVE A SECOND, SHEILA.

SO ANY DISCUSSION COMMENTS? WE WENT OVER ALL THIS THIS MORNING.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT IT, I KIND OF REMEMBER WAS THAT TODAY? THAT WAS TODAY.

THINK.

ALRIGHT, SO ANY, NO OTHER COMMENTS? SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

I, I'LL OPPOSE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, F

[F.2 Discuss and Consider for Acceptance the Galveston Wharves 2025 Financial Audit and the Annual Cmnprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). The 2025 AC includes the Federal and State Single Audit as Part IV of the ACFR - Deanna Cortez]

TWO DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER FOR ACCEPTANCE.

THE GALVESTON AWARDS 2025

[02:10:01]

FINANCIAL AUDIT AND THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

2025, UH, AC INCLUDES THE FEDERAL AND SINGLE STATE AUDIT AS PART FOUR OF THE A CFR.

SO I'D MOVE THAT, I'D MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS, A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE REPORT WITH THE, UM, I'LL SECOND THAT WITH THE, WITH THE BOARD ALSO WILL BE REQUEST THE TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO FORWARD COPIES OF THE REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.

AS AS REQUIRED.

AS REQUIRED.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PROCEDURE.

ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? I THINK WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION.

UPDATE AND DISCUSSION.

NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL AND REALLY GOOD.

SO WE'LL COVER.

ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER FOR ACCEPTANCE.

YOU HAVE THREE

[F.3 Discuss and Consider for Acceptance the 2025 Audited Galveston Wharves Defined Benefit Pension Plan Annual Financial Report for Year Ending December 31, 2025 - Deanna Cortez]

THE 2025 AUDITED GALVESTON REWARDS DEFINED PENSION BENEFIT PENSION PLAN, ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

I WOULD, UH, MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS OR CONSIDER PETRO DEVELOPMENT.

ACCEPT, ACCEPT.

I GUESS I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ACCEPTED.

IS THAT? YEAH.

AND UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WE'VE ASKED, UM, THE CFO'S GROUP TO COME BACK TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH AND START A DISCUSSION ABOUT SHOULD WE WIN HOW MUCH WINDING DOWN THAT PLAN AND ALSO, I GUESS ANY CHANGE TO THE INVESTMENT.

WILL YOU HAVE A SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY POSTS? I'LL PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

[F.4 Discuss And Consider Portfolio Performance Analysis Report, Summary Of Investment Performance Report And Investment Detail Of The Galveston Wharves Pension Plan Period Ending March 31, 2026. Also, Discuss And Consider Percentage Changes In The Fund Mix That May Be Necessary To Increase Investment Results - Robert Ramos]

SO F FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORTS.

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE REPORT AND INVESTMENT DETAIL OF THE GALVESTON WARS PENSION CLAIM.

ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ? NO, THAT WAS THE AUDIT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THIS IS THE ANALYSIS HERE.

SO I, SO THIS, SO MY COMMENT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE HERE.

SO I MOVE APPROVAL AND, AND AGAIN, I LIKE TO, WE'VE ASKED THE STATE YEAH.

THIS AND I FINISH IT.

INCREASE INVESTMENT RESULTS.

ALSO DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN THE FUND MIX THAT MAY BE NECESSARY.

SO, AND BECAUSE WE INEVITABLY WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN THAT PLAN SOME FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT, GET SOME ANALYSIS STORY BY THE STAFF ON WHAT THAT'S ALL GONNA ENTAIL AND THEY'LL DO THAT AT OUR NEXT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

IS THERE SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SHEILA WILLIE, ANY ALTERNATE? OUR SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? SO I GUESS ANGIE, ON F THREE, WE PROBABLY, I DON'T DUNNO IF WE WANTED TO CLEAN UP, I DON'T HOW MUCH WE GOT INTO THE MOTION, BUT IT'S BASICALLY WE ACCEPT THAT ONE.

WE ACCEPTED THE, YES, ALL THE FOLLOW UP THAT RICHARD HAD REALLY GOES ON THIS, THIS ONE.

MAKE SURE WE KEEP, KEEP OURSELVES STRAIGHT HERE.

GOOD JOB.

ALRIGHT, SO

[Items F.5 & F.6]

F FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF A NEW TRACK LOADER FROM MUSTANG MACHINERY.

COMPANY LLC IS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $74,925 AND 75 CENTS.

COULD WE DO SIX ALSO WITH IT? YEAH.

UH, WE, WE THAT'S YEAH, WE, YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON THIS ONE TOO, SO, SO YEAH.

WE'LL ALSO TO CRAIG, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF ONE F TWO 50 FROM CHASTAIN FORD AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $63,984.

SO DOMINIC, YOU KIND OF COVER BOTH OF THOSE YES.

WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

YEP.

SO FIRST ONE FOR THE NEW TRACK LOADER.

SO WE HAVE A 2016 TRACK LOADER, UH, CURRENTLY IN OUR OPERATIONS NOW.

UM, IT IS OUT OF SERVICE TO A HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILURE AND, UH, SOME, SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND THE REPAIR ON THE, ON THAT MACHINE WOULD SURPASS THE VALUE OF IT.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO COMPLETE THE MACHINE.

SO WE RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM MUSTANG MACHINERY COMPANY.

UH, THEY PROVIDED A CODE FOR A CAD 2 55 TRACK LOADER OF THE ESTATE OF TEXAS BIBLE CONTRACT AT A COST OF $74,925 SEVEN 5 CENTS.

STAFF ALSO SEPARATELY RECEIVED A CODE FOR A COMPARABLE CASE TV THREE 70 B TRACK LOADER WITH A CORROBORATIVE SOURCE WITH THE CONTRACT FOR EIGHT $3,623 AND 34 CENTS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS PURSUING THE CAT TRACK LOADER AS A BEST VALUE FOR THE COURT.

DO WE WANT DO, I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR HIM TO PRESENT FOR THE TIME.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GUESS WE WANTED TO DO 'EM ALL.

[02:15:01]

WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO BOTH I GUESS.

SO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

I GUESS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOMINIC ON THE TRACK LOADER? SO WHY DON'T YOU MOVE ON TO YOUR TRUCK THERE.

UM, THE PORT IS LOOKING TO REPLACE ASSET NUMBER 17.

SO THIS VEHICLE IS AN EARLY 2008 MODEL TRUCK AND IT IS CURRENTLY IN NEED REPLACEMENT DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUE ISSUES AND MECHANICAL ISSUES.

UM, INCLUDING IN THE 2026 R AND R BUDGET WAS THE PURCHASE OF ONE NEW F TWO 50 AT A COST OF $75,000.

STAFF RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FROM TESTING FORWARD AS PART OF A COOPERATIVE STATE PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE F TWO 50.

THE COST OF THE F TWO 50 IS $63,984.

UH, ONE THING I DO WANT TO ADD TO THIS IS, UH, SO I GUESS THE ALLOCATION BANK FROM CHASTAIN FORWARD FOR THEM TO PLACE ORDERS ON 2026 MODEL TRUCKS HAS CLOSED LAST WEEK.

SO WE'RE PLACED IN THE 2027 ORDER BANK, BUT DUE TO THAT THERE IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE.

SO THE ASK IS IS, UH, 64 TO APPROVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 65,000.

65,000.

HOW ABOUT DELIVERY ON IT? UH, I THINK DELIVERY TIMES IT'S, WE'RE STILL ABOUT A MONTH OUT.

A MONTH TO MONTH PERHAPS.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME OUT THERE THAT ARE SIX MONTHS THAT CHASSIS DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING.

AS FAR AS DELIVERY OPTIONS, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF F FIVE AND F SIX IS OUTLINED.

OKAY, I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, READY? SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO CUT, COULD I POINT OUT SOMETHING NEXT TIME? RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THIS, THIS, THERE'S SOMETHING I, WHEN I READ THIS, I THINK I REMEMBER THERE WAS, IS THERE LIKE A CHEST? THIS IS A, THIS ISN'T JUST A TRUCK, IT'S SO SOMETHING THAT COSTS $12,000.

IT'S EXTRA.

SO, SO OUR TRUCKS THAT WE USE NOW, WE HAVE ED 50 CENTER FLEET.

THAT'S MAJORITY OF OUR FLEET.

THAT'S WHAT WE USE.

BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING LIKE A STANDARD TRUCK BED BEHIND LIKE YOUR REGULAR TRUCK, WE HAVE A, WE CALL IT UTILITY BOX BED.

SO IT HAS BOXES ON THE SIDE OF IT, RACKS FOR MOVE MATERIALS AND THIS IS GONNA BE PIMPED OUT LIKE THAT.

SO YES, WANTED TELL KNOW IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WORTH, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A $65,000 TRUCK.

IT INCLUDES BED, IT'S AN, IT IS AN EIGHT FOOT SERVICE BODY.

EXCUSE ME, EIGHT FOOT SERVICE, THE PAINT PEARL AND EVERYTHING.

NICE.

THIS IS TOTAL, THE TOTAL PRICE IS 63 9 4.

CORRECT.

BUT WITH THE THOUSAND, A THOUSAND MORE FOR, BECAUSE IT'S 2027.

YOU'RE D THE, SO NOW I THINK WE MOTION TO COVER THAT.

I THINK WE DID.

WE DID.

WE DID WE 65,000 WAS THE AMOUNT THAT DOMINIC ASKED FOR.

SO WE GOT A MOTION.

WE GOT A SECOND.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WITH, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, F SIX AND F SEVEN FOR F FOR F TWO, F SIX, F FIVE, AND SIX.

F SEVEN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL THE CAPITAL PURCHASE OF 10 MOTOROLA, A PX.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU DOMINIC.

[F.7 Discuss and Consider for Approval the Capital Purchase of Ten (10) Motorola APX NEXT All-Band Portable Radios for the Port of Galveston Police Department - Chief Brown]

NEXT ALLAND PORTABLE RADIOS FOR THE PORT OF GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CHIEF BROWN CHAIRMAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON TRUSTEES.

UM, IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME JUST A MOMENT BEFORE I DO MY AGENDA ITEM, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THE QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE CT 16 GARAGE.

UM, SINCE THE QUESTION CAME UP EARLIER, WE HAD OUR DETECTIVES LOOK, WE, WE, WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY BACK TO FEBRUARY.

WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE INSTANCE OF, OF ANY CAR BREAK-INS IN THE GARAGE.

GOOD.

UM, MY DETECTIVES READ EVERY POLICE REPORT EVERY DAY AND THEY CAN'T RECOLLECT US EVER HAVING ONE AT ALL.

SO VERY NICE.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST FALSE INFORMATION THAT NEWS.

YEAH, IT'S GOOD.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT OUR GARAGE WOULD BE EXTREMELY SECURE.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I I I WILL SAY I'M, I'M BIASED, UH, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE SAFEST PARKING LOTS ON THE ISLAND.

UH, OUR OFFICERS DO A GREAT JOB OF, OF, OF, UH, PATROLLING O OVER OVER THERE IN ALL OF OUR PARKING LOTS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE AS MANY CARS AS WE HAVE AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING COME UP, BUT, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY RARE THAT LIO, YOU GOT A GOOD PRODUCT BACK THERE.

UM, OKAY, MY AGENDA, GET YOUR AGENDA.

UH, OUR CURRENT HANDHELD RADIOS THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS USE WERE PURCHASED IN MAY OF 2016, MAKING, I MEAN, 2010, MAKING THEM 16 YEARS OLD.

UH, THE PARTS FOR THEM WERE BECOMING OBSOLETE.

UH, MOTOROLA IS NO LONGER SUPPORTING THEM AND TO, TO COMPOUND MATTERS.

UM, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES ARE STARTING TO ENCRYPT THEIR RADIOS.

UM, THE MODELS THAT WE HAVE ARE UNABLE TO BE ENCRYPTED AND THEREFORE, UH, THERE'S MORE THAN HALF OF THE COUNTY THAT WE CAN'T EVEN TALK TO RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S CREATING A RISK FOR ANY COORDINATED INCIDENT RESPONSES THAT MIGHT COME UP IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF LOOKING AHEAD AND TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT BEFORE IT COMES UP.

UH, LAST YEAR WE, WE TRIED TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO, TO PURCHASE THE RADIOS.

WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.

AND SO WE'VE KIND OF COME UP WITH A THREE YEAR PLAN TO PHASE

[02:20:01]

THESE IN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, QUITE EXPENSIVE.

WE DIDN'T WANNA TRY TO DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME.

AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST YEAR, THREE YEAR PLAN TO FACE THOSE IN.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL, I'M SORRY? IS THIS 87? IS THIS THE 87,001? 73 50? YES SIR.

THE 87,000 173 51 IS FOUR 10 OF THE, THE RADIOS.

I, I, I MOVE APPROVAL.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND THEN THE QUESTION WAS AFTER THAT .

OKAY, WELL LET'S GET A SECOND AND I'LL SET THE NOTE.

SHE GOT A SECOND.

MAY HAVE A QUESTION TOO.

OKAY, WELL GO AHEAD.

THAT, THAT, MY QUESTION WAS WHAT THE, WHAT THE COST WAS.

OH, OKAY.

UM, I, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IN THE TEXT HOW SERIOUS THIS IS.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS SORT OF SERIOUS IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE TO HAVE A, UM, ANY, ANY KIND OF INCIDENT ON THE WATERFRONT.

YES, MA'AM.

AND SO I WONDERED IF, UH, WE COULD DO THIS ALL AT ONCE, ALL 30 RAINBOWS.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, BUT, UM, THE MORE I READ, THE MORE CONCERNED I GOT.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WOULD FIND THE MONEY, BUT IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, UH, WE'VE PUT THIS OFF LONG ENOUGH.

I, I WOULD, I WOULD DEFER TO FINANCE, UH, FOR THE MONEY, SO TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE THREAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER IS, IT DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF NOTHING MAJOR HAPPENS, THEN IT'S, IT'S NOT A THREAT.

BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TOMORROW, WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BEING MORE URGENT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN.

I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS, UM, AND, AND TRYING TO BE PRUDENT WITH THE FUNDS, BECAUSE THIS WASN'T IN THE BUDGET EITHER, AND SO WE HAD TO FIND THIS, RIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD GET US, UH, OFFICERS WHO WOULD ALWAYS BE ON SHIFT THAT COULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES.

THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE OTHER AGENTS, THE OTHER AGENCIES CAN STILL SWITCH TO OUR CHANNELS.

WE JUST CAN'T SWITCH TO THEIRS BECAUSE OF THE ENCRYPTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, UM, WE, WE CAN USE OUR DISPATCH CENTER TO KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP, IF YOU WILL, UM, AND ACT AS AN INTERMEDIARY TO, TO MAKE THOSE, THOSE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS.

IF, IF NEED BE, THAT IS AN EXTRA STEP, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY DISPATCH IS PROBABLY GONNA BE BUSY AS WELL.

UM, I, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE FINANCES LOOK LIKE, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO THAT, BUT, UM, IF, IF WE WANNA PHASE THEM IN, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK.

IF, IF IT'S YOUR, UH, YOUR COLLECTIVE DESIRE TO DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE, I MEAN, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OUR COLLECTIVE DESIRE, MY DESIRE.

WELL, I, I AGREE.

WHAT WOULD BE THE COST OF, SO OBVIOUSLY TO PHASE 10 AT THE TIME, THE PRICES I'D IMAGINE WOULD GO UP? WELL, THE, THE PRICES DO GO UP EVERY YEAR AND, AND I WILL SAY WE, WE'VE GOT 40 SWORN OFFICERS, SO WE ACTUALLY NEED 40 RADIOS, NOT 30.

THEY'RE GONNA DO 10 THIS YEAR AND DO 15 AND 15 THE NEXT TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE COULD PLAN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR THIS TO BE IMMINENT.

UM, AND, AND ALSO WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THE GRANT EACH YEAR.

YOU KNOW, UM, WE COULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN FUTURE YEARS IN GETTING THE GRANT, WHEREAS WE WEREN'T THIS, THIS PAST TIME AND THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

UM, BUT THE, THE, THE COST PER RADIO IS, UH, $7,074.

SO JUST UNDER $7,100.

SO WHATEVER THAT MATH IS, TIMES 40, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.

I DON'T HAVE MY CALCULATOR.

COULD YOU DO 20 THIS YEAR THEN? 20 THE FOLLOWING? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WOULD HELP YOU GUYS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO FINANCING.

I, I JUST READ IT AND I THOUGHT YES, MA'AM.

AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE INQUIRY.

I I WISH I COULD, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE DO WITH, WITH THE BEST THAT WE'VE GOT.

AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW THE FINANCES WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW.

I KNOW MARK WAS KIND ENOUGH TO, TO TELL ME WE COULD, WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET 10 OF THEM.

I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE LOOKS LIKE.

UM, I, I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THAT PART OF IT.

WELL, I, I MEAN, AND MAYBE, MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE GOT A MOTION FOR 10, MAYBE WE VOTE ON THAT AND THEN MAYBE YOU COULD TALK TO MARK OFFLINE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE AFFORD, CAN WE ACCELERATE THAT THE NEXT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, ACCELERATE THAT BACK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND, AND SEE, MAYBE DO SOME MORE.

UM, IF, IF WE GOT, DEPENDING ON THE GRANT, MOST LIKELY IT WOULD BE, YES.

THAT WOULD BE, DO YOU GET ANY, ANY KIND OF, UH, DISCOUNT FOR MORE UNITS YOU BUY AT ONCE? UM, NOT AT THESE QUANTITIES.

I MEAN, IF WE, IF IF WE BOUGHT 20, THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE THE $7,100 ISH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE BUYING HUNDREDS OF THEM PROBABLY.

SO.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE SEEING ANY DISCOUNTS FOR, FOR THIS.

BUT THEY, THEY CERTAINLY WILL GO UP IN PRICE YEAR, YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THEY DO, THEY DO.

IS THIS ON A, ON A, UH, LIKE A BUYBOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, IT'S NOT A BUYBOARD, BUT MOTOROLA HAS THE MONOPOLY ON POLICE RADIO.

YOU CAN'T BUY ANY OTHER RADIO AND IT FUNCTION ON THE NETWORK.

IF YOU WERE TO GET A GRANT, WOULD IT BE REIMBURSABLE?

[02:25:03]

UM, IF WE, IF WE GOT THE GRANT, WE WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO DO THE PORT SECURITY GRANT, UH, UNLESS ANOTHER GRANT PRESENTED ITSELF.

UM, AND, AND THAT ONE'S A 75 25 MATCH, I BELIEVE IS, ISN'T THAT WHAT IT IS, ROGER? MM-HMM .

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE, IF IF WE GOT THE FEDERAL, UH, SECURITY GRANT, THEN, THEN, UM, THAT WOULD BE A 25% MATCH.

WHATEVER.

WHAT ABOUT WE, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THE PEN AND THEN, UH, WE WILL PRICE THIS OUT AND IF, IF YOU GIVE US PERMISSION, WE'LL BUY WHAT WE, WHAT WE CAN, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, AND WE'LL REPORT BACK NEXT MONTH.

THAT SOUNDS, SOUNDS GOOD.

DO WE NEED TO REDO A MOTION, WHICH IS, I THINK WE NEED TO ADD OR JUST VOTE ON THIS.

DO ANOTHER ONE.

VOTE ON THIS.

AND THEN, BECAUSE RADIO'S PROGRAMMED A MOTION COUNTY O AT THE 9 1 1 DISTRICT, THEY, THEY PROGRAMMED THE RADIO FORCE.

I'M GONNA LET SOMEBODY ELSE MAKE THE MOTION.

SHEILA, YOU WANNA MAKE THIS MOTION? WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

YOU MADE, RICHARD MADE THE MOTION AND I SECOND DID.

SO WE CALL THE QUESTION ON THAT.

SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULD MODIFY WHAT, OKAY.

ADD TO WHAT, WHAT ROGER JUST SAID.

ADD TO, ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION.

SO WHY DON'T YOU, SORRY.

WELL, EITHER WAY.

HOW, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT PHRASED? SO IT WAS, IT WAS TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF THE 10 AND THEN ROGER YOUR COMMENT.

WELL, I CAN SAY, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL THE CAPITAL PURCHASE OF 10, UH, RADIOS BASICALLY.

AND, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 30 RADIOS, UM, AFTER, UH, AFTER CHECKING THE BUDGET UP TO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HAPPEN KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO DO THESE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 30, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND THEN WE JUST REPORT BACK THAT WE DID IT.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

DID YOU CATCH IT? I, AND I'LL SECOND THAT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MARK NEEDS TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE, WE JUST SPENT MORE MONEY NOW.

MARK'S NOT .

HE'LL TEACH.

YOU CAN THROW ME.

MARK'S GONNA BE COMING DOWN THE HALL ON CRUTCHES.

WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU CAN'T, IF HE WAY BETTER LOOK AT HIM, WE'RE JUST TELLING.

ROBERT SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM.

THE HALL.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

THANK CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A SELECTED LEGISLATORS AND ALSO CHIEF BRAD, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, I, I GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM, UH, I GUESS IT WAS FROM GINA OLA AND YOU, I GUESS, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS WERE AT SEATRADE AND YOU GUYS YOU PRESENTED AT SOME, WAS IT WITH TEXAS? YES SIR.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A LEADERSHIP SANTA FE GROUP.

WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THREE YEARS NOW WITH, WITH THE SANTA FE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND YEAH.

AND UH, I GUESS SHE'S, UH, PART OF THAT GROUP NOW.

BUT ANYWAY, SHE WAS HIGHLY COMPLIMENTARY OF HOW SHE SAID YOU WERE BETTER THAN ROGER AND SHE'D RATHER HAVE .

EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE VANESSA.

BUT SERIOUSLY, SHE SAID YOU DID, YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATED YOU SPENDING THE TIME.

'CAUSE I GUESS THE STAFF WAS ALL AT, UH, SEATRADE.

AND YOU, YOU FILLED IN AND DID A GREAT JOB.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

SO NOW F EIGHT, DISCUSS CELL PHONE COVERAGE WHEN MULTIPLE CRUISE SHIPS ARE IMPORTANT.

ALRIGHT,

[F.8 Discuss Cell Phone Coverage When Multiple Cruise Ships are in Port. - Trustee/Mayor Brown]

TRUSTEE SLASH MAYOR BROWN.

UH, , UH, THIS IS TOPIC I BROUGHT UP, UH, LAST MEETING OR SO I MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE CITY AND I'VE BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT FEEL THAT WHEN THE CRUISE SHIPS, MULTIPLE CRUISE SHIPS ARE IMPORTANT, THAT IT, UH, DETRACTS FROM THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE AND YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD COVERAGE.

UH, BROUGHT THAT UP.

I THINK ROGER, YOU WERE GONNA CHECK IN .

YEAH, I MEAN, AND WE, I MEAN WE, WE CHECKED AROUND WITH THE TENANTS AND, AND ALL OF, AND PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE PORT.

WE COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO SAY THAT THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I I MEAN I, IF I GOTTA BELIEVE PART OF IT IS YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE.

AND I MEAN, AND I, I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IS, IS WE HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE DOWN HERE.

IS ANY, ARE THEY EXPERIENCING THIS WHEN THERE'S THAT MANY PEOPLE AT THE BEACH AND OTHER PLACES? I, I, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DID, BRETT DID CHECK AROUND TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAD ANY PROBLEMS AND NOBODY REPORTED ANY PROBLEMS THAT THEY COULD GET COVERAGE DURING BIKE RALLY.

I EXPERIENCED IT FOR SURE.

THAT'S BIKE RALLY.

YOU KNOW, I CAN IMAGINE THAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THE CIRCUITS GET OVER, THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S A FINITE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT CAN BE CELL CELL CALLS THAT CAN BE MADE BY, ON ANY PARTICULAR SERVICE AT, AT ONE TIME.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TOWER ON THE PORT.

SO WE HAVE A PHONE TOWER ON.

SO I HAVE AT AND T AND AT T CAN SUPPORT SO MANY CALLS IN THIS AREA.

SOMEBODY ELSE HAS HORIZON, VERIZON, AND THEY CAN SUPPORT

[02:30:01]

SO MANY.

UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, IF WE HAVE OCCASION THAT WE MIGHT MENTION IT TO AT AND T, JUST SAY, WE'VE GOT COMPLAINTS FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT CELL SERVICE DOWN HERE.

GET A USAGE REPORT.

SEE WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO KNOW THAT THEY DO THEY HAVE A QUASI FRANCHISE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE STATE LAW IS.

WE DON'T.

I BUT, BUT YOU COULD.

I I WOULD'VE THANK THEY WOULD KNOW THE YEAH.

AND THEY'D BE RESPONSIVE TO YOU.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE CAN CHECK.

YEAH, WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN STEPHANIE CHECK, UM, WE USE VERIZON HERE, UM, FOR ALL OUR CELL PHONES.

WE COULD, WE COULD PROBABLY ASK PEOPLE NOT TO USE THEIR PHONES.

WELL, NO, WHAT, WHAT THEIR ANSWER IS IS TO PUT SOME ADDITIONAL, SOME ADDITIONAL CELLS IN WHICH WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING MONEY.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE THE CRUISE, DON'T THEY? THE TOWER WE HAVE OUT HERE? THAT'S CORRECT.

T-MOBILE SPACE FROM THAT TOWER IS, IS PUTTING MAYBE PUT ANOTHER CELL UP THERE OR SOMETHING.

ONE OF THEM.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS ALL WORKS.

IF YOU COULD CHECK MAYBE ROGER AND SEE IS, UH, RICHARD MENTIONED, CHECK WITH AT T AND PROVIDE AND SEE IF THEY, THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS.

THEY MIGHT AND ALREADY HAVE BEEN DRESSING THIS.

I DON'T.

WELL, AND, BUT, AND BECAUSE IT'S IN A, IT'S PROBABLY IN A COMPRESSED TIME ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AND SUNDAY MORNINGS FROM NINE TO 12 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT RIGHT.

THEY COULD, THEY COULD, IF THEY WANTED TO, THEY COULD JUST UPGRADE THEIR TOWERS A LITTLE BIT OR PULL DOWN A, A PORTABLE CELL.

I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE CRUISE LINES HAVE MIGRATED TO, UM, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT MUST HAS THAT STARLINK STARLINK BECAUSE IF YOU GET ON THESE CRUISE SHIPS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEIR SERVICES ARE, IN MOST CASES THAT I'VE SEEN STARLINK NOW BECAUSE THEY COULD GET IT ALL THE WAY OUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE TRYING TO GET YOU SWITCHED OVER TO THEIR SERVICES QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WHEN YOU GET ON THERE, I MEAN, I, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

THEY CAN TELL YOU.

YEAH, I WOULD THINK THEY COULD TELL YOU WE, WE DROPPED THIS MANY CALLS BECAUSE OF, OF AVAILABILITY.

UM, YEAH, I WOULD AND, AND YOU CAN JUST HAVE YOUR, YOUR IT GUY, SOMEBODY CONTACT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, ROGER, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST SEND IT TO ALL THE TRUSTEES HERE.

I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT NECESSARILY AGAIN.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE IN PARTICULAR? YES.

IT'S INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE AROUND DOWNTOWN, SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA.

THAT'S WHERE I GET THE MAIN CONCERNS.

SO, UH, YEAH, IF YOU COULD WOULDN'T MIND ROGER AND THEN HAVE MAYBE NOTIFY THE TRUSTEES.

DISCUSS AIR QUALITY AT THE COURT TRUSTEE.

MOVE ON TO F NINE.

[F.9 Discuss Air Quality at the Port - Trustee/Mayor Brown]

WELL, WE DID THAT, UH, WITH LAURA'S, UH, PRESENTATION BEFORE WE GOT INTO OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. AND I WANT TO THANK LAURA.

SHE MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT THANK YOU LAURA FOR THAT.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S A, A WONDERFUL APPROACH THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO STAY CERTIFIED WITH THIS, UH, UM, THIS GREEN MARINE PROJECT AND THE PROGRAM.

I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE HARDER, IT SOUNDS LIKE, TO CONTINUE THE CERTIFICATION EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CLIMB THAT, THAT RATING SYSTEM.

BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND, UH, I THINK WE DISCUSSED FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, WE DISCUSSED ALSO THE, THE, UH, GREEN MARINE DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE CRUISE SHIPS ON THEIR, UH, POTENTIAL FOR POLLUTION, BUT THAT'S REGULATED BY FEDERAL STANDARDS.

UH, ERIC MENTIONED ABOUT WHAT THOSE WERE AND THINGS.

AND SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL BE MONITORING.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

BUT THANK YOU LAURA AND STAFF PUT THAT TOGETHER.

AND I THINK JUST TO KIND OF FRAME IT UP, ERIC AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT AT LUNCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CRUISE SHIP PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR TIMES THE KILOWATTS OR MEGAWATTS OF A, OF A CARGO SHIP.

SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THINK OF A CRUISE SHIP AS BEING LIKE THREE OR FOUR CARGO SHIPS.

SO YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT A CRUISE SHIP IN RELATION TO HOW MANY PORT CALLS, WHAT DO WE HAVE? 470 SOME ODD.

SO THIS YEAR YEAH, THE CRUISE.

YOU KNOW, THE, AND THE CRUISE SHIPS MAY, I CAN IMAGINE BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF 'EM ARE NEWER.

TOTAL 17.

PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT.

SOMEWHERE AROUND THIS FRONT.

THE CARGO SHIPS.

SO REALLY CRUISE CRUISE ISN'T,

[02:35:01]

THEY'RE GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE MAYBE EFFICIENT THAN A CARGO SHIP.

SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF A, YOU GOTTA KIND OF RELATIVE TO ME LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF HOW MANY SHIPS WE HAVE IN THE HARBOR.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST CREWS, IT'S NOT JUST CARGO.

IT'S THE SUM TOTAL.

AND, AND MOST OF THE OLDER CRUISE SHIPS HAVE THESE HAVE INSTALLED THESE SCRUBBERS THAT SCRUB THE AIR COMING OUT OF THE SHIP.

YEP.

AND ERIC, I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY FROM A VESSEL TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, WE TRACK IT, UH, 33% OF THE, THE, UH, LARGER SHIP MOVEMENTS, NOT, NOT TAKING BARGES INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT 33% IN AND OUTTA GALVESTON ARE, ARE CRUISE LINES.

SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 66% OF THE TRAFFIC AND BUSINESS COMING AND OUT OF THE PORT IS, OTHER THAN THE SCREWS, I GUESS THE OTHER PART, YEAH, THE GREEN MARINE, BUT ALSO SHORE POWER IS, THAT WOULD BE A FACTOR.

AND THEN I THINK LNG, I'M ASSUMING LNG, IF THE SHIP'S BURNING LNG, IT'S CLEANER THAN BURNING REGULAR FUEL.

SO THAT THOSE EFFORTS WE HAVE IN PLACE TO TRANSITION TO LNG AND SHORE POWER ARE ALSO IN THE DIRECTION OF GOODNESS THERE, WHICH WILL HELP.

DR. BROWN.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? NO, SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO

[F.10 Discuss and Consider Approval of Master Services Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Woolpert, Inc. for the First Phase of a Mobility Study at an Amount Not to Exceed $380,000 - Jeffrey Thomas]

F 10.

UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND BERG INCORPORATED WERE THE FIRST PHASES OF A MOBILITY STUDY AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $380,000.

MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, THE, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, HAS BEEN AT THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE BEFORE TODAY.

UM, AND, UH, LAST, UH, WEEK, THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE VOTED TO RECOMMEND A CONTRACT FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR A LIMITED MO PHASE ONE OF A MOBILITY STUDY TO, UH, STUDY THE TRAFFIC IN SUBJECT AREA.

UM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WON'T MAYBE GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS.

I CAN PROBABLY, BUT IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE ASK.

UM, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT, WHAT THE, THE ANALYSIS WILL DO IS, IS TAKE A LOOK AT 44 INTERSECTIONS IN THE STUDY AREA, UM, CREATE A MODEL TO REPLICATE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AND THEN ADD IN TRAFFIC FROM THE FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL AND, AND, UH, UH, PROPOSED MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR, UH, UH, HOTSPOTS OR CONGESTION OFF OF THE MAIN ROADWAYS.

UM, TRYING TO, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, ROADWAYS IN SPECIFIC WHERE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT 14TH STREET, UH, 21ST, 23RD, 25TH, UH, 33RD, 37TH FOR, FOR SURE.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER ONES IN THE MODEL, UH, THAT THAT WILL BE, BUT THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE MAIN CORRIDORS WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT.

AS FAR AS, UH, TROUBLE SPOTS, UM, SO THE, THE STAFF, UH, NEGOTIATED, UH, A SCOPE FEE WITH, WITH WILPERT $380,000 FOR THE PHASE ONE OF THE STUDY.

WERE SEPARATELY WORKING WITH THEM ON A PHASE TWO OF THE STUDY WITH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PEDESTRIANS, UH, PEDESTRIAN STUDY, UH, PARKING STUDY, UH, AND ALSO MOBILITY STUDY WITH TROLLEYS.

AND THAT WOULD KIND OF LAYER ON, ON TOP OF THE, THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK, WELL, WE, WE HAD DISCUSSION THAT, UM, ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE THAT WE WERE GONNA TRY TO SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET PHASE TWO PRICING MM-HMM .

AND ARE YOU STILL NEGOTIATING, UM, SCOPE ON THAT? SO, SO I THINK THE SCOPE WAS PRETTY MUCH SET FROM, THERE WAS WASN'T, THERE WAS JUST A FEW COMMENTS I THINK FROM THE RIVER TECHNIC ON SCOPE OF NOTHING HUGE.

I DID ALREADY REACH OUT TO THEM, UH, BEFORE THAT.

I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK ON ON THAT.

AND, UH, BUT, BUT I CAN REPORT BACK.

I KNOW THAT PIECE ALSO IS GONNA REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH PARKS BOARD AND THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

UM, AND SO, UH, YEAH, THAT, YEAH, I THINK JUST BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE SAID IS WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE THREE 80 FOR PHASE ONE TODAY.

BUT I THINK WHAT CRAIG WAS COACHING IS TO, FOR THE, TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THE COST FOR PHASE TWO AND THE WHOLE, TAKE IT ONE TIME AND REALLY PROBABLY HAVE ROB, HE, YOU KNOW, ROB HAS BEEN YOUR CON, ROB WIKE HAS BEEN YOUR CONTACT ON THE CITY.

ROB WAS ON THE, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, UH, AND UH, HE, HE DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE INVOLVEMENT ON THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SCOPE IN FRONT OF YOU.

PHASE ONE.

BUT, BUT THE PHASE TWO WE WERE GONNA COORDINATE.

SO IT'D BE, I THINK CRAIG'S POINT WAS, OR MAYBE LET DR. BROWN SPRITE WOULD, HAD HAVE HIS TAKE THAT, THAT PIECE AND WITH, WITH, UH, ROB AND WITH MAYBE WITH BRIAN AND, UM, THE CITY FOLKS TO GET, TO GET A PROPOSAL TOGETHER TO TAKE THE CITY COUNCIL AT ONE TIME WITH BOTH PIECES.

CITY STAFF AND TO, UH, COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO, TO CITY COUNCIL.

IT, IT'D PROBABLY BE GOOD SINCE ROB WOULD'VE PARTICIPATED IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS, HAVE HIM GET WITH

[02:40:01]

UH, WE HAVE A NEW CITY COUNCIL COMING ON BOARD HERE SHORTLY AND, UH, IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW, I THINK FOR CITY COUNCIL, THE TOTAL COST FOR PHASE ONE AND TWO.

SO IF THE COUNCIL WAS GONNA PARTICIPATE IN, UH, SHARING THOSE COSTS, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH TO PLAN.

BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT, IT'D PROBABLY BE GOOD BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY NEED TO, WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOME EDUCATION WITH THE NEW CITY COUNCIL, SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FROM THE PORT THAT WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE TO.

KIND OF COULD, I THINK YOU MAYBE WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND KINDA EXPLAIN THE WHOLE THOUGHT PROCESS AROUND THE MOBILITY STUDY AND HOW WE GOT TO THE SCOPE AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KIND OF HELP EDUCATE THE NEW CITY COUNCIL ON, UM, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND WHY.

ALLY WILLIAM, SORRY.

UH, WELL I WAS GOING MOVE TO APPROVE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, CAN PHASE ONE PROCEED STILL SINCE WE WE'RE APPROVING THIS TODAY? I THINK THE ANSWER YES.

THE ANSWER YES.

THAT WAS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THERE WAS NO LAG IN TIME.

YEAH, THAT WAS THE POINT IS WE WANTED, BECAUSE PHASE ONE HAS A MORE OF A CRITICAL TIME ELEMENT BECAUSE WE WANTING THE INFORMATION TO HELP WITH RIGHT.

WE SHOULD PRESENT THE PRICE FOR TWO, BUT PHASE ONE IS UNDER YEAH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO PROVE TODAY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PHASE ONE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL WANT TO HAVE HARBORSIDE AND INTERNAL ROADWAYS FUNCTIONAL, RIGHT? YEAH.

PRIOR TO COLLECTING DATA.

YEAH, THAT WAS THE ONE.

JEFFREY, YOU MIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY, THE REAL ESTATE, BUT YOU MIGHT TOUCH ON YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME, IF YOU NOTICE THIS WARRANT GOING.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO ULTIMATELY, YEAH, WE'RE, IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY DONE WITH THE HARBORSIDE WORK OUT IN FRONT OF, UH, THE REALLY ALL THE SUBJECT AREAS HERE.

SO, SO WE, WE DID WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAD FOUR LANES OPEN AGAIN ON HARBORSIDE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED DATA OR ELSE THE DATA MIGHT BE SKEWED.

SO WE, WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH PULPER AND THEY'RE, THEY WERE AMENABLE TO THAT.

THAT MEANS WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A DATA COLLECTION CLOSER TO THE END OF JUNE RATHER THAN BEGINNING OF JUNE.

UM, BUT WE'LL PHASE THAT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TOO AND, AND BECAUSE AT A CERTAIN POINT THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING MORE WEST AND THAT, THAT WON'T AFFECT OUR AREA AS MUCH.

BUT I THINK THAT WAS THE POINT IS, YEAH, WE, THERE IS A, A TIME ELEMENT TO GETTING THE DA GETTING THE DATA.

I MEAN, TO RICHARD'S POINT IS MADE, SO WE WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT, WE WANT A QUALITY STUDY, BUT WE ALSO WANNA BE ABLE TO GET THE FEEDBACK TO HELP US WITH FUTURE DECISION MAKING ON CHANGES INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND ULTIMATELY FUTURE TERMINAL EXPANSION.

AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON AWARDS AND TERRACON CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ENGINEERING AND TESTING FOR COURT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROW TWO THAT IT COST NOT TO EXCEED 82,490.

NO, THAT WAS MY MOTION.

I DON'T THINK THEY GOT A SECOND.

APPROVE THE THREE 80,000.

ERIC SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MOTION? ANY OPPOSED? 6, 6 0 PASSES.

UH, NEXT IS DISCUSS

[F.12 Discuss and Consider Approval of Professional Services Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Terracon Consultants, Inc. for Construction Material Engineering and Testing for Port Construction projects including Old Port Industrial Road 2 at a Cost Not to Exceed $82,490.00 - Jeffrey Thomas]

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, FOR, FOR THE TERRACON AND I HAD F 11 MINUTES, WE, SO, BUT I CAN DO THAT.

I DO TERRA AHEAD READ, UH, YEAH, FOR, FOR, FOR KEEPING FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT, UH, LAST, UH, MEETING.

Y'ALL APPROVED A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH, UH, TEXAS GULF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE, UH, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN 33RD AND 41ST STREET.

UM, THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THAT.

THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING, WHICH WE TEST THE CONCRETE AND ALSO THE SOILS BELOW THE PAVEMENT, UH, FOR, FOR THE PROJECT.

UM, AND SO, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED MANY PROPOSALS BACK IN 2024 AND WE'RE USING THAT QUALIFICATIONS FOR, FOR THE SELECTIONS.

SINCE THAT QUALIFICATIONS PERIOD, WE'VE HAD WORK WITH BOTH TERRACON AND, UH, ULA WONK.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, WE REACHED OUT TO TERRACON FOR PROPOSAL TO PROCEED OR, OR, OR TO, UH, PROCURE THE, THE, THE, THE REQUIRED, UH, TESTING, UH, LABORATORY FOR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WITH GEO TESTING THE COST, UH, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS WORK IS $82,490.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE MANAGED BY COURT STAFF TO KIND OF STAY WITHIN THAT BUDGET AND, AND TRACK IT LIKE WE SEE ON THE COURT DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON AS, AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE COMPLETE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT, WE WE'D RECOMMEND A CONTRACT, UH, TO, TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH TERRACON CONSULTANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING TESTING SERVICES FOR THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD TWO PROJECT, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 82,000.

SO MOVED.

[02:45:01]

SO YOU WOULD A MOTION.

UH, SIR RICHARD, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION RAISE ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

MY APOLOGIES.

[F.11 Discuss and Consider Approval of the Fifth Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) proposal for Additional Scope of Work Needed to Close Out the Cruise Terminal 16 Development Project Prepared by Hensel Phelps as part of the Construction Manager- at-Risk Contract at a Cost Not to Exceed $243,780.00 - Jeffrey Thomas]

WE DO HAVE 11 HERE.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FIFTH GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK NEEDED TO CLOSE OUT THE CRUISE TERMINAL 16 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PREPARED BY PHILLIPS AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT THAT IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 243,780.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, AS Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT, WE HAVE FOR CRUISE TERMINAL 16, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT, AND REALLY HONESTLY, ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WE WERE HAVING TO TRACK THE COST AND MAKE CHANGES DEPENDING ON, UH, IT WAS A FASTER PACE PROJECT.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE REMAINING ITEMS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, A FEW OF THEM WE HAD TO DO RIGHT AT THE END OF THE PROJECT AND A FEW OF THEM ARE WAITING ON APPROVAL FOR, UH, THIS BOARD TO, TO KIND OF GO AHEAD AND, UH, WRAP UP THE PROJECT.

UM, THE COST OF ALL THE ITEMS IS $232,000, 678, 230 $3,678.

THERE'S A PAYMENT OF PERFORMANCE BOND AND A CM FEE IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH BRINGS THE COST UP TO $243,780 FOR, FOR THE WORK FOR US.

AND, UH, THE WORK WOULD ALL BE DONE BEFORE JULY 1ST, 2026.

MOVE APPROVEN.

RICHARD.

THANKS .

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVEN.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED, ANY MOTION CARRIES.

[F.13 Discuss Bids Received on the Cruise Terminal 25 Pedestrian Bridge Improvements and an Alternate Project Approach - Jeffrey Thomas]

F 13 DISCUSSED BIDS RECEIVED ON THE CRUISE TERMINAL 25 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS AND AN ALTERNATE PROJECT APPROACH.

OKAY, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, YES, AS WE, WE DISCUSSED THIS IN COURT STRUCTURES REPORT, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE MORE ITEMS. I MEAN, I THINK THE MAIN POINTS WE WERE WANTING TO DISCUSS WAS, UM, THE, THE OPTION OF MOVING AWAY FROM THE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH WERE RECEIVED AT THE 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR MARK, WHICH ULTIMATELY WOULD RESULT IN A, YOU KNOW, 12 AND A HALF OR GREATER A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AT THE END.

WE, WE ESTIMATE, UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES.

THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES IN HERE, UM, OF, OF OPEN AIR BRIDGES THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED.

UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE LIKE ROGER MENTIONED WITHIN THAT $5.1 MILLION RANGE.

RIGHT NOW, WE DO BELIEVE THERE'S A PROJECT OUT THERE THAT'S LESS THAN THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN THE BIDS TO CONSTRUCT A BRIDGE LIKE THIS AFTER COMPLETE DEMOLITION.

HOWEVER, IT DIDN'T PROVIDE AS MUCH COST SAVINGS AS WE, AS WE WOULD LIKE.

SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE.

UM, WE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT BECAUSE THIS IS A GRANT PROJECT.

UM, THEY BASICALLY, THE FIRST OPTION, THE FIRST ALTERNATE CASE WE PRESENTED WAS, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, AN ALTERNATE BRIDGE THAT'S NOT A REFURBISHMENT BECAUSE THE GRANT DESCRIBED A REFURBISHMENT.

THEY SAID, UM, IN THAT CASE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REALLY HAVE ANY ACTION ON THE GRANT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DOING AN AERIAL, UH, HIGHWAY.

IF WE WERE GONNA PROPOSE SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOING BACK WITH PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, UM, GO BACK AND LIKELY WOULD REQUIRE ACTION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAT APPROVES THE, THE PAC FUNDS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH A PROJECT THAT IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE $5.1 MILLION CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'D LIKELY HAVE TO HAVE SOME ENGINEERING IN THAT AS WELL TO GET, GET A NEW, NEW CONCEPT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE, UH, TO PUT IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR ROGER IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE MISSED.

NO, NO, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE DISCUSSED ENOUGH, WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND I THINK JUST SAID OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

YEAH, GREAT.

THE ONLY THING THERE IS LIKELY THE, THE, THE BID WE, WE WON'T BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BIDS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

DO WE NEED TO REJECT THE BIDS? THAT WAS THE QUESTION.

THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

AS LONG AS THERE WASN'T PROPOSITION FROM THE BOARD AS FAR AS THE WHAT WE ARE WE, IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR THAT REJECTION? YOU KNOW? WELL IT'S IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR ANY ACTION.

YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, YOU KNOW, I'M ATOMIC WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT.

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YOU DON'T YEAH, WE'VE SPENT THREE YEARS ON IT ALREADY.

YEAH, I MEAN, AND, AND SOUNDS LIKE YEAH, ULTIMATELY I, I I MEAN I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG THE BIDS WOULD BE GOOD FOR, BUT AS HAS CONSTRUCTION PRICES CONTINUED TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF FUEL PRICES, I WOULD SAY THERE'S PROBABLY, WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA GO DOWN ANY .

NO.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY NO.

NO ACTIONS FROM NEEDING ON THIS PROJECT.

I AGREE.

NO, I THINK WE'VE HAD ALL THE DISCUSSION.

I MEAN, TO ME, I THINK IT'S, SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM AT THE INTERSECTION AT 25TH AND HARBOR SIDE BECAUSE OF THE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE ROAD AND THE, UH, CONGESTION, THE DANGER OF PEDESTRIANS, CAR INTERACTIONS, AND THEN THE CONGESTION THAT THAT CAUSES INSIDE THE PORT.

SO I THINK WE NEED, TO ME, WE NEED A SOLUTION TO GET PEOPLE FROM, FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF 25TH TO THE NORTH SIDE.

AND WE WANT TO TRY TO FIND THAT WITHIN THE $6 BILLION THAT WE HAVE.

WELL, ONE THING WE, WE HAVE IN THE AREA IS ROPE LADDERS.

MAYBE IF WE USE ROPE LADDERS INSTEAD OF ESCALATORS OR ELEVATORS, THIS COULD BE PART OF IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE AN EXCURSION.

AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, WE'VE BEEN GOING ON A BIT HERE TODAY.

BUT JEFFREY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK THROUGH THIS COMPLICATED ISSUE TO GET US TO A SOLUTION.

UGG SITTING HERE EIGHT HOURS.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND HERE.

SO AN HOUR SEVEN.

AND MAY AND MAYBE JUST WHILE JEFF'S THERE, I THINK PROBABLY GOOD TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU THAT, UH, THIS AWARD ON FROM, FROM HOUSTON, FROM HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, THE, THE AWARD FOR PROJECT FOR TERMINAL 16 FOR THE SPECIAL PROJECT FOR EXCELLENCE LANDMARK AWARD.

THE LANDMARK AWARD ON TERMINAL 16.

SO THAT YOU'RE THREE FOR FREE NOW.

WELL, I I WOULD SAY THE TEAM IS THREE FOR THREE.

IT'S A TEAM.

BUT YOU, IF I WAS YEAH, NO, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IF WE, IF WE WERE, IF YOU WERE OVER BUDGET BEHIND SCHEDULE, WE'D BE UP HERE YELLING AT YOU ABOUT THAT.

SO THE TRUE IT GOES ONE, I THINK WE, IT IS THE TEAM SUBMIT THE PRO BRIDGE TO THE NEXT LANDMARK.

ALRIGHT, SO IF NOW, NOW WE HAVE, WE GO FROM LAWYER TO LEGAL HERE.

SO F 14,

[F.14 Discuss and Consider Approval of Settlement Resolving Cause No. 24CV0452, Virginia Earlene Yelvington v. Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves. - Port Attorney, Brown]

I GOING MAKE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MAYBE I'LL START DR. BROWN, SINCE THIS IS YOUR, THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST MEETING.

UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT RESOLVING CAUSE NUMBER 24 CV 0 4 5 2 VIRGINIA LENE YELVINGTON VERSUS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON BOARD.

IT SAYS INDICATED IN THE, UH, MATERIAL, THIS IS A, UH, PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM THAT THE INSURANCE CARRIER WORKED OUT A SETTLEMENT AND WERE BRIEF ON THE CONFIDENTIAL TERMS. AND WE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD, UH, APPROVED THE SETTLEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE COURT DIRECTOR C AND LEGAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS TO CONFIRM I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT AND THE ACTIONS THAT HONOR COUNSEL.

JUST ARTICULATE THAT.

SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION.

CARRIE UNANIM.

15.

I BELIEVE WE SAID WE'RE GONNA DEFER THAT ONE.

SO THAT BRINGS US

[F.16 Discuss Agenda Items for the May 26th Regular Monthly Board Meeting.]

TO F 16.

SO THERE ANY AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE MAY 26TH? I THINK THERE WILL BE.

I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME, YES.

MAYBE HOPEFULLY A FEW LESS SHORTER ONES.

MAYBE A HALF A BOOK.

ABOUT HALF THIS SIDE? YEAH, THIS, THIS, I I COULD TELL WHEN I GOT MY BOOK THIS WAS, OKAY, THIS IS GONNA BE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LENGTH OF THE MOVIE AND THE THICKNESS OF THE BOOK.

THIS BOOK.

AND WE HAD, WE HAD A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS.

WE HAD GOOD ONES TOO, WHICH WERE ALL GOOD.

VERY GOOD STUFF.

SO IT'S GOOD BE WITH THAT.

[G. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

WELL, UNLESS THERE IS A, UH, MEETING CALLED 13.

I WILL, THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING.

UH, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, UH, TELL EVERYONE THAT I ENJOYED IMMENSELY SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS.

THE BOARD BOARD IS, UH, A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND, UH, THAT HAS, IS WORKING DILIGENTLY AND I THINK VERY PROFESSIONALLY, UH, TO EXPAND THIS PORT, BUT DO IT IN A MANNER THAT IS FINANCIALLY, UH, EFFICIENT AND PROVIDES STABILITY FOR THE FOUR.

THEN THIS IS A COMPLIMENT TO THE STAFF HERE AND ROGER AND, AND BRAD AND JEFFREY AND EVERYONE THAT'S

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ON THE STAFF HERE, AND IT'S A COMPLIMENT TO THE TRUSTEES HERE.

THEY, THESE TRUSTEES HERE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OR SO, WORKED, UH, VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE IN THE QUALITY MANNER THAT, UH, THE CITY OF GALVESTON RESIDENTS WOULD HOPE THAT OUR COURT WOULD BE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S INPUT OVER THE YEARS.

UM, IT'S A BITTERSWEET MOVE AT A MOMENT FOR ME AND, UH, UH, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING SOME TIME OFF AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING FROM OUTSIDE LOOKING INTO THE EXPANSION OF THE PORT AND HOW YOU GENTLEMEN AND LADIES ARE MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN THE SAME MANNER.

UH, WE HAVE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ELECTED, UH, OUTRIGHT.

UH, WE'LL BE INSTALLED ON MAY 13TH AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

AND WE HAVE THREE RUNOFFS GOING ON, SO IF YOU'RE IN DISTRICT, UH, I THINK IT IS ONE, UH, DISTRICT, UH, SIX, FIVE AND SIX.

UH, YOU DO HAVE RUNOFFS COMING UP.

SO YES, IT WAS JUST A NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A RUNOFF IN SIX.

OH, THAT'S INTERESTING.

THAT IS INTERESTING.

WELL, GOOD, GOOD TO HEAR.

MR. SHOWS YOU HOW OUR TRUSTEES ARE UP ON THE BUS.

CURRENT INFORMATION.

YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA GET UP PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING TO EXACTLY RIGHT.

THEY'RE READING THEIR PHONES DURING.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF GALVESTON CITY COUNCIL ON THE, UH, PART ON THE PORTS TRUSTEES HERE.

IT'S BEEN A, BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, AND I SAY FOR FROM US.

YOU WILL BE MISSED, DR. BROWN.

THANK YOU, SHEILA.

YES, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT, I'LL BE VERY QUICK, BUT 12 YEARS IS A LOT OF TIME TO GET TO A COMMUNITY AND YOU HAVE GIVEN 12 YEARS, SIX YEARS AS MAYOR AND SIX YEARS ON THIS BOARD.

UM, AND YOU'RE AS DECENT AND HONORABLE AND WONDERFUL A PERSON AS I'VE EVER MET, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED.

UM, BUT I I I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SAY THANK YOU TO THAT.

I REALLY DON'T.

IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN, IT'S BEEN, UM, AMAZING REGARDING THE ELECTION THIS LAST SATURDAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF WINNERS AND LOSERS, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL JOIN ME IN SAYING THAT EVERYBODY WHO PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE YES, TO SERVE THE CITY OF GALVESTON IS A WINNER BECAUSE IT'S TIME AND IT'S, UM, EFFORT AND IT'S CRITICISM.

AND WE HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE, FOR THIS LAST ELECTION TO SAY, I RAISED MY HAND BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BE THERE TO HELP IMPROVE GALVESTON.

AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL THE CANDIDATES.

AND THEN FINALLY JUST MY GOSH, I CAN BARELY CARRY THIS IN.

AND IT DID, IT REPRESENTS SO MUCH WORK FROM SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND, UM, YOU GUYS ROCK.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

Y'ALL ROCK.

Y'ALL JUST, Y'ALL ARE IT.

SO THANK YOU.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, CRAIG, I WISH I COULD SPEND MORE TIME MENTORING OR WHATEVER FROM, FROM YOU, UH, BUT IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK, SO DO THAT.

IT'S, YEAH, AND I ECHO SHEILA'S COMMENTS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ERIC.

WELL, I, UH, GOT TO SERVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME WITH YOU, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD HAVE SPENT A LOT MORE TIME WITH YOU AROUND THIS TABLE OUT COMMUNITY, BUT EVERYONE THAT I TALK TO HAS NOTHING BUT KIND WORDS ABOUT ALL THEIR DEALINGS WITH YOU.

AND SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WISH YOU FAIRWINDS AND FOLLOWING SEES AND ALL YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

HOPE YOU ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

UM, MAY THE 20TH, WE HAVE A PROPELLER CLUB IS HAVING THEIR STEAK DINNER, PORT OF GALVESTON IS SPONSORING, AND THERE'LL BE A STATE OF THE PORT DELIVERED BY ROGER.

SO I HOPE YOU CAN ALL ATTEND AND HEAR ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.

OH, AND UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFFER GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE THAT DID COME OUT AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT ON SATURDAY

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TO VOTE.

AND, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT OR JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEERED TO, TO RUN IS, IS THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT AND CAST CASTER BOATS.

SO, THANK YOU ALL.

UH, YOU MENTIONED THE WORD MENTORING.

PERFECT WORD FOR, FOR CRAIG.

UM, I FIRST MET CRAIG BACK IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION DAYS AND HE WAS CHAIR AND I LATER ON MOVED TO THAT POSITION, BUT ALWAYS LEARNED FROM CRAIG IN THE WAY HE HANDLED THE CHAIR POSITION AND ON ANY OF THE BOARDS THAT WE SERVED ON TOGETHER.

HE WAS JUST VERY FAIR, WHETHER YOU AGREED WITH HIM OR NOT AND MADE SURE THAT YOUR POINT WAS, WAS TAKEN WELL, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.

UH, MY PARENTS ALWAYS SAID WHEN WE GO TO THE BEACH, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T, YOU LEAVE IT BETTER THAN THE WAY HE SAW IT BECAUSE YOU HERE AT GALVESTON IS CERTAINLY A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN YOU, THAN YOU FOUND IT.

YOU AND ANGELA, I SHOULD THANK YOU.

HAVE TO INTERVIEW HER AS WELL, OF COURSE.

BUT, UH, CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

AND CRAIG, I MEAN MEAN TELLS YOU HOW FAR WE GO BACK.

WHILE WE WERE ALL ON OUR FLIP PHONES, HE HAD THE FIRST IPHONE I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE.

SO HE, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT THANK YOU.

THE CITY.

THANKS YOU, UM, SHEILA, I'M GLAD YOU SAID ABOUT EVERYBODY WHO RAN FOR COUNCIL.

VERY IMPORTANT TO STICK YOUR NECK OUT THERE LIKE THAT.

IT'S TOUGH, NOT ONLY ON THE, ON THE PERSON, BUT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

AND SO I HOPE WE CAN GET PAST ALL THAT MOVE ON WITH A PRODUCTIVE GALVESTON.

I DO THINK OUR MAYOR IS VERY CAPABLE OF UNITING EVERYBODY.

I THINK HE'LL DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT AND, UH, GOOD LUCK TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL IN THE RACE.

THANK YOU, WILLIE.

AND I GUESS JUST TO CLOSE, I, YEAH, THANKS TO STAFF FOR ALL THE, UH, THE GREAT WORK.

I THINK ROBERT'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT YOU STEP THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN FOR, UH, FOR MARK AND FOR YOUR FOLKS, UH, DIANA WORKING ON THE, THE A CFR.

I KNOW THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG EFFORT AND WE CAME THROUGH WITH, WITH FLYING COLORS, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, HAPPENS BY WORK, BY A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE.

UM, AND CRAIG JUST, YOU KNOW, CAN'T REALLY ADD MUCH TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT IT HAS BEEN TRULY AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU ON THE BOARD.

YOU, YOU ADD A LOT, YOU BRING A GREAT PERSPECTIVE.

YOU'RE ALWAYS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FAIR AND BALANCED AND, AND BRINGING GOOD PERSPECTIVES, ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS, AND YOU'RE JUST A VERY PLEASANT HUMAN BEING TO DEAL WITH.

UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I WISH YOU AND ANGELA ALL THE BEST IN YOUR, UH, YOUR QUOTE, RETIRE YOUR SECOND RETIREMENT OR SECOND AND THIRD RETIREMENT, RIGHT.

BUT ENJOY LIFE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP US, I THINK YOU'VE GOT US ON A GOOD PATH HERE AT THE PORT AND WE WILL, WE WILL TRY TO CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK THERE.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.

APPRECIATE IT, JEFF.

AND WITH THAT, I WANTED TO DECLARE US ADJOURNED THAT, UH, 3 27.