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THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 20.
THE, UM, OCTOBER 19TH MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
UH, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RORO? YES, MA'AM.
WE'VE GOT IMPORTANT WORK THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL BE INTERVIEWING PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR POSITIONS IN THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE IS TO ADVISE THE AVIATION DIRECTOR ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE CITY'S AIRPORTS AND AIR TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.
UM, WE WELCOME THE, UM, UM, OUR AVIATION DIRECTOR TODAY, JESUS SIGNS, AND ALSO MARK FESSLER, WHO'S THE CHAIR.
THE CHARGE IS A LOT MORE COMP COMPLEX THAT IT SOUNDS SO WE'LL WORK.
UM, THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS AFTERNOON IS A VITAL IMPORTANCE AS WE IMAGINE AND WORK ON THE CITY'S OVERALL TRANSPORTATION DESIGN.
[1. Approval of minutes for the September 21, 2021 Transportation and Mobility Council Committee Meeting.]
SO FIRST, WE'LL GET TO WORK ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING ON MAY 28TH, 2021.DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2. Consideratino of AtLarge Applicants to the Airport Advisory Commission (19 Slots). [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager; Jesus Saenz, Director, Aviation] ]
ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF AT LARGE APPLICANTS TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUSLY ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR THE, UH, AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND THE CITY HAS ISSUED TWO PRESS RELEASES FOR OPENINGS ON THE A A C ONE JANUARY 22ND, 2020, AND OCTOBER 16TH, 2020.
WERE TO, WERE ALSO ADVERTISED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THE AIRPORT AND CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND T V S A, UH, MORE THAN A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
SO THE COMMITTEE WILL INTERVIEW TODAY SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR THE FOUR AVAILABLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS.
THE APPLICANTS ARE IN A WAITING ROOM, AND WE'LL BE INVITED ONE BY ONE TO THIS MEETING FOR INTERVIEWS.
WE'LL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION TO DELIBERATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE RULES, EACH MEMBER HAS SEVEN MINUTES, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
TWO MINUTES FOR AN INTERVIEW AND THEN EIGHT MINUTES TOTAL.
IT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES.
SO TWO MINUTES FOR THE OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN EIGHT MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.
SO LET ME RESTATE EACH APPLICANT WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES HERE TODAY, TWO MINUTES TO GIVE A STATEMENT TO US, AND WE'LL HAVE THE TIMER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EIGHT MINUTES TOTAL FOR ALL OF US TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, UH, LET KNOW, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR ANY OF THE APPLICANTS.
CRAWFORD'S NOT HERE, SO GO TO CRUZ.
SO, UM, THE FIRST, JUST A MOMENT, JUST THE FIRST, UH, PERSON THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, IF YOU'LL CALL IN, UH, FRANCISCO CRUZ.
HE'S NOT PRESENT YET, BUT THAT WILL, THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE.
PATRICIA GIBBONS FRANCISCO IS HERE.
KEVIN CRAWFORD IS NOT HERE YET.
SO, FRANCISCO CRUZ, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURAL PART OF IT? OH, HOW ARE WE GONNA THIS
WHO'S, WHO'S THIS DOCUMENT? IS THIS? UH, SO BASICALLY THAT'S FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR NOTES, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHO YOU RECOMMEND TO COME FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE TO TURN THESE IN? NO.
SHOULD I BE GOLIAS OR FOR COURAGE? WHAT? I'M JUST GONNA, I'M JUST GONNA EXCUSE MYSELF.
WHY DO WE HAVE
SO I GUESS WE'LL PUT, UM, WE'LL GO IN ORDER SO THAT SECOND, WELL, IT'S JUST FOR OUR OWN NOTES, I GUESS.
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HOW ARE YOU MR. GOOD AFTERNOON.UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR APPLYING AND, AND WANTING TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, TODAY WE'LL OFFER, UH, TWO MINUTES FOR A STATEMENT FROM YOU, AND WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE TIMER AND IT'LL, IT'LL BUZZ AND I HAVE TO KEEP TO THIS STRICT, UM, TIMING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TODAY.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES TO ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, LET YOU GIVE, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, MY FULL NAME IS FRANCISCO CRUZ.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, SINCE 2011.
UH, IN THAT TIME, UH, I'VE WORKED IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, I, UH, UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WORKED AT TESORO PETROLEUM HERE IN TOWN.
AND, UH, TESORO WAS ACQUIRED BY MARATHON.
AND, UH, THEN I WENT OFF AND STARTED MY OWN CONSULTING BUSINESS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND NOW I'M WORKING AT RACKSPACE HERE IN TOWN.
SO, UM, SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING WORKED FOR TWO OF THE BIGGER EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, STARTING MY OWN, UH, SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, AND, AND AS A RESULT OF, OF MY EXPERIENCE, I, I THINK I'VE LEARNED HOW CRITICAL, UH, THE, THE AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS TO A VIBRANT COMMUNITY, TO A VIBRANT, UM, CENTER OF, OF ACTIVITY, OF, OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND I KNOW WHAT SAN ANTONIO, UH, IS, IS CAPABLE OF DOING IN TERMS OF THE, THE GROWTH, THE, UH, AND, AND JUST THE, THE, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE EXCITEMENT THAT GOES WITH BEING PART OF SAN ANTONIO'S FUTURE, UM, IN A VERY SMALL WAY.
UH, HAVING SERVED ON THE, UM, ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO BE IN INVOLVED AND INFORMED ON SOME OF THE MORE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, UH, AS IT RELATES THROUGH THE, THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, IN MY TIME SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, I, I'VE JUST HAD JUST THE ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE OF, OF LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT HOW OUR CITY FUNCTIONS, LEARNING HOW IMPORTANT, UH, HOW VITAL THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF AVIATION IS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY AND TO THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
AND, UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING AGAIN.
UM, I FEEL LIKE I CAN CONTRIBUTE.
UM, I HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN MY PROFESSIONAL SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO BEING REAPPOINTED.
I HAVE A, A QUESTION FOR YOU AND GO AROUND.
ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? IF SO, LEXI, WHAT KIND OF ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN ADVISING ON POLICY AND CREATING INNOVATIVE PLANS, UM, PROGRAMS FOR
AND, AND THE AIRPORT HAS TO PLAN FOR THOSE, UM, THINGS LIKE, UM, THE, THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO FUEL POWERED VEHICLES OR, OR, UH, GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES AND PLANNING PARKING STRUCTURES AROUND THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO MENTION JUST KEEPING UP WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND, AND WHAT KIND OF, UM, GATE SPACE AND WHAT SORT OF CONCOURSE SPACE WOULD BE, WOULD, WOULD MAKE SENSE AND HOW THE, UH, UH, AIRPORT RUNWAYS SHOULD BE LAID OUT.
SO THINKING ABOUT THE, THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, I THINK IS VERY EXCITING.
UM, I THINK IN MY JOBS, UH, IN, IN CORPORATE AMERICA, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK ON BUILDING STRATEGIC PLANS.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK ON, UM, HELPING, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAMS DEVELOP THEIR, THEIR FORWARD-LOOKING VISIONS, UH, 5, 10, 20 YEARS OUT.
AND SO I THINK I CAN BRING SOME OF THOSE SAME SKILLS TO BEAR WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCIL? SURE.
THANK YOU, FRANK, FOR COMING IN AND FOR, UH, SHOWING THE INTEREST TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITERATIONS NOW.
HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THOSE ITERATIONS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH? UH, DEFINITELY.
UM, I THINK I, I SEE IT AS EXACTLY AS YOU SAID, AS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS RIGHT THERE.
YOU, YOU START WITH SOME CONCEPTS, YOU, YOU SORT OF TEST THEM AGAINST REALITY AND SANITY CHECKS, AND THEN YOU GET A WHOLE LOT OF INPUT, WHICH IS WHAT, ONE THING THAT I REALLY LOVED ABOUT THE PROCESS IS HOW OPEN THE, THE, THE PROCESS WAS TO GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM BUSINESS LEADERS, FROM, FROM, FROM, OBVIOUSLY FROM THE COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, JUST GETTING LOTS OF DIFFERENT VOICES INTO THE PROCESS, I
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THINK HAS MADE FOR A MORE ROBUST FINAL PRODUCT THAT WE'RE NOW ABLE TO SHARE.AND, AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT FINAL PRODUCT AND TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK HAS BEEN VERY, UH, JUST A VERY SPECIAL WAY OF, OF BUILDING BUY-IN TO WHAT THE AIRPORT HAS IN, IN PLANS IN STORE FOR THEIR FUTURE PLANS.
SO I GUESS I WAS GETTING AT YES, IT IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, AND YOU SUPPORTED ALL OF THOSE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, PLANS, INCLUDING GOING ACROSS 2 81 WITH A NEW, WITH THE RUNWAY AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT.
UH, OR DID YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THAT? I, I THINK THERE WAS SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD CALL IT A CONCERN NECESSARILY, BUT JUST OBVIOUSLY THERE, WHENEVER ANY OF THOSE PROPOSALS ARE PUT FORWARD, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF GIVE AND TAKE AND LOTS OF, UH, COMMENTARY THAT COMES FROM THE OKAY.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE CURRENT PLAN? ABSOLUTELY.
COUNCILMAN KERRY, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND SEE DEVELOPED IF, UH, REAPPOINTED? WELL, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTING TO ME.
ONE IS AROUND THE WHOLE CONCESSION SPACE IN, IN THE, AS AS WE REIMAGINE WHAT THE CONCOURSES WILL BE LIKE.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT GIVES US A CHANCE IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF HOW DO YOU MAKE THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT BE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER AIRPORT THAT, THAT A TRAVELER MIGHT BE IN.
UH, I THINK SAN ANTONIO HAS, IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE, IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL CITY, UM, THAT TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO AND BRING IT INTO THE AIRPORT FACILITIES IS, IS A VERY LARGE UNDERTAKING.
UM, I'M ALSO VERY INTRIGUED WITH THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE, THE ART SPACE, RIGHT? THE, THE WAY THE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SPECIFIC, UH, ARTISTS FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE ABLE TO BE, TO SHOWCASE THEIR ARTWORK.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME, SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW WE BRING, UH, NEW APPLICA, NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE FORMS OF APPLICATIONS THAT CAN HELP, UM, HELP OUR VISITORS, YOU KNOW, FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH, THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND, AND FIND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND ALONG THE WAY, CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT'S SPECIAL AND UNIQUE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO.
YOU ROOM, THEY CAN GO BACK INTO THE, INTO THE, INTO THE ROOM.
SO, HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MS. GIBBONS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, 10 MINUTES WITH YOU TODAY.
TWO MINUTES FOR AN, UM, TO YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS.
WE'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES, MA'AM.
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I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A CANDIDATE CONSIDERED.MY NAME IS PATTY GIBBONS AND I RESIDE AT 1 1 6 1 8 SANDMAN IN THE HARMONY HILLS SUBDIVISION.
I CURRENTLY SERVE, UH, MY THIRD YEAR AS THE GREATER HARMONY HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, MY SECOND YEAR AS PRESIDENT, ELECTED OF THE D NINE ALLIANCE.
I RECENTLY SERVED FOUR YEARS ON THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR D NINE, AND I'M THE OWNER OF GIBBONS SURVEYING AND MAPPING A LAND SURVEYING COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1991, ALSO IN THE AIRPORT VICINITY AT, UM, ONE 50 WEST RHAPSODY.
SO I LIVE, I WORK, I PLAY AROUND THE AIRPORT VICINITY.
I REALLY KIND OF COME TO YOU TODAY.
FROM A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST PERSPECTIVE, THE COMMUNITY OF HARMONY HILLS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1959 AND WAS AN INTEGRAL INFLUENCE GROWTH OF SAN ANTONIO, AS MENTIONED IN THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VICINITY LAND USE PLAN DATED BACK IN MAY OF 2010, WHICH WILL STATE THAT THE AREAS WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME NEIGHBORHOOD SUCH AS HARMONY HILLS, IS CHARACTERISTIC OF AMERICA'S FIRST AND SECOND TIER SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING HARMONY HILLS, HAS HOUSING STOCK THAT IS AT LEAST 30 YEARS OLD TODAY.
AND THESE AREAS GENERALLY ENJOY HIGHER RATES OF HOME OWNERSHIP, WHICH WE STILL DO.
AND THEY ALSO EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN OLDER POPULATION AND A DECREASE IN HOUSEHOLD SIZE, WHICH WE DO, AND ALL OF THAT WHILE LIVING AND I WOULD SAY THRIVING WITHIN A 10 A TWO MILE RADIUS OF THE AIRPORT.
I SERVE THAT COMMUNITY, AND I ALREADY SERVE YOU THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WE WORKED TOGETHER TO LIVE AND, AND HAVE INPUT TO ONE ANOTHER.
THE AIRPORT WE CONSIDER OUR NEIGHBOR, WE HEAR IT SOUNDS, WE SEE ITS ACTIVITIES OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY PLANES DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID IN 2020, WHEN A TRAVEL CAME TO A STANDSTILL, I WOULD SAY THAT THE NOISE LEVEL WAS AT ITS LOUDEST BECAUSE IT WAS VERY QUIET.
IF SELECTED, WHAT KIND OF ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN ADVISING, UM, POLICY AND CREATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE AIRPORT? MORE, MORE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE, I'M SORT OF THAT AT THE STREET LEVEL TYPE PERSON.
SO HOW IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD REACTING? HOW ARE YOU REACTING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND HOW DO WE ALL COEXIST WITH THE CHANGES THAT MAY BE COMING IN THE FUTURE? THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. GIBBONS? UH, COUNCILMAN? UM, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT YOU BELIEVE HARMONY HILLS HAS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE, BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD, UH, WHILE ON THIS COMMITTEE? YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IN HARMONY HILLS IS THAT NOISE LEVEL.
UM, BUT BEFORE I, I HAD TO END IT WHEN COVID HIT AND THE NOISE LEVEL WERE REALLY DOWN TO NOTHING, JUST ABOUT, I THINK WE REALIZED AS A COMMUNITY HOW AN INTEGRAL PART WE WERE OF THE AIRPORT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T BEING AWAKENED AT 6 45 BY THE AIRPLANE AND WE WEREN'T PUTTING, BEING PUT TO SLEEP.
SO THAT ACTIVITY LEVEL KIND OF REFLECTED BACK TO US OF HOW WE REALLY HAD INTEGRATED PRETTY WELL WITH THE AIRPORT.
SO CAN WE KEEP THAT INTEGRATION OF THE FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT NONE OF THESE, UM, NONE OF THEIR HOUSES GO DOWN IN ASSET VALUE? CAN WE KEEP THAT INTEGRATION HAPPENING? LIKE, I THINK THAT IT REALLY HAS SUSTAINED ITSELF OVER THE PAST YEARS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON THIS STRATEGIC PLAN? HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT? YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD SOME CHANGES.
WE HAD THIS REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION AT D NINE ALLIANCE, UM, THAT I THOUGHT HELPED EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER RUNWAY.
EVERYONE WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
WHERE WAS THAT GONNA GO IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT? UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THAT NOISE LEVEL.
I THINK THE ACTIVITY LEVEL OF MAYBE LARGER PLANES TENDS TO ALARM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE MOST.
SO WILL THE STRATEGIC PLAN ASSIST IN, IN DIVERTING SOME OF THAT? OF COURSE, YOU GOT NEIGHBORHOODS ALL AROUND THE AIRPORT, SO TO SAY, WE DON'T WANT IT, IT'S GONNA GO SOMEWHERE.
I THINK THAT WHAT I BRING IS TO HELP YOU INTEGRATE IT INTO THAT COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER COMMUNITIES ON THE BACKSIDES OF THE AIRPORT, BUT I FEEL THAT IF YOU HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEN YOU'LL GET A GOOD, UH, REACTION BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY, MS. GIS.
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UH, MARSHA HANDLER NEXT.I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT KEVIN CRAWFORD HAS WITHDRAWN.
WHO'S THEY? SO HOW MUCH DO I HAVE TO START TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY? TELL ME THE LEVEL OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR JOINING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MS. HENLER.
UH, WE HAVE 10 MINUTES WITH YOU TODAY, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH TWO MINUTES OF AN INTRODUCTION FROM YOU, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, WHAT BROUGHT ME TO SAN ANTONIO MANY YEARS AGO WAS LA MANION HOTELS BACK IN THE ERA WHEN, UH, THERE WERE THREE OF THEM AROUND TOWN.
I WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I TOOK A VERY SEVERE LEFT TURN AND ENDED UP IN THE ENERGY BUSINESS.
TODAY I'M C E O OF TERRANA ENERGY AND WE ARE BUILDING THE LARGEST WOMAN OWNED INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY IN TEXAS.
I AM HERE TODAY SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT ROLE.
UH, I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THEIR SECRETARY, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MARK FESSLER AND, UH, EARL JACKSON AS THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR.
AND I HAVE HAD THE WONDERFUL PLEASURE THIS PAST YEAR, EVEN THROUGH COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO WORK WITH OUR NEW DIRECTOR WHO I, I ENJOY HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE AIRPORT, HIS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SAN ANTONIO'S AIRPORT AND THE TEAM THAT HE HAS PUT TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEEK RE UH, REAPPOINTMENT IS BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE'VE STARTED.
UM, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, WE WERE, UH, I WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY FORTUNE MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE 50 WOMEN OVER 50, AND I BELIEVE I WAS THE ONLY SAN ANTONIO WOMAN SELECTED THIS YEAR.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE'RE MAKING A NAME FOR OURSELVES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR AND, UH, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE.
IN FACT, WALKING OVER HERE TODAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOST 'CAUSE THEY'VE GOT THEIR CELL PHONES AND THEY'RE DOING THIS.
AND THERE WAS A COUPLE RIGHT OUTSIDE, UH, CITY HALL PLAYING THAT GAME, AND THEY WERE FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
WE GET TO TALKING AND THEN I SAID, WELL, WELCOME TO MY CITY.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY IS IT YOUR CITY? I SAID, BECAUSE IT'S MY CITY.
I LOVE IT, AND I WANT YOU TO ENJOY IT.
SO COMING OUT OF THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHY THE AIRPORT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, CAN YOU, WE'LL START WITH QUESTIONS.
IF SELECTED, WHAT KIND OF ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN ADVISING ON POLICY AND CREATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE AIRPORT? I WILL ALWAYS REPRESENT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I HAVE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, UH, HILTON COLLEGE OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, AND HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO DISTINGUISHED ALUM FROM THAT, UH, COLLEGE.
SO THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AT THE AIRPORT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
SO I'LL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL.
UM, I'VE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF PANELS WHERE WE'VE HAD VENDOR CONTRACTS COMING UP, AND I, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SERVE ON ONE THAT'S COMING UP IN JANUARY, AND RIGHT THIS MINUTE I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, BUT I'M CALLED ON FREQUENTLY TO DO THAT AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE HELPING IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS THAT I CAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, FOR MS. HENDLER? COUNCILMAN PERRY, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN HERE TODAY.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN? WHAT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE OR WHAT'S JUST BEEN RELEASED? UH, UH AND ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT? I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, I THINK THE CITY HAS FINANCIAL PEOPLE, THEY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN.
UM, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WITH ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WILL BE MADE BY ALL THE COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND, AND TRAVELERS IN GENERAL, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY TO HAVE IT, BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AFFORD IT, THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF MY BAILIWICK.
THANK YOU UHHUH,
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UM, PUSHED FORWARD? WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST, UH, ITEM RIGHT NOW IS GONNA BE THE EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT, BUT, UH, SERVICE LEVELS ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT.I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN WE'VE, WHEN WE'VE DISCUSSED, UH, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WITH, UH, HOW UBER AND THE TAXI CABS AND EVERYONE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKING THAT AN EQUITABLE SITUATION FOR ALL INVOLVED.
UM, I WAS THERE FOR THE VERY EARLY CONVERSATIONS ON, UH, THE AIRPORT RENTAL CAR, UH, ISSUES BECAUSE THEY WERE SCATTERED OUT THROUGHOUT THE AIRPORT AREA AND THERE WAS NOT ONE CENTRAL LOCATION.
SO I WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WAY BACK, UH, AND HAVE SAW THAT PROJECT GO ALL THE WAY UNTIL WE NOW HAVE A WONDERFUL FACILITY FOR ALL THE RENTAL CAR AGENTS.
SO I WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THAT SAME VEIN AND, AND HAVE BE A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS THE AIRPORT GROWS.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, MS. HAMLEY.
I THINK NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MATTHEW STARR.
HOW ARE YOU? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, WE HAVE 10 MINUTES WITH YOU TODAY AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES OF AN INTRODUCTION AND THEN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES OF QUESTIONS.
WELL, SINCE THERE'S NO ONE TO HOLD UP MY CUE CARDS, I'M GONNA READ MY INTRO.
UM, GO AHEAD AND WE'LL, WE START THE TIMER.
COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I AM MATTHEW STARR, A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, AND I CURRENTLY EMPLOY A LITTLE OVER 200 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WHEN I HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN OPENING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE, ANITA, THIS WAS A BOARD I COULD GET BEHIND.
I TRAVELED QUITE A BIT FOR BUSINESS, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE AIRPORT IS THE FIRST REFLECTION OF A CITY.
I WANT SAN ANTONIO TO BE THE CATALYST FOR TOURISM AND NEW BUSINESS SO THAT WE CAN BO BOOST THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF OUR CITY.
I SEE HOW MANY CITIES, MUCH SMALLER THAN SAN ANTONIO HAVE CLASS A AIRPORTS AND OUTPACE WHAT WE OFFER HERE LOCALLY.
WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS, BUT ALSO BRING IN SOME STRONGER NATIONAL CHAINS SO THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR USERS A VARIETY OF STORES OR RESTAURANTS TO CHOOSE FROM.
MORE BUSINESS MEANS MORE REVENUE FOR OUR CITY.
THE AIRPORT IS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE JUDGE WHEN THEY ARRIVE, WHETHER IT'S FOR BUSINESS OR LEISURE.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ADD MORE SEATING, OFFER MORE GREEN SPACE BY INCORPORATING THE OUTSIDE, LIKE WHAT OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE DONE, AS WELL AS OFFER MORE NATIONAL CHAINS, LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FROM HERE ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BOARD POSITION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND OTHER FORWARD, UH, THINKERS WHO ARE TRULY MAKE SAN ANTONIO BETTER.
SO WHAT KIND OF ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN ADVISING ON A POLICY, ADVISING A POLICY CREATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR YOU? YEAH, I SEE MYSELF MORE, UH, AS AN ADV AN ADVOCATE FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE.
UM, THE IDEA THAT THE AIRPORT IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY AND IT'S REALLY THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY COME HERE THAT TO, TO TAKE THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND TO TRY TO INCORPORATE THEM, UH, AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE POLICY AND WHAT THE VISION FOR THE AIRPORT IS FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, JUST, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS TRAVEL AND YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE AIRPORT A LOT.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? AND ARE YOU, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AT ALL? I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS MAY SOUND SILLY, BUT TWO THINGS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, TWO THINGS, WHAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR WHEN THEY GET OFF THEIR, THEIR, THEIR AIRPLANE IS EITHER IT'S RESTROOMS, RIGHT, BUT ALSO STARBUCKS.
I THINK, I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT I THINK INCORPORATING MORE NATIONAL CHAINS, I THINK INCORPORATING, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT VISIONS AND DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT OTHER AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE DONE WOULD, WOULD HELP, UH, WOULD HELP WITH AIRLINES, WOULD HELP BRING THOSE DIRECT FLIGHTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SAN ANTONIO.
WE'D HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO ALSO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
I ALSO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH TESLA AND, AND RIGHT NOW AUSTIN IS, IS GAINING THOSE DIRECT FLIGHTS, THOSE NONSTOP FLIGHTS.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S AN ECONOMIC CATALYST FOR US THAT WE NEED HERE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE, IMPROVE OUR
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AIRPORT AND, UH, AND OUR FLIGHT ROUTES.SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT YOU'VE SEEN AT THIS POINT? YEAH, I THINK, UH, SOME OF IT IS INCREASING THE RUNWAY.
I THINK THAT'S VITAL TO GETTING MORE NONSTOP FLIGHTS, DIRECT FLIGHTS.
I THINK THAT WILL, UH, OBVIOUSLY HELP BUSINESS WISE AND LEISURE WISE, I THINK IT'LL BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE.
I THINK, UH, INCORPORATING MORE SEATING IS A GOOD IDEA.
UM, OBVIOUSLY MORE RESTROOMS, MORE FAMILY RESTROOMS AND, AND YOU KNOW, IN TERMINAL TOO, UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE ONE WHERE UNITED FLIES PRIMARILY OUT OF, THERE'S ONLY TWO FAMILY RESTROOMS. THERE IS ONE WHEN YOU WALK IN, WHICH YOU CAN BARELY SEE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BY THE, ONE OF THE STORES THAT'S CLOSED AND THERE'S ONE BY THE, UH, I THINK THE TECH AREA WHERE THAT TECH STORE IS.
SO I THINK YOU NEED MORE FAMILY RESTROOMS. I THINK THERE'S MORE, MORE SEATING THAT NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED.
I LIKE SOME OF THE APPROACHES THAT CHICAGO AND J F K, IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE, HOW THEY'VE INCORPORATED THE OUTSIDE INTO THE AIRPORT.
PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF ANXIETY WHEN THEY FLY, RIGHT? SO I THINK TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE OF A COMMON ENVIRONMENT AND JUST MAKING IT MORE OF A FRIENDLY PLACE WILL ADD TO THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE AIRPORT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU, MATT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY.
UM, YOU MENTIONED HAVING MORE, UM, NATIONAL CHAINS IN OUR, IN OUR AIRPORT.
SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH, UH, NOT JUST RIGHT, IT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO NOW, THE R F P PROCESS, AND I THINK AT THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH WE GOT RID OF THE STARBUCKS, RIGHT? YES.
AND ENDED UP PUTTING A, A LOCAL, SO LOCAL.
UM, TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT IN PARTICULAR.
YEAH, SO THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, RIGHT? I THINK FIRST OF ALL, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, UH, LOCAL OR MERIT COFFEE NOW.
THEY'RE GREAT COFFEE, RIGHT? IT'S GOOD COFFEE, BUT IF YOU'RE, I FLY OUTTA THE AIRPORT ALL THE TIME.
IN FACT, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO, THE, THE PARKING FACILITY, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU GET THAT PARKING, YOU CAN GO RIGHT IN.
AND SO I ALWAYS VIEW, I LOOK AT HOW THE TRAFFIC IS TO THAT, TO THAT VERSUS THE WAY STARBUCKS WAS.
AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A LINE TO GET TO STARBUCKS, YOU HAD TO WAIT 10, 15 MINUTES.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CHARACTERIZE IT, I THINK PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE AND FAMILIAR WITH NATIONAL CHAINS.
AND I THINK THAT ALSO HELPS DRIVE BUSINESS AND DRIVE REVENUE AND BRINGS MORE MONEY IN.
AND SO, UM, I AM ALL FOR LOCAL BUSINESS.
I, UH, I, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT I THINK SOMETIMES, UH, HAVING THE, THE, THE BIGGER BROTHER, SO TO SPEAK IS, UH, IS, IS, IS, IS HELPFUL IN, UH, CREATING MORE REVENUE BASE AND CREATING MORE FOOT TRAFFIC.
SO I, I THINK THAT QUESTION COMES UP.
I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT YOUR ROLE WOULD BE RIGHT? IN GETTING US THERE, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, YOUR ADVICE TO THE AIRPORT STAFF AND EVENTUALLY HOW THEY DESIGN AN R F P, I GUESS IS, UM, ULTIMATELY HOW IT HAPPEN.
UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING ANXIETY AND WANTING TO CALM THEM OR MAKING SURE YOU PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE FAMILIAR OR CALMING.
UM, OTHER IDEAS ON THAT? YOU KNOW, UH, I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL, UH, IN 2001 IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND, UH, I ACTUALLY SAW THE PLANES GO INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
I LIVED ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE.
AND SO I KNOW THAT FEELING, WHAT IT'S LIKE, I MEAN, MOST, IT'S KIND OF AN UNSPOKEN RULE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE AIRPORT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF LIKE YOUR BRAIN KIND OF TEETERS AND YOU THINK ABOUT ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO AND YOU, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO J F K OR YOU'VE BEEN TO DELTA AIRLINES AND YOU KIND OF, EVERYONE GOES STRAIGHT TO THE BAR AND THEY GRAB A DRINK.
BUT WHAT'S COOL ABOUT J F K AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND CHICAGO'S DOING AS WELL WITH THE ATRIUM IS THAT THEY'VE, UM, CREATED THIS GREEN SPACE OUT, UP UPSTAIRS AND OUTSIDE WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SIT BACK AND, AND, AND, AND RELAX AND, AND ENJOY YOUR DRINK AND NOT WORRY ABOUT RUSHING TO THE GATE OR WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE OR YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ON TOP OF YOU.
RIGHT? SO THIS, I THINK WHAT WE PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE VOTE ON OR WHATEVER HAPPENS NOW AS A PRODUCT FOR THE FUTURE JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GONE ON IN THE LAST YEAR.
SO MAYBE NOT TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT IN THE STARBUCKS LINE EITHER? WELL, YEAH.
WELL, I WAS, I WAS HOPING TO HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE YOGA ROOM, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT AND PUT IT OUT THERE.
MY, MY GIRLFRIEND TEACHES AT BLACK SWAN YOGA, SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO GET HIM TO DO THAT.
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I HEAR A CONFLICT OF INTEREST COMING UP.ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
YES, WE HAVE, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, NITTY VINNY WITHDREW.
SO WE'LL MOVE OVER TO DAVID YOUNG, TALK A LOT ABOUT YOGA HERE.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD, SO I DID, DID I JUST START? MR. YOUNG GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, WE HAVE 10 MINUTES WITH YOU TODAY AND TWO MINUTES OF INTRODUCTION FROM YOU AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS, SIR.
I'M PASSING AROUND THE RESUME.
WE'LL GIVE YOU JUST A SECOND FOR THAT THEN.
AND THEN WE'LL START IN A MOMENT.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I ATTACH TO THE BACK JUST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK I DO IN THE, UH, VOLUNTEER, UH, AREA.
I OWN A BUSINESS AND, UM, I VOLUNTEER IN THE EPOCH OR EPIC TIMES DID AN ARTICLE ON SKY CROSS, WHICH I'M PRESIDENT OF, UH, LAST MONTH.
AND I ATTACHED THAT ARTICLE SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT THAT ORGANIZATION DOES.
PLUS I AM A MEMBER OF THE A O P A, WHICH IS THE AIRPLANE OWNERS DEPOSITS ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE MALIBU M CLASS OWNERS PILOTS ASSOCIATION.
ANYWAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN INTRODUCTION TO WHO I AM, I, UH, HAVE LIVED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS, I GUESS, SINCE 1985.
UM, I OWN A BUSINESS, I'VE OWNED A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE ONE I OWN NOW, DAVID K. YOUNG CONSULTING, I HAVE OWNED SINCE 1992.
I'M THE SOLE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS AND WE DO THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION WORK, UM, WITH CLIENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE, UH, UH, IN, IN THAT REGARD, I ALSO WORK WITH THESE MINISTRIES FLYING MY AIRPLANE FOR BUSINESS AS WELL AS FOR THE MINISTRY CALLED SKY CROSS.
I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEER AND SERVED ON NUMEROUS BOARDS OVER THE YEARS.
MY RESUME SHOWS SOME OF THE BOARDS I'VE SERVED ON, INCLUDING, UM, THE, UH, SPARK INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL BOARD OF INDUSTRY LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD TYPICALLY ARE TOP NATIONAL C-SUITE PEOPLE FOR COMPANIES LIKE AMERICAN FUNDS, FIDELITY, PRUDENTIAL, AND SO FORTH.
SO BASICALLY MY CREDENTIALS ARE THERE ON THE, UH, RESUME AS FAR AS I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION DOES.
UM, I HAVE A HIGH, UH, INTEREST IN THIS BECAUSE I WAS COMMANDER OF CIVIL AIR PATROL.
IT'S OUR TIME FOR THREE YEARS.
AND SO THAT PUT ME INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS.
IF SELECTED, WHAT KIND OF ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN ADVISING POLICY AND CREATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE AIRPORT? MM-HMM.
WAS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
UH, IF SELECTED, WHAT KIND OF ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN CREATING POLICY AND CREATING, UH, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE AIRPORT? I WROTE THAT OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF MY RESUME, BUT I SEE MYSELF AS BEING AN INNOVATOR.
SOMEONE WHO CAN BRING TO THE TABLE, EXPERIENCING THE AVIATION COMMUNITY AND HAVING WORKED WITH THE, UH, CIVIL AIR PATROL, UH, WELL, AS WELL AS OTHER, UH, ENTITIES.
I HAVE AN AIRPLANE BASE AT SAN ANTONIO SIMPSON.
SO I KNOW AS AN OWNER THE IMPORTANCE OF A, A GOOD LIAISON WITH THE, UM, AIRPORT MANAGEMENT.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MY INSIGHTS AND MY EXPERTISE, BOTH AS A BUSINESSMAN AS WELL AS WORKING IN THE AVIATION COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. YOUNG? COUNCILMAN SANDAL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION AND FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU DO ON YOUR, ON YOUR SPARE TIME.
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UH, I, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR YOU OR MAYBE FOR JESUS.UM, I, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TYPE OF INPUT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE CANDIDATES THAT MOVE FORWARD FOR APPOINTMENT.
UM, WHETHER IT IS INTERACTION WITH THE, UM, UH, FLYING COMMUNITY OR INPUT ON, ON THE CUSTOMER BASE OR, OR SIMPLY, I'M, I'M JUST NOT SURE 'CAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT AREA THAN WHAT WE'VE HEARD BEFORE IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
WELL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS AND USE MY MIC.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADVISEMENT THAT COMES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT I THINK, UM, TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE BY, BY, BY MR. YOUNG IN RELATION TO A OPA AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL AVIATION, IT'S A, A GREAT BENEFACTOR TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT STINSON AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT OWNERS HAVE AND PROVIDE FOR US.
WE'LL BE UNDERTAKING A BRAND NEW, UH, MASTER PLANNING EFFORT AS WELL FOR STINSON.
SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, UH, IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
I JUST PROVIDE YOU THAT IN INFO THAT INFORMATION AS TO WHAT HE JUST OFFERED TO US.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, AS YOU LOOK AT, UH, SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL, UM, THAT'S A, A LARGER MEDIUM HUB AIRPORT THAT MOVES CLOSE TO 10 MILLION PASSENGERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHETHER IT'S AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S WITH REGARDS TO THE BUSINESS THAT GOES IN AND AROUND THAT COMMUNITY.
UH, THERE ARE GA'S AS WELL IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL.
BUT IT, UH, TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS THAT WE DEAL WITH WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE MANAGE AND OPERATE, BOTH OF THOSE.
BUT IT'S ALL IN ONE COMMITTEE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. YOUNG? GO AHEAD.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, THANKS FOR COMING IN TODAY.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW? MY VIEW IS, UM, I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT IT PREVIOUSLY.
I, I LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY WITH STINSON, FOR EXAMPLE.
I, I SEE THE NEED FOR THE, THE GA COMMUNITY TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE, UM, FACILITY OUT AT STINSON AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I MIGHT COMMENT ON IS, IS THAT STINSON, I BELIEVE, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE GENERAL AVIATION JET TRAFFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THAT, UH, YOU PROVIDE A BETTER APPROACHES INSTRUMENT APPROACHES INTO STINSON.
NOW THAT'S AN F A A CONSIDERATION, BUT I COULD LEND SOME EXPERTISE IN THAT REGARDS AS AN INSTRUMENT PILOT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. YOUNG, UH, MOVING TO EXEC.
ARE WE, UM, WHERE ARE WE DOING EXEC HERE? MM-HMM.
SO WE WOULD MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE, AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THAT IT'S NOT PERTINENT TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND START THAT.
NO, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL HERE ALREADY.
SO, BECAUSE THE CANDIDATES MAY STILL BE HERE.
THE TIME IS NOW, UH, TWO 19 A PM ON THIS 19TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021.
UH, THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONCERNING ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS UNDER CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, THE TIME IS NOW 2:44 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2021.
AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COUNSEL COMMITTEE WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO, DO WE HAVE A, UM, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU STATE THE, THE LANGUAGE FOR THE MOTION, PLEASE? YES.
UH, MOTION TO CONSIDER FRANCISCO CRUZ, MARSHA HANDLER AND
MOTION TO CONSIDER FRANCISCO CRUZ, MARSHA HANDLER AND MARTHA MATTHEW STARR TO FILL THE POSITION FOR THE BUSINESS CATEGORY OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION AT, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION AT THE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COMMISSION
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WILL CONSIDER THE THREE NOTED BUSINESS POSITIONS AS WELL AS ED ON WE FOR THE AIRPORT BUSINESS AS LESSEE, DIANE WRATH FOR THE ELMONT AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT POSITION, MARK FESSLER AND AR, ARLE, PRADO AND CHARNEL CHIN FOR THE AVIATION INDUSTRY.I, I'M, I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE THREE THOUGH.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOTION, UH, LANGUAGE, JUST THE THREE.
TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE OTHER, JUST SAY LIKE, WE HAVEN'T STAYED WITH THE OTHERS.
MOVE TO CONSIDER FRANCISCO CRUZ, MARSHA HANDLER MATH AND MATTHEW STAR TO FILL THE POSITIONS FOR THE BUSINESS CATEGORY OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION TO BE REVIEWED WITH THE OTHER SLATE OF CANDIDATES AT THE NEXT PROPOSED, UH, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COMMISSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND FOR THE CANDIDATES.
UH, THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US AND, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT, UH, NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DATE YET.
WE HAVE A DATE YET ON NOVEMBER 16TH IS OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.