Jul 14, 2026 Port of Galveston Meetings - Wharves Board Regular

SPOKEN.

SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE DAD.

GET YOUR EDUCATION FIRST.

THANK YOU GUYS.

AWESOME FOR HAVING US.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO GENERAL BUSINESS.

BYE-BYE.

[C.1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES]

I'VE GOT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

I GUESS WE'RE GOT THE MEETING TWO, TWO SETS OF MINUTES, RIGHT? YES.

SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE BOTH SETS OF MINUTES SIMULTANEOUSLY.

I, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT MOTION.

I'LL SECOND SECOND.

ANY CHANGES? DISCUSSION ON THE EITHER SETS OF MINUTES.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[C.3 PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SO NEXT I, WE'VE GOT, UH, IT'S OKAY.

I'M GONNA MAYBE MOVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'VE GOT JOSH OWENS TO TALK.

MAYBE GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GO FIRST BEFORE THE, UH, IF YOU'RE READY, JOSH.

I'M READY.

GO AHEAD.

WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE REPORT.

YEAH, I I'LL GIVE YOU IN CASE YOU HAD TO LEAVE OR SOMETHING.

I CAN MOVE YOU UP HERE.

WELL, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE PORT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN, IN DEVELOPING PELICAN ISLANDER, BOTH ROGER REES AND THE WARS BOARD LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT SEA WOLF, AND ALSO THE LEASE WITH DAVEY.

UH, THOSE ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS. I I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING GALVESTON'S BUSINESS INTEREST AND THE POOREST BUSINESS INTEREST.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ATTRACTING IN THESE BUSINESSES AND THIS INVESTMENT INTO GALVESTON.

AND WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT THE PORT AS A LEADING SECTOR IN OUR MARITIME SECTOR.

SO WE THANK YOU AND WE ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO, UH, SUPPORT CONTINUED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON PELICAN ISLAND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU JOSH.

[C.2 PORT DIRECTOR REPORT]

AND NOW THE COURT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

ALRIGHT.

MONTH OF JUNE.

SHOULD I SET MY TIME? YEAH, WE GET THREE MINUTES.

ALRIGHT.

JUST TO, YOU KNOW, AS USUAL, TAKING A LITTLE LOOK AT THE, UH, CARGO.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE GREEN ARROWS POINTING UP.

UM, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU FOLLOWED IT, UH, THIS, UM, PAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, WE HAD OUR FIRST CRUISE SHIP, I MEAN, NOT CRUISE SHIP, CARGO SHIP, EXCUSE ME, CARGO SHIP BACK AT, UH, THE WEST END.

IT'S A GREAT SITE TO SEE US START USING THOSE DOCKS AGAIN.

UM, AND NOW YOU REMEMBER, IN ADDITION TO, UM, HAVING BUILT NEW DOCKS ON THE WEST END, A 1400 FOOT BIRTH, YOU NOW HAVE THE AVAILABILITY

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OF WHERE THE GRAND ELEVATOR IS.

SO YOU NOW, YOU NOW HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, A LITTLE BIT MORE LAY DOWN AREA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BOTH FACTORS THAT WE'RE GONNA START.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN LAYING OFF OF, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY TRYING TO BRING IN NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT 'EM.

SO NOW WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING INTERNALLY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, UM, TO START DEVELOPING MORE CARGO BUSINESS HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ONE THING, ONE OTHER THING, IF, IF YOU'VE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME YOU SEE, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND THE MARITIME PUBLICATIONS, YOU WERE MOSTLY TALKED ABOUT OUR CRUISE BUSINESS.

AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE PLAY FROM THESE, FROM OUR, UH, PUBLICITY.

I MEAN FROM OUR, UH, OTHER PRODUCTS.

YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CARGO AND ALL THAT IS NOW STARTING TO GET SOME PLAY, UM, IN, IN THOSE INTERNA INTERNATIONALLY.

UM, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE CRUISE DETAILS ON WHERE WE ARE.

UM, IF YOU HEARD THIS PAST WEEK, UM, WE JUST PASSED A MILLION PASSENGERS, UH, WHICH IS 2 MILLION TURNS.

EARLIEST WE'VE EVER DONE THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE BELIEVE WE'LL STILL BE, MAY OR MAY NOT SURPASS THE 2 MILLION, 4 MILLION MARK.

UH, BUT WE BELIEVE, I BELIEVE WE WILL.

I THINK WE'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE ANTICIPATING 4 MILLION, UH, PASSENGER TURNS FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR US.

NOTICE.

WE'RE, WE'RE I GUESS A LITTLE DOWN ON THE PROJECTIONS BUDGET WISE PEOPLE OR PASSENGER WISE, BUT WE'RE AHEAD ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

RIGHT? I THINK IT'S, AND THAT USUALLY CATCHES UP.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT EACH TURN SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS A TOURIST ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO NO DOUBT, THEY, THEY COME, THEY'RE A TOURIST, AND WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY'RE A TOURIST AGAIN.

SO, AND THERE'S AN EMPHASIS ON, UM, A LOT OF, FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS.

BOARD BISHOP GOT ALL OF 'EM ARE, YOU KNOW, NOW GRASPING THE BACK OF THESE, THAT THESE PASSENGERS ARE STAYING HERE.

AND WE, WE KNOW FROM OUR OWN STATISTICS, IT'S WHAT, 34% OF THE CRUISE PASSENGERS STAY HERE EITHER DAY BEFORE OR DAY AFTER, ALL CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL ECONOMY.

UM, HERE IS JUST TO BREAK DOWN THE NUMBER OF SHIP CALLS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE AHEAD, UH, A GOOD BIT OVER LAST YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO HERE A LOT, A LOT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, ALSO TALKS ABOUT IS THE LAY BUSINESS.

YOU CAN SEE 1 64 TO 1 35 IN THE LAY BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST, UH, UM, GROWTH PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE, YOU SEE OUT THERE PROBABLY TODAY, ALMOST EVERY DAY WE'RE, WE HAVE A, A CARGO SHIP AT, AT A CRUISE BIRTH.

AND THEN THOSE NUMBERS, UH, ARE DESPITE, YOU KNOW, THE WEST END CARGO COMPLEX BIRTH BEING CLOSED THAT FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, AND NOW IT'S OPEN.

GRANTS AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT EDA IS, IS THEY'RE MOSTLY SMALLER GRANTS.

UM, WE WENT THROUGH, WE WENT OVER THIS EARLIER IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING JUST TO, JUST TO REFRESH HER ON THE YEAR TO DATE FINANCIALS.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE BEING PRETTY CONSISTENT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAR TO DATE.

SO THOSE GOOD NUMBERS, I'M GLAD TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.

UH, THE GRANT PROGRAMS WE JUST PUT IN FOR THE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, UM, HAS BEEN FILED.

UM, WE HAVE UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THIS YEAR FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, I SPENT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TRIPS UP TO WASHINGTON MEETING WITH OUR APPROPRIATORS, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY, AND I WOULD SAY THAT SHIPBUILDING HAS HELPED US OPEN THOSE DOORS.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD MORE MEETINGS WITH APPROPRIATORS IN THIS, THIS PAST LEGISLATE THAN ANY BAT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND WE'VE EVEN HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE APPROPRIATORS DOWN HERE AND ACTUALLY, UH, SIGN LETTERS OF COURT, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT FOR US.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE, THE NAMES OF THE, OF THE, UH, CONGRESS PEOPLE, CONGRESS PERSONS THAT HAVE SIGNED OFF IN SUPPORT OF THIS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, I'M JUST KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED.

BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIG ONE.

AND THE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IS WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THOUSAND FOOT BER ON PELICAN ISLAND.

UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE A THOUSAND FOOT SHIP.

UM, WE'RE ONLY TEMPERING, I MEAN, BECAUSE OF THE COST.

WE'VE ASKED FOR $40 MILLION WITH ABOUT A 16 MILLION, I MEAN, A $15 MILLION, UH, MATCH ON THAT.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP, UH, UH, OPEN UP PELICAN ISLAND.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, THAT GRANT ALSO ASKED FOR ABOUT 500 FOOT BIRTH.

AND, BUT IT WILL HAVE MOORINGS THAT WILL HANDLE A THOUSAND FOOT SHIP.

I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING WE'LL GET PIER 500 FOOT PIER, RIGHT? 500 FOOT PIER A PERDUE, AND THEN THE EDA, WE'RE TALKING TO EDA ABOUT, UH, OTHER THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT YET.

I MEAN, EDA HAS ROLLING

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SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE EDA DIRECTLY, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE WHERE WE CAN GET STUDY MONEY, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND THEN THE INFRA GRANT HAS NOT YET, UH, NOT, NOT YET.

JULY 19TH IS WHEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSES.

UM, HERE'S THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, I WILL GO DOWN TO EACH ONE OF THESE, BUT THESE ARE THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

UM, THE STATUS OF THOSE GRANTS MOSTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM ARE IN, UM, UH, THE STAGES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THE AGREEMENTS, UM, WHICH TAKES A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, EVERYBODY AGREES UPFRONT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.

AND THEN THE HGAC, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THOSE THREE, THREE GRANTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO THE RAISE GRANT.

UM, WE'VE, THIS IS WHERE WE RECEIVED $400,000 TO, TO LOOK AT THE IMPROVEMENTS.

I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY WORKING OVER HARBORSIDE DRIVE, I WOULD SAY, IN TERMS OF GRANT MONIES AND, AND STUDIES AND AVAILABILITY OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SAFETY FACTORS AND ALL.

WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY WORKING THAT PRETTY HEAVILY.

WE HAVE ABOUT THREE GRANTS, REALLY, THAT ARE ALL FOCUSED ON THAT AREA AND, AND SURROUNDING AREA.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TDOT OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE WERE, WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE, THE, UH, MOBILITY, UH, AND SAFETY FEATURES THAT WERE UNDER THE, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE, THOSE GRANTS ARE ALL, UM, EITHER, LIKE FOR INSTANCE IN THE, UH, THE $36 MILLION GRANT.

I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSING IN ON, UH, FINISHING THAT OUT, UM, FINALIZING THAT.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE COMMENT, ROGER, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.

I GUESS THE, THE T DOT, THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES IS THE 2.8 MILLION.

THAT WAS MONEY WE GOT FROM THE STATE TO DO SOME OF THE, UH, UH, SAFE STREETS PIECE.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND THAT'S, I GUESS FOR JOHN PAUL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FINDING PROJECTS IN THE CITY THAT WHERE THE, WHERE THE PORT COULD CONTRIBUTE MONIES TO IT.

AND THOSE ARE ALL IMPROVEMENTS ON INTERSECTIONS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT HARBORSIDE DRIVE THAT WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE PORT THROUGH THE GRANT.

BUT THAT WILL BE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MADE THE CITY PROPERTY REALLY THE, THE CITY PROPER.

UH, AS FAR AS US BEING ABLE TO INVEST SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE CITY.

THEY'RE THE SAME THING WITH THE WAYFINDING.

I THINK, TOO.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THAT, THAT ALL, UH, LEADS UP TO THE, TO THE FINAL RESULT OF IMPROVING THAT MOBILITY BETWEEN US AND THE CITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, PORT SECURITY GRANT.

SO WE'RE AT THAT TIME AGAIN FOR THE 20, THE 26TH, UH, PORT SECURITY GRANT, UM, THAT I'M MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH, WITH CHARLES ON, ON THAT GRANT.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE.

A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE GRANTS, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE 24 GRANTS AND THE, AND THE 25 GRANTS ARE ALL IN THE, UH, IN THE WORKS.

WE'VE GOTTEN THE GRANTS, WE'VE DONE THE OFFICIAL ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE GRANTS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THAT IS SECURITY RELATED, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE, I MEAN, IE THE NAME OF IT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTING, PROTECTING THE PORT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY GOES FASTER THAN, THAN THE EQUIPMENT DEPRECIATES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUALLY ADDING THAT, WORKING THAT THROUGH.

UM, WELL, WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.

UM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS.

THE WAY FINDING TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON THE JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE PORT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT PUTTING IN A SMALL FUEL STATION, UM, FOR THE PORT, UM, PROBABLY WITH AN ABOVE GROUND, UH, TANK, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVENIENT FOR US.

AND THE, AND HERE AGAIN, WE SEEM LIKE WE TALK ABOUT THE 16TH STREET TRAVEL, BUT THAT'S, UH, UH, TRAFFIC SEAL.

IT'S ALSO 33RD STREET, UM, WHICH IS UNDER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IN HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE CITY ON THAT.

AND THEN THE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON, UH, THIS NAVIGATION FEATURE, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER THIS BOARD ACTED, I MEAN, THIS PORT ACTED AS THE NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE.

I MEAN, THAT PROCESS IS, IS PROCEEDING FORWARD RIGHT NOW.

IT'S PROBABLY THE SLOWEST PART OF IT.

'CAUSE WE'RE GOING OUT FOR SOLICITATION FOR SERVICES.

UM, I HAVE, I'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH, WITH, UM, UH, RANDY WEBER'S OFFICE, UH, TO HAVE, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CALL A FINAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING.

WE'VE HAD TWO OF THEM.

AND I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE, WE'RE OBLIGATED TO GO BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING.

SO WE'LL BE TALKING AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK IT'S THE 27TH OR 28TH.

I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY HAS FINALIZED THOSE DATES, BUT RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME PERIOD, WE'LL BE HAVING ANOTHER STAKEHOLDER MEETING

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IN WHICH WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE GROUP.

AND THEN, UH, PRO PROBABLY TRY TO SLIM THAT GROUP DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO MORE WORKING SIZE, UM, IF, UH, PROVIDING ALL STAKEHOLDERS, STAKEHOLDERS AGREE.

SO JUST, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THAT THE LAND BRIDGE.

I GOT THE LAND BRIDGE, RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN HERE BEFORE, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A LAND BRIDGE.

UM, SO WE, IT REALLY IS IS SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO AS A NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE OR FEATURE, NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE ON SECTION TWO.

TAKE THE NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE OVER THE PE THE LAND BRIDGE IS, THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY, IT'S A LEVY SYSTEM IS WHAT IT, WHAT IT REALLY TURNS OUT.

AND IT'S GOING TO, IT'LL, IT'LL SHAKE OUT HERE AS SOON AS WE GET THIS THING ROLLING.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL, UH, MENTION, AND, AND I, I DON'T THINK IT'S AT THIS STAGE, UM, I AM IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE APPROPRIATOR, UM, ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT GET SOME OF THIS FUNDED AS WELL AS, UM, THE TEXTILE MARITIME, UH, GROUP HAS, HAS INDICATED SOME INTEREST IN HELPING THAT ALONG.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET STATE, UH, HELP ON THE FUNDING OF WHAT COULD BE TO THREE TO $5 MILLION STUDY.

UM, I, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, THERE'S GONNA BE A POINT THERE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA REALLY REALIZE FAIRLY QUICKLY WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL FLY OR NOT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT OR THOSE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT POINT.

UM, THE ARMY CORPS HAS REQUESTED, UH, TWO, UM, REIMBURSEMENTS AT THIS STAGE FOR, UH, THEIR WORK.

UM, EACH ONE OF 'EM IS 30,000 EACH.

AND THAT WOULD BE TO ENGAGE THEIR STAFF IN MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH, UM, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT YET PULLED THE TRIGGER ON THAT.

UM, I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THIS MEETING WITH, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE WHAT REALLY, THERE WAS A HUGE SWEAT GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT AT THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS.

BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT FINANCING, WE'LL SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT LOOK, LOOK, LOOKS LIKE.

BUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF INTEREST, A LOT OF INTEREST IN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS.

SO I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT AT THIS STAGE.

AND THEN WE GET TO THIS FINAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING, THEN WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE EVERYBODY IS.

I THINK YOU SAID THAT ASSUMING THAT THE FUNDING GETS ALL WORKED OUT WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, THAT PROBABLY BRINGING THOSE, UH, THINGS WITH THE CORE BACK TO THE BOARD.

AND IF THE AUGUST MEETING, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF BRETT, IF WE HAVE A SHORTER TIMEFRAME.

I MEAN, BOTH OF 'EM ARE, I MEAN, I GUESS TOTAL WOULD BE 60,000, WHICH WOULD BE OUTSIDE MY ABILITY TO SIGN OFF ON THAT.

UM, BUT IT WAS TWO $30,000.

DO YOU HAVE ANY YEAH, THAT'S, IF BOTH ARE NEEDED.

UH, CERTAINLY THE, THE, UH, MOA WITH THE, THE ARMY CORPS OF WHERE 30,000 IS TECHNICAL SERVICES, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT ON THURSDAY.

UM, WITH THAT MEETING AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE SOLICITATION, UH, FOR THE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM, QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRM TO LOOK, UH, AT THE STUDY.

UM, WE ARE HOPING WE CAN HAVE THAT IN DONE, DONE IN TIME TO BRING THAT TO THE AUGUST 25TH BOARD MEETING, AS WELL AS THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE, UM, THE ARMY COURT.

EXCUSE ME.

ANY, ANY QUESTION? AND IS, IS IT TRUE THAT TEXDOT IS CONTINUING TO DESIGN THE CONVENTIONAL BRIDGE RIGHT THERE? YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A, UM, AN INTERNAL DATE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN AUGUST, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WILL BE, I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY'LL STOP AT THAT POINT, TURN OVER THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE TO THE ARMY CORPS FOR THEIR, UH, REVIEW OR, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY APPROVAL, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL GONNA TAKE THIS THING AS FAR AS I THINK THAT THEY'RE, UM, LEGALLY OBLIGATED FROM THE STATE STANDPOINT.

AND THAT AT THAT POINT AT TIME, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON WHERE THIS IS GOING.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING THE SUPPORT EVEN OF TECH STOCK PEOPLE FOR THIS NEW BRIDGE.

SO IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, UM, THAT A LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON THIS DESIGN.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S FOR THE BETTER, I THINK FOR THE, THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY TO, TO HAVE THAT, UH, THAT STYLE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'LL PROBABLY SAVE US MONEY IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

AND NOT TO MENTION THE TRAGEDY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WELL, YEAH.

THEN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS, SAY 25 MILLION A YEAR.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE BENEFIT OF THAT'S THE NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE PURPOSE.

AND THAT OPENS IT UP FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

BOTH DREDGING AND, UH, DOES IT, DOES IT INCREASE TRAFFIC, WHICH INCREASES THE BENEFIT COST RATIO OF, OF THIS EXISTING PROJECT? AND IF YOU CHECK THOSE BOXES AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS, YES, THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT, THEN YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, OPENING THE DOOR FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND HELP FUND THAT SUBJECT DIDN'T EXIST.

AND ERIC, YOU POINTED OUT THAT THE CURRENTS ELIMINATING THAT CURRENT THROUGH THERE ALSO ENABLES ADDITIONAL SHIP TRAFFIC AND OR MORE TIMES FOR SHIP TRAFFIC.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO THE GOAL OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS NOT JUST, UH, IS IT FEASIBLE TO BUILD THIS STRUCTURE? IT'S DOES IT SAVE THE, DOES IT SAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY IN

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AND WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THERE'S BEEN, EVERY, EVERY MEMBER THAT I'VE TALKED TO UP IN WASHINGTON HAVE SAID, THIS MAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF SENSE, WHICH SCARES YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, YOU HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THERE IS A CASE, THERE IS PLENTY OF THERE SUPPORT AND PEOPLE REALIZE THE COMMON SENSE PART OF THIS.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE SLIDE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUEL STATION? YEAH.

CAN YOU JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? WHAT THAT IS? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, WE'VE HAD INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING JUST TO BRING, UH, A FUEL, A, A ELEVATED FUEL TANK TO THE PORT.

UM, I THINK WE BORROW OUR FUEL FROM THE CITY AT THIS STAGE RIGHT NOW.

AND WE ARE JUST HAVING, FROM A CONVENIENCE STANDPOINT.

UM, JEFF, I'M NOT SURE THE STATUS OF THIS IS YET, OR, BUT, UH, YEAH, I BELIEVE, UH, IN THE NEXT, UH, WEEK OR SO, WE'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING, JEFF, YOU MIGHT COME BACK, SORRY.

IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WE'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING THAT FUEL STATION BID.

THE GOAL THERE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR USAGE HAS JUMPED UP.

AND THEN I THINK ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S EVEN, UH, SOME SHUTTLE BUS FUELING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE IN HOUSE AND HAVE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS.

AND SO WE'RE EVALUATING THAT WITH THE COST THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE, THE BID TO, UH, DO A FUEL STATION ON SITE, PROBABLY IN ONE OF THE PARKING LOTS.

SO POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAINTENANCE, ALL THE ADMIN VEHICLES AND POTENTIALLY EVEN THE SHUTTLE BUSES THAT RUN FROM THE LOTS.

UM, WOULD, WOULD BE USING THAT.

THIS IS STILL ABOVE GROUND.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE ABOVE GROUND.

AND SO CURRENTLY Y'ALL USE THE CITY FUEL STATION, CORRECT? YEAH.

YOU, YOU'LL THINK YOU'LL HAVE SAVINGS HERE BY DOING THIS? I, I THINK THE SAVINGS MIGHT COME MORE FROM THE SHUTTLE BUS SIDE.

UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOOD FIGURES ON HOW MUCH PER GALLON WE SPEND.

WE GET A BILL FROM THE, THE CITY AND IT'S BASED ON, ON MILEAGE, NOT NECESSARILY FUEL USE.

SO, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE BEST DATA AS FAR AS PER GALLON COST.

SO, SO IT'S HARD TO TELL HOW MUCH SAVINGS FIN WOULD BE FROM, FROM, FROM THAT SIDE OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK WHENEVER WE LOOK AT BRINGING SHUTTLE BUS FUEL INTO, UH, SELF PERFORMING, THAT, THAT WE CAN SEE SOME SAVINGS, I BELIEVE IS JULIO.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

WHAT JEFF WAS SAYING IS, IS ONE OF OUR, I GUESS ONE OF OUR FRUSTRATIONS IS, IS WE, IT'S HARD FOR US TO ANALYZE THE FUEL USAGE ON A PER GALLON BASIS.

'CAUSE WE DON'T GET THAT.

WE JUST, WE JUST GET ONE LUMP SUM, UH, YEAH.

WE GET IT BROKEN OUT BY, BY UNIT AND, AND THEN WHENEVER WE GO IN AND UH, FUEL UP, WE PUT IN THE MILEAGE SO IT SHOWS THE MILEAGE, BUT IT DOESN'T QUITE SHOW DOLLARS PER GALLON ON, ON WHAT GETS BILLED TO US.

SO THAT'S HAVE, HAVE, HAVE Y'ALL EVER ASKED THE CITY TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY? UH, I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL IF WE HAVE ASKED.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WHENEVER WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, AND THEY, THEY, THEY'VE MENTIONED THAT WHAT WE, THEY GAVE US IS WHAT THEY PROVIDE.

I DON'T THINK, BECAUSE THE FUEL PRICE ALSO CHANGES OVER TIME.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT, THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPLICATIONS OF PROVIDING THAT.

IT, IT ENDS UP BEING AN AVERAGE, BUT, UM, I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO UPDATE ON OUR SIDE.

YEAH, I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON I BRING THIS UP, 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES HERE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE HAVING TWO FUEL STATIONS AS OPPOSED TO ONE SHARED, ONE ONLY INCREASES COST AND YOU TAKE UP LAND ON THE PORT THAT YOU COULD USE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

I WOULD SAY THE OTHER THING, AND I, I KNOW THIS FROM FUELING UP, I DON'T FEEL UP MUCH ANYMORE, BUT BEFORE I DID, THE, THE PUMPS OVER THERE ARE PRETTY SLOW.

AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE YOU CAN FIND A SPOT OR YOU CAN'T, AND THEN WHENEVER YOU FIND A SPOT, IF YOU'RE FILLING UP A BIG TRUCK, IT MIGHT BE LIKE 20 MINUTES TO FILL UP.

SO, OKAY.

THAT, THAT'S ONE THING THAT I, I MEAN THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW JUST ON MY PART TOO.

WELL STILL A PUMP IS BETTER THAN BUILDING A TANK .

WELL, YEAH, AS YOU SAID TO, TO US, IT'S ABOUT EFFICIENCY, RIGHT? AND BEING ABLE, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M AN ACCOUNTANT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH I'M PAYING.

WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TRULY SAVING MONEY, THAT'S ONE THING.

BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE TOTALLY KNOW THOSE COSTS YET.

YEAH, I MEAN INITIALLY, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TO SAY, I THINK WE HAVE A FEELING LIKE IT COULD BE COST BENEFICIAL TO, TO BRING IT IN HOUSE AND, AND ULTIMATELY THERE'D BE NO CAPITAL COST FROM WHAT WE'RE WE'RE SEEING.

IT WOULD BE JUST, WE'D BE PAYING, PAYING FOR THE FUEL AND THE FUEL, UH, PROVIDERS WOULD PROVIDE AN ONSITE TANK THAT THEY KEEP SUPPLYING.

UM, AND SO THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.

WE WE'RE NOT, NOT REALLY LOOKING AT ANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.

BECAUSE I MEAN, THE FUEL COMPANY WILL BRING SOMETHING IN THAT BRING FUEL IN FOR YOU IF YOU'RE BUYING THAT.

SOUNDS LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH KIND OF A TEMPORARY, UM, INSTALLATION.

SO, SO IT

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CORRECT? IT COULD BE REMOVED AT ANY TIME.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

IT WOULD, THE, THE INSTALLATION WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE FUEL SUPPLY CONTRACT, RIGHT.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE, WE WOULDN'T BE DEVELOPING A FUEL STATION PERMANENTLY WITH UNDERGROUND TANKS.

YES, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT BRING IN SOME POWER OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT CORRECT.

WE, WE, WE'D LOOK TO PROBABLY PUT IT WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE POWER, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A DISCONNECT OR THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU JEFFREY.

ROGER, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR CLARITY ON THIS.

I KNOW BROUGHT UP ON THERE FOR THE, THE TWO 16, THE TWO THREE STUDY.

UM, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF SOLUTIONS, UM, FOR THE NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE.

ONE OF 'EM IS GOING TO INCLUDE WHAT'S CONSIDERED LOCAL LOCALLY PREFERRED PLAN.

UH, THAT WILL INCLUDE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING AND APPROVAL THAT WILL BE, UH, DEVELOPED WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON TOP.

SO THAT WILL BE A PLAN THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.

THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO, UH, THE SSA'S OFFICE.

SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UM, THERE'S A, UM, OKAY.

STILL MINE, UH, NUMBERS.

UM, SO WE HAD NO EMPLOYEE, WELL, IN MAY WE DID, UM, ONE EMPLOYEE INCIDENT IN MAY AND THE LIEUTENANT, UM, WAS SIX INCIDENCES.

14 NEAR MRS GUEST VISITORS AND THREE INSTANCES WITH YES IN HISTORY.

SO LET'S COMBINED THAT MAY AND JUNE FOR THE JULY NUMBERS.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK OUR NUMBERS ARE TRENDING ABOUT THE SAME, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER ON THAT.

CBR GLASSES ARE GOING WELL.

AND ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? OH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, WELL ACTUALLY PUT IN THE WORK ORDER.

UM, WE'RE GONNA DO PARALLEL STRIPING ON ALL OF THE, UH, DOCKS FOR, UH, INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

SIX FEET OFF.

YOU MUST WEAR A, UH, PFD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT STRIPED.

UM, WE'LL START WITH THE CRUISE TERMINALS AND THEN MOVE TO THE WEST END.

UH, AND THEN HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, A BRIGHT COLOR WITH, UH, STENCIL IN, YOU KNOW, EVERY FEW FEET OR HOWEVER, HOWEVER, THE STANDARD IS.

YOU KNOW, PFD MUST BE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES WHILE WORKING INSIDE THIS LINE, UH, FOR SAFETY.

AND HOW WIDE IS THAT? SIX, UH, SIX SIX FEET.

OH, SIX FEET OFF THE WATER LINE.

AND THE SIX INCH LINE, OR SIX INCH PAINTED LINE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, AND THEN OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS BOTH WERE VERY SAFETY.

UH, ONE WAS WOULD'VE BEEN A QUICK, UH, INCIDENT.

ONE WOULD'VE BEEN A LONG TERM, BUT THEY WERE ELECTRICAL AND THEN, UH, CARBON MONOXIDE POTENTIALLY, UH, THAT WERE OUR SAFETY.

WE, THAT'S WHY WE DID AN HONORABLE MENTION.

'CAUSE THEY WERE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, ONE WOULD JUST BEEN A QUICK, A QUICK ONE AND ONE WOULD'VE BEEN A LONGER ONE, BUT WE, WE GOT 'EM, UH, MITIGATED PRETTY QUICK.

YEAH, THE EXHAUST GOING INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING BENT.

YEAH, THAT WAS, YEAH, HE CAUGHT THAT ONE.

SO YEAH, THEY, THEY BOTH GOT A, THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH MENTION.

THE OTHER ONE WAS LIKE A TWO 20, SO THEY, THAT ONE THERE WAS CARBON MONOXIDE ONE RECENTLY ALSO.

THAT WAS THE, UH, PRESSURE INSIDE BEING THAT ONE'S THEN GET PRETTY QUICK TOO.

I NEED SCHOOL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

SORRY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

YEAH, JUST FOR JOHN PAUL, THIS HAS BEEN POOR.

IT'S BEEN, WE HAD, WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A FORMAL SAFETY FOCUS.

AND SO PART GROWING UP IN ACADEMICAL INDUSTRY, OBVIOUSLY A THING.

SO ROGER WAS VERY, THE BOARD WAS VERY RESPONSIVE AND STAFF AND WE BROUGHT A CONSULTANT IN ACTUALLY TO KIND OF HELP ORGANIZE THAT AND GET THINGS STARTED AND BUILD A SAFETY PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE HIRED ANGIE FULL-TIME HERE, WHAT, SIX MONTHS AGO? SIX MONTHS? UH, FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY.

SO SIX MONTHS AGO.

SO REALLY KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND NEAR MISSES AND, YOU KNOW, FEEDING THAT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

I THINK, I THINK WE'VE SEEN REDUCTIONS IN OUR INSURANCE.

I MEAN, IT HELPS, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD THING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GETTING HURT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT ALSO, THERE'S MONETARY BENEFITS IN AND THEY NOTICED THAT IN, IN YOUR INSURANCE AND YOUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

AND SO THIS, THE OTHER INTERESTING PART TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE MOST OF THE INCIDENTS OCCUR FROM VISITORS, PASSENGERS, WALKING TO AND FROM THE TERMINAL.

AND THEN OUR TENANTS AND THEN OUR EMPLOYEES REALLY ARE THE, ARE THE LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE FEWEST INCIDENCES

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AMONGST OUR EMPLOYEES.

BUT REALLY THE PROGRAM IS REALLY NOT JUST ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IF ANYBODY THAT'S ON OUR SITE, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN THE SAME CONDITION THEY CAME TO WORK IN.

SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR REALLY DRIVING THIS AND IMPLEMENTING, IT'S REALLY A CULTURE AND IT'S A JOURNEY AND YOU GUYS ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE THOSE STEPS TO, TO FURTHER IMPLEMENT THIS.

IT'S REALLY BEEN GOOD TO SEE.

UH, HURRICANE SEASON PREPAREDNESS.

UH, PARKING, GROUND TRANSPORTATION, UH, THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO, TO REALLY JUMP OFF THE PAGE.

UM, 3 MILLION, 3.1 MILLION JUNE, UH, YOU KNOW, 170,000 IN ACCESS FEES.

AND I THINK THE REAL STORY HERE AGAIN, CONTINUES TO BE, UH, THE REPEAT CUSTOMER.

THE RESERVATIONS THAT ARE SOLD IN JUNE, WE WE'RE AVERAGING ANYWHERE FROM 16 TO 20,000 RESERVATIONS ON THE BOOKS AT ANY TIME.

AND THESE ARE ALL, THESE ARE ALL PREPAID.

PREPAID, WELL DONE.

BRETT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, UH, WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ACTUALLY FEW MONTHS NOW.

IF YOU START THE BOND, YOU SEE THE PICTURE.

WE HAD OUR ANNUAL HURRICANE MEETING THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

I WOULD SAY IT WAS CLOSE TO ABOUT 60, 65 PEOPLE, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE HARBOR AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR TENANTS AND USERS.

UH, THAT WENT EXTREMELY WELL AND THAT WAS PROVIDED BY, UH, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE PREDICTING A SLOW YEAR, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND THEY JUST LOWERED IT AGAIN, UH, THE LAST FEW DAYS.

UM, BUT WE ALSO MET INTERNALLY WITH STAFF TO LEARN, UH, TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

UH, WE MET WITH OUR REPOSITION CONTRACTORS, DISASTER RECOVERY CONTRACTORS, HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH ANOTHER ONE.

UM, THESE ARE GLOBAL, UH, NATIONAL, UM, UH, GLOBAL, UH, NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UM, COMPANIES.

I'LL BE YOU WITH THE NEXT ONE NEXT WEEK.

UM, OF COURSE MET WITH THE, THE COAST GUARD.

UM, CREATED A FILE SYSTEM IN OUR, UH, SERVER, UH, THAT WE CAN, UH, ACCESS ONLINE.

IF WE'RE NOT IN THE OFFICE, IT'S IN THE CLOUD.

UM, AND WE DID JUST RECEIVE OUR PRE, UH, HURRICANE SEASON HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS, UH, LAST WEEK.

SO GOING OVER THOSE.

SO YEAH, SO WE WERE READY FOR HOPEFULLY MOVE STORM GRANT.

DO YOU KNOW OFF HAND THE VARIOUS, UH, PREPOSITION CONTRACTS HERE? SO WE HAVE A FILE WITH THEM ON YES, YES.

WE HAVE A FILE WITH ALL OF THOSE ON THERE.

CONTACT 20.

IT, IT DEPENDS.

SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TWO FOR, UH, ACTUAL DISASTER RECOVERY COMPANIES.

UH, WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR EITHER IT'S A HOTEL WHERE THE OFFICERS WILL STAY.

OF COURSE YOU HAVE HOME DEPOT, YOU HAVE A FEW OTHERS, FENCING, OTHER TYPE OF CONTRACTORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT ARE ON STANDBY.

BUT YEAH, WE DO HAVE THAT.

AND IT'S UPDATED.

MR. BRETT, I'LL LET YOU, HERE WE GO.

YEAH, SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR DREDGE BOATS OPERATING IN THE HARBOR.

UH, TODAY.

TWO OF 'EM ARE, IS WORKING ON THE FEDERAL HARBOR.

UH, ONE'S DOING THE MAINTENANCE.

THE OTHER ONE IS, SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT COMPLETING UP THE GALVESTON, UH, CHANNEL GALSTON HARBOR CHANNEL EXTENSION PROJECT.

THE COURSE ONE IS WORKING AT GULF COPPER, SO GOT A COUPLE DAYS LEFT OVER OF THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THE NORTH TURNING BASIN, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOULD BE DONE IN ABOUT SEVEN DAYS.

THE FEDERAL PROJECT, UH, SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.

UM, EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING WELL, IT'S GOING WELL.

NOW IS THIS COMPUTER GENERATED, UH, PICTURE SO NO, THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR DR CONTRACTOR.

UH, YEAH, VERY TECHNICAL.

THIS PRIOR TO GETTING OUR ACTUAL SURVEYS, CRAYONS, I THINK DAUGHTER, WE STAYED WITHIN THE LINE.

WE SUPPLIED THE CRAYONS FIRST.

UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CUTTER HEAD ACTUALLY MOVES ON THERE.

SO RIGHT NOW THE SOUTHERN TURNING BASIN, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF, UH, UP HERE, 10 TO THE EAST, THAT'S DOWN TO ABOUT 37 FEET, 38 FEET MOST AREAS.

NOW, UH, NORTH END DOES HAVE A LOT MORE MATERIAL, UH, JUST 'CAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF IT.

AND THERE WAS A FRESH CUT, UH, BACK IN 2022.

I BELIEVE IT WAS 2023, UH, FOR THE, YEAH, 2022.

IT WAS.

UH, SO THAT'LL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT SEVEN DAYS.

WE'LL HAVE FRESH SURVEYS AFTER THAT.

WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN OUR PLACEMENT AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO LET IT DRAIN, WE'RE GOING TO TRENCH DEWATER AND GET IT PREPARED FOR MAY AND JUNE IN TIME FOR THE ICON OF THE SEAS.

YOU PUTTING IN, YOU PUTTING IN MORE WEIRS FOR SHE NO, IT'S STILL THE SAME ONE.

IT'S WORKING.

WELL, I WON'T NAME THAT YOU, I PROMISE.

THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF, OF THE, THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU CAN SEE PIER 10 TO THE LEFT THERE AND THE GRAY OUTLINE.

THE ARMY CORPS, UH, TO PUT, UH, MATERIAL IN FROM TEXAS INTERNATIONAL IN THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA.

SO THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE.

YOU MENTIONED RIGHT HERE ABOUT SLIP 15 FOR TEXAS.

SO STATUS THERE.

YEAH, A COUPLE THINGS ON THAT.

SO I'M WORKING WITH THE ARMY CORPS, IF YOU RECALL.

UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE APPROACHED WITH A REAL ESTATE LICENSE IN MOA WITH

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THEN LAST MONTH WE HAD GULF COPPER.

WELL, I WILL BE COMING TO YOU PROBABLY IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER WITH THE SAME REAL ESTATE LICENSE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY BOARD AND PUT MATERIAL FROM SLIP 15 FOR THE USS TEXAS AS WELL AS THE CB DOCK, WHICH IS PISTE, WHICH IS ON PELICAN ISLAND.

THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTIMATING TO BE ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 125,000 YARD THAT IS LOOKED TO BE PLACED INTO THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA.

YEAH, STEVE, OVER I I'M WONDERING IF, IF WE COULD DO AN, DO AN ITEM TO, UH, GIVE BRETT THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THESE AGREEMENTS WITH THE COURT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA OR EVEN HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.

THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT DOES EXCHANGE HANDS.

UH, THE PLACEMENT FEES RIGHT NOW IT'S $7 AND 85 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD.

UH, FOR AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PLACEMENT FEE FOR GOLD COPPER WAS TWO, ALMOST 1.65 MILLION, 2 MILLION WAS ON THAT.

SO THERE IS A COST FUNDING AGREEMENT, UH, THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD KEEP WITH THE BOARD APPROVAL ON THAT.

BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, FOR THE AGREEMENT, THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE AND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THERE'S REALLY NOT NECESSARILY WE'RE DOING THAT NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN RIGHT.

WE'RE MAKING THOSE AGREEMENTS DOWN.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THAT.

AND THEN WE COME AT THIS STAGE AND, AND DISCLOSE IT.

I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO AVOID HAVING TO HAD SPECIAL MEETINGS AND STUFF KIND OF COME UP WITH THE LAST MINUTE.

WELL, THAT, THAT ONE KIND WE KIND OF GOT CAUGHT THERE BECAUSE WE RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I GOT THINKING ABOUT IT REALLY THEIR TIMEFRAME, I THINK ABOUT POLICY OR SOMETHING.

JUST A QUESTION.

IT IS REALLY NOT RELATED TO DREDGING.

I'LL PUT TONY ON THE SPOT.

I GUESS WE'VE GOTTA STILL GOTTA GET AN OPERATING FRAME ADDENDUM WITH THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS FOLKS FOR THE PETER SHORE SIDE FACILITIES.

ARE WE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS OR NOT YET? I THINK THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE NOT READY YET STILL WORKING ON THE SHIP AND THEY GOT PRIORITIES, RIGHT? WE STILL HAVE, WE STILL HAVE TO, WE'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT FOR THE, FOR THE BIRTH, BUT NOTHING FOR ANY LANDSIDE FACILITIES.

WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, TO BE TRUTHFUL, WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE'RE HAVING WHAT NOW BY WEEKLY MEETINGS I THINK IS WHAT, WHAT, UH, THE, THE, UH, BATTLESHIP FOUNDATION HAS REQUESTED AS WE START TALKING ON A WEEKLY BASIS BECAUSE WE, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A A TIME THERE WHERE IT WAS NOTHING BUT NO CONVERSATIONS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE AND I THINK THAT'S IN PLAY NOW.

WORK IN PROGRESS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN ENOUGH TO, TO BRING IT LEASE AGREEMENTS OR ANYTHING.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE HERE WHEN THEY NEED US.

YES, THEY KNOW WHERE WE'RE MR. JEFFREY.

IT'S ENGINEER TIME.

UH, YEAH, A QUICK LOOK AT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

I MEAN, THE MAIN FOCUS HERE IS THAT WE'RE WRAPPING UP A LOT OF STUFF ON THE WEST END AND IN THE MID PORT WITH THE ROADWAYS, UH, ON WORK ROAD BETWEEN 20TH AND 23RD STREET, KICKING OFF THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS FROM 33RD STREET TO 41ST STREET.

UH, WORKING ON, UH, GETTING WAY FINDING STARTED AND ALSO PREPARING FOR THE TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNAL WORK BY, UH, COMPLETING ENGINEERING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING AND COORDINATION WITH .

UM, ALSO THE ONE THING WE HAVE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE, THE WALKWAY.

AND WE'VE GOT A ITEM LATER ON, UH, TODAY'S MEETING THAT TALKED ABOUT THE WALKWAY A LITTLE BIT, THE WALKWAY WE HAVE PUSHED OUT TO STARTING AT 27TH RIGHT NOW.

HAS A RAIL LINE THAT SERVICES THIS BUILDING FOR THE MUSEUM, AND IT IS AN ACTIVE RAIL LINE, SO WE HAVE TO FULLY COORDINATE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH THAT.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES ON PROJECT WORKSHEETS.

UH, AS FAR AS THE SIGNALS ARE CONCERNED, 16TH STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL TDOT HAS THE, THE, THE PLANS.

WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEIR FINAL COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, PENDING THOSE FINAL COMMENTS, BE RELEASING THE SOLICITATION FOR, UM, UH, PROCURING THE, THE INSTALLATION OF THE 16TH STREET TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, 33 STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL SCHEDULING TO HAVE PROCUREMENT FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR, AND THAT CORRESPONDS STILL WITH THE DEADLINE THAT I'VE HEARD OF, OF THAT FUNDING, WHICH IS BASICALLY BY THE, THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

SO, UH, WORKING ON THE 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL, STILL, THE, THE, THE BIG THING IS, IS WE'VE GOTTA GET FINAL RAILROAD COORDINATION.

AND SO WE'RE JUST HAVING SOME STRATEGIC TALKS ON HOW WE CAN, UH, JUST, JUST, UH, PUSH THE RAILROAD COORDINATION.

RIGHT NOW, 33RD STREET

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AND SO THAT'S THE, UM, THE, THE MAIN ITEM ON THIS.

BUT RIGHT NOW I'D SAY THINGS ARE LOOKING OPTIMISTIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, PENDING THAT RAILROAD COORDINATION BEING COMPLETED, UH, UH, CRUISE TERMINAL 25 WALKWAY, WE'VE GOT A ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

WE'RE, UH, WE WORKED WITH FRIES NICHOLS TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL TO, UH, LOOK AT TRYING TO REDUCE THE COST WITHIN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET, WHICH WOULD PUT IT BELOW $6 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT LATER ON.

BUT BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST REMOVING THE VESTIBULE IN THE GARAGE, REMOVING THE SECTION NORTH OF HARBORSIDE, AND THEN CONSTRUCTING TWO KIND OF PEDESTRIAN RAMPS THAT WOULD GET US UP TO THE EXISTING BRIDGE SPAN.

SO, UH, THE WHOLE EXERCISE HERE IS, IS SEEING IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE WITHIN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET, UH, WHARF ROAD 23RD TO 20TH STREET.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LAST SECTION HERE.

THIS WAS BEFORE THEY HAD PLACED CONCRETE.

UH, WE HAVE CONNECTED THE ROADWAY, UM, UH, BETWEEN 20TH AND 23RD STREET COMPLETELY, UH, STILL WORKING ON SOME SIDEWALKS, UTILITIES, AND LANDSCAPING ALONG THE ROUTE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY OUR, OUR GOAL WAS TO GET SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY, UH, THE END OF JULY.

AND I THINK WE'VE DEFINITELY WE'RE THERE, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOME TRAILING KIND OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, INTO AUGUST.

BUT, BUT THE ROAD, UM, IS, IS DEFINITELY OPEN WEST OF 20TH STREET FOR SURE.

I'D SAY THE, THE 20 20TH TO 21ST STREET, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT LIMITED TRAFFIC AS WE, UH, FINALIZE THOSE FINAL CONSTRUCTION ITEMS. UH, THE, I'M, I HAVEN'T BEEN, I'VE BEEN ON PARTS OF THE ROAD, BUT IF YOU TRAVERSE THE WHOLE THING, UH, ARE, ARE THERE, ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING UP THE THINGS LIKE STOP SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? YES.

STRIPING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STILL HAS TO BE DONE.

THE STRIPING AND SIGNAGE IS, IS STILL, UH, HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED AT THIS POINT.

BUT IT'S PLANNED TO BE, IT IS UNDERTAKEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CORRECT? YES, YES.

IT WAS ABLE TO RUN THROUGH THE WATER AND THE WATER RAN AND WORKED IT TOGETHER MORE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SLIP WHERE THAT MATERIAL WAS PLACED, AND WE HAD TO STOP OPERATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS FULL, WE, WE WERE SEEING A LITTLE LESS CONSOLIDATED MATERIAL.

I JUST THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE LATELY, THAT ROAD AND THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT WAS THERE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

PREVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF A HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT THING.

IT'S VERY CLEAN.

I, WE GET THE LANDSCAPING FINISHED TOO.

IT'S A NICE INSTALLATION.

I SUSPECT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.

IT'S ALREADY ALREADY OUT THERE.

UH, THE A DM UH, RAIN POWER DEMOLITION, WE JUST PUT THIS BACK ON, UH, THE REPORT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE, WE DID LOOK THROUGH THE CLOSEOUT REPORT.

THERE'S ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ON THE FINANCIAL UPDATE.

SO WHEN WE BID THIS PROJECT, WE HAD AN AD ALTERNATE TO BASICALLY CRUSH AND, AND PROVIDE BACK TO THE PORT.

THE, ALL THE, THE, THE CRUSH, THE ADD ALTERNATE ITEM WAS A $422,000 AD ALTERNATE.

AND AFTER, UM, WE COMPLETED THE PROJECT, UH, OUR STAFF EVALUATED THE VOLUME OR THE TONNAGE OF, OF CRUSH THAT WE HAD CREATED.

AND THEN AT $40 A TON, THAT VALUE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILLION.

SO WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK SOME OF THAT VALUE, WE ROLLED IT INTO THE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL TWO PROJECT, 33RD TO 41ST STREET, AND WE, YOU KNOW, $250,000 OF THAT CRUSH IS GONNA BE USED THERE.

WE'VE ALREADY USED A LOT OF CRUSH TO KIND OF REGRADE THIS A DM SITE, WHICH IS NOT SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE, BUT IF YOU LOOK OUT THERE TODAY, THERE IS WIND CARGO SITTING ON THIS SITE.

UM, AND SO WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME LEFT OVER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON KIND OF, UH, NEGOTIATING, UH, THAT THROUGH THE BID PROCESS.

AND, UH, WE ENDED UP DEFINITELY AHEAD ON THAT.

AND AS, AS JEFF MENTIONED, THAT IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE, NOW WE'RE USING IT.

WE'RE USING IT.

SO THIS NEW 20 ACRES ON THE BOARD, UH, THE 38 39 SLIP FILL, UH, OF COURSE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN FILLED, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING, UH, THE SETTLEMENTS OF, OF THAT MATERIAL.

WE DID A, A, A GEOGRAPHICAL, A GEOTECHNICAL BORING ON THE, WHERE THE APRON IS GONNA BE PLACED.

WE'VE GOT A 50 FOOT CONCRETE APRON, IT'S GONNA BE PLACED.

EVEN THE GEOTECH RESULTS SHOWED THAT, UH, WE'VE REACHED ABOUT, UH, 55 TO 65% OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR EXPECTED SETTLEMENT.

UM, AND SO THE REMAINING SETTLEMENT OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS IN THIS SECTION WOULD BE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES BASED UPON THE BORING WE DID.

UM, AND GENERALLY HERE, UH, WE'VE BEEN SHOWING LIKE BECAUSE OF HOW THE MATERIAL IS PLACED HYDRAULICALLY FURTHER NORTH, YOU GET IN THE SLIP, THE MORE CONSOLIDATED IT HAD BECAUSE

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SO, UM, WE'VE GOT 18 SETTLEMENT STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SLIP THAT WERE MONITORING SETTLEMENT AND, UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, THE PLACEMENT OF THIS CONCRETE AT, UH, THE NORTHERN 50 FOOT BASED UPON THE BORING THAT WAS DONE, THE SETTLEMENT .

SO YOU'RE YOU'RE MEASURING IT AT WHAT, 18 DIFFERENT SPOTS? YEAH.

WHAT WOULD HAPPENS IS, UH, THERE WERE SETTLEMENT PLATES BURIED THAT THEN HAVE A ROD STICKING OUT.

AND SO, UH, AS PART OF THE LLOYD ENGINEERING ENGINEERING CONTRACT, THEY HAVE FOR THE NEXT, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF MONEY IN THERE TO KEEP MONITORING THE SETTLEMENT OF THAT.

AND SO AT THIS NORTHERN PART, UM, WITH, WITH THE SETTLEMENT REACHING 55 TO 65%, UM, THEY, THEY FELT COMFORTABLE WITH PLACING THE CONGREGATION THIS AREA.

AND THEN, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS WHAT YOU'RE JUST DESCRIBING, LIKE CORRECT THE SETTLEMENT CLOSE TO THE WATER.

AND THEN ACTUALLY WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS, UH, SO YEAH, WE'VE GOT THE, THE NEW, UH, BULKHEAD RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS ALL THE PLACE MATERIAL.

OUR 50 FOOT APRON GOES FROM HERE BACK TO THE TOE OF, OF THIS SURCHARGE AREA.

AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY THREE OF THE SETTLEMENT STATIONS, UH, HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, TWO OF THEM WERE HIT AND SO WE, WE COULDN'T, UH, RELY ON THEM.

WE WERE STILL RELYING ON THE CENTER ONE.

AND THEY ALSO DID A BORING RIGHT OVER HERE WHERE YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DISTURBED, UH, EARTH.

SO, UH, WE'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD DATA ON THE SETTLEMENT HERE.

FURTHER SOUTH, WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON DOING BORINGS, BUT, BUT THE SETTLEMENT STATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT WE'RE STILL SEEING MORE SETTLEMENT FURTHER SOUTH IN THE SLIP THAN WE ARE FURTHER NORTH.

AND WE JUST BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE WATER HAD TO KIND OF WORK THE MATERIAL TOGETHER AS IT WAS BEING PLACED.

SO GOOD, A GOOD, UH, PROJECT STILL.

UH, SO, SO I, UH, TEXAS GOLF HAS MOBILIZED NOW TO KIND OF COMPLETE THIS APRON.

THEY, THEY'VE COME IN HERE AND STARTED PREPPING FOR THAT WAS PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE DO NOT HAVE IN THEIR CONTRACT PAVEMENT ON THE SURCHARGE AREA.

SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE MONITOR.

AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT, I THINK WE'D PROBABLY, IF IT'D BE BEST TO JUST GO AHEAD AND BLACKTOP IT, PROBABLY WHERE IT IS ONCE IT'S REACHED AND THEN, AND THEN MAYBE AT A FUTURE DATE, WE CAN THEN MOVE THE SURCHARGE INTO ANOTHER SLIP TO FURTHER START FILLING SLIPS.

NICE.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

AND THIS IS THE, THE, THIS IS THE FEMA, THE FEMA PART OF THE PROJECT, AND PAUL WAS OUT THERE, UH, LAST WEEK.

I THINK THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY SAW.

YEAH, THEY CAME OUT TO VISIT JO, SITE VISIT AND THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT.

SO LONG ROAD, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THOSE RODS AT THIS POINT MOVING FORWARD? UH, YES.

YEAH, NO, NO.

THAT WAS EARLY ON WHENEVER THE AREA WAS FULL AND WE HADN'T HAD BARRICADES ON BOTH SIDES, SO SOME PEOPLE JUST DECIDED TO DRIVE ACROSS THE BEACH.

, YES.

JEEP, GUESS THAT WAS JEEP WEEKEND TOPLESS.

THIS IS GREAT.

GLAD TO SEE THIS FINALLY GET TO WHERE HE IS, UH, HERE, 39 40, UH, THIS PROJECT IS, IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED NOW.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, THINK PAID OUT THE, THE FINAL RETAINAGE JUST WORKING ON THE CLOSEOUT REPORT AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE INSPECTION TEAM THAT DID THE FINAL CLOSEOUT INSPECTION IN THE BOAT THERE AT THE 41 END OF THE PROJECT.

IT, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A SIT THROUGH INSPECTION TEAM IN THAT CASE, YOU DON'T WANNA WALK, UH, OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD 33RD, 41ST STREET.

UM, THIS PROJECT HAS KICKED OFF SINCE WE LAST TALKED WITH Y'ALL.

UM, FIRST PHASE IS FROM 37TH STREET TO 41ST STREET.

UM, AND THAT THEY, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT, UH, OUT THERE.

UH, ON JUNE 15TH, THE, THE NEW OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE WEST END WAS IMPLEMENTED.

CHARLES'S TEAM AND THE PROJECT TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB COORDINATING THAT.

AND, UH, THERE'S STILL STILL SOME CHALLENGES WITH JUST THE, THE TRUCKERS WANTING TO USE 37TH STREET VERSUS THE WEST END, BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT'S DOING PRETTY GOOD.

UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE OPERATIONS PLAN, IF YOU GO TO THE PORT OF GALVESTON.COM, THERE'S AN ALERT BANNER AT THE TOP, HOW TO ACCESS THE WEST TO THE PORT FOR, FOR MORE INFORMATION.

YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, NOW WE'VE CHANGED THE ENTRANCE WAY FOR YEAH, FOR THE TRUCKS.

UH, CREW JOURNAL 16, REALLY JUST WRAPPING UP THE FINAL ITEMS. UH, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL, UH, A FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE LAST GMP.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE NOW YOU HAVE TO USE OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL, UM, UNDER THE 51ST STREET VIA DUCT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SECTION WHERE TRUCKS CAN PULL OFF AND STAGE RIGHT BEFORE THEY ENTER THE REPORT.

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UM, UM, WE DID HAVE A WALKTHROUGH ON, UH, UM, MIDDLE OF JUNE TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WILL BE DOING OUR 11 MONTH WARRANTY WALKTHROUGH, UH, IN, UH, SEPTEMBER, EARLY SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT AS WE MOVE OUT OTHER WARRANTY PERIOD.

I'LL JUST MAKE A, A QUICK COMMENT HERE ABOUT, UM, CRON 16.

WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF, UM, INQUIRIES ABOUT THE USAGE OF THAT FROM THE PUBLIC USING IT FOR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVE, UM, UH, AUTHORIZED PURCHASING OF, UM, ENOUGH ABOUT 20 TABLES AND THE NEW, UH, AUDIO, UH, SYSTEM AND A STAGE, UH, THAT NOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPLY WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO USE THIS.

WE'LL HAVE A STAGE NEW AUDIO, VISUAL PODIUM AND TABLES.

WE HAVE THE CHAIRS ALREADY AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR RENTAL PURPOSES.

AND SO WE'VE GOT, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

HAVE WE LOOKED AT, UH, MITIGATING THE CORPORATIONS SOUND? WE DON'T TRUST IT.

AND, UM, ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING BAFFLES, WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD WITH ANY OF THAT YET.

I THINK WE, UH, WITH FROM THIS IS ALSO, THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE AND SPEAK UP ROGER, BUT, BUT FROM THE MASTER PLAN MEETING WHERE WE HAD THE ROOM ORIENTED ONE WAY TO THEN THE MARITIME DAY, WE DID SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN, IN JUST THE WAY THAT THE SOUND WAS, WAS POSITIONED.

BUT WE HAVE DISCUSSED SOME OF, OF, THERE'S IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TERMINAL, THERE ARE BAFFLES UP THERE THAT HELPED ATTENUATE SOME OF THE SOUND AND, AND POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING IN THAT LOBBY AREA TO KIND OF, THAT THE, THE LIGHT FIXTURES IN THAT AREA ARE KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL AND THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T PUT BAFFLES IN THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE A SQUIRREL IN THE LIGHT FIXTURES.

BUT WE, WE'VE THOUGHT OF WAYS THAT WE CAN MAYBE MIX IN SOME SOUND ATTENUATING BAFFLES UP THERE, BUT WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH ANY OF THAT.

I WOULD SUPPORT A PAYING SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO USE.

THE, THE FEW TIMES I'VE BEEN IN THERE, IT'S, UH, AND IT MAY BE MY EARS, WHICH, OR 76 YEARS OLD THAT, UH, RICHARDSON BAFFLES.

BRING YOUR OLD B .

THAT'S A NEW BE WILD.

ME.

I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE SOUND WISE IS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER GROUP IN ANOTHER AREA TALKING.

IT DOES THAT.

BUT I THINK WHERE YOU HAVE AN EVENT WHERE WE ARE SITTING, LISTENING TO A SPEAKER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S, IT'S, AND WE HAVE JEFF, WE HAVE TURNED IT AROUND.

SCREEN IS THE BACKDROP.

SHUT UP.

NEED TO GATHER AND QUIET PLEASE.

I UNDERSTAND.

WE'VE JUST COMPLETED, UM, SOFTWARE UPGRADER, WHEREVER IT WAS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, ADD A LOT MORE TO THAT BACKGROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HUGE SCREEN THAT'S THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY IT WAS, IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE CRUISE TERMINALS TO USE.

AND SO WE'VE CHANGED THAT, SO NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROJECT OUR OWN STUFF.

COOL.

AND YOU HAVE A USER EARLY NEXT MONTH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, RIGHT? I WAS GONNA ASK YOU WHO, SO YOU HAD THE, WHAT KIND OF GROUPS IS IT SCHOOL DISTRICT? WELL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FOUNDATION.

I THINK THE EDUCATION, EDUCATION FOUNDATION EDUCATION HAS REQUIRED.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, TO RENT ALL THAT STUFF.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WELL READ.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

GET INTO THAT.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE VERY BEGINNING BEFORE THE STUDENTS COME AND THE TEACHERS ALL FIRST COME AND THERE'S AN EVENT WHERE THEY GET THEM ALL TOGETHER.

IT'S TYPICALLY AT THE BALL HIGH AUDITORIUM, WHICH IS NOT OPERATIONAL RIGHT NOW.

WELL, IT'S, I, IT'S IDEAL.

YOU'VE GOTTA PARTNER 16 NEXT MONTH.

OTHER USES FOR THE TERMINAL.

IT'S NOT, IT'S ITEMS THAT COULD BE SET UP AND TORN DOWN QUICKLY.

TAKE TWO OR THREE DAYS BEFORE.

WE DO HAVE STORAGE THERE AND I THINK, UM, UM, ANDREW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING CLOTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY DOES COME IN, WE CAN GIVE THEM A PACKAGE.

NICE.

THE CREW FROM 16 PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES, UH, STILL WAITING TO END THE SUMMER WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME.

SWITCH UP THOSE, UH, GENERATORS ON THOSE UNITS.

AND THEN, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THE WORK ON THE PASSING 40 BRIDGES, UH, HERE, 39 40 PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT.

UH, STILL CONTINUING ON THE ENGINEERING.

WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE DONE WITH THE ENGINEERING, UH, IN AUGUST.

AND THEN WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING ON KIND OF, UH, ACQUIRING FUNDING

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TO DO CONSTRUCTION.

RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE ENGINEERING.

THAT'S WHAT WILL LOOK, THAT'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

IT'S AI.

UM, THE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE HAVE JUST THE, THE LOOK AHEAD AT THE PROJECTS.

UH, SOME THINGS YOU SAW EARLIER ON IN THE GRANT.

UM, THE GREEN POLYGON ON THE WEST END OF THE PORT, THAT'S THE INTERMODAL MOBILITY STUDY.

THE WAYS WE GOT TO THE RAISED GRANTS, WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

UH, LATER THIS YEAR WHEN ALL THE GRANT ITEMS ARE BOXES ARE CHECKED, THE, UH, THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE ON THE WEST END OF THE PORT, THE HJC, UH, WORK, THOSE TWO ITEMS, UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING, UH, THAT SCOPE OF WORK AND FEE TOGETHER.

AND SO HOPING IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL FOR, TO GET STARTED ON THOSE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE CITY TO TALK, UH, I MET WITH ROB AND TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE WORK.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS THE PINK BOX OVER DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS THE CITYSCAPE PROJECT THEY'RE WORKING ON, IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TYPE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S TWO PHASES HE MENTIONED.

ONE IS ALL THE NORTH SOUTH, UH, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.

AND THEN ANOTHER PHASE IS THE EAST WEST, UH, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS IN, IN THAT AREA.

UM, SO, SO CONTINUING TO COORDINATE WITH THAT, IT'S, BUT AT HARBORSIDE, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THERE, THERE IS KIND OF ALL THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN OKAY.

DISTRICT IN THAT PAINT, UH, BOX.

WE SHOULD COMPLIMENT THE MOBILITY AND STUFF MOVING FORWARD.

UH, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE, UH, 8 892 TICKETS CREATED TO DATE.

UH, 668 TICKETS CLOSED.

SO 250 TICKETS OPEN.

UH, WORKING ON CLOSING THOSE AS AS WELL AS WE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON GETTING USED TO THE, THE NEW SYSTEM WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

UH, JUST HAVING, UH, A LITTLE BIT, TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE, THE REPORTING BACK TO YOU ON TYPES OF WORK.

BUT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT BACK TO YOU'ALL.

THERE.

IS THERE, JEFF, IS THERE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE OPEN TICKETS? I MEAN, ARE THEY BIG LITTLE, OR, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I MEAN, SOME OF THAT TOO IS, UH, IN THE SYSTEM WE CAN CREATE, UH, UH, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TICKETS AND REOCCURRING TICKETS.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE PROBABLY THOSE AS WELL THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY TRACK BEFORE.

UM, AND AS WELL AS, AND THERE'S MORE CAPITAL TICKETS THAT STAY OPEN FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AS WE WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THE DEPARTMENTS WORKING THROUGH ALL THE WORK PLANS.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONES, IT JUST IS, UH, UH, GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND SHORTER TICKETS.

SO I, I DON'T HAVE A DESCRIPTION RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I KNOW YOU GOTTA DO A GREAT JOB, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT, I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING GETTING THIS REALLY, I'D SAY PROFESSIONAL WORK ORDER SYSTEM TO MANAGE THE PIECES.

AND ALSO I THINK IT IS GONNA HELP US.

YOU CAN NOW, I GUESS ACCOUNTING WISE, RIGHT? YOU CAN GET THESE TO THE RIGHT, IT'LL HELP ALLOCATION BUSINESS, THE ALLOCATION PROCESS TO THE RIGHT BUSINESS LINE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR TIME TOO.

CORRECT, CORRECT.

THEIR TIME IS ALLOCATED.

SO IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS A NICE, A NICE UPGRADE.

APPEARANCES ARE IMPORTANT.

AND YOU GET, AND YOU ALSO GET A LOT OF GOOD HISTORICAL DATA TRENDS.

UM, AND THEN JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE WORK THAT C M'S DOING ON THE LEFT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE R AND R PROJECTS WE HAD THIS YEAR WAS, UH, GETTING INSTALLATION ON ALL THE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS.

SO THOSE ARE THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER BAGS THAT THEY INSTALLED.

UH, YOU SEE SOME ELECTRICAL WORK AND, UH, FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER.

AND THEN THE INSTALLATION OF THE HVAC SYSTEM, WE ALL APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR THROUGH 28 ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.

UH, BUT THE LEFT BRETT MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, THE WEIR BOX.

UH, SO WHENEVER WE'RE WORKING ON THE DITCH, DRY AND DRAIN EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, THE C AND M TEAM, THAT'S THEM MANAGING THE WATER, UH, AT THE WEIR BOX.

UH, TOP RIGHT PICTURE IS, THERE'S KIND OF A, A HANGING TIDBIT FROM THE, UH, UH, UH, UH, PIER 39 41 PROJECT.

BUT IT WAS JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF, UH, UH, CONCRETE APRON, UH, BEHIND THAT AREA THAT, THAT WE, WE DID GET A PRICE FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO DO IT, BUT IT WAS MORE EFFICIENT TO HAVE, UH, OUR GUY THAT SEEN THEM DO IT.

SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB DOING THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PAVEMENT AND THERE'S LOTS OF GRASS THAT GETS CUT.

IT'S DOWN HERE.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

GOING BACK, BACK TO WE BOX, I MEAN, IT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE WATER THAT YOU, WHEN YOU DREDGE, IT COMES INTO THE, TO THE SPOILS AREA AND IT'S GOTTEN DRAINED OUT.

ALRIGHT, THANKS JEFF.

TRULY AMAZING TRANSFORMATIVE FACILITIES.

ANY QUESTIONS? PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE BUILT SOME

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I'VE REALLY LIKE TO HEAR MORE AT SOME POINT, NOT THIS MEETING ABOUT KIND OF THE, UM, LOOKING FORWARD THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THIS STUFF.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, JUST IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT OR AN ITEM OR WHATEVER.

JUST I, I, I AGREE WITH HER.

I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? I, MY FAMILIARITY IS WITH COLLEGE CAMPUSES, BUT I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SEMI SIMILARITIES HERE, BUT THERE'S LIKE LANDSCAPING, YOU'VE GOT THE DIFFERENT TRADES, THERE'S A WHOLE BUILDINGS ONE THING.

WE DON'T, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, JEFFREY, TO SHOWCASE SOME OF YOUR FOLKS AND YOUR PROGRAMS. AND REALLY, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SYSTEM NOW TO HELP TRACK THESE THINGS AND ON THE, ON THE PPM SIDE.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHOWCASE, SHOW SHOWCASE.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.

I MEAN, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE CONSTRUCTION STUFF IS NEAT AND COOL.

THE MAINTENANCE STUFF ISN'T SO MUCH, BUT IT'S JUST AS IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT WILL BE COSTLY AND COSTLY, AND WE'RE DOING THAT AS YOU BUILD MORE AND MORE STUFF EVERY DAY.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ABSOLUTELY.

NO, THE COST OF WHAT IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN FACILITIES IS SOMETHING WE, WE TALK ABOUT A LOT.

SO IT'S, UH, YEAH, WE'RE LIKE A LOT OF FACILITIES PLUS THE MARINE STRUCTURES.

UM, WE'RE LIKE A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND A UNIVERSITY AND THEN DOCS.

YEAH, EVERYTHING.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE INTERN SAID, ISN'T IT? I MEAN, YOU COULD, IT'S A COURT, BUT RIGHT NEXT DOOR YOU CAN DO A WHOLE DIFFERENT YEAH.

YOU DON'T REALIZE THE BREADTH OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT YOU GET.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TOPIC, SHEILA.

THANK YOU FOR SUGGEST DO LISTEN.

THANKS JEFFREY.

UM, WE SHOW THIS, THIS EVERY UH, EVERY MEETING JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT ISSUES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FACING OUT THERE PORCH.

SAME, SAME THING HERE.

JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT OUR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A DAILY BASIS TIME HAVE ONE DECEASED, DECEASED PERSON ON THE CRUISE SHIP.

AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA.

AND I, I SHOW THIS EVERY MONTH, BUT IT JUST REALLY GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE WORK GOING ON, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS WE'RE ISSUING FOR THAT WORK.

AND, UH, KIND OF GIVES YOU A, A MEASURING STICK ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.

ACTIVITY.

THIRD PARTY.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

ID CARD'S, THE SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, IT TELLS YOU WHAT'S GOING ON, I THINK.

UM, IS THE CHIEF HERE? YES, SIR.

HE IS.

THERE HE IS.

I WANTED HEAR TOO .

WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RADIOS AND SO I ASKED HIM TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND ACTUALLY COULD HE BUY IT'S SHOW AND TELL? I'M NOT A HAND MODEL.

BROUGHT A MODEL IN HERE.

SHOW AND TELL TO SEE, BECAUSE WE ONLY SPENT, WHAT, 300,000 ON THOSE? I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, BUT YEAH.

ASKED TO SHOW, SHOW WHAT WE BOUGHT.

MY STAFF IS ACTUALLY WAITING FOR ME TO GET BACK WITH THAT ONE SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM DOWN TO THE 9 1 1 DISTRICT TO GET THE PROGRAMS. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BACK, IF NOT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

THESE ARE THE CONNECTIVITY.

YES, SIR.

FOR THE BETTER CONNECTIVITY.

I THINK ERIC HAD BROUGHT UP YOU WERE GONNA BUY LIKE A THIRD OF 'EM, AND I THINK ERIC BROUGHT UP GUYS BROUGHT UP.

SO THE, SOMEBODY BROUGHT ABOUT BUYING THE REQUEST WAS FOR 10.

WE ENDED UP WITH 40.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

UM, THAT'S GOING TO DIRECTLY HELP US.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SWITCH OVER TO THE, THE ENCRYPTED CHANNELS SO THAT WE CAN TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, IN THE COUNTY.

WELL, WE WERE GONNA STAGE IT AND THEN YEAH, SOMEBODY BOARD SAID, LET'S DO IT.

AND THEN WATER RESISTANT, NOT WATERPROOF.

AND I THINK WE JUST DID OUR FIRST, UH, I'LL LET YOU TELL.

, THEY'LL, UH, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

THEY'LL BE OKAY IF THEY'RE WORKING IN THE RAIN, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT 'EM GO SWIMMING WITH THEM.

SO THANK Y'ALL.

JUST A LITTLE BIT INFORMATION IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE SLIDES THERE.

JUST A FOLLOW UP.

ANYTHING HERE, CHIEF, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE, THIS IS A SYSTEM YOU GUYS HAD APPROVED YOU, UH, WHERE NOW WE HAVE OUR OWN, UM, EVIDENCE DESTROYING EQUIPMENT,

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YEAH, YOU GOT A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS.

I'M NOT USED TO THIS.

, YOU SIT BACK THERE AND WATCH JEFF, JEFF SIT OPEN UP HERE, DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UM, YEAH, SO WE, UH, WE GOT, I THINK THE EARLIER THIS YEAR WE GOT A A, A BURN BARREL.

UM, AND, AND NO, IT'S NOT JUST A 55 GALLON DRONE THAT WE, WE THROW SOME DIESEL FUEL IN.

IT IS ACTUALLY A, A BARREL THAT'S MADE BY A COMPANY THAT, THAT DOES THIS FOR EVIDENCE DESTRUCTION.

UH, WE WERE UTILIZING, UM, UTMB AND, AND TRYING TO TAG ALONG WITH THEM WHENEVER THEY, THEY HAD A, A BURN.

YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DESTROYED A LOT OF STUFF OVER THERE.

UH, BUT THAT BECAME CUMBERSOME.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS UP ON THE SCREEN.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CASES AND THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T MOVE QUITE AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE NEEDED TO AS OFTEN AS THEY WOULD BURN, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.

UH, JUST RECENTLY, OUR DETECTIVES, I THINK LAST WEEK THEY GOT 1300 EVIDENCE DESTRUCT ORDERS.

AND THAT'S JUST THE STUFF THAT WE'RE, UH, ABLE TO GET RID OF RIGHT NOW, IF THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH STUFF THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN US GETTING SOME, SOME REAL ESTATE BACK IN OUR PROPERTY ROOM, UH, TO MAKE ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL CASES.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DESTROY THAT PROPERTY SAFELY, UM, SAFELY AND, AND MAKE SOME, SOME ROOM OVER THERE.

SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO PROSECUTE THE CASE AS, AS NEEDED.

IS THAT MOBILE? WHAT'S THAT? YOU, YOU, THE THE BURN BARREL.

THE BURN BARRELS.

YES, SIR.

YOU MOVE THAT, RIGHT? WE KEEP IT IN STORAGE AND THEN WHEN WE, WHEN WE NEED IT, WE TAKE IT OUT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, THIS BEFORE.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT CONTAINS THE FUMES OR ARE YOU THROWING STUFF ON IT AND EVERYBODY KIND OF STANDS? IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE A, A A 55 GALLON DRUM SMOKE COME OUT, BUT IT'S GOT A, IT'S GOT A FORCED AIR FAN IN THERE SO THAT THE TEMPERATURES GET REAL HOT AND IT BURNS THINGS ALMOST INSTANTLY.

UM, SURPRISINGLY, IT ACTUALLY STARTS WITH ACTUAL CHARCOAL, LIKE YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, START IN YOUR BACKYARD, UH, THAT'S WHAT GETS IT STARTED, BUT THEN THE FAN AND EVERYTHING TAKES OVER.

AND THEN WHEN YOU START FEEDING IT, UM, IT KIND OF SUSTAINS ITSELF.

I GUESS THERE'S A LOG AS TO WHAT'S BEING BURNED.

ABSOLUTELY, YES.

EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT STARTS WITH HOW, HOW WE GOT IT WITH THE POLICE REPORT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CASE IS TRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

ONCE IT'S NO LONGER OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE, THEN THE DETECTIVES WILL, WILL SEND A DESTRUCT ORDER, THE JUDGE REVIEWS IT.

ONCE THEY SIGN OFF ON IT, THE, THE ORDER COMES BACK, AND THEN THAT GETS DONE AS A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IN THE SYSTEM.

AND THEN, UM, THEY PHOTOGRAPH AS THEY, THEY DO THAT STUFF TO PROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DID GET DESTROYED AND SOMEBODY DIDN'T TAKE IT HOME.

UM, NOT THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE GOT PROOF THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THAT THE ALLEGATION WAS EVER MADE.

WHAT ALL DO YOU BURN? UM, ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR ELECTRONICS.

UM, AND WEAPONS OBVIOUSLY FIRE, UH, AMMUNITION.

WE, WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T DO THAT.

THE, UH, THE WEAPONS WILL TAKE DOWN AND KIND OF THE SAME PROCESS, BUT WE'LL TAKE DOWN THERE TO CNM AND THEY'LL CUT 'EM IN HALF, CUT THE RECEIVERS IN HALF, THEY PHOTOGRAPH THOSE AND, AND DO THOSE AS A SUPPLEMENTS OF THE REPORT AS WELL.

UH, MOSTLY NARCOTICS IS WHAT GETS BURNED.

ANYTHING THAT WILL BURN ANYTHING.

ELECTRONICS, WE GET A LOT OF VAPE PENS AND THOSE HAVE BATTERIES AND ELECTRONICS IN THEM.

AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A COMPANY THAT WE WORK WITH THAT, THAT RECYCLES THE PARTS OUT OF THOSE.

AND SO, UM, THE, THE LIQUID HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM THOSE, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A WHOLE PROCESS IN ITSELF.

AND THEN THE ACTUAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS GO DOWN AND GET RECYCLED.

THE MARITIME DATE, UM, NET OF ALL THE EXPENSES OF PUTTING THAT ON.

SO WE COUPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS HERE.

UH, YES, SIR.

SO CAPTAIN LEE STEVENSON FINISHED HIS SECOND MODULE.

THERE'S THREE, THREE MODULES TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, UH, LEADERSHIP COMMAND COLLEGE.

HE JUST FINISHED MODULE TWO.

HE'LL BE, UH, TAKING MODULE THREE, UM, I THINK IN FEBRUARY.

AND HE WILL BE GRADUATING FROM THAT PROGRAM, UH, PRETTY SOON.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT.

UH, IT'S ABOUT A FOUR YEAR WAIT LIST JUST TO GET INTO THAT PROGRAM, SO.

WOW.

SO, UH, HE STARTED THAT PROCESS, UH, AS SOON AS WE HIRED HIM.

AND THEN, UH, SERGEANT TY, UH, JUST EARNED HIS, UH, TRILOGY FROM THE FBI LEAD UP.

UM, HE TOOK THE, THE SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, THE COMMAND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, AND THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

UM, MOST OF OUR SUPERVISORS HAVE, UH, EITHER ACHIEVED THAT OR ARE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH IT.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET ALL THE SUPERVISORS THROUGH THAT, THE DEPARTMENT WILL GET A, UH, FBI LEAD A TRILOGY, UH, CERTIFICATION FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.

GREAT.

THAT WAS MY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

CHIEF.

I JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE FIRST SHIP, FIRST SHIP, THE FIRST SHIP COME OUT FROM, SINCE WE REOPENED THE WEST END.

UM, THAT WAS QUICK.

THAT, THAT WAS QUICK.

IT JUST SEEMS QUICK.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE NOW, UM, I THINK WE HAVE THE FINAL ACCOUNTING.

JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD ON

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WE HAD ABOUT 29,000 LEFT, AND OUR, UH, INTENT IS TO, UM, BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.

UM, AND WE WANT, IF WE, IF IF WE'RE GONNA ADD ANOTHER 10,000 TO GALVESTON COLLEGE, WHICH WILL PUT THEM UP AT 50, THEY LIKE TO HAVE A $50,000 MINIMUM.

SO WE'LL GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL 10.

WE'VE ONLY GIVEN 'EM 40, AS YOU KNOW.

SO WE'LL HAVE 50,000 AT, UH, GALSTON COLLEGE, AND THEN THE BALANCE WILL SEND OVER TO TEXAS A M GALSTON TO A SUPPLEMENT TO 300.

WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM.

OH.

UH, JUST A COUPLE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS INTERESTING TO, UH, ATTENDED.

UH, I KNOW, UH, JOHN WAS THERE WITH ME AT THE, AT THE CHIP.

FIRST MEAL I'VE HAD WAS SMOKING WHEN THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

UM, YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS, THAT WAS AMAZING.

SO THAT, SO THAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN GET AN IDEA OF THE EXTENT THAT PORTS NEED FOR, FOR, UM, MONIES WHEN, WHEN THAT COMES OUT.

AND THEN, UH, WE HAD, UH, L AND SPACE GENIUS SPONSORED OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY AT BOW CLUB, WHICH WAS A NICE, REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE.

AND, UH, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY, A NICE EVENT I THOUGHT.

AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING AT GULF COPPER, DAVID, EVERYONE, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.

UM, WE, AND RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE LEFT AND WENT TO ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE OMB DIRECTOR AND THE A SA SECRETARY AND SECRETARY, AND THEN THE LAW FACE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS WERE THERE.

WE DISCUSSED, UM, SEVERAL THINGS.

UM, ONE OF 'EM WAS THE, UH, ALTERNATIVE FEATURE FOR THE BRIDGE.

AND THEN WE TALKED, I TALKED TO, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, DETAIL THE FACT THAT WE NEED A BIRTH ON PELICAN ISLAND, AND THAT WE WERE HOPING, UM, FOR SOME SUPPORT ON THAT.

AND ACTUALLY THE DIRECTOR PICKED UP WITH THE MICROPHONE AND SAID, WE, I, WE BELIEVE WE AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO START, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING OVER THERE TO SUPPORT THE SHIP BUILDING.

AND SO I FELT REALLY GOOD WHEN HE'S, WHEN HE'S CHIMED IN AND SAID, WE, WE'VE GOT THIS, UM, ON OUR RADAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE OUR, WE, WE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UM, I'LL MOVING INTO THE PRESIDENCY INTO THAT.

UM, UH, AS THE LEGISLATION STARTS OUT, WE HIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

SHE CAME DOWN HERE AND, AND TOURED, UH, THE PORT AND GOT TO KNOW SHE'S MATURING ALL THE PORTS AROUND, AROUND THE STATE.

UM, I DID ATTEND THE CRUISE LINE, UH, CAUCUS, WHICH WAS, WAS FOCUSED ON THE CRUISE BUSINESS.

UH, WE WENT UP ON, ON, UH, CAPITOL HILL WITH THE GROUP AND, AND TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CRUISE BUSINESS.

AND THEN I STAYED OVER AN EXTRA DAY AND WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH, AS I, AS I MENTIONED, APPROPRIATORS, THE PEOPLE.

WE, WE, WE BROUGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE TO GALVESTON, HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE PORT.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR THE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANT.

AND I THINK WE, WE GOT THAT.

I MEAN, ALL THE PEOPLE WE VISITED, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROPRIATE.

SO WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT.

UM, THE MARITIME CAMP, YOU KNOW, IT'S COME, WE, WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT COME IN HERE, TOUR THE PORT, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I THINK WE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TODAY, I THINK, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, JAKE AND, AND, UH, ARE AND HIS TEAM ARE GIVING A TOUR OF THE PORT EXPLAINING WHAT WE'RE GOING, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

ROYAL CARIBBEAN WAS OUT HERE, AND WE HAD CT 14 DISCUSSIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, HERE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THAT.

JUNE, JUNE 15, JUNETEENTH EMMANUEL HURRICANE.

AND THEN, UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST PAC MEETING REALLY OF THE SEASON, UM, WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, UM, THE TEXAS COURT ASSOCIATION ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THIS, UM, ON WHAT OUR ASK IS TO TEXAS LEGISLATURE FOR, UH, MONIES FOR THE PORTS.

WE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE GETTING THE, THE TRADITIONAL 40 MILLION THAT WE GET FOR SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY, WHICH REALLY ONLY OUTLINES GETTING TO THE PORT.

AND SO THIS YEAR, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR 400 MILLION FROM THE LEGISLATURE, UH, FOR MAJOR PROJECTS.

AND, UH, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE HAVE OVER ALMOST $2 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS THAT THE STATE PORTS NEED.

AND SO THAT WILL BE PUT TOGETHER INTO A, UM, INTO A BOOK BASICALLY, THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE LEGISLATURE WHEN IT COMES INTO SESSION.

AND IT SHOWS EVERY REPORT.

IT SHOWS EVERY REPORT'S, PROJECTS IN THERE

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WE, I THINK YOU GOT US A COPY LAST TIME.

CAN YOU GET US, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET US A COPY, I THINK.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE OUT PROBABLY IN A, IN A PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS OR A MONTH AND A HALF.

WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN WHICH WE, WE, WE DID GO THROUGH AND, AND, AND I SAID, UM, AS A GROUP, UM, WE, WE BELIEVE WE'LL TRY FOR 400 MILLION.

SO HOPEFULLY, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, AS YOU REMEMBER, TWO LESS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO, WE GOT 200 MILLION IN, WHICH GOT ABOUT 25% OF THAT.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT PROJECT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FROM A TECH STOCK STANDPOINT, IS TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE AND SAY, LOOK, LOOK WHAT WE DID.

YOU KNOW, SO THIS, AND WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST A POSTER CHILD BECAUSE WE WERE, WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AS SOON AS THAT MONEY WAS AVAILABLE.

WE DID, YOU CAN SEE WE WAS GOOD THERE.

THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CRUISE CAUCUS AND THE THINGS THAT WE DID AND MORE EVENTS THAT WE HAD GOING ON.

UM, A LOT OF INTERVIEW, A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE PORT.

UM, AND WE HAD A GREAT, UH, THE FOUNDATION, UM, HAD A GREAT, UH, EVENT AT OCTOBER 25 BEFORE THE JULY 3RD.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE TEDO HERE, UM, LAST WEEK, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE FINAL THING, WHICH WE HAVE A, WHICH WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON TODAY TO, TO TALK ABOUT.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES AROUND THE PORT, THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION.

UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER LIKE THAT IN A NON-OFFICE SITUATION, UM, AND GET TO SPEND TIME WITH EVERYBODY IN A LESS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

THIS IS TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.

SUMMER CAMP CAME DOWN, WE GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY HAVE A BOX LUNCH OR SOMETHING, THEN GIVE A TOUR OF THE COURT MORE IS OBVIOUSLY, UM, WHAT HAPPENED.

THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE.

THANK, YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ROGER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROGER? ALRIGHT, SO

[D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

NOW I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE WE'RE GOING INTO, UH, THIS RECESS OF EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION 5 5 1 1 0 7 1 CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY, 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL ESTATE 5 5 1 0 7 4.

PERSONNEL 5 5 1 0 7 6.

SECURITY MATTERS.

5 5 1 0 8 7.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION AT 1122.

WE'RE GOOD BACK THERE.

WE'RE GOOD UP HERE.

SO, ALRIGHT, SO

[E. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING]

I'M GONNA CALL US BACK TO SESSION AT 1 28.

WE'RE RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING, SO WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

SO ITEM E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY ON SPECIFIC MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC IS REQUESTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD THERE.

[F.1 CFO Report/Consent Agenda]

GONNA MOVE ON TO BUSINESS ITEMS. SO F1 IS THE CFO REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA, TRUSTEE MOORE.

SO FINANCE COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE, UH, MET, WE MET THIS MORNING AND WE HAVE, UH, GONE OVER THE FINANCIALS WITH, UH, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, HAVE A FULL BOARD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[F.2 Discuss and Consider for Approval, the First Amendment to the 2025 Foreign-Trade Zone Operating Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and American Cruise-Aid Logistics, Inc. Effective July 15, 2026. - Brett Milutin]

MOVING ON.

F TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 2025 FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARDS AND AMERICAN CRUISE AID LOGISTICS, INC.

EFFECTIVE JULY 15TH, 2026.

MR. CCE, CE UH, O-O-C-O-O-C-O-O.

MR. BO YES.

THANK, THANK CHAIRMAN, TRUSTEES.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, JUST, UH, A QUICK NOTE.

YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE THE NON FEDERAL SPONSOR FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CORE COORDINATION TEAM, UH, LEADERS FOR, UM, CONTACT WITH THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, BUT WE ARE ALSO THE GRANTEE FOR THE FOURTH TRADE ZONE 36, WHICH IS ALL OF GALVESTON COUNTY.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE SIX OPERATORS IN THE COUNTY.

CRUSADE LOGISTICS OPERATES WAREHOUSING DUTIES AND WAREHOUSING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR, UM, OUT OF, UH, UH, KEA.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND, UH, THEIR PROPERTY TO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE, UH, IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION ALSO IN KEA.

SO NOW THERE IS A CAVEAT TO THIS.

UH, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE THE, UH, THE LETTER BACK FROM THE FOREIGN TRADE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AS WELL AS CVPS

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ACTIVATION APPROVAL, UH, DO NOT HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

SO UNTIL THOSE ARE IN PLACE, UH, THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE ACTIVE.

SO ARE YOU ASKING FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO SUBJECT TO, YES SIR.

APPROVAL BY THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE BOARD, THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE BOARD AND ACTIVATION FROM CBP, WHICH I EXPECT, UH, WITHIN THIS WEEK OR THE NEXT.

SO I'D MOVE, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THOSE, THOSE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, SECOND, SECOND, APPROVAL BY THE FOREIGN TRADES ZONE BOARD AND ACTIVATION.

THERE YOU GO.

SO WE HAVE A SECOND.

SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR MR. BULLETIN? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

F THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN APPROVAL OF A PAYMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,502,653 AND 73 CENTS.

[F.3 Discuss and Consider for Approval of a payment in the amount of $1,502,653.73 to Texas Department of Emergency Management. - Laura Camcioglu]

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS LAURA.

SO AFTER 18 YEARS, , IT'S FINALLY COMING TO A CLOSE.

IT'S CLOSING IN AUGUST 26TH.

AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO SOME EARLY DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS, UM, SUPPORT OWE TEXAS DIVISION AND COMMERCIAL $1,502,653 AND 73 CENTS.

I'LL FOR SECOND MR. PEARSON AS A MOTION, WE'LL LEAVE A SECOND.

SO WE HAD RICHARD DISCUSSION FOR AURORA.

WE, THIS, THIS IS THE END OF, OF OUR STRUGGLES AROUND THE IKE STUFF.

NOW WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR DOCUMENTS FOR THREE YEARS.

THEY CAN AUDIT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY, THERE'S NO SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH OR WE WE'RE GONNA TEE THEM? MM-HMM.

AND WILL, A GOOD QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP.

WILL WE RECEIVE SOMETHING THAT OFFICIALLY CLOSE THIS? WELL, YOU WERE THERE WHEN I ASKED THEM.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY, WE PUT IN, UM, PROBABLY SIX MONTHS AGO, WE PUT IN THREE REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

AND THERE'S, THEY'RE VERY SLOW AND THEY'RE STILL AUDITING THEM.

AND SO AS SOON AS THOSE ARE CLOSED, THOSE, UM, ARE REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS.

THEY, I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US A LETTER THAT SAID WE ARE CLOSED WITHOUT, WELL, BUT I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, ARE WE CLO THEY PROVIDE US A LETTER, WE'RE CLOSED WITH I YES.

A AFTER THOSE THREE? YES, YES.

NO, NO, THAT'S PER BARREL.

THAT'S, I I UNDERSTAND THAT'S FOR BARREL, BUT NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING.

NO, THERE'S THREE RE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TAKING SIX MONTHS ON, ON THE, AND SO THEY WANT US, THEY ASKED US TO PAY.

AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN THOSE OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE REVIEWED THEM, THEY'VE AUDITED THEM, THEY BELIEVE THERE'S NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OUR AMOUNT TO PAY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING WITH THAT AMOUNT.

THAT'S FERAL.

NO, I, I, SO THEY COULD, THEY COULD SAY SOMETHING, BUT HE, HE, YOU WERE THERE, HE SAID THEY MOST LIKELY WON'T.

THEY JUST CAN'T WRITE SOMETHING DOWN UNTIL THEY'RE FINISHED WITH IT.

AND THERE'S HOW, HOW MANY REQUESTS DO WE HAVE FOR BARREL? UH, FOR BARREL, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PRO, ACTUALLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROJECT WORKING LEFT.

WE JUST FINISHED THE H FRAME AND WE ONLY HAVE THE DREDGING LEFT.

AND THAT'S USUALLY THE MOST DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO EXPLAIN THE DREDGING TO FEMA AND TETUM.

AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO BOTH SO AND SO.

YOU HAVE ONE LEFT ON BARREL, UHHUH, , THEY'RE REVIEWING THAT.

NO.

YES, THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF REVIEWING THAT.

AND WE EXPECT A PAYMENT FROM THAT, REVIEWING THAT IN THE SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING IT.

THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT BEFORE THEY CAN GET INTO THE AUDIT PROCESS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE H FRAME.

THEY ALREADY HAVE LIKE OUR CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS AND ALL THAT.

AND THEN THEY'LL GO IN AND THEY'LL AUDIT IT AND THEN THEY'LL BE FINISHED.

SO WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE WORKING PROJECT FOR, FOR BARREL, BUT THAT ONE FOR BARREL, WE ARE EXPECTING A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THAT.

ALTOGETHER? UH, THE TOTAL, AND WE'VE GOTTEN TWO PAYMENTS IS 1,039 498 0 5.

WE'LL GET A REIMBURSEMENT FROM BOTH, UM, THE H FRAME AND THE DREDGING AND MANAGEMENT COSTS.

WHAT'S THE AMOUNT

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AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, UH, UH, MANAGEMENT COST OF $60,000.

SO 1.1.

WHICH IS A SEPARATE ITEM.

RIGHT? THAT'S, SO THEY WANT US TO CLOSE, I, WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO WASH WITH BARREL AND, AND, AND IKE, BUT THEY, BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSING IN AUGUST, THEY'RE, I GUESS THEY'RE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.

MAYBE YOU KNOW MORE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO CLOSE EVERYTHING OUT.

THEY SEEM PRETTY INSISTENT.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I WOULD JUST, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE WON A LETTER FROM THEM, BUT WHEN WE SUBMIT THE PAYMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON AND HOPEFULLY IN, IN A POSITIVE MANNER, WE CAN UH, ALSO ATTACH A LETTER THAT SAYS IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS NOW TO THE BOARD ITEM, THIS IS THE FINAL PAYMENT.

SO ON SO FORTH.

I I DON'T FAVOR WAITING FOR THEM TO LET US KNOW.

LET'S LET THEM KNOW AND THEN LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET THEM RESPOND.

TELL US, THIS IS OUR UNDERSTANDING.

THIS CLOSES OUT.

YEAH, NO MORE OF THESE LETTERS.

I'LL WRITE THAT FOR THE BOARD FOR THE, FOR THE BOARD MINUTES.

ALRIGHT, I JUST ASKING ROGER, IF YOU CAN REMIND US WITH THE INITIAL PAYMENT TO FOR THE DREDGE AND ALL THAT THING THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, 16 MILLION FROM WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT? YEAH, FOR THE PROJECT 16 MILLION WAS, IS WHAT THEY WANTED INITIALLY.

AND THEN WE ENDED UP SPENDING 16 MILLION, BUT PLUS SPEND IT ON THE PROJECT AND SO THIS IS NET.

YEAH, YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

WHICH IS BETTER THAN RYAN, WHICH 16 MILLION.

THAT'S YEAH.

AND IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

I WAS JUST OUT THERE WITH THEM LAST WEEK.

YEAH, NO, I KNOW.

WE KNOW LAURA'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO GET ALL THIS AND ROGER AND WHEN YOU TOOK THEM OUT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH, I TOOK THEM OUT THERE A LOT OF TIME TO GET ALL THIS RESOLVED.

SO IT'S NICE TO GET TO THAT POINT.

IT'S ALRIGHT.

SO WE GOT MOTION, WE GOT APPROVAL SECOND.

SECOND.

YOU MADE A MOTION, RIGHT? WE, WE GOT MOTION SECOND.

WE HAD DISCUSS, WE HAD MOTION IN A SECOND.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

IT'S ALL DISCUSSION.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING.

SO ITEM F FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARD AND WGI INC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PACKAGE NOT TO EXCEED $368,645.

THANK YOU LAURA.

[F.4 Discuss and Consider Approval of Master Services Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and WGI, Inc. for the Development of A Wayfinding Signage Package Not to Exceed $368,645.00 - Benjamin Welcher]

JEFFREY, NO OFFENSE, BUT I THOUGHT WE RECEIVED, I KNOW BEN, I CAN CALL HIM.

NO, HE'S, HE'S OUT WORKING.

BEN, BEN DID DO ALL THE LEG WORK ON IT.

BEN DID.

SO HE GETS ALL THE CREDIT.

LET HIM BE OUT IN THE FIELD SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

SO, SO, SO THIS, THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE PROJECT THAT WE, UH, RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE THROUGH SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY PROJECT, UH, FUNDING, UH, CALL, UH, THE, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, UH, GOING TO THE STATE WAS, UH, $1.6 MILLION.

AND THIS IS AIM AIMING AT WAYFINDING, UH, REALLY FOCUSED ON, ON THE PORT.

UH, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS THE IMPETUS OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE PORT, THEY DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT TERMINAL THEY'RE GOING TO.

THEY KNOW WHAT SHIP THEY'RE GOING TO AND THAT CHANGES FROM DAY TO DAY.

AND SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE REALLY SAW IT AS, UH, A SERIES OF DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THE SHIP AT EACH TERMINAL AND THE DIRECTIONS TO WHICH STREET TO TURN ON TO GET TO THE TERMINAL.

SO THAT'S THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF COMPLETING WITH THIS, UH, PROJECT.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE EXECUTED THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, UH, WITH TDOT IN MARCH OF 2026.

AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, SOLICITED FOR RQS FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, WE RECEIVED FOUR SUBMISSIONS AND A SELECTION COMMITTEE OF THREE MEMBERS SCORED, UH, THE, THE, THE SUBMISSIONS AND, UH, WGI WAS THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, STAFF WORKED WITH, UH, UH, WGI TO DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK AND A FEE.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE, THE TYPICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES, THEY ALSO, UH, WORKED ON, UH, UH, ADDING INTO THAT SERVICES.

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UH, I'D SAY IT'S A REDUCED SCOPE, BUT KIND OF A STORYBOARD PHASE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT EVERY POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR SIGNS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMITED, BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE PROPERTY AND WE CAN PUT SIGNS, UM, AND, AND DEVELOPING THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR THOSE SIGNS.

UH, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND, UH, A, A SERIES OF KIND OF ITERATIONS OF HOW MANY SIGNS CAN WE FORWARD WITH OUR BUDGET AND THEN DEVELOP ULTIMATELY THE FINAL PROJECT SCOPE.

THE, THE, THE PRIMARY, UH, FOCUS AS I MENTIONED IS, IS GETTING DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS OUT THERE SO WE CAN DIRECT FOLKS DIRECTLY TO THE TERMINALS AND VESSELS AT, UH, THE TOTAL COST OF, UH, THE, THE SCOPE AND FEE, UH, WAS $368,645.

UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE, IT'S RE THIS IS NOT REIMBURSABLE THROUGH THE GRANT ENGINEERING IS NOT REIMBURSABLE IN THE SEEKING FOR CONNECTIVITY FUNDS, BUT IT IS PART OF THE LOCAL MATCH, UH, OF THE ONE POINT, UH, OUT OF, OUT OF THE $1.6 MILLION PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, UH, JUST OVER $1.1 MILLION IN, UH, STATE FUNDING.

SO THIS WILL BE PART OF OUR, UH, LOCAL MATCH TO, TO GET IT TO THE, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

UM, AND SO TODAY WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH WGI FOR THE, UH, WAY FINDING PROJECT.

VERY GOOD.

SO I WOULD DO TRUSTEE MOORE.

CAN I MOTION FROM TRUSTEE BOARD? SECOND.

SECOND FROM ERIC.

I HAD A QUESTION FROM MR. YES.

UM, SO IN THEIR SCOPE STATEMENT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I WOULD, THIS KIND OF TOOK ME ABACK, SO I'M GONNA READ READ LINE HERE.

IT SAYS, VISIT GALVESTON WAYFINDER, THE EXISTING VISIT GALVESTON MUNICIPAL WAYFINDER SYSTEM IS UNDERSTOOD AS A BROADER CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCE TO THE COURT.

FORMAL COORDINATION, CO-DESIGN OR APPROVAL PROCESSES WITH VISIT GALVESTON, WERE NOT ASSUMED WOULD BE REQUIRED.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO COORDINATE AND WORK WITH? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, SO, UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH ALITY WITH THEIR WAY FINDING PACKAGE AND WE, UH, REQUESTED TO ADD ADDITIONAL SIGNS TO THEIR PACKAGE WITH RESPECT TO WAY FINDING PORT CENTRIC.

'CAUSE THE WAY FINDING GAL ALITY PACKAGE IS MORE, UH, I WOULD SAY KIND OF TOURISM CENTRIC AND, AND DIFFERENT, UH, DESTINATIONS ALL ACROSS GALSTON ISLAND.

THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE DID, UM, MAKE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THEIR PACKAGE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL SIGNS TO THE PACKAGE.

SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE WERE ONE, THIS AREA WAS GOING TO BE CALLED THE HARBOR DISTRICT, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT IF SOMEONE WAS GONNA GO GET ON A CRUISE SHIP DAY, WE'D PROBABLY BE DRIVING TO PORT AND MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT A HARBOR WAS.

SO WE CHANGED IT TO THE PORT DISTRICT.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE INTUITIVE.

AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF SIGNS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN, UH, CRUISE TERMINALS ON DIRECTION SIGNS THAT THEY, THEY'RE INSTALLING THEIR PACKAGE, UM, AND THEY WENT THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH WAYFINDING PACKAGE.

THIS IS NOT AS PROBABLY AS THOROUGH AS THEIRS FROM A GLOBAL STANDPOINT BECAUSE WE'RE MORE FOCUSED ON HIGH IMPACT POINTS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD DIRECT, UH, PASSENGERS TO THE RIGHT STREETS TO GET OFF OF HARBORSIDE.

UM, BUT THEIR PACKAGE AND THEIR WAY THAT THEY WENT THROUGH IT, THEY REALLY, THEY WERE TRYING TO LIMIT IT.

THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE SIGN BUSY, SO THEY LIMITED THE DESTINATIONS ON EACH SIGN TO LIKE THREE.

AND SO WITH THAT IN, UM, MIND, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET OUR STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER, UH, DESTINATIONS THERE TRYING TO WAY FIND PEOPLE TO, WE DID DISCUSS ADDING, UH, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DID DISCUSS ADDING SIGNS TO THEIR PACKAGE AS AN AD ALTERNATE, HOWEVER, IN OUR INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, WE DETERMINED THAT THE, YOU KNOW, STATIC SIGNS LIKE THEY WERE INSTALLING WERE NOT GONNA BE AS EFFECTIVE AT GETTING OUR FOLKS TO THE RIGHT TERMINAL.

AND SO WE FOCUSED ON, UH, UH, ON DYNAMIC SIGNS.

NOW IN, IN OUR PACKAGE THAT WE PUT OUT, WE DID, AND, AND HONESTLY, WE, WE STARTED WITH A LOT MORE SCOPE OF WORK THAN, THAN WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY.

WE, WE'VE LOOKED AT A FULL WAY FINDING PACKAGE, BUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE TO SPEND ON INSTALLING SIGNS, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'D BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING WE'VE DESIGNED THROUGH THAT PACKAGE.

SO IT DID PROVIDE US WITH ANOTHER, UM, UH, FEE IF WE WANTED TO DO A FULL WAY FINDING PACKAGE AND A FULL SIGN ANALYSIS OF EVERY SIGN ON THE PORT OF GALVESTON.

BUT WE'VE DECIDED AT THIS POINT NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO IN, IN OUR, WHAT WE ASKED HIM TO DO, WE DID ASK HIM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GALVESTON, UH, UH, VISIT GALVESTON WAY FINDING PACKAGE AND TRY AND, UH, MAKE IT AS COMPLIMENTARY TO

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THAT AS POSSIBLE.

SO IT FEELS LIKE A COHESIVE UNIT.

HOWEVER, THERE'S JUST THE DIFFERENCE OF THERE ARE VERY STATIC SIGNS THAT VISIT GALSON IS PUTTING UP IN OURS ARE GONNA BE DYNAMIC.

SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN MAKE 'EM FEEL AS CLOSE TO THE SAME PACKAGE AS POSSIBLE, AS WITH WHAT OUR GOAL IS.

WELL, I I I, MY CON AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS MY, MY PERSONAL VISION IS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS AREA, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN AND THE, AND THE PORT, AND TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A SINGLE AREA.

AND, UH, NOTHING'S BETTER THAN WAY FINDING, I THINK AT CLOSING THAT MESSAGE, I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND IF THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME, I DON'T, I I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

I JUST, I WAS STRUCK THAT THEY POINTED OUT THAT THEY, THEY WEREN'T GONNA DO IT SO WELL.

COORDINATE WITH THEM THEMSELVES, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY.

WE, WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE, SINCE WE'VE DONE COORDINATION WITH THEM, RIGHT? WE, WE, BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ADDED SERVICES TO DO A LOT MORE GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THAT OURSELVES AS STAFF.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THAT TO THEM TO DO NECESSARILY.

WE, WE DO SEE US COORDINATING WITH VISIT GALVESTON AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

WE'VE HAD A PRETTY OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THEM.

GOOD.

SO THIS YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE TO FOUR SIGNS, IS THAT WHAT YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT, SO IT DEPENDS ON, WHENEVER WE TALKED ABOUT THREE TO FOUR SIGNS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IF WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THESE OVER THE ROAD AND THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE, WE, WE WERE THINKING THAT THOSE COSTS SOMEWHERE AROUND THE ORDER OF $300,000.

IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE MATRIX BOARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO, SO THAT WAS OUR, OUR INTENT ORIGINALLY WAS THREE TO FOUR LOCATIONS.

IF WE'RE GONNA PUT 'EM OVER, WE COULD PROBABLY AFFORD WITH THE BUDGET, BUT IN THIS, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A LITTLE ITERATION OF HOW MUCH GROSSLY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DO THESE DIFFERENT SIGN TYPES COST.

AND THEN WE CAN THEN FIT THE BUDGET TO THE, THE SIGNS WE COME FORWARD SCOPE TO THE SCOPE.

THIS, I ASSUME SAY THINGS LIKE JUBILEE THIS WAY OR YEAH, LIKE JUBILEE TURN ON 23RD STREET.

IT'S INTERCHANGEABLE, MIKE.

'CAUSE PEOPLE LIKE, WHAT YOU FOUND IS, YOU KNOW, TURN, YOU CAN SAY TURN 25, BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY TURN 20.

THEY KNOW I'M ON THE, I'M ON THE JUBILEE OR I'M ON THE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY KNOW THEY'RE ON THE JUBILEE.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT AT SOME, BUT IT'S, IT'S SPECIFICS LIKE THAT 'CAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THE SHIP.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU, THAT'S WHAT THESE SIGNS WILL SHOW THIS QUESTION.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE REALLY SHIP SPECIFIC OF WHERE AND WHAT ROAD YOU WANT, WHERE TO TURN ON, RIGHT.

AND WHAT WHAT, AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS THAT, YOU KNOW, JULIO, THIS WOULD BE TIED INTO THE ALL THE OTHER DYNAMIC MESSAGE BOARD SCIENCE THAT JULIO HAS INSTALLED AT THE LOTS.

AND, AND SO WE CAN COORDINATE MESSAGES IF THERE'S SHIFT DELAYS ON WHAT GUESTS SHOULD BE DOING OR THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT THESE SIGNS CAN DO THIS, I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC MITIGATION, I MEAN THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE YOU, I MEAN, I'M SURE PART OF THE TRAFFIC IS PEOPLE MISSING A TURN OR GOING TO THE WRONG PLACE AND HAVING TO BACKTRACK.

SO THE MORE OF THIS THAT YOU CAN ELIMINATE BY GOOD SIGNAGE, I THINK IS IT JUST HELPS THE OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW AND SYSTEM THERE.

TALKING ABOUT THAT, JEFF, I GUESS MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME, UNLESS THEY'RE STANDING AT 16, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR OWN PARKING GARAGE.

I CAN SEE THE, THE, THE HIGH DEMAND FOR SIGNS FOR THAT.

BUT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING TO THE PORT ARE, ARE PARKING, ARE WE GONNA PUT COMPETITORS PARKING LOTS SIGNS OR HOW'S THAT? BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING A, A, A, A SHUTTLE.

YEAH, SHUTTLE.

AND SO, SO, UM, AND I DON'T WANNA STEP ON WHAT JULIO'S DEPARTMENT DOES, BUT, BUT LIKE JULIO HAS ALREADY INSTALLED DYNAMIC MESSAGE LINE SIGNS AT SOME LOTS, AND THOSE SHOW THINGS LIKE OCCUPANCY AND RATES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, THESE ARE GONNA BE PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, THESE ARE GONNA FOCUS MORE ON GIVING DIRECTIONS TO PASSENGERS ON WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO GET THEIR SHIPS.

AND EVEN SOME, SOMETIMES THERE'S A NUMEROUS VARIOUS WAYS THAT PEOPLE GET TO THE, THE, THE, THE TERMINALS THAT THEY MAY GO TO.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TIMES IS WHEN YOU GET ON THE INTERNAL ROAD LANE DESIGNATION FLOWS QUICKER AND BETTER.

SO ONE OF THE GOALS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS GET PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

DON'T GET MIXED IN WITH PROVISIONING TRUCKS OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TRAFFIC FLOWING A LITTLE BETTER.

THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BENEFITS, BUT THERE'S OTHERS GOOD STUFF.

WELL, THAT, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT, RIGHT? I GUESS POTENTIALLY WE COULD SELL ADVERTISING.

JULIO, OTHER LOG, WE HAVE TOLD THEM , WE HAVE ALREADY CAPITAL ACTUALLY ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER SIGNS OF JULIOS ALREADY.

THE CAPITALIST

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OVER HERE IS PHOTO ABOUT WE, WE HAVE ALREADY TAN OUTLETS.

UH, SOME OF THE LOCAL FISHING COMPANIES HAVE SOLD ADVERTISING THAT IT'S HELPING US ALREADY TAKE TO THE COST OF IT.

THERE YOU GO.

SEE A BUSINESS ORIENTED GROUP.

RIGHT? SO DID WE GET A, I DON'T VOTING.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DID WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, WE DID.

I'M LOSING.

SO WE HAD A MOTION.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JEFFREY.

[F.5 Discuss and Consider Approval of First Amendment to the Professional Services]

UH, F FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND FREEZING NICHOLS FOR THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR THE WALKWAY PROJECT THAT IT COST NOT TO EXCEED $67,522.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, UH, HERE WE GO.

WHERE DO WE START? WHERE DON'T WE START? CONTINUE.

SO, SO CONTINUE KIND OF FROM, FROM WHERE WE WERE WITH BIDDING ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND WE HAD TWO UNSUCCESSFUL BIDS WHERE OUR BIDS CAME IN MUCH OVER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE, THIS, THIS PROJECT WAS KIND OF, WE SAW THE RENDERINGS, IT WAS A VERY LANDMARK TYPE STRUCTURE AND CLEARLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD AT THIS TIME.

AND SO WITH, WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, IT'S NOT, IT WASN'T A GOOD DESIGN, IT JUST WAS MORE THAN WE COULD AFFORD AT THIS TIME.

IT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS TOO GOOD OF A DESIGN TWICE AS MUCH TOGETHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND, AND SO REALLY KIND OF THE IMPETUS OF, OF THIS ITEM IS, IS CAN WE DO THIS WALKWAY MORE LIKE THE WALKWAYS THAT KIND OF CROSS ROADWAYS AND THAT'S MORE OF A CIVIL STRUCTURE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE, HAVE, HAVE AS MANY OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, THIS AND THAT, BUT, BUT THEN BRING THIS PROJECT IN WITHIN BUDGET.

SO, UM, REASON NICHOLS WAS OUR PARTNER ON SAFE STREET'S PROJECT OF PEDESTRIAN, UH, YOU KNOW, AIMING AT IMPROVING SAFETY AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS AT HARBORSIDE DRIVE.

SO I OPENED UP A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THIS AND WHAT WE COULD DO AND WHAT THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST WITH RESPECT TO THESE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.

AND THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET THIS WALKWAY DOWN WITHIN THE BUDGET UNDER $6 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION.

IF WE LOOK AT THREE MAIN THINGS, AND ONE OF THEM IS DEMOLITION OF SOME EXISTING STRUCTURES, THE THE VESTIBULE IN THE GARAGE WOULD BE OPENED UP, UM, THE, AND THEN WE'D ALSO DEMO THE UH, UH, THE NORTHERN SECTION OF WALKWAY.

THEN WE WOULD ADD IN SOME CIVIL IMPROVEMENTS, SOME SIDEWALKS WE'D ADD IN A RAMP ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WALKWAY.

AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA BASICALLY REENERGIZE THE, UH, PORTION OF THE WALKWAY THAT'S OVER HARBORSIDE.

IT IS, DOES HAVE ELECTRICITY RUNNING TO IT FOR HVHC LIGHTS, SO ON SO FORTH.

AND, AND DATA.

SO, SO IF THOSE FOUR KEY ELEMENTS WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT, CAN WE BUILD THIS PROJECT IN A WAY THAT, UH, CAN FIT WITHIN A 600 PROJECT? ONE, ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT IS, UH, JUST, UH, ON, WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF PREFABRICATED DESIGNS FOR THE NORTH SIDE.

THEY CAN FIT OVER THERE.

WE KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE A FEW BUDGET EXERCISES, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE HERE, THERE'S NOT QUITE THE LANDING EVEN AFTER WE DEMO THAT STRUCTURE FOR A PREFABRICATED RAMP STRUCTURE THAT HAS READILY AVAILABLE COST FOR IT.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING A STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR THAT RAMP STRUCTURE AND THEN REALLY GETTING A GOOD COST, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THAT STRUCTURE.

AND IF THAT CHECKS OUT, UH, WE'LL BE JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE BRIDGE AND, AND SEEING WHAT BUDGET NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED POTENTIALLY TO, TO, TO CORRECTING ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED THERE.

UM, AND SO OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THIS 90 DAY PERIOD IS GONNA TAKE TO DO THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE UM, SEEKING TO VERIFY OUR ASSUMPTIONS THAT THIS PROJECT CAN BE DONE FOR UNDER $6 MILLION AT A REDUCED LEVEL FROM WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TOGETHER.

SO IF YOU WANT JUST THE $6 MILLION, THAT'S MOST OF THAT'S TECH STOCK.

THAT'S THE TEXT DOCUMENT.

THAT'S 4.8 MILLION FOR TECH STOCK GRANT MONEY.

RIGHT? IT'S 4.8 MILLION.

4.8 MILLION.

AND THEN WE WOULD COME UP THE OTHER 1.3 WOULD BE, YEAH.

AND IN INSIDE I THINK, UM, YEAH, $4.8 MILLION WAS THE OP PROJECT.

UM, BUT I THINK THE, THE ITEM WAS, IS THERE WAS SOME, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, WE, WE'D GOTTEN TOGETHER AS STAFF AND LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE HAD HAD FOUND SAVINGS.

I THINK WE'D FOUND ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SAVINGS ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE UH, UH, CRUISE TRO PROJECT AND, AND ON THE GRAIN ELEVATOR AND THAT, THAT'S HOW WE HAD THE 5.8 MILLION OR 6 MILLION PROJECT.

SO SAVINGS FROM OTHER PROJECTS.

SO IT'S REALLY A KIND OF A NEUTRAL FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.

IT'S KIND OF A NEUTRAL.

I KNOW YOU SAID TDOT REALLY SUPPORTS DOING THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND I GUESS THE OTHER THING YOU SAID,

[01:50:01]

TO KEEP THINKING.

THE OTHER THING I COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, WE COMMITTED AS A BOARD A COUPLE YEARS AGO PROBABLY TO ELIMINATE PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS 25TH STREET BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDS.

AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE ACTUALLY CLOSED THE GATE FOR ABOUT A MONTH, ROGER, AND THERE WAS SUCH A YOU AND CRY FROM THE PARKING PEOPLE NEXT DOOR AND PEOPLE JUST, SO WE, WE HAD TO KIND OF DROP BACK AND I GUESS WE PUT SOME ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND THINGS HERE TO KIND OF CONTROL THE INTERSECTION.

BUT I THINK TO ME, I'M ON MY SOAPBOX, BUT TO ME AS A BOARD, WE COMMITTED TO FIXING THAT INTERSECTION.

UH, SO I THINK TO ME THE DO NOTHING OPTION IS NOT REALLY VIABLE.

WE NEED TO REALLY DO SOMETHING TO SAFETY FOR PEOPLE CROSSING HARBORSIDE.

I THINK THE OTHER THING JULIO AND YOU GUYS HAVE POINTED OUT IS ONCE YOU, ONCE PEOPLE GET INTO THE PORT AREA, ONCE YOU KNOW THEY MADE IT ACROSS HARBORSIDE, BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT KIND OF THE SEVEN ROADS TO OWN.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INTERNAL TRAFFIC THERE.

AND SO HAVING PEOPLE CROSSING THROUGH THERE REALLY KIND OF INTERRUPTS OUR TRAFFIC FLOW, WHICH BACKS MORE TRAFFIC UP INTO THE CITY.

SO TO ME, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, WE'VE ALL BEEN, THIS IS NOT AN, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN ELEGANT JOURNEY ON THIS WALKWAY, BUT TO ME, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS, THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT OTHER SOLUTIONS DO WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE 25TH STREET? IT'S, IT'S UNUSUAL NOT DOING THIS WITH A, WITH A MOTION.

BUT I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT SINCE WE'RE NOT, WELL, I, I'M JUST, I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION.

I, WELL, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I MEAN Y'ALL KNOW THAT I'M NOT A FAN OF THIS WALKWAY , BUT, AND I WASN'T HERE WHENEVER THE BOARD APPROVED.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE BOARD DID APPROVE MAKING, CLOSING THE ABILITY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS TO BE ABLE TO CROSS SO PROVE THAT WAS A BOARD ITEM OR WHAT.

BUT, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AS AN AMENDMENT TO ANYBODY WHO'S GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOT CLOSE IT FOR PEDESTRIANS.

SHOULD WE HAVE A MOTION FIRST? WELL, YEAH, YEAH.

I JUST WANNA MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AND I'LL SECOND IT.

YOU GOTTA SECOND.

SO, AND FOR DISCUSSION, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, WE GOT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 67.

SO WOULD Y'ALL ACCEPT AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION THAT WE WOULD NOT CLOSE REQUIRE PEOPLE NOT CLOSE THEM? WELL, IF YOU GIVE SOMEBODY THE OPTION TO GO UP OR ACROSS, THEY'RE GONNA GO ACROSS AND THAT WON'T BE USED.

I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE USED FOR SAFETY REASONS.

ISN'T THE MOTION JUST TO APPROVE MOTION? I'D SAY SO.

WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A MO YEAH.

SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTING.

SO LET'S, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, JOHN PAUL.

AND JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, DESIGN WORK HERE.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A RAMP IN BOTH ENDS THAT'LL SERVE AS YOUR HANDICAP ACCESS TO, TO THIS UH, WALKOVER.

NOES, ESCALATOR, NO ELEVATOR CORRECT ON EITHER END, CORRECT? YEAH.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF IT.

UM, JEFF, WHEN YOU BUILD, THAT'S SEALED RIGHT NOW, WEATHER TIGHT.

WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING WEATHER TIGHT, THE FINISHES THAT YOU USE FOR ARE DIFFERENT THAN SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE EXPOSED.

HOW IS THAT GONNA PAN OUT? IF IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WON'T BE AIR CONDITIONED, RIGHT? THE RAMPS WON'T BE, BUT IN THIS CONCEPT, THE, THE, THE SPAN OVER THAT WILL STILL BE, WE'LL STILL BE OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA RE-ENERGIZE THAT SECTION.

OKAY, I GOT YOU.

AND, AND TURN ON THE ACS IN THAT SECTION STILL, BUT, BUT, BUT THE RAMPS WILL NOT BE CONDITIONED.

AND CURRENTLY YOU HAVE AN ELEVATOR ON THIS SIDE.

CURRENTLY ON THIS SIDE WE ONLY HAVE, UH, A STAIRCASE AND AN ELEVATOR THAT'S ATTACHED.

TOITY PLAZA GARAGE.

WHENEVER THAT PROJECT WAS DONE BACK IN 2015.

2015, YEAH, THE, THE, WE JUST ACQUIRED THE GARAGE AND THE PROJECT HAD AN ELEVATOR.

THERE WAS A TWO STOP ELEVATOR, GROUND ELEVATOR AND WALKWAY LEVEL.

AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TAKE THE ELEVATOR OUTTA THE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY AT LEAST WANTED IT TO BE A THREE STOP ELEVATOR.

AND SO SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

SO THERE IS NO ELEVATOR IN THE ACTUAL WALKWAY RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S A SPACE FOR AN ELEVATOR.

AND YOU THINK ON THIS SIDE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE RAMP IF WE DEMOLISH THE EXISTING VESTIBULE OVER HERE? YES.

THAT'S WHERE THE ELEVATOR IS.

THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE STAIRCASE AND THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS ELEVATOR LOCATION WOULD BE LOCATED.

I, I THOUGHT OF THAT SAME THING.

LOOKED A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST THIS, JUST, THIS IS THE FIRST PROCESS.

SHE LOVES THIS PROCESS.

, POOR, POOR DEAR MAN.

YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT ON THIS ONE AND UM, I'M INCLINED TO VOTE FOR IT 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT SO MUCH MONEY LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS THAT DID NOT PAY ME OUT.

WHY STOP HERE AT $65,000? UM, I I HOPE WE WILL SOON NEVER SPEAK

[01:55:01]

OF THIS AGAIN.

I HOPE THAT WE WILL FIND A SOLUTION AND THEN WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF IT AGAIN.

VERY GOOD.

I'LL, I'LL VOTE.

OKAY, SO WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MONEY.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? OPPOSED.

THANK YOU JEFFREY.

F SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT HVAC SYSTEM FOR CREWS TERMINAL 20 EIGHTS PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES FROM HU HUDSON DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION THAT IT COST NOT TO EXCEED $51,708.

ALRIGHT, SO

[Items F.6 & F.7]

AND 72 CENTS, HONOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WELCOME.

UM, INCLUDED IN THE 2026, UH, R AND R BUDGET WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF UNIT 1004.

THAT IS ONE OF THE PORCH GENERATOR GENERATOR SERVICING THAT COMES FROM A 28TH.

UM, IT'S CURRENTLY INOPERABLE AND IS A NEW REPLACEMENT.

SO THE CURRENT GENERATOR WAS PURCHASED BACK IN JANUARY, 2016.

UM, AND IT'S REACHED SINCE 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, EXCEEDING IT EXPECTED LIFECYCLE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE GENERATOR FOR CRUISE AROUND 28 IS CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.

UH, WE WERE EVALUATED IT AND DETERMINED THAT, UH, IT IS A TOTAL LOSS AND ON REPAIRABLE, SO WE ARE OPTING TO PURCHASE NEW AND GET A REPLACEMENT.

STAFF DID RECEIVE A PROPOSAL FROM MUSTANG CAT, UH, THROUGH A COOPERATIVE STATE PURCHASING CONTRACT AT A COST OF $59,280.

THEY'VE ALSO RECEIVED A SEPARATE QUOTE FROM A COMPARABLE GENERATOR FROM ASSOCIATES SUPPLY COMPANY WITH A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT FOR 87,851.

STAFF RECOMMEND PURCHASING THE CATERPILLAR DIESEL GENERATOR.

THAT'S THE BEST VALUE FOR THE BOARDS.

MAKE A MOTION HEARING MOTION SHEILA SECOND, THE, UM, ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ELECTRICAL FIRE.

IF THOSE ALL BEEN ADDRESSED, DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ELECTRICITY THAT'S GONNA COME INTO THE NEW GENERATOR.

CORRECT? YEAH, THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THAT.

IT'S MORE OF A INTERNAL, THE ACTUAL CARRIER, EXCUSE ME.

UM, I WAS HAVING JUST A LITTLE TROUBLE FOLLOWING.

THIS IS FOR THE HVAC, THE NEW HVAC SYSTEM.

DID YOU ALSO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A GENERATOR? THAT CORRECT? SO THE HVAC SYSTEM, THAT'S THE SECOND, UH, ITEM AFTER THIS GENERATOR.

YEAH, WE GOT IT.

THIS IS, THIS IS THE, FOR THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE HONOR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OR PR? MOTION.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED.

THE NEXT ITEM, F SEVEN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL PURCHASE OF CRUISE TERMINAL 28 GENERATOR FROM MUSTANG MACHINERY EQUIPMENT LLC AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 59,007 20.

THAT'S WHAT WE JUST DID, RIGHT? YES.

THAT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE.

I THINK WE SKIPPED THAT SIX.

OH SHOOT.

I THINK YOU READ F SIX, BUT DID I READ OKAY.

SO WE, WE'VE GOTTA DO F SIX, RIGHT? THAT WE DO HVAC? YEAH.

I MAY HAVE ADMIT YES.

I THOUGHT I WAS DOING F SIX.

JUST GOING WITH FLOW.

SORRY.

SO, SO WHAT, WHAT DID WE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY? I THOUGHT IT WAS F SIX.

YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS F SIX.

HE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE GENERATORS.

YEAH, HE JUST TALKED.

WE APPROVED.

HE SAID GENERATOR.

WE APPROVED.

APPROVE BOTH ITEMS. THERE YOU GO.

SO DID WE APPROVE THE GENERATOR OR THE HP? YOU APPROVED THE GENERATOR? JUST, I'M GONNA LISTEN.

NOT REALLY.

OKAY, SO WE DID, I SKIPPED.

SO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT HVAC, UH, SYSTEM FOR CRUISE TERMINAL 28, PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES FROM HUDSON DISTRIBUTION AND COST NOT TO EXCEED 50 1007 80 72 CENTS.

THE PORT OF GO IN CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE STAFF MAINTAINS SEAPORTS HVAC SYSTEM UNITS AND MANAGE MANAGES THE REPLACEMENT OF UNITS IN 2005 AS PART OF, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THIS.

WE, WE DID THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT.

NOW WE'RE ON THE GENERATOR.

THIS, THIS WE, YEAH.

WELL WE DID IT.

WE DIDN'T GET THE DISCUSSION OF THE HVAC, BUT WE APPROVED IT.

WELL, I, I READ IT 'CAUSE I READ, I THINK YOU READ IT.

I READ IT BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT THE GENERATOR.

BECAUSE I READ IT BECAUSE IT SAID FORM AND I READ IT FROM MIKE.

MY QUESTION FOR THIS ONE IS, WE ONLY GOT ONE BID FOR THE HVC.

SO HUNTING, UH, DISTRIBUTION, THEY ARE ON, THEY ARE PART OF A, UH, BY BOARD.

WAS JUST DONE OFF THE BY BOARD? CORRECT.

THE HP SYSTEM AND THE GENERATOR.

SORRY.

SO WE HAVE APPROVED, I'M GONNA LOOK AT ANGIE, WE, UNLESS YOU WANNA GO BACK AND APPROVE F SIX AGAIN, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION.

ERIC AND SHEILA BOTH APPROVED F SIX F SIX.

SO WE APPROVE.

CAN I, CAN I, MY MOTION TO APPROVE.

PUT TOGETHER SIX AND F SEVEN SEVEN TOGETHER.

THERE WE GO.

SO SHEILA, YOU SECOND, YOU'RE OKAY WITH, SO NOW WE WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON BOTH OF THEM HERE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF

[02:00:01]

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

FA, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL GIVING AUTHORITY THE PORT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, AWARDING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE ONE YEAR OPTIONS BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON AWARDS AND DELL SOLE SOLUTIONS FOR PORT WIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES.

SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION THERE.

[F.8 Discuss and Consider for Approval Giving Authority to Port Director to Execute an Agreement Awarding a Three-Year Contract, With Option to Renew for Two Consecutive One-Year Options, Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Del Sol Solutions for Portwide Janitorial Services. - Stephanie Smith]

WELCOME STEPHANIE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS, UM, WITH AN RFP IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR FOR, UM, THE JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE PORT WIDE COMPLEX.

AND WE GOT SEVEN RESPONSES AND OUR CURRENT PROVIDER DEL, SO SOLUTIONS SCORED THE HIGHEST.

THE, UM, COST IMPACT FOR ANNUALLY IS APPROXIMATELY $930,000.

BUT WE WOULD ALSO REQUEST, UM, SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR ANY INSTANCES THAT MAY OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, SO THAT WOULD PUT THE CONTRACT OUT.

1,025,000 BUCKS.

ALRIGHT, WOULD THAT BE FOR SPILLS OR SOMETHING? EXTRA SPECIAL.

SPECIAL EVENTS, SPECIAL BILLS, WHICH AS NEEDED.

SO I MOVE APPROVAL RICHARD APPROVAL SECOND.

SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED WITH HER.

I DID.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? NO, THE COMMENT I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THE RFQ AND EVERYTHING WAS VERY THOROUGH.

IT'S UH, YEAH.

AND IN THE LAST IT SEEMS LIKE A, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD DEAL.

LIKE A YEAH, IN THE LAST PAGE YOU'VE GOT THE SUMMARY OF IT WITH THE SIX BIDDERS.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

THE IMPACT OF THE, THE, THE NECESSITY FOR POSSIBLY MOVING IT, RELOCATING IT FURTHER NORTH.

SO PROPOSED SO YOU'D, YEAH.

EVALUATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPRO GIVING ROGER TO APPROVAL.

ANY OPPOSED? SO, AND STEPHANIE IS THE HEAD OF PROCUREMENT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO GOOD.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

[F.9 Discuss and Consider Approval of Term Sheet for Long-Term Lease of Approximately 30 acres on Pelican Island to Power LNG Ventures, LLC. - Tony Brown]

ALRIGHT, F NINE.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF TERM SHEET FOR LONG-TERM LEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES ON PEGAN ISLAND BEFORE LNG VENTURES, LLCI GUESS I COULD DO THIS.

UH, IT IS A PROPOSED, THIS IS A TERM SHEET.

IT'S, UH, UH, NON-BINDING.

IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT IT SETS OUT SOME BASIC TERMS FOR A LNG FACILITY TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON 30 ACRES OF PORT PROPERTY, MULLICAN ISLAND ON THE PROPERTY, NOT ADJACENT TO BUT EAST OF, UH, GULF COPPER AND THEIR SUBTENANT ON THAT PORTION OF PROPERTY.

IT'S FOR A FACILITY THAT WOULD, UH, BE DESIGNED INITIALLY TO PRODUCE 400,000 GALLONS OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS PER DAY, UH, AND SCALABLE UP TO 800,000 GALLONS PER DAY.

IF ADDITIONAL NATURAL GAS FUEL CAN BE BROUGHT TO PELICAN ISLAND.

UH, THE, UH, IT'S FOR A CLOSED TERM OF, UH, UH, PRIMARY TERM AFTER, WELL A RAMP UP TO, TO BUILD THE FACILITY.

IT WOULD ANTICIPATE STARTING IN DECEMBER OF 2028, THEN THERE WOULD BE A, UH, A PRIMARY TERM OF 30 YEARS AND TWO OPTIONAL 10 YEAR RENEWAL TERMS. UH, UH, THIS IS DESIGNED TO HELP, UH, PROVIDE, UH, FUEL FOR, UH, CRUISE SHIPS THAT ARE COMING IN.

CARNIVAL JUBILEE, CARNIVAL TROPICAL AND ROYAL CARIBBEAN.

ICON OF THE SEAS ARE ALL LNG VESSELS PLUS, UH, UH, UH, SEVERAL CARGO, AT LEAST ONE CARGO LINE THAT I KNOW OF IS, UH, UH, WANTS TO BRING LNG SHIPS HERE TO DELIVER CARGO AND POSSIBLY LAY, UH, DOCKAGE FOR OTHER VESSELS IN THE AREA TO, TO LOAD LNG FUEL.

SO THERE ARE FOUR CUSTOMERS THAT, UM, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS.

UM, UH, I I THINK THAT, UH, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH TRUSTEES, I THINK THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO FLANGE DOWN AND GET MORE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE FINANCIAL TERMS. UH, SO, UM, THAT'S, I I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO ADDRESSING ADDITIONAL CONCERNS.

DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY ANY OF THAT OR JUST WELL, UM, THE RING THE TERM THAT YOU USE, I WON'T USE IT.

THE LOW BACK RING.

THE,

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UH, THERE'S, OR HAVING ACCESS TO THE WATER.

I THINK THE, OUR ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT MM-HMM .

WELL, I DON'T WANT, DON'T WANT TO NARROW THIS DOWN BECAUSE OTHER THINGS COULDN'T COME UP.

WELL, I, I TRIED TO SECOND BUT WASN'T NEVER SORRY.

YEAH, WE NEED A SECOND.

WELL THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL YOU WANT.

WELL, FOR DISCUSSION, THAT'S WHY I JUST SAID I WAS JUST, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE, I HAVE UNDERSTOOD, UH, BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH TRUSTEES ARE TO POSSIBLY FOCUS ON WHETHER A TOTAL OF 30 ACRES IS NECESSARY FOR THE FACILITY AND SPECIFICALLY WHETHER IT COULD BE MOVED SO THAT IT DOESN'T COME ALL THE WAY TO THE WATER LINE SO THAT THE PORT WOULD EXCLUSIVELY MANAGE THE BIRTH AND ADJACENT AREA OR OTHERWISE NAIL DOWN THE PORT'S RIGHT.

TO USE THAT MANAGE MANAGEMENT OF THE DOCK ITSELF.

UH, ALSO THAT, UM, THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS, THAT PART OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE, UH, ZONE IS OF UH, UH, A BLAST ZONE OR BLAST ARC TYPE TERM.

AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED FOR 400,000 OR 800,000 GALLONS PER DAY.

SO THAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON USE OF OTHER PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, ADJOINING PROPERTIES IN THE AREA AND THAT, UH, SO IT WOULD NOT IMPEDE THE UTILITY OF THE REST OF THE PORT'S PROPERTY AND THOSE OF ITS NEIGHBORS.

UH, AND THEN, UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAD, BUT THEN ALSO THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE OVERALL FINANCIAL TERMS, SO WE'RE GONNA REFINE THE FINANCIAL YEAH, THAT ALL NEEDS MY, YEAH.

GOOD SUMMARY.

DONE.

I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO THAT.

NO, IT'S, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS, BUT OTHERS MAY COME UP AND WE'LL WORK TO ADDRESS THOSE.

'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL FACILITATE OUR PORT'S ABILITY, NOT JUST CRUISE, BUT TO GROW OUR CARGO BUSINESS NOW WITH THOSE NEW FACILITIES WE JUST HAVE COMING ONLINE ON THE WEST END AND TO, UH, BRING MORE BUSINESS AND MORE JOBS AND THE LIKE.

AND JEFF, ONE MORE THING, UH, WITH THIS MOTION, IT'S THE WORD LNG USED TO BE A BAD WORD 20 YEARS AGO.

SO THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE.

IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOTED.

WELL I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THIS.

THEY WILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.

WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE PORT ROD ROGER HAS SAID THAT THERE WILL BE SESSIONS, PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS TO EXPLAIN IT TO EVERYONE AND THAT, UH, UH, PORT STAFF AND WELL CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BRING ANYTHING THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL WAS TOTALLY SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

THOSE ARE ALL VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE THING.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SMALL SCALE PROFESSION, NOT THIS A GIANT TERMINAL FACILITY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOADING A SHIP AND EXPORTING L AND G OUT FOR.

IT'D ACTUALLY BE VERY UNIQUE IN THAT ASPECT.

MOST OF THEM ARE LOAD BIG, HUGE, YOU KNOW, OCEAN GOING, UH, TANKERS, UH, TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A SMALL SCALE TO LOAD, UH, GIVE, GIVE, YOU KNOW, A CRUISE VESSEL, A WEEK'S WORTH OF GAS AND SO THAT IT CAN GO AND COME BACK AND THE LIKE, SAME FOR CARGO ESPECIALLY, RIGHT SHEILA? UM, I JUST CONSIDER THIS TO BE THE FIRST STEP AND A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD, BUT THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY A FINAL DEAL.

IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, IT'S NOT A LEASE, IT'S NONE OF THOSE THINGS.

IT ISN'T FIRST STEP IN, UM, MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.

DOLLY PARK LAST WEEK WAS IN DOLLY SCHOOL.

ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE A LEASE AGREEMENT BROUGHT TO YOU THAT IS COMPLETE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERING APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? GOOD, GOOD DISCUSSION THERE.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

OH YES, .

ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO F 10

[F.10 Mobility Update - Jeffrey Thomas]

MOBILITY UPDATE.

WE GET A MOBILE HIS WAY UP HERE AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.

WALK UP MUSIC , THE WALK UP MUSIC.

JORDAN WALKER IN HIS WALK UP

[02:10:02]

OH, OKAY.

SO WE, UH, UM, YEAH, AN UPDATE ON THIS.

UM, OF COURSE BACKING UP TO THIS BOARD'S PAST ACTION, THIS BOARD APPROVED GREEN $80,000 AND A, A STUDY WITH WILPERT TO LOOK AT, UH, BASICALLY A TRAFFIC MODEL AS PART OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS MOBILITY STUDY THAT LOOKS AT, UH, THE EFFECTS ULTIMATELY OF, OF, UH, ADDING A FIFTH CRUISE FACILITY, UM, TO THE PORT.

AND THEN MODELS THE WHOLE TRAFFIC AREA BETWEEN, UH, 14TH STREET AND 33RD STREET, HARBORSIDE DRIVE AND, UH, BROADWAY.

ULTIMATELY, UM, THE, THE BOARD APPROVED THAT PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE JUST KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN RIGHT NOW, LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO ANALYZE THIS AREA GIVEN HIGH AMOUNTS OF CONSTRUCTION.

THE HARBORSIDE DRIVE THE STUDY WAS LOOKING AT TAKING INTERSECTION COUNTS AT 44 INTERSECTIONS.

UM, SO WE CAN BUILD A VERY REALISTIC MODEL OF TRAFFIC IN GALVESTON.

HOWEVER, WITH THE HARBORSIDE DRIVE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'D BE CAPTURING ALL THAT.

WE'D CAPTURE THE VOLUMES, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE CAPTURING ITS TYPICAL, UM, UH, YEAH, EXISTING CONDITIONS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING TILL THAT, THAT, THAT FINISHES UP, WHICH IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS FALL BEFORE WE CAN FINALLY TAKE THOSE COUNTS.

UM, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND GET, GET THAT PIECE OF THE, THE STUDY ONGOING.

THE SECOND PIECE OF THE STUDY, UM, LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, AND I, I KNOW I, I MIGHT GET TO A POINT HERE WHERE I HAVE TO KIND OF HAND IT OFF, BUT, BUT IT LOOKED AT, UH, ADDING ON TO THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC STUDY THAT LOOKED AT THE IMPACTS OF THE FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL DOING THE PARKING STUDY OF THE COURT ASSETS AND ALL THE DOWNTOWN ASSETS, UM, AND LOOKING AT SUPPLY AND DEMAND WITH THOSE WITHIN THOSE AREAS AND SEEING, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW THOSE AREAS LOOK LIKE IN AN AGGREGATE.

UM, IT, IT LOOKED AT, UH, DOING A RUBBER TIRE TROLLEY STUDY AND THEN IT LOOKED AT, UH, ALSO DOING, UH, PEDESTRIAN KIND OF ROUTING WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.

AND SO WE RECEIVED A, UH, A SCOPE OF WORK ALONG WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC, PUBLIC, UH, ENGAGEMENT.

WE RECEIVED THAT SCOPE OF WORK IS THE FIRST DRAFT WE RECEIVED BACK FROM BERT AS FAR AS THE SECOND PHASE.

UM, BUT IT CAME IN AT 500 AND, UH, UH, FIVE 20.

I DON'T HAVE IT UP IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, THAT I KNOW CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED AT WORKSHOP.

SOME, UH, I HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, ROB WINKEY AT THE CITY, UH, ENGINEERING OFFICE.

UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE, UH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF CONSENSUS, UH, ON THIS.

AND I DON'T KNOW, ROGER, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE OR AT THIS POINT, MY THOUGHT IS, IS THERE'S DISCUSSIONS PREVIOUSLY WITH THE, THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE ABOUT SHARING IN COSTS AND THEN KIND OF THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE KIND OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THIS IS KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.

YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN GET THAT SCOPE DOWN, BUT IT'S, ARE WE GONNA BE STILL DOING WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE DOING AND DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT? ARE KIND OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AT THIS POINT.

BUT, UM, WELL THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TWO PHASES TO THIS, RIGHT? YES.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE FIRST PHASE, THE MOBILITY PHASE OF IT.

THE SECOND PHASE WAS 530 AS AS 380 WAS APPROVED.

UM, I THINK THAT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WHITTLING THAT COST DOWN.

THERE'S SOME ITEMS IN THERE I THINK THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN SELF-PERFORM ON AND UH, YOU KNOW, SO REALLY IT'S JUST WE'RE UPDATING THE, THE ISSUE AS, AS JEFFREY HAS ALREADY SAID, IS WE GOT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OUT HERE AND WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T GET, UM, GOOD DATA WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BOARD HAS ALREADY PRETTY MUCH SAID THEY WANT TO DO THIS.

UM, AND I THINK WE WERE GONNA FUND THIS, THIS PART OF IT ANYWAY.

THE FIRST, THE FIRST PHASE.

FIRST THE FIRST PHASE, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE, DISCUSS THE SECOND PHASE.

I'M GETTING VIBES THAT THE CITY'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR, FOR, UH, A SECTION OF THIS.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

WE GET TO IT.

I THINK, UM, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A MOBILITY STUDY, WE HAVE A SCOPE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE THINK THE SCOPE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE NEED AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PRICING.

YES, SIR.

I'M NOT FULLY UP TO SPEED ON THIS, BUT I KNOW I, I KNOW THE, THE BAYER MINIMUM HERE.

T TELL ME THE TWO PHASES AND WHAT THOSE PRICE ATTACKS ARE HERE.

YEAH, THE FIRST PHASE 380,

[02:15:01]

580, 530 WAS THE FIRST DRAFT BACK TO US THAT WE KIND OF OWED THEM COMMENTS BACK ON, ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, HOW WE'D LIKE TO FORM THAT.

REALLY? TOWARDS BROADWAY.

THREE 80 WAS, THAT WAS THE KIND OF THE BIL STUDY WITHIN CHURCH JEFFREY, RIGHT? YEAH.

WE, WE ASKED FOR CHURCH TO BROADWAY OR CHURCH TO THE PORT AND 14TH TO 33RD.

HOWEVER, WHENEVER THEY CAME BACK, THEY SAID IN ORDER TO REALLY GET THAT AREA, THEY NEEDED TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THAT BROADWAY.

SO THAT'S THE PART WE COMMITTED JOHN PAUL TO, THAT'S PHASE ONE.

THAT'S PHASE ONE, THE TRAFFIC AND LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS KIND OF IN THAT AND BUILDING THIS MODEL TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACTS OF A FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL AND ALSO COME UP WITH MITIGATING PROJECTS THAT COULD MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS.

TELL ME ONE MORE TIME, THE BOUNDARIES.

14TH, UH, 14TH STREET ON THE EAST SIDE, 33RD STREET ON THE WEST SIDE PORT TO BROADWAY.

WE, WE ASKED THEM FOR PORT TO CHURCH IN OUR SCOPE, BUT THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, REALLY IN ORDER TO GET THAT WE, THEY WANT, THEY NEEDED TO COLLECT ON BROADWAY.

AND, AND SO THAT, THAT'S APPROVED BY WAR BOARD AND THAT IT APPROVED AND WE FELT LIKE, I MEAN, SPEAK WITH THE PORT, WE, WE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE FIFTH, A FIFTH CRUISE POTENTIAL FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL, WE NEEDED TO DO YES.

THAT STUDY TO UNDERSTAND, YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON A FOURTH SHIP DAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO A FIFTH SHIP DAY.

WE COMMITTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR THE, FOR US AND FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT PORTION IS MOVING ALONG BA WE'RE MOVING ON, WAITING ON HARBORSIDE TO GET TO A KIND OF A STEADY STATE PART WHERE WE CAN DO THAT PART.

THE, THE, THE OPEN DISCUSSION NOW IS ON THE, THE SECOND PHASE.

HOW, HOW DO WE COLLECTIVELY WANT TO PROCEED ON THAT? IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, IN THE SECOND PHASE, THERE'S OVER $200,000 JUST WORTH OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

MULTIPLE MEETINGS THAT, THAT WOULD BE SET UP, WHICH WE'RE ONLY SPENDING $40,000 ON THE COMP PLAN, WHICH ENCOMPASSES A WHOLE WHILE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO WE, WE THINK THAT'S WAY OVER THE TOP.

YEAH, WE AGREE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, UH, OF THE OTHER $300,000 IN THAT PHASE TWO.

UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, SEE WHAT WE CAN FUND FROM THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE, WE CAN FIND THAT FULL $300,000.

SO WE, WE, WE NEED SOME MORE COMMUNICATION AND, AND TALK AND, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN NARROW THAT DOWN AND UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER AREAS THAT WE CAN SHARE COSTS ON.

AND ONE OP, I MEAN REALLY THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN DRIVEN BY THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, WHICH MR. PEARSON HAD SET UP HERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO KIND OF AS A, A SMALLER GROUP BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PORT AND, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF WORK SOME OF THESE ISSUES WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DIFF MORE DIFFICULT TO DO IN A BIGGER GROUP.

AND SO THAT ONE OPTION MIGHT BE TO, WE COULD GET A MEETING OF THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND KIND OF THROW THAT QUESTION TO THEM ABOUT KIND OF, MAYBE, AND THAT IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, SHARON LEWIS, IT WAS BOB BROWN AND OF COURSE MARIE ROB.

SO WE WE'RE KIND OF SHORT ONE MEMBER FROM THE CITY.

NOW I, I THINK WE PUT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THERE.

I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO WE PUT ON THERE, BUT WE DID.

I'M AWARE THAT'S YOUR MEETING.

I DON YEAH, OUR MEETING.

WE, WE YOU ADDED A THIRD PERSON.

IF THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, I THINK THAT'S MOST LIKELY .

WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT OUR MEETING AND I'M PRETTY SURE, SO THAT WE HAVE A THIRD PERSON.

ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET A MEETING OF THAT GROUP TOGETHER AND KIND OF THROW THIS SECOND PHASE AND ROGER SIT IN ON THOSE TWO.

SO THE SECOND PHASE, AND MAYBE WE COULD EVEN GET ROB, I MEAN GET SOME S TO JUST KIND OF HASH THAT OUT ABOUT WHAT WE, WHAT, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE COULD WE REDUCE SCOPE, GET IT TO A REASONABLE COST, AND THEN I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TO DECIDE, OKAY, HOW MUCH ARE THEY WILLING TO FUND? COURT HAS TO DECIDE HOW MUCH YOU'RE WILLING TO FUND.

WE CAN, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN KIND OF MAYBE WORK THAT DOWN TO A, A MANAGEABLE QUESTION IF THAT'S PROPOSAL FOR A FORWARD, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT SOONER THAN LATER AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY COMBINE ALL THIS INTO DOING IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME INSTEAD OF DOING ONE PHASE.

AND THEN, WELL, I THINK PART OF THE, PART OF THE REASON FOR BREAKING IT UP INTO PHASES WAS TO GET CLOSURE ON MOBILITY STUDY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE IMPACTS OF A FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL, RATHER THAN HAVING A SECOND PHASE THAT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND PARKING AND GETTING THAT GOING AROUND.

AND MAY, MAYBE THE SCOPE OF WORK CHANGES A LITTLE BIT AND THEN RIGHT.

PARKING'S IN PHASE TWO.

BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS IN PHASE TWO THAT I THINK PROBABLY COULD BE IN PHASE ONE.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

PARTICULARLY THE CIR CIRCULATOR SYSTEM.

I, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THIS ROAD OPEN.

IT WOULD SURE BE GREAT TO START BE ABLE TO START UTILIZING THAT AS A, AS PART OF THE CIRCULATOR SYSTEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

ENCOMPASSING ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION? YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT, THAT THE INTERNAL ROADWAY WOULD BE PART OF PHASE ONE ALREADY.

WHAT SHOULD BE CAPTURED IN A MOBILITY STUDY OF PHASE ONE FOR

[02:20:01]

THE CIRCULATION? WELL, YEAH, YEAH.

THE TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC TRAFFIC, YEAH.

I LIKE, LIKE THE, THE, THE MOBILITY, I THINK THE, THE, IN THE, THE RUBBER TIRE TROLLEY SECTION IS REALLY LOOKING AT, IN MY MIND IT WAS LOOKING AT HOW COULD ALL THE PARKING ASSETS WITHIN THE STUDY AREA BE USED TO BETTER PROVIDE PARKING TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A PARKING DEFICIENCY IN DOWNTOWN.

AS I UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PIECE.

I THINK WE'LL OUGHT LET THE RULE STATEMENT COMMITTEE, I MEAN THAT'S MY SUGGESTION IS TO GET A MEETING OF THAT GROUP AND I GUESS JOHN PAUL CAN GIVE, GIVE YOU THE, IT'S BOB AND, AND SHARON AND THEN WE APPOINTED SOMEBODY ELSE.

I, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE HAS BEEN NAMED, JUST DUNNO THE NAME.

GET THOSE THREE.

AND THEN IT'S, IT'S MYSELF AND RICHARD, IT'S WILLIE, RICHARD, MYSELF FROM THIS SIDE.

AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WORKING GROUP TO KIND OF, YEAH.

TAKE ON AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WITH BOB, HE'S VERY INTIMATE WITH THE ISSUES ABSOLUTE AS YOU KNOW, AND CAN YOU KIND OF MAKE SURE YOUR CONCERNS AND ISSUES ARE ON THE TABLE.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WITH JEFFREY AND ROGER, WE CAN KIND OF WORK AND AGAIN, IF ROB WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE ROB IN THERE, MAYBE THEN WE CAN KIND OF WORK THIS TO A FUN SCOPE THAT WE CAN GET OUR ARMS AROUND.

AND UH, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD SCOPE.

WELL, AS FAR AS THE, WE, IT'S PHASE ONE, WE'VE GOT THAT SCOPE.

YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHASE TWO.

PHASE ONE IS IS BUT ROGER, THERE MAY, THERE MAY BE SOME NO BRAINER THINGS TO MOVE SOME ITEMS FROM PHASE TWO INTO PHASE ONE.

YEAH, WE, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN PHASE ONE BECAUSE WE'RE, WE COMMITTED TO DO THAT TO BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON A FIFTH CRUISE.

SO WE WANT THAT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

YEAH, I DON'T WANNA SLOW ANYTHING DOWN.

WE DON'T WANNA SLOW ANYTHING DOWN, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES BACK SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN DO.

BUT I THINK THAT LET THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WHEN YOU, YOU INCLUDE THAT MAP OF ALL THE, THE STUDIES THAT ARE GOING ON, THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP AND THE GOAL IS TO NOT DO THINGS MORE THAN ONCE.

IS THAT RIGHT? THERE'S GONNA BE DATA COLLECTED IN THESE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT WE SHOULD BE UTILIZING ACROSS ALL THIS.

EXACTLY.

AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF MAKING THAT MAP.

THAT'S KIND OF OKAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING, WE CAN COORDINATE IT.

SO, OKAY.

SO I THINK ANGIE, THE ACTION I GET A REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING SET UP AND GET SOME NOTIFICATION TIMES AND ALL THAT NEXT PERSON NEXT WEEK OR SO.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOBILITY STUFF? QUESTIONS? MR. JEFFREY? I WOULD JUST, IF IT'S UP, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE CHAIRMAN, BUT I, I, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE MEET AND HEAR FROM ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS OF THE CONTRACTOR.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ITEM F 11, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER BOARD ATTENDANCE AT THE A A PA ANNUAL CONVENTION IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

BUT, UH, BUT PRETTY SOON I, YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE FIRST MEETING, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO KIND OF, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, BUT I IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET YEAH.

IF WE GET THAT DEFINED AND HAVE GOD YEAH.

LET, LET'S HAVE, LET'S GET THIS ONE OF THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF RESOLVE THE SCOPE AND IF WE NEED TO TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR, WE CAN.

JEFFREY, IS THAT, UH, YEAH AND THEY, I MEAN THE CONTRACTOR, WHAT WE NEED FROM THEM IS JUST FIVE, $200,000 WORTH OF ENGAGEMENT.

YEAH, YEAH.

NO, WE, THAT WAS A CLEAR THING THAT WAS, SEEMED TO BE VERY HIGH WHENEVER WE WERE SEEING IT.

[F.11 Discuss and Consider Board Attendance to the AAPA Annual Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28 - October 1, 2026 - Rodger Rees]

SEPTEMBER 28TH.

SO OCTOBER 1ST SAYS ROGER REESE, WE ARE JUST TAKING INDICATIONS OF INTEREST FROM THE BOARD THAT WANT TO GO.

WE, WE BUDGET FOR TWO, TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

YES SIR.

SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED, JUST LET ANGIE KNOW AND YEAH, AND I, I, I SAY WILLIE AND I WENT LAST YEAR RIGHT TO QUEBEC.

THAT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT, IT WAS UH, LONG DRIVE, LONG DRIVE, , LONG WALK, BUT IT WAS THE, THE MATERIAL, IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL 'CAUSE IT IS BASICALLY, IT'S A PORT COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, THERE IS A COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, THERE'S A PORT COMMISSIONER MEETING THAT DAY AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE AS SUPPORT COMMISSIONERS.

SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO COMPARE TO US.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GO.

SO, UH, WITH

[F.12 Discuss and Consider Agenda Items for the August 25, 2026, Board Meeting.]

THAT F 12 DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE AUGUST 25TH MEETING.

I THINK WE HAD, UM, THE, THE CALLED RESERVES POLICY, I THINK WE WERE GONNA TRY TO GET, WAS THERE, WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE, ANGIE, THAT WE HAD? THERE WAS MORE THING, LIKE WE HAD ONE OTHER THING.

IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO MADE MOTIONS AND SECOND, SO IT WAS THE LETTER, THE LETTER FOR THE F WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, HEARING MORE ABOUT A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

I'M SORRY, THAT

[02:25:01]

WAS THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR YEAH, JEFFREY'S THE MAINTENANCE KIND OF OVERALL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND APPROACH AND PRIORITIES.

ANYTHING ELSE ELSE? ESTATE, THE REAL ESTATE.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT I'M GONNA

[G. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SAY, WILLIE, YOU GO FIRST.

I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING THAT, UM, I SPOKE WITH SOME CRUISERS THIS WEEK.

THEY DON'T LIVE IN GALVESTON, BUT THEY'VE CRUISED OVER ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, DIFFERENT PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

AND BY FAR THEY SAID THEIR FAVORITE PLACE TO NOW BEEN THEIR SMOOTHEST, UM, IN EMBARKATION.

THE EMBARKATION IS, UH, TERMINAL SIX, SIX PIZZA.

NICE.

ERIC.

SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I'M, UH, OPENING MY PHONE AND CHECKING MY EMAILS, I'M SEEING SOME BIG NEWS WITH THE PORT.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO STAFF.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY TO EXECUTE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S ALL MOVING QUICK, BUT IT'S ALL GETTING DONE SAFELY ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ALL BE GETTING WELL RECEIVED AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BENEFIT GALVESTON.

EVERYBODY'S GONNA BENEFIT FROM THIS.

SO JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND UH, KEEP IT UP BECAUSE THERE'S MORE ON THE HORIZON.

MR. PEARSON, I JUST WANT TO CON CONGRATULATE ROGER AND THE TEAM FOR THE NEW SHIP CALL WE HAD AT THE NEW WEST END DOCK.

THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO SEE THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT HERE AND UH, GOOD TO SEE THAT.

LIKE, LIKE TO ECHO WHAT Y'ALL SAID, UM, I WANT, I WANNA ALSO APOLOGIZE TO THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT I HAVE BEEN, AGAIN, SOME STUFF .

I'M SORRY.