* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] GOOD ENOUGH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND [A. CALL TO ORDER] CALL US TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING AT 9 58. I WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING TO THE, TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO, UH, WILLIE ON THE, ON THE PHONE, UH, AND TO THE, THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM, AND ALSO ANYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ANGIE, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES. CHAIRMAN. JEFF PATTERSON. HERE. VICE CHAIRMAN WILLIE GONZALEZ. HERE. TRUSTEE SHEILA . HERE. TRUSTEE MAYOR JOHN PAUL OW. HERE. TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE. HERE. TRUSTEE VIC PEARSON. HERE. TRUSTEE ERIC STRONG BLOOD HERE. AND ROGER ANTHONY BROWN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ANGIE. UH, DECLARE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM IF YOU STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLACE OF THE, I BELIEVE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND THREE ALL FOR WHICH STANDS. ONE NATION HONOR GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY, ROUTINE JUSTICE FOR ALL. DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT NEED TO BE DECLARED BY THE TRUSTEE FOR ANY ITEMS? HEARING NONE. UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON [B. PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS] TO PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO WE HAVE OUR FAREWELL TO INTERNS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SADLY, OUR 12 WEEK INTERNSHIP HAS COME TO AN END AND WITH THE, UH, BOARD MEETING KIND OF BEING LATER IN AUGUST, FOUR OUT OF OUR FIVE, HAD TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE. BUT WE DO HAVE AON HERE WHO IS A SENIOR AND WILL GRADUATE IN DECEMBER. RIGHT? YEP. SO WE DO HAVE WHAT THEY WORKED ON AT A LITTLE PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU ABOUT THEIR INTERNSHIP THIS SUMMER. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AON CAN ANSWER ANY WEB. IS THERE A SOUND MANAGEMENT OF TERMINAL SIXTEENS FLOOD PANELS? GEOTECHNICAL SETTLEMENT MODELING. GOOD MORNING. ON BEHALF OF OUR INTERN TEAM, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE OVERVIEW OF OUR SUMMER 2026 INTERNSHIP. OUR INTERNSHIP CONSISTED OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TEAM BUILDING BY FOCUSING ON FOUR KEY OBJECTIVES. MANAGEMENT OF TERMINAL 16 SPLIT PANELS GEOTECHNICAL SETTLEMENT MODELING FOR SLIP 38 39, QUALITY CONTROL LOGGING FOR OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ONE CONCRETE PORES AND ESTIMATED ANALYSIS FOR THE PEAN ISLAND DRAIN DITCH AND DRY PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WAS KEPT UP TO DATE. WE HELD SEMI-WEEKLY MEETINGS WHERE WE COVERED SAFETY MOMENTS AND UTILIZED AN ACTION TRACKER TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON TARGET FOR OUR MAIN SUMMER PROJECT, WE WANTED TO ORGANIZE THE FLOOD PANELS AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE RAPID STORM DEPLOYMENT. WE UPDATED THEIR VISUAL IDENTIFICATION BY RENUMBERING THEM CORRESPONDING TO OUR UPDATED DRAWING ALONG WITH RENUMBERING THEM. WE SOUGHT OUT A VENDOR TO PROVIDE US WITH PLAQUES THAT CORRESPONDED WITH THE PANEL NUMBER. THESE PLAQUES WENT ON THE WALLS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCATION AROUND THE TERMINAL FACILITY. WE ALSO CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE TASK PLAN AND RISK ASSESSMENT TO GO ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE FLOOD PANELS. IN COORDINATION WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE TEAM, ENGINEERING AND CRUISE OPERATIONS, WE CONDUCTED FULL SCALE FIT TESTING ACROSS ALL 53 BARRIER LOCATIONS. FOLLOWING INSPECTION, WE DOCUMENTED NON-CONFORMING PANELS AND COLLABORATED WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE TEAM TO SUBMIT OFFICIAL WARRANTY CLAIMS, ENSURING TOTAL ASSET READINESS AND PROTECTING IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS. WE ALSO LED TWO PRODUCTS ON THE DATA ANALYSIS SIDE, UH, BEING TASKED WITH TWO MAIN INITIATIVES BY DYLAN AND JEFF. FIRST, WE WERE ASSIGNED BY DYLAN TO RECORD THE SETTLEMENT PLATE READINGS FOR THE SLIP 38 39. AT PIER 38. WE USED THE BIWEEKLY SURVEY DATA THAT WAS GIVEN TO US AND DEVELOPED A MODEL IN EXCEL, UH, THAT TRACKS THE SOIL CONSOLIDATION. UH, THIS GIVES OUR ENGINEERS A CLEAR VIEW OF GROUND STABILITY AND WOULD ALSO HELP WITH FUTURE INFORMED DECISION MAKING REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT READINGS. SECOND, WE HAD OUR OTHER PROJECT DESIGNED BY JEFF WITH THE PELICAN ISLAND DITCH DRAIN AND DRY PROJECT. WE WERE ATTACHED WITH FORECASTING THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT'S COMPLETION AND FEWER REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WITH MORE ACCURACY. WE HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DAILY PRODUCTION RATES, ACREAGE OF THE SITE, AND FUEL CONSUMPTION OF A SINGLE MACHINE TO GET THESE KEY POINTS. [00:05:02] TO FINISH UP OUR ANALYTICAL WORK, WE PROVIDED QUALITY CONTROL FOR THE OPI ONE CONCRETE PORES, MAINTAIN THE PORT LOGS, RECORDING THE DISCHARGE DIARY, MIXING SPECS AND YARDAGE, ALL WHILE CREATING A DIGITAL MEDIA COLLECTION FOR THE AUDIT COMPLIANCE. OUR TIME WITH THE PORT FROM FLOOD BARRIER VERIFICATION TO Q AND A LOGGING HAS DIRECTLY STRENGTHENED THE PORT'S INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS IN OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE PORTS BOARD FOR GIVING US THIS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY. THANKS. AND GAVE THEM, SORRY, JEFF YARBOROUGH WASN'T HERE TO SEE THAT. . THANK Y'ALL. DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. SO WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST LEARNING OR TAKEAWAY FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE? THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT GOES INTO MANAGING A PROJECT OVER THESE 12 WEEKS. I STILL THINK THERE'S PLENTY MORE WE COULD HAVE DONE JUST WITH THE FLOOD PANEL PROJECT ALONE. GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS AND, AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE, Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE, WE HAVE FLOOD PANELS THAT EVERY OPENING AT CT 16 HAS TO BE COVERED AND THEY SLIDE DOWN AND RIGHT, RIGHT. STOP THE WATER FROM GETTING IN IN THEORY. UH, IN THEORY, YEAH. BUT NOW'S THE TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHICH ONE GOES WHERE. RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. THAT HELPS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, SO MOVING ON TO GENERAL BUSINESS C ONE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. SHEILA, BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, WOULD, WOULD THE BOARD ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF MOVING, UM, ITEMS B THREE AND B FOUR TO THE BACK OF THE AGENDA OR FURTHER BACK IN THE AGENDA? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WHICH MIGHT BE, UM, WHICH MIGHT CAUSE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND TIME. UH, WHICH ONES AGAIN? SHEILA E UH, THE ONE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT WITH ROYAL AND THE ONE ON THE DISCUSSION OF OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, MARGARITA. BILL AT C. THOSE TWO. IT'S, UM, B UH, SORRY. EE THREE. THAT'S YES. YES. SORRY. UH, E THREE AND E FOUR. HOW ABOUT GLASSES? I'D SECOND THAT IF IT'S MADE IN THE FORM OF AGREEMENT. YEAH. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING TO WHERE SHE LEFT? SORRY, UH, TO THE FINAL ITEMS BEFORE THE, UM, BEFORE THE DISCUSS THE SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING. OKAY. SO YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING 'EM TO THE END OF THE AGENDA? YES. OKAY. IF THAT'S THE PLEASURE BOARD. YEAH, I, TONY, WE NEED ANY DISCRETION. DO WE NEED TO PROVE OR JUST THAT'S JUST A DISCRETIONARY THING. IT'S DISCRETIONARY WITH THE CHAIRMAN. UNLESS THE CHAIRMAN WANTS TO CALL THE VOTE ON IT. OKAY. SO, SO WE GO I'M, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS AN OBJECTION, WE CAN DO THAT. WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO TOWARDS THE END. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SHEILA. THANK YOU. GO BACK TO APPROVAL OF [C.1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES] THE MINUTES. SHEILA. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. SEE. WILL, WILL. HE'S GOT HIS HAND UP. SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC [C.2 PUBLIC COMMENTS] COMMENTS. I'M GONNA TAKE THEM IN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED. SO THE FIRST ONE IS ANNE FRENCH. PRONOUNCE THAT, IS THAT RIGHT ANNE? YES SIR. COME ON DOWN AND YOU HAVE JUST REMIND EVERYBODY YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHARING INTERVIEWS WITH US. WELL THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING BOARD, STAFF AND PUBLIC GUEST. MY NAME IS BRENE FRENCH. I MORE COMMONLY GO BY FRENCHIE. UM, I AM THE OWNER OF ISLAND DOLPHIN TOURS OF GALVESTON. IT'S A NEW LOCALLY OPERATED TOUR COMPANY, POTENTIALLY BASED OUT OF PIER 19. SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS ENCOURAGED ME TO ATTEND TODAY, INTRODUCE MYSELF AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT THE PORT. ALTHOUGH OUR COMPANY IS NEW, OUR CAPTAINS AND LEADERSHIP TEAM BRING DECADES OF MARITIME AND GALVESTON TOURISM EXPERIENCE. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A SAFE, MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES FOR FAMILIES WHILE WORKING ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ALREADY MAKE THIS HARBOR SO SPECIAL. I'VE QUICKLY GROWN TO LOVE THIS AREA AND ITS INCREDIBLE SENSE OF COMMUNITY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A BUSINESS HERE, CREATE LOCAL JOBS, AND CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE, UM, BEAUTIFUL CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE WATERFRONT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PORT AND ALLOWING ME A MOMENT JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING, BECOMING INVOLVED AND BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND PARTNER WITH THE GALVESTON HARBOR. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. NICE MEETING. I BROUGHT A FEW INVITATIONS FOR OUR GRAND OPENING AS EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO GO, SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THEM HERE WITH YOU. SURE, THANK YOU. [00:10:03] ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THE NEXT UP WE HAVE CHARLOTTE AURORA. OKAY, I'M BACK ON E THREE AGAIN. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE THE BOARD SHOULD DO AN INVESTIGATION OF HOW WE GOT HERE. WHERE YOU CAN MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO YEAR 19 AND PUT IN RIDICULOUS TERMS IN AN MOU THAT ONLY THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO SIGN AND IT'S BEEN HIDDEN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. HOW DID WE GET HERE? I PUT IN AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. I SENT A COPY TO EVERYONE. YOU BASICALLY NEED TO FIND OUT WHO YOUR ATTORNEY IS WORKING FOR THE BOARD, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT OR THE COURT DIRECTOR WHEN HE DOES AN MOU AND THAT MOU IS NOT SENT OUT TO THE BOARD AND PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE. DOCUSIGN HAS A TRACKING METHOD WHICH WASN'T IN YOUR BOARD PACKET OF WHO, WHAT AND WHEN. HONESTLY, GUYS, HOW DID YOU GET HERE? YOU'RE MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO PIER 19, WHICH IS A CHARTER AREA. NO REAL NOTICE. BOOM. IT COULD BE DONE TODAY, ESPECIALLY WITH WILLIE SITTING UP THERE SIGNING IN TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. HOW DID THE PORT DIRECTOR, WHEN IT'S WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD ONLY TO MAKE COMMITMENTS, HOW DID WE GET HERE? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK YOUR CAPITAL PROJECT IS ERRONEOUS AND IT'S DECEPTIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE LITTLE TEAS THERE, MEANING THE THIRD PARTY'S GONNA PAY FOR IT. AND THIS MOU SPECIFICALLY STATES YOU, YOU THE PUBLIC IS PAYING FOR IT. THAT'S ABOUT 300 TO 350 MILLION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT INCLUDES PURE 19 CHANGES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY PURE 19 CHANGES. 'CAUSE YOU WOULDN'T WANNA DRAW ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE HIDDEN AND DECEPTIVE. I'M LOOKING FOR A BOARD THAT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT ITS STAFF DOES. I'M HOPING IT'S THIS BOARD, BUT IF NOT, I HOPE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES THAT IT WANTS A BOARD THAT PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OF STAFF AND NOT COMMIT THE BOARD TO EXTENDING THIS CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS, EVEN IF YOU REJECT IT. VERY BAD POLICY. VERY BAD PRACTICE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION ON THE OTHER TOPIC OF MARGARITAVILLE AND DISNEY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ANNOUNCED THAT DISNEY WAS COMING YEAR ROUND. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MAY NOT BE HAPPENING AND I'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER IF IT WILL OR WILL NOT HAPPEN IF IT'S GONNA COME YEAR ROUND, STARTING IN 2027. DID YOU PICK MARGARITAVILLE OVER DISNEY? THAT'S THE BASIC QUESTION FOR THAT. UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I HOPE, I HOPE YOU REJECT THIS, BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T AND YOU'LL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT UP. DEREK EZ, COME ON DOWN. DEREK. HELLO. HOW YOU GUYS DOING? DEREK GUTIERREZ. I'M WITH DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT KDC FOOD HOUSE. UM, HAVE OVER 150 EMPLOYEES DOWN THERE. UM, WE GOT, I, I SAW YOUR MEETING WITH YOUR FINANCIALS. Y'ALL, YOU GUYS ARE KILLING IT. YOU KNOW, I, I SEE THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. UM, THE PEOPLE AT GALVESTON, OUR PIER 19, HISTORIC PIER 19. UM, WE JUST WANNA BE A PART OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS ARE STARTING TO, TO MOVE AND, AND THINGS ARE CHANGING. UM, WE HOPE YOU DON'T KILL OUR CULTURE WHEN YOU DO THAT. OKAY? UM, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME. WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A FISHERMAN CULTURE. WE'RE HARD WORKERS, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING PEOPLE OUT AND GALVESTON REALLY LIKES US, YOU KNOW, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, SEEMS GALVESTON LIKES US AND WE WANT TO BE THERE. UM, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE PROPERLY. SO WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW PIER 19 IS GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE, UH, UM, WE JUST HOPE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE WITH YOU GUYS AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLACE THAT, THAT, UM, WE CAN WORK PROPERLY AS A SENTENCE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. [00:15:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ALRIGHT, NEXT UP IS MR. BUDDY. HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. LIKE RICKY SAID, YOU'RE CRUSHING IT, YOU'RE KILLING IT. FORWARD IS GROWING AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN FRONT OF ME HAVE BEEN FOR THE GOOD. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, WE, WE'VE HEARD RECENTLY THAT YOU NEED SOME MORE SPACE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAYBE MOVE THE ENTRANCE OF PIER 19 OVER A LITTLE BIT. UM, LET'S, LET'S CONSIDER THE HYDRAULICS OF THE WHAT'LL HAPPEN WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE. IT'S GONNA CHANGE HOW THE WATER MOVES AROUND IF PIER 19 AND, AND SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS LIKE MINE WERE BUILT IN TWENTIES AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO, YOU KNOW, RE FIRM UP THAT BUILDING AFTER I, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CHANGING THAT TRAFFIC DOESN'T CAUSE THAT WASHOUT AGAIN. UM, WE HAVE A HUNDRED YEAR PLUS HISTORY OF, OF TENANTS AND PIER 19 AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT, I'M SURE OF THAT. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US IN, IN WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. I JUST HOPE THAT WE LISTEN TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME THERE BECAUSE MYSELF, I'VE BEEN THERE 48 YEARS AND I'M THE YOUNGEST TENANT THERE IN THE MAJOR. OUR NEW TENANT, UH, IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR THE PIER 19 AREA SPRINGS IN A CLASS OPERATION. UM, I HOPE WE CAN GET A LEASING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO TAKE OUT PIER 13 NORTH AND SOUTH. LET HER MOVE HER OPERATION A LITTLE OVER AND, AND PAY FOR THOSE TWO SLIPS BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO PUT A NEW PIER IN THAT THEY CAN LOAD OFF OF. AND, UH, I WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN UP MY FIRST SLIP I EVER HAD PIER 19 BEHIND THE RESTAURANT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR AN OPERATION THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE ADDITION TO PIER 19. SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE PORK. SO BE CLEAN. THEY EVEN HAVE MATCHING TENNIS SHOES. SHE'S RUNNING. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU GOTTA DO. JUST KEEP . THANK YOU BUDDY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR. NICK, YOU HERE. HEY EVERYBODY. HEY. Y'ALL DOING TODAY? NICK. Y'ALL KNOW WHO I'M KD SEAFOOD. BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS A KID. UM, YOU'RE STILL A KID, HUH? YOU'RE STILL A KID. YOU'RE STILL STILL A KID. 43. UH, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT, YOU KNOW, RICKY AND MY DAD BOTH SAID, YOU KNOW, CHANGE IS COMING AND, AND IT COULD BE FOR THE BETTER. WE JUST WANNA BE A PART OF IT AND SHIP'S COMING. Y'ALL NEED TO, TO REDO THE ENTRANCE. WE'RE NOT TOTALLY AGAINST IT, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE GOTTA DO IT RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESSES. IF IT ISN'T, YOU HAVE BOATS TURNED IN THERE BY THE RESTAURANT, YOU DON'T WANT A BOAT CRASHING INTO A RESTAURANT, THAT'D BE, UH, TERRIBLE TO SEE ON THE NEWS. UM, AND UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF IT. UM, IF IT'S DONE WRONG, IT'S REALLY GONNA, IT'S GONNA CRUSH US. SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T RUSH INTO IT. WE GOTTA DO IT RIGHT IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU NICK. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT [C.3 PORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT] WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE COURT DIRECTOR'S REPORT. MR. NICE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, THIS IS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, JULY 31ST. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME OF THE SAME SLIDES WE USE JUST TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING ON IN THE CARGO AREA. WHAT THE UPS AND DOWNS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AS MARCUS SAID EARLIER, A LOT OF THIS COME IS JUST, IS TIMING. YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN DOES THE NEW SHIPS COME IN AND WHEN DOES NEW, UH, CAR GO GET UNLOADED? WE DON'T CONTROL THAT. SO, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE ARE UP, SOME OF THESE ARE DOWN AND THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER, OVER A YEAR, YEAR OF 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF USUALLY EVENS OUT ON AGAINST OUR BUDGETS. UM, HERE'S, HERE'S THE NUMBERS. UM, WE WERE ABOVE LAST YEAR IN TONNAGE, AND THEN I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WHICH ONES ARE, ARE CARRYING THE LOAD, SO TO SPEAK. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RAILROADS IS A VERY STRONG RIGHT NOW, UM, AND AS WELL AS THE DRY BULK. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 8% OVER LAST YEAR. UH, CRUISE STATS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT EVEN, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE HEADING INTO THE SEASON WHERE, UM, WE RECEIVE, WE GET A LOT MORE SHIPS IN HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, SUMMER, SUMMER IS A KIND OF SLOW MONTH FOR US, BUT, UH, [00:20:01] AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN. UM, UH, WHAT, 4%? UM, BUT I EXPECT THAT TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE SHIPS WHEN THEY'RE COMING. AND SO WE, WE BUDGET FOR THAT AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, BUDGET, UH, CONVERSATIONS. UM, NUMBER OF SHIP MOVEMENTS. AND YOU CAN READ THAT FOR YOURSELF, UM, WHERE THEY ARE, UH, WHERE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR, SIGNIFICANTLY AN ALMOST 9%, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE, UH, THE COMPLETION OF THE WEST END, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE GROUNDBREAKING ON THAT HERE LATER ON. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS, THIS IS PICKING UP PRETTY WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WENT OVER THIS FINANCE COMMITTEE. UH, NOTHING CHANGED, OBVIOUSLY. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, HERE'S THE NUMBERS AGAIN. SO JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE THOSE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GRANT, UM, GRANT APPLICATIONS, UM, THE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. UM, WE'VE, WE HAVE FILED THAT APPLICATION. AND, UH, MY LAST TRIP TO WASHINGTON WAS IN, UH, WAS MEETING WITH SEVERAL, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, AGENCIES, UM, ABOUT THIS GRANT. AND I FEEL, I FEEL GOOD. I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL, UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY, UM, THE GRANTS. BUT I FEEL GOOD. THIS IS A, THIS IS THE A, A, A PLAN TO CREATE A SMALL DOCK, UM, INITIALLY A PHASE DOCK ON PELICAN ISLAND. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE, WE FILED APPLICATION FOR. AND SO THAT WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD RESPONSE, A LOT OF GOOD, UH, SUPPORT LETTERS FROM, UH, TEXAS CONGRESS, UH, SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN. SO I, I, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. UM, EDA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE EDA GRANTS. I MEAN, THESE ARE ROLLING GRANTS AND THEY, THERE'S NO TIMEFRAMES ON 'EM. UH, THEY'RE TYPICALLY SMALL GRANTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE PORT THAT WE CAN, UH, UTILIZE THESE SMALL GRANTS FOR. AND THEN THE, UH, THAT WE FILE AN APPLICATION FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUCKING EMISSIONS AT THE PORT. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY BEING THROWN AT THIS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS AVAILABLE, BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, TO TRY TO CO CONTROL, UH, EMISSIONS AT THE PORT AS WELL AS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE, AND ONE OF THE EMISSIONS, THERE'S DIRECT, DIRECT, UH, DIRECTLY RELATED TO EMISSIONS IS, IS THE QUEUING OF THE TRUCKS AND HOW LONG TRUCKS WAIT TO GET INTO THE PORT. AND SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ALL ROUND. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MORE QUEUING FOR OUR TRUCKS SO THAT THEY CAN PARK, UH, CLOSER TO THE PORT. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS MOSTLY, UH, USED BY THE, UM, STEVE DOORS THAT TRACK THE TRUCKS AND APPROVE THEM WHEN THEY MOVE IN. LOTS OF SEVERAL OF 'EM ARE STAGED OUTSIDE THE PORT. UM, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE, UH, IN VARIOUS STAGES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT'S DEPENDENT ON SHORE POWER. UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO DOWN ALL THESE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE FLYOVER AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THE WEST END OF THE PORT, UM, ALL ASSOCIATED WITH HGAC AND, AND THE 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALL HAVE BEEN, UH, GRANTS. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE MONEY. THEY AREN'T DONE YET. I MEAN, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS PROCUREMENT AND SOLICITATION. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE ALSO SEVERAL OF THESE, UH, TECH STOCK GRANTS. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM RELATING TO THE WAY FINDING, WHICH IS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO AWARD THAT, UH, SOON. UM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS THE, UH, THE REHAB OF 38 AND 39. THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONTRACTS AS WE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, THE MONIES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE, COMING DOWN TO THE END. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, GET CLOSED OUT. UM, THE PORT SECURITY GRANTS, WE, UH, HAVE APPLIED FOR THOSE. WE JUST, WE WE'RE STILL LEAVING THE 24, 25 UP HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL OPEN. THEY, UH, THEY TAKE TWO TO THREE YEARS TO REALLY, UM, TO REALLY UTILIZE THE FUNDS. A LOT OF THEM RELATE TO OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS, OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS AND UPDATING THAT. 'CAUSE THE, THE TECHNOLOGY'S CHANGING PRETTY QUICKLY ON OUR, UH, UH, SYSTEMS. AND THEN ALSO CYBERSECURITY IS, IS NOW PART OF OUR, OUR LATEST GRANTS. UM, HERE'S A LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, TDO, UM, TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THE GRANTS. [00:25:01] UM, AND AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE PAID MONEY IN THE GRANTS. UH, WE COMPLETED THE WORK ON THE WEST END, WHICH WAS ALSO PART OF THESE GRANTS. AND SO WE JUST ARE TRYING TO GET YOU, HERE'S THE LETTER I SENT. UM, WE'RE TRYING JUST TO GET THIS THING CLOSED OUT, UM, AND GET A FINAL LETTER FROM THEM THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE DONE. AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE. I MEAN, WE, WE'VE BEEN REPORTING TO YOU, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH WHERE, WHERE THESE THINGS ARE STANDING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND NOW I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO THE SEMANTICS OF, OF GETTING LETTERS AND GETTING THROUGH THE FINAL APPROVALS. AND THE, AND WE STILL HAVE BAIL IS, IS STILL OPEN. WE STILL HAVE MONIES THAT ARE, UH, HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ARE DUE TO US. AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE THAT AS IT, IT UNFOLDS AND, AND, AND BASICALLY THE, THE, THE BUREAUCRACY HAS TO GO THROUGH AND WORK EVERYTHING OUT. STEPHEN, YES. UH, THANK YOU, JEFF. UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FOLLOW UP ON THIS. I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO SEND A LETTER AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE IT HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH BACK FORWARD. YES. SO THANK YOU FOR, I THINK IT WAS YOU, YOU OR RICHARD, YOU HAD MADE THAT SUGGESTION THAT WE GO BACK AND SAY, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS WITH THIS PAYMENT, WE'RE DONE. WE, THESE LETTERS OUT OF NOWHERE GOING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND YOU'RE IN ARREARS OF NOT GOOD. OKAY. AND HERE'S, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE IN PROCUREMENT, THE STATUS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, ITEMS. UH, YOU KNOW, THE HJC PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE, THE SOLICITATIONS, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED RESPONSES AND WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHO WE, WHO THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH. AND ON, UH, THOSE, THE PLANNING AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, UH, WE, WE DID, WE WENT OUT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, PREVIOUSLY FOR A FUEL STATION. UH, NOBODY WE RECEIVED ANY BIDS FROM THAT, FROM THAT SOLICITATION. IT'S A VERY SMALL, IS IT JUST 'CAUSE VERY SMALL, SMALL SCOPE, MAYBE? WELL, IT'S SMALL TRANSACTION AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMEBODY THAT IS GONNA GEAR IT UP TO PUT IT IN A TANK, RIGHT? NO. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE, AND THE, THIS IS THE TWO 16, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE, UH, HAVE FILED AS A NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR TO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE, UH, NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE. YEAH, THE NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE. IE LAND LAND BRIDGE. RIGHT? THE LAND. AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BEEN ADVERTISED. WE DID RECEIVE RESPONSES. UM, AND THERE ARE, WE, UH, INTERVIEWS, THERE WAS FOUR RESPONDEES, THREE OF 'EM WERE FAIRLY CLOSE. AND SO WE ARE INTERVIEWING ALL THREE OF THOSE TO DETERMINE, UH, TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT. AND THEN HERE AGAIN, THE 16TH STREET THROUGH THIS IS PART OF THE MOBILITY AND THIS IS PART OF THE SAFE STREETS RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS PART OF THE, UH, SIX, THE, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY, UH, THE CTI FOR, UH, NEW CRUISE TERMINAL. AND SO WE, THIS IS, WE NEED THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT. AND SO WE'VE GONE OUT, WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, RECEIVED FUNDS FROM HJC TO, TO DO THAT. SO WE EXPECT THAT PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO BE INSTALLED. OR STEEL JEFFREY. I MEAN, THOSE, THOSE THINGS, IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME. BE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THERE ABOUT, I THINK, I THINK THE SCHEDULE ON THAT ONE'S ABOUT A YEAR. UH, ULTIMATELY IF THE CONTRACTOR COULD PERFORM QUICKER THAN THAT, I THINK THE, IT'S LIKE ABOUT 10 WEEKS ON THE MA ARMS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, IS ACTIVE AND, AND WORKING. UM, IS ANDREA IN HERE? THERE SHE IS. YEAH. SHE'S GOT A, WE'LL LET HER TALK ABOUT HER SIDE. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBER. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GREAT. ALRIGHT. SO FOR JULY WE HAD, UH, FOR THE COURT EMPLOYEES, WE HAD THREE NEAR MISSES, UH, TENANTS, FOUR INCIDENTS AND, UH, GUESTS, FIVE INCIDENCES AND 13 NEAR MISSES. UH, WE DID HOST OUR COURT ONLY, UH, SAFETY STAND DOWN SLASH LUNCH AND LEARN. LAST TUESDAY WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 60 IN ATTENDANCE OF EXCELLENT TURNOUT. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS GONNA BE A CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON A YEARLY, AN ANNUAL BASIS. UM, OUR OBSERVATION WINNER FOR THIS, UH, FOR LAST MONTH WAS, UH, OUR INTERN, UH, WHICH, UH, HAD THE CITY WORK DOING WATERLINE WORK. AND THERE WAS NO TRENCH BOXES, UH, IN, IN THE SCOPE WHERE THEY WERE WORKING. SO HE WAS GREAT AT CATCHING THAT AND PUTTING THAT SAFETY CARD IN. AND THEN OUR HONORABLE MENTIONED WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE PUT IN THE DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE SAME, UH, ISSUE WITH THE, UH, BULL RAILS NOT BEING REPLACED AFTER THE RAILROAD SHIP LEFT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MITIGATE THAT WITH, UH, PORTS AND ILA WHEN THEY'RE DONE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN TO GET THOSE PUT BACK AFTER [00:30:01] THE SHIP LEAVES. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE JOURNEY ON THE SAFETY SIDE. AND IT IS INTERESTING THAT OUR VISITORS, GUESTS, WHICH A LOT OF OUR CRUISE PASSENGERS, THOSE ARE THE GROUPS WE REALLY GOTTA THINK ABOUT AND PAY ATTENTION TO. 'CAUSE THOSE, THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST GROUP, PROBABLY BY NUMBER. AND THEY CERTAINLY SHOW IT BY THE NUMBER OF INCIDENCES. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT SAFER FOR OUR GUESTS COMING ACROSS THE STREETS AND INTO THE TERMINAL IS, IS, IS A GOOD DEAL. AND I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED A COUPLE OF CRUISE DAYS AND A LOT OF IT, I THINK IS EXCITEMENT. YEAH. JUST, AND THEY'RE JUST READY TO GET SHIP. YEAH. AND THEN JUST THEIR TUNNEL VISION. UM, I'VE SEEN A GUY TRIP OVER A, A TALL SIGN, THE CAUTION SIGN, AND HE, IT WAS RIGHT THERE AND HE JUST WAS SO FOCUSED ON GETTING ON THE SHIP. WELL, IT IS A HARD, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR, WE GET THE ARMS AROUND OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT'S RELATIVELY EASY. THE CONTRACTORS' LITTLE TOUGHER 'CAUSE THEY HAVE WORKFORCE. THE CRUISE PASSENGER HAS A WHOLE NOTHER HERDING CAT EFFORT. RIGHT. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABSOLUTELY. MOVE THINGS OUT. YEAH. WE HAVE TO MAKE, I SAY DUMB THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR AND REALLY THINGS OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL FIND WAYS TO GET HURT. SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THAT OUR INTERN WON THE GRAND PRIZE THIS MONTH. UM, DIDN'T HE SAY IT WAS GRADUATING IN DECEMBER? YES SIR. YES MA'AM. JUST SAYING . AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, FRESH EYES ON, RIGHT? SO GETTING PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USED TO BEING OUT HERE, NEW PEOPLE IN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT DEAD LOOSE ON THE TABLE THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING AROUND FOR A YEAR, BUT WHAT'S THE DEAD LOOSE DOING ON THE TABLE? FRESH EYES. SEE THAT? SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROCESS TO BRING OUTSIDE PEOPLE IN. PERIODICALLY COME TAKE A LOOK. 'CAUSE THEY'LL SEE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF MAYBE LOOK OVER JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS. I THINK THAT DEAD NEWS MUST BE UP HUNDRED PERCENT. THAT'S SAFETY FEE ITSELF. CHECK INTO THAT. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MARK, YOUR GROUND TRANSPORTATION. UM, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAY, CONTINUE THE REVENUES CONTINUE DERIVE UPON THIS. WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, JULIO, UM, WHO'S ACTUALLY OUT COUNTRY TODAY, UH, DOING A ROAD RACE IN GUATEMALA, MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY DOWN THERE. SO WE MISS HIM TODAY. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, CONTINUED PRETTY CONSISTENT NUMBERS. AND, AND, AND WE THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WE END UP ANOTHER RECORD HERE THIS YEAR AS WE WORK THROUGH BUDGETS NEXT YEAR. I MEAN, IT JUST APPEARS THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER WIN-WIN FOR THE DOOR, UH, FOR PARKING, GROUND TRANSPORTATION. UM, I'LL LET, UM, YEAH, I'LL LET BRETT GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT IT JUST GOES, KEEPS GOING ON AND ON AND ON. AND BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO YOU SEE, I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON HERE. UM, FOR THIS YEAR, CURRENTLY WHAT, UM, IS IN DISPUTE IS THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, UH, INTERNALLY WITH CUSTOMS IS CLASSIFIED AS STEEL. AND THAT MEANS THAT THE 50% OF THE VALUE OF THE ITEM THAT WAS IMPORTED WOULD BE, UM, SUBJECT TO THE TARIFFS. UH, SO, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NOT MADE THAT OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION, NOR HAVE THEY ASKED FOR LIQUIDATION, RATHER, THEY HAVEN'T, UH, REQUESTED FUNDS. UH, WHEN THEY DO REQUEST FOR FUNDS AND THE CLASSIFICATION IS STEEL AT 50%, THEN A DELTA WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR WILL FILE A PROTEST TO CVP. AND AT THAT TIME, EVERYTHING STOPS, GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THAT WILL HANDLE, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. UM, WE ARE HOPING TO FIND OUT, OR THEY ARE HOPING TO FIND OUT BY YEARS AND ON WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE, OF THE, UH, PASTOR BOARDING BRIDGE WILL BE. IF IT IS DESIGNATED AS A PASTOR BOARDING BRIDGE, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND IS, UH, THE CORRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DECISION, UH, IT WOULD BE TAXED AT THE 15%, UH, RATE RATHER THAN THE 50%. AND AT THAT TIME, HOPEFULLY THE, UH, TARIFF THAT WAS PAID PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE I EPA, UH, TARIFFS, THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TOWARDS THAT 15% OR THE 50%, DEPENDING ON WHICH. SO THE ONE, THAT 15% IS ABOUT WHAT WE PAID FROM CLOSE TO IT. YES, SIR. SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE. WELL, I GUESS THE 50% THOUGH WOULD BE ANOTHER COUPLE MILLION BUCKS, CORRECT? YES. BUT TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS A SPECIFIC CATEGORY IN THE TARIFFS FOR PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES, AND THEY WERE IN THAT PRIOR SEGMENT WITH THE, AT 15%. AND I GUESS THIS IS SOME WAY TO TRY TO GET AROUND REFUNDS, MAYBE MAKE UP SOMETHING. WELL, AND I, I FEEL CALLING IT A CHUNK OF METAL, INSTEAD OF CALLING IT PASSING BOARD BREACH, IT'S NEGOTIATION. RIGHT. I MEAN, I, I THINK [00:35:01] THAT THEY'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU BACK 700, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION. AND YOU ASK FOR MORE. SO THEN LATER ON WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY MORE. JUST KEEP WHAT WE, JUST KEEP WHAT YOU GOT. YEAH. KEEP WHAT YOU GOT. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A BUSINESS, UH, DECISION, I GUESS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A STRETCH. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A CATEGORY IN, IN THE CHARITY. I DO, I I'M JUST THINKING IN MY MIND, THE 15% SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALCULATED INTO THE PRICE THAT WE PAID TO DEL. IF IT WAS A TARIFF THAT WAS IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME, IT WOULDN'T. AND THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE WAS NOT IN EFFECT. IT WAS AT THE TIME WE MADE THE 15, THE 15% WAS NOT, THERE WAS NO TARIFF. GOT IT. OKAY. ZERO TARIFF. THAT, THAT WAS, I THINK AS THEY TOOK AWAY THE IEE YEAH. THE EMERGENCY. THIS GOT PUT IN PLACE THROUGH THE 3 0 2. YEAH. AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE NOT, UM, APPROACHING YOU FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THE FACT THAT THIS WAS BEFORE ANY TARIFFS WERE PUT IN PLACE, AND I KNOW THAT THE DELTA HAS TWO OF THESE SITUATIONS. US AND SOMEBODY ON THE WEST COAST IS ALSO IN THE SAME SITUATION WE'RE IN. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE FACT THAT THIS WASN'T EVEN IN PLAY, UM, SHOULD BE ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING REFUNDS. ACTUALLY, ROGER, WE ORDERED THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE BEFORE THE ELECTION, BEFORE EVEN TRUMP WAS ELECTED. RIGHT. SO WE WILL CONTINUE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS IF WE CAN. I MEAN, IT IS A, IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FIGHT US, THEN WE'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU 50%. YEAH. WHICH IS NOT RIGHT. I DUNNO HOW YOU, WE JUST CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH PROTEST PROCESS. THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. IT'S CURRENT DRAFT RESTRICTION REP. SO THIS IS A GOOD ONE HERE. UH, SPEAKING WITH THE DREDGING CONTRACTOR, MIKE HOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE DONE WITH THE FEDERAL PROJECT, INCLUDING THE GALSTON HARBOR CHANNEL EXTENSION PROJECT. UH, IN OCTOBER AT THE LATEST WOULD BE NOVEMBER. THEY MAY BE CALLED BACK TO DO SOME CLEANUP WORK, BUT THEY ARE WRAPPING UP THE LIGHTEST SECTION THAT THEY HAVE REALLY IS OFF OF PIER 15, OVER TO PIER 25, AND THEY'LL BE CLOSE TO ENDING. UH, BUT THIS WILL TIE INTO A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS THAT I HAVE, UH, THIS MONTH AS WELL AS, UH, LIKELY NEXT MONTH WITH MIKE HOOKS. AND WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, BRETT? SO THE LIGHTER AREAS YOU SEE ARE SOME OF THE HIGH HUMPS AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP. YEAH. SHALLOW AREAS THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR DEPTH, I ASSUME ONCE WE GET THAT DONE. UM, IT, SO OUR HARBOR IS AUTHORIZED AT 46 FEET. PILOTS ARE REQUIRED TWO FOOT UNDER KEEL. UH, LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO JUST MAINTAIN WHAT THE AUTHORIZED HARBOR, UH, DEPTH IS AND, UH, KEEP IT AROUND 44 FEET. I CAN'T SEE THEM GOING ANY DEEPER THAN THAT NOW. THEY, THEY DO ARE SUBJECT TO CASE BY CASE BASIS, UH, BUT I WOULD SAFELY SAY THAT 44 FEET WILL LIKELY BE THE MAX AT ANY TIME. SO, YES. I, I, ROGER, I CAN GO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS. I HAVE A YEAH, YEAH. ITEM JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT, CORRECT? YES. YEAH. OH, YOU WANTED ME TO, I'M, I'M SORRY. I WAS GONNA GO INTO, I'LL GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL THERE. TWO DIFFERENTIAL KIND. YOU'RE ALL OVER THIS. SO, IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, UH, WE SUBMITTED A TWO 17 B APPLICATION. UM, AND THAT AUTHORIZES NON-FEDERAL, UH, JUDGE MATERIAL TO BE PLACED INTO A FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA. UM, AT THAT TIME, WE INCLUDED ALL OF OUR BIRTHS, BUT FORTUNATELY, UM, DUE TO, UH, YOU GUYS APPROVING A, UH, AN EXCAVATOR FOR OUR, UH, PLACEMENT AREA, IT HAS DONE GREAT WORK AND ALLOWED US TO PUT ALL OF OUR DREDGE MATERIAL, INCLUDING SOME EXTRA, UH, FROM OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT REALLY, UH, KIND OF PAID FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. UM, WE ONLY NEED TWO LOCATIONS TO BE DREDGED. ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE, AS, YOU KNOW, UH, SLIP 15, UH, FOR THE USS TEXAS THAT LIKELY WOULD BE BROUGHT NEXT MONTH. UH, THEN CURRENTLY WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE CB DOC, UH, ALSO KNOWN WAS TO SERVICE, UH, THE PECON ISLAND STORAGE TERMINAL. UM, WE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, PIS D BACK IN 1991, AND IN THAT AGREEMENT, IT REQUIRES THAT WE, UH, MAINTAIN THEIR BIRTH OR DREDGE THEIR BIRTH WHENEVER WE DO OUR NORMAL DREDGING OPERATIONS HERE AT THE PORT. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THAT IN MARCH. WE ENDED IN JULY, THEREFORE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DREDGE, UH, THEIR BIRTH. SO TODAY, UH, THERE'LL BE TWO, UH, ITEMS FOR APPROVAL THAT IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DREDGING OF THE CB DOC. AND I'LL GIVE MORE DETAILS WHEN WE HAVE, COULD I ASK, OH, COULD, COULD YOU GO BACK? YEAH. [00:40:01] ROGER, IS THAT THE, THE, THE PEER THAT'S ON THERE? IS THAT SORT OF THE THINKING THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN THAT GRANT? THIS IS THE, UH, PELICAN ISLAND STORAGE. YOU TALKING ABOUT PELICAN ISLAND? THIS, WELL, I'M NOT ASKING IF THAT'S THE, I'M ASKING IS IT LIKE THAT? IS THAT THE NO, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON, IN THE GRANT IS ABOUT A, IT'S A 500 FOOT PERTH. OKAY. WITH A, I THINK IT'S A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED FOOT WIDE APRON. OKAY. AND SO IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE LNG, WE'LL HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS REALLY JUST THE PIPES COMING OUT AND BALLERS TO TILE SHIP. GOT IT. THANKS. SO THAT'S OUR FALLBACK POSITION. APPRECIATE IT, MR. EY. THANK YOU. YEAH. LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULES, UH, WE'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS WRAPPING UP THE, THE SLIP FILL, UH, FILLING OF THE SLIP. THEY'RE DOING THE CONCRETE APRON OR JUST COMPLETED THE CONCRETE APRON OF LAST WEEK. UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT 2020 TO 23RD STREET, WHICH, UH, THEY'RE STILL WRAPPING UP A FEW THINGS OUT THERE, BUT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED AT THIS POINT. UH, KICKING OFF, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE, THE WALKWAY PROJECT, UM, THAT'S SLID OUT FOR THE KIND OF THE RE-ENGINEERING, UH, OF THAT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS FROM 33RD STREET TO 41ST STREET, WHICH THEY'RE, UH, UH, BUSY WORKING ON, UH, UTILITY INSTALLATIONS BEFORE REPLACING THAT, UH, THAT ROADWAY. UH, WE GOT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ONE OUT FOR BID, AND ONE THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET COMPLETE OF WITH THEM. AND THE BIG PIECE THERE AGAIN, IS, UH, RAILROAD COORDINATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE TXDOT WILL APPROVE THE PLANS. UM, UH, AND, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE, THE WAY FINDING, UH, OF PROJECT THAT WE JUST KICKED OFF, UH, LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, THIS IS ALREADY ON THE PROCUREMENT SLIDE, BUT, BUT THE BIDS, UH, WERE, UH, GONNA BE EXPECTING BIDS IN ON AUGUST 27TH. UH, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE LAYOUT SHEET FROM THE, THE, THE BID, UH, PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS SOLICITED. AND THEN ON, UH, 33RD STREET, AGAIN WORKING ON THAT RAILROAD COORDINATION. UM, AND, UH, IT WOULD BE IN MARCH, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO GET DONE WITH EVERYTHING AND RAILROAD COORDINATION BY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT SCHEDULE WALKWAY, UH, PROJECT, UH, WE ARE, UH, KICKING OFF THE, THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY TO, TO, WHICH IS REALLY THAT, THAT BUDGETING STUDY OF REUSING THE CENTER SECTION OF THE WALKWAY, REMOVING THE VESTIBULE OF THE GARAGE AND THE NORTHERN SECTION OF WALKWAY, AND REPLACING IT WITH, UH, REALLY JUST A RAMP ON EITHER SIDE, SO IT WOULD NOT LIKE LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO SHOW YOU AT SOME POINT. SO HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, UH, PE STUDY, WE'LL HAVE SOME UPDATED GRAPHICS WE CAN SHARE. AND I'M TRYING TO BRING, OBVIOUSLY, AS I REPORTED BEFORE, JUST TRYING TO BRING IT INTO THE BUDGET NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. JUST WE GIVE THAT OPERATION. WE DID HAVE IT LISTED, UH, BY RANDY WEBER AND HIS COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, UM, FOR 2 MILLION, ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION. AND, AND THAT WAS THE PROJECT THAT STUCK WITH HIM. SO IT'S, IT, IT'LL GO TO CONGRESS NOW FOR FUNDING. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE ANOTHER 2 MILLION. EVERYBODY WANTS THIS PROJECT DONE, THAT WANT DONE. THE STATE WANTS IT DONE. AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THE WAR ROAD 23RD TO 20TH STREET, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BIT OF WORK THERE WRAPPING UP WITH SIDEWALKS AT THE EAST END, AND A LITTLE BIT OF UTILITIES AT THE 21ST STREET, REALLY FROM 22ND STREET TO THE WEST HAS, UH, FULLY BEEN COMPLETED WITH ALL MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE IN PLACE NOW. AND IT'S OPERATIONAL. IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THE, JUST THE AESTHETICS OF THAT AREA REALLY CLEANED UP THE FRONT OF THOSE, FRONT OF THOSE RESTAURANTS AND THAT AREA. YEAH. NO, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. SO SEEING IT, UH, COME TO FRUITION, UM, YOU HAVE TO REALLY REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE RAIL COMING THROUGH THAT AREA AT ONE POINT IN TIME. SO YEAH, IT WENT ON WAS, AS YOU SEE THAT WHOLE PROJECT FINISH UP, YOU KNOW, STARTING WITH CT 10 AND BOOM DOWN HERE AND THEN BACK THERE, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE LAST PHASE OF THAT ON OUR PROPERTY. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BRAND NEW ROAD FINALLY ALL WAY THROUGH IT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IT GETS DONE, WE SEE IT UNFOLD AND IT'S HELPING SHUTTLES AND PEOPLE GETTING TO THE TERMINALS AND STUFF. SO THAT'S THE, IT'S NICE TO SEE A PLAN WORK AND THE BIG THING, AND REALLY YOU'VE BEEN, ALONG WITH BRETT AND, UH, GRACE, I MEAN, THEY HAD A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE, AND I THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING EVERYONE INFORMED OF AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE COULD STILL GET DONE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESSES AND GET THE CREWS PASSENGERS IN AND OUT. SO YEAH, THE OUTREACH WAS GREAT. UH, THEY, UH, [00:45:01] WEEKLY, WEEKLY THEY MET AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN THERE. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR, OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, PIER 38 39 SLIP. THIS, UH, PICTURE WAS BEFORE THEY PLACED THE FIRST PORE, BUT BOTH PORES HAVE BEEN PLACED TO DATE. UH, SO WE DO HAVE A CONCRETE APRON, UH, AT, AT THAT SITE AS, UH, AMON HAD, UH, MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL TRACKING KIND OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THAT MATERIAL IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE PICTURE, BUT I THINK SOMETIME, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT SOME CRUSH CONCRETE ON THAT AND, AND, UH, UM, KIND OF GET, GET MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT. YEAH, WE'RE, AND ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME, UH, TEMPORARY USAGE OF THAT AS A DIRT PILE, SO TO SPEAK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DO SOME STORAGE ON LIGHTER CARGO THAT WILL ENABLE, THAT WON'T, OBVIOUSLY TOO HEAVY TO SINK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT IN SOME PLATES AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. AND AS JEFF SAID, SOME CRUSH JUST TO BE ABLE TO, AND SO WE'RE GONNA USE IT AS SOON AS WE CAN. IT MAY NOT BE COMPLETED AND PAVED AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS, SOME PLACES, SOME THINGS THAT WILL WORK THERE. SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PURSUING THOSE. UH, HERE'S THE ROADWAY PROJECT. 33RD TO 41ST STREET. UH, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE FULL PROJECT PLAN. THE PROJECT IS REALLY WORKING BETWEEN SEVEN 37TH STREET AND 41ST STREET. AT THIS MOMENT. THE, UH, OPERATIONS, UH, KIND OF MITIGATION THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY WELL WITH ALL THE TRUCKS ENTERING INTO KIND OF THE SOUTH END OF THE ROCK YARD, WEST OF 41ST STREET AND EXITING AT 37TH STREET. CHARLES AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT. AND PROJECT TEAM HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT OF UTILITY COORDINATION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THOSE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, THERE'S A WATER LINE INSTALLATION, IT'S STORM SEWER, UH, LINE INSTALLATION. BASICALLY THAT'S REPLACING THE EXISTING WATER LINE BEFORE WE PUT A, UH, A ROADWAY OVER IT. AND, AND THIS NEW SANITARY SEWER OR STORM SEWER SYSTEM THAT WILL, UH, IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IN THIS AREA. AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT KIND OF WORK ON EVERY, REALLY, EVERY PHASE THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE INTERNAL ROAD, UH, CRUISE STORM 16, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FINAL SLIDE TIMES. WE HAVE THIS SLIDE UP THERE. UM, BECAUSE THE FINAL SCOPE OF WORK ITEMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE, YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THAT'S, UH, KIND OF CANOPY WE HAD TO COMPLETE FOR THESE 88 VAN SPOTS. UM, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THOSE VAN SPOTS COULD NOT FIT IN THE GARAGE. WE HAD TO PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE, UH, ACCOMMODATION FOR, FOR VAN ADA, A PARKING. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE SPOTS ARE THERE, LOWER LEFT. THEY, THEY HAVE THE BOTTOM. YEAH. AND THOSE, THOSE ARE STILL PAID SPOTS, BUT THEY, THEY PAY VIA QR CODE RATHER THAN THROUGH THE CASE. IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. YEAH, IT HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE FACILITY, I WOULD'VE TO SAY. UM, AND, UH, YEAH, THE CRUISE TERMINAL, 16 PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES STILL HAVE IT UP HERE. THERE'S KIND OF REALLY TWO MAIN THINGS. UH, THERE'S THE GENERATORS THAT STILL NEED TO BE SWAPPED OUT. UH, EXPECT ONE OF THE GENERATORS TO ARRIVE IN SEPTEMBER AND DELTA'S GONNA COME OUT AND SWAP IT OUT. THE SECOND GENERATOR, UH, IS, HAS BEEN DELAYED AND DELIVERY, UH, EXPECTING THAT ONE IN OCTOBER, AND THEN A REPLACEMENT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS JUST LOOKING TO, UH, BUY A COUPLE OF, UH, KIND OF CRITICAL SPARE PARTS TO HAVE ONLINE, UM, UH, AS WE CLOSE THIS PROJECT UP. AND WE STILL HAVE, UM, SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM, UH, IN INTEREST EARNINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH YEAH, THERE'S THIS QUESTION. OH, I'M SORRY. WHY IS HE GOING TO THE NEXT ONE? UM, THE, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE, THE GENERATORS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING, THOSE ARE ON THE OLDER PPPS, AREN'T THEY? NO, THIS IS ON THE NEW ONES DELIVERED. UH, THEY'RE THE, THE ONES THAT WERE, THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES DURING COMMISSIONING WITH, UH, IT'S PHASING OF THE ELECTRICAL PHASES THAT THE GENERATORS AND THEN ALL THESE DRIVER CONTROLLERS. AND SO WHAT, WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS THEY'RE COMING BACK OUT TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE THAT WAS DISCOVERED DURING COMMISSIONING. THEY'VE GOTTA REPLACE THE EXISTING GENERATORS ON THOSE UNITS WITH A LARGER GENERATOR, WHICH WILL BEEN RESOLVED. THE PHASE ISSUE NO, NO COST TO THE COURT. IT'S A WARRANTY. IT'S A WARRANTY. IT'S BASICALLY, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT, THOSE WERE EXPENSIVE, CORRECT? YEAH. NOW THE, THE, THE VALUE OF THE GENERATORS BEING REPLACED, I THINK IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT WHERE WE'RE HOLDING WELL OVER THAT AND RETAINMENT RIGHT NOW UNTIL THE RESOLVED. AND HOW, HOW LONG IS THE [00:50:01] WARRANTY GOING TO THIS EQUIPMENT? THE INITIAL WARRANTY PERIOD IS, IS REALLY, I THINK IT'S ONE YEAR. UM, BUT THERE'S MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS THAT WE TYPICALLY ENTER INTO, UM, THAT, THAT COVER, UH, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THROUGH THE, THE LIFE OF IT, THAT THAT'S TYPICALLY, IT'S USUALLY A ONE YEAR. SO, UM, THE GENERATOR, YEAH, I GUESS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE DISCUSSING WITH THEM, WITH THE FACT THAT THE NEW GENERATORS WILL GET HERE WITHIN, JUST WITHIN THAT WARRANTY PERIOD. I, YOU KNOW, I, I'D EXPECT THE SAME WARRANTY OUT OF THAT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE AND I'M, IT WAS WEIRD. I'M, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER, NOT AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. THIS STUFF CONFUSES ME, BUT IT, I THINK IT, THERE'S SOME, IT'S JUST THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE CONTROLS. THERE'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WASN'T CONNECTING PROPERLY. YEAH, EXACTLY. I MEAN, I, I, I THINK, I THINK DELTA WAS THE ONE THAT SPOTTED IT. THEY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY. THEY PUT IN PLACE A PLAN TO, UH, RESOLVE IT. THE ONLY ISSUE WITH IT TAKING SO LONG IS THAT THE GENERATORS ARE SUCH A LONG LEAD TIME ITEMS, SO THEY'RE RECTIFYING IT WITHIN THE CONTRACT AS THEY, THEY COULD BE. AND THEY'VE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER IN WORKING THROUGH THIS, THAT THE ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE-PHASE POWER AND HOW DIFFERENT PHASES OF POWER. THERE'S A LOT OF LARGE ELECTRICAL MOTORS ON THIS, AND THOSE, THOSE CONTROLLERS TAKE POWER FROM THOSE DIFFERENT PHASES. AND SO AS THEY'RE TAKING POWER, IT'S JUST DISTORTING IT A LITTLE BIT. AND SO THAT WAS CAUSING, UM, SOME, UH, OF THE COMPONENTS TO, UH, BASICALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH CURRENT. SO, SO BY DOING THIS THAT THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH IN EACH, UH, PHASE, BUT BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF POWER IN EACH PHASE, I CAN'T SPEAK SUPER INTELLIGENTLY TO IT, BUT, BUT YOU'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, . WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE DIFFERENCE. YEAH. SO, SO I LIKE, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, IS IT, IS IT CONCERNING? I MEAN, IF THIS WAS LIKE A VOLKSWAGEN, I'D SAY IT'D BE VERY CONCERNING, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A SPECIALLY DESIGNED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEVER BEEN MANUFACTURED BEFORE. AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT PROCESS. AND DELTA IS STANDING FIRM WITH MAKING THIS WHOLE WORK WITH OPERATIONAL BRIDGES. BE MY SHORT ANSWER, SHEILA. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T LIKE THE STUFF THAT HAVE, BUT THEY IDENTIFIED IT, THEY'VE WORKED ON IT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DIDN'T GET QUITE SYNCED UP WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT, AND THEY'RE GONNA FIX IT AT THEIR COST. AND SO I'M, TO ME, I'M, I'M NOT CONCERNED THEY'LL MAKE IT RIGHT AND WE'LL GOOD FOR YEARS, BUT WE'RE HOLDING THE RETAINAGE ON THAT PORTION UNTIL WE, WE DO. AND THESE ARE OUR PARTNERS IN BARCELONA, CORRECT? YES. WHO ARE HOLDING OUR TAR MONEY? WHO ARE HOLDING NO, THEY I LEADER. OKAY, THANK YOU. THEY'RE ON OUR SIDE. THEY'RE ON OUR SIDE. YEAH. UH, PIER 39 40 PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT. THIS IS REALLY JUST THE ENGINEERING WHICH Y'ALL HAVE, UH, APPROVED. AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO KIND OF WRAP THIS, UH, PROJECT UP IN, UH, ABOUT IN SEPTEMBER, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE ENGINEERING WE'RE DOING OUT HERE IS ALSO KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT, AT, UH, THE ADJACENT AREAS THAT SLIP. SO IT'S DEVELOPING THE FINAL DRAINAGE PROFILES FOR, FOR KIND OF THE ENTIRE AREA. SO AS WE, UM, HAVE, UH, REPAIR ISSUES THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE, YOU KNOW, THE PAVEMENT SOUTH OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IS STILL KIND OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT THAT'S BEEN FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO, SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THIS IS HAVING ANOTHER SHOVEL READY PROJECT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, OR AS WE HAVE TO MAKE REPAIRS, MAKING THE REPAIRS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO REDO REPAIRS THAT WE JUST DID IN ORDER TO REGRADE THE WHOLE AREA AS WE, UM, KIND OF GO MOVE FORWARD WITH MANAGING THE, THIS AREA. YOU WANNA BUILD NEW STREETS AND THEN COME BACK A WEEK LATER AND DIG 'EM ALL UP AND PUT IN DRAINAGE LINES THREE. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ON THIS PROJECT TOO, IS, IS THAT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THE DRAINAGE LINE THAT COMES DOWN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF, UH, 39 40 JUST BECAUSE OF, UH, IT, THE, THE, BASICALLY IT'S A REALLY OLD MINE THAT USED TO BE UNDER RAILROAD TRACKS, AND THEY INSTALLED SOME SUPPLEMENTAL STUFF AS THEY KIND OF FILLED THE AREA OVER TIME. SO, SO IT'S JUST A NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THIS, THIS PROJECT ALSO GIVES US KIND OF THE MEANS THAT WE CAN GO IN AND REPLACE THAT DRAINAGE LINE, POTENTIALLY EVEN WITH OUR OWN, UH, IN-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE STAFF OVER TIME AS, AS WE GET FUNDED, UH, THE ENGINEERING, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIELD SLIP THERE. YEAH. UH, THE ENGINEERING STUDIES, THE PROJECTS, REALLY, THE MAIN THING I'LL POINT OUT IS THAT THE, THE ORANGE POLYGON AND THE GREEN OR THE ORANGE POLYGON AND THE DARK BLUE POLYGON ARE, THERE'S, THERE'S ACTION ITEMS ON TODAY'S [00:55:01] AGENDA TO APPROVE THOSE STUDIES, WHICH, UM, WHICH IS GONNA, THAT TO ME, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING TO GET THOSE STUDIES UNDERWAY AND KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE. IT'S REALLY KIND OF GAME CHANGER, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO GET THROUGH THE REPORT FROM CARGO AND A CRUISE TEAM GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF 45 AND INTO THE PORT AREA IN A, IN A MORE EFFICIENT FASHION. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THE ONE, I THINK THE ONE POLYGON ON HERE THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING MOVING YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE RELEASING AN RFQ IN THE NEAR FUTURES, THE GREEN POLYGON, WHICH IS THE MULTIMODAL, UH, MOBILITY STUDY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM RAYS, LOOKING AT KIND OF CARGO MULTIMODAL MOBILITY, AND ALSO SOME BIKE HEAD ON , AND THEN LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE WORK GOING ON, YOU KNOW, BUT WORK DEFINITELY WITH, UH, ANDY'S HELP. WE KNOW IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT NEED TO BE STRIPED. UH, THEY, THEY WERE STRIPING, UH, AREAS, LINES ALONG ALL THE PIERS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE. DEVICE IF YOU GO NORTH OF THAT LINE, ABOUT SIX FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE WHARF, STRIPING PEDESTRIAN, UM, KIND OF AREAS THAT KEEP DIFFERENT MODES OF THINGS ON THE WHARF, SEPARATE, UH, DOING SOME ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND REPAIRS TO BULL RAIL. AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOME PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE DOING WITH OUR NICE NEW WHARF ON THE WEST END OF THE PORT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THESE BAR BARRIERS. SO IN THERE KIND OF MAKE WORK TIME, PAINTING ALL THOSE BARRIERS, YELLOW, SO IT LOOKS MUCH MORE UNIFORM AS WE OPEN UP OUR, AND KIND OF HAVE OUR NEW FACILITY ON THE WEST END. AND THEN OF COURSE, SUPPORTING, UH, THE INTERNS, UH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, INSTALLATION OF A LOT OF THOSE FLOOD BARRIERS. 16. GOOD QUESTION. WELL, HERE'S THE INSTANCE STATISTICS, UH, KIND OF JUST AN ONGOING, UH, TALLY OF, OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE FINDING. MOST OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IDEA OF KIND OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GOING ON AND THE PERMIT THAT WE'RE ISSUING OR, UH, PEOPLE COME ON THE, ON THE BOARD TO DO WORK. UM, SAME THING HERE. IT'S KIND OF, UH, THAT'S THE, THE SMALL AMOUNTS OF REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, BOARD ID ISSUANCE FEES. WELL, JUST, JUST A COUPLE THINGS AROUND THE BOARD. YOU CAN SEE THE RAILROAD, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, BRINGING IN MORE SHIPS. WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT, AND WE ARE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THE FUTURE. UM, AND JUST SOME, SOME PICTURES HERE OF THE, OF THE INTERNAL ROAD AS IT, UH, FROM A, FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, TODAY, UM, WE HAD SCHOLARSHIP FUND PRESENTATIONS, WHICH IS WAS EXCITING. WE ENDED UP WITH 29, UH, 29,000 NETTING FROM THE, UH, UM, MARITIME DAY. WE, AND AS, AS YOU SAW EARLIER, WE GAVE 18,000 OF IT TO TEXAS A AND M AND, AND 10, UH, GALVESTON COLLEGE. AND THEN WE RETAINED, UM, A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FUND. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, OR OUR, OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO CONTINUE THIS, UM, NEXT YEAR, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AT POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOMETHING IN, IN THE FALL. UH, JUST DEPENDS, BUT WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CAPITAL TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT PROGRAMS. GOOD STUFF. AND AGAIN, WILLIE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG DRIVER IN, UH, PUSHING US TO DO THOSE THINGS. SO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT THERE, WHAT IS WILLIE? WHERE'S THIS VIDEO? THANK YOU, JEFF. YOU'RE WELCOME. I CAN SEE HIM ON MINE, BUT I YOU PUT HIM UP THERE OR HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE UP THERE, JOHN. LEMME SEE IF I CAN, IT'S SUPPOSED HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE VISUAL. I'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON, I GOTTA TAKE OUT PRESENTATION. YEAH, LET'S JUST FINISH THE PRESENTATION. DO IT LIKE THIS. THERE WE GO. WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE END HERE ANYWAY, SO JUST KIND OF A, JUST A KIND OF A RECAP. UH, WHAT'S GOING ON, JUST THE LAST MEETING. UM, INTERESTING. WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME MEETINGS, UH, CONCERNING THE BLUE ZONE. WILL, WILLIE'S PLAYING A BIG PART IN THAT FOR THE PORT, UH, AS WELL AS MYSELF. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER, UH, ALTERNATIVES, POSSIBLY SOME JOINT PROJECTS, UH, WITH UTMB ON THE BLUE ZONE. UM, SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETINGS. WE MEETING, UH, UH, REALLY, REALLY WANT TAKE. [01:00:02] WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE TOURING, UH, BLUE UTB WITH THE BLUE ZONE, UM, ON AUGUST 31ST. THEY WON C CT 16 FOR SUCH GENERIC DEVELOPMENTS. YEAH. UM, FOR USAGE, FOR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE GULF COAST PROTECTION. I'M ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF, UH, FOLLOWING THE PROCESS OF, FOR THE PROTECTION OF, I ATTENDED ONE MEETING, WHICH WAS MAINLY ABOUT THE, THE GATE SYSTEM AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I THINK WE'RE STILL DOING SOME ENGINEERING AND STUFF ON THAT. WE HAD A COUPLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, NEW MEMBERS THAT CAME OVER, UH, JEFF AND MIKE, AND, AND WE TOURED THE PORT AND SHOWED 'EM EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON THERE. UM, WE ALSO DID A, UH, VISIT TO THE POTENTIAL ILNG FACILITY, UH, WHERE THEY'RE MANUFACTURING, WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE ON PELICAN ISLAND, IF THAT, IF BY THE BOARD, EXCUSE QUESTION. AND THEN, UM, I DID TRA, I DID TESTIFY FOR THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, UM, A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY. UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISHEARTENING BECAUSE WE WERE KEPT, UH, THE PORTS WERE KEPT OUT OF THE BUDGET ENTIRELY THIS YEAR. AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING BASICALLY IS THE GOVERNOR HAS COME BACK AND SAID, EVERYBODY MUST CUT 3% OFF THEIR, THEIR EXPENSES. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GIVING UP. UM, UH, I THINK NEXT WEEK IS ANOTHER TESTIMONY THAT I'LL BE DOING DOWN IN CORPUS CHRISTI. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT AND, AND THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS PORSCHE ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY, UH, PUSHING FOR IS HOW DO WE MAKE FUNDING, UH, PERMANENT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE STATE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE PERMANENT FUNDING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND LAURA'S HELPING AND SO IS, IS RYAN BRANDON, OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, UM, ADVISOR UP IN, IN, UH, AUSTIN. 'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND PUT ON THE BOOKS TO HAVE PERMANENT FUNDING. BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, 200, $300 MILLION A YEAR. AND WHAT REALLY, WHAT IT COULD AMOUNT TO IS WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A REVENUE SOURCE. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A MONIES WHERE IN THE BUDGETS OR CREATE MONIES IN THE BUDGET TO FUND THE COURTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF, UH, CONVERSATION WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE UP THERE. AND, AND ACTUALLY THEY, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, RAD FROM UM, MIDLAND, UM, HAD A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS, UM, ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR US. AND SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. HE SEEMED TO BE PROACTIVE IN, IN, AND ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE WHOSE, UH, DISTRICT IS MIDLAND WITH NO PORTS. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD THAT HE HAD SOME CREATIVE OR CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH HIM PERSONALLY TO SEE IF WE CAN'T, UH, GET HIM TO, TO BACK SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WOULD SEEM LIKE MOST STATES THAT HAVE COURTS WOULD'VE SOME KIND OF A PERMANENT FUNDING MECHANISM FOR. AND WE DO, WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AS, AS YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST. YEAH. HERE'S WHAT, WHATEVER STATE, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, ALL OF THOSE, ALL THOSE STATES ARE BEING FUNDED BY, AND ALL THOSE COURTS ARE BEING FUNDED BY SOME, SOME FORM OF STATE BY WHICH YOU BROUGHT UP BEFORE IS TEXAS KIND OF PROBABLY LAGGING BEHIND AS FAR AS STATE FUNDING, REGULAR STATE FUNDING REPORTS. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, A, I THINK MAYBE I'M, YEAH, YOU MIGHT MENTION THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAD. YEAH, WE HAD A REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK AND, UH, WENT OVER THE PROGRESS ON THE MOBILITY PLAN. UM, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE SAUCE PLAN, UM, IF YOU WANNA LOOK OUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT. YEAH, JUST LOOKED AT THE SECOND PHASE. WE, WE, WE'VE AGREED AS A BOARD TO FUND THE FIRST PHASE 380,000. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN PARKING AND OTHERS. AND I THINK WE IDENTIFIED, WE HAD, IT WAS GOOD THAT WE HAD THE GENTLEMAN, IT WAS THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION BUS LEADER, WHAT DO YOU CALL BUS, TECHNICAL TERM BUS. BUT HE, HE WAS HERE WITH A REALLY INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE ON THE FUNDING MAYOR AND IDENTIFYING, UH, KIND OF SCOPE. AND I THINK WE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS THAT JEFF AND, UH, ROB WINY, THE CITY ENGINEER, CAN GO BACK AND KIND OF, I THINK [01:05:01] IT WAS $530,000 WAS THAT PROPOSAL. AND I THINK WE IDENTIFIED SOME MONIES IN THERE OR SOME, SOME DIRECTION FOR THESE GUYS TO GO BACK AND KIND OF RENEGOTIATE THAT TO A, LIKE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH WE TALKED ABOUT. WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT AND THEN BRING THAT BACK AS FAR AS WHAT THAT FINAL NUMBER WOULD BE. AND THEN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY ABOUT HOW MUCH IS THE CITY WILLING ABLE TO FUND, HOW MUCH IS THE PORT WILLING, ABLE TO FUND, AND HOW CAN YOU MOVE THAT FORWARD. HEY WILLIE. HI. HEY. UM, JUST REAL QUICK, THE TOPIC OF POSSIBLY USING HOT TAX WAS, UH, DISCUSSED. I WON'T SAY IF IT WAS NEEDED OR NOT, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WE DID TOUCH ON THAT. TRY TO TAP INTO THOSE FUNDS. YES. WILL, I THINK I MAY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THIS WHEN WE SPLIT THE SCREENS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONE MORE SLIDE. JOHN, IF YOU COULD MOVE THAT YOU, THAT ONE SLIDE THERE, MAYBE. I SEE IT. YEAH, HE'S GOT IT. YOU DON'T WANT ME TO . AND THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE PORT THAT WE WANTED TO SHOW. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, C CAMP FROM TEXAS A AND M MADE A VISIT TO THE PORT. UH, THERE'S A, A, A COP A PICTURE OF THE GROUP, UM, AT THE POWER ENERGY VISIT TO THE CRISIS. CRISIS, YEAH. CRISIS FACILITY. UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A PELICAN ISLAND BRIDGE MEETING THAT WE HELD AT THE CT 16, UM, WHICH WAS KIND OF, WE THINK THAT THE, THE KIND OF LIKE THE FINAL MEETING, UM, UNTIL WE GET TO ANOTHER PHASE AND BRING THE REST OF THE GROUP. THESE WERE ALL STAKEHOLDERS FROM GALVESTON COUNTY. OUR STATE AND LOCAL, UH, REPRESENTATIVES WERE THERE, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, RANDY WEBER WAS THERE AND, AND SEVERAL LEGISLATORS. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THIS IS, THIS IS IN RELATION TO THE PELICAN ISLAND NAVIGATIONAL FUTURE. ALRIGHT. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROGER OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROGER ON THE COURT DIRECTORS REPORT? ALRIGHT, SO HEARING NONE, [RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL ESTATE, UH, 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 1106. TAKE A SHORT BREAK THERE. HE'S ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA [D. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING] KICK US BACK OFF TO THE REGULAR MEETING AT 2 37. AND I GUESS [E.4 Discuss and Consider approval of proposed Operating Agreement with Classica Cruise Operator Ltd. Inc., Doing Business as Margaritaville at Sea - Tony Brown] JUST IN THE INTEREST OF, WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE WHO HAVE A PLAN TO CATCH, I THINK IT'S OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE E FOUR, WHICH IS THE, UH, OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH OR DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL. PROPOSED OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH CLASSIC OF CREW OPERATOR, LTT DOING BUSINESS AS MARGARITA AT SEA MARGARITA DEVELOPED SEA. WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT UP TO NOW 'CAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A PRESENTATION YOU WANNA DO. YEAH, I THINK THAT, SO VIDEO, TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS. ROGER, YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE? SURE, YEAH. I GUESS INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND MOVE VIDEO. YOU. PERFECT. YOU WANT US TO DO THAT FIRST? UH, WE CAN DO, WE CAN DO THE VIDEO FIRST. I CAN TEE IT UP. UM, NICE. EVERYBODY. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. SORRY I COULDN'T WAIT. THAT IS QUITE ALL RIGHT. UH, I WAS ABLE TO MEMORIZE EVERYTHING I FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. UH, BUT, UH, I'M CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MARGARET . WE WORK WITH ROGER AND THE TEAM FOR HE QUITE SOME TIME, UH, NOW, BUT REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BRAND. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, OUR DEPLOYMENT IN, IN GALVESTON AND, UH, ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRAND, UH, HERE IN TEXAS. SO, AND ON A, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'M A NATIVE TEXAN. ALL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WITHIN, UH, DRIVING DISTANCE FROM THE PORT. SO THIS SEASONAL DEPLOYMENT, UH, INITIALLY, AND THEN THE LONG TERM OPPORTUNITY FOR US, I THINK WILL MAKE ME VERY POPULAR WITHIN THE, UH, IVY FAMILY. SO WE'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE'VE GOT A SHORT VIDEO HERE. UM, I'LL GIVE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TEE UP BEFORE WE RUN THROUGH IT. BUT, UM, WE STARTED THE BRAND IN 2022, MARGARITAVILLE C IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LA BUFFETT'S, UM, MARGARITAVILLE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS, UH, AND CLASSICA CRUISE OPERATOR LIMITED, WHICH IS THE HOLDING COMPANY FOR THE CRUISE ASSETS, UM, HAVE EXPANDED IN THE LAST LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS FROM A SINGLE SHIP AND A SINGLE PORT OPERATING OUTTA THE PORT OF PALM BEACH IN FLORIDA. IN 2022, WE RAN ONE ITINERARY, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY BACK AND FORTH FROM THE PORT OF PALM BEACH TO GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. UH, AND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE EXPANDED TO THREE SHIPS. ITINERARIES IS RANGING FROM TWO NIGHTS TO 10 NIGHTS, UH, AND [01:10:01] AN AWARD-WINNING FLEET. SO WE'RE EXCITED. UH, THE GREAT THING FOR US IS, YOU KNOW, TEXAS CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY, UH, MARKET FOR THE HOSPITALITY AND RESORT SIDE OF THE BUSINESS, WHICH I'M SURE MANY OF YOU WHO SPEND TIME IN GALVESTON KNOW THERE'S, UH, OTHER DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN MARGARITAVILLE. SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED. WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH TEXAS, OUR BRAND, UM, AND THE PORT. SO. RIGHT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I GUESS WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS SEE AS KIND OF YOUR PRIMARY KIND OF MARKET OF CRUISERS? OR DO YOU, I KNOW CARNIVAL GOES FOR CERTAIN FOLKS IN RURAL CARIBBEAN. WHAT DO YOU GUYS KIND OF SEE AS YOUR TARGET? YEAH, SO TARGET, UM, SO I THINK FOR OUR BRAND, YOU KNOW, ONE, WE'VE GOT THE BENEFIT OF A SCALE HOSPITALITY BRAND ON THE HOTEL AND RESORT SIDE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR HAVE COME THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE MARGARITAVILLE. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS BUYING A T-SHIRT, GOING TO A RESTAURANT, GOING TO ONE OF THE HOTELS. SO, UM, WE SEE A LOT OF NEW TO CRUISE GUESTS. WE ALSO SEE OTHERS WHO WANT SOMETHING THAT OUR SHIPS ARE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WOULD DEFINE AS A, AS A MEGA SHIP NECESSARILY. UH, IT'S MORE OF A LAID BACK, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT LIKE YOUR FAVORITE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY RUN BEACH OR MORE INTIMATE EXPERIENCE. YEAH. BUT WE'RE IN THE EXPERIENCE FOR MUSIC FORWARD. UM, WE'VE GOT A NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING. WE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR WITH, UH, ZACH BROWN AND ZACH BROWN BAND. OH, OKAY. CONTINUING ON, UH, JIMMY'S LEGACY. WE, WE LEAN A LOT INTO THE, THE MUSIC SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND IT'S A VERY FUN LAID BACK, UH, EXPERIENCE ON BOARD WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED, I USED TO WORK IN THE THEME PARK BUSINESS AND YOU WOULD SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE AFTER A WEEK AT A THEME PARK NEED TO IMMEDIATELY GO ON ANOTHER VACATION. WE THINK WE DELIVERED, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT A PLACE YOU CAN REALLY CHILL, SO. OKAY. COOL. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU GUYS FOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. AND WE, UH, WELCOME YOU GUYS TO GALVESTON. ROGER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TONY TEAM. THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB, SO, OKAY. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. DO WE WANT TO, WE DO. OKAY. YES, WE DO. SO 'CAUSE WE'VE NOW GOT THE, UH, PRESENTATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH CREWS OPERATOR BUSINESS AS MARGARET SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY. COMMENT IF I MIGHT. SURE. JUST THAT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION DURING PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT, UH, THE TERMINAL THAT THERE'LL BE, UH, THERE'LL BE OPERATING A LITTLE ABOUT, I TURN 25, BUT MOSTLY OUT OF TERMINAL 28. AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT DISNEY AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT DISNEY ADVISED THE FORT THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED FOR THE TIME BEING IN, DOING YEAR ROUND OR OTHERWISE EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS HERE. AND, BUT IF THEY EVER CHOSE TO DO SO, WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THEM THAT WOULD, UH, COULD ADDRESS THAT IF THE, IF IT HAPPENS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. SO WE HAD A MOTION A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SO IT LOOKS UNANIMOUS. SO AGAIN, WELCOME TO GALVESTON GUYS. LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND WAITING. YEAH, WELCOME. HAPPY TO. GOOD. SO I'M GONNA GO BACK UP TO [D.1. Discuss and Consider Action, if any, On Specific Matters Discussed in Executive Session Which Were Listed on the Agenda in Sufficient Detail to Provide Notice to the Public as Required by the Texas Open Meetings Act.] D AND I THINK WE AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY ON SPECIFIC MANNER MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WERE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, INSUFFICIENT DETAIL TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS. EX I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANYTHING THERE. SO [E.1 CFO Report/Consent Agenda] I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO BUSINESS ITEMS. WE HAVE A CFO REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA. SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT, UH, WE APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS. UH, WE DISCUSSED THEM DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE [01:15:01] MEETING AND FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT 'EM. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEM TO Y'ALL. THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM H TO BE SEPARATE MOTION. YES. YES. AND I, I GUESS I COULD DO ITEM H NOW. I THINK YOU PROBABLY, YEAH, IT'S YOUR PREFERENCE ON THE ORDER. YEAH. OKAY. EVERYTHING BESIDES H AND THEN H OR VICE VERSA. OKAY. SO, AND, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE ITEM ITEM H IN THAT, WHICH IS WHAT? THAT WAS THE TRAVEL, UH, THE TRA YES. I'M SORRY. IT'S THE TRAVEL BOARD NEEDS TO APPROVE ANY INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. SO HE WOULD BE APPROVING ROGER'S TRAVEL TO, UH, LONDON FOR A CRUISE, INTERNATIONAL CRUISE COPIES, WHICH I THINK GIVES SOME EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES. I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR US. YEAH. COULD BE POTENTIALLY GOOD. SO THOSE TWO ITEMS ON THE, ON THE MOTION THAT I HAVE A SECOND SHEET. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. E TWO, DISCUSS [E.2 Discuss and Consider Approval of Cash Reserve Policy of the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves] AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CASH RESERVE POLICY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WAR. RICHARD, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THAT. THE, UH, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER A CASH RESERVE POLICY AND WE, UH, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND IT AT THE BOARD LEVEL AND ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. SOMETHING WE'VE NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. SHEILA. SHEILA, WE GOT A SECOND. DOES THAT TAKE THAT AS A SECOND? SO ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SO AGAIN, UNANIMOUS, I GUESS WE'VE GOT, VIC IS THE, HAD HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING, SO WE'RE SIX ON THAT TOTAL. SO MOVING [E.3 Discuss and Consider Approval of Proposed Second Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., d/b/a Royal Caribbean Group. - Tony Brown] ON TO E THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OF RURAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LIMITED DOING BUSINESS AS RURAL CARIBBEAN GROUP. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER THE APPROVAL OF THE MOA TO, UM, A LATER MEETING. UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH TODAY, AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS, UM, CONTAINED THEREIN, BUT WITH THE MOTION, I GUESS JUST WANT TO DRIVE HOME THAT THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, WE'RE EAGER TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH ROYAL CARIBBEAN, UM, HASH OUT THESE, WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE SOMEWHAT MINOR DETAILS, BUT IMPORTANT DETAILS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE, WE JUST WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AND DRIVE OUT SOME OF THOSE. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY, SO WILLIE HAS A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION RAISE. ANY OPPOSED? SO, MOTION CARRIE IN. SO WE DID E [E.5 Discuss and Consider for Approval, a Memorandum of Agreement and a License Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and also, a Cost Funding Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Pelican Island Storage Terminal Inc. in the amount of $333,451.78 for the Placement of Dredge Material into the Federal Pelican Island Placement Area. - Brett Milutin] FOUR SKIP. MOVING ON TO E FIVE, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. AND ALSO A COST FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND PELICAN ITEMS STORAGE TERMINAL, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,330 $3,451 AND 78 CENTS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF DREDGE MATERIAL INTO THE FEDERAL PELICAN ISLAND PLACEMENT AREA. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. SORRY FOR THE LONG TITLE ON THAT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WE DID GET A JUMPSTART ON THIS DURING THE, UH, THE COURT DIRECTORS REPORT. UM, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE, UH, WE, UH, APPLIED FOR TWO 17 B APPLICATION FOR, UH, WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO PUT NON-FEDERAL, UH, MATERIAL INTO THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE ON SILICON ISLAND. UM, THE AGENDA YOU HAVE HAS TWO COMPONENTS. THE FIRST IS REAL ESTATE LICENSE AS WELL AS, UH, THE MOA WITH THE ARMY CORPS THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT THE MATERIAL IN THE PLACEMENT AREA. AND IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CB DOCK, ALSO KNOWN AS GTI THOUSAND FOOT DOCK HERE. UH, ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 44,000 CUBIC YARDS INTO THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ENTERED INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH HIS D BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 1991. UM, AND IT STATED THAT WHEN WE PERFORM OUR NORMAL DREDGING OPERATIONS AT RST, WE WOULD ALSO DO THEIRS. WE STARTED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. WE COMPLETED IN JULY, UM, AND AFTER JULY, WE COMPLETELY FILL THE CAPACITY OF OUR PLACEMENT AREA, PROBABLY ABOUT 110% OR SO. THEREFORE, THERE ARE NO, THERE IS NO OTHER AVAILABLE, UH, PLACEMENT SITE IN THE AREA THAT'S VERY, UH, IMPORTANT FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. UH, THEREFORE, UM, WE'D LIKE TO APPROVE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH, UH, PUTTING THE PLACE THE MATERIAL INTO THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA. THE OTHER IMPORTANT, UH, PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, WITH PISTE IS THAT ALTHOUGH WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DREDGE THEIR BIRTH, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO [01:20:01] PAY FOR THE TIPPING OR PLACEMENT FEES INTO THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA. HENCE, YOU HAVE THE COST FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO PAY THAT PORTION OF THE JUDGING COSTS. ALRIGHT, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO DO THIS. RICHARD HAS A MOTION. SECOND. ERIC HAS A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BRETT, WE'RE STILL UP [E.6 Discuss and Consider for Approval a Maintenance Dredging Contract Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Mike Hooks LLC., for the dredging of the Seabee Dock for the Primary User, Pelican Island Storage Terminal INC. (PISTI). - Brett Milutin] HERE. YES. E SIX DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF MAINTENANCE DREDGING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON BOARD AND MIKE HOOKS, LLC FOR THE DREDGING OF THE CB DOCK FOR THE PRIMARY USER OF PELICAN ISLAND STORAGE, UH, TERMINAL INC. IE PISTE. YES, AS I MENTIONED IN THE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, PISTE, UM, AS WELL AS OUR PLACEMENT AREA, THERE IS NO MORE CAPACITY IN OUR PLACEMENT AREA, THEREFORE THE ONLY AVAILABLE SITE IS THE PELICAN ISLAND, UH, PLACEMENT AREA THAT IS UNDER CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, MIKE HOOKS IS THE FEDERAL CONTRACTOR PERFORMING THE WORK, UH, THE FEDERAL HARBOR WORK, THEREFORE, THEY HAVE FULL CONTROL OF THAT SITE. THEREFORE, WE ARE DOING THE SOLE SOURCE, UH, TO CONTRACT WITH MIKE HOOKS TO PERFORM THAT DREDGING PROJECT. WE GET A MOTION, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RICHARD'S OUR MOTION GUY TODAY. YEAH. SECOND MOTION. I'LL GIVE IT. SHEILA. IT WAS KIND OF, IT WAS CLOSE THERE, BUT SHE SECOND. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. OH, I'M SORRY. YEP. THERE IS ONE, ONE THING, UM, CONFIRM THAT, THAT THAT DREDGED, UH, FOOTPRINT FOR THE, UH, CB DOC IS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FEDERAL CHANNEL. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, SIR. YEP. YEP. SO WE'RE GONNA JUDGE THEM TO 45 B 44 PLUS ONE. AND OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE CLOSE TO 50 FEET, UH, OFF IN THE, IN THE FEDERAL HARBOR. AND, AND JUST ONE CAVEAT TO THIS, UH, NEXT MONTH I'LL ALSO BE BRINGING A SIMILAR, UH, AGREEMENT, UH, FOR SLIP 15, UH, FOR THE USS TEXAS 35 PLUS 1 45 PLUS 1 44 PLUS ONE. OKAY, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS IMAGE. IT SAID 35. YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST GIVEN KIND OF THE TEMPORARY, BUT NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S 44 PLUS ONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR IT? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. AND I GUESS IF I COULD, [Items E.7 & E.8] I GUESS E SEVEN AND E EIGHT, I GUESS I'M GONNA DO THOSE TOGETHER, IF THAT'S OKAY. UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND KIMBERLY BORN AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED TO PERFORM FEASIBILITY STUDY OF 51ST, UH, IN HARBORSIDE, THE IH 45 TO ROAD CONNECTOR TO A VALUE NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, INCLUDING CONTINGENCY. AND THEN E EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD, GALVESTON WARS AND KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED TO PERFORM A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FROM 41ST TO 51ST STREET, NOT TO EXCEED $788,353, INCLUDING CONTINGENCY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, YEAH, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, I'LL START BY, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE GRANT PROJECTS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS AND SEPARATE DATA ITEMS. BUT, UH, WHENEVER WE DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY WITH , THEY RECOMMENDED THAT IF WE WERE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING ONE CONSULTANT PERFORM BOTH OF 'EM, THAT WE NEEDED TO ADVERTISE 'EM TOGETHER AS TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, KEEP, KEEP ALL THE PROJECT FUNDING SEPARATE. SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING IT. UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY SEE THESE AS COMPLIMENTARY PROJECTS. AND SO WE SEE A, A GREAT BENEFIT IN HAVING, UH, ONE CONSULTANT DO BOTH OF THEM. UM, THE COURT RECEIVED, UH, $2.3 MILLION TO DO THE FIRST STUDY AND, UH, JUST UNDER 800,000 WILL BE THE SECOND STUDY. UH, ULTIMATELY WITH THESE, THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT THE SHORT VERSION IS THE, WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY LOOKING FOR IS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WEST OF 41ST STREET TO DO TWO THINGS. ONE IS GET FOR TRAFFIC FROM OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL BACK TO HARBORSIDE AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN GET PORT TRAFFIC AND OTHER TRAFFIC ON HARBOR SIDE BACK TO 45 AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE GONNA BE MUL UH, UH, EVALUATING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT, UH, ROUTING OPTIONS, LOTS OF ALTERNATIVES. WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A STEERING GROUP THAT'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE END OF THIS, UH, PERIOD WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL CONSIDER AS A STEERING GROUP AND THE CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOST FEASIBLE WAY TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. UM, AND, UH, SO, SO WE'D EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE MID LATE NEXT YEAR WITH THE TWO PROJECTS. I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT EXPIRATION DATES, UH, MID, LATE NEXT YEAR. [01:25:01] AND, UH, WE MEET EXPIRATION BASED ON THIS FUNDING. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THE LAST THING I'LL ADDRESS IS, THE ONLY REASON FOR THE CONTINGENCY ON THESE PROJECTS IS BECAUSE THE FEE THAT COME IN UNDERNEATH THE GRANT AMOUNT, WE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT POP UP THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THE FEE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WE WOULD, UM, LIKE THE ABILITY TO ADD THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL, WE'LL DEFINITELY REPORT IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND PIECE. ALRIGHT, JUMP ON. COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, MAINLY ABOUT THE HARBORSIDE I 45 YEP. CONTRACT. UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY TALK, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE AND, AND THINGS THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT. IT DOESN'T REALLY MENTION RAIL IN HERE AND AVOIDING THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT CROSS, UH, HARBORSIDE. CORRECT. BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT IS A BIG YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. ISSUE OF THIS CONTRACT IN THE APPLICATION RAIL IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID. RAIL, LOW FLOODING ROADS, YOU KNOW, UM, ADDITIONAL STOPLIGHTS BECAUSE IT'S HAD TO DO WITH TRUCK QUEUING TOO AND EMISSION STANDARDS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT AS MANY PLACES THAT VEHICLES WILL HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT. OKAY. NOW, YEAH, THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME OPPOSING, UH, I THINK, UH, UH, UH, FORCES HERE. ONE IS COST AND THE OTHER IS, IS HOW MANY THINGS ABOVE GRADE WE, WE BUILD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. SO THAT'LL BE A, PROBABLY A TOUCH POINT ON CLEARLY GO OVER THE RAIL, I THINK IS, IS ONE OF THE THINGS, BUT, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA AVOID ALL STOPLIGHTS OR, OR STILL KEEP SOME STOPLIGHTS IN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. OKAY. AND THEN HOW, HOW DO YOU FORM THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN THIS? SO RIGHT NOW, UM, IT, IT REALLY, IT'S JUST GONNA BE AN OPEN, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DEFINED WAY WE'RE GOING TO FORM IT, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK WITH PEOPLE FROM THE CITY COUNTY, TDOT, PEOPLE FROM OTHER ENTITIES AROUND THIS AREA, MAYBE THE GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT, THAT THEY'RE DOING OTHER BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE COORDINATE THIS, THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS. AND, AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE AS THE PORT DON'T OWN ANY OF THIS PROPERTY, SO WE ARE TRYING TO SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THREADING THE NEEDLE THE BEST WAY WE CAN FROM THE PORT BACK TO OPEN ROAD. AND, UH, SO, SO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE RIGHT OF WAYS, OWN PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GONNA BE, WE'LL, WE'RE LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE EVALUATION FACTORS AS WELL. UM, GOOD. I MEAN, I, I REALLY APPLAUD THE PORT FOR TAKING THIS ON. I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE CITY. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I GET STUCK BEHIND ONE OF THOSE WIND BLADES OR THAT TRAIN, HAPPY. SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS IS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. FORWARD. THIS IS, THIS IS EXCITING. THIS IS GOOD STUFF. ALRIGHT, SO DID WE HAVE A MOTION ALREADY? WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTION YET, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN, WE MAY HAVE A MOTION MAKER. SOMEBODY COULD MAKE ONE. I MEAN, WE KIND ERIC, ERIC CAN JUMP OUT THERE. WILL, IT LOOKS LIKE WILLIE'S GOT A SECOND. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK THIS TIME. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ITEM BOTH, BOTH FOR E SEVEN AND E EIGHT? YES, SIR. I ASSUME, I ASSUME THAT'S YOUR MOTION. MY MOTION IS IS FOR BOTH. DID YOU PRESENT? HE PRESENTED BOTH. YEAH. I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY VERY SIMILAR PROJECTS. JUST TWO DIFFERENT SCOPE AREAS. YEAH. WILLIE SECONDED. ANY COMMENTS? WILLY? OKAY, WILLIE. LOOKS GOOD THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING FOR BOTH SETS? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE [E.9 Discuss and Consider Approval of Blanket Easement for Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC related to Electrical Distribution Facilities needed for Davie Defense’s Gulf Copper Improvements - Jeffrey Thomas] HAVE ANOTHER JEFFREY ITEM HERE. SO SU UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BLANKET EASEMENT FOR CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC RELATED TO ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES NEEDED FOR DAVY DEFENSES, COPPER INVESTMENTS IMPROVEMENTS. YES. IMPROVEMENTS. SORRY THAT, YEAH, THEY DID SAY IMPROVEMENTS. YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS THIS ITEM WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY IS, UH, REALLY MOST, MOSTLY JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, NEED OF GULF COPPER APPROACHED US ABOUT THE NEED TO CHANGE SOME ELECTRICAL FACILITIES OVER THERE BY A TARGET DATE OF OCTOBER, WHICH WE SEE AS OPTIMISTIC IS BEING ABLE TO PROVE THAT. BUT IN ORDER TO EVEN HAVE A CHANCE AT MAKING THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WILL NEED EASEMENTS TO BE EXECUTED KIND OF AS SOON AS PAPERWORK IS READY. AND SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE APPROACHED THIS ON A PAST PROJECT FOR THE CRUISE TERMINALS IS WE WILL GRANT, UH, CENTER POINT AND BLANKET EASEMENT OVER OUR PARCEL THAT WE OWN AND CONTROL. UM, AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO INSTALL THE, THE SERVICE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THEY HAVE IT AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SHOOT THOSE POLES IN AND CREATE THE EASEMENT AROUND THAT. AND THEN THE BLANKET [01:30:01] EASEMENT GETS, UH, REMOVED AF AT THAT POINT. AND SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE A BLANKET EASEMENT SO THAT ONCE CENTER POINT AND GOLF COPPER HAVE THEIR, UH, ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION, UM, SYSTEMS KIND OF LAID OUT, THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE A BLANKET EASEMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL 'EM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR A FINAL EASEMENT, UH, ONCE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE RICHARD, UH, ERIC IS A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JEFFREY ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES IN. UH, AND THEN NOW WE [E.10 Discussion Only - Port of Galveston Maintenance Presentation - Jeffrey Thomas] HAVE FOR DISCUSSION ON LEE, I THINK WE ASKED FOR THIS, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES AND GIVEN JEFF THE OPPORTUNITY, TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE. GREAT, GREAT. THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION HERE. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE PROJECT SIDE AND ALL THE GOOD WORK WE DO. SO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE QUOTE BORING, THE VERY IMPORTANT STUFF, IT'S, THANK Y'ALL. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, LEMME, UH, I'LL FIRST START BY SAYING THAT, UH, JOHN, DYLAN AND DOMINIC PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND OUR ARE REALLY OUR GOAL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE'S THE PRESENT? PRESENT WHAT YOU NEED THE PRESENTER. OH, SO HERE YOU'RE THE PRESENTER. YES. PRESENTING, PRESENTING. THE, THE GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO REALLY, UH, GIVE Y'ALL, UH, AN OVERVIEW. UM, I, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I HAVE TROUBLE STAYING AT THE HIGH LEVEL, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND DO THAT WITH THIS PRESENTATION. BUT, BUT THE MAIN ITEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT HERE IS GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA FOR WHAT ASSETS WE MAINTAIN, GIVE EXAMPLES OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WE PERFORM ON THOSE AND KIND OF AREAS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON IN THE FUTURE. UM, AND I PUT THAT LITTLE QUOTE DOWN THERE. UM, EVERYONE PLAYS A PART IN MAINTENANCE. IT'S JUST LIKE SAFETY, THAT IF YOU KEEP WALKING BY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IS BROKEN, IT'S NEVER GONNA GET FIXED. SO IT TAKES EVERYBODY, PORT USERS, PORT TENANTS, PORT STAFF, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, AND, AND OF COURSE OUR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FOLKS AT THE CRUISE DEPARTMENT AND PARKING DEPARTMENT THAT PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON ITEMS EVERY DAY. I LIKE YOUR LITTLE THINK SAFE. YES. YEAH, NO, THAT'S, YEAH, IT'S A GREAT, UH, SAFETY LOGO THAT, UM, DOMINIC WORKED WITH KATHY TO DO. SO WE'RE GONNA JUST WALK THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICK, BUT KIND OF TALK, TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE GOT. BUT SO, SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE IS, IS CIVIL IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT CIVIL IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO PUBLIC WORKS, BUT ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING, UH, WATER, SANITARY SEWERS, STORM SEWERS. AND SO, UM, UH, THE PICTURE KIND OF IN THE BACKGROUND IS, IS A PICTURE FROM OUR, UH, GIS SOFTWARE THAT, THAT, THAT JOHN HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TO KIND OF GET THE BEST KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN. SO STATISTICS THROUGHOUT THIS REPORT REALLY PULLED FROM THAT SYSTEM. AND, AND ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE, THE DAY THIS, THIS DATA IS PERFORMS TWO THINGS FOR US. IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE, SO IF WE NEED TO MODIFY 'EM IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE THE BEST STARTING POINT, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO PULL SOME DATA THAT WE CAN THEN, UM, AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ASSETS, APPLY SOME, UH, COSTS TO, UM, UH, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, LOTS OF ROADS STRIPING, UM, UH, PORT STORM SEWER NETWORK IS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE NUMBER WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. NINE MILES ON OUR, ON OUR LITTLE POSTAGE STAMP. WE'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN STORM SEWER, UH, SYSTEM, WE HAVE THE CITY STORM SEWER SYSTEM THAT KIND OF COMES THROUGH THE PORT PROPERTY. SO, UH, LOOKING AT KIND OF ALL THAT STUFF, UM, HERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, US GOING IN AND KIND OF REPAIRING A STORM SEWER SYSTEM. UM, YOU SEE THE, THE, THE BOXES, THE, THE TRENCHING, UH, THE TRENCH SAFETY, UH, BOX THAT THEY LEARNED HOW TO INSTALL TO KIND OF KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY'RE WORKING, UM, ON THE STORM SEWER REPAIR. SO LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO IN HOUSE FROM CONCRETE AND ASPHALT PAVEMENT REPAIRS, UH, EVEN THOUGH REPAIRING ERODED AREAS AROUND MARINE STRUCTURES, THERE'S ONE AREA OF PIER 37 WE WERE JUST WORKING ON. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE AVOID POPPED UP. UM, STORM SURGE SYSTEM REPAIRS, STRIPING AND SIGNAGE. THE NEXT ONE WE MOVED ON TO IS OUR MARINE STRUCTURES. YOU KNOW, JUST OVER, UH, TWO MILES OF KIND OF LINEAR, UH, FEET OF, OF MARINE STRUCTURES. WE HAVE, UM, JUST UNDER 200 FENDERS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE KIND OF IN AS WE REDEVELOP THE PORT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE OF THOSE FENDERS AND ITEMS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP AS FEW FENDERS WHEN POSSIBLE. SO WE HAVE FEWER SPARES THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, KEEP TRACK OF. UM, JUST OVER [01:35:01] 222, UH, BOLLARDS WE HAVE IN THE PORT. SO REALLY, WE HAD A SLIDE ON THE TRUCTURE REPORT HERE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE BULL RAILS, WHICH THE BULL RAILS ARE KIND OF THE GUARD RAILS AROUND THE EDGES OF THE PORT THAT KEEP FORKLIFTS AND OTHER VEHICLES FROM DRIVING INTO THE, UH, THE CHANNEL. UM, BOLLARDS REQUIRE, UH, PAINTING AND REC COATING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MOORING LINES WEAR THE PAINT OFF AND THEN YOU GET CORROSION, UH, TO THAT TAKES PLACE. AND THEN THE FENDER PANELS, UH, THE FENDERS, THEY, THEY ALWAYS NEED CONSTANT ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY TAKING THE, THE FORCE OF THE, UH, LITERALLY THE FORCE OF THE VESSELS BIRTHING IN THE PORT, UH, PLUMBING SYSTEMS. UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, ABOUT 12 MILES OF, OF, UH, OF, OF WATER LINES PER PER GIS AND, AND HONESTLY, THE WATER SYSTEMS, ONE THING THAT WE'RE WORKING AT, PHASING OUT SOME OLD WATER SYSTEMS AND REPLACING IT WITH NEW. AND SO IN THAT NUMBER, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S REALLY KIND OF ANTIQUATED AS WELL AS OUR NEW STUFF AS WE REPLACE IT, BECAUSE SOME STUFF IS, UH, IT WAS KIND OF A SPIDER NETWORK OF, OF WATER LINES THAT WE'VE HAD AROUND THE PORT BECAUSE OF ALL THE WAREHOUSES AND ALL THE FIRE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE PORT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF VALVES THERE, HYDRANTS. UM, UH, A BIG THING TOO HERE IS THE SANITARY SEWER. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CITY HAS THEIR MAIN TRUNK LINE DOWN HARBORSIDE DRIVE. SO EVERY TIME WE DEVELOP SOMETHING, WE'VE GOTTA GET, UH, THE, THE SEWAGE BACK TO THEM. AND SO THAT'S THAT SECOND TO LAST ITEM THERE. 19 SEWER LIFT STATIONS WE HAVE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETIMES HARD WITH OUR LACK OF, OF VERTICAL GAIN ACROSS OUR PROPERTY TO GET, UM, OUR SEWER SYSTEMS BACK TO HARBORSIDE DRIVE, WHERE THEY CAN TIE IT TO THE PORT. UM, AT 75 RESTROOMS, UH, HERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, US KIND OF DOING SOME MAINTENANCE ON ONE OF THE, THE SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATIONS. SO, UM, WE DO EVERYTHING FROM REPAIRING WATER LEAKS, UH, WHICH OUR GUYS ARE VERY, VERY CAPABLE OF DOING, UM, UH, SANITARY SEWER LINES WHENEVER THERE'S LEAKS IN THOSE REPAIRING AND CLEANING OUT THE SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY USE PUMPS AND THOSE PUMPS ALWAYS, UM, HAVE, HAVE TO HAVE MAINTENANCE, UH, ON THEM TO, TO, TO KEEP, UH, TO KEEP UP AND OPERATING. UM, UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO BACTERIA TESTS ON OUR, OUR POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND OUR SHIPS. AND THEN EVERY TIME A SHIP COMES IN, OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, GOES OUT AND HOOKS THE SHIPS UP SO THEY CAN TAKE WATER FROM, FROM OUR SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATIONS, UH, ANOTHER NETWORK YOU CAN SEE HERE, KIND OF A EXAMPLE OF, WELL, WHAT WE HAVE, UH, THIS IS AT NORTH LOT, BUT, BUT IT'S VERY TYPICAL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DEVELOPED AREAS WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF A SPIDER NETWORK OF, OF, UH, UH, IN RED THE ELECTRICAL LINES AND IN ORANGE, THE COMMUNICATION LINES THAT, UH, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND, AND ALSO SUPPORT EVERYTHING FROM OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS TO OUR OWN CONNECTIVITY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WORK. UM, SO A A LOT OF CONDUITS, HANDHOLDS, UM, A LOT OF SEPARATE, UH, UM, UM, ELECTRICAL SERVICES YOU CAN SEE 70 PLUS. AND THOSE ARE ALL POINTS WHERE WE COORDINATE WITH OUR ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDER CENTER POINT ON KIND OF MAINTAINING THOSE, UH, THOSE SERVICES HERE. WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN KIND OF DO ON OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, REPAIR AND REPLACE DAMAGE SYSTEMS. UH, THESE SYSTEMS LIKE TO GET HIT BY FORKLIFTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME. UH, REPLACE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AS THEY AGE AND GET CORRODED. AND, UH, LIGHTS IS ANOTHER BIG THING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, ON THE LAST PAGE, EVEN THREE 50 LIGHTS THAT OUR GUYS HAVE TO, UM, KEEP IN OPERATING, SO, SO THAT WE CAN DO BUSINESS SAFELY. BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, THIS RANGES FROM EVERYTHING FROM OUR POLICE STATION TO OUR PARKING GARAGES, PRODUCE TERMINALS, WAREHOUSES, BUT THEY ALL HAVE VERY SIMILAR THINGS. WE'VE GOT OVER 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF, UH, THE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. OF COURSE, THE ONE IN THE PICTURE THERE IS OUR LARGEST STRUCTURE BY SQUARE FOOTAGE. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER JUST OVER HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF PARKING GARAGE. IT'S 16, UH, PARKING GARAGE. SO BIG THINGS HERE ARE BUILDING ENVELOPE, KEEPING THE WATER OUT, UM, PERFORMING, UH, INSPECTIONS OF THE STRUCTURES, KEEPING THE ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS WORKING 18 ELEVATORS, 17 ESCALATORS. AND, UH, ONE WHEELCHAIR LIFT HERE IN THE TRANSIT TERMINAL ACROSS THE STREET. UM, THE HVAC UNITS, THIS IS JUST THE BIG UNITS. YOU KNOW, IF WE COUNTED EVERY SINGLE SMALL UNIT, I THINK WE HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, UH, THREE AND 350, UH, UNITS TOTAL. BUT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE LARGE PACKAGE UNITS YOU SEE THERE WITH THE 50 OR 47 AND THE THE 10. UM, AND THEN JUST GENERAL STUFF YOU SEE FROM MONTH TO MONTH. UH, MAINTAINING FINISHES AND OVERHEAD DOORS ARE A HUGE THING [01:40:01] FOR, FOR PORTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR CARGO SAFE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KEEP THE WEATHER OUT. SO OVERHEAD DOORS PLAY A BIG PART IN WHAT WE DO. UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE, I WOULD CONSIDER OUR SPECIALTY ASSETS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY NICHE TO WHAT WE DO, AND THERE'S, WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS IN THEM THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD TO FIND SOMEONE THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. SO, SO WHAT I SEE HERE IS REALLY THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES. WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE, AS WELL AS 90 TOTAL LANES OF PARKING REVENUE CONTROL SYSTEMS. SO THOSE ARE THOSE SPECIALTY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO RELY ON, UH, CONTRACTORS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN HOUSE, UM, THAT, THAT KIND OF SPECIALIZE IN KEEPING THESE THINGS RUNNING. THAT'S, UH, CARLOS THERE WHO'S TAKING CARE OF SOME, UH, UH, SENSORS ON, UM, SOME PVDS. UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD THERE ON SPECIALTY ASSETS IS, IS THE DREDGE MATERIAL PLACEMENT AREA, WHICH WAS ON AN EARLIER SLIDE. UH, THE, THE EXCAVATOR, THE JAW, UM, APPROVE PURCHASE OF, SO WE CAN HELP, UH, MAINTAIN THAT IN-HOUSE. KEEP, KEEP UP WITH SHEILAS WHEELERS. MM-HMM . THAT'S RIGHT. UH, FLEET 57 VEHICLES, 30 PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND 19, UH, GENERATORS KIND OF ACROSS THE PORT BETWEEN STATIONARY GENERATORS AND MOBILE GENERATORS. SO EVERYTHING FLEET DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO DO. WE'VE GOT THREE GUYS DOWN THERE THAT KIND OF KEEP UP AFTER ALL THIS EQUIPMENT. AND THEN REALLY FOCUS AREAS. I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE IT, I KNOW THIS IS NOT REALLY LIKE COMPLETE OF EVERYTHING, BUT JUST WHAT WE TRY AND DO, UM, OUR GOAL OVERALL IS TO DEVELOP LIFECYCLE COSTS FOR OUR ASSETS. SO WE DO THAT TWO WAYS, IS ONE, BY, UH, THE WORK THAT JOHN DOES IN, UH, THE GIS SYSTEM, KNOWING HOW MANY OF THINGS WE HAVE. AND THEN, AND THEN AS WE, UH, GET OUR DIGITAL WORK ORDER SYSTEM UP, KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE COST OF WHAT IT COSTS TO MAINTAIN THESE SYSTEMS, AND, UM, WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN MAKE THE HIGHEST VALUE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, UM, THE ONES THAT WE CAN MAYBE GET THE BIGGEST, UH, COVER THE BIGGEST GAP IN COSTS BY PERFORMING THEM OURSELVES. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE LAST THING IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN, YOU KNOW, WHILE SAFETY, WE HAVE TO TRAIN ON SAFETY, WE ALSO HAVE TO TRAIN ON MAINTENANCE BECAUSE UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, YOU, YOU REALLY AREN'T GONNA CARE TO REPORT IF IT'S NOT WORKING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING TO BEGIN WITH. SO, UM, REPORT USERS, TENANTS, AND STAFF. SO TRY TO GET THROUGH THAT QUICK. SO I HOPE THAT WAS QUICK ENOUGH, . JOHN, ONE, ONE QUESTION, UH, DOWN ON WESTPORT, UM, Y'ALL HAVE A BUNCH OF LIGHT TOWERS. DO Y'ALL USE A BUNCH OF LIGHT TOWERS DOWN THERE? DID I SEE THAT RIGHT? WE, WE DO. YEAH. RIGHT NOW, UM, ESPECIALLY THERE'S, WITH, WITH SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF OUR ELECTRIC, UH, OUR, OUR LIGHT TOWERS OUT OF SERVICE. SO, UH, ORDERING, YOU KNOW, LIGHT, LIGHT PLANTS THAT MOBILE LIGHT PLANTS THAT COULD BE MOVED AROUND. WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THOSE. AND SO YOU, Y'ALL, UH, THOSE LIGHTS WON'T GO BACK IN SERVICE EVENTUALLY OR YES. PLANS FOR LIGHTING WESTPORT. YEAH, THERE'S SOME AREAS ON WESTPORT THAT DON'T HAVE LIGHTS LIKE THE BIG ROCK YARD. WE'LL ALWAYS NEED, UM, UH, SOME PARTICULARLY YEAH, LIGHT PLANS FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME AREAS, UM, DOWN KIND OF, UH, ON THE MECHANIC STREET RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE LIGHT TOWERS THERE. SO WE HAVE LIGHT PLANS IN THAT AREA AS WELL TO KIND OF KEEP, KEEP IT LIT. YES. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT LIGHTS. WHAT ARE THE, WHY DO SOME OF THE PARKING LOTS HAVE LIKE A BLUE LIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A DRIVER ISSUE THAT, THAT WE DEAL WITH. OKAY. THAT'S NOT ON PURPOSE. NO, THAT'S NOT ON PURPOSE. . OKAY. AND YES, YES. AND YEAH, THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S ON THE LIST TO, TO WORK ON CORRECTING, BUT IT WAS A DRIVER ISSUE WITH THE LIGHTS. SO UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE OUTTA WARRANTY, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THEM, BUT YEAH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD A $20 MILLION RESERVE FOR THE BOARD OF GALVESTON. WE ARE ABLE TO CROW ABOUT THE REVENUES OF THIS, UM, PORT BECAUSE OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON ALL THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL DO THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE OUT AND, UM, AND PAY MUCH, MUCH, MUCH FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE FOR, UM, MY QUESTION AND IS, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, LIKE PVS, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTUDY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE DO LEAVE AND THEY DO DEPTH, DEPTH? YEAH. YEAH. NO, UH, ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, LIKE MOST OF OUR CREWS ARE TWO TO THREE PEOPLE, [01:45:01] UM, DOWN THERE. AND SOME CREWS PROBABLY HAVE MORE DEPTH THAN OTHERS. SOME, SOME, SOME TEAMS ARE YOUNGER. UM, AND, AND THAT IS ALWAYS A GOAL OF OURS IS TO DEVELOP DEPTH. AND BECAUSE THROUGH DEPTH, YOU ALSO ALLOW OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. AND WE, WE SEE GROWING FROM WITHIN AS REALLY A KIND OF A CRITICAL WAY TO MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR KEY VALUES KIND OF DOWN THERE. UM, WITH, YEAH, SO, SO CERTAIN SKILLS ARE, ARE HARDER TO TEACH. LIKE PBB IS, IS MUCH HARDER TO TEACH. AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVER BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE CAN KIND OF WEAN OURSELVES COMPLETELY FROM CONTRACTORS. HOWEVER, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE STAFF THAT ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTRACTORS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOCUSED. RIGHT. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU ASK A SOMEONE LIKE DELTA REPAIR SOMETHING, THEY'LL GIVE YOU A PROPOSAL, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO DIG INTO THAT PROPOSAL AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF IT TO KIND OF SEE, WELL, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED ALL THIS HERE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE SOMEONE LIKE CARLOS THAT KNOWS WHAT THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE PBS ARE AND SHANA'S TEAM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ASSETS TOO. AND MAYBE IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT CAN PERFORM THE WORK THE MOST EFFICIENTLY, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T, WE SHOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT 'EM, RIGHT? AND, AND SO OTHER AREAS WHERE HVAC, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, JUST ONE GUY, YOU KNOW, CARLOS CAME FROM THE H-V-V-A-C, SO WE'RE A LITTLE LIGHT THERE NOW, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BACKFILL THAT OTHER SPOT. SO, UM, THAT'S AN AREA, MAN, THAT THAT ONE PAYS DIVIDENDS DAY AFTER DAY DOWN HERE. UM, BEING ABLE TO REPAIR OUR, KIND OF INSTALL OUR OWN UNITS. YEAH. FURTHER ON THAT, UH, DO YOU, Y'ALL, I MEAN, THE PORT HAS A TRAINING, UH, BUDGET THAT WE RARELY SPEND. I, I'M, I'M GOING TO GUESS ROGER, WE PROBABLY SPEND PERCENT, MAYBE NOT EVEN 50. DO Y'ALL DO, DO THESE GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT? AND DO, DO Y'ALL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? THE ANSWER IS FOR THESE GUYS, THE ANSWER IS YES. THEY, THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. I'D SAY THE, SO, SO I'LL CREDIT DOMINIC, DOMINIC HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT MAKING TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR THE GUYS, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PEOPLE LIKE THE ELECTRICIANS AND THE HVSC, THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC TRAININGS THAT THEY CAN GO TO, RIGHT? SOMETIMES JUST SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS, UH, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS, LIKE WHAT, WHAT TRAININGS CAN THEY GO TO? BUT THE TRENCH BOX YOU SAW ON THE ONE PICTURE, THAT WAS A TRAINING THAT WE SENT THEM TO, TO LEARN HOW TO INSTALL THAT TRENCH BOX, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN DO THAT THEMSELVES. UM, SO, SO THE ANSWER IS YES, I WOULD SAY WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BUT DOMINIC HAS MADE REALLY BIG STRIDES AT KIND OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE DOWN THERE KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE UNLESS WE IDENTIFY THINGS. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S AVAILABLE. YEAH. YEAH. I WOULD JUST COMMENT AND KIND OF TO SHEILA'S POINT, AND THIS IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE SIDE HERE AND HAVING EXPERTISE. SO WHEN YOU DO WORK, KNOW, DO THE WORK, OBVIOUSLY YOURSELF, YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BUT ALSO WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A CONTRACTOR, IT REALLY HELPS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT HE, OTHERWISE THEY COULD SELL YOU ALL SORTS OF THINGS. BUT I, I THINK THAT'S EVEN PROBABLY AT LEAST OR MORE IMPORTANT ON THE PROJECT SIDE. MM-HMM . I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JEFF'S ORGANIZATION. 'CAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO PROJECTS AND YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO MANAGE PROJECTS, RUN PROJECTS. SO DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, EPCS, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'RE TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR SHAREHOLDERS AND MAKING THEIR, THEIR MONEY, NOT NECESSARILY THE OWNER SIDE. SO I THINK HAVING A CONFIDENT OWNER ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE TEAM AND ALSO AN OWNER ENGINEERING TEAM KNOWS HOW TO DO PROJECTS. I THINK WE'VE SEEN THE RESULTS OUT HERE WHERE YOU GUYS KEEP DELIVERING ON TIME, ON BUDGET, ON SCHEDULE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, SAFELY, UH, DELIVERING PROJECTS THAT, THAT MEET THE NEEDS AND ARE MEET ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS AND ARE SAFE AND ON BUDGET AND TIMELY. AND THAT'S, AS SHE SAID, THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO YOUR ORGANIZATION. AND I THINK FRANKLY, IT'S BEEN A REAL UNDERPINNING TO ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. IF WE COULDN'T EXECUTE PROJECTS, WE, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE NOW. THERE'S, YEAH, I, I, I CAN SAY, YEAH, THERE'S A GREAT TEAM THAT WE HAVE DOMINIC STAFF TO DYLAN, STAFF, STAFF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD TEAM. AND THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TRUST AND BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE SO EARNED THAT TRUST. TELL THEM WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL. ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T GET TO SEE 'EM MUCH, BUT WHENEVER YOU GET TO TELL 'EM, PLEASE STATE HOW GRATEFUL THIS WE LOVE YOU GUYS, JOHN. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, JEFFREY, SO [E.11 Mobility Update] WITH THAT, WE GOT ONE MORE, JEFFREY. YEAH. SO THERE'S ONE MORE PRESENTATION. YOU GOT A VERY, YOU HAVE A VARIED RANGE OF TOPICS TODAY. SO 11 IS A MOBILITY UPDATE. YEAH. AND I CAN, UH, TRY AND GO THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THOSE THAT WERE AT THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS ALREADY, BUT FOR THOSE THAT WERE NOT, WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICK. AND I THINK THE GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ALL THE THINGS, UH, MOBILITY RELATED THAT THE PORT'S BEEN BEEN WORKING ON. UM, [01:50:01] AND SO WITH THAT, UH, THE FIRST ONE, AND THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THE PORT WORKED ON SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UH, RURAL CARIBBEAN FUNDED A, A, A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FOR A FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL. UM, AND SO THAT, THAT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ULTIMATELY, UM, SUGGESTED, UH, SOME MITIGATION, UH, ITEMS AT THE 14TH STREET INTERSECTION, UH, TO, TO BASICALLY MAKE IT SO THAT THAT INTERSECTION WOULD OPERATE WITHIN A LEVEL OF SERVICE C WHICH IS BASICALLY KIND OF STEADY FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THE, UH, THE ENGINEERS TYPICALLY FIND AS AN ACCEPTABLE, UM, UH, LEVEL OF TRAFFIC SERVICE FOR, FOR, FOR PEAK CONDITIONS. UM, THE SECOND THING, UH, THAT WE'RE WE HAVE IS THE, THE PORT DOWNTOWN MOBILITY STUDY. THIS IS, UH, WHAT THE, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH WILPERT. UM, THERE'S $380,000 STUDY. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A SITE VISIT IN SEPTEMBER AND COLLECTING TRAFFIC DATA IN, UH, THE, THE WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING IN NOVEMBER TO KIND OF, UH, LOOK AT HAVING FINAL RESULTS OUT OF THIS STUDY BY JUST AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, PROBABLY IN FEBRUARY IS WHEN THE STUDY WOULD WRAP UP. UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE, UH, HAVE SOME DATA TO SHARE OUT OF THIS STUDY, UM, WE'LL BE KIND OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE FOUND IN THIS. THE BIG THING THAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THESE FIRST TWO SLIDES IS THE FIRST TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TOOK DATA AT FOUR INTERSECTIONS. SO IT WAS REALLY ONLY, IT WAS KIND OF AN OPEN GATE MODEL FOR COLLECTING VOLUMES. WHEREAS THIS MOBILITY STUDY, UH, THE TRAFFIC, UH, SECTIONS WE'RE COLLECTING DATA AT 40 PLUS INTERSECTIONS SO WE CAN REALLY GET BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF TURNING MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE WHOLE PROJECT AREA AND, UM, AND OFFER SOME MITIGATION ON NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE VOLUMES, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT WE SEE. UM, THE COURT HAS ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, IS IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS TODAY WAS, UH, UH, THE $3 MILLION, UH, THAT Y'ALL APPROVED FOR US TO DO FOR THE HGAC STUDIES AS PART OF A LARGER 8.8 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON. JUST, UH, UH, DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THINGS ARE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE PORT AS BEST AS WE CAN. UM, $408,000 WILL BE, UH, ISSUING A RFQ LATER THIS YEAR FOR A MULTIMODAL MOBILITY STUDY, LOOKING AT CARGO, UH, MOVEMENTS ON THE WEST END OF THE PORT, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN BIKE SAFETY, UH, ISSUES DOWN THERE. UM, SAFE STREETS. WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, DOING ANOTHER RFQ LATER THIS YEAR TO, TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES. $2.3 MILLION WE RECEIVED FROM TXDOT, UH, TO IMPLEMENT. UH, ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SAFE STRATEGIES, SAFE STREETS STUDY, UM, UH, INDICATED IN ITS COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. UH, WE ARE BIDDING OUT A LIGHT AT 16TH STREET RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR 33RD STREET AND HARBORSIDE TO KIND OF IMPROVE, UM, UH, MANAGEMENT AND TRAFFIC AT THOSE KEY INTERSECTIONS. WE'VE GOT, UH, $1.2 MILLION, UH, FROM TDOT'S SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM. WE JUST KICKED THAT PROJECT OFF. I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE TEAM THERE THAT WE, UH, WGI IS THE CONSULTANT ON THAT PROJECT. THEY'RE VERY EAGER AND VERY, UH, UH, FRESH EYES, UH, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THIS, UH, MEETING ON KIND OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE FROM A WAY FINDING STANDPOINT. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT TEAM, UH, COMES UP WITH. AND THEN OF COURSE OUR, OUR, UH, 25TH STREET WALK, UH, WAY. UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH FREEZING NIELS RIGHT NOW IN THAT PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY, SO KEEP THAT PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET. UH, ROGER MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MEETING THAT WE ALSO, UH, ARE, ARE LOOKING POSSIBLY AT A $2 MILLION YEAR MARK, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE ACQUISITION OF 1601 HARBORSIDE DRIVE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, EVEN DOWN AT THE EAST END OF THE PORT TO BATTLESHIP TEXAS AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES DOWN THERE. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIND A GOOD WAY TO CONNECT THE DOWNTOWN AND THE PORT PROPERTY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT. YEAH, THINK PROBABLY THE THANK YOU JEFF. IT'S A GOOD, REALLY GOOD. OH, I REMEMBER THAT PRESENTATION. . I THINK THE OTHER PART OF IT IS WE TALKED IN THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING, I THINK I HIGHLIGHTED IT LIKE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I WAS JUST, JUST LAST WEEK LESS, UH, THAT WE DID HAVE, I THINK A GOOD DISCUSSION, UH, AT THE [01:55:01] REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE $530,000 PARKING, REALLY THE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOOK. AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME ACTION ITEMS WITH ROB FLAY TO GO BACK TO OUR VENDOR AND KIND OF TRY TO WORK ON SOME SCOPE, COST, SCOPE REDUCTIONS TO GET THAT TO A, WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IS A MORE REASONABLE NUMBER. YEP, YEP. AND THEN I THINK THAT COMES BACK TO THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL, I GUESS REALLY MAYBE THROUGH THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, BUT TO THE, EVENTUALLY TO A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE BOARD, UH, THIS BOARD ABOUT WHAT, HOW MUCH OF THAT EACH, EACH WOULD BE WILLING TO WILLING AND ABLE TO FUND. I KNOW JOHN'S LOOKING AT HIS CHECKING, CHECKING ACCOUNT OVER THERE TO SEE THAT'S RIGHT. HOW MUCH FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT. UH, BUT I THINK IT'S, YEAH, SO I THINK WE GOT TO, WE'VE GOT A GOOD PATH FORWARD I THINK ON THAT ONE. WE'LL SEE WHICH MAGIC YOU GUYS CAN WORK AND YOU'LL, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON FUNDING. THAT'S A GOOD PIECE. COMPLIMENTS THE, UH, THE OVERALL MOBILITY STATE. AND, AND I GUESS THE LAST COMMENT I MAKE IS THIS, ALL, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT JEFFRY SHOWED ON HERE IS IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE. SOME OF THEM ARE INCREMENTAL, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE ACROSS BETTER, THE STREET, ACROSS THE STREET BETTER OR OFF TURNING BETTER OR WHATEVER. BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE WAY FINDING EVEN, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY GETS LOST, MISS A TURN, WELL THEY GOTTA GET BACK OUT INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND SLOW EVERYBODY DOWN. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS I THINK ARE THE MORE, THE MORE EFFICIENTLY WE CAN GET PEOPLE AND CARS FROM WHERE THEY ARE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND MOST EFFICIENT MANNER WITHOUT BACKTRACKING AND GETTING LOST OR GETTING IN CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER OBJECT, THAT'S ALSO THE GOOD AS FAR AS JUST IMPROVING THE OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW AND PATTERNS AROUND THE CITY. SO I THINK THIS IS ALL VERY POSITIVE STUFF, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. SO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU JEFFREY. SO NEXT [E.12 Discuss and Consider Agenda Items for the September 22, 2025 Board Meeting.] IS, UH, EE 12 DISCUSSING CONSIDER AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 22ND BOARD MEETING. I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY CAPTURED ANYTHING, BUT JUST MAYBE THE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MOU, MAYBE THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TRY HARD TO GET A MEETING IN BETWEEN HERE AND NOW, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT THERE. BUT SHEILA NOT NECESSARILY A, AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT, UM, ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HAVING A RETREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA DO THAT AGAIN. I DUNNO IF IT'S HELPFUL, USEFUL, YOU KNOW, GOOD USE OF TIME. BUT IT, IT WAS NEAR THE SAME CYCLE AS DEVELOPING A BUDGET. YEAH. IT KIND ALL FITS, FITS TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS A HELPFUL, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD THOUGHT, WAS A GOOD, A GOOD INVESTMENT OF TIME. I MEAN, TO KIND OF GET, GET AWAY AND KIND OF GET SOME FOCUSED EFFORT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PLANNING ON KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WHAT'D WE GET DONE THIS YEAR AND WHAT'S THE KEY PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR. GIVES EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THOSE AND TALK ABOUT 'EM. IT'S CERTAINLY HELPED ME COMING ONTO THE BOARD. AND I THINK YOU'LL HAVE, YEAH, YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER FOR SURE. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL. AND JOHN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RELATIVELY NEW TOO, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S A GOOD, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT'S A DISCUSSION, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF A WORKSHOP, REALLY. YEAH. OH, HI WILLIE. YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ALONG WITH THAT? I WAS WANTED AT SOME POINT TO HAVE, UM, OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT PUT, UH, SEE IF WE COULD PUT TOGETHER THAT SAME PRESENTATION THEY DID, DID ABOUT THE 25TH STREET INTERSECTION WHEN PEOPLE WERE CROSSING, REMEMBER THE NEAR MISSES AND ALL THAT. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW MEMBERS. WE DO HAVE NEW MEMBERS AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WAS, UH, VERY INSIGHTFUL FOR US AS A BOARD TO, TO SEE POTENTIAL DANGER OF THAT INTERSECTION. DANGER OF ME JUMPING ON MY SOAPBOX AGAIN. BUT I THINK WE CONVINCED OURSELVES THAT WE , THAT'S WHEN RICHARD'S GONNA REALIZE THAT WE CONVINCED OURSELVES THAT WE NEEDED TO CLOSE THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDS. AND THAT THAT WAS REALLY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AND FROM THE SECURITY. WELL, I, SO ANYWAY, IT'S A PIECE DISCUSSION. IT'S NOT THAT, THAT FEELING OF THAT CONTINUATION. I WANTED TO CONTINUE. NO, I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD. 'CAUSE WE HAD SOME GOOD, THERE WAS SOME GOOD DATA AND SOME GOOD INFORMATION THERE, SO I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD TO COVER. ANYTHING ELSE, GUYS WITH THAT? AND [F. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES] WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ERIC, ON ME, UM, BY GOOD PRESENTATIONS TODAY. A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS. UM, THANK YOU ALL. UH, JEFF, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT INSIGHTFUL, UH, INFORMATION AGAIN ON THAT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS WERE JUST, THE PORT IS BUILDING THESE TOP-NOTCH FACILITIES, UM, BUT THE DAY THEY GO INTO SERVICE, THEY START, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCING ALL THE VOLUME OF PASSENGERS AND THEY START COMPETING WITH [02:00:01] THIS COASTAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN. SO FROM DAY ONE, THEY'RE STARTING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE THE, THE DEGRADATION, IF YOU WILL. AND THIS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS WHAT'S GONNA KEEP THOSE, UH, THOSE AMAZING FACILITIES LOOKING JUST AS NICE AS THEY ARE ON DAY ONE, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FLIP FORWARD THAT WE NEED TO BE PUTTING, UM, TO, TO EVERYONE THAT COMES AND VISIT THIS ISLAND. SO THESE EFFORTS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. UH, THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE STAFF FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. UM, ONE OTHER ITEM. I BELIEVE THERE'S A, UH, UH, PROPELLER CLUB STEAK NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT, UM, AT THE KC HALL. IF ANYBODY'S AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO STOP BY. I WANT SAY IT STARTS AROUND SIX 30 AND IT'S HOSTED BY, UH, FROST BANK. IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC THE STEAK, THERE'S A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. . ALRIGHT, RICHARD, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE HAD LIKE A LONG MEETING TODAY AND WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF RESOLVED AND OUT ON THE TABLE, SO, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE STAFF DOES AND HAS DONE AND I THINK LOOKING FORWARD TO AT LEAST ONE MORE MEETING, MAYBE JUST A PARTIAL SHEILA YES. ALL DAY TODAY. I'VE BEEN THINKING I FORGOT SOMETHING. SOMETHING. IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. OH, THAT'S, OH, YOU GO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING IT. AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN THIS WAY. . OH, THAT'S A NICE ONE. HOW ELSE WOULD YOU DO YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS? AND ALSO JUST QUICKLY, I WAS ABLE, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL WENT WITH THE LARGER GROUP, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GO UP TO WALLER, TEXAS TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION MACHINE SHOP OF , UM, FACILITIES THAT WERE CONSIDERING REALLY, REALLY TIME WELL SPENT AND, UM, VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME AND WALK ME THROUGH IT. I THINK THOSE GUYS, THE, THE, THE POWER LNG GUYS, NOW THAT'S A BUSINESS ENTITY, BUT THESE GUYS, THE TECHNICAL GUYS BEHIND THIS PROCESS, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I'LL SAY FROM A, YOU KNOW, BACK ENGINEER, PET ENGINEERING BACKGROUND, THOSE GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHICH IS, WAS REALLY REASSURING THAT TO HEAR THOSE GUYS, THEY GOT, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND, AND, AND GOOD SUCCESS BEHIND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. JOHN, OH, WHERE TO START? MAN. . IT WAS A LONG DAY, BUT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. I THINK WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION. UM, SOME, SOME HIGHS AND SOME LOADS AND, UH, BUT IT, IT WENT WELL I THINK. AND UH, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE OF. UM, IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TALKING, HEARING WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY, AND THEN MAKING GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE CITY AND THE PORT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING TIMES HERE IN GALVESTON. I MEAN, IT'S, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, SUPPORT'S DOING GOOD THINGS, IT'S GROWING. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, SO YEAH. GOOD TO BE HERE. YEAH, I GUESS JUST CLOSE IT. YEAH, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AND I GUESS THIS IS MY, I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO GO BACK. YEAH. OH, I'M, I'M SORRY. I JUST SO EXCITED TO JUMP IN THERE. YOU DID. HOW ABOUT WILLIE? IS IT OKAY BEFORE I, I WANT YOU TO CLOSE. CAN I GO BEFORE YOU? NO, NO, NO. I, I'M SORRY. I JUST, OH MY BAD. I TOTALLY SKIPPED THROUGH THAT. OKAY. YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE JUST STARING AT ME RIGHT THERE. , UM, THANK YOU STAFF, UH, NAMELY JOHN AND ANGIE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS WAVE THAT I COULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING. IT, UH, IT'S BEEN THREE AND A HALF YEARS SINCE MY WIFE AND I HAVE TAKEN A VACATION. SO TO USE ONE WHOLE DAY FOR, UM, FOR THIS, BELIEVE ME, IT'S WORTH IT. 'CAUSE IT'S, I I KNOW IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR THE BETTER OF THE PORT. SO I ALSO GONNA THANK MY WIFE FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF IT. YEAH. WE CAN PASS ALONG OUR, OUR, UH, THANKSS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. I, I'LL PASS THAT ON. UM, I THINK THAT IT WAS, LIKE JOHN SAID, A GOOD MEETING. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OFTEN PROBABLY. AND I WANNA STRESS THE FACT THAT, AND ALL MY YEARS OF SERVING ON THE BOARD, I'VE ALWAYS FELT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR, OUR HEAD ATTORNEY AND ROGER REESE AS FAR AS NEGOTIATING LEASES, AGREEMENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING. UH, I'VE ALWAYS FELT VERY COMFORTABLE IN MAKING DECISIONS, UH, UH, AND FEELING LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GIVING ME ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO MAKE OUR PROPER, UH, CHOICES. SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SENTED, I'M GONNA SIGN OFF. AND, AND JEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING AS CHAIR. YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU. THANK YOU, WILLIE. I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS TOO. MAYBE NOT TILL FOUR O'CLOCK, BUT NOW, AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING. I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY AND ALSO YOU ON YOUR VACATION AND, UH, KICKING YOUR WIFE OUT OF THE ROOM. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A BRAVE MAN. . BUT, UH, [02:05:01] YEAH, JUST WITH THAT, I KNOW WE, WE'VE GONE AWFULLY LATE TODAY, BUT I, I, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. IT'S BEEN A REALLY, WE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME HARD DISCUSSIONS, BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS BOARD GOOD, IS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO BRING OUR DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING, GUYS. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT, I MEAN, WE, WE, LIKE, WE NEED TO GET THE ISSUES OUT THERE. WE NEED TO MAKE OUR USE PHONE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL VOTE AND WE'LL DECIDE WHERE TO GO. BUT I THINK, I THINK WE'RE BETTER BY HAVING ALL THE INPUTS AND PEOPLE BRINGING, BRINGING ALL THEIR IS EVERYBODY BRINGS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. EVERYBODY COMES FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. I THINK WE GOT TO A REALLY GOOD PLACE, UH, WITH, WITH EVERYTHING. AND SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND I GUESS, ANGIE, YOU WERE SAYING I'M SUPPOSED TO COME BACK SEPTEMBER 26, YOU COME BACK AND START ANNUAL, I'LL START, START THE MEETING SO IT'S NOT START ANNUAL IN FINAL. GOODBYE. YOU'RE NOT QUITE DONE WITH ME YET, BUT, AND I WON'T KEEP US TOO LONG, BUT I, I JUST HAVE TO SAY IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT IS, I I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT IS. I LOOK AT THE GUY IN THAT PICTURE UP THERE SAID, MAN, HE WAS, HE HAD DARK HAIR AND HE WAS YOUNGER AND LOOKED A LOT, UH, HE'S AGED SINCE THEN, BUT IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A RIDE BEING A PART OF THIS JOURNEY. IF I COME BACK, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF KICKING PIER 10 WAS, WAS, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING THROUGH ALL THE COVID STUFF AND THEN THROUGH PIER 25 AND 16 AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH OF THE SAFETY PIECE AND BATTLESHIP TEXAS. AND SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN RIDE BEING A PART OF THIS, UH, THING. I, YOU KNOW, I'LL LOOK BACK ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I REALLY ENJOYED AND REALLY, UH, GOT A LOT OUT OF. AND THIS, THIS BEING ON THIS BOARD WITH THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, UH, THE QUALITY PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE BOARDS AND ROGER YOURSELF AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND YOUR STAFF. IT'S JUST BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A REALLY COOL RIDE. AND YOUR FAMILIES, I, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS, UH, SO I'M REALLY GONNA MISS THAT. BUT IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS YEAH, THAT, THAT OPENNESS, WILLING TO PUT YOUR VIEWS OUT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION AND WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE. IT, IT, IT'S OKAY, WE CAN RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, TAKE A VOTE. SOMETIMES YOU WIN 'EM, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE 'EM, RIGHT? BUT IT'S, I THINK BEING RESPECTFUL AND GETTING THE THINGS OUT THERE IS THE, IS THE BEST, IS IS THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. AND, AND AGAIN, I JUST HAVE REALLY THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY TIME WITH YOU GUYS AND, UH, I'LL BE WATCHING YOU GUYS. YOU GOT, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY, JOHN PAUL, WE'RE IN A REALLY COOL PLACE. I'M ONLY PORT, BUT THE CITY. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS GOING ON. AND I, AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GUYS HEARD ME USE THE EXPRESSION, YOU GOT ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VISION AND A HALLUCINATION, RIGHT? SO, BUT I THINK NOW WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MASTER PLAN, I THINK ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE ON THAT MASTER PLAN IS VERY, VERY POSSIBLE. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PRIORITIZING TIMING, KINDA WORKING THROUGH ALL THESE LITTLE NASTY DETAILS, RIGHT? WHICH CAN GET IN THE WAY. BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK EVERYTHING ON THAT MASTER PLAN IS VERY POSSIBLE AND, AND, AND TO DO. AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT ROADMAP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT DEVELOP. SO THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT 3 38 I DECLARES ADJOURNED. OH YES. UM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.