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ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2021.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET OUR CITY COUNCIL VIEW SESSION STARTED.
UH, MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS, UH, IN OUR B SESSION,
[Executive Session]
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON, UH, LEGAL MATTER.SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST.
SO THE TIME IS 2:07 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2021.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND DELIBERATE, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, REAL PROPERTY COMPETITIVE MATTERS REGARDING C P S ENERGY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.086, COMPETITIVE MATTERS AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR RELATED ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS ELECTION LAWS, OPEN MEETING PROCEDURES AND MATTERS INVOLVING C P S ENERGY UNDER 5 5 1 0.071.
ARE WE IN THIS LINK, JOHN, OR SEPARATELY? OKAY, I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOT A SEPARATE EXACT LINK.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE QUORUM BACK.
CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS NOT REACHED TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO TOMORROW.
[2. 21-2086 Briefing on Development Principles for the San Antonio Airport System [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Jesus Saenz, Director, Aviation]]
IT'S MOVE NOW TO, UM, OUR AGENDA ITEM TWO, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARD HERE, IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE OUR STAFF.UH, COUNSEL, UM, AT OUR LAST B SESSION ON MAY 3RD, UH, YOU RECEIVED A BRIEFING BY, UH, JESUS ON THE UPDATE OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN OUT AT THE AIRPORT TO INCLUDE, UH, THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE, ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR TERMINAL AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE ARE TAKING, UH, WE TOOK TAKING YOUR INPUT AND INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE'LL BRIEF YOU, UM, AT A B SESSION LATER ON THIS SUMMER.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS ON, UH, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, UH, FOR THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM.
UM, AND ORIGINALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SCHEDULED, WAS SCHEDULED AS FAR AS THE MARCH 3RD B SESSION, BUT WE'VE, WE SPLIT IT, UH, TO ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR YOU TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS IN THE PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN SEE TODAY, UM, THE GOAL OF THE PROCESS IS TO ESTABLISH AS, AND JESUS TALKED ABOUT THIS ON MARCH 3RD, TO ESTABLISH FUTURE TERMINAL AND BUILDING DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT ALONG THIS EFFORT.
UM, AND, UM, JESUS WILL HAS WITH HIM TODAY, UH, CHRISTINE AL OF JACOBS ENGINEERING, UH, GROUP TO BRIEF YOU, UM, AND OBTAIN SOME INPUT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY DO SOME FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, UH, BEYOND TODAY.
BUT, UH, UH, I THINK WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING IT TO YOU AND HAVE A PUBLIC CONVERSATION AND, UH, START TO SOLICIT THAT INPUT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JESUS, WHO WILL, UH, INTRODUCE CHRISTINE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU ERIC.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ARE BEING PREPARED TO ASSIST ALL USERS AT THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING PLANNING AND DESIGN STRATEGIES THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE PRIMARY INTENT OF THIS EFFORT IS TO SET THE VISION AND DIRECTION FOR THE AIRPORT GOING FORWARD AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND OUR FACILITIES.
IN PARALLEL WITH THE COMPLETION OF OUR 2040 SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NEW PROJECTS AND DECISIONS ALIKE SHOULD ALIGN
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WITH THE NEW ESTABLISHED DESIGN GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES.THESE DESIGN VISION EFFORTS WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK OF AESTHETIC CRITERIA AND STANDARDS THAT DRAW ON THE STRENGTHS AND ATTRIBUTES OF OUR CITY.
ULTIMATELY, THIS WILL ESTABLISH A TRUE SENSE OF PLACE FOR OUR AIRPORT COMMUNITY.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL OUTLINE THE DESIGN STRATEGIES, PROVIDING FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE PROJECT TEAMS IN DEVELOPING THE DESIGN OF EACH PROJECT, PROVIDE A CLEAR BASIS AND FORWARD PATH FOR FUTURE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND ASSURE COMPLIANCE.
SET THE TONE FOR UNITY AND CONSISTENCY IN THE AIRPORT'S APPEARANCE, EFFICIENCY AND VISUAL ACCESSIBILITY, DRAWING FROM BOTH EXISTING AND NEW.
UPON COMPLETION, WE WILL CONSOLIDATE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE A FINAL MANUAL FOR ALL FUTURE PROJECTS AND SUMMARY OF OUR RELATED DOCUMENTS, RESOURCES, AUTHORITIES, OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE DESIGN WORK AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AND STINSON MUNICIPAL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING CHRISTINE ROAL, WHO WILL PRESENT OUR WORK THUS FAR.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.
UM, I BELIEVE MY PRESENTATION IS BEING RUN.
SO, TODAY'S AGENDA IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO DATE, WHICH IS, AS JESUS WAS DESCRIBING, WHERE WE ARE HEADED NEXT AND THE STEPS REQUIRED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS IS A TWO-PART PROCESS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE THESE, UH, EFFORTS IS TO PROVIDE AN ESTABLISHED FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS TO PROVIDE A SET OF CRITERIA WITH PARAMETERS WHILE MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY AND ENCOURAGING DESIGN, CREATIVITY, AND INNOVATION.
AND THEY'LL BE KEY DECISION MAKING TOOLS, ENABLING EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS, AND TO PROVIDE A SET OF STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ALL FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT'S OFTEN ASKED WHY DO THIS EFFORTS? THE BENEFITS ARE WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, AN IMPROVED SAN ANTONIO IMAGE, ESTABLISHING A COHESIVE VISUAL APPEARANCE, AN ENHANCED UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE, AN IMPROVED PASSENGER EXPERIENCE, AND INCREASED RESOURCE UTILIZATION, EFFICIENCY AND FOCUS, INCREASED COST EFFECTIVENESS AND CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCIES, REDUCED OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, ENHANCED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMING, AND TO PROVIDE AN ESTABLISHED CONNECTION TO THE AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO THIS IS NOT A PROJECT, BUT RATHER, A SET OF PARAMETERS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
THE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS WILL BE USED AS A REFERENCE BY FUTURE PROJECT TEAMS, AND THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL BE IN PLACE TO REINFORCE CONFORMANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND THE GUIDELINES.
THE DI THE DIAGRAM HERE BELOW REPRESENTS WHAT HAPPENS AS A NATURAL PART OF A DESIGN PROCESS.
IN THIS CASE, THE USE OF THE GUIDELINE AND STANDARDS HELPS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL KIND OF OUTLIER DESIGN CONCEPTS AND KEEPS THE FOCUS ON THE PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY THE AIRPORT AND HELPS TO PROVIDE THE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN PROJECTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AIRPORT TODAY, IT CURRENTLY READS AS A SERIES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ORIGINAL FACILITY.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO BE GOING FORWARD IS A UNIFIED AIRPORT DISTRICT WITH A DISTINCT LOOK AND FEEL AND THE SAN ANTONIO SENSE OF PLACE.
SO THIS WILL PROVIDE A COHESIVE USER EXPERIENCE.
WE DID RECEIVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE NOTION OF AN AIRPORT DISTRICT, AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS A UNIFIED EXPERIENCE.
AND CURRENTLY IT IS THROUGHOUT ALL PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE AIRPORT.
AND IT IS NOT JUST THE LOOK, BUT IT'S RATHER THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND THIS INCLUDES FOODS, YOU KNOW, FOOD OFFERINGS, RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
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OTHER DIALOGUES WITH, UH, OUTREACH GROUPS, THERE HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION OF A POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO EXPAND BEYOND THE AIRPORT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE SHOWING THIS JUST FOR THE, THE AIRPORT AREA ITSELF.THIS IS A QUICK LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE TO DATE.
WE BEGAN WORK ON THIS EFFORT IN OCTOBER OF 2019.
WE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF DESIGN VISIONING, CHARETTES, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A CHARETTE TO DATE, THIS IS REALLY JUST A FANCY WORD FOR A COLLABORATIVE WORK SESSION.
SO WE CONDUCTED, UM, THE, THE VISIONING CHARETTES, AND THEN WE BEGAN WORKING ON THE VISIONING OF THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT ITSELF, UH, AND, AND STARTED ON CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
WE WENT ON HOLD FOR A BRIEF PERIOD DUE TO COVID, AS DID PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
UH, THIS ACTUALLY GAVE US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, DOUBLE DOWN ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH OFFERING.
WE HAD A SERIES OF ENGAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING WITH AVIATION LEADERSHIP, WITH CITY LEADERSHIP, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND, UH, A PREVIOUS BRIEFING WITH THE MAYOR, AS WELL AS A SERIES OF PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS HERE WILL BE TO REVISIT THE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION AND, UM, HA WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TWO CHARETTES THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT ITSELF AND, AND WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED FOR THE FINAL PRODUCTION, WHICH WE'LL WRAP UP IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE'LL COINCIDE WITH THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS PLAN.
NEXT PHASE, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WE BEGAN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT DIALOGUES WITH A SURVEY.
AND WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS, THE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY CONSISTENT TO DATE, THE THREE MAIN DRIVERS OF THE AIRPORT, THE CONSISTENT FEEDBACK HAS BEEN CONVENIENCE, CU CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND AMPLE ACCESS TO SPACE AND AMENITIES.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE SAN ANTONIO IDENTITY, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT THE IDENTITY IS UNCLEAR AND THERE WAS NO CLEAR BRAND REFLECTION IN THE EXISTING AIRPORT.
AND THERE WAS AN OVERWHELM, OVERWHELMING RESPONSE THAT THE AIRPORT SHOULD IN FACT, REPRESENT THE IDENTITY OF SAN ANTONIO SINCE IT IS THE FRONT DOOR TO THE CITY.
SO, BEGINNING WITH, UH, THE GUIDELINE STUDY, WE RESEARCH SIMILAR DOCUMENTS AT OTHER AIRPORTS, AND WHAT'S CONSISTENT AMONGST MOST DOCUMENTS OF THIS TYPE IS THAT THEY IDENTIFY A PASSENGER TYPOLOGY, A REGIONAL IDENTITY, AND THEY DEFINE THE PRINCIPLES FOR THE AIRPORT.
SO THIS EFFORT WILL BE FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING THE PASSENGER, IDENTIFYING A REGIONAL IDENTITY AND PRINCIPLES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO.
SO, WE WERE FORTUNATE WHEN WE BEGAN OUR EFFORT.
THE AIRPORT HAD JUST CONDUCTED THEIR OWN SURVEY IDENTIFYING PASSENGER TYPOLOGIES.
AND THE ITEMS YOU SEE ALONG THE LEFT WERE WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THAT STUDY, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
AND WORKING THROUGH THE CHARETTE PROCESS WITH THE TEAM, WE NARROWED THESE DOWN TO BE, UH, TYPOLOGIES OF LEISURE BUSINESS, FAMILY ASSISTED NEEDS, MILITARY AND EMPLOYEES AND TENANTS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS DIAGRAM, WE DID NOT ELIMINATE ANY OF THE PASSENGER SEGMENTS, BUT RATHER WE CONSOLIDATED THAT, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF A SWING USER.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS FROM THE ORIGINAL STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE IS A SEGMENT OF PASSENGERS WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY WHO SWING BETWEEN THEIR AIRPORT OF CHOICE BASED ON OFFERINGS, UM, COST, UH, AVAILABILITY AND EASE OF USE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THESE ARE THE, THE, THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE OPTION TO, TO MAKE A CHOICE, AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS CHOOSE THEIR LOCAL AIRPORT.
SO THESE TYPES OF PASSENGERS GENERALLY ARE WITHIN THE LEISURE AND THE
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BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITIES OR, UH, PASSENGER TYPOLOGIES.SO, THE, THE VISIONING CHARETTES, WE BEGAN BY AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW OF SAN ANTONIO.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ANYONE WHO DOES A GOOGLE SEARCH OF, OF SAN ANTONIO.
THESE ARE THE IMAGES THAT COME UP FREQUENTLY.
AND SO WE STARTED BY EXPLORING THESE IMAGES.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN THROUGH THE, THE DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, THE DIALOGUE IN THE ROOM AT THE CHARETTES, THESE WERE NARROWED DOWN TO WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE HERE, AND GENERALLY CATEGORIZED AS ELEMENTS OF HISTORY, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY OF MILITARY ADAPTIVE REUSE AND THE VIBRANT AND FAMILY SAN ANTONIO EXPERIENCE.
SO THROUGHOUT THE INITIAL CHARETTES, THERE WERE KEY WORDS THAT, THAT WERE RECURRING THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATIONS, AND THAT IS THE, THE LIST THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH A PROCESS WE USE FOR REFINING THESE KEYWORDS THAT, UH, DOWN INTO WHAT BECAME THE BACKBONE OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED.
SO BEGINNING WITH, WHOOPS, THIS IS OKAY, WE
UH, GATEWAY WAS PULLED OUT AS THE OVERLYING GOAL.
THE AIRPORT IS A GATEWAY BOTH TO THE CITY AS WELL AS BEING A GATEWAY FROM THE CITY TO THE WORLD.
LOOKING AT THE TERMS UNDISCOVERED, APPROACHABLE, AND AUTHENTIC, THESE WERE PULLED OUT AND HIGHLIGHTED AS KEYWORDS THAT DESCRIBE SAN ANTONIO AS A DESTINATION.
AND THESE ARE REALLY ELEMENTS THAT SET SAN ANTONIO ASIDE FROM OTHER LOCATIONS.
THE WORDS, TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, AND INDUSTRY.
THOSE WERE PULLED OUT AS, UM, BECOMING DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE WORKED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES.
SO, THE CONCEPTS OF ART FIESTA AND CUISINE, INCLUDING THE UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY, ARE ALL PART OF THE TERMINOLOGY CULTURE, WHICH IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PRINCIPLE.
AND SO THIS LEAVES THE TERMS COMMUNITY, MILITARY, NATURE, AND HISTORY AS THE PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE SAN ANTONIO UNIQUE.
SO THIS IS THE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE YOU CHOOSE SAN ANTONIO OVER OTHER DESTINATIONS.
THE OUTCOME AT THE END OF THE DAY IS TO HAVE THE AIRPORT LOOK AND FEEL LIKE THESE WORDS.
SO, LOOKING AT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES, AGAIN, ANOTHER SERIES OF CHARETTES WHERE WE REALLY EXPLORED EACH OF THESE PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS THE IMAGERY AND THE KEY WORDS THAT GO WITH WITH EACH ONE.
SO AS I WORK THROUGH THIS FOR EACH PRINCIPLE, PLEASE, UM, TAKE SPECIAL NOTE NOT ONLY OF OF THE WORDS, BUT OF THE IMAGERY ON EACH OF THESE SLIDES, BECAUSE THIS WILL REALLY BE WHAT HELPS SET THE TONE FOR THE PRINCIPLES.
SO IN EXPLORING COMMUNITY, UH, AS YOU SAW FROM THE, THE PICTURE BELOW, WE PLASTERED THE WALLS WITH IMAGERY.
THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHARETTES BROUGHT IN IMAGERY OF THEIR OWN, UM, TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT REALLY SAYS SAN ANTONIO TO THEM.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, QUOTES THAT CAME UP, UH, AS PEOPLE SELECTED VARIOUS IMAGES THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH THEM, THEY WERE ASKED TO EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY AND WHAT THAT IMAGE MEANS TO THEM.
SO SOME OF THE TERMS THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER WERE CROSS-CULTURAL, COLORFUL, SOCIAL, AND ACTIVE, A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE, CONNECTION, COMING TOGETHER TO EAT, AND BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
SO THAT WAS, UH, THE EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY.
AND NOW WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE
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WHERE WE HAVE MILITARY AGAIN, WE HAVE A SERIES OF IMAGES THAT WERE SELECTED, AND THE FOLLOWING QUOTES, WE HONOR OUR MILITARY, MILITARY AS A COMMUNITY, THE IMPORT OF OTHERS, MILITARY AVIATION, A GOOD MILITARY MIX WITH THE CITIZENS AND EVENTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO LATIN AMERICA.SO, LOOKING CLOSER AT NATURE, NATURE HAD A A WEALTH OF INSPIRING IMAGERY, AND SOME OF THE QUOTES WERE ENJOYING NATURE WITH FRIENDS, RELAXATION, THE GERMAN INFLUENCE OF THE HILL COUNTRY, FAMILY TIME AND CONSERVATION RESEARCH.
AND WITH THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HISTORY, AGAIN, QUITE A, QUITE A BIT TO CHOOSE FROM WITH IMAGERY RELATED TO HISTORY.
THE QUOTES WERE, IMMIGRANT DIVERSITY HISTORY IS STILL ALIVE, OUR ORIGINAL FAMILIES STILL LIVE HERE, PERSEVERANCE AND REUSE, THE BLENDING OF OLD AND NEW, THE CROSSROAD OF THOUSAND YEAR FOOTPATHS AND MISSIONS IN SPANISH HERITAGE.
SO LOOKING AT THIS, KEY PHRASES WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE IMAGERY AND THE DIALOGUE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE PRINCIPLES.
SO LOOKING AT COMMUNITY, WE HAVE HISPANIC, BUT MULTICULTURAL.
SO SAN ANTONIO'S REALLY KNOWN FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE MULTICULTURAL ASPECT, THE USE OF COLOR AS CELEBRATION.
THIS WAS QUITE APPARENT IN THE IMAGERY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, THIS PRINCIPLE, THEY ALL HAD A LOT OF VIBRANT COLOR.
THE CONCEPT OF DAY VERSUS NIGHT DURING THE DAY, SAN ANTONIO WAS ABOUT BUSINESS.
AND THEN AT NIGHT IT'S ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING.
AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TERMS THAT CAME UP WAS THE WORD AUTHENTIC.
SO THIS SPEAKS TO THE, THE DESIRE FOR SAN ANTONIO TO REPRESENT ITSELF AUTHENTICALLY.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A A DISNEYLAND TYPE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY SHOWN AS ITS AUTHENTIC SELF LOOKING AT MILITARY, THE WORD ORDER WAS ESTABLISHED.
UH, THE WORD INTEGRAL IS SOMETHING THAT THAT IS QUITE UNIQUE WITH SAN ANTONIO.
THE MILITARY IS A PRIORITY AND IT'S INTEGRAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS A VERY PROMINENT PRESENCE.
AND IT PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH A SENSE OF COMFORT.
AND THEN LOOKING AT MILITARY AS FAMILY, THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WELCOMES MILITARY INTO THEIR HOME AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY ADOPTS THE SOMEWHAT NOMADIC, UH, COMMUNITY OF THE MILITARY.
SO THEY CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS WITH SERVICE MEMBERS WHEN THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.
UH, LOOKING INTO NATURE CELEBRATING THE RIVER.
THE RIVER IS ABOUT, UH, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION, AND IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, NATURE IS VIEWED AS A CONNECTOR.
AND THE CELEBRATION WITH NATURE IS A COMMON THREAD THAT WE'VE, THAT WEAVES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE PRINCIPLE OF HISTORY, THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO AS OLD AND NEW.
THE ADAPTIVE REUSE IS VERY PREVALENT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF OLD AND NEW.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A CONTINUATION OF, OF THE HISTORICAL COMPONENTS, BUT RATHER THE WAY THAT TECHNOLOGY AND, AND INNOVATION AND MODERN ASPECTS ARE WORKED IN ON TOP OF AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OLD ELEMENTS.
AND THEN HISTORY AS AN ATTRACTOR.
PEOPLE GO TO SAN ANTONIO TO SEE THE MISSIONS AND TO SEE THE ALAMO.
SO HISTORY IN AND OF ITSELF IS AN ATTRACTOR TO THE AREA AND A CONCEPT OF NEUTRAL AS A BACKDROP.
SO THE NATURAL TONES OF THE STAND OF THE LIMESTONE FROM THE AREA PROVIDE A NEUTRAL BACKDROP FOR THE COLOR AND DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY ASPECTS AND
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THE CULTURE TO REALLY POP OFF OF A NEUTRAL BACKDROP.SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, A CONSISTENT SHADE OF BEIGE, UM, BUT RATHER THE USE OF THE NATURAL LIMESTONE PALETTE WITH THE POPS OF COLOR SET OFF FROM THAT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE BEEN, UH, ENGAGED IN, UM, A SERIES OF, OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS.
AND FEEDBACK FROM EACH OF THESE MEETINGS HAS BEEN INCORPORATED BACK INTO THE PRINCIPLES.
AND REALLY WHAT WE'VE FOUND TO DATE IS THAT, UH, THE FEEDBACK IS REALLY REINFORCING THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
SO THE, THE INTENT HERE IS THAT AT, AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, WE HAVE A, AN INCLUSIVE SET OF PRINCIPLES, UH, THAT HAS THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO LOOKING AT TRANSLATING THE KEY PHRASES INTO THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, THIS IS WHERE WE GO FROM THE WORDS AND IMAGES INTO DESIGN ELEMENTS, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF YOUR ARCHITECTURE 1 0 1.
THAT WILL BE, UH, THE, THE KIT OF PARTS THAT FUTURE DESIGN TEAMS DRAW FROM WHEN THEY'RE DESIGNING THE PROJECTS.
SO WE BEGIN WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND WITH THE KEY PHRASES TO SET THE TONE FOR THE DESIGN INSPIRATION.
AND THEN THESE ARE TRANSLATED INTO ELEMENTS SUCH AS MATERIALITY, LIGHT, COLOR, FORM.
SO RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TWO DIMENSIONAL.
BUT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT FORM, THAT'S WHERE IT DEFINES WHAT, UH, THE PARAMETERS FOR THE THIRD DIMENSION MIGHT BE.
AND THEN THINGS SUCH AS FURNITURE AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
AND THESE WILL ALL BE UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO, PROVIDING THAT SAN ANTONIO SENSE OF PLACE AS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.
SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS ALL, UH, WHAT I LIKE TO CALL ARCHITECT TALK.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TALK, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE KEY PHRASE, HISPANIC, BUT MULTICULTURAL.
WE EXPLORE VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES OF THIS ELEMENT AND WE DEFINE CONSISTENCIES THROUGHOUT.
SO IN THIS CASE, THERE'S GENERALLY A CIVIC GATHERING SPACE.
THE PROGRAM, MEANING THE, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SPACE OCCUR AT THE PERIMETER AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURE.
WE DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, A SEA OF COLUMNS COMING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPACE, BUT THEY'RE RATHER CONTAINED TO THE PERIMETER.
THERE'S A CLEAR DEFINED MAIN ENTRANCE.
THERE'S THIS FEELING OF OPEN TO SKY, WHETHER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY OPEN, WHICH IS CHALLENGING IN AN AIRPORT.
UM, BUT UH, YOU CAN ALSO RECREATE THAT FEELING THROUGH LIGHT.
AND THEN THESE SPACES TEND TO HAVE A FOCAL POINT.
SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF, UM, THESE VARIOUS DESIGN ELEMENTS AND JUST TO GIVE A, A SENSE OF HOW THERE'S STILL FLEXIBILITY, ALLOWING DESIGN TEAMS TO, TO BE CREATIVE AND, UH, PROVIDE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERARCHING THEME.
SO TAKING OPEN TO SKY, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS OF IMAGES THAT WOULD, UH, EMBODY THAT PHRASE WITHOUT NECESSARILY BEING LITERALLY OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, LIGHT CEILING IMAGERY.
THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO CREATE THE OPEN FEELING WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING OPEN WITH SOME EXAMPLES HERE OF, UH, LOCAL INSTALLATIONS AS WELL AS ONES FROM AROUND OTHER AIRPORTS.
AND LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT OF FOCAL POINT, THIS ONE'S PRETTY, PRETTY EASY TO EXPLAIN, BUT, UM, THERE'S EXAMPLES HERE, LOCAL TO SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS LOCAL TO, UM, TO TEXAS AND, UH, EVEN YOUR OWN AIRPORT THERE.
THEN LOOKING AT A DEFINED ENTRY.
SO THIS IS AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FROM A WAY PINE FINDING PERSPECTIVE AT AN AIRPORT.
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YOU APPROACH THE FACILITY, THERE SHOULDN'T BE A LOT OF STRESS AND QUESTION ABOUT WHERE TO ENTER.AND THEN THE CONCEPT OF PROGRAM AT THE PERIMETER.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IN THE, IN THE ORIGINAL TERMINAL A.
BUT, UM, HERE'S OTHER EXAMPLES AT, AT THE PEARL AND AT SUNSET STATION WHERE THE MAIN SPACE IS OPEN FOR CIRCULATION AND THE PROGRAM, THE, THE FUNCTIONS HAPPEN AROUND THE EDGES.
SO THE DESIGN TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THE INITIAL CONCEPTS, FEEDBACK FROM WORKING SESSIONS, ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, AND, UH, ANY FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM YOU ALL TODAY WILL BE USED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENTATION PHASE.
AND THEN THE END RESULT WILL BE THE DESIGN VISIONING BOOK.
AND THIS WILL BE ON THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT WEBSITE AVAILABLE TO FUTURE CONSULTANTS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, AND THEN THIS WILL BE USED AS THE BASIS TO START LOOKING AT THE DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH IS THE NEXT PHASE AND THE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE PHASE.
AND I THINK THAT'S OUR LAST SLIDE.
WE CAN GO INTO ANY DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, CHRISTINE AND JESUS.
UM, I, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR SOME TIME WOULD, WOULD AGREE.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY
KNOWING THAT THE AIRPORT IS OUR FRONT DOOR, UH, FOR MOST PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS CITY, UH, IS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY, UM, IN EIGHT YEARS OF TRANS TRANSFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, THIS DESIGN, UM, STANDARD COME TO LIFE AND, AND, UH, HEARING THE DISCUSSION AS WELL.
SO LET ME GO STRAIGHT TO DISCUSSION.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AND QUESTION THAT I, THEY'RE DOING
SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MA'AM, WE WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
IF, IF YOU COULD MAYBE START AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.
MAYBE A RECONNECTION AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
I MEAN, WE'RE, UH, YOU'RE COMING IN CHOPPY, SO IT MIGHT BE A BANDWIDTH ISSUE IF YOU WANNA CONNECT, UM, VIA PHONE, UM, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
UM, LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IF YOU CAN RECONNECT.
COUNCILMAN? NO, SIR, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
JADA, ARE, ARE YOU, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND TEST YOUR AUDIO AGAIN? JADA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? GREAT.
YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND, AND JOHN, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING AUDIO ISSUES WITH YOUR SIDE NOW, SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH ANDREW SULLIVAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR OUR CONNECTION ISSUES OVER HERE, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU JESUS.
AND, AND CHRISTINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO ASK IS, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTICULTURAL INCLUSIVITY, HAVE WE CONNECTED WITH, SAY, CAMM ON THE AVENUES OF BRINGING IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY? COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU.
UH, WE, WE, WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGHOUT
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THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.UM, WE'VE REACHED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL AS WE BEGIN TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN, MA'AM.
AND THEN AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, AND I KNOW THAT AS YOU COME IN FROM THE TERMINALS FLIGHT INTO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE MANY WALLS THAT, UM, CAN BE USED FOR AN INTERACTIVE, UH, HISTORICAL DIRECTIONAL.
UM, AND IF I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE INCLUDED TO WHERE, UH, INDIVIDUALS CAN TAP ON, UH, THE SCREEN OF THE WALL THAT'LL SHOW THEM A DIRECTIONAL FROM THE AIRPORT TO THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION.
YES, IT, IT, IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF DOING THIS EXERCISE.
UM, WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER, UH, THIS, THIS ENTIRE, UH, DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH, WITH NOT ONLY, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE SENSE OF PLACE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO ESTABLISHING BETTER SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING SO IT'S CLEAR AND CONCISE AS YOU ENTER AND EXIT THE FACILITY, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING IS AT.
SO, UH, THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, OUR CONTRACTORS AND OUR VENDORS WITHIN THE AIRPORT, WHAT DISCUSSION HAVE THOSE, UH,
AND, UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED AND WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, 'CAUSE THIS IS TIES IN, IN PARALLEL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THESE STANDARDS, GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN ABSENT.
AND WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH THESE PRIOR TO GOING OUT AND STARTING NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS OR A NEW CAPITAL PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, OBTAINED EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK AND GET, UH, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER SO THAT AS WE DO LET OUT FUTURE PROJECTS, THESE DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ARE ESTABLISHED SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT AS THEY BEGIN TO DESIGN THE NEW TRANSFORMATION AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING GOING FORWARD AS WE BEGIN TO, TO, TO TRANSFORM THE ENTIRE AIRPORT COMPLEX.
ALWAYS INTERESTED IN IS OUR ARTS AND CULTURE AS FAR AS FILM AND MUSIC.
UM, WE'RE DEEMED A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY.
SO IS THERE AN ASPECT TO HAVE MAYBE A SAN ANTONIO MUSICAL JUKEBOX TO REPRESENT ALL OF OUR MUSICAL TALENT HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE THOSE ESTABLISHED TODAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED BECAUSE OF THE, UH, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING UNDER THE PANDEMIC AND WITH COVID.
BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY INCORPORATE THAT BACK INTO TERMINAL A AND TURMOIL B AND CONTINUE A LOT OF OUR FESTIVE MUSIC THAT WE LIKE TO HAVE INSIDE OF OUR AIRPORTS.
THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COURAGE TESTING, 1, 2, 3.
UM, I REALLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE, UH, THE, THE CHARETTE SET, UH, BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND, AND USING THOSE PHOTOS AND, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF MATCHING PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND PICTURES TO THE CONCEPTS OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH DEVELOPING OUR, OUR NEW AIRPORT THEME.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR, THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO SAN ANTONIO FOR 10 MILLION.
DO 10 MILLION PEOPLE OR MORE GOING FORWARD EVERY YEAR.
UH, I, I'LL ALWAYS BE LOOKING AT THOUGH, WHAT ARE THE COST PROJECTIONS FOR DOING THIS KIND OF DESIGN WORK WHEN WE CONSIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL COST OF THE EXPANSION AND ADDING MORE GATES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UH, I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THIS AS, AS REASONABLY AS POSSIBLE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I THINK CONCEPTUALLY, UH, THIS IS REALLY GONNA GIVE US A MUCH MORE OPEN, I LIKE THE IDEA OPEN TO THE SKY, SO TO SPEAK, UH, AND, AND REALLY HITTING ON SOME OF THE KEY THEMES IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM THAT WAS WORKING ON IT.
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YOU.AND THANK YOU, UM, TO THE TEAM.
AND, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD LAST TIME.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN AHEAD OF MYSELF.
AND I HAD READ THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION CAME UP, SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, ANSWERING THE AIRPORT DISTRICT.
AND THEN I KNOW JOHN DIXON, I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE CALL, BUT HE TRIED TO ANSWER THE SWING, UH, QUESTION.
I THINK HE DID A BETTER JOB FOR THE RECORD.
LET'S NOT TELL HIM IF HE'S NOT ON THE CALL
UM, BUT, UM, UH, IN RELATION TO HIS WORK AND THE AIRPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, DID WE TAKE SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH, UM, AND INCORPORATED INTO THIS? WE MOST CERTAINLY DID COUNCILWOMAN, UM, WE, WE PRESENTED THIS TO THEM AS WELL, AND WE DID THAT TO, TO BOTH THE A S D C AND THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION AS WELL.
AND I TOO, LIKE THE, THE CHARETTES WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT, HOW DID YOU ALL PICK THE FOLKS WHO, UM, TOOK PART IN THOSE? SO, AS, AS, UH, CHRISTINE STATED, IT STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019 WITH INTERNAL, UH, EMPLOYEES AND STAKEHOLDERS HERE AROUND THE AIRPORT.
AND WE STARTED TO EXPAND, UM, WE HAD TO DRAW A HALT BECAUSE OF COVID, AND YOU SAW THAT IN THE SCHEDULE THAT SHE REFLECTED.
AND THEN WE STARTED TO GO BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND STARTED TO DO SOME OF THIS VIRTUALLY, AND THEN IN PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND SOME DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
I WAS SURPRISED IN SOME OF THOSE WORDS.
LIKE ORIGINALLY I DIDN'T SEE RIVERWALK OR ALAMO OR SPURS.
AND SO, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT WE, I I GUESS, UM, EV EVENTUALLY WE DERIVED AND AS A PART OF HISTORY, IT WOULD BE THE MISSIONS, RIGHT? OR I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE ELSE YOU ALL INCORPORATED THE RIVERS, NOT NECESSARILY THE RIVER WALK.
UM, SO MY, MY MY NEXT QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE LEARNING ASPECT.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT OF THIS ALREADY, BUT TO MAKE IT, UM, SOME SORT OF A LEARNING ELEMENT AS PEOPLE STOP BY AND, AND LEARN THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO THE ONE THING THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW, UH, IS IN, IN DC UM, LAST YEAR THERE WAS THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF THE 19TH, THE RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT, AND IT SEEMED TO BE CONTINUED, UM, OVER AT THE US CAPITOL.
AND SO IT, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE, ARE PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION, I KNOW WE JUST HAD THE 300, BUT, BUT WHAT ELSE, WHAT SIGNIFICANT, UM, EVENT MAYBE IN SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY IS COMING UP WHERE WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT ELEMENT, I THINK WOULD BE A, ANOTHER THING I DIDN'T HEAR TODAY, BUT I, I CAN MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE THAT ALSO COVERED.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE MOST CERTAINLY WILL AS YOU, AS YOU HEARD US REFERENCE QUITE A BIT IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE TAKING THE OLD, THE EXISTING AND THE NEW AND DO, AND WE DON'T WANNA MISS ANY OF IT.
WE WANT TO INCORPORATE IT ALL INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
SO IT'S A GREAT COMMENT THAT YOU MAKE.
CHRISTINE AND I ARE TAKING COPIOUS NOTES TO ENSURE THAT WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE FUTURE OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT WE FINALIZE.
SO WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UM, UH, INCLUSION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL, UM, SEE THIS PLAYING OUT, BUT I KNOW FOR INSTANCE, VIA IS PILOTING THIS, THIS REALLY COOL NEW FEATURE, UM, WHERE IT CAN HELP FOLKS WHO, UM, HAVE SOME, SOME, UH, VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.
AND SO I, UH, IF YOU ALL DO ANYTHING, BUT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE SOME, UM, UH, CONSIDERATION TOWARDS THOSE FOLKS WHO VISIT US AND SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THAT SAN ANTONIO IS TRULY A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUN COMMUNITY, EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, PASSING BY.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO THOSE ARE JUST MY ONLY COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER THIS, AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, I KNOW SUE AND TEAM WOULD BE HAPPY IF YOU HAVE AN, AN EVENT IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE HAS EVENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SO WE CAN SHARE THIS AND GET FEEDBACK.
AND WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE SPURS, MAYBE LONGHORNS TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CIA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER EZ.
AND, UM, AND CHRISTINE, I, I THINK THIS IS, UH, GOOD WORK THAT YOU IS, UH, GOOD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I THINK IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION.
HOWEVER, UM, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE CONVERSATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA AND I TALK A LOT ABOUT BIRDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU'D WATCHED, UH, SOME OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, IN THE RECENT PAST, THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT US BEING DESIGNATED A, UH, CITY OF BIRDS.
UM, AND GETTING OUR DESIGNATION, UM, IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
WE'RE, UH, UNLIKE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS,
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THE THE WEALTH OF DIVERSITY THAT WE'VE GOT IN BIRDS, UM, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BIRDS TO, TO OUR ECOSYSTEM HERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.UH, I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO DISCUSS BIRDS IN FLIGHT THAN IN AN AIRPORT.
AND SO, UM, I'D, I'D BEG YOU GUYS TO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, AT, AT WAYS TO, TO PUNCTUATE THE AIRPORT WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS IDEA OF BIRDS.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO, I WANNA TELL YOU, WORRIES ME, IS THAT I'VE PARTICIPATED IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF VISIONING, UM, EXERCISES FOR ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND SAN ANTONIO, UM, OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.
AND, UM, AND IT ALWAYS COMES OUT SOUNDING THE SAME, RIGHT? UH, HISPANIC MUSIC CULTURE, FIESTA RIVER WATER, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH A SPLASH OF MILITARY AND TA-DA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE GOTTA, I, I'VE SEEN THAT SLIDE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE, RIGHT? UM, WHAT I THINK THAT CONVERSATION ALWAYS LEAVES OUT IS, WHO DO WE WANT TO BE? AND WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN THIS COUNCIL, UM, TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR ASPIRATIONS ARE.
THERE'S A GUY IN MY DISTRICT WHO I ADMIRE VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND, UH, I WON'T MENTION HIM, UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS HIM, BUT HE ALWAYS TELLS ME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE SHOULD ACT LIKE ONE.
UM, AND, UM, ANDY, YOU KNOW WHO THAT GUY IS.
UH, STOP ME ON THAT ONE, COUNCILMAN.
UH, AND SO WE, UH, I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ARTICULATE WHAT OUR ASPIRATIONS ARE, NOT JUST WHAT WE THINK WE ARE, RIGHT? UM, AND WE ARE NOT JUST ANOTHER TOWN WITH GREAT MUSIC, UM, REALLY GOOD FOOD AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE, UH, WHO WELCOMES EVERYBODY.
WE'RE A TOWN WHO ASPIRES TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE PLANET WHEN IT COMES TO CYBERSECURITY.
I MEAN, HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS HAVE WE SPENT, UM, JUST ON MY SHORT TIME ON COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT THAT, WANTING TO BE THAT, TO BE KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FOR THAT.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE GET DOWN FROM AN AIRPLANE AT OUR AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, IF THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THAT AIRPORT, THERE'S NOTHING TO LOOK AT THAT SPEAKS TO THAT, UNLESS IT'S JUST CYBERSECURITY FIRM THAT PUT UP A BILLBOARD AD, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMINAL A, RIGHT? UM, THEN YOU CAN SAY, OH, LOOK, I SAW SOMETHING THAT SAID CYBERSECURITY, BUT IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL.
RIGHT? AND I, I DON'T SEE US SPEAKING TO IT IN THE PLAN THAT CHRISTINE JUST PUT IN FRONT OF US, AND THAT'S OKAY.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BAKED INTO THIS, THE, THE GOAL OF THIS PLAN WAS WHO DO WE WANT TO BE? I THINK WE WERE ASKING PEOPLE WHO ARE WE? RIGHT? UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ALL OF US WANT TO BE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A CITY THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A CITY THAT PAYS A NOD TO THE MILITARY BY HAVING A FEW PHOTOS OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, AND THEN A LOGO THAT SAYS MILITARY CITY U SS A I ALSO DON'T WALK THROUGH OUR AIRPORT AND FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN, I'M IN MILITARY CITY, U S A, IN FACT, I DON'T WALK THROUGH ANY OF OUR CITY FACILITIES AND FEEL LIKE I'M EITHER IN CYBERSECURITY U S A OR MILITARY CITY, U SS A, NONE OF THEM.
THERE IS NO FACILITY OF OURS THAT EVER SPEAKS TO THE, THOSE TWO ISSUES.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I'LL REMIND YOU, UM, SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL AND COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, I THINK WE AGREE WITH ME.
UM, BROOKS CITY BASE IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MILITARY FLIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, PRE-WORLD WAR I LIKE 19 13, 19 14, I THINK AS THEY WERE ALREADY FLYING MILITARY, YOU KNOW, AND EXPERIMENTING WITH MILITARY FLIGHT THERE.
UM, THIS IS NOT JUST MILITARY CITY U S A, THIS IS WHERE MILITARY FLIGHT WAS BORN, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I, I THINK THAT WE'D BE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU GUYS DON'T GO VISIT WITH BROOKS AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE FROM, SO SOME AESTHETIC ELEMENTS AND SOME HISTORIC, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING POINTS THAT YOU CAN TAKE FROM THERE.
FORT SAM ALSO, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, KELLY AND ALL THOSE.
BUT, UM, I, I, ANYWAY, I, I, I THINK YOU CAN TELL THAT IF WE WERE JUST TO END TODAY'S CONVERSATION AND EVERYBODY APPROVE WHAT YOU'VE PUT OUT FOR US, I'D BE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A REHASH OF EVERY OTHER VISIONING THAT I'VE EVER PARTICIPATED IN.
UM, AND I GOT ON COUNCIL NOT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, HELP US REALIZE WHO WE'RE GOING TO BECOME.
UM, HOPE THESE COMMENTS WERE HELPFUL, ERIC.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO MY COLLEAGUE.
ACTUALLY, FORT SAM WAS THE FIRST MILITARY FLIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, NOT BROOKS.
UM, DON'T COME PICK ME IN FRONT OF THE KIDS, CLAYTON.
WELL, I, I JUST WANNA CORRECT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS FORT SAM, UH, LIEUTENANT FELO THAT, UH, ACTUALLY TOOK THE FIRST MILITARY FLIGHT HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO.
I SPENT FIVE YEARS THERE, BUT, UH, GREAT INSTALLATION AS WELL.
BUT, UH, YEAH, AS FORT SAM, BUT, UH, AND TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT BIRDS, I I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
UM, IF YOU GO IN THERE, YOU MIGHT SEE ONE OR TWO OF 'EM FLYING AROUND IN THE CURRENT TERMINALS, SO LOOK
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AROUND FOR 'EM.UM, NO, BUT SERIOUSLY, UH, I THINK THIS IS A, THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT.
I WANT TO CAUTION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING TOO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE WE'VE COME BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SAN ANTONIO'S, SAN ANTONIO THAT, UM, WANT TO KEEP SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO WHAT WE ARE, WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE CAME FROM, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THE ASPIRATIONS ARE GREAT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FORGET OUR ROOTS, OUR HISTORY, AND, UH, WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN WANNA SEE.
I, I JUST WANT TO, UH, PUT IN THERE ALSO THAT, UM, DO WE HAVE A, A RANDOM ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF ROM ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? OR IS IT AT THE PLANNING STAGE THAT COST IS NOT AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT? WHO CAN ANSWER THAT? YEAH, I, I CAN ANSWER IT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND IT, IT, IT, IT, IT IS A CONTROLLED COST.
UM, AND, AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR ON-CALL, WHO IS JACOBS, THAT'S WHO CHRISTINE WORKS FOR, FOR JACOBS CONSULTING.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED IN COUNCIL WHEN WE WENT TO THE ON-CALL PROJECTS.
WE ARE CONTROLLING THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, AND, UM, IT'S, IT, IT'S SERVING ITS PURPOSE TO CREATE, UH, ALL OF THIS INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA END UP LOOKING LIKE.
SO, UM, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S EFFORTS IS TO EXACTLY DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING, CREATING THE INTEREST FROM YOU ALL, AND ENSURING THAT WE GET THAT FEEDBACK SO WE CAN INCORPORATE IT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER.
AND IT'S ALL CONTROLLED AS WE, AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH JACOBS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
DO YOU HAVE A FIGURE OUT THERE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CONTROLLING TOO, COUNCIL, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE TERMINAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND YEAH.
THE TERMINAL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
NO, WE'RE, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT PHASE, COUNCILMAN.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE, UH, WHAT ARE THE COSTS AND ANY KIND OF PHASING DISCUSSION.
WELL, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIG INTERESTS THAT I HAVE IS IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T CONNECT ALL THESE TERMINALS TOGETHER AS ONE, UM, I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO GROUND ZERO AGAIN ON THIS, THAT, THAT HAS TO BE FOREFRONT IN THE PLANNING ON THIS THING AND HOW WE GET FROM HERE TO THERE.
SO, UH, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
GOOD, GOOD PLANNING DOCUMENTS, AND, UH, AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THAT, UH, I, WE CALL IT IN THE MILITARY, WE CALL IT A ROM, A RANDOM ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ON COST I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I, I HAVE TO SAY, I LOVED, UM, SEEING ALL OF THESE PICTURES THAT YOU PRESENTED, AND I LOVE THE, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF PERIMETER WITH THE ARCHWAYS AND, UM, OF COURSE, THE OPEN SKY AND THE PICTURES THAT YOU'VE USED, OF COURSE, THAT GIVE NOD TO, UM, EITHER CONFLUENCE PARK OR THE MISSIONS AND THE ARCHWAYS.
I MEAN, THAT SPEAKS TO MY HEART, AS YOU WELL KNOW.
YOU KNOW, CHRISTY, YOU MENTIONED IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, YOU TALKED ABOUT OLD AND NEW, BUT THE WAY YOU WROTE IT ON THE SLIDE WAS OLD VERSUS NEW.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I LIKE YOUR THOUGHT CONCEPT OF OLD AND NEW LIVING TOGETHER, AND TO, UM, BEING AUTHENTIC IS PART OF US, NOT JUST BEING NOSTALGIC, BUT ALSO MAKING HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.
I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR, WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT.
UM, UH, FROM RE-IMAGINING, UH, THE ALAMO TO TELLING THE STORY OF DOWNTOWN TO THE AIRPORT THAT IS WITH OUR PRESERVATION EFFORTS, IT'S TELLING EVERYTHING.
AND I HAVE TO GIVE HIM A NOD TO MATT BROWN WHO, WHO SHARED THAT CONCEPT WITH ME TODAY.
UM, AND THEN I, I AM GUESSING THAT PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE PART OF THESE DESIGN CONCEPTS WERE MANY, AND ALSO, UM, INCLUDED, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, MEMBERS OF VISIT SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THAT'S ONE WORD THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY, WE'RE CONSTANTLY USING IS AUTHENTIC.
UM, I WILL ALSO, I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR NECESSARILY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TO THE OTHER, MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, ALL OF 'EM.
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BUT I DO THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CULTURE, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, HISPANIC HERITAGE AND MULTICULTURALISM, VERY IMPORTANT.AND I DIDN'T SEE THE IMAGERY UP HERE, AND YOU MAY HAVE HAD OTHER IMAGES WERE ABOUT OUR INDIGENOUS AND OUR LOCAL TRIBES, UM, THAT WERE THE FIRST FOUNDERS AND THE FIRST FAMILIES OF, OR THE NATIVE FAMILIES OF THIS AREA, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE NOW A NEW SITE FOR OUR AF UH, SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
AND THERE'S A BIG STORY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO, TO BE AUTHENTIC STORY AND OUR CULTURE AND OUR HISTORY THERE.
UM, AND WHEN YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR DESIGN ELEMENTS, I WILL ALSO SAY, UM, AND, UH, ERIC, THIS IS A PREVIEW YOU TO, FOR TOMORROW, UH, THE ACCESS FOR ALL ABILITIES TO FEEL WELCOME AND, UM, COMFORTABLE IN OUR AIRPORT, SO DISABILITIES, BUT ALL ABILITIES TO FEEL WELCOME IN OUR AIRPORT AND COMFORTABLE AND HAVE ALL OF THE ACCESS THAT WE NEED.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
UM, THANK YOU JESUS, AND TEAM FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, MY QUESTION ISN'T REALLY SO MUCH ABOUT THE AIRPORT
WE HEAR, UH, JESUS, I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE, UH, IN YOU SINCE YOU'VE BEEN, UH, APPOINTED TO, TO YOUR POSITION.
I THINK YOU'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB, AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT, EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN, UH, WHEN WE HAD THE STAY HOME ORDERS, YOU FOUND WHAT TO DO WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES IN THE AIRPORT IS A BETTER PLACE FOR IT.
UM, MY, MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH ALL THE TRAVELERS TO OUR CITIES THAT GET HERE BY MEANS THAT ARE NOT THE AIRPORT, UH, BUT BY GROUND TRANSPORTATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, I KNOW THIS IS AN AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, SO I WON'T GET VERY FAR WITH IT.
MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE A TERMINAL FOR GROUND TRAVEL.
AND IT IS, IT IS ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE AIRPORT, AND IT MAY HAVE ALL THE SHORTCOMINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS DESIGN, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD REALLY BE WHAT WE ASPIRE TO.
AND ALL THOSE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS.
BUT I CANNOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER TRAVELERS THAT WILL NEVER SEE THE INSIDE OF OUR AIRPORT, BUT THEY STILL COME TO SAN ANTONIO.
UH, MAYBE THEY DON'T COME FROM AS FAR AWAY, BUT THEY COME FROM MACALLAN OR, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON OR, OR PLACES THAT ARE CLOSER.
AND, AND WE LIKE TO BE THAT HUB FOR THEM TOO.
UH, I IMAGINE FUNDING IS DIFFERENT FOR THAT TYPE OF TRAVEL AND SETTING UP A TERMINAL FOR THAT.
UH, BUT I DON'T, I GUESS I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST BRAINSTORM ABOUT THAT.
MAYBE IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHILE I'M ON COUNCIL, RIGHT? THESE ARE THINGS THAT TAKE PROBABLY MORE THAN A DECADE TO, TO HAPPEN.
UH, BUT I, I DO THINK WE ARE NEGLECTING A HUGE OPPORTUNITY BY NOT, UM, BY NOT LOOKING AT THAT.
SO, UM, ERIC, I GUESS WE CAN TALK LATER.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME PIGGYBACK ON THAT, ERIC.
ERIC, UH, WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC ABOUT POTENTIALLY SOME KIND OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL.
IT WOULD MAKE SS A T NOT JUST AN AIR HUB, BUT A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION HUB.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, BUS LINES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, INTERSTATE LINES THAT ARE KIND OF STRENGTH THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN AND, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK IN THE MASTER PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL REGIONALLY, MAYBE AN HOUR AWAY TO MAKE A CONNECTION.
AND IF WE CAN MAKE A CONNECTION FROM A GROUND TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO A, A REGIONAL FLIGHT, THAT THAT TURNS OUR AIRPORT INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE THAN JUST A HUB FOR AIR TRAVEL.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF DISCUSSION AND DISCUSSION, UM, DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PICK UP AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
AND JESUS, IF, IF YOU CAN START CONCEPTING THAT, UH, WITH A TEAM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WELL, AND, AND I'LL ALSO ADD, MEREDITH, REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A RAIL LINE THAT RUNS, UH, THERE PARALLEL TO THE AIRPORT.
SO SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD PRE PANDEMIC WERE, UM, WERE UTILIZING POTENTIALLY THAT, BUT, BUT THEN ALSO WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN LOCALLY IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND, AND THOSE LOCALS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT BE TIME TO, NOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE YEAR INTO THIS TO KIND OF REFOCUS AND
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KIND OF THINK THROUGH WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES? YEAH, I, YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST OFFER AS WELL, UM, IN OUR PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, THE ONE THAT WE JUST RECENTLY SHOWED TO YOU EARLIER IN MARCH, IT DOES HAVE ACCESS FOR MULTIMODAL, UH, ACCESS POINTS SO THAT WE LOOK AT THAT IN THE 2040 PLAN GOING FORWARD, SO THAT IN THE EVENT WE NEED THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES TO COME IN, WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.AND THAT'S JUST NOT FOR GROUND, BUT THAT'S FOR AIR AS WELL.
AS WE LOOK AT WHERE DRONES AND UAVS AND WHERE THAT DIRECTION IS HEADING AS WELL, WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE FINALIZE THE PLANNING AND DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS AIRPORT.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY, WE, WE NEED THEM.
YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE, WE EXPAND OUR AUDIENCE FOR REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY QUITE A BIT IF WE START TO INCORPORATE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN GROUND TRANSPORT AND OUR AIR SERVICE.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'D MENTION IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CONSOLIDATED CAR RENTAL FACILITIES.
WE VACATED A LOT OF, LOTS ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT THAT POTENTIALLY COULD SERVE AS ADJACENT HUBS.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK THE TIME IS IS PERFECT.
SO, UM, LEMME, LEMME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
UM, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO HAS A LOT OF HISTORY AND I, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON THAT.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, UH, AND YOU, YOU, YOU REFERENCED IT IN TERMS OF MILITARY AVIATION.
UM, AND, AND THAT PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN SAN ANTONIO.
BUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UM, I THINK WAS LEFT OUT, AND I, I THINK REALLY SORT OF SETS US APART FROM, UH, A LOT OF OTHER AREAS IS THE ADVANCEMENTS IN, UH, COMMERCIAL AVIATION AND, UH, AND MODIFICATION OF WIDE BODIES AND THE TRANSFORMATION AND INVENTION OF THE, OF THE BUSINESS, BUSINESS PLANE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S FAMOUS PILOTS HERE, LIKE TEX HILL OR ONCE WAS, UH, AND, UH, THE GUY THAT TAUGHT ME TO FLY, UH, CAPTAIN BILL FOWLER.
UH, BUT, BUT THEY, AND THEY HAVE AMAZING HISTORIES, BUT THE ONE PERSON THAT IS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE, EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT SAN ANTONIO IS D HOWARD.
AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE, WE WERE GIVEN, UH, A D HOWARD, I THINK IT WAS A HOWARD 500, UH, RECENTLY FOR US TO, UM, MAYBE SHOWCASE AT THE AIRPORT, FIND A PLACE TO PUT IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE AMAZING THING ABOUT D HOWARD WAS HE'S ALL THOSE THINGS THAT I HEARD, I THINK EVERY, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TALK ABOUT HE'S HISTORY.
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
HE, HE'S, HE WAS A SELF-MADE, UH, MAN.
HE, UH, KNEW THIS PLACE BETTER THAN MOST.
UH, HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS ADMIRED, DEEPLY ADMIRED, INVENTED SO MANY THINGS, INCLUDING THE REVERSE THRUSTERS THAT EVERYBODY SEES WHEN THEY LAND ON AN AIRPLANE.
AND, AND, AND, AND THE, THE REVERSE THRUSTERS HELPED STOP THE PLANE.
THIS IS, THIS IS SOMEBODY, UH, THAT WAS JUST QUITE INCREDIBLE.
AND, UM, HE HELPED, UM, MR. LEAR, UH, DEVELOP HIS LEARJET RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, I BELIEVE HE EVEN ASSISTED WITH, UH, UH, POTENTIALLY, I THINK, I THINK IT IS, IS TRUE, UH, WITH, UH, AMELIA EARHART AS SHE WAS TESTING HER PLANE, UH, FOR WHAT SHE WAS GONNA DO RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THAT.
AND, UH, I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S A SHAME TO NOT HONOR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
UH, THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO, UH, TOOK A TRIP TO ENGLAND AND TOOK A CHANCE ON, ON, ON WORKING TO, TO DEVELOP THE FIRST EVER WIDE BODY MODIFICATION THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE NOW KNOW THEM AS LIKE AIR FORCE ONE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EV EVERY MODIFICATION OF AN AIRPLANE REALLY ALL STARTED WITH D HOWARD, AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE, AND HE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE AN AIRPORT THAT REALLY TRULY HONORS THAT INNOVATIVE SPIRIT, THE CHARACTER, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ALL KNEW HIM, THE, THE WHEREWITHAL TO, TO TAKE OLD MILITARY AIRPLANES AND CONVERT THEM INTO BUSINESS AIRPLANES AND INVENT A WHOLE NEW INDUSTRY ALL IN IT OWN, UH, THAT'S WHAT OUR AIRPORT SHOULD FEEL LIKE, LOOK LIKE, BE SO DIFFERENT
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FROM EVERY OTHER AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY.IT JUST SHOULDN'T FEEL LIKE, LIKE, LIKE YOU'RE ANYWHERE U S A, IT SHOULD FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE AVIATION IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY, WHERE AEROSPACE HAS REAL HISTORY, WHERE, WHERE GENERAL AVIATION THRIVES BECAUSE, UH, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO, TO, TO, TO LIVE AS A PILOT.
AND, UH, ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE PLACES LIKE THE PORT PORT SA THAT IS SORT OF CARRYING THAT INNOVATIVE, UH, TRADITION ALONG WITH STINSON AIRPORT, WHICH I, I STILL BELIEVE IS, IS ONE OF THE BEST GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND TO TIE ALL THREE TOGETHER INTO ONE, MAKE THAT THE MESSAGE, MAKE THAT THE, THE, THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND HOW WE'VE ALWAYS EMBRACED THAT ALONG WITH RANDOLPH TO, TO SHOW THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE.
SO I'D, I'D LOVE TO, TO TO SEE MORE OF THAT.
AND, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OFF TO A GREAT START, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D BE REMISS IF, IF, IF, UH, THE GUY I GOT TO MEET, UH, BEFORE HIS PASSING D HOWARD, UH, DOESN'T FINALLY GET, UH, SOMETHING SPECIAL OR ATTRIBUTE TO HIM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TREVINO.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, A GREAT DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION, UH, A JUMPING OFF POINT.
UM, JESUS AND CHRISTINE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BRIEFING.
SARAH IS A, A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATE, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULING, BUT, UM, WELL RECEIVED AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, CONVERSATION.
ERIC, ARE WE, ARE WE PUSHING HIGH PROFILE? WE WILL, WE WILL, UH, GET IT RESCHEDULED, MAYOR.
UH, AND UH, JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, WE DO HAVE A DECISION TO BE HEARD HEARING TONIGHT, BUT NO ONE HAS SPOKE, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP, UH, TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, UH, WE DID HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, BUT NO ONE IS HERE TO SPEAK.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR COUNCIL B SESSION AND SEE EVERYBODY BACK TOMORROW MORNING.
TIME IS 4:55 PM HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.