[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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MEETING THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS.
ARE THERE ANY DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY ANY TRUSTEES? OKAY.
[B. PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
HEARING NONE.UH, PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[C.1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ]
GENERAL BUSINESS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.HAVE WE ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? AND IF SO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SURE.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
[C.2 PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.UM, FIRST I HAVE CHARLOTTE O'ROURKE.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
TOPIC IS ON TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS.
THE WARS BOARD HAS RECENTLY CHANGED THE WAY THEY INDEX THEIR INFORMATION ONLINE.
AND YOU CANNOT LOOK ANYTHING UP EASILY.
SO IF I WANNA RESEARCH SOMETHING, WHICH I DO, I HAVE TO GO AND GO THROUGH EACH AGENDA, EACH AGENDA ITEM BACK FOR THE EIGHT YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS WIPED OUT.
ALL THE INFORMATION WAS WIPED OUT ONLINE AND THEN YOU STARTED TRYING TO PUT SOME OF IT BACK.
AND SOME IT'S THERE, SOME'S NOT.
BUT I USED TO GO TO ANY BROWSER TYPE IN WHERE GALVESTON AGENDA AND THE TOPIC AND IT WOULD PULL UP.
THE CITY OF GALVESTON HAS THE BEST INDEXING GOLD STANDARD.
AND UH, JANELLE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB.
BUT THE BOARD OF GALVESTON HAS CHANGED THEIR POLICY AND NOTHING IS INDEXED.
YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EACH AGENDA.
SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL FIX THAT.
ON TRANSPARENCY, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS MADE A CHANGE IN THE LAW AND WE NOW HAVE THREE FULL BUSINESS DAYS TO SEE THE AGENDA.
BUT THEN ALONG COMES THE PORT OF GALVESTON AND CHANGES THE INDEXING CRITERIA.
AND YOU CAN'T GO AND SEARCH ANYMORE ON WORDS LIKE YOU CAN ON THE SEE OF GALVESTON'S WEBSITE.
SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THE OTHER THING ON TRANSPARENCY, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE UP TO DATE.
YOU GAVE THE CAPITAL PLAN, AND ON THE CAPITAL PLAN IT LISTS ALL THE ITEMS ON PIER 14 AS BEING, I THINK IT'S T'S FOR THIRD PARTY INSTEAD OF D FOR DEBT.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU THINK, OH, ROYAL PERIAN PAYING FOR THIS $500 MILLION OR HALF A BILLION DOLLAR DEAL, WHICH ARE DISCUSSING AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY IT BASED UPON THE MEMORANDUM, THE UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE ONLY GONNA PAY FOR THE TERMINAL AND YOU, WE MEANING THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND REPORT OF GALVESTON WOULD BE PAYING THE REST.
SO I HOPE BY THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE YOUR BOARD MEETING THAT THAT'S UPDATED AND YOU DON'T HAVE A T THERE, YOU HAVE WHATEVER IS REALLY GONNA BE DEBT.
UM, BACK BRIEFLY TO THE NET OPERATING INCOME.
YOU CAN'T KEEP GIVING PROFIT SHARING BONUSES BASED ON THAT IF YOU MANIPULATE IT OR ALLOW IT TO BE MANIPULATED.
WHEN THAT WAS PUT IN THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE TIME, I THINK IT WAS TODD SULLIVAN AND JIMMY BOROUGH SAID, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT NET OPERATING INCOME CAN BE MANIPULATED.
AND UNTIL YOU DEFINE IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT BEING MANIPULATED WITH STRONG INTERNAL CONTROLS, THAT'S A VERY BAD THING TO BASE IT ON.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF YOU READ OUR CHARTER, I BELIEVE IT'S PROHIBITED FROM YOU DOING PROFIT SHARING.
AND I'LL JUST SEE UPFRONT, I'M AGAINST PROFIT SHARING AND PUBLIC ENTITIES BECAUSE EVERY PENNY SHOULD GO BACK INTO THE DOCKS.
JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT 19 TO SEE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD TRUSTEES FOR 19.
THANK YOU MR. NEXT UP WILL BE RE IN BRIDGE.
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YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY.I'M ONLY HERE TWO MONTHS, HUH? YOU'RE SEEING ME A LOT.
I TRULY BELIEVE WE ALL CHERISH AND RESPECT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED HERE.
WELL, YET WE CONTINUE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW BUSINESSES LIKE MINE.
I CHOSE GALVESTON, BUT IN MANY WAYS I FEEL LIKE GALVESTON CHOSE ME TOO.
A LARGE PART OF THAT FEELING CAME FROM THE COMRADERY OF THE MOSQUITO FLEET AND THE WELCOMING SPIRIT THAT PEOPLE ALONG THIS WATERFRONT, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS SPECIAL AND IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED, ENCOURAGED, AND USED AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE GROWTH THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL TRYING TO DO.
I JOKE THAT I'M A SMALL SHRIMP IN THIS HARBOR, BUT THE SMALL SHRIMP FEED THE BIG FISH, THE HEALTHIER, THE STRONGER THOSE SHRIMP BECOME, THE BETTER THE FISHING WILL BE FOR EVERYONE.
OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES MUST NOT BE JUST A SMALL VOICE, BUT THEY HAVE THE LARGEST VOICES AND BUDGETS WHEN THEY'RE SUPPORTED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW BY THE WHARF IN THIS PORT, WE ACCOMPLISH THAT BY INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS FORUM, CREATING SMALLER, MORE DIRECT CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS AND SPEAK TO THOSE EXPERIENCE THAT ARE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME, ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THESE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS.
THE WHARF CONTINUES TO MOVE FAST AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRUST THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE JUST LIKE I HAVE DONE.
BECAUSE I SEE THE CHANGE, I SEE THE GROWTH IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THANK YOU AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO HEARING US AND GROWING TOGETHER.
CONGRATULATIONS MR. HICKMAN, CHAIR LID STONE AND VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ.
I HATE TO SEE THE BOARD START THE NEW TERM WITH ACTIONS THAT COULD FORCE ADMINISTRATION TO SHUT DOWN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FIFTH CRUISE TERMINAL AND BURDEN IT WITH AUDITS AND STUDIES THAT WILL DUPLICATE INFORMATION YOU ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO AS WELL AS STUDIES ALREADY UNDERWAY REGARDING STOPPING NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FIFTH TERMINAL.
ENTERTAINING THIS ITEM MAY HAVE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF UNDERMINING THE NEGOTIATIONS YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL COUNSEL TO PURSUE ON THE PUBLIC'S BEHALF.
IT'S HARD TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY WALKING AWAY.
NOW, BECAUSE THE MOBILITY STUDY ISN'T LIKELY TO UNCOVER PROBLEMS WHOSE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO DELAY OR KILL THE TERMINAL, YOU HAVE ENOUGH LEAD TIME TO PURSUE THE TERMINAL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY IDENTIFY AND SOLVE ANTICIPATED AND CURRENT TRAFFIC ISSUES.
MOST MOBILITY ISSUES CAN BE SOLVED WITH FUNDING.
AND IRONICALLY, THE ONLY SOURCE FOR THOSE FUNDS WILL BE CRUISE.
I'M NOT SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH THE POOR, THE CITY AND THE CITY'S ECONOMY BENEFIT FROM THE CASH AND THE JOBS THAT THE CRUISE BUSINESS GENERATES, BUT THEY WILL GET EDUCATED QUICKLY IF THE WARS BOARD THROWS A WRENCH LIKE THIS INTO FUTURE CRUISE REVENUE.
REGARDING THE ITEMS CALLING FOR FINANCIAL AUDITS OF PARKING REVENUE AND STAFF COMPENSATION.
THE PORT'S FINANCIAL PROCESSES AND CONTROLS ARE REVIEWED EVERY YEAR BY AN OUTSIDE AUDITOR SELECTED BY THE BOARD WHO HAS WARRANTED THAT THE PROCESSES AND CONTROLS ARE TRUSTWORTHY.
WHAT WILL AN AUDIT TELL YOU ABOUT PARKING REVENUE OR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND PORT COUNCIL CANNOT? YOUR ATTORNEY HAS THE TERMS THE BOARD AGREED TO FOR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION WITH RECORDS FROM FINANCE.
HE CAN ADVISE THE BOARD IF THE TERMS WERE MET OR NOT.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, BUT RELATED, THE CITY AUDITOR DOES TRY TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE WITH HIS AUDITS, BUT HE WILL BE BOMBARDED WITH CLUES AND SUGGESTIONS AND INVITATIONS AND EVEN FRESHLY CAUGHT FLOUNDER.
IF YOU RETAIN HIM TO AUDIT ROGER'S COMPENSATION, YOU WOULD NEED A LARGE POTENTIAL UPSIDE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT INTRIGUE AND DRAMA AND THE UPSIDE IS NOT THERE.
JOSHUA OWENS REPRESENTING THE GALVESTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
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AND UNSURPRISINGLY, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, SIGN A LEASE WITH DAVEY DEFENSE ON PELICAN ISLAND.
AND I'D LIKE US TO SEE PROJECT SEA WITH UNDERWAY AS WELL.
AND WE'D ALSO HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE CRUISE BUSINESS.
TOURISM IS PART OF THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR ECONOMY.
UH, OUR GROWTH IN OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY CRUISE AND WE NEED TO SEE THIS CONTINUED GROWTH.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT, SUPPORTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS.
WE NEED TO STAY ALL GASSED AND NO BREAKS ON GROWING OUR ISLANDS ECONOMY, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS HERE.
[C.3 PORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT ]
MOVING ON.WE ARE READY FOR THE COURT DIRECTORS REPORT.
THIS REPORT FOR, UH, LAST MONTH, SEPTEMBER.
UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, AS USUAL, WE KIND OF KEEP EVERYBODY APPRISED, UM, OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE CARGO SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.
SO DRY IS, UH, 41% LIQUID BULK, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, RAILROAD CARGO, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CARGO, WIND.
I MEAN ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE DOWN, YOU KNOW, JUST ARE KIND OF, UH, CYCLICAL.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TRY TO, UH, BUDGET THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON EVERY, EVERY SHIP THAT'S COMING IN HERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY CALL, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS OUT OR TWO MONTHS OUT AND WANT TO COME IN FOR.
SO THOSE, THOSE ITEMS ARE, ARE CYCLICAL.
IT'S REALLY OFF ABOUT 8% OF A BUDGET OF OVER, I SHOULD SAY.
I SEE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST THE CONTINUED, UH, STARTING TOMORROW, WE GO TO BREAK BULK, WHICH IS IN HOUSTON.
AND WE'LL BE, UH, FOR ALL THE MAJOR CARRIERS, ALL THE MAJOR AGENTS THAT HANDLE CARGO AND, AND WE HAVE A ALWAYS HAVE A STRONG, UH, UH, SHOWING.
WE ALSO HAVE A, A STRONG, UM, ATTENDANCE THAT COME BY OUR BOOTH AND TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE'RE SEEING THIS, YOU KNOW, VIRTUALLY EVERY WEEK SOMEONE'S CONTACTING US AND TALKING TO US ABOUT WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN BRING IN NEW INDUSTRY.
AND NOW THE, THE QUESTION NOW, UH, IF, IF THINGS GO FORWARD WITH PELICAN ISLAND, HOW THAT WORKS AND, AND ADDITIONAL CARGO THAT WILL COME THERE.
UM, CRUISE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DOING WELL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN A SERIES OF ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING OUT AND IT'S, UH, VERY INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, EXPERTS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THIS INDUSTRY.
I MEAN, THEY'RE POINTING TOWARDS GALVESTON AS A MODEL.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IS, IS DRIVING THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL, UM, UM, PANEL THAT I'M GONNA SIT ON IS THE REALITY OF THIS IS THEY'RE SEEING THIS AND, AND THE, AND THE GLOBAL CON, THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY IS LOOKING AT THE CRUISE BUSINESS.
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ARTICLES JUST BASED UPON TODAY'S AGENDA.
UM, SEATRADE MAGAZINE HAS ALREADY COME OUT FROM ARTICLE YESTERDAY, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PAUSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
UM, AND I THINK HERE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE PORT, AND THIS IS HOW WE DO EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CARGO, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE UP UPGRADE AND THOSE
SO, AND IT IS REALLY STRONG, YOU KNOW, IT IS GONNA ONLY GET STRONGER, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A GOOD, GOOD, UH, INCREASE GOOD, HEALTHY GROWTH IN THE, IN THE CRUISE BUSINESS.
UM, WE'RE UP ABOVE NUMBER OF SHIP CALLS, WHICH IS GOOD INDICATOR OF, UH, SHIP THE USAGE OF OUR, OF OUR TERMINAL, OF OUR ASSETS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, WIND COMPONENTS THAT WE'LL BE PICKING UP NEXT MONTH AS WE TALK ABOUT HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S ALREADY MET ON THIS THIS MORNING.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WILL ENTERTAIN ANYTHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL DONE UNDER, UH, GAP AND WE FOLLOW, UM, ALL THOSE PROCEDURES ACCORDING TO, UH, THE ACCOUNTING INDUSTRY.
AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE DO AND GET AUDITED UNDER THE SAME PROCESS EVERY MONTH.
I MEAN, GET AUDITED ONCE A YEAR, BUT, AND THIS IS THE, THE GRANT, UH, PLANS THAT WE'VE GOT APPLICATIONS THAT IS CURRENTLY FILED, UM, THE DOT, UH, PIDP GRANT THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT ONE.
UM, WE ARE GETTING, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, FROM MARAD
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AND, AND WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS GRANT.AND WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THIS, THAT THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD AND ALLOW US TO BUILD THAT ADDITIONAL BIRTH ON PELICAN ISLAND, UM, THAT WOULD HOUSE BOTH THE L AND G FACILITIES AS WELL AS, UM, SHIP BUILDING, UH, CARGOES AND SUPPLY CHAIN THAT WE MOVE INTO THE PORT.
UM, EDA, WE'RE GETTING READY TO, UH, AND TO FILE.
WE HAVE FILE, I THINK MAYBE YESTERDAY IT WAS, UH, WE'RE ASKING THE EDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO, TO, UM, UH, ALLOW, UH, TO GIVE US MONEY TO FINANCE, UM, UH, THE PEER ON PIER 14 TO DO THE STUDY AND THE ENGINEERING, UM, FOR THAT, JUST TO GET THAT UNDERWAY.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, I'M ASSUMING.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE DOT.
WE'VE APPLIED, WE'VE APPLIED FOR, UM, MOST ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS HERE IN THE STATE, WHICH IS IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR, OUR GREEN MARINE PROGRAM.
SO WE ALWAYS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO KEEP THE PORT, UM, ECOLOGIC ECOLOGICALLY, UH, UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S REQUIRED UNDER GREEN MARINE.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT HAS COME OUT.
SO WE ALWAYS APPLY YOU, I THINK TODAY YOU'LL SEE ON TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, ABOUT, UM, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, WITH THE STATE LEVEL, WHICH THE STATE IS WILLING TO PAY 75% OF THE COST TO REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE REPLACED, UH, WITH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT VERSUS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, DIESEL FUELS.
SOME OF IT MAY BE L YOU KNOW, L AND G OR CLEANER FUELS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
HERE'S, HERE'S THE PROGRAMS WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN TO EVERY ONE OF 'EM.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ANY OF THESE, CERTAINLY WE'LL BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT 'EM.
UM, HGAC, WE, WE'VE GOT THREE GRANTS WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO DETERMINE, UM, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND, AND HOW WE, UH, HOW WE PUT THESE IN PLAY, THIS, THAT ARE BOTH THREE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT, UM, THE DOT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DID GET 400, $5,000 OR AN $8,000 TO, UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURES.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS KIND OF TALKING ABOUT LATER, EARLIER, IT'S MULTIMODAL AND IT, IT, IT, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, FROM THE SCOPE UP THERE, WHAT IT, WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
UM, TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.
WE'VE TALKED MOST OF ALL THESE GRANTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UH, WE'RE JUST KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON, UH, THE, EACH ONE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO PUT THESE IN PLAY.
UM, AND AS WELL AS THE SEAPORT CONNECTIVITY.
UM, WE HAVE PUT IN THE, THIS, THESE ARE GRANTS THAT, UM, ARE ACTUALLY, ARE ALREADY, UM, ALLOCATED TO US.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SCHEDULE THERE, BUT IT A GOOD, UM, UH, SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE IN CURRENT GRANTS AND, AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS INVOLVED.
POOR SECURITY GRANTS, WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAIN, UH, THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN, HAVE BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, WE RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM A A MILLION, UH, TO MILLION AND A HALF FOR, UH, A LOT OF CYBERSECURITY THINGS RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS A LOT OF, UH, CAMERA SYSTEMS. UM, WE, WE HAVE OVER 500 CAMERAS ON THE PORT.
UH, THE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THEY, UH, ARE OUT IN THE SEA AIR.
AND SO WE'RE ALL TIME REPLACING THOSE.
AND SO WE, WE END UP USING A LOT OF THIS, UM, THIS MONEY FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE, UH, WITH ONE OF THE GRANTS, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING SOME TABLETOP EXERCISES.
WE SPONSOR THESE HERE ON THE PORT, UM, FOR GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR UTMB, FOR GISD, THE LOCAL COUNTY.
THEY COME INTO THE PORT AND WE PUT ON THE EXERCISES.
SO A BIG, UH, I THINK A BIG PORTION OF THIS RIGHT NOW IS, IS CYBERSECURITY.
UM, AND, AND JUST, JUST ONE THING IN SECURITY, EVERY PORT EMPLOYEE IS ACQUIRED ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO GO INTO A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM THAT TEACHES US ITEMS ABOUT CYBERSECURITY.
YOU GO IN, YOU LISTEN TO A PRESENTATION, AND YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE A, MOST OF THE TIME, YOU TAKE A LITTLE QUIZ AT THE END THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT CYBERSECURITY.
SO WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY MUCH, UM, ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, AND THEY TRY TO MAKE, MAKE, TRY TO MAKE IT FUN SO THAT THEY'RE EASY TO DO AND, BUT YOU, YOU GET A POINT ACROSS ON IT.
UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PROCUREMENT? UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT,
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UH, SOLICITATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER UNDERWAY, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, COULD BE ADVERTISED AFTER THE SOLICITATION.UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE OUT FOR, FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS HERE, NAVIGATIONAL STUDY, WHICH YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S, IT'S BEEN FAST TRACKED VERY QUICKLY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ACCEPTANCE FOR THIS.
BUT AS USUAL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS, NOW IT COMES DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET MONEY FOR IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN PURSUING THIS THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, THROUGH, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE PART OF THE, OF THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP.
UM, WE CONTACTED ALL OF THEM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, THERE IS, UM, SOME ACCEPTANCE OUT THERE THAT, THAT THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT, WHAT WITH THIS PROGRESS.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ANGIE'S IN HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THIS MONTH, UH, A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY.
WE HAD TWO INCIDENTS FOR THE PORT, UH, FOUR WITH THE TENANTS OR CONTRACTORS, 15 WITH GUEST VISITORS, AND NINE NEAR MISSES.
SO THE PORT ONES WERE, WERE SMALL, LIKE BANDAID, UM, AND LIKE SCRAPED THE BOWL.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE'RE STILL ON A PRETTY GOOD TREND.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS KIND OF SHORT AND SWEET.
HUH? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I WAS ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY MONTH AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S REALLY, WE TAKE IT VERY IMPORTANT, VERY, UH, SERIOUSLY.
AND SO IT'S HELPED WITH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT COSTS.
A MARATHON, NOT A, NOT, ANGIE, THANK YOU GUYS.
UH, PARKING DOWN TRANSPORTATION FOR AUGUST.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO WORK THIS THROUGH, CONTINUE TO GET BETTER DATA, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BETTER SYSTEMS. UM, THE INTERNAL CONTROLS ON THIS, THIS PARKING LOT, THIS PARKING OPERATIONS ARE, ARE STRONG.
MEANING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, WE HAVE EVERY REPORT YOU WANT, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS ALL DONE ELECTRONICALLY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE CONTINUE.
I MEAN, I, I, I CAN REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO LAST YEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE IN THE TWO RANGE, 2 MILLION RANGE PER MONTH, AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, WE'RE UP TO 3 MILLION FOR THE LAST MONTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE RESERVATIONS CONTINUE TO STAY, YOU KNOW, BE CONSISTENT, UM, AROUND THE 15 TO 20,000 RANGE FOR RESERVATIONS ON THE BOOKS.
AND SO THAT JUST, THAT'S JUST ALL PREPAID AND PREPAID, CAN I SAY? SO ONE PARKING GREATLY, WELL, WE DID THE BLUE ZONE TOUR.
WE SHOWED THEM THE, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WASN'T EVEN A BOAT, UH, TO SHIP AT THE 6 2 16, BUT THEY PARKED THERE IN A PARKING DECK AND THEY SHUTTLE THEM TO RURAL CARIBBEAN, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE.
SO WE'RE USING THAT FOR, WE'RE USING THAT TERMINAL FOR ALL, FOR, FOR A LAWN OF, UH, CUSTOMERS THAT WANT, UH, COVER PARKING BASICALLY.
AND UNTIL, YOU KNOW, WE GET MORE, WE IN HERE FULL TIME, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT YEAR, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TO FILL THAT UP.
'CAUSE IT, IT IS OUR BEST PARKING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK WE MAY EVEN BE USING USED ABOUT THE 25 AND 28 NOW, JUST JUST TO GIVE WHAT, GIVE THE CUSTOMER WHAT THEY WANT.
UM, THIS IS A ARTIST RENDERING.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU'VE LOOKED OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ROAD'S NOT OUT THERE
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF, UH, A SECTION TWO 16 STUDY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WHERE I REFERRED TO EARLIER, THIS IS THE, THE, THE COURT OF GALVESTON, UM, IS SPONSORING AS A NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR.
UH, AND THERE WAS A, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, A HUGE, A LARGE GROUP OF, UH, STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTY, UM, HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS AS WELL AS, UH, SOME AS WELL AS A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, TALKED TO EVERYBODY.
UH, OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS I'VE, I'VE TESTIFIED BEFORE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO THE, THE FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE OF, OF TRANSPORTATION.
AND WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UH, WE'VE GOT INFORMATION PREPARED.
UM, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST KIND OF AS USUAL, IT'S EASIER TO VISUALIZE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE OLD BRIDGE WON'T BE IN THIS PICTURE AT SOME POINT IN TIME IF THIS GOES THROUGH.
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BUT YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, AND THIS WAS THIS, THIS CONCEPT WAS CREATED BY, UH, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS.UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE IDEAL WOULD LOOK LIKE AS HAVING RAIL ROAD WALKING PATHS AND STUFF TO PELICAN ISLAND.
UM, AND, AND PRETTY MUCH I THINK PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT, UH, COURSE GOING OUT THERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE OTHER BRIDGE WOULD GO AWAY EVENTUALLY, BUT THEN I THINK IT'S GOOD.
IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IN ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ALREADY, UM, GONE THROUGH PUBLIC SOLICITATION.
UM, WE'VE SELECTED A FIRM THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS KIND OF, UH, THIS KIND OF PRO PROJECT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE THAT IS.
AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FURTHER TOO, ROGER? YES.
IS, IS THERE, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON POSSIBILITY OF THAT? SOME KIND OF SMALL BOAT CUT? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, IS WILL, THAT WILL BE A RESULT I THINK, OF THIS STUDY FEASIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THIS STAGE, UM, THE CONVERSATION IS THAT WE WOULD CLOSE THAT OFF, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE.
HOW, HOW WOULD THAT BE? A SMALL 15, 12 FEET.
14 FEET? I THINK A SMALL CENTER CONSOLE.
THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT IS, IS USUALLY YOU USE IT SMALL FISHING BOATS.
AND, UH, JUST A FY QUEEN ISABEL CAUSEWAY, WHEN THEY REMOVED IT, IT, THE G'S GOT A BIG REEFING INITIATIVE GOING.
AND THEY'VE GOT SOME GRANT MONEY TO DO SOME THINGS TO HELP REMOVE THE OLD BRIDGES.
UH, WE WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FISHING COMMUNITY AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE GO AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE MATERIALS WHEN THEY TAKE THE PECAN ISLAND BRIDGE OUT AND MOVE IT INTO SOME OF THESE REEFING FISHING LOCATIONS OFF OF GALVESTON THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
GO BACK ON THE SLIDE PLEASE, SCOTT.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU INDICATE WHAT A SMALLER CUT WOULD LOOK LIKE? YOU COULD PUT IT ANYWHERE ALONG THERE.
AND I THINK FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FUTURE LAWSUITS ABOUT CLOSING THAT CHANNEL AND STOPPING SHRIMP AND FISH MIGRATION, NOT ONLY WOULD SMALL BOAT CUT SOMEWHERE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, SAFELY COULD NAVIGATE STRAIGHT DOWN THE CHANNEL.
UH, IT WOULD ALSO LET SHRIMP MIGRATION, FLOUNDER, MIGRATION.
IT WOULD ALSO HELP YOU KEEP THE CHANNEL FROM GETTING STAGNANT AND HAVING A WATER QUALITY ISSUE AND TRASH BUILDING UP INSIDE THE CHANNEL.
UM, BUT IT WOULDN'T, IT SH IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO REALLY CAUSE A LITTLE BIG SILTING PROBLEM, WHICH WE HAVE NOW.
AND, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WATER MOVES THROUGH THIS CHANNEL.
AND I THINK IT WOULD GET THE PILOTS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE ON.
IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR SHIPS ALL THE TIME DURING THE, THEY'RE HAVING TIDES NOW.
SO I THINK JUST SMALL BOAT UP.
WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, AS THIS THING GETS DOWN THE ROAD, I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION, A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT.
AND AS, AS OUR BOARD MEMBER, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE FOR A, TO APPRECIATE FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE.
I THINK, UH, I THINK ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE, ARE ON THE TABLE, LIKE ROGER MENTIONED, WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY AS FAR AS SMALL BOAT CUT CULVERTS.
WHAT DOES WATER FLOW LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES SEDIMENTATION LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES, AND IT'S ALL GOTTA BE ROLLED UP INTO THAT NEPA STUDY.
AND THAT NEPA STUDY IS, IS KIND OF WHAT DETERMINES FEASIBILITY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT ULTIMATELY GETS, YOU KNOW, PASSED ALONG, ARE, ARE THESE THESE VERY CONCERNS.
AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS STUDY AS MORE THAN ONE PHASE, RIGHT? THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT, UM, ERIC JUST MENTIONED.
AND THIS WILL GIVE US A, A JUMPING OFF POINT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO GO FURTHER OR NOT.
OR HEY, WE KNOW THIS THING'S NOT GONNA WORK.
CAN WE JUST ABANDON AT THAT POINT? AND THAT'S SOMEWHERE FROM WHAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING, SOMEWHERE AROUND A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT WITH LOOKING FOR FUNDING.
'CAUSE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, NOW WE HAVE TO GET THE FUNDING RIGHT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE OPEN TO SOME OF THAT PARTICIPATION.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN, AND ALSO OTHER, OTHER ENTITIES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW.
THERE WAS A LETTER I SENT OUT YESTERDAY TO ALL OF THE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS SAYING, REMEMBER WHEN
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WE TALKED SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO, WE ALL WANT TO DO THIS AND THAT EVERYONE SAID, YOU KNOW, YES.AND, AND WE'LL COME LATER WITH THE FINANCING.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE STAGE I'M AT.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE, UH, HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR.
UM, HE'S VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HOW THE STATE CAN PARTICIPATE.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY, AND THIS IS, I THINK ONE OF OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE.
BUT ALSO, UH, THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE HERE ALSO THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT.
HAS THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT WEIGH IN LATELY ON THIS? THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT HAS NOT.
THEY HAVE, WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS AND THEY HAVE NOT COME TO THE FOR ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
WHAT'S THAT? THEY'VE BEEN INVITED.
THEY, THEY GET, THEY PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A STAKE IN THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS TAXPAYER, TAXPAYERS DOLLARS IN THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT, UM, THAT WE WOULD HOPE COULD BE USED OR COULD BE BRINGING THEM IN.
WE, AND WE'D LIKE FOR, TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS THE STATE HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT? AND, UM, SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WHEN WE START DOING THINGS AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD ON THIS, THERE IS, IS PARTICIPATION.
'CAUSE THAT IS OUR NAVIGATION DISTRICT.
WE GOT, OF COURSE, THERE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMOLITION EXISTING BRIDGE SO THAT THEY HAVE $10 MILLION IN THE DEAL RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S FOR THE, THE DEMOLITION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
WE DON'T GET THE LAND BRIDGE BUILT PRETTY SOON.
WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEMOLITION
IT'S, THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPEDITED.
AND I, AND I GOTTA ADMIT THROUGH THE HELP OF, OF, UH, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL, UM, THEY HAVE GOT SEVERAL, UH, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOW PART OF THEIRS WHO USED TO BE WITH ON THE COURT AND HAVE REALLY, THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS.
AND SO THEY'VE, THEY KIND OF STEPPED UP AND SAID, WE WILL HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS.
UM, THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF YOUR PICTURES.
SO THIS IS THE FEDERAL PROJECT THAT THE ARMY CORPS, UH, STARTED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE ABOUT 80 TO 90% COMPLETE.
THEY STILL HAVE ONE SECTION THAT THEY NEED TO, UH, TO FINISH IT UP.
LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE'S GONNA BE TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER.
ONCE COMPLETED, EARLY NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA START THE DEWATERING PROCESS OF PELICAN ISLAND.
UM, AND THEN THEY DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM 2026 TO 2027.
THAT'LL BE APPLIED TOWARDS SAN JACINTO, UH, PLACEMENT AREA AND GETTING THAT READY TO GO BY SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER PIPE DREDGE IN, UH, REALLY IN 2028.
AND, AND, AND GOING BACK ON, JUST GOING BACK TO THIS STUDY HERE, I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUSHING, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE MOVING THIS IN SO QUICKLY IS IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING, UM, TO THE WATER BILL BECAUSE THIS, THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING STRUCTURE COULD BE FUNDED BY THE ARMY CORPS THROUGH THEIR, THROUGH THEIR WORD ALLOCATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROAD IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
I MEAN, THAT COULD BE A TTO ROAD.
UM, AND I, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE, THE PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND, AND THERE IS INTEREST, THERE IS MONEY SET ASIDE, NOT FOR THE STUDY, BUT THERE IS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, IF WE CAN GET THIS IN THE WORD OF BILL, WHICH IS TO, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THIS THING DONE BY THE, BY MID NEXT YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO WE CAN GET IT FILED, WE CAN GET THE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT WE NEED FOR THIS, AND THEN, UH, IF IT GETS INTO ORDER BILL, THEN THAT WOULD BE, UH, A COST SHARE.
BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE, THIS IS THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE STUDY DONE AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, PUT IN WORD AND, UH, GET, GET FUNDING FOR.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT, UM, BABY DEFENSE AND YOU'VE GOT, UH, THAT, THAT WHOLE PROCESS OVER THERE.
YOU'VE GOT TEXAS A AND M, SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF REASONS TO GET THIS THING MOVED FORWARD.
ANYTHING YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ON THAT? YEAH, WE WERE FINALIZING OUR, UH, DREDGING CYCLE FOR 2026.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH, UH, YOU APPROVED THE AGREEMENT, UH, BY HOOKS AS WELL AS KIN ISLAND, UH, STORAGE TERMINAL INCORPORATED FOR THE DREDGING OF THE CB DOCK.
UH, TODAY I'LL BE BRINGING A VERY SIMILAR AGENDA ITEM FOR THE US TEXAS FOUNDATION, UH, AND SLIP 15.
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AND I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UM, BIG PICTURE ONE AS THIS THING HAS UNFOLDED, AT LEAST TO OUR STAFF, THAT AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM MOSQUITO FLEET ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF CRUISE TERMINAL 10, I MEAN, YOU GOT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS THING HOLISTICALLY.SO, I MEAN, FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, WE'RE CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO GET TOGETHER.
WE HAVE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO THIS, TO THE, TO THE GROUP DOWN AT PIER 19.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A BIG PICTURE HERE.
THERE'S PIER 19, THERE'S, UH, HOW THAT AFFECTS 16.
THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE DREDGING THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AT, UH, 14 FOR THIS, FOR THE USS TEXAS, AND, AND THERE IT IS ALL BECOMING INTERCONNECTED.
SO YOU, IF YOU SLOW ONE THING DOWN, THEN YOU MAY SLOW THE WHOLE THING DOWN AND THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF MOVING PIECES.
BUT TO DO THIS RIGHT, WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING AS IF THIS IS ONE BIG PROJECT NOW.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE BY NO MEANS EXCLUDING ANYBODY.
UH, THIS IS YOUR ON THE BOARD.
UH, YOU'RE, UH, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL, UH, TARIFF THAT WE POST.
THE BOARD APPROVES THAT TARIFF.
AND, UH, YOU, I THINK YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT CHANGES WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THAT, THAT TARIFF.
IT'S ON TODAY'S, UH, SCHEDULE.
AND THEN MR. PROJECT, UM, JEFF THOMAS COMING UP.
YEAH, TAKING A LOOK AT THE, UH, UH, PROJECT SCHEDULE HERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A LOT OF THE WEST END, UH, CRUISE TERMINAL PROJECTS COMING TO AN END.
THEN THEY, UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE WEST END ROADWAY, UH, THAT WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH, UH, OUR WAVE FUNDING PROJECT WE KICKED OFF, AND THEN OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS THERE KIND OF COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, WALKWAY OUT OUT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ENGINEERING IN FRONT OF US BEFORE WE CAN GET STARTED WITH CONSTRUCTION ON THAT ONE.
UM, 16TH STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
WE DID HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, BIDDING.
UH, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY, WHICH WAS IN ON TO TDOT, AND WE DID RECEIVE OUR CONCURRENCE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT CONTRACT TO Y'ALL NEXT MEETING, UH, 33RD STREET TRAFFIC SIGNALS STILL WORKING ON THAT ONE.
UM, 60%, UH, DESIGN THIS MONTH AND RAILROAD COORDINATION IS STILL ONGOING.
STILL A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS NEEDING TO HAPPEN ON THE RAILROAD COORDINATION, UH, BUT WE'RE PLANNING TO BID THAT ONE IN MARCH OF 2027.
CAN YOU ADDRESS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ON HARBOR SIDE AND WHAT THE TIME SCHEDULE IS BASED ON THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS? AND WHEN WILL ALL THIS BE FISH? SO RIGHT NOW, THE LATEST AND UH, IS IS THAT WE'VE HEARD IS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ON HARBORSIDE DRIVE.
THAT IS A TDOT PROJECT, UM, WILL BE WRAPPED UP END OF OCTOBER, BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
I THINK WE, THAT IS CORRECT, YEAH.
AND, AND WHEN IS THE MOTORCYCLE THIS YEAR? FIRST WEEK.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE ALL WRAPPED UP BY THEN.
AND THEN OUR TRAFFIC, UH, YEAH, IT'S IN THE LATER SLIDE, BUT OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR OUR FACILITY STUDY ARE END OF NOVEMBER RIGHT NOW SCHEDULED.
SO TRYING TO LINE EVERYTHING UP.
I'M SORRY TO GO OUT, BUT THIS IS REALLY APPROPRIATE.
THERE'S BIG PICTURE HERE, UH, FROM 25 WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THE MAIN THING IS, IS GETTING, UH, FREEZING NICKELS OUT HERE IN OCTOBER FOR, FOR THEIR SITE INSPECTION FOR THAT, UH, FUNDING, UH, STUDY THAT Y'ALL APPROVED, UH, TWO MEETINGS AGO.
AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO, UH, SUBJECT OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, BLOCK FUNDING PROGRAM BY RANDY WEBER, WHO HAS, UH, PUT IN, UM, $2 MILLION TO ASSIST US IN GETTING CAUGHT.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THIS DONE.
AND, AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S FUNDING BECOMING MORE AND MORE AVAILABLE AS THEY SEE THIS MOVE.
THE WHARF ROAD PROJECT FROM 20TH TO 23RD STREET, UH, THEY DID HAVE THEIR KIND OF THEIR PUNCH LIST INSPECTION, UH, MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING ON CLOSING OUT ALL THOSE PUNCHLESS ITEMS AND JUST A GREAT NEW FACILITY FOR THAT AREA REALLY, UH, UH, IMPROVES ACCESSIBILITY BOTH BY VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN.
SO REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW THAT PROJECT IS TURNED OUT.
UH, WE ARE COORDINATING OUR FINAL INSPECTION NOW THAT THE PAVEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, AND JUST, YEAH, IT'S, UH, KIND OF WISH WE HAD TWO, TWO, THE SAME PERSPECTIVE, BUT YOU
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CAN SEE, UH, UH, PERSPECTIVE BEFORE AND AFTER JUST 180 DEGREES FLIPPED ON, UH, THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.SO A REALLY COOL PROJECT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, KIND OF MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT WESTIN PARK TERMINAL AFTER IS JUST COMPLETED.
AND ONE THING I I'LL ADD TO THAT IS, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PURSUING HOW WE CAN PUT THAT INTO PLAY NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SETTLED COMPLETELY, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE SETTLEMENT AND THE MATERIALS THAT ARE IN THERE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, POWER LNG IS POTENTIAL FOR US TO START EXPORTING ISO CONTAINERS, UM, TO THE CARIBBEAN AND MEXICO, UM, HAVE EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST IN GETTING, UM, LNG.
UM, AND, AND THE WAY TO GET TO THEM IS TO THESE ISO CONTAINERS, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE THE SIZE OF A, OF A REGULAR CONTAINER BASICALLY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HAND WE LAY THOSE, CAN WE LAY THAT DOWN ON THIS DIRT AT THIS STAGE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STABILIZE IT WITH METAL PLATES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO GET THIS THING IN SERVICE.
AND, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE MATERIALS, UM, ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO ALLOW THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BEING ABLE TO USE THOSE, UM, THAT FIELD SLIP.
SO, YOU KNOW, YEAR OR SO BEFORE WE THOUGHT WE, WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE IT.
SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR US AND I THINK IF WE, WE DO IT RIGHT THEN, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY JUST HAVE TO BE THE ISO CONTAINERS, IT CAN BE OTHER THINGS ALSO.
SO, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OUT THERE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROJECT MOVE THIS FAST IN GALVESTON, TEXAS OR TURN OUT THAT NICE.
I, I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED DRIVING BY IT EVERY DAY.
BUT SECONDLY, THAT USED TO BE THE BEST FLOUNDER FISHING SPOT IN GAL COUNTY
MR. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE BEST SECOND, BEST
UH, HERE AT 39 40, THIS IS ENGINEERING.
Y'ALL APPROVED FOR US TO LOOK AT, UH, REPLACING PAVEMENT ON 39 40.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH KIND OF THE FINAL PHASE OF THAT SLIP.
WE WERE JUST, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT AND HOW WE CAN, UH, MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT SLIP AS FAR AS INSTALLING DRAINAGE AND USE USING THE, THE, THE NEWLY FORMED LAND THAT'S REALLY, YEAH, REACHED A GOOD PART OF ITS SETTLEMENT.
STILL STILL SETTLING, UH, UH, FRACTIONS OF AN INCH A MONTH AT THIS POINT, BUT, BUT, UM, WE'VE MOVED PAST I FOR SURE 50% OF THE LONG TERM SETTLEMENT.
CAN YOU GO BACK ONE, ONE SLIDE REAL QUICK? YEAH.
SO THIS PAYMENT REPLACEMENT? YES, THAT'S, UM, SO YEAH, I CAN, LET ME, WE HAD A BETTER PICTURE LAST TIME.
THAT WAS THIS, THIS IS SHOWING THE LATEST THING THAT HAPPENED ON THE PROJECT.
YOU RECEIVED THE PLAN SET, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT PAVING THE SOUTHERN PART.
SO WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED, JUST A UNDER A HUNDRED FOOT APRON UP HERE.
I THINK IT'S LIKE 90 FEET THAT'S, THAT'S DONE AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
NOW THIS WAS LOOKING AT REPAVING AND GRADING ALL THIS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT OLD WAREHOUSE SLABS OUT HERE, UH, CONCRETE PAVEMENT UP THE MIDDLE THAT JUST GETS BEAT AROUND THESE DRAIN INLETS AND STUFF.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME DRAINAGE WORK TO DO IN THE MIDDLE, SOME, UH, KIND OF UTILITIES WITH WATER LINES AND SOME COMMUNICATION LINES.
BUT THEN LOOKING AT THE, THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT NOW WE ALSO HAVE LAND HERE, UM, AND, AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT GLOBALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS.
HOWEVER, MOVING FORWARD IF WE'VE GOTTA REPAIR SOMETHING, NOW WE HAVE THE GLOBAL PLAN, WHICH TOO, WE, WE CAN REPAIR IT TOO, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TEAR IT UP WHEN WE GO BACK WITH THE FINAL PLAN.
SO, SO I THINK AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PROJECT AND THE ENGINEERING, WE'LL START KIND OF A, A PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING ON, ON WHAT THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN FIRST.
LIKE THE, THE DRAINAGE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO START ACCOMPLISHING AND, AND EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO THAT IN HOUSE, YOU KNOW, SECTION BY SECTION.
WE, WE INSTALLED A NEW DRAIN LINE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE WHENEVER THIS USED TO BE RAIL WEST OF 41.
AND SO COULD WE DO THE SAME THING IN-HOUSE WITH OUR IN-HOUSE CREWS AND STEP DOWN? SO, SO IT'S KIND OF PROGRAMMING OUT THAT WHOLE PROJECT.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT REPAYMENT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT TEARING UP THE EXISTING CONCRETE AND LAYING NEW CONCRETE? CORRECT.
AND THEN DOING SOME UTILITY WORK, DRAINAGE WATERLINE, WE'VE GOT A WATERLINE LOOP.
WE REPLACED THE NORTHERN PART OF IT WITH THIS PROJECT AND NOW WE NEED TO, UH, REPLACE THE, THE TWO, UH, MAIN RUNS THAT CONNECT TO THAT LOOP.
UH, STORM DRAINAGE, THERE'S SOME, UH, POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.
THAT'LL BE, UH, HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
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MY DAD, AS YOU KNOW, THE TEARING UP PART HAS KIND OF ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY TIME.THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I HEAR THOSE DO.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN LOOK AT IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE ON HARBORSIDE DRIVE.
I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS TAKING THAT DOWN TO THE SUB, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN PUTTING IN NEW, UH, YOU KNOW, IRON THERE.
JEFF, I I HAVE ONE QUESTION, ROGER.
WHEN, HOW OLD IS THIS PHOTOGRAPH? BECAUSE, AND HOW, HOW OFTEN DO WE GET NEW ONES? 'CAUSE I THINK WE'VE HAD ONE NEW ONE SINCE I'VE BEEN BOARD.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S WHAT 20 WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY ABOUT, THIS IS LIKE 23, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAD THE NEW PASSENG CT 16 OR SO AT SOME POINT, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET A NEW ONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET THE SLIP FIELDS DONE.
YEAH, YOU, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THAT IS, IS YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE SEEN IT LIKE A DAY LIKE TODAY, YOU CAN'T DO IT, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERFECT ATMOSPHERE.
TO, TO GET THOSE KIND OF CLARITY.
I THINK IT WOULD HELP VISUALIZE WHAT WE'RE, WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON, I CAN GET, I THINK THE CITY PROBABLY NEEDS TO DO THAT TOO.
WE GOT ONE WE CAN GIVE THEM, WE CAN GIVE THE CITY.
YOU HAVE THIS ONE THE, ON YOURS.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF JUST WRAPPING UP THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND, UH, GETTING READY TO START DOING SOME OF THE FAR WEST END PAVING TO KIND OF GET BACK FROM 41ST STREET TO GATE 40, WHICH IS IN THE FAR FAR GROUND OF THE, THE PICTURE.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT, UH, SHOT OF REALLY LIKE THE FIRST PHASE.
WE'RE WORKING ON 37TH STREET, 41ST STREET.
WE HAVE ALL THE, THE, UH, ROAD TORN UP INSTALLING NEW, UH, WATER LINE AND STORM SEWER.
UM, COORDINATING A LOT WITH THE CITY ON THOSE ITEMS, REPLACING THE RAIL CROSSINGS, THE AT GRADE RAIL CROSSINGS, AND KIND OF MAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT SWITCH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE KIND OF JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, FINALIZING THIS WESTERN PHASE OVER THE NEXT, UH, SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE SECTION SIMPLER SECTION IN BETWEEN 37TH STREET AND 33RD STREET.
AND I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE NOTICED, UM, SOME OF THE OLD ENGINES ARE GETTING SCRAPPED OUT THERE NOW, BUT I REALLY, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO 'CAUSE I'M AFRAID MORE IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THOUGH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S A GOOD REASON STILL HAVE THIS ON THERE.
WE'LL STILL, YOU KNOW, GOT THE, THE SWAP OUT OF THOSE GENERATORS PENDING THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF WRAP UP THIS PORTION OF THE CT 16.
BUT I WAS, WELL OTHER THAN THAT ITEM, AND I, AND I WOULD SAY WE ALSO, UM, BASICALLY HAVE SOME, UM, MONEY STILL LEFT YES.
UM, APPROXIMATELY AT THIS STAGE, WELL, SEVEN OR 800,000 WE STILL BACK THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, UM, ON THIS WATERFRONT PROJECTS HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HERE AGAIN.
UM, OUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BRINGING THIS THING UNDER BUDGET AND, AND STILL HAVING SOMETHING LEFT OVER TO, TO DO FINISHING TOUCHES ON IT.
UM, I THINK, AND I THINK WE, AND I DUNNO IF YOU'VE NOTICED, BUT I'LL JUST BRING THIS, THIS TIME.
YOU NOTICED THIS BROCHURE IS ON YOUR DESK, UM, ON YOUR TABLE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST SHOT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT SHOT OF HOW WE START LOOKING AT, UM, MARKETING THE USAGE OF THE CRUISE TERMINAL FOR, UH, MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING.
AND JULIO AND HIS, HIS TEAM PUT THIS TOGETHER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, THROUGH ANY INTEREST PEOPLE ARE COMING.
WE'VE SHOWN, SHOWN IT A COUPLE TIMES FOR MEETINGS.
I WAS GONNA ASK, SPEAKING OF THAT, THE, THE USE OF IT FOR MEETINGS AND STUFF, ARE WE STILL MAKING PROGRESS ON GETTING SOME ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT? WELL, I MEAN THAT'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND JEFF, YOU MAY ANSWER THIS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
AND IS THAT A WALL, IS THAT A WALL COVERING OR IS IT SOMETHING I'D BROUGHT THE IDEA OF A CARPET, A ROLLAWAY CARPET WOULD HELP IMMENSELY COVER THE CEMENT.
IT MAY BE A COMBINATION OF THINGS ROLL OUT.
YOU CAN GET A CONSULTANT IN THERE AND THEY CAN TELL YOU PRETTY QUICKLY WHAT YOU NEED.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF, LIKE SOME OF THE
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FFF AND E VENDORS AND THEY HAVE THESE ACOUSTIC, THEY LOOK LIKE PLANTS, BUT ALL THE LEAVES ARE FELT AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ABSORB A LOT OF SOUND AND STUFF.IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IS TO, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR IT UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE WALL WALL STANDPOINT BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THOSE WALLS ON, YOU CAN BAFFLE SOUND, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THE WAY FINDING, FIRST TIME WE HAVE THE WAY FINDING PROJECT ON HERE, BUT THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE SITE VISIT THAT WENT ON.
UM, THIS IS WGI, UH, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT WITH, UM, AND REALLY ENERGETIC TEAM WHO'S FUN TO BE WITH THEM AND KIND OF JUST LISTEN TO ALL THE IDEAS, UH, THEY HAVE FOR
UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THIS PROJECT, UH, GIVES US.
UH, NEXT ONE'S THE MOBILITY STUDY.
UM, WE JUST ACTUALLY CONCLUDED THIS SITE OBSERVATION, UH, UH, YESTERDAY.
UM, AND, UH, THE TEAM SAID, YOU KNOW, VERY SUCCESSFUL SIDE OBSERVATION.
WE COORDINATED A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN, UH, SHARE SOME OF OUR EXISTING DATA WITH, UH, VIA NOVA AS WELL AS, UM, JUST DIFFERENT DATA SETS WE HAVE WITH THEM TO KIND OF AS THEY'RE BUILDING THIS MODEL, THE TRAFFIC MODEL.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE TRAFFIC MODEL THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, PRODUCED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT TO, TO LOOK AT THE, THE WHOLE GRID NETWORK FROM HARBORSIDE DOWN TO BROADWAY, UH, BIGGER THAN THE ORIGINAL STUDY SECTION, BUT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THIS BALANCE TO KIND OF GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE TURNING IN THIS PROJECT AREA.
UM, DATA COLLECTION IS SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, NOVEMBER 20TH THROUGH 23RD, UM, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE HAVE MORE CRUISES DURING THAT PERIOD THAN WE DO CURRENTLY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE DO, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THEM KIND OF THE REDUCED REDUCTION OF SCOPES OF WORK, LOOKING AT, UM, DOING, UH, A LITTLE BIT LESS ON HAVING THEM DO LESS ON THE COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND HAVING THE COURT DO DO SOME OF THAT STUFF IN-HOUSE, UM, UH, AND, AND KIND OF JUST TIGHTENING UP THAT PARKING STUDY, UH, SECTION OF THE, OF THE SCOPE WORK.
SO I EXPECT SOMETHING BACK FROM 'EM THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS OF THAT.
ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THEM HAD THAT THERE WAS TWO ADD-ONS THAT THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE ASKED ABOUT WAS ONE WAS THE EFFECTS OF THE 500 SPACE LOT AND AS WELL AS THE BATTLESHIP TRAFFIC.
SO WE ARE, UM, CONTINUING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
UH, QUICK LOOK SLIDE'S BEEN THE SAME, BUT IT'S A GOOD SLIDE.
JUST TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THE STUDIES WE HAVE.
UH, WE'RE KICKING OFF THE, THE, THE MUL UH, THE, UH, UH, STUDIES ON THE FLYOVER AND THE WEST COURT ACCESS, THE, THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE.
UM, WE'RE PREPARING A RFQ FOR, UH, WHAT WE HAVE ON THE YELLOW.
WE'VE GOT $2.8 MILLION OF TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES MONEY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RELEASING RFQ THAT INCLUDES, UH, WORK ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL AS WORK ON THE GREEN TRIANGLE, WHICH IS THE MULTIMODAL MOBILITY STUDY.
THOSE TWO WE'RE GONNA HAVE INCLUDED ALONG WITH SOME OTHER CIVIL PROJECTS IN IN RFQ, WE LOOK TO RELEASE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, THE RED POLYGON IS THE MOBILITY STUDY WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE BLUE POLYGON, WHICH IS THE WAY FINDING STUDY.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE DID ATTEND A MEETING WITH THE CITIES, UH, MAGENTA POLYGON THERE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THAT'S THE SAFE STREETS, UH, OR STREETSCAPE, UH, PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON.
WE HAD SOME STAFF THEY DID THAT, UH, KIND OF KICK OFF MEETING.
SO THAT'S MAGENTA, I BELIEVE THAT'S MAGENTA, YES.
MA CORRECT THE RECORD IF I DON'T, WHAT WAS, AND THEY, MY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WE'VE GOT MECHANICS UP THERE DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE, THE TRUCK FLEET, UH, INSTALLATION OF SOME, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, STRUCTURES THAT, UH, THE EXPRESS LOT.
AND, UH, THIS IS THE PART OF THE STAGE THAT, UH, ROGERS MENTIONING IN THE BROCHURE THAT, THAT CNM HAS BEEN.
UH, THEY'VE SET IT UP A COUPLE TIMES NOW AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOW AVAILABLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RENT A STAGE.
WE, WE HAVE THAT STAGE THAT THEY CAN SET UP FOR US.
UH, NEXT SLIDE WE'VE GOT, UM, YEAH, UH, CARLOS IS, UH, THE WINNER OF, UH, SAFETY AWARD THERE, UM, ON THE TOP RIGHT, UH, THE LANDSCAPE TEAM WORKING ON FOURTH ROAD, AND THEN OUR ELECTRIC TEAM DOING SOME, UH, REPAIR ON ELECTRIC BOX AND THE WAREHOUSE.
SO, AND I DO BELIEVE I'LL HAVE OUR, UH, REPORTING NUMBERS BACK TO Y'ALL NEXT MONTH.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THAT,
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SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SLIDE BACK FOR Y'ALL NEXT MONTH.UM, JUST AN UPDATE AS WE USUALLY DO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL KIND OF, UH, TRANSITIONING INTO THE NEW PHONE, UH, NEW COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS I SHOULD SAY.
UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO THAT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY LOT OF COORDINATION HAS TO GO WITH, UH, THE COUNTY ON THAT BECAUSE WE USE THEIR SYSTEM.
UM, THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, AS USUAL, WE JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU ACTIVITY ON THE PORT.
THIS, THIS REALLY KIND OF INDICATES, UH, THIRD PARTIES THAT ARE COMING IN AND DOING WORK ON THE, AND PERMITS THAT WE, THAT WE ISSUE FOR THAT.
UM, FEES FROM A, FROM A MONTHLY BASIS, UH, FOR PORT CARS, PORT ID CARS FOR, UH, WORKERS THAT COME ONTO THE PORT, UM, AND DO WORK THERE.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES, UM, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE PORCH, YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF RAILROAD, UM, EQUIPMENT COMING IN.
UM, IT CONTINUES TO BE STRONG.
THE WIND BLADES, UM, GOT A PICTURE OF, UH, THE NEW SHIP OVER, UH, TEXAS A AND M, WHICH IS FINALLY A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I KNOW COLONEL S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A NICE ADDITION TO OUR HARBOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO QUICKLY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER ONE.
UM, AND ALL WE WANNA DO WITH THIS MEETING IS TO, IS REALLY IS TO REITERATE WHAT JEFF JUST WENT OVER IS ALL THE, ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, MOBILITY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE WEST END AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE ON THE, THE COLOR CODED MAP THAT, THAT JEFF HAD UP THERE.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, BOB BROWN TO COME OUT AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CITY ON THE, ON THAT PLAN.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP 'EM INFORMED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON AND, AND, AND A LOT OF 'EM DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DON'T ATTEND THESE MEETINGS OR DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH WE, WE THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.
WE'LL JUST HAVE A SERIES OF SAFETY STATIONS ON THAT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT.
THIS IS JUST AS THE USUAL SUMMARY OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
I HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MARGARIE WE'LL SEE EVENT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE DOING WELL IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THEIR, UH, BIG SALES.
UM, DONE A COUPLE OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.
WE, WE HAD THE STATE OF THE PORTS, UH, UH, PROCESS OF IT, I MEAN A PRESENTATION AT TRAN, WHICH MYSELF AND, AND PORT OF HOUSTON AND, UM, PORT TEXAS CITY AS WELL AS, UH, FREEPORT ALL, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT OUR INDIVIDUAL REPORTS AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST EVENT THEY'VE EVER HAD ACTUALLY FROM ATTENDANCE STANDPOINT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LIKE FOR ALL OF OUR WOMEN TO ALL, ALL OF OUR FEMALE EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE AND THEY PRETTY MUCH DO.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A GOOD EVENT FOR THEM, FOR, FOR CAMARADERIE AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY.
I SPOKE EARLY LAST, LATE LAST WEEK WITH BIZ NOW HAD A GOOD, UH, A GOOD SHOWING FOR THAT.
AND I WAS THE KEYNOTE ON THAT, AND WE JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON FROM THE PORT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST GALVESTON, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, STARTING NEXT WEEK, I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK, YEAH, WE HAVE THE, UH, UH, ASSOCIATE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, A PA, UM, ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS.
UM, I'M SITTING ON A PANEL WITH THAT, WHICH IRONICALLY IS TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC AND CREW SPORTS.
SO I THINK WE, WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION AND SO I WAS INVITED TO BE ON A PANEL OVER THERE AS WELL AS, UM, OF THE OPENING CEREMONY.
WE ARE, UH, WE'RE, UM, SAYING BYE TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, AND THEY'VE ASKED ME TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
GOOD TO SEE, UH, GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM THE BOARD THERE.
THIS WAS THE AMERICAN MAR LITTLE C AND THEN ALSO WE DID A PRESENTATION OVER HERE FOR THE BALL HIGH.
THEY CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS, THIS IS TURNING OUT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS 2, 3, 4 TIMES A YEAR.
UM, AND, AND BACK AT THE BIZ NOW, UM, A PRESENTATION I MADE, THERE WAS A LOT OF STUDENTS THERE FROM LUTHER FROM SOUTHERN, WHICH IS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH INTERESTED.
WE AND I TALKED KIND OF DIRECTLY TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY NEEDS AND, AND, UH, WORKFORCE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO SEE, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THEM,
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UH, AS EARLY AS WE CAN SO WE CAN GET THE MINDSET ON, ON, ON THESE STUDENTS TO GET IN THIS INDUSTRY.THIS WAS THE, THIS WAS RIGHT HERE, THE STATE OF PORTS.
UM, AND THERE'S DOROTHY, UH, WHO WAS WITH JC MOORE AT THE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
COULD YOU PLEASE JUMP BACK ALL THE WAY TO SLIDE FIVE, PLEASE? I JUST HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT IS THE SHIP CALLS SLIDE AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY CARGO CREW AND LAY.
I JUST THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE LAY BUSINESS.
IT, IT ACCOUNTS FOR A THIRD OF THE VESSEL TRAFFIC THAT'S CALLING ON THE PORT.
UM, YES, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE, UH, CARGO OR PASSENGERS MOVING OVER, UH, WHICH WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE.
IT'S ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES, ADDITIONAL JOBS, BUT THAT, THAT VOLUME OF, OF LABOR BUSINESS IS, IS BECAUSE THE PORT OF GALVESTON PROVIDES A CRITICAL FUNCTION TO THE ENTIRE MARITIME INDUSTRY.
BUT IN THE GULF, UM, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THAT NATURAL ADVANTAGE OF THE PORT TO GALVESTON BEING SO CLOSE TO THE GULF AND IT'S QUICK TO GET IN AND OUT OF, BUT AT A LOT OF THESE OTHER, UM, PORTS, HOUSTON, TEXAS CITY, FREEPORT CORPUS, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PRIVATE TERMINALS.
THEIR OPERATIONS, THEIR TEMPO JUST DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO HAVING AVAILABLE, UH, FREE BIRTH SPACE FOR VESSELS TO COME IN AND JUST DO LABOR BIRTH OPERATIONS.
UM, THAT INCLUDES CRITICAL INSPECTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY COAST GUARD.
UM, WHILE THEY'RE ALONGSIDE, THEY'LL BE GETTING BUNKERS, THEY'LL BE GETTING SUPPLIES, THEY'LL BE DOING CREW CHANGES.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR GALVESTON.
UM, WE'VE GOT THESE BUNKER BARGES THAT, THAT SELL FUEL.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, MERCHANTS HERE ON THE ISLAND THAT, THAT DELIVER TO THESE SHIPS.
UM, REPAIR DIFFERENT OUTFITS THAT ARE SELLING PARTS AND REPAIRS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE FOCUSED ON CARGO, WHILE WE ARE FOCUSED ON CRUISE LAY AS A, AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO, UH, TO WHAT THIS PORT DOES AND, AND ONE OF ITS STRONG SUITS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND, AND, UH, CREDIT BRETT AND UH, AND STAFF FOR, FOR REALLY GOING OUT AND TARGETING THAT, THAT BUSINESS, THAT THAT MARKET.
BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE FOR US HERE.
AND TO YOUR POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL THE PORTS IN THIS AREA.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GULF.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOLF PORTS.
AND SO THAT, I THINK IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND, AND EXACT ONE MORE THING IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING WITH THIS NEW EARTH ON PELICAN ISLAND, IF WE CAN GET FUNDED FROM THAT, UM, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD THAT TO OUR, THE, THE USAGE.
ONE FINAL THOUGHT ON THAT, UM, IS WHILE, WHILE WE'RE, WE TRY REALLY HARD TO MAXIMIZE THE UTILIZATION OF THESE TERMINALS THAT WE HAVE AND TRY TO ATTRACT MORE CRUISE LINES TO, TO GET MORE CRUISES AT THE DOCK EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK TO MAXIMIZE THAT UTILIZATION.
IT IS ALSO THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE DOCKS, THE ADEQUACY OF THOSE DOCKS.
THEY'RE BRAND NEW THAT ATTRACT THAT BUSINESS.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, WHEN YOU SAY FREE BIRTH, YOU'RE NOT TALKING DOLLARS AND CENTS AND NOT FREE, BECAUSE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE DURING COVID, BUT THE WAY BUSINESS REALLY HELPED BRIDGE THE GAP WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTIVITY GOING ON.
AND SO THAT'S, I THINK WHEN THE PORT REALLY STEPPED UP IN THE LAY BUSINESS AND HELPED CARRY US THROUGH THAT.
IT'S ALSO TERMINALS THAT ARE NOT BEING USED THAT DAY AS WELL.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S NOTHING BETTER THAN GOING OUT THERE AND SEEING A CRUISE TERMINAL WITH THE CARGO SHIP THERE.
UNLESS YOU WANT, I CAN START HERE AGAIN AND GO FORWARD.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WHY THE COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
[D. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL ESTATE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4.PERSONNEL SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 6.
SECURITY MATTERS, SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7.
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NEGOTIATION.THANK YOU ALL WILL BE BACK SOON.
[E. RECONVENE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING]
BACK INTO THE REGULAR SESSION MEETING AND IT IS, UH, THREE 10, I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE A RECORD FOR MY FIVE YEARS ON THIS BOARD.NOT ONE THAT I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF.
[F.1 CFO Report/Consent Agenda]
THE MOVING, MOVING ALONG BUSINESS ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE CFO REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA, UM, THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE, UM, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, MANY, MANY HOURS AGO.AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT YOU, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, CFO REPORT AND CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL SECOND, UH, DID I SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO, NO, NO, THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, I WAS THINKING SOMEBODY FROM FINANCE HAD TO SECOND, BUT THEY DON'T.
UH, ANY CONVERSATION DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, THE AGENDA ITEMS THIS MORNING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOPE.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
I THINK YOU DO NEED A MOTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ON THE SEPARATE.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS ON THE, THE ONE PRIOR WE DID MAKE NOTE OF WHAT SHEILA WANTED WITH THE, THE BREAKDOWN YEAR PER YEAR INSTEAD OF HAVING FOR THE MASTER PLAN SCHEDULE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND? I'M SORRY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.2 Discuss and Consider for Approval a Lease Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and the U.S. Customs Border Protection Agency for the use of 14,940 Square feet in the Cruise Terminal 16, Facility Inspection Services Area, Effective on October 1, 2026, for a One-Year Primary Term Followed by Nineteen Automatic Annual Renewals.]
F TWO.UH, IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER REQUIRED ON THE MASTER PLAN? THERE WERE NO CHANGES, RIGHT? NO.
JUST AN UPDATE OF THE CURRENT SPEND.
AND THAT WAS WE, THAT WAS ONLY CHANGE WE MADE.
DO ARE WE REQUIRED TO TAKE THAT AS A, AN AGENDA ITEM, TONY? NO.
ON THE CAPITAL ITEMS? UH, YEAH.
IF YOU APPROVE THIS, WE'RE OKAY.
F TWO IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WHARFS AND THE US CUSTOMS BORDER PROTECTION AGENCY FOR THE USE OF 14,940 SQUARE FEET IN THE CRUISE TERMINAL 16 FACILITY INSPECTION SERVICES AREA, EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 FOR A ONE YEAR PRIMARY TERM, FOLLOWED BY 19 AUTOMATIC ANNUAL RENEWALS.
UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG TITLE.
UM, YES, THIS IS FOR THE LEASE FOR, UH, CVP, FOR THE PROCESSING OF PASSAGE ACCRUED FROM OH 16 APPROXIMATELY THIS AREA HERE THAT ALSO ASSIGNS 11 DEPARTMENT SPACES, UH, FOR THEIR USE.
UM, THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EXECUTED IN 2023 WITH CT 25, UH, WHEN WE UPDATED THAT TERMINAL.
UH, THIS ISN'T TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT THAT WE EXECUTED LAST YEAR WITH THEM ON REIMBURSING, UH, THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR, UH, THEIR IT EQUIPMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RETRAIN AGAINST UNANIMOUS.
[F.3. Discuss and Consider for Approval, a Memorandum of Agreement and a Technical Assistance Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to Support the WRDA Section 203 Study to Evaluate a Modification to Federal Harbor to Improve Waterway Reliably, O&M Costs and Transportation Infrastructure to Pelican Island.]
TO ITEM F THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL.AMEND A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND A TECHNICAL ASSISTANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO SUPPORT THE WRDA SECTION 2 0 3 STUDY TO EVALUATE A MODIFICATION TO FEDERAL HARBOR TO IMPROVE WATER WATERWAY.
WOULD THAT BE RELIABILITY? RELIABLY O AND M COST AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO PELICAN ISLAND? RIGHT.
UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS OR A YEAR OR PROBABLY MULTIPLE YEARS.
UH, EITHER 2 0 3, 2 16 STUDIES OR PROJECTS.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, UH, THAT WILL BE IN THE, UH, SIMILAR AREA OF STUDY.
THIS ONE PARTICULARLY IS THE ONE FOR THE, UH, THE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR THE NAVIGATIONAL FEATURE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES, WHICH COULD BE ANYTHING FROM RUNNING MODELS, UH, TO DOING ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, ANY OF THE ASK THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO KIND OF PROVIDE GUIDANCE, ENGAGE WITH A S A'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STUDY.
THEY WILL NOT BE CONDUCTING THIS DISTORTED STUDY, BUT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO US.
EACH OF THE AGREEMENTS IS ESTIMATED AT 30,000 THAT PLANS, UH, TO BE TAKEN OUT OF OPERATIONAL, UH, UH, REVENUE.
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MAY I HAVE MOTION, ERIC? MOTION TO APPROVE.IS THERE A SECOND? RICHARD MOORE? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.4 Discuss and Consider for Approval, for the Purchase of 18 Network Switches, Accessories and Licensing at a Cost Not to Exceed the Total of 2025 Port Security Grant of $146,000.00. ]
AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF 18 NETWORK SWITCHES, ACCESSORIES, AND LICENSING AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL OF 2025 PORT SECURITY GRANT OF $146,000.UM, THESE SWITCHES ARE OUT OF LI OUT OF LIGHT.
AND, UM, AS SUCH, THEY CREATE VULNERABILITIES BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER RECEIVE ANY TYPES OF SECURITY PATCHES.
UH, IF THEY ARE TO GO DOWN, IT'LL BE EXTENDED DOWNTOWN TIME AS WELL AS NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED.
AGAIN, THESE, UH, SWITCHES ARE BEING PURCHASED THROUGH THE 2025 PORT SECURITY GRANT, WHICH IS A, UH, 75 25 MATCH.
THE PORT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR $36,500 AND, UH, FEDERAL AWARD WILL BE 109,500.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.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 the Battleship Texas Foundation INC., in the amount of $434,212.72 for the Placement of Dredge Material into the Federal Pelican Island Placement Area.]
STEP FIVE, 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 WHAS AND THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION, INC.IN THE AMOUNT OF $434,212 AND 72 CENTS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF DREDGE MATERIAL INTO THE FEDERAL PELICAN ISLAND PLACEMENT AREA.
THIS IS OUR LAST TWO 17 B APPLICATION THAT WE WILL BE USING, UH, THIS YEAR TO PLACE NON-FEDERAL MATERIAL INTO THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA HERE ON GAN ISLAND.
IF YOU RECALL, JUST
UH, WELL, WE ARE THE NON-FEDERAL SPONSORS, SO WE NEED THE PROJECTS OR IN MATERIAL OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE FEDERAL HARBOR OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLACEMENT AREAS GOES THROUGH US.
UH, WE EXECUTED TWO PREVIOUS TWO 17 B APPLICATIONS.
ONE WAS PROTECTED INTERNATIONAL.
ANOTHER ONE LAST MONTH WAS FOR THE CV DOC FOR THE
THIS ONE WOULD BE FOR, UH, THE US TEXAS FOUNDATION FOR SLIP 15.
WE PLACED INTO, UH, THE FEDERAL PLACEMENT AREA.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WITH THIS ONE THAN THE OTHERS IS THEY WILL BE CONTRACTING DIRECTLY WITH THE DREDGING CONTRACTOR.
IT COULD EITHER BE, LIKELY IT'S GONNA BE MIKE HOOKS.
I DON'T THINK THIS'S GONNA BE TIMING FOR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE TIPPING FEES.
FOR THE PLACEMENT FEES INTO THE PLACEMENT AREA THERE.
YOU'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
IS THERE A SECOND? GREAT STEP.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.6 Discuss and Consider Approval of Equipment Replacement Purchases of Three Forklifts, One Backhoe Loader, and Two Rubber Tire Loaders at a Cost Not to Exceed $685,811.31 which is Eligible for Reimbursement through the Texas Emission Reduction Program (TERP) at an Amount not to Exceed $508,863.02 ]
F SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PURCHASES OF THREE FORKLIFTS, ONE BACKHOE LOADER, AND TWO RUBBER TIRE LOADERS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 685,811 AND, UH, $811 AND 31 CENTS, WHICH IS ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $508,863 AND 2 CENTS.UH, AND THIS, UH, UH, WHAT WE BRING BEFORE YOU IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TEXAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS PROGRAM GRANT, UH, THAT WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR STARTING IN 2025.
UM, IT ALLOWS US TO REPLACE OLD EQUIPMENT, UH, WITH MORE, UH, EMISSIONS FRIENDLY EQUIPMENT.
UH, AND THE, THE STATE WOULD PAY US BASICALLY A, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE CAPITAL COST FOR THAT REPLACEMENT.
UM, AND SO WE, WE, UH, WENT OUT AND, AND LOOKED AT THE COST OF ALL THE REPLACEMENT THAT WE HAD.
ONLY ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR, WE AREN'T CHOOSING TO SEEK, UH, PURCHASE OF, BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE NEARLY DOUBLED OUR NET COST OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT TOGETHER.
SO, UM, WE'RE ASKING, OR WE'RE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, UH, TO PURCHASE THE, THE, UH, UH, SIX PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HERE FROM ASCO, UH, ASSOCIATED SUPPLY COMPANY THAT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED $685,811 31 CENTS, AFTER WHICH WE WOULD THEN SEEK REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS PROGRAM, UH, OF $508,863 2 CENTS.
UM, WE DO THINK WE WILL MAKE ONE PURCHASE OF ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERY, ALL THE DUCKS IN A ROW BEFORE WE PURCHASE THE REST AND, AND HAVE, HAVE THE RIGHT PROCESS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE PARTICIPATED
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IN THIS PROGRAM, SO WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL OUT THERE WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT BEFORE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.YOU'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I, I HAVE ONE.
UM, SO YOU HAD MENTIONED THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, TURP GRANT THAT PORTON HAS EVER PURSUED.
UM, I'VE, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN SOME TURP GRANTS IN THE PAST, AND THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH FROM THE REPORTING ASPECT, THEY'RE GONNA, ASSUMING IT'S THE SAME, THEY'RE GONNA WANNA SEE HOURS, ENGINE HOURS SO THEY CAN CALCULATE EMISSION SAVINGS.
ONE THING I WOULD, UH, UH, ADVISE YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF IS, UH, WITHIN THAT CONTRACT, THE TURP CONTRACT VERIFY THE, UH, UM, THE LIFESPAN OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS REALISTIC.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE YOU SAY A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT'S GONNA LAST FIVE YEARS AND THAT THE STATE'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM FIVE YEARS OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, AND THEN YOU END UP GETTING RID OF THAT PIECE AT THREE YEARS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE, THE HOOPS OF MODIFYING A CONTRACT WITH TURP BECAUSE YOU HAD TO REPLACE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT EARLIER.
DON'T THEY, SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DIDN'T ERIC, ERIC KIND COVERED EVERYTH AT THE END.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.7 Discuss and Consider Approval of Maintenance Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and ADELTE Technologies, Inc for Preventative Maintenance on Four Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) Through 2030 at a Cost Not to Exceed $611,031.00]
CAN YOU STAY? WELL? OKAY.WE'LL GO TO F SEVEN F YOU'RE SAYING DO ALONG TOGETHER.
CAN WE DO EIGHT AND NINE AT THE SAME TIME? UM, WE NEED SEVEN.
UM, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DOWNTON WARS AND THE DELTA TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON FOUR PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES THROUGH 2030 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $611,031.
UM, YEAH, THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, UH, A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO COVER PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS SUPPORT ON, UH, FOUR PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES PURCHASED FROM ADULT, WHICH WERE ALL PROCURED THROUGH SEPARATE RFPS.
UM, AND IN THOSE RFPS, THE MAINTENANCE PORTION OF THE, UH, WAS CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE SELECTION CRITERIA, UH, FOR, FOR ADULT.
UM, ULTIMATELY ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF US HAVING ALL THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ON THE SAME MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF TRAVEL OF THE DELTA PERSONNEL TO COME OUT.
WHEREAS IN THE CT 25 KRONOS PBV SELECTION, IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT $55,000 A YEAR FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE ON THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE EFFICIENT USE OF THE TRAVEL EXPENSES, WE'RE ABLE TO GET PER EQUIPMENT $35,000 ROUGHLY, UH, ON AVERAGE, UH, FOR, FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO DO THE PM AND SUPPORT OF THESE UNITS.
UM, WE'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION MAKE A MOTION APPROVE.
I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, POINT OUT WHAT WE ALL KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED LAST MONTH THAT ANNOUNCEMENT PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
UH, AGAIN, LAST MONTH WE WENT INTO DEPTH ON, ON THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT IS IN PLACE HERE AT THE PORT OF GALVESTON.
UM, IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN, IN CONTINUING THOSE EFFORTS OF REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND INSPECT AN INSPECTION WILL HELP IDENTIFY AND PREVENT THE ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME MORE COSTLY AND EMERGENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, JEFF, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION AND THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OR RAISE OPINION? AYE.
[F.8 Discuss and Consider Approval of Purchase of Three Backflow Preventers at a Cost Not to Exceed $59,747.00 ]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER.OH, YES, THAT ITEM, IT'S PULLED.
[F.9 Discuss and Consider Approval of Purchase of One F-250 from Chastang Ford at a Cost Not to Exceed $63,978.00 ]
F NINE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF ONE F TWO 50 FROM CHEST FORD AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $63,978.JEFF? UH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, THIS ITEM WAS ONE OF THE, WE HAD A PIECE OF A F SEVEN 50, UH, TRUCK IN, UH, THE, THE RR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT COST CAME BACK WAY OUTSIDE OF BUDGET, SO WE KIND OF REPOSITIONED, UM, UH, A SMALLER DUTY TRUCK THAT WILL BE A CREW TRUCK FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN PURCHASING THAT S SEVEN 50.
UM, AND THE COST, UH, IS FROM CHAST TANK FORD, WHICH IS A BUYBOARD, UH, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT IS 63,978.
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UH, CAN WE GET IT ON THE BOARD FIRST? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'D LIKE MOTION SECOND.UM, NO, I, THAT WAS MY MOTION.
[F.10 Discuss and Consider for Approval, the Galveston Wharves Tariff Circular No.7 Rate Schedule and Language Amendments Effective January 1, 2027. ]
CAN WE DEFER F 10? I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO DEFER F 10.IS THERE A MOTION PANEL CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE TABLE AND DEFER THIS MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND WILLIE WILL SECOND, UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THIS WILL INCLUDE ALL THE TARIFFS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ACROSS THE BOARD OF GALVESTON.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT 'EM NEXT MONTH OR, OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.11 Discuss and consider affirmation that the Port of Galveston will pause any and all negotiations, written or verbal, with any cruise line requiring the construction of a fifth cruise terminal until after the Port of Galveston’s comprehensive mobility study is complete, and it has been reported to the Board and the community. Port staff must also include a plan, timeline, affiliated cost estimate and funding sources for modifications or additions identified in the study before resuming any discussions about constructing a fifth cruise terminal in Galveston. ]
OKAY.NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS.
UM, WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
UM, I BELIEVE WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE TO, UH, TRY HARDER AND COMMUNICATE BETTER.
AND WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE ASKING, UM, THE COURT LEADERSHIP STAFF TO BRING BACK TO US, UH, ESSENTIALLY A TERM SHEET, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT, UH, ALLOWS US TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE ON THE, ON THE, UM, SPECIFICATIONS OF WHAT MAY BEGIN TO BE A, A, UH, CONTRACT GOING FORWARD WITH ROYAL CARIBBEAN FOURTH, FIFTH TERMINAL.
I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT IS A MOTION.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I MEAN, I GUESS COMMENT WOULD JUST BE CLARIFYING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM CONSIDER AFFIRMATION THAT WILL PAUSE ANY OF ALL NEGOTIATIONS.
NO, WE WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THAT.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE COMMUNICATING WITH CRUISE LINES, CORRECT.
I THINK THERE'S A BUSINESS ITEM F 17 THAT WE'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER.
YOUR, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
CONFUSED ON THAT ONE, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD ON THAT? YEAH.
WE'RE WONDERING WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE VOTED TO PASS ON IT.
SO UNTIL WE GET TO F 17, UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE GET TO IS THINK WE WAS VOTED ON A TERM SHEET AND A TIMELINE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IN THE TERM SHEET AND THE TIMELINE, I THINK WILL BE IN 1717 BE SO THAT WAS A MOTION RULE.
THIS ITEM, WE JUST DIDN'T DISCUSS IT.
THEY VOTED FOR, BUT I'LL ADDRESS IT.
MY MOTION ON SECOND TIMELINE, THE TERM SHEET NEXT MONTH.
[F.12 Discuss and consider hiring an independent financial auditor to review Port of Galveston parking revenues and to provide a detailed report to the Board regarding the use and financial performance of the Port’s individual cruise parking properties. ]
OKAY.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER HIRING AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITOR TO REVIEW COURT OF GALVESTON PARKING REVENUES AND TO PROVIDE A DETAILED REPORT TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE USE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE PORT'S INDIVIDUAL CRUISE PARKING PROPERTIES.
ANYBODY WANNA START THAT? UM, IT, IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES THAT THIS, UM, THIS HAS COME UP.
IT IS NOT THAT WE BELIEVE, UM, THERE'S ANY IRREGULARITY WHATSOEVER BECAUSE, UM, THE, UH, PARKING REVENUES ARE SO CRITICAL TO THE IMPORTANCE AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THIS, UH, REPORT.
WE'D LIKE TO, UH, I'M, I'M ASKING THAT WE DO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE TO ATTAIN INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION ON EACH PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IF IT'S EIGHT PARKING SPACES, IF IT'S 1500 PARKING SPACES, UM, MORE OF AN INVENTORY THAN AN AUDIT.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, STAFF COULD DO.
AND I'M JUST, THAT, THAT WAS WHY IT'S ON HERE.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT AND I WON'T, 'CAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STUFF.
THANK MOTION TO DO WHAT? A MOTION.
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TO DO WHAT SHE JUST SAID.SO WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED TO, UH, I MAINLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AFTER WE HAD A MOTION ON.
SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THE BOARD KNOWS THAT THE, AS FAR AS THE AUDIT CONS, UH, COMP PART OF THIS, WE, WE HAVE THE CITY AUDITOR HERE THAT WILL BE GETTING INTO THE PARKING AREA PRETTY SOON, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO I THINK GETTING THE AUDIT WORK DONE BY SOMEBODY ELSE AT THE SAME TIME WOULD BE CONFUSING.
RIGHT NOW, THE ANALYSIS WORK, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO, WE WANT TO ANALYZE WHERE OUR PARKING REVENUES COME FROM, THE PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
I THINK THE PARKING STAFF CAN DO THAT.
THAT'S IF IT CAN BE DONE INTERNALLY ON FORD.
AND I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THOSE PARKING LOTS TO OUR BEST INTEREST.
AND I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE SPENT ON THOSE LOTS.
WHAT WE, WHAT REVENUE WE PRODUCE OFF THE LOTS.
IF THEY'RE NOT A REVENUE PRODUCING LOT, MAYBE WE NEED TO SWITCH IT OVER TO CARGO OR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER USE, UM, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MY INTEREST IN THIS ITEM.
I, I THINK AN, I THINK AN ANALYSIS WITH THAT IN MIND IS PART OF THE OUTCOME.
I WOULD, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE, UH, POINT OF ORDER, TONY, UM, I THINK THE WAY THE MOTION WAS MADE WAS TO HIRE IN IN THE FINANCIAL THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
AND SO, I MEAN, I CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT, BUT RIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR MOTION, THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING I COULD VOTE FOR IT.
AND, AND YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
UH, WHAT RICHARD SAID, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO HAVE OUR CITY AUDIT PLAN FOR, UM, THE CITY COMING OVER HERE TO DO, THEY'RE HERE AUDIT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, IF THEY'VE STARTED ON THE PARKING OR NOT.
IT MAY BE, BUT UM, SO YEAH, WE, WE CAN HANDLE THAT PIECE IF YOU WANT.
NICK'S GOT A GOOD POINT THOUGH.
I THINK I NEED TO RE REWORD MY MOTION.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DISCUSS THE AUDIT COMPONENT OF THIS AND THE ANALYSIS COMPONENT OF THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THE AUDIT COMPONENT PERFORMED UNDER THE CITY AUDITOR WHO'S HERE LOOKING AT OTHER STUFF AND HAVE THE ANALYSIS COMPONENT OF THIS DONE BY THE STAFF.
IS THERE A SECOND? WELL, YES, I'M IN MY SECOND, UM, ERIC, UM, I LIKE THE MOTION AS, AS AMENDED.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO IRREGULARITIES THAT THE BOARD IS CONCERNED OF WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, CONCERNS OF IRREGULARITIES, THEN I AGREE THIS BOARD STAFF IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF, OF GETTING WHATEVER DATA IS NEEDED TO PRESENT THE ANALYSIS AND, UH, AND ASSIST THE CITY WHENEVER THAT TIME COMES AND DOING THEIR OWN AUDIT OF THE PARKING.
I'D LIKE STAFF HAVE TO READ BACK THE MOTION WORDSMITH BEFORE I CAN VOTE ON IT.
BECAUSE THAT WAS A LOT OF SUBSTANCE THAT EXACTLY.
SO IT IS JUST, HE AMENDED THE MOTION TO DISCUSS AUDIT AND TO, UM, GO BACK AND THE ANA AND DO THE ANALYSIS OF CITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE, THE AUDIT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
AND THEN TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT TO DO, I'M SORRY, I MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT BUT I DIDN'T READ.
CAN I HAVE A SUGGESTION? YEAH.
THAT WE MAKE THIS, THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE FIRST ONE.
UH, JUST THE SECOND PART OF THIS THAT SAYS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL CRUISE PARKING PROPERTIES.
THE BOARD IS REQUESTING THAT WE DO AN ANALYSIS OF THAT BECAUSE THE BOARD, THE CITY AUDITORS IS COMING IN ANYWAY.
MAKE SURE FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL AND AND AND UTILIZATION AFTER ANN, AFTER ANN IS WHAT THIS SUGGESTING MOTIONAL.
READ YOUR MOTION SO WE GET IT CLEAR.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
WE GOTTA WE GOTTA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.
I, MR. MOORE, IS THIS YOUR MOTION? IT WASN'T GONNA BE, GO AHEAD.
A MOTION TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT AN ANALYSIS ON A PER PARKING LOT BASIS FOR THE PORT'S PARKING FACILITIES TO BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UH, AND I THINK I HEARD THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE COSTING TO DEVELOP EACH PARKING FACILITY THAT'S USE OR MONEY IN JUST WHAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE A P AND L BASICALLY ON YEAH.
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REVENUE AND COSTS.CAN YOU GIVE THIS A TIMEFRAME? WELL, HE SAID NEXT MEETING, BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY TOO QUICKLY FOR THE PERIOD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ANNOUNCED WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IT FOR WHAT TIME PERIOD.
STARTING WHEN? WELL, HOW FAR BACK? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT TO, TO, TO DO WHAT I WANT.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A TIME PERIOD.
IT, IT, IT IS WHATEVER YOU HAVE INVESTED IN THAT LOT, YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DAY OF THE LOT WINNING SERVICE.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE THAT ON THE BOOKS.
IT SOME KIND OF THOUSAND SEVEN PROBABLY ON DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE.
IS THAT WHAT I MEAN? APPRECIATING THE PARKING LOT? WE WOULD'VE, THE GENERAL, IF WE COULD ACCESS THE SYSTEM, WE WOULD'VE THE GENERAL LEDGER, UH, DEPRECIATION GOING BACK TO 2007, BUT WE'VE CHANGED SYSTEMS A FEW TIMES.
REALISTICALLY, EVEN IF WE STARTED AT THE, UH, SAY 2017, 2018, WE WOULD HAVE THE BOOK VALUE OF THOSE PARKING LOTS AT THAT TIME AND, AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE SUBSEQUENT TO THAT.
AND YOU'RE USING AI TO DO YOUR, TO ANALYZE, YOU'VE GOT THE CAPABILITY TO USE THAT ON SOME OF THIS STUFF.
LET'S JUST TAKE THE FIRST SHOT AT IT AND SEE IF, I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS, IS GO TO THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE AND ASSUMING ALL OF OUR PARKING LOTS ARE ON THERE, THEN WE COULD USE THAT AS THE BASIS FOR WHAT THE COST IS.
'CAUSE TECHNICALLY THAT'S OUR COST IS WHAT WE PUT ON THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE.
AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, UM, LIKE WE, WE HAVE SOME LOTS.
DO WE HAVE SOME LOTS THAT WE ARE LEASING? DO YOU HAVE ANY LOTS THAT WE'RE LEASING? YEAH.
WELL, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
THE CARGO LOTS NOT, UM, WE RELEASING SOME FROM, UH, LITTLE PIECE ONE, ONE PIECE FROM, UH, JONES, THE RAILROAD JONES.
SO, SO, AND JONES DOWN HERE, UH, JONES WE'RE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, RAILROAD, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I'M THE RAILROAD INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR COST PER YEAR EXPENSES? THAT'S THAT'D BE AN OPERATING COST.
SO PROBABLY MORE OF AN OPERATING COST VERSUS, UH, REVENUE THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN IT.
YOU WANNA GO BACK FIVE YEARS? THAT'S FINE.
WE COULD GO BACK TO 2021, WHICH WOULD BE WELL, AND I DON'T LIKE SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE LOTS, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES YOU MAY DRIVE BY AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE, THEY'RE PEAK LOTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE LOTS ARE FULL, YOU KNOW, HALF THE YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
AND THAT'S WHERE I HAD MY HAND RAISED IS EARLY ON IN THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS.
THERE WAS MENTION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LOTS AND THEN WE GOT DOWN INTO THE FINANCIALS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
BUT I THINK MAYBE WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW UTILIZATION RATE OF THESE LOTS.
SO IF THEY'RE OPERATING AT 85% OF THE TIME, OR WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE THEY OPERATING AT CAPACITY WISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT IF THE PART OF THE ANALYSIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IS THE LOT BETTER SERVED AS CARGO OR CRUISE PARKING OR CAN YOU RESHUFFLE CERTAIN PARKING LOTS TO CONSOLIDATE? I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FROM THIS ANALYSIS.
SO I DON'T WANNA LEAVE OUT UTILIZATION FROM THIS MOTION.
THERE'S THE PROFIT AND LOST AND ARE WE LOSING MONEY OR MAKING MONEY OR WHAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO UTILIZATION AND CAN YOU TAKE TWO 50% FULL LOTS AND MAKE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT LOT AND THEN REPURPOSE A LOT FOR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE CARGO.
JUST TRYING TO FIND IF THERE ARE MR. MOORE.
I, I I I JUST MADE A MOTION SO WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSION.
WHAT ABOUT THAT? DO I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE AUDIT? OR WE CAN JUST SAY YOU CAN NOW IT'S ON THE FLOOR.
WHAT, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? NO, I WAS ONLY GONNA SAY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ADD THE, THE STUFF ABOUT THE AUDITS SINCE, SINCE THE AUDITOR'S NOT HERE.
IT'S NOT IN YOUR MOTION TODAY.
WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, IS THERE ANY MORE
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? HEARING NONE.EVERYBODY RAISED THEIR HAND IF THEY APPROVE.
[F.13 Discuss and consider developing and posting a Request for Proposal to engage a marine construction consultant/architect/marine expert to complete a comprehensive study to identify the current facility needs of historic Pier 19/Mosquito Fleet area. This study must involve the current tenants of the Pier 19 area and may require modifications to the Port’s Capital Plan, based upon outcomes of the study.]
STEP 13, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DEVELOPING AND POSTING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO INVENT MARINE CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT ARCHITECT, MARINE EXPERT TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT FACILITY NEEDS OF HISTORIC PIER 19 MOSQUITO FLEET AREA.AND THIS STUDY MUST INVOLVE THE CURRENT TENANTS OF THE PIER 19 AREA AND MAY REQUIRE MODIFICATIONS TO THE COURT'S CAPITAL PLAN BASED UPON THE OUTCOMES OF THIS STUDY.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER THE MOTION THAT, UM, WE, OKAY.
WE DON'T, CAN WE DETERMINE IF THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT AT YEAR 19 ARE, UM, CRITICAL? AS IN, IS THERE ANYTHING DANGEROUS? YES.
SO THAT UNDERSTANDING AND WE WOULD, AND WE WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE IT PART OF A LARGER, UH, STUDY OR ANALYSIS OF THAT AREA IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON OR PLANNED.
I A SECOND BEFORE, WE'LL WAIT.
ARE WE STILL, ARE WE STILL MOTION OPEN FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW? SAY YES.
PROBABLY NEED TO GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I THOUGHT I HEARD, SAY I PRESENT THIS AS A MOTION.
WE NEED TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF P 19 NOW TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND IF ANY IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE THERE NOW CAN, CAN WE DO IT WITH PORT STAFF? THAT'S, I I THINK WE COULD, WELL, WE CAN'T EVEN DISCUSS THAT TELEVISION MOTION.
THAT'S, I WOULD SAY WITH PORT STAFF.
NOT HIRING A, A MARINE ENGINEER.
YES, I WILL ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT.
BUT DO WE HAVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
SO THERE WAS A MOTION, MOTION AND A SECOND.
YEAH, I'D SAY, YEAH, LET'S GET EXACTLY WHAT IS THE MOTION TO GET PORT STAFF TO COME DOWN AND EVALUATE THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT, SO WE'RE NOT HIRING ANYBODY.
MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND IT'S FUNCTIONAL.
I THINK THAT COURSE THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORDSMITH IT.
DO YOU HAVE THAT MOTION TO MOTION TO HAVE COURT STAFF DO AN EVALUATION OF P 19 TO ASSESS, DO EVALUATE SAFETY ISSUES, SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A TIME PERIOD ON THIS THAT SOON? YEAH, BY THE NEXT MEETING.
AND IS THAT SECONDED? I THINK YOU SECONDED.
IT WAS YOUR MOTION THAT ERIC SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.14 Discuss and consider making a request for the City Auditor to audit the Port’s payment of additional compensation (other than salaries and benefits) to Port employees, including but not limited to performance-based incentive and retainage plans paying additional compensation to employees during the past five years, with the understanding that the Board will not require any employee to reimburse any potential overpayment should overpayment be discovered.]
OKAY, LET'S SEE.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MAKING A, A REQUEST FOR THE CITY'S AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE COURT'S PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, INCLUDING SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO PORT EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE AND RETAINAGE PLANS, PAYING ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT WE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRING ANY EMPLOYEE TO REVERSE IN REIMBURSE ANY POTENTIAL OVERPAYMENT.
THAT SHOULD BE DIS IT SHOULD THAT BE DISCOVERED.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION? UM, SHOULD JUST, SHOULD BE A MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION RICHARD? I I THINK THIS IS WORDED OKAY FOR A MOTION.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY LET'S, LET'S, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION WHAT THIS SAYS.
MAKE A REQUEST TO, IF I GET A SECOND, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS SOMETHING I HAVE
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ON MY MIND.I, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, I I THINK THAT WE COULD DO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS AND AND MAYOR YOU MIGHT TELL ME, I MEAN, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULDN'T GET THE CITY AUDITOR TO DO THAT IN HIS CURRENT, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS CURRENT BESIDES PARKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CURRENT, UH, ITEM MS. MARK, DO YOU KNOW? OH, HE, HE HAS A PLAN AND WE APPROVED IT ON OUR LAST MEETING.
THE CITY AUDITOR NORMALLY DOES NOT GIVE ME MUCH OF A PLAN UNTIL WELL AFTER HE'S, IT'S BEEN PASSED.
HE DOES CONSULTS US, NOR DOES HE CONSULT WHAT ELSE WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO I DON'T, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S ON THE AUDIT CITY AUDITOR'S PLAN.
I THINK JOHN PAUL JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU JUST PASSED AN AUDIT PLAN AND THIS IS NOT ON THERE.
BUT HE ALSO THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, CORRECT.
WE'D HAVE TO ADMIT HIS AUDIT PLAN.
AND, AND ONCE PLAN IS, WE ALSO WOULD NEED TO BE TODAY KIND OF START, I MEAN IT'S PUBLIC COLLEGE AND IT'S ON OUR AGENDA.
WE COULD DEFINITELY GET YEAH, WELL, I MEAN THE SAME WAY WE DO THAT SAME WAY WE ABSOLUTELY.
INFORMATION CITY, CITY CAN SEND.
WE NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION IT SOUNDS LIKE.
MIGHT I MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO OCTOBER? UM, WHEN WE CAN FIND OUT MORE.
I KNOW THERE IS AN AUDIT PLAN AND IT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITION THAT COULD BE MADE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.15 Discuss and consider location, development and funding source for permanent facilities for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the Port of Galveston ]
HAVE 15 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LOCATION DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING SOURCE FOR PERMANENT FACILITIES FOR US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AT THE PORT OF GALVESTON.UM, THIS IS, THIS WAS BASED ON, UH, CONVERSATION THAT I HAD AND I THINK MAYBE SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD, UH, WITH THE FOLKS AT, UH, CBP, UH, AT THE CBP.
AND THEY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ON THE 2027 CAPITAL PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING FACILITIES AT CT.
SHOULD, AND, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, WE MAY NOT NEED A MOTION AT ALL.
I'M WONDERING, UM, ARE, IS THAT, IS THAT GONNA BE ON TIME? 'CAUSE THEY'RE EXPRESSING URGENCY AT THE CBP WON'T BE ON TIME.
WELL, THE, WE MET WITH THEM YESTERDAY AND I, I THINK THE, THE URGENCY THAT THAT LEAST WAS EXPRESSED TO US WAS THE AIRPORT WAS NO CDP FACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, AND BRETT, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD RECENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CT 28.
WE HAVE NOT HAD WE, WE'VE HAD, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE BIG CONCERN WITH CBB IS MANPOWER.
SO WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, WE MEET USUALLY EVERY COUPLE MONTHS WITH, WITH, UH, JOHN LANDRY AND THEM.
AND, UH, HIS BIG THING, HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE FUTURE, WHERE WE'RE GOING, IF THERE'S A CREW TERMINAL, NUMBER FIVE, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TERMINAL 28 AS IN PASSENGERS WITH THE MARGARITA BILL SO THAT HE CAN REQUEST PROPER STAFFING.
RIGHT NOW, IF WE WERE TO UPGRADE 28, SAY TODAY, DIFFICULT TO STAFF AT THIS MOMENT.
SO IT'S NOT, UH, AN URGENCY FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
I, I SPOKE TO HIM ON, UH, FRIDAY, UM, IN A LENGTHY CONVERSATION AND THAT WAS NOT THE IMPRESSION THAT I HAVE.
I, MY IMPRESSION IS THAT FIRST OF ALL, HE SAYS THAT YOU'RE DELIGHTFUL TO WORK WITH AND YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PRAISE THERE.
BUT, UM, HE SAID THAT THIS IS A QUOTE, IF I CAME DOWN TO P TO, UH, CT 28 ON ANY GIVEN SATURDAY, I'D SEE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE HANDCUFFED TO A BENCH BECAUSE THERE ARE NO JAIL FACILITIES.
AND HE SAID THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND TALKED ABOUT THIS.
HE PRESENTED ME WITH LETTERS DATING BACK TO 2022 MM-HMM
AND THEN 2024, UM, WHERE THEY'RE SAYING WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS DONE.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE BAD RELATIONSHIPS.
NONE OF US WANNA HAVE BAD RELATIONSHIPS.
AND I, AND I JUST THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ON THE CAPITAL PLAN AND WE'RE DOING IT IN 27, SCOTT.
SO IF WE GAVE 'EM A LOCKABLE JAIL ROOM AT THE AIRPORT, WOULD THEY SHOW UP FOR, UH, CAN WE START GETTING 'EM TO SHOW UP FOR OUR FLIGHTS OR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS DISCUSSION? YEAH.
YOU MENTIONED THE AIRPORT AND I KNOW THEY'RE SHARED, BUT THEY ONLY SHOW UP AT THE AIRPORT TO MEET MED FLIGHTS.
THEY, THEY DON'T DO PRIVATE FLIGHTS THAT, THAT LAND.
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TO.CAN WE, CAN WE GET BACK TO CT 28? YES.
I THOUGHT THEY SH SHUTTLE THEM STRAIGHT TO THE, THE GPD OR GPD PICK SOME UP.
IS THAT NOT THE CASE? NO, WE DO THAT.
SO WHAT THEY'LL DO WHENEVER THEY'RE, UM, OUR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, UM, A WARRANT FOR THEIR ARREST, THEY NOTIFY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS THE WARRANT AND THAT THE AGENCY'S WILLING TO EXTRADITE IF THAT, THOSE TWO THINGS ARE MET, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES DOWN AND PICKS THEM UP AND TAKES THEM TO ACCOUNT.
UM, WHAT I, I'LL I'LL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.
I'LL REACH OUT TOMORROW, SEE IF ANOTHER MEETING THAT WAS NOT EXPRESSED TO US YESTERDAY.
WERE YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH,
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE SURE, HOWEVER, MAYBE DON'T NEED A MOTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE CAPITAL PLAN, IT'S NOT GONNA GET BUMPED.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY WE GOTTA GET ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S ENOUGH OF CORRECT.
[F.16 Discuss and Consider Approval of Settlement Resolving Cause Nos. 24CV1186 and 24CV2318, Galveston County v. Galveston Cruise Terminal LLC and the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves ]
ARE WE ON F 16 NOW, Y'ALL? YES.UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT RESOLVING CAUSE NUMBER 2 2 4 CV 186 AND TWO FOUR CV 23 1 8.
GALVESTON COUNTY VERSUS GALVESTON CRUISE TERMINAL, LLC AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS.
WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT BE DEFERRED.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A SUCCESSFUL MEDIATION BUT HAVE NOT FINALIZED THE SETTLEMENT YET AND WE'LL PRESENT IT NEXT MONTH.
THANK YOUR MOTION TO THE FIRE.
OKAY, SCOTT, UM, IN, YES, NO, I'M, I'M READY.
[F.17 Discuss and Consider Approval of Negotiation Framework Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. d/b/a Royal Caribbean Group - Tony Brown ]
F 17, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF NEGOTIATION FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LIMITED, DOING BUSINESS AS ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP.TONY MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
UM, AND WE'VE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, THE TIME TERM SHEET AND TIMELINE, UH, AND WORKED HAND IN HAND.
CAN I SECOND THAT WITH, WITH A COUPLE LITTLE CAVEATS WITHIN THAT TIMELINE.
SOME OF THE DELIVERABLES I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE TIMELINE IS WHEN WE NEED CITY INPUT IN, UH, THIS PROCESS.
UH, OF COURSE ANY CONSTRUCTION COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, UH, WHEN ENGINEERING STUDIES WILL BE ASSOCIATED OR, OR THAT, OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, WILL, WILL BEGIN OR END.
AND THEN, UM, SOME INFORMATION ON FINANCING AND, AND THE BOND THAT POSSIBLY WILL BE NEEDED, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO JUST WITHIN THAT TIMELINE, IF WE COULD KIND OF HAVE THOSE ITEMS, I'LL ADMIT MY MOTION TO INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F.18 Discuss and Consider Date for a Board Retreat ]
F 18, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A DATE FOR THE BOARD RETREAT.ANGIE, YOU'RE, ARE YOU GOING TO, I KNOW YOU'VE PRESENTED US WITH A COUPLE OF DATES MM-HMM
CAN WE RESPOND TO YOU? YES, I CAN SEND THAT OUT IN AN EMAIL AS WELL.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BOOK IT WITH, THAT'LL BE GREAT.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TIMBER PENDING? YEAH.
ONE OF THOSE DATES WAS THE 22ND NOVEMBER 13TH.
CAN YOU ALL LET ANGIE KNOW BY THIS EVENING, WHICH OF THOSE DATES, OR IF BOTH OF THOSE DATES WERE, WAS THAT A MORNING RETREAT OR AFTERNOON? IT'LL START, IT'LL BE ALL DAY.
IT WAS LIKE FROM NINE TO FOUR LAST YEAR.
[F.19 Discuss any Agenda Items for the October 27, 2026, Regular Monthly Board Meeting. ]
FINAL, FINAL ITEM.DISCUSS ANY AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE OCTOBER 27TH, 2026.
REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING.
I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LIST FROM YES.
THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UM, I THINK WE ARE AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING THAN
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GO WELL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. NEW MADAM CHAIR ON COMPLETING FIRST, UH, BOARD MEETING AS CHAIR.I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WELL, THANKS FOR WELCOMING ME HERE.
THIS IS, UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON SOMETHING THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHERE I LIVE AND WORK.
NOT SOME FEDERAL OR STATE BOARD WHERE I'M AWAY FROM AN HOME.
THIS IS, THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE.
AND, UH, AND ROGER, YOU'VE BEEN A REALLY GOOD HOST TODAY.
THE FOOD WAS GREAT, THE SNACKS AND THE COFFEE.
AND, AND CONGRATULATIONS MADAM CHAIR.
ANYONE ELSE WILL CONGRATULATE TO EVERYONE AND, UH, THANK YOU TO PIER 19 POSTING ALL THE FISHERMEN, PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT KIND OF EXPOSED.
WE HAVE SOME ISSUES DOWN THERE THAT THEY NEED TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
CONGRATULATIONS SHEILA AND SCOTT, WELCOME FROM THE BOARD.
UM, REALLY EXCITED FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING TO THE BOARD.
UM, WE HAD A LONG MEETING TODAY, BUT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE, FOR ALL YOUR PARTICIPATION AND, UH, THANK YOU.
LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
AND ANGIE, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 27TH, STARTING COMMITTEE AT NINE.
AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE ARE ADJOURNED.