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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I THINK WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED.
THE TIME IS 2:04 P.M. ON THE 29TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
READ THE ROLL. >> CLERK: WELCOME, EVERYBODY. WE HAVE A MUCH ANTICIPATED BRIEFING TODAY ON THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SO I'LL TURN US RIGHT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIK WALSH TO GET US STARTED.
>> WALSH: GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION. JESUS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE OVERALL DETERMINE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND TODAY'S FOCUS IS ON THE POSTSOLICITATION BRIEFING FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE PROJECT. THE AIRPORT'S AN EXCITING PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND I WON'T STEAL ANY OF JESUS' THUNDER, BUT HE'LL RECAP SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED LATELY AND GIVE US A GENERAL UPDATE.
WE DO REMAIN ON SCHEDULE TO OPEN UP THE NEW TERMINAL IN 2028, AS WELL AS THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER AND THE OTHER ASPECTSES OF THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, JUST A RECAP, THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS CRITICAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MEET OUR CAPACITY DEMANDS FOR THIS REGION, ENHANCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY, OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OUT AT THE AIRPORT, AND -- AND SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF AIRLINES AND AIR SERVICE INTO OUR AIRPORT AND REGION.
SO -- FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO JESUS AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING TO GET US TO THIS POINT. TODAY IS A BRIEFING, AND WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING TODAY'S TOPIC TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION ON DECEMBER 12TH. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JESUS. JESUS AND MARIA ARE GOING TO BE DOING PORTIONS OF THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL AS GENERAL RICE. JESUS?
SAWNS THA >> SAENZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW WITH REGARDS TO THE DELIVERY METHOD THAT WE'VE SELECTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. BUT ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PERFORMANCE, AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 2023 HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR THIS AIRPORT AND WE'LL SHARE SOME OF THOSE PERCENTAGES AND OUR OVERALL PERFORMANCE NUMBERS AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL COVER SOME NEXT STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE UTILIZING THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE IT'S -- FOR US, IT'S REALLY ACCOUNTABILITY IN ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAY FOCUSED.
I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK BACK TO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND COMPLETED THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN 2020, WE ALL KNOW THE EXISTING ASSET THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE UTILIZE FOR THE ENGINE OF THIS CITY, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE, TO TRANSFORM THAT, TAKING A WORD FROM THE MAYOR WITH REGARDS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT IS TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE CITY AND FOR THE AIRPORT WITH THE THINGS WE ARE DOING. SO WHEN WE COMPLETED THAT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN 2020, WE LAUNCHED THIS INITIATIVE.
THIS IS A GANTT CHART THAT FOCUSES ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH REGARD TO ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. WE HAVE SUBMITTED WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OUR REQUEST TO BEGIN TO ERECT AND BUILD OUT THE NEW TERMINAL COMPLEX, SO EVERYTHING IS MOVING ALONG WELL WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, APPROVALS ARE FORTHCOMING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THAT IN SECOND, THIRD QUARTER OF 2024.
EQUALLY AND IN PARALLEL, WE ARE IN CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR AIRLINES, OUR PARTNERS. I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SIGNATORY AIRLINES FOR THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND THAT WOULD BE SPIRIT AIRLINES AND VIVA AIRBUS THAT NOW HAVE
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FIVE DESTINATIONS THAT THEY PROVIDE SERVICE TO. SO THEY, TOO, ARE PARTAKING IN THE OVERALL USE AND LEASE AGREEMENT THAT ALSO IS GOING INCREDIBLY WELL. WE HAVE RECEIVED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FROM OUR AIRLINES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH REGARDS TO THE POSTSOLICITATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO BEGIN TO BUILD OUT THE NEW TERMINAL COMPLEX. ADDITIONALLY, THE DESIGN WORK CONTINUES. WE'VE SHOWN YOU SOME OF THE EARLY RENDERINGS, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING.SOMETIMES IT'S A HURRY UP AND WAIT FOR US AS WE WANT TO ALIGN WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY AS WE ENVELOPE INTO THE NEXT PIECE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE MASTER ARCHITECT WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THAT WE HAVE SELECTED TO BEGIN AND TAKE US TO THE 35% SCHEMATIC RENDERING, SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WHERE THE CITY MANAGER WANTS US TO GET TO, WHICH IS START PUTTING SHOVELS IN THE GROUND, JESUS, AND LET'S START SHOWING PROGRESS AND BUILDING OUT THE NEW TERMINAL PROGRESS.
WE DO HAVE SOME EARLY ENABLING WORKS THAT WE'RE DOING AS WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR APPROVAL. THE GROUND LOADING CONTINUANCE, THERE'S AN EARLY ENABLING WORK, SO THERE'S STILL SOME PRECONSTRUCTION WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THAT IS A PARCEL OF THIS ENTIRE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. AND LASTLY, WE NEVER LEAVE THE FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT WE ARE DOING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TO ENSURE AFFORDABILITY AND COST TO ENSURE THAT AS CITY STEWARDS, WE ARE DOING ALL POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE COST DOWN AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER AIRPORTS AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR AIRLINES ARE CONFIDENT IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, IN ENSURING THAT OUR COSTS FOR NOT ONLY OUR AIRLINES, FOR OUR CITY, BUT FOR THE PASSENGERS CONTINUE TO REMAIN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. SAN ANTONIO'S RECOVERY AND STRONG FUTURE IS NO SHORTAGE OF NEWS MAKING. WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR THIS YEAR.
THE SAN ANTONIO METRO IS CONTINUING -- IT'S CONTINUING IN ITS RECENT GROWTH TRAJECTORY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF POPULATION ESTIMATES AND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING. WE DO KNOW THAT THE POPULATION HAS GROWN BY OVER 150,000 -- OVER 150,000 OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO AS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW, SO SHALL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE OUR AIRPORTS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO JUST A TAD BIT OVER 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT THE OVERALL REACH OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL USERS OF THE AIRPORT REACHES AS FAR SOUTH AND AS FAR NORTH AS RIGHT ON THE EDGES OF AUSTIN AND SOMETIMES ABOVE AUSTIN, AS FAR WEST AS EL PASO AND AS FAR EAST AS CORPUS CHRISTI, AND I DARE NOT PLAY WITH HOUSTON, BUT WE'LL TAKE ALL THE WAY TO KATIE ON THE PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE OUR AIRPORT. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO A 5.2 MILLION REACH OF PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE OUR AIRPORT.
AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE GROWTH IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU THAT IT'S NO LONGER FIVE MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO BE SIX MONTHS AFTER WE FINISH, THIS MONTH IN THE WAY WE'VE PERFORMED THIS MONTH, SO THAT CONTINUES TO GROW. WE'VE HAD RECORD BREAKING ON SEAT CAPACITY FOR THANKSGIVING OF 2023. YOU'VE PROBABLY READ AND HEARDRA LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
I COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK LED BY RYAN ROCHA, THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR OUR AIRPORT WHO DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN ENSURING THAT WE TOOK CARE OF OUR PASSENGERS FROM CURB TO GATE AND GATE TO CURB, BACK AND NORTH, ALONG WITH MRS. KAREN ELLIS WHO IS THE CHIEF OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, THE TWO OF THEM HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN ENSURING THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PASSENGERS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU WITH THIS CHART IS THE FAA HAS FORECASTED SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT WILL REACH 12 MILLION PASSENGER TS BY 2030. WE ACTUALLY THINK WE'LL DO IT BEFORE THEN IF WE CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE ARE, AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ON AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT HERE SHORTLY. I WILL TELL YOU 2023 WILL BE HISTORICAL, IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE REACH OVER 11 MILLION PASSENGERS ABOVE WHAT WE DID IN 2019.
CAN'T GO TOO FAR WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH REGARDS TO AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT. AND WE WANT TO MESSAGE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OUR BUSIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD, WHICH WAS 10.5% ABOVE THE LEVELS WE SAW IN OCTOBER OF 2019, AND LAST OCTOBER. WE EXPERIENCED OUR BUSIEST THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PERIOD IN THE AIRPORT'S HISTORY WITH
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16% INCREASE OVER THANKSGIVING IN 2019 AND 11% OVER THANKSGIVING OF 2022. AS YOU LOOK AT THE FRAMEWORK OF WHERE WE HAVE NONSTOP SERVICE, DIRECT NONSTOP SERVICE TO, EVERYTHING IN THE BLUE IS NEW. THE REST IS EXISTING, BUT I'D BE REMISED IF I DIDN'T THANK THE AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, BRYAN AND JACOB WHO LEAD THOSE EFFORTS FOR OUR AIR SERVICE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF TAKING US TO WHERE WE'RE AT. ON AUGUST 17TH, WE ANNOUNCED THE ROUTE OF PHILADELPHIA WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES TO BEGIN ON JUNE 5TH OF LAST YEAR. ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, WE ANNOUNCED FRANKFURT WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT CONNECT K US TO EUROPE AND SPECIFICALLY INTO FRANKFURT, INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR CONDOR AIRLINES AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.WE ALSO ANNOUNCED ON THE VIVA BUS CONNECTING AND THAT STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. DECEMBER 1ST. ON OCTOBER 11TH, WE'RE CONNECTING TORE REON WITH SAN ANTONIO AND THAT BEGINS ON JUNE 1ST.
ON OCTOBER 17TH, WE ANNOUNCED NEWARK ON SPIRIT AIRLINES AND THAT'S BEGINNING ON APRIL 5TH. ON OCTOBER 26TH, WE ANNOUNCED BURBANK ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BEGINNING ON JUNE 4TH AND ON NOVEMBER 4TH, JUST RECENTLY, WE ANNOUNCED THAT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WILL NOW BE GOING INTO TAMPA, AND THAT BEGINS ON JANUARY 11TH.
WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THESE, MAKE NO MISTAKE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY WE DO THESE THINGS. ONE, ADDITIONAL NONSTOP SERVICE FOR OUR PASSENGERS, BUT JUST THESE SEVEN LAUNCHES THAT WE REFLECT ON TODAY ALONE BRINGS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THIS CITY OF 155 MILLION. WE'RE OFTEN QUESTIONED AS A TEAM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S DRIVING THIS GROWTH IN SERVICE, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? HOW DOES THIS EVOLUTIONIZING, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE EXPERIENCING A STRONG RECOVERY FROM COVID FOR PASSENGER NUMBERS.
NEW FLIGHTS, NEW GATES, THE THREE ADDITIONAL GATES, TWO IN TERMINAL B, ONE IN TERMINAL A. THE ADDITION OF THE GROUND LOAD FACILITY ALL SUPPORT THE NEW SERVICE. WE ANTICIPATE MEETING OR BREAKING OUR 2019 RECORDS WHICH REFLECTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST TO VISIT, NOT JUST FOR BUSINESS, BUT FOR PERSONAL REASONS, TO VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES AS WELL AND EXPERIENCE WHAT WE GET TO ENJOY EVERY SINGLE DAY AT SAN ANTONIANS. BUT WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS THE FACT THAT OUR SERVICE TO PASSENGERS HAS CONTINUED TO EXCEL, AND THAT'S NOT JUST FROM ME SPEAKING. LAST YEAR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL RECOGNIZED US AS FOURTH IN ITS ANNUAL U.S. AIRPORT RANKINGS OF 50 BUSIEST AIRPORTS, AND THIS YEAR WE MOVED UP TWO SPOTS.
WE ARE NOW NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION AS WE SAW FOR MORE PASSENGERS AND MORE FLIGHTS. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ISN'T BASED ON INTERVIEWS, BUT IT'S BASED ON HARD DATA THAT LOOKED AT RELIABILITY OF FLIGHTS, THEIR VALUE AND CONVENIENCE OF THE AIRPORT TO DETERMINE ITS RANKING. I COULD NOT BE MORE HUMBLED AND PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT SITS BEHIND ME THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. AND JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE NOTE ON THE J.D. POWER, WE WERE RECOGNIZED AS THE FOURTH IN THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW, THIS YEAR WE WERE RECOGNIZED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP 10 OF JD POWER'S 2023 NORTH AMERICAN AIRPORT SATISFACTION STUDY FOR LARGE AIRPORTS. THIS STUDY MEASURED OVERALL TRAVEL SATISFACTION WITH AIRPORTS BY EXAMINING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. IT'S TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS SITTING BEHIND ME ALONG WITH THEIR COWORKER WHOSE ARE BACK AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND I COULD NOT BE PROUDER TO REPRESENT EACH ONE OF THEM.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE STRONG LEISURE MARKET, THE NUMBER OF AIRLINES, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AIRLINES AND THE WORK THAT THE TEAM CONTINUES TO DO THAT HAS GAINED US FROM 39 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS TO 45, AND NOW REACHING EIGHT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. PLANNING EFFORTS ARE PAYING OFF IN 2022, WE OPENED THE NEW GATES, AS I MENTIONED, IN 2025, WE'LL OPEN THE GROUND LOAD FACILITY. AS WE EXONT TO WORK AS A TEAM, WE HOPE TO OPEN IN 2028 THE NEW TERMINAL FACILITY. WE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON MAY 18TH AS WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU ALL IN A B SESSION. THE PRESENTATION THAT LAID OUT OUR SCHEDULE INCLUDED A PRESOLICITATION BRIEFING ON ALMOST ALL OF OUR KEY CONTRACTS TO HELP US PROGRAM, DEVELOP AND PLAN OUT THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SINCE THAT DATE AS COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE HAS REMINDED US A COUPLE OF TIMES, RIGHT, WE'VE BEEN BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE ON THE TDP SEVEN TIMES, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU,
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COUNCILMEMBER. WE HAVE COMMITTED TO YOU OUR CITY COUNCIL TO BE TRANSPARENT AND -- THE GROUND. THE SOLICITATION PROCESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT IS NO EXCEPTION. IT BEGAN WITH USING AN OUTSIDE COUNCIL TO DRAFT THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND CONTINUED WITH A FULL-DAY EVENT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER TO OUTREACH TO BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL FIRMS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BIDDING OR JOINING A TEAM TO ENSURE OUR EVALUATION TEAM COULD CONSIDER THE CREAM OF THE CROP.AND I HAVE TO STOP AND PAUSE AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE -- OR I SHOULDN'T SAY -- HOW MANY AIRPORTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO US BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK THAT WAS DRAFTERRED, THE TEAM MEMBERS OF BEHIND ME, OF EVERYONE THAT WANTS A COPY OF THAT THESE DAYS. IF THEY'RE REALLY NICE TO US, WE DO, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, WE DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM. WE CAME TO YOU WITH THE PRESOLICITATION BRIEFING ON MAY 11TH EXPLAINING WHY WE WERE SOLICITING, USING THIS DELIVERY METHOD AND HOW WE WERE FOLLOWING TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2269 WITH A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
DURING THE MAY B SESSION WE INTRODUCED TO YOU OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE WHO HAVE REMAINED COMMITTED TO SELECTING THE FIRM THAT WILL BEST HELP US DELIVER THIS CRITICAL PROJECT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE HAVE FOLLOWED LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO ENSURE THIS PROCESS WAS FAIR TO ALL INTERESTED BIDDERS.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. THE REASONING WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT WHAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AS A PART OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE NEW 17-GATE CONCOURSE, 857,000 SQUARE FEET THAT WILL START TO COMPLETE THE FULL TRANSFORMATION THAT WE WANT FOR THIS AIRPORT AND THIS CITY, THE EXPANSION OF AN ELEVATED ROADWAY, A NEW CENTRAL -- ENHANCEMENT TO THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT, MULTISTORY GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER THAT WILL BE A MULTIMODAL CENTER, NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT CONNECTIVITY INTO THE REST OF THE CITY AS WELL, A NORTH RAMP, REMAIN OVERNIGHT AIRCRAFT PARKING SO MORE AND MORE AIRCRAFT CAN COME IN AND PARK, WE'RE AN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION AIRPORT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT, NOT TO MENTION WE COLLECT FEES FOR THAT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE SOME DEMOLITION AND PREPARATION SITE WORK THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THESE UTILITIES. THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER CONSTRUCTION VALUE IS NOT TO EXCEED 1 BILLION OF THE 1.4 TOTAL BUILDING PROGRAM.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SOLICITATION TYPE IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. WE'RE OFTEN ASKED WHY CMAR? WHY ARE WE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE NEW TERMINAL FACILITY? QUITE SIMPLY, I'D LIKE TO BREAK IT DOWN IN JUST THREE SIMPLE STEPS. ONE, IT'S A TEAM APPROACH.
THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WORKS WITH THE MASTER ARCHITECT TO MAINTAIN COST AND SCHEDULE EFFICIENCIES THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE. THAT REDUCES THE RISK TO THE CITY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE CONTROL THE DESIGN AS THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE AIRPORT AND THE OWNER/OPERATORS OF THE CITY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE OVER 100,000 -- AUDIO] -- VISITING ALL 10 DISTRICTS TO ENSURE THAT WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO WANTED, WE WANT AN AIRPORT THAT HAS SENSE OF PLACE, THAT HAS A REFLECTION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
IT IMPROVES THE PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTABILITY AND BIDDABILITY AND WE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT ON A COUPLE OF SLIDES OF HOW THIS WILL BE BID OUT COMPETITIVELY, THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION FOR ALL INVOLVED. AND THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF REALTIME OPTIONS THAT CAN SAVE TIME OR BUDGET WITHOUT REDUCING PROJECT QUALITY. WHAT THAT MEANS, WE'RE AT 10% DESIGN. AS WE BRING THE MASTER ARCHITECT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO WORK IN PARODY TOGETHER, THOSE EFFORTS WILL BE LAUNCH AND THEY WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD CONTROLLING THE DESIGN AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE BUILDING EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY AND THE AIRPORT WANTS AND DESERVES. THE SECOND, AS I'VE MENTIONED, IS A SENSE OF PLACE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL THAT DESIGN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY IS AT THE TOP CONTROLLING THAT, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MASTER ARCHITECT AS WE'VE SHOWN YOU THE EARLY RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY CORE GAN, OUR MASTER ARYCT WHO HAS PARTNERED WITH THE LOCAL LAKE FLATO.
THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB THUS FAR AND AREN'T GER AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT
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RISK. SO COULD NOT BE MORE HAPPIER WITH THE WORK THEY'VE DONE AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE CMAR TO WORK WITH THE MASTER ARCHITECT HERLLY EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS I STATED IN THE OVERALL GANTT CHART AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 2024. THE LAST PIECE IS OPPORTUNITY, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS REQUIRED TO BID OUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. A QUICK FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THIS IS A DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THE PRECONSTRUCTION OF THE DBE GOAL WAS 11.33.THE GOALS WILL BE SET FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE SELECTED.
CONTRACTORS WILL NEED TO MEET OR EXCEED SET GOALS AND WILL INCLUDE PROGRESS AND PERIODIC REPORTS TO CITY COUNCIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, PROVIDING THAT WE'RE APPROVED TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK BIDDING OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? INSIDE THE TERMINAL PROGRAM WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 SEPARATE BIDS, 12.65% OF THE 1 BILLION WILL GO TO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK THAT'S HIRED ON.
THE OTHER 87% WILL BE AT BID -- WILL BE BID OUT COMPETITIVELY FOR LOCAL PARTICIPATION UNDER THE DBE PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO BE INVOLVED AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS EFFORT.
ALL OF THIS WILL CONTINUE ONCE WE COMPLETE THE 30% DESIGN AND BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE NEW TERMINAL PROGRAM. I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MARIA VILLAGOMEZ TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL
EVALUATION PROCESS. >> VILLAGOMEZ: THANK YOU, JESUS, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT IS LEADING US TO RECOMMENDING TO YOU A FIRM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. SO LET ME BEGIN WITH INTRODUCING THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT ASSISTED US WITH MAKING THIS DETERMINATION.
WE HAD A DIVERSE GROUP THAT INCORPORATED STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AIRPORT INDUSTRY, SO LET ME BEGIN WITH JOHN DICKSON, HE IS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO HAVE RETIRED GENERAL ED RICE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL. BOTH OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE DOREEN DANIELSON WHO'S THE AIRLINE TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTING THE AIRLINES IN THIS PROCESS, AND SHE'S HERE WITH US AS WELL.
AND WE ALSO INVITED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WHEN IT CAME TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WHO IS FRANK RUCKER, HE'S THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. NOW FROM THE CITY TEAM, WE HAVE OUR ASSISTED CITY MANAGER, JEFF COYLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIRPORT, JESUS SAENZ, DEPUTY AIRPORT DIRECTOR TIM O' KRONGLEY AND THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE AIRPORT, DAVE BRANDENBURG. I SERVE AS A CHAIR OF THE EXI COMMITTEE AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE FOLLOWED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO LET ME JUST RECAP THE SCHEDULE. SO WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN MAY OF 2023. WE CAME TO YOU WITH A PRESOLICITATION B SESSION. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE RELEASED THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AS JESUS MENTIONED, WE FOLLOW A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
SO JUNE 5TH MARKED THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS THE REQUESTS OF A SOLICITATION FOR A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF THREE RESPONSES IN JULY, AND THE COMMITTEE EVALUATED AND SCORED THOSE THREE RESPONSES IN AUGUST.
AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THEN WE WENT TO STEP TWO, AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO INTERVIEW ALL THREE FIRMS, AND WE DID THAT IN SEPTEMBER -- I'M SORRY, ON SEPTEMBER 26, WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
AND ONCE WE RECEIVED THOSE PROPOSALS, WE INTERVIEWED THE FIRMS ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY BRIEFING YOU ON THE POSTSOLICITATION PROCESS. OUR TARGET COUNCIL DAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE SELECTED FIRM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK IS
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SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THE 12TH. SO LET ME GO INTO A A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ABOUT THIS TWO-STEP EVALUATION PROCESS.FIRST, AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST STEP WE HAD WAS A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. SO THE QUESTION THAT WE ASKED OURSELVES WAS, IS THE PRO PROPOSER QUALIFIED TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT? WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THE EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE FIRMS. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE KEY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT, THAT WAS KEY TO US TO INDEPENDENTLY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRM, WHO WERE THE INDIVIDUALS ASSIGNED TO THE SAN ANTONIO PROJECT. AND FINALLY, WE LOOKED AT A GENERAL PROPOSED WORK PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US. ONCE WE DID THAT, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MOVED TO STEP 2, AND WE FELT THAT ALL THREE FIRMS WERE QUALIFIED TO MOVE TO THE SECOND STEP, SO WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THAT DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND WE ALSO INTERVIEWED ALL THREE FIRMS. WE LOOKED AT A DETAILED PROPOSED WORK PLAN, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN STEP 1. AS I MENTIONED, STEP 1 HAS JUST A GENERAL PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND APPROACH, BUT IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WE REQUESTED MORE SPECIFICS. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED COSTING METHODOLOGY AND ALSO THE DISADVANTAGE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. SO BEFORE I MOVE INTO THE ACTUAL SCORING, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE RETIRED GENERAL ED RICE TO GIVE US SOME OF HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT HE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME, AND I THINK ALL OF US TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY, AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE. AS MARIA SAID, WE REALLY HAD THREE VERY STRONG COMPANIES THAT BID ON THIS PROJECT.
THE FIRST STEP FOR US WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE FULLY QUALIFIED, AND I CAN TELL YOU, THERE WAS STRONG CONSENSUS AMONG OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT NOT ONLY WERE THEY FULLY QUALIFIED, BUT THEY WERE VERY FULLY QUALIFIED. THEY OBVIOUSLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME PUTTING WORK INTO THEIR SUBMISSIONS, A LOT OF EFFORT AND IT SHOWED BOTH IN THE QUALITY OF THE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, AND THEN LATER IN THEIR ORALS WHEN THEY PRESENTED TO US. SO OUR TASK SOON BECAME NOT DO WE FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S QUALIFIED TO DO THIS WORK, BUT HOW DO WE SELECT FROM AMONG THREE VERY QUALIFIED BIDDERS TO FIND THE BEST FIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR AIRPORT AND THE VISION THAT WE ALL HAD FOR IT. AS WE MOVED INTO THAT NEXT PHASE, AND I THINK THE REAL POINT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE TO YOU TODAY, HAVING BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE HIGHLY QUALIFIED BIDDERS, YOU CAN SOMETIMES WONDER WHEN YOU DON'T GET THE BID, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS SOME BIAS OR SOME UNFAIRNESS OR SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WASN'T COMPLETELY ABOVE BOARD.
AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT IN THIS CASE, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT -- NOT THE CASE. BASED ON HOW THIS PROCESS WAS CONCEIVED, HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, HOW IT WAS EXECUTED AND THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT YOU SAW THAT WERE PART OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WHO CAME TO THIS WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, DIFFERENT SKILL SETS, DIFFERENT EXPERTISE, I THINK WE REACHED NOT ONLY THE BEST DECISION FOR SAN ANTONIO, BUT A FAIR AND EQUITABLE DECISION FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE BIDDERS, THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. AS WE GOT INTO THAT SECOND PHASE WHERE WE HAD THE INTERVIEWS AND THEN WE SAT DOWN, THE NINE OF US AS A COMMITTEE, EIGHT OF US, I'M SORRY, AS A COMMITTEE, AND REALLY STARTED TO DIG INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS WE APPROACHED THAT, WE DID NOT HAVE CONSENSUS ABOUT WHICH WAS THE BEST FIT FOR SAN ANTONIO. BUT THE STRENGTH OF THIS PROCESS WAS THAT EVERYBODY CAME TO THAT TABLE NOT TRYING TO HAVE THEIR PREFERRED SOLUTION BE THE ANSWER, BUT FOR US TO GET TO THE BEST SOLUTION FOR SAN ANTONIO. SO PEOPLE WERE OPEN MINDED, THEY LISTENED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAN THEY DID, DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, EXPERTISE, AND BY THE END OF THAT SORT OF DISCUSSION, AND IT WAS A RIGOROUS DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, WE DID REACH CONSENSUS. VERY STRONG CONSENSUS THAT THE COMPANY THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER IS THE BEST FIT FOR SAN ANTONIO, THE STRONGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE THE VISION THAT WE WANT FOR OUR AIRPORT, AND THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS
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PROCESS, WE THINK WE'VE GOT A STRONG TAIL WIND BEHIND US THROUGH A JOURNEY THAT'S STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME TURBULENCE IN IT.THIS IS A COMPLEX PROCESS, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE THINK WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION, GIVEN ALL THAT WENT INTO THIS PROCESS AND THE COMPANY THAT WE SELECTED.
THANK YOU. >> VILLAGOMEZ: THANK YOU, GENERAL.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE NOW TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SCORING OF THE TWO-STEP PROCESS THAT WE JUST DESCRIBED TO YOU. SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IS THE SCORING FOR STEP 1, WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE FIRMS. THE TOTAL SCORE THAT WAS POSSIBLE WAS 100 POINTS, DIVIDED BETWEEN EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS OF 35 POINTS, QUALIFICATIONS OF KEY PERSONNEL AS 35 POINTS AND THEN 30 POINTS FOR THE GENERAL PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND APPROACH TO THE PROJECT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCREEN, THE SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE. AND AS YOU HEARD FROM GENERAL RICE, THE CONSENSUS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE FELT THAT ANY OF THE FIRMS COULD PROVIDE THE WORK AND MANAGE THE EXPANSION OF THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL PROJECT. SO BASED ON THIS STORE, WE MOVED FORWARD TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND WE DECIDED TO ENTER FEW ALL THREE FIRMS. SO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE APPROACH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUSED HEAVILY WAS ON THE DETAILED PROPOSED WORK PLAN THAT HAD MAXIMUM POINT OF 50.
THE PROPOSED COSTING METHODOLOGY WAS 30 POINTS AND THEN THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM 20 POINTS FOR A TOTAL OF 100. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCREEN BASED ON THE DETAILED PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND THE INTERVIEWS, THE CONSENSUS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS HENSEI PHELPS. WE FELT THAT THEY DIFFERENTIATED THEMSELVES ON HOW THEY PREPARED THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND ALSO THE PRESENTATION, THE DELIVERY AND THE APPROACH TO HANDLING SUCH A COMPLEX PROJECT LIKE THE EXPANSION OF THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO NEXT IS TO SHARE WITH YOU A VIDEO THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY HENSEI PHELPS THAT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR APPROACH TO THIS PROJECT, AND THEN AFTER THAT JESUS IS GOING TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SHARE WITH YOU THE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR FIRM AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IMPORTANT A GREAT AIRPORT IS TO A WORLD CLASS AND GROWING CITY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF A CITY'S FIRST IMPRESSION, REVEALING HISTORY AND CULTURE. IT'S A GLOBAL GATEWAY WHERE SAN ANTONIANS GREET THE WORLD EVERY DAY, WHERE BUSINESSES SEEKING NEW HEADQUARTERS TEST A CITY'S CAPABILITY AND. IT'S WHERE PEOPLE TAKE THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A NEW LIFE CHAPTER AND WHERE RETURNING SAN ANTONIOS ARE REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE THEY CALLED HOME. HENSEL PHELPS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AN IMPROVED AIRPORT IS WITH NONSTOP FLIGHTS IS TO YOU SAN ANTONIO. WE'VE BUILT INSPIRING AIRPORTS, MANY IN TEXAS, HOME OF THE U.S.' FIRST FIVE-STAR RATED AIRPORT. AH, BUT THE BEST IS YET TO COME. HEN SELL PHELPS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE U.S.
AIRPORT NUMBER ONE RANKED AIRPORT BUILDER. HENSEL PHELPS BUILDS SAFELY. IT'S HOUSTON BUSH AIRPORT PROJECT HAGS ACHIEVED MORE THAN A MILLION HOURS WITHOUT A LOST TIME INCIDENT GAINING THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR PARTNERS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU I SAW A STAT THAT SAID FOR 512 DAYS ON THIS PROJECT, IT'S BEEN ZERO LOST TIME
IN INJURIES. 512 DAYS. >> THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO SEND ALL OF OUR TEAMMATES HOME SAFELY AT THE END OF EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE THING WE FOCUS ON
WHEN WE SHOW UP TO WORK. >> WE VALUE THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE BUILT WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF BUSINESS OWNERS, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THE BUILDING OF AN AIRPORT A GREAT CITY SUCCESS
STORY. >> THE FIRST THING ABOUT BUILDING IN SAN ANTONIO IS IT'S AN AVIATION PROJECT. SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY, I'VE BEEN FASCINATED WITH ALL THINGS INVOLVING AIRPORTS AND AIRPLANES.
MY FATHER USED TO TAKE ME TO THE AIRPORT TO WATCH THE AIRPLANES TAKE OFF AND LAND WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG. THAT FASCINATION AS STUCK WITH ME THROUGHOUT THE LIFE. MORE IMPORTANTLY THE
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REASON I WOULD LOVE TO COME BUILD IN SAN ANTONIO, IS I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO. I WENT TO COLONIAL HILLS ELEMENTARY, HOBBY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I GRADUATED FROM CLARK HIGH SCHOOL.I WENT TO COLLEGE AND CAME TO WORK FOR HENSEL PHELPS AND BEEN HERE FOR
THE LAST 30 YEARS. NOT. >> WE'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SAN ANTONIO MARKET FOR MANY YEARS, AND THIS REPRESENTS A KEY PROJECT THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS IN SO THAT IT'S A MARKET THAT WE CAN STAY WITHIN. WE WENT AND TOOK A RECENT SURVEY OF ALL OUR PEOPLE, AND THEIR INTEREST IN THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, AND THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST OF WANTING TOO BE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHETHER THEY WENT TO SCHOOL THERE , THEY GREW UP THERE, THEY HAVE FAMILY THERE, THAT'S WHY WE REALLY WANT TO GO FOCUS AND CHASE THIS JOB.
>> WHY IS WORKING IN THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT IMPORTANT TO ME? WELL, QUITE SIMPLY, IT'S PERSONAL. TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THIS LANDMARK PROJECT WITH THIS TEAM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE TO WORK IN HOUSTON WITH THE LARGEST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE BUSH AIRPORT, TO NOW TRANSLATE THAT EXPERIENCE INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT WOULD BE -- WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.
BUT ALSO MY MOTHER LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO, AND SHE WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO BRING THE GRANDKIDS CLOSER TO HER, BUT QUITE SIMPLY, IT'S PERSONAL TO HER, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AND TO HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE AN HONOR, AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S
GOING TO BE -- IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL. >> SAN ANTONIO, WE AT HENSEL PHELPS WANT TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN BUILDING THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN AIRPORT.
SLIDE 17. THANK YOU. SO AS YOU SEE, HENSEL PHELPS IS THE SELECTED FIRM. WE'VE TALKED TO YOU -- OR GIVEN YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THEY ARE A GLOBAL AVIATION TERMINAL CONTRACTOR. THEY HAVE THE LARGEST AVIATION CONTRACTOR -- THEY ARE THE LARGEST AVIATION CONTRACTOR IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE OVER 20 BILLION IN EXPERIENCE OF ACTIVE AIRPORT PROJECTS, AND A VERY PROVEN TRACK RECORD WITH SUCCESSFUL MEANT FOR PROTEGE PROGRAMS AND THEIR NETWORKING VENTS ARE DESIGNED TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THEY'VE DONE WORK ALL OVER, BOTH AT HOBBY AND AT IAH. AS WE BREAK DOWN THE BUDGET FOR THE OVERALL TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK IS NOT TO EXCEED 1 BILLION FOR THE CMAR. THE CMAR RECEIVES 12.65 OF THAT 1 BILLION. AS I REPRESENTED EARLIER ON THE BREAK DOWN OF THE PROJECTS THE OTHER 87% WILL GO TO THE 20 PLUS PROJECTS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED INSIDE THE TERMINAL PROJECT ALONG WITH THE OTHER FIVE FOR OTHER ENABLING AND ANCILLARY PROJECTS IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT.
EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER HAS BEEN APPROVED TO DATE FOR 6 MILLION AS WE GET TO 2028, IT WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER 24 FOR A TOTAL OF 30.
THE PMCM TO DATE IS AT 32 WITH ANOTHER 23 MILLION TO HELP US ADMINISTER AND GET THROUGH 2028 FOR THAT AS WELL. THERE'S ANOTHER 55 MILLION, AND THEN THE MASTER ARCHITECT CORGAN TODAY IS AT 28 MILLION WITH ANOTHER 90 MILLION TO GET US THROUGH THE DESIGN WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED FOR THE 1.4 BILLION TOTAL PROGRAM. THERE'S OTHER PROJECT COSTS WITHIN THE CMAR THAT RETURN TO COUNCIL AS APPROPRIATE IS ANOTHER 195 MILLION, ALONG WITH THE 1 BILLION THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS OUR REQUEST FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU WHERE WE ARE THUS FAR AS AN UPDATE TO THE AIRPORT OF 2023, ALONG WITH THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THE OVERALL CMAR SOLICITATION. WE'LL BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE NEW TERMINAL AMENDMENTS, ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER, THE PMCM MANAGEMENT AND THE MASTER ARCHITECT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU WE'LL BE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS A
TEAM. . >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, JESUS, MARIA AND GENERAL RICE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPROACH, THE CONTRACT
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STRUCTURE, DELIVERY, AS WELL AS THE SELECTION AND APPLAUD THE SELECTION TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK IN GETTING TO A COMMUNITY DECISION.APPRECIATED THOSE COMMENTS, GENERAL RICE, ABOUT EVERYBODY KEEPING AN OPEN MIND AND COMING TO A COLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE NUMBERS OF ASDC THAT ARE HERE, THE AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN JOHN DICKSON IS HERE, I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER MEMBERS, GENERAL RICE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS IN SUPPORT AND GETTING US TO THIS POINT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND IT WILL CONTINUE AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING PEOPLE UP IN D.C. WHO NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US THROUGH FAA GRANTS. ERIK AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER THIS WEEK AND KIND OF GOING OVER HISTORY OF THESE AIRPORT PRO PROJECTS. EVERY TIME WE COME TO CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE BREAKING NEW GROUND. WE'RE GOING PLACES WHERE WE HAVE NOT GONE BEFORE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL DELIVERY OF A NEW REDEVELOPED AIRPORT.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY NOW CONTRACTING THE WORK AND SELECTING THE C MAR.
BUT, IT DOES SPEAK TO ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE, WHICH IS IT'S ALL IN THE EXECUTION. SO, JESUS, YOUR TEAM, THEY'VE DONE -- YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB.
I'M GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED CONVERSATION UP HERE AS YOU GET TO DIFFERENT MILESTONES FOR US TO LOOK AT, DESIGN AS WE DELIVER MORE AND MORE PARTS OF THIS TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, BUT THE THOUGHTFULNESS BY WHICH YOU'RE STRUCTURING THIS WORK IS -- IS REALLY WELL NOTED.
WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY, AND I JUST HAD TO STOP FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE THE DETAIL AT WHICH YOU'RE GOING INTO THIS WORK AND SCHEDULING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AIRPORT CAN BE FUNCTIONAL AND GROW AT THE SAME TIME WHILE STILL PRODUCING THIS TERMINAL IS REALLY, REALLY JUST INCREDIBLE WORK. AND SO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THAT.
AND GREAT JOB. CONTINUE TO IMPRESS US WITH THE WORK AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BREAK NEW GROUND. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND NEXT YEAR. SO WE'LL START DISCUSSION
NOW WITH COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM, JESUS, OF COURSE, ERIK, MARIA, JEFF, JOHN, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN -- THIS HAS BEEN YOUR PASSION FOR A LONG TIME, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I THINK THE BEST NEWS IS THAT THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT IS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. WE CONTINUE TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE, AND THAT -- AND WE'RE A SOLID STEP CLOSER TO BREAKING GROUND, CHOOSING THIS POSITION -- OR THIS FIRM IS LIKE HANDING OUT THE SHOVELS TO PREPARE FOR BREAKING GROUND, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING'S GOING, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, DELAYS,
CHANGES IN PROJECT SCOPE, THINGS LIKE THAT? >> SAENZ: CERTAINLY, COUNCILWOMAN. ENCOMPASSED INSIDE OF THAT $1.4 MILLION BUDGET OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER UPON, WE HAVE A 10% CONTINGENCY AND A 30% ESCALATION BUILT INTO THAT COST TO BE PREPARED.
>> HAVRDA: OKAY. >> SAENZ: WE'RE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO BE ON TIME AND UNDERBUDGET. THAT'S WHAT WE WORK TOWARDS.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED AND THAT'S OUR FOCUS.
WE CAN MAKE NO PROMISES, RIGHT? WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FORECASTED FOR AS WE'RE GETTING INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE ARE SOLID WITH OUR ESTIMATES IN WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE WORK THAT WE HAVE FINISHED IN THE PRELIMINARY AND FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS WHY
WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO YOU TODAY. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES BUT YOU CAN MAKE A CONTINGENCY PLAN AND YOU HAVE MADE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, THAT'S REALLY ALL I WAS ASKING.
I'VE LONG SAID THAT THE AIRPORT IS THE TIDE THAT RISES ALL BOATS IN THIS CITY AND I REALLY HAVE SEEN SO MUCH PROGRESS IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, SO I'M JUST EXPLIETED ABOUT IT. I ALSO HAVE TO SHOUT OUT, WHOEVER MADE THAT VIDEO, I LOVE THE WAY YOU TOLD THE SAN ANTONIO STORY, ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS VERY FORWARD-LOOKING, I THINK, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FROM OUR AIRPORT. OF COURSE, WE LOVE OUR HOME GROWN STORY. IT WAS VERY SAN ANTONIO, YOU TOLD ME WHAT HIGH SCHOOL YOU WENT TO, YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR MOMMA, THAT IS ALL THE THINGS WE LOVE, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE DID.
OF COURSE, THE EVALUATION AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS.
THANKS. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA
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GARCIA? >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU, JESUS. AND ON THE -- ON THE CMARS $1 BILLION CONTRACT, IS THAT ALL -- IT'S ALL COMING ONLINE AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, CORRECT? OR... HELP ME WITH THE BREAK DOWN.
>> SAENZ: I'M SORRY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
>> GARCIA: DOES EVERYTHING HAVE SEPARATE OPENING DATES OR ARE WE
TARGETING EVERYTHING FOR ONE ON THE CMAR? >> SAENZ: AS IT RELATES
TO THE 1 BILLION. >> GARCIA: UH-HUH. >> SAENZ: YES.
OUR ASK TO BRING FORWARD WITH THAT. ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THE
1 BILLION ALL IN ONE. >> GARCIA: HOPEFULLY NOT.
JUST CHECKING. >> SAENZ: NO, MA'AM. AND MIKE MAY COME UP HERE AS THE CHIEF OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATION WILL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE 252 THAT WE PUT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT.'S WHAT WE HAVE THUS FAR TO BEGIN TO WORK ON AND WE'LL BREAK THAT OUT IN '24, '25, '26, '27 AND '28 AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED. THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WILL BE BROKEN DOWN INDIVIDUALLY AS WE DELIVER ON EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
GARSZ GARCIA WOND WONDERFUL. >> COUNCIL JUST VERY QUICKLY, ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THE TDP, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?
THEY WILL ALL BE OPEN BY THAT DATE OR SOONER. >> GARCIA: OR SOONER.
>> THAT'S THE END DATE OF THE WHOLE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
>> GARCIA: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF LIKE THE APPROVAL CHANGES? SO, FOR INSTANCE, FROM 30 MILLION, YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL 90 MILLION.
SO MAYBE JUST LIKE WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? JUST PERSPECTIVE.
>> TIM, I'LL LET YOU COME UP HERE. >> I'LL LET TIM COME UP
HERE. >> TIM ZERO CRONLY, DREPLY DIRECTOR OF THE AIRPORT . WHEN WE INITIALLY SET THE INITIAL BUDGET WITH THAT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DELIVERY METHOD WE WOULD TAKE.
WE KNEW THAT EACH OF THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED TO AS WE WENT THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE CMAR, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, THAT'S A DIRECT CONTRACT WITH US THROUGH THE CITY, SO WE TAKE THAT FROM THE INITIAL DESIGN CONCEPTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH FULL DESIGN. AND HAD WE CHOSEN A DIFFERENT DELIVERY METHOD, THEN THAT CONTRACT WOULD HAVE STOPPED ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE AND DESTEIN WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A DIFFERENT WAY. THESE WERE INITIAL ESTIMATES AND THIS WILL TAKE US ALL THE WAY THROUGH INTO COMPLETION OF ALL THE PROJECTS.
>> GARCIA: GOT IT. AND SO YOU MIGHT COME BACK TO US IN SIX MONTHS AND THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL UP TO 1 BILLION? HOW MANY TIMES WILL YOU COME BACK TO US FOR ADDITIONAL REQUESTS? NOPE. THAT'S IT. OKAY.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> GARCIA: OKAY. THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
AND SO THE $195 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE FOR OTHER PROJECTS, CAN YOU MAYBE HELP ME, REMIND ME. I THINK YOU'VE TOLD US BEFORE, BUT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS DOES THAT INCLUDE. JUST REMIND US.
>> THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER ENABLING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO MOVE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN THE FOOTPRINT, SO ONE OF THE POLICE AND BADGE AND ID OFFICES WILL GET RELOCATED. THERE'S SOME OTHER ENABLING PROJECTS THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THAT. THANKS, DAVE. IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD, EMPLOYEE PARKING, SOME UTILITY WORK, SOME PARKING FOR AIRCRAFT, SOME ADDITIONAL UTILITY WORK, THAT ALL COMPRISES. WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE DETAILED LIST.
>> THAT'S OKAY. IT WAS JUST A REMINDER. >> GARCIA: AS YOU'RE SAYING, OH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE. IT WAS JUST A REMINDER.
SO I SAW SOME AIRPORTS UP THERE, Y'ALL MENTIONED THE ATLANTA AIRPORT FOR THE RECORD. I DON'T LIKE THE ATLANTA AIRPORT FOR THE RECORD.
I JUST HAD TO GIVE MY PEACE THERE. I LOVE THE OTHER AIRPORTS. I HAD A HARD TIME FINDING ERIK WALSH THE OTHER DAY AT ATLANTA. I ALMOST MISSED MY FLIGHT.
ANYWAY, BUT ALL IS WELL. I DO WANT TO -- JOHN DICKSON THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND GENERAL RICE, I THINK WHEN I SAW YOUR NAME ON IT, I WAS LIKE, OH, IF IT'S GENERAL RICE, IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. HE'S GOING TO ASK ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I PROBABLY WOULD BE ASKING.
SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY.
ERIK WHO HAS KIND OF BEEN THE ONE THAT IS MAKING SURE WE STAY ON BUDGET AND UNDER TIME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, I SOUND LIKE A FROG.
IT'S JUST ALLERGIES. REALLY MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK LEARNING HOW TO BEST HANDLE THIS MAJOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND LIKE BEST PRACTICES FOR THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH HENSEL FE, EXPERIENCE, THEY'RE USED TO IT, THEY KNOW IT, SO IT'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN. I DID ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE ASDC MEMBERS, JOHN DICKSON AND GENERAL READ RICE, PRIOR
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TO BEING ON COUNCIL, I WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S A GREAT COMMITTEE THAT -- WHERE BUSINESS OWNERS, IT'S REPRESENTS BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENTS, THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST STAKEHOLDERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO GIVEN PUT ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, RIGHT? THE AIMPT IS FOR ALL OF US.SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE ASDC'S WORK AND JESUS FOR LEADING THIS CHARGE. AND THANKS FOR BEING SO THOROUGH WITH THIS.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO. COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO?
>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE EAF COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK -- EVALUATION COMMITTEE. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT WAS A GREAT VIDEO AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE AMOUNT OF ON-SITE WORK INJURIES, RIGHT, THEY CITED THAT, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR WORKFORCE. AND IT'S ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT -- I KNOW THE TEAM'S LIKELY GOING TO COME DOWN HERE TO MANAGE THE PROJECT, BUT WE WOULD BE HIRING LOCAL LABOR, CORRECT? IF YOU COULD JUST SAY
YES. >> YES. >> CASTILLO: PERFECT.
I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME, BECAUSE I KNOW OFTENTIMES WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND RFPS, I HEAR FROM DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS AND BUSINESSES, RIGHT, THAT IT'S -- YEAH, THERE'S A LOCAL CONNECTION, BUT WILL WE BE HIRING LOCAL.
SO I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR, WHILE THIS FIRM MAY NOT BE IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY WILL BE HIRING LOCAL LABOR. AND WITH THAT, IT'S A CITY CONTRACT, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT, SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW CITY LABOR ORDINANCES LIKE, FFOR EXAMPLE, THE HEAT ILLNESS ORDINANCE THAT DR. ROCHA PASSED, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THAT, CORRECT?
>> YES. THAT'S CORRECT. >> CASTILLO: PERFECT.
AND WHEN EVALUATING ALL THREE OF THE FIRMS -- AND I DON'T NEED A NUMBER, BUT DID THE COMMITTEE EXPLORE HOW MANY POTENTIAL OSHA VIOLATIONS PER FIRM, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS LOOKED INTO? AND I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE NUMBER PER EACH, BUT IS IT SOMETHING THAT WAS
EVALUATED? >> OUR LEGAL CAME IN AND GAVE US A FULL REVIEW AND
GAVE US CLEARANCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THREE. >> CASTILLO: OKAY.
GREAT. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED. AND, AGAIN, RIGHT, IT'S LIKE A MOVIE EVERY TIME WE COME ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AT THE NEXT PHASE IN THE SERIES, AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO -- AS YOU POINTED, JESUS, RIGHT, SHOVELS IN THE GROUND TO GET THINGS MOVING ALONG.
BUT THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCI COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO.
CUSTOMER COURAGE? >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THAT TEAM TO COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY. I'M SURE IT'S THE BEST RECOMMENDATION WE COULD GET. AND JESUS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, I THINK, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN MOVING OUR AIRPORT FORWARD.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT, YOU MENTIONED TWO THINGS I WANTED TO DOUBLE-CHECK ON. AND COULD WE BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT SHOWED THE BREAKDOWN OF COSTS AGAIN? YES, THAT ONE THERE. AS APPROVED TO DATE, WE HAVE PMCM FREEZE AND NICKELS. WHAT DOES PIKS PROJECT MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER. >> COURAGE: OKAY. BUT WE'RE NOW ENTERING INTO A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE PAYING A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SEPARATELY? ARE THEY GOING TO BE PART OF OR ARE THEY STILL DOING SEPARATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT? BECAUSE THEY GET $55 MILLION OUT OF THIS WHOLE THING?
>> I'LL GIVE YOU THE HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BEST WAY I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL ASK TIM OR OTHERS IF THEY WANT TO PROVIDE ANYTHING ADDITION TOLL WHAT I PROVIDE TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK IS GOING TO SERVE AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE AIRPORT. IT'S 12.65% OF THAT $1 BILLION.
THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE THE WORK PACKAGES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR US TO EXECUTES ON THE DELIVERY OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER WORKS TO HELP DELIVER ON THE HIGH ETION LEVEL ON WHAT WE'RE COMPLETING, THE WORK THAT WE'RE MANAGING, ASSISTING THE CITY. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE GO OUT AND CONSTRUCT BRAND-NEW TERMINAL COMPLEXES, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE GO DO A $1.4 BILLION PROGRAM FOR THE AIRPORT TO TRANSFORM THE AIRPORT.
THIS STAFF AUGMENTATION IS THE WAY I WOULD CALL IT, COMES INTO ASSIST US, SIMILARLY THE PMCM IS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE WHEN WE START TO DO QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL TO BACKCHECK.
IT'S AN ENTIRE TEAM WORKING CONSISTENTLY TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S INSPECTING THE WORK THAT'S BEING PERFORMED TO ENSURE THAT IT'S BEING
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DONE THE RIGHT WAY, OR WHETHER IT'S ENSURING THAT WE'RE PAYING INVOICES ON TIME, ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR. WE DO THAT AT A SPEED -- AT A NORMAL RATE DAY-TO-DAY FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT WE DON'T DO IT AT THE RATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING AND MOVING WHEN WE GET STARTED FOR THE WORK. THAT'S WHAT THE PMCM WILL SERVE.AND THEN LASTLY, THE MASTER ARCHITECT IS HERE TO DESIGN, TO HELP US DESIGN THE OVERALL PROGRAM. AND THOSE ARE THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH
US. >> COURAGE: OKAY. THANK YOU.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> SAENZ: YES, SIR. >> COURAGE: NOW, WE'VE GOT A $1.4 MILLION BUDGET, BUT THIS IS JUST OVERALL FOR THE NEW TERMINAL. HOW MUCH -- AND THE REASON WHY I'M GOING TO ASK THIS, IS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HEAR NUMBERS ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEARING 1.4 MILLION. BUT -- BILLION.
THANK YOU. BUT HOW MUCH IN ADDITION OF AIRPORT WORK DO WE HAVE FORECASTED? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY COMING UP TO ME AND SAYING, WELL, I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONLY GOING TO COVER 1.4 BILLION, BUT ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BILLION OR SOMETHING. DO YOU HAVE SOME ESTIMATES ON WHAT OTHER COSTS ARE GOING TO BE COMING ABOUT BESIDES JUST
THE TERMINAL? >> SAENZ: I'LL JUST SHARE WITH YOU, AND THEN I'LL LET MIKE OR SHANE COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT, IF NECESSARY.
FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE HAVE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S GOING TO TRANSFORM THE ENTIRE TERMINAL COMPLEX. THE ROADWAYS, A LOT OF LAND SIDE WORK, THE PARKING ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF WHAT WE'RE PERFORMING, WE WILL CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, 250 MILLION APPROPRIATED BETWEEN NOW AND 2028 FOR WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THE AIRFIELD.
OBVIOUSLY, AS WE CONTINUE TO CHASE WHAT WE CALL AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO TRY AND GET THAT, WE'RE IN CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THEM, THEY PROVIDE US A 75% MATCH TO WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, SO WE'VE PROGRAMMED A LOT OF THAT WORK. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THE AIRFIELD AS WELL. WE WERE THINKING, ALREADY, LONG TERM OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN WE COMPLETE THIS TERMINAL COMPLEX IN 10, 15 YEARS, ALL OF THAT GOES IN THERE. 250 TO 300 MILLION IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE AIRFIELD.
AND THEN ANOTHER COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILLION THAT WE'RE DOING ON OTHER PROJECTS IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT THAT WE HAVE AS WELL, THAT GETS US TO APPROXIMATELY, MIKE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CLOSE TO $2 BILLION WORTH
OF WORK OVER THE NEXT -- >> YES, SIR SAENZ -- FIVE, EIGHT YEARS.
. >> COURAGE: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SKEPTICAL OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROJECT, AND I THINK ALL OF US CAN THINK OF MANY PROJECTS WE HEARD WHERE X AMOUNT WAS FORECASTED TO BE SPINT BUT X AMOUNT PLUS, PLUS, PLUS ENDED UP BEING SPENT.
I HEARD THERE'S A 10% CONTINGENCY WITH THE CMAR.
THAT WOULD BE $100 MILLION ON TOP OF A BILLION.
>> SAENZ: THAT'S WITHIN THE BILLION. SO IS THE 30% CONTINGENCY. I'M SORRY. ESCALATION.
I'M SORRY, ESCALATION. I SAID CONTINGENCY, BUT ESCALATION.
>> COURAGE: YEAH, THE ESCALATION. YOU'RE SAYING THE
ESCALATION'S BUILT WITHIN THE -- >> SAENZ: THAT'S CORRECT. WE PURPOSELY DID ESTIMATES FOR THAT
REASON. >> COURAGE: IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE ESCALATION AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE CONTINGENCY, THIS COULD
BE DONE FOR 600 MILLION? >> SAENZ: THAT IS CORRECT, BUT WE DON'T DO PROJECTS WITHOUT ESCALATION OR CONTINGENCY.
>> COURAGE: YEAH. AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO FIND OUT LATER ON IT WAS GOING TO BE 30% MORE AND 10% MORE ON TOP
OF THIS. >> SAENZ: NO, SIR. >> COURAGE: OKAY.
THANK YOU. AND LISTEN, I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME OUT TO DISTRICT 9 IN JANUARY AND DO THIS PRESENTATION TO THE PEOPLE IN MY
DISTRICT. >> SAENZ: WE WILL BE THERE, SIR.
THANK YOU. >> SEGOVIA: COUNCILMAN, IF I MAY, ONE ADDED CONTROL FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THE AIRLINE HAS ALSO BEEN GIVEN THAT NUMBER IN TERMS OF THE 1.4 BILLION, SO IF WE GO ABOVE THAT, WE'D HAVE TO
GET THEIR AGREEMENT TO THAT AS WELL. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE.
COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE? >> WHYTE: YEAH, JESUS, RIGHT AFTER DISTRICT 9, I'M GOING TO NEED YOU IN DISTRICT 10 TO DO THAT AS WELL.
LOOK, I'M EXCITED. THIS IS GREAT. WORLD-CLASS CITIES HAVE WORLD-CLASS AIRPORTS AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS SUBSTANTIAL, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR CITIZENS HERE, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON IT, JESUS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, THE COMMITTEE, MARIA, JEFF, THANK YOU. JOHN DICKSON, WHO I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING FOR YEARS, AND I KNOW HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT LEAST, AND SO THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR EVERYTHING THAT
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YOU'VE DONE. IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO FOR THIS PROJECT -- IT LOOKED LIKE ON THE EVALUATION WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE THREE -- THE THREE FIRMS TO DO THIS, THE PLAN AND APPROACH, I THINK, IS WHAT SEPARATED -- IF I CAN PULL IT UP HERE. IT LOOKED LIKE DETAILED PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND APPROACH IS REALLY WHAT SEPARATED HENSEL PHELPSFROM THE REST. >> VILLAGOMEZ: THAT'S CORRECT.
>> WHYTE: CAN I GET A BRIEF HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF WHAT SET THEM APART.
>> VILLAGOMEZ: SURE. WHAT WE REQUESTED WAS HOW THEY WOULD HANDLE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE EXPANSION, HOW THEY WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AS THEY WERE ADDRESSING SOME -- SOME OF THE EXPANSION THAT THERE WOULD BE MINIMUM IMPACT TO THE CUSTOMER, HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE HANDLING PARKING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO US WAS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE PROTECTING THE EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH OUR SCHEDULES AND NOT INTERRUPTING THE CURRENT BUSINESS OF THE AIRPORT. I'M GOING TO ASK JESUS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE
THAT HE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT. >> SAENZ: IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTOR, BUT I'LL KEEP THEM EASY. THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE PRECONSTRUCTION TEAM ON BOARD AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, THE STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION, AN EFFECTIVE PLAN CRUCIAL FOR AIRPORT EXPANSIONS, THE LONG AND LEAD SUPPLY CHAIN ITEMS IS A BIG FACTOR, AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING. SO THEIR INTEGRATION OF DELIVERY DATES FOR LONG LEAD ITEMS AND A MASTER SCHEDULE AS WE'VE REFERENCED. THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY DOING THESE, SO THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE AS EFFECTIVELY, AS EFFICIENTLY SO WE CAN MEET THE DATE WE WANT TO MEET IS IMPORTANT.
THE OVERALL GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE PACKAGE PLAN WAS COMPREHENSIVE.
THEY HAD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREPURCHASING AND DESIGN ASSIST STRATEGIES THAT WERE VERY, VERY FAVORABLE FOR US. THEIR TRADE PARTNER BIDDING PRIOR TO GNP, WORKING FOR THOSE SUBMISSIONS, AND ALL OF THIS ENDS UP IN THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST FOR REDUCING THE PROJECT BUDGET AND REDUCING THE RISK ASSOCIATED THAT WE'RE TAKING ON.
AND THEN THE EARLY PARTIAL ACTIVATION OF THE NEW TERMINAL, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO PRESENT NEW STRATEGIES ON HOW WE COULD DO THIS
EARLIER AND BEGIN TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> VILLAGOMEZ: AND I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN, THAT WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH HENSEL WAS THEIR INNOVATION. YOU SAW FROM THE VIDEO SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS THAT THEY WERE USING TO BE AIBLG TO BE MORE EFFICIENT ON THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT, THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO THAT SET THEM ASIDE.
>> WHYTE: SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY JUST -- THE DETAIL IN THEIR PRESENTATION WAS GREATER THAN THE OTHERS, AND THEY ALSO HAD SOME MORE ADVANTAGEOUS METHODS OF DELIVERING THE PROJECT ON TIME AND AT A LOWER COST,
IS THAT FAIR? >> VILLAGOMEZ: WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT ITEM B ON THE CHART BEFORE YOU, ON THE PROPOSED COSTING METHODOLOGY, THE THIRD FIRM HAS THE HIGHEST POINTS, MEANING THEY WERE LESS EXPENSIVE.
>> WHYTE: UH-HUH. >> VILLAGOMEZ: SO IN THIS CASE, THE FIRM THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU WAS SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER TWO; HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN, THE DETAIL ON THE PROPOSAL, THEIR APPROACH, THEIR INNOVATION WAS WHAT SET THEM APART FROM THE
OTHER FIRMS. >> WHYTE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THIS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ?
>> PELAEZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY ON ONE SLIDE THAT THE THREE TEAMS THAT BID WERE -- MARIA I THINK YOUR WORDS WERE, THAT THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH WERE THE SAME AND SO YOU HAD TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK, BASED ON THAT SCORING WE. WE USED COSTING AND THEN THERE WAS THE DETAILED ACTION PLAN THAT REALLY SORT OF MADE THE DIFFERENCE AT THE END, RIGHT? I APPRECIATE THAT.
I LIKE THE VIDEO, THAT WAS REALLY NICE TOUCH. BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, HENSEL PHELPS IS BASED IN COLORADO, FREEZE AND NICKELS IS HEADQUARTERED OUT OF FORT WORTH, CORGAN IS OUT OF DALLAS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE OTHER TWO TEAMS WERE ACTUALLY TEAMS THAT INCLUDED EQUITY FOR LOCAL PLAYERS, RIGHT. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T WORK FOR FIRMS OUT OF COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, FORT WORTH
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AND DALLAS. I WORK FOR SAN ANTONIANS, RIGHT? AND I FEEL THAT WHEN WE DO HUGE PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES. ONE DAY BECOME HENSEL PHELPS OR ONE DAY BECOME THEY CAN HAVE A FEATHER IN THEIR CAP SAYING WE WERE ON THE TEAM, NOT JUST WE WERE -- OF THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT WAS CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRED WITH THE CITY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN I WAS ONE OF THE LEADS ON A CONTRACT TO BUILD THE AIRPORT IN OUR CITY. SO THAT WHEN -- WHEN HOUSTON, AUSTIN, DALLAS, COLORADO AND OTHERS GO OUT FOR BID, ONE OF OUR LOCAL COMPANIES CAN ACTUALLY STEP UP AND SAY, I WANT TO COMPETE FOR THAT, RIGHT? AND BY THIS SELECTION TODAY -- AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH IN DOING THIS AND GENERAL RICE, IS HE STILL HERE? YOU'RE ONE OF MY HEROES, GENERAL, AND YOU'RE ONE OF THE SMARTEST GUYS I'VE EVER MET, BUT DESPITE THAT HARD WORK, I HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF PRIORITIES THAT I BRING TO THIS DAIS, RIGHT, AND MY PRIORITIES ARE TO FIND WAYS TO PROPEL LOCAL BUSINESS FORWARD. I THINK WE MISSED THE MARK. AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MY SUPPORT FOR THIS CONTRACT. I THINK THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO GO BACK AND DO THAT HOMEWORK, I APPRECIATE ALL THE NICE THINGS SAID ABOUT THE PRESENTATION YOU GUYS DID TODAY, BUT I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE IPADS FEATURED ON THE VIDEO. I CARE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT OUR LOCAL TEAMS CAN ONE DAY COMPETE ON A INTERNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS CHOICE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DENYING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I'M A SOLID NO VOTE IF THIS IS WHAT IS PROPOSED TO US IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. >> VILLAGOMEZ: BIDDING OPPORTUNITIES ON THIS SLIDE, MOST OF THE PRICE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE, IF YOU APPROVE THIS ON DECEMBER 12, OF THE $1 BILLION, THERE ARE AT LEAST 20 DIFFERENT BID PACKAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL FIRMS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT.
SO THERE WILL BE, AS I MENTIONED, MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE LOCAL COMPANIES.
>> PER. >> PELAEZ: I'M PICKING UP EVERYTHING YOU'RE LAYING DOWN AND I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT YOU AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF MONEY THAT'S GOING TO GO TO LOCAL FIRMS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LOCAL FIRMS WHO SAY AFTER THIS PROJECT WE WERE THE SUCCESSFUL OWNER OF THIS FIRM.
WE GAVE BIRTH TO THIS, WE CREATED IT, AND WE WANT TO COMPETE.
AS OPPOSED TO SAY WE'RE ONE OF THE LUCKY SUBCONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DO THIS.
THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUT WE ALL SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN IS THE FIRST TO REMIND US THAT LOCAL, LOCAL, LOCAL IS OUR JOB HERE. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS ENORMOUS EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, UPGRADE ALL OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES AND OUR SPENDING GUIDELINES AND FOR GOD'S SAKE Y'ALL DELIVERED SHIRTS TO US UPSTAIRS THAT SAID BUY LOCAL ON THEM AND HERE I'M HEARING ABOUT A PRESENTATION THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO BUY LOCAL BUT ONLY IF WE LIVE IN COLORADO. I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK BUT YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND ON
THIS. THANKS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.
JESUS, TEAM, I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. IF I COULD PUT A LOCAL PREFERENCE POINT OF 50 POINTS I WOULD HAVE DONE IT, BUT I COULDN'T.
I KEPT ON ASKING YOU, EVERY SEVENTH PRESENTATION, CAN WE DO MORE LOCAL.
WHAT YOU TOLD ME IS YOU NEED THE BEST. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE -- JOHN AND GENERAL, WE TASKED YOU WITH THAT AND Y'ALL DID THE BEST YOU COULD WITH IT.
HANSEL PHELPS, IF YOU'RE HERE OR LISTENING, CONGRATULATIONS. I MEAN, I KNOW WE STILL NEED TO DO THE VOTE BUT YOU ACTUALLY PUT THE BEST EFFORT FORWARD. AND I THINK I'M READY WITH COUNCILMAN PELAEZ TO HAVE THAT LOCAL CONVERSATION AND WHERE WE CAN APPLY THIS.
MARIA KNOWS I DO IT IN AUDIT OFTEN BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED HERE IS THAT WE GET TO GET STARTED. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY YOUR TEAM WAS OUT IN MY DISTRICT THIS MORNING WITH THE VENDORS AND THEY HAVE A BETTER MAP THAN YOU. I NEED YOU TO GET THAT MAP. WHERE IT SHOWS ALL THE PROJECT AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE PART OF IT AND PUT THE APPLICATION FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY TEAM FOR DOING THAT. I HOPE THAT THE CMAR MANAGER
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BUYS INTO THAT AND STARTS WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT OPPORTUNITY TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS AIRPORT IS WORLD CLASS, THAT WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST BUILDING THIS AIRPORT.AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAPPING WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO SPECIAL AND OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. SO, JESUS, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE VENDOR. I KNOW I'M HAVING THE MEETING. I THINK COUNCILMAN WHYTE IS HAVING A MEETING TOO. THE VENDOR MEETING AND WHAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GIVING AND
HOW THAT'S KIND OF INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROCESS. >> SAENZ: FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE DO WANT THAT LOCAL PARTICIPATION AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT A BILLION DOLLARS PROGRAM, THE AMOUNT OF JOBS THAT WILL CREATE HERE IS CLOSE TO 6,000.
ESTIMATED. SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE WORK THAN WE CAN HANDLE BUT WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUS, WORKING WITH EACH OF THE DISTRICTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE THAT OUTREACH WITH EACH OF THOSE VENDORS, AS YOU'VE STATED.
WE'RE ALREADY WORKING THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICTS TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LOCAL PARTICIPANTS TO BE INVOLVED AND BEGIN TO GRADUATE AND GROW INTO, YOU KNOW -- TO BE DBE CERTIFIED, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN LARGE PROJECTS.
THAT'S OUR EFFORT. THAT'S OUR FOCUS AND I WANT YOU TO -- OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL IS WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE WILL WORK WITH EACH OF THE COMPANIES WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THIS MEANS TO SAN ANTONIO AND HOW WE WORK WITH THEM. THAT'S WHAT I OFFER TO YOU.
>> VIAGRAN: ALL THE COMPANIES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE, HAVE THAT FAMILIARITY WITH THE DBE AND THE ABC -- THE OTHER ONE. ABCDE.
>> SAENZ: ACDBE. >> VIAGRAN: THEY BOTH UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE KIND OF
STRIVING FOR IN THAT AS WE HAVE PARTICIPATION LOCAL. >> SAENZ: THAT IS CORRECT.
AND PERCENTAGES WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE -- I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO REFERENCED HOW ARE THESE PERCENTAGES GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE LOCAL PARTICIPATION. EACH ONE OF THOSE PACKAGES WILL HAVE IT ESTABLISHED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WE RELEASE THEM IN A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, FOCUSING HEAVILY ON LOCAL
PARTICIPATION. >> VIAGRAN: AND I THINK THAT -- AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. AND I THINK THE KEY IS WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DBE AND HOW WE GET THEM THAT CERTIFICATION. THIS IS WHY I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD. TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE. BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIMELINE AND WE NEED TO GET THEM STARTED IN THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES STARTED IN THAT PROCESS, AND WE NEED TO GET STARTED TO STAY WITHIN OUR TIMELINE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF USE THIS MOMENTUM AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING THIS FORWARD WITH THE RFPS. WE HAD THE MEETING THIS MORNING. I KNEW WE WERE HAVING THIS BRIEFING TODAY AND GETTING SOME GOOD NEWS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS.
AND, YES, ■CONTINUE TO HAVETHE&Y >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON.
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THE TIME IS 3:55 P.M. ON THE 29TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. OUR COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.