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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE MARCH 21ST MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
UM, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PER PERRY CHAIR CAB HDA.
HERE, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TODAY.
AND, AND, AND THOSE OF YOU HERE.
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ON TO THE, UM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? SO WITH A MOTION SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
WE'RE GONNA DO A, UM, A MANUAL VOTE.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, LET'S, DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
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NO.UM, WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO
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ITEM TWO.ON THE AGENDA IS A BRIEFING ON THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW ON ELIGIBLE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT THE SA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JESUS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, DELAYED.
SO I, MY SUGGESTION IS WE GO TO RAZZY, I THINK RAZZY OKAY.
HAS ITEM, UH, FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M REI DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT.
TODAY, I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU A BRIEFING ON THE N P O LONG RANGE PLAN.
ALAMO AREA NPOS BOUNDARY INCLUDES THE COUNTY OF BEAR, KAMAL GU LOOP, AND PORTION OF KENDALL COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, OR COMMONLY KNOWING M T P.
ALSO KNOWING AS A LONG RANGE PLAN COVERS A PERIOD OF 20 TO 25 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE REQUIRED BY LAW TO UPDATE AT LEAST EVERY FOUR YEARS.
FUNDED PROJECT IN THE PLAN MUST BE FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED, MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR TIP.
THESE ARE SEVEN PROJECTS ALREADY APPROVED BY M P O AND IT IS IN THE M T P.
THE VALUE OF THIS PROJECT IS ALTOGETHER 83 MILLION, AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE BETWEEN 2022 AND 2025.
THESE OTHER THREE PROJECT M P O APPROVED LAST YEAR, THEY WILL BE ADDED TO M M T P SOMETIME IN LATE THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE ALSO SAVING PROJECT AT VALUE OF 56 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE DONE IN NEXT FOUR YEARS.
TODAY, WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE TO APPROVE OUR 31 PROJECT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT FOR M P O LONG RANGE PLAN.
THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTS OF FOUR GROUPS, GROUPS.
ONE IS A CONTINUATION OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
PROJECT GROUP TWO IS BELOW LINE, THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE, WE HAD VERY IN INTENSIVE COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE HAD NUMBER OF THE PROJECT BELOW LINE.
ANY OF THOSE PROJECT WAS RECOMMENDED.
WE ARE PICKING UP MOST OF THEM, AND SOME OF THE PROJECT GROUP THREE IS ON EXISTING M T P LIST.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE PROJECT IS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL.
WE NEED TO FINALIZE THIS PROJECT AND SUBMIT TO M P O BY END OF THIS MONTH.
AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT OR QUESTION TO TAKE FROM YOU.
TIMELINE FOR MT M T P UPDATE IS, UH, IS SEPTEMBER 22, FEBRUARY, 2022, TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING
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AND EMISSION ANALYSIS.MARCH, 2022, PUBLIC MEETING ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMFORTABILITY AND CONFORMITY, APRIL TO MAY, 2022.
T P B T P B, PRESENTATION AND ACTION ON M T P, TIP AND COMFOR.
INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION REVIEW WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS.
SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, JOINT F H W A AND F T A COMFORT DUTY AND DELIBERATION IS OCTOBER, 2022.
IN 2022 AND 2026, TIP GOES INTO EFFECT.
THAT'S IN OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW, UM, EACH DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE, UM, ARE INVOLVED IN CREATING THIS LIST? WE HAVE A, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE AT MINIMUM OF TWO PROJECT, EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT MAXIMUM, MAYBE FOUR.
WE HAVE, AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE PROJECT CONTINUATION OF THE PROPOSED 2022 BOND, WHICH WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR EXAM.
FOR EXAMPLE, BABCOCK WROTE ONE OF THEM, VINCE JACKSON, ANOTHER, AND ALSO WE HAD A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT BLOW THE LINE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE LAST FALL TO COMMUNITY INPUT FOR OUR 2022 BOND.
AND NUMBER OF THE PROJECT IS ALREADY AT EXISTING M T P, WHICH HAS FOUR YEARS.
I MEAN, ARE THERE EXCEPTIONS? I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST AND, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, DISTRICT SIX ONLY HAS ONE PROJECT NOW.
I, I SEE IT'S A VERY, IT'S A BIG TICKET, UM, PROJECT.
BUT, UM, FOR, AND DISTRICT THREE I THINK HAS FIVE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST $40 MILLION PROJECT.
SO I'M, I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE, I'D JUST LIKE TO LITTLE BIT KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT KIND OF PROCESS.
AND, UM, AND AT THIS POINT, IF, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL INPUT BEFORE, UM, WE SUBMIT THIS, YOU SAID THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT? COUNCILWOMAN? I WAS JUST GONNA ADD YES, SIR.
UM, CONCLUDING THE, THE PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO SEND A MEMO TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL OKAY.
UH, WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS AND, AND SEEK THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, AND IF THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IF NOT JUST, WELL, I GUESS IN THE EMAIL, IF YOU'LL MAKE SURE AND, AND EXPLAIN, UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT RIGHT.
TO GET IT ON THE LIST, BUT WE, WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME, RIGHT? YES.
IF THEY PROVIDE THE PROJECT, WE COULD SCOPE IT IN NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO, DO SOME ROUGH COST ESTIMATE AND INCLUDE OUR LIST TO SUBMIT.
I'LL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE QUESTIONS.
UM, WE CAN USE THE COMPUTER, CORRECT.
UM, TO, FOR SPEAKERS, JUST F Y I, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, A, A QUESTION, I, I DID NOT SEE THE FULL LIST ON THE AGENDA PACKET.
DID I MISS THAT? I THOUGHT WE SENT, DID WE MISS ANY FULL LIST? SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED CHAIR TO TAKE ACTION ON MATERIALS THAT WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, TO REVIEW.
I KNOW YOU'RE STILL GONNA GO TO COUNCIL, BUT, OR SHARE THIS WITH COUNCIL, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO POSE THAT.
UM, THE, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ALSO COMPARE THIS TO THE LIST OF THE BELOW THE LINE PROJECTS FROM THE BOND? IS, ARE THEY ALL HERE OR IS THAT, UM, A A WERE ONLY SOME OF THEM MOVED OVER.
I THINK MOST OF THEM IS THERE, BUT I COULDN'T REALLY TELL YOU ALL OF THEM.
IS THERE, YEAH, I THINK ONCE WE GET A FIRM ANSWER ON THOSE, I'LL BE MORE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS.
UM, WHAT I ALSO DON'T SEE HERE IS, UH, ANY, ANY SORT OF EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT THEY'RE, THAT YOU'RE USING TO MOVE THESE FORWARD AND HOW THEY RANK MM-HMM.
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WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO, TO SEE HOW THEY SCORE OR HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO ANY BROADER GOALS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME RESPOND ON THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS FOR 20, 25 YEARS AND WE GOT THE REQUEST FROM M P O IN JANUARY.
OUR CRITERIA BASICALLY IS DONE.
IS IT CONTINUATION OF THE BOND? IS IT BELOW THE LINE? IS IT ALREADY EXIST ON M T P OR IS IT COUNCIL REQUESTED? WE HAVE NO SCORING TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND THEN MY, MY LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THESE GO IN THE M T P, SOME PROJECTS ARE FUNDED IN THE M T P, IT'S AN UNCONSTRAINED PLAN, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THESE IN THERE SO THAT AT SOME POINT WE CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
WHEN IS THE NEXT CALL FOR PROJECTS? WE ARE USUALLY THEY DO EVERY OTHER YEAR THEY CALL LAST YEAR.
UM, SO ANYTHING THAT'S ON THIS LIST CAN COMPETE FOR FUNDING IN THE NEXT CALL FOR PROJECT? CORRECT.
AND US CREATE THIS LIST, NOT JUST FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, FOR M P O, EVEN, WE ARE LOOKING THIS ONE TO, FOR FEDERAL, UH, BIG INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
WE CAN PULL THESE AND ALSO THIS PROJECT CAN BE FOR OUR FUTURE BOND PROJECT ALSO.
BUT WE COULD DO A BOND PROJECT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN THE MTP AND ADD IT CORRECT AFTERWARD.
BUT, UH, BUT FOR NOW, I GUESS THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY IS IT'S OKAY IF WE PUT EXTRA PROJECTS ON HERE, BUT IT IS NOT OKAY TO NOT PUT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SEEK FUNDING FOR DURING THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.
IT WOULD BE INELIGIBLE IN THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
THIS IS, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE FOR A BRIEFING, SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SEEKING ANY ACTION YEAH.
FROM, FROM THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
AND, AND THIS IS THE, THE FIRST OF, OF PROBABLY SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU.
SO THIS IS PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
WE'LL DO SOME FINE TUNING OF, OF THESE PROJECTS WITH THE INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU TODAY.
AND PLUS, WE'LL, I I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA VISIT WITH YOU ALL ONE-ON-ONE AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL PROBABLY BE TAKEN TO THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE EVEN CONSIDERING A B SESSION FOR THIS.
SO THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR INPUT AND FINE TUNING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE SUBMIT THESE PROJECTS.
SO, UH, YEAH, THAT IS THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS JUST TODAY IT'S A BRIEFING, BUT WHEN, WHEN IS THIS LIST DUE END? THE END OF THIS MONTH.
END OF THIS MONTH FROM US TO N P O.
SO, UM, ROD, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS, WHAT, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THAT? WELL, THE WAY I SEE THIS, WE, WE CAN SUBMIT SOMETHING TO THEM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S TIME TO REF, YOU KNOW, REVISE WHAT WE SEND TO THEM.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A FINAL LIST.
I MEAN, TO ME, UNTIL WE GET TO THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, OKAY.
WE, WE REALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S OUR FINAL SUBMISSION.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL TIME FOR US TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL OKAY.
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO SEEK, UH, WHEN THE, THE CALL FOR PROJECTS DO COME OUT IN, I GUESS ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF OR SO.
I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, WOULD THE ADDITION OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS TO THE M T P IMPACT THE ORDER OF PRIORITY FOR THE EXISTING PROJECTS? NO, IT DOES NOT.
'CAUSE I, I KNOW THIS, UH, ISN'T UNIQUE TO, UH, DISTRICT FIVE PROJECT, BUT I KNOW WITH THE SAMA OVERPASS, UM, I HAVE HAD SOME, UM, CONSTITUENTS SHARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO PUT MONEY IN THE BUCKET FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE A LONG WAY, UM, FROM, UH, REACHING THAT GOAL.
AND I'VE, UH, IN CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, YOU KNOW, THEY BELIEVE THAT SOME OF OUR DOLLARS SHOULD PROBABLY GO TOWARDS F STREETS OR, UH, SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE SOUTHA MORA OVERPASS FOR, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.
SO I JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT IT WON'T KICK THIS PROJECT, UM, TO THE END OF THE LIST.
Z COUNCILMAN ZZA OVERPASS DUE $23 MILLION.
UM, WELL, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.
UM, FOLLOWING ON THE SAME LINES HERE, UM, THIS LIST DID OR DID NOT INCLUDE THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE BELOW THE LINE ON THE BOND.
IT, IT HAS QUESTION WAS FROM COUNCILWOMAN.
DOES IT INCLUDE ALL OF IT? AND I SAID I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ALL OF IT, BUT IT DOES CORRECT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF JONES BERGER WAS BELOW THE LINE IS INCLUDED.
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OKAY.UM, SO WE DON'T, UM, THIS LIST, WELL, LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR REMARKS ABOUT A CONSTRAINED BUDGET.
YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO DESIGN AND BUILD A PROJECT FOR BUDGET IS M P O FUNDS THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT WHAT DOES CONSTRAINED MEAN? YOU JUST HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET LIMIT.
BUT WHO SETS THAT BUDGET LIMIT? WE PROVIDE ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATE.
AND AFTER M P O APPROVES, THAT'S THE BUDGET FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, YEAH, I'M STILL, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY BATTLING WITH THE M P O ABOUT A CONSTRAINED BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE HAVE TO ALWAYS STICK WITHIN A CONSTRAINED BUDGET? AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE POSITIONED WELL ENOUGH FOR THOSE FUNDS TO COME HERE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WITHIN THIS CONSTRAINED BUDGET.
I DON'T, I I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT A CONSTRAINED BUDGET.
I I, AND THAT GOES TO MY COMMENTS TO ERIC BEFORE ABOUT, UH, GETTING DESIGN DOLLARS AND GET STARTED ON THESE DESIGN DOLLARS.
NOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL THE FUNDS COME IN, GET 'EM, GET 'EM STARTED AND GET 'EM ON THE SHELF, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST.
IS THERE ANY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE SQUISHY THAT WE KNOW MAY NOT GET DONE? OR ARE THESE ALL HARD REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN VALIDATED AND SCORED AND SAID, YES, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT SAYS THEY NEED 'EM.
UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO SAY, YES, WE'RE GONNA DO THESE PROJECTS AT SOME PERIOD POINT IN TIME.
THIS PROJECT IS FOR LONG RANGE PLAN.
20, 25 YEARS, EVERY TWO YEARS, WE WILL UPDATE THIS PROJECT WITH THE NEW COST ESTIMATE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS COST ESTIMATE IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND WE COULDN'T REALLY TELL HOW EXPENSIVE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN N P O CALLS FOR THE PROJECT, WE WILL GET THIS PROJECT, REFINE THE SCOPE, AND DO THE BRAND NEW COST ESTIMATE.
AND DURING THAT TIME, WE ALSO DO SCORING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO RANK OUR PROJECT WHEN WE ARE SUBMITTING THIS PROJECT IS NOT RANKED.
BASICALLY, WE JUST SORT THEM WITH THE CONCEPT DISTRICT HAS NO RANKING.
SO AGAIN, MY QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, WHETHER IT GOES TO THE M P O OR NOT, SHOULD WE BE PICKING OUT THOSE THAT ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOND OR FUNDS COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? SHOULD WE BE PICKING THOSE OUT AND STARTING THE DESIGN NOW AND IDENTIFYING THE FUNDS AND PULLING THOSE FUNDS? WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE.
HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT THAT ANYMORE ABOUT, UH, PULLING MONEY OUT OF THE PROGRAMS TO START THE DESIGNS AND GET THESE THINGS DONE OR STARTED SO THAT WE'RE READY TO EXECUTE 'EM WHEN THE FUNDING DOES ARRIVE? YEAH.
LAST TIME, UH, COUNCILMAN, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THIS ONE, I HAD VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME.
THIS WAS, UH, IN, IN FEBRUARY.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY DECIDED ON WHICH PROJECT TO START DESIGNING THOSE OTHER THAN TWO PROJECT YOU'VE, YOU ARE FUNDING IN PROPOSED BOND, WHICH IS A JONES MOSSBERG AND NEW BROWN FORCE DRAINAGE.
WELL, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ACCELERATE THAT, TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT ON MORE OF THESE PROJECTS TO GET 'EM READY AND GET 'EM GOING, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM WHATEVER SOURCE THERE IS OUT THERE.
SO, UH, ROD, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND MAYBE, UH, BRING THAT TO THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HERE, MA'AM, TO, UH, DISCUSS THAT AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO MORE TO POSITION OURSELVES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UH, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE M P O OR WE'RE DOING IT OURSELVES, OR FUNDING COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THAT.
UM, I, I'M, I JUST WENT TO THE N L C THIS LAST WEEK, AND A LOT OF THIS, UH, ARPA FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING OUT OF, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF RULES, UH, ESTABLISHED ON HOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR, UH, THIS FUNDING THAT'S COMING DOWN.
AND I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALL SET.
I'M SEEING TAMIKA SHAKING HER HEAD YES.
THAT WE'RE WE'RE SET AND READY TO GO ON, UH, SUBMITTING PROJECTS AND GETTING 'EM INTO THAT STREAM OF FUNDING AND, AND GET
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OUR FAIR SHARE OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR, UH, SAN ANTONIO.SO, UH, THESE ARE ALL DISCUSSIONS I THINK WE NEED TO BE HAVING HERE AT THIS COMMITTEE.
WHERE ARE WE? HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE DOING? ARE WE POSITIONED? ARE WE READY TO GO? ARE WE SET? WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO STILL BE DONE? FOR EXAMPLE, PRIORITIZING THIS LIST.
ONE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH 10.
UM, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA PRIORITIZE 'EM? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? AND I THINK THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE A HAND IN THAT ALSO ON PRIORITIZING THIS OR SUGGESTING A PRIORITY TO THE FULL COUNCIL SAYING, HEY, HERE'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH.
SO I'M WILLING TO DO THAT AND START, START WORKING ON THAT.
I, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE SCORING ON EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS TO HELP US START THAT PROCESS TO GET THAT TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WAS THIS FOR ACTION OR JUST BRIEFING? BRIEFING.
WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE THIS TO COUNCIL? WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, I MEAN, WE'RE, OBVIOUSLY THIS LIST IS DUE TO THE M P O IN A MONTH, BUT, BUT IT'S OUR, OUR THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD TAKE IT TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OF, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN AMEND THIS LIST AT, AT, AT ANY TIME.
SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT THE LIST, WE'RE GONNA MEET THE DEADLINE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS HERE AT THIS COMMITTEE AND AT B SESSION.
UM, I FEEL A LITTLE UNEASY ON SUBMITTING A LIST TO THE M P O WITHOUT US HAVING OUR, UM, LIST PRIORITIZED AND, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO FOR THE M P O.
I FEEL A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE DOING THAT, BUT IF WE CAN'T GET THIS THING DONE BEFORE THAT, THEN YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S A FALLBACK POSITION TO RE REVISE IT ONCE WE HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL ON IT.
COUNCIL, I MEAN, WE, WE WILL SEND SOMETHING, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO REFINE THIS AND SEND THEM OUR AMENDMENTS LATER ON.
AND I HAD THE SAME CONCERN, BUT IF I HEARD FROM YOU CORRECTLY, ROD, WE HAVE, IT'S A, IT'S OVER A YEAR PROCESS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO AMEND.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THE FIRST PAGE OF, I GUESS PAGE SIX OF THE PRESENTATION ON UNFUNDED PROJECTS PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO M M T P AND THE SECOND PROJECT THERE, JONES MALTSBERGER ROAD IS LISTED AS DISTRICT ONE, BUT IT'S ON THE BORDER OF DISTRICTS ONE AND NINE.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT NINE RIGHT ON THERE.
AND THEN I HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE AND PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW AND AND WHATNOT.
UM, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN TALKING MORE WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
I THINK, UM, THINGS COULD BE MOVING RAPIDLY RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DEVELOPER THIS EVENING, SO.
AND, AND IF YOU OR ANY OF YOUR STAFF WANT TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
I CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON IT.
SO I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE SCORING CRITERIA, AND THREE OF US HAVE SAID, OH, WHAT'S THE SCORING CRITERIA? SO, CHAIR, IF I, IF I MAY, I THINK MAYBE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ESTABLISH AS A COMMITTEE WHAT WE BELIEVE THE SCORING CRITERIA SHOULD, SHOULD BE.
UH, OF COURSE, THAT'S, UH, YOUR, YOUR PREROGATIVE.
UM, BUT I'LL, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, AFTER.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS UNCONSTRAINED FINANCIALLY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND WE ARE, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY.
I HEARD YOU SAY SEVERAL TIMES IT WAS CONSTRAINED.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? YEAH.
UH, BUT THE CRITERIA THAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE M P O IS, YES, THERE IS A CONSTRAINED BUDGET THAT WE, THE M P O WORKS WITH THROUGH TXDOT.
THERE IS A CONSTRAINED BUDGET THAT IT'S NOT UNCONSTRAINED FROM THE M P O, RIGHT? WHEN THEY'RE GONNA LET THE PROJECTS, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.
IN THE PLANNING, I MEAN, IS THAT RIGHT, TAMIKA? WE, THERE IS A CONSTRAINED BUDGET AT THE M P O MARK.
SO THE FEDERAL PROCESS, WE ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE A FISCALLY CONSTRAINED PLAN, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN'T JUST HAVE A WISHLIST.
SO THAT MEANS THE M T P HAS THOSE FUNDED PROJECTS, BUT WHAT THE M P O HAS DONE IS THEY'VE ASKED US FOR OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE UNFUNDED, THAT WE WOULD LIKE
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TO HAVE IN THAT LONG RANGE PLAN.AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE APPLY FOR GRANTS, IT MAY NOT BE IN THE TIP, WHICH IS FISCALLY CONSTRAINED, WHICH MEANS WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING.
IT'S COMMITTED, WE KNOW THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
IN THE TIP, THE M T P IS THE VISION, IT'S THE LONGER RANGE DOCUMENT, WHICH WE KNOW MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDS YET.
SO WE ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE A FISCALLY CONSTRAINED METROPOLITAN PLANNING PROCESS.
THERE ARE MTPS THAT INCLUDE FUNDED PROJECTS, AND THEN THERE ARE THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS, WHICH WE KNOW IN THE LONG TERM WE WILL BE DOING, BUT MAY NOT HAVE THOSE FUNDS.
SO AS A PART OF THAT TIP PROCESS, THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE M T P MOVE FORWARD AS WE IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR THEM.
I MEAN, IN THE M P O, THEY'RE BEFORE TDOT.
THEY WILL NOT, THEY FISCALLY CONSTRAIN THEMSELVES ON WHAT THEY SUBMIT UP THE LINE, SO, CORRECT.
AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS WE MAY HAVE A PROJECT THAT HAS NO MONEY, BUT WE KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WHEN WE APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, TYPICALLY THE FEDS ARE SAYING, THIS PROJECT MUST BE IN YOUR REGION AS A PART OF YOUR REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESS BE IDENTIFIED.
SO HAVING IT IN THE M T P, WE MAY APPLY FOR SOMETHING WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS NOW FOR ONE OF THOSE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE M T P, IT SHOWS THE REGIONAL COORDINATION AND THE PRIORITIZATION AND THAT, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE REGION HAS AGREED UPON.
SO WE'RE, THE LIST THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY DOES NOT NEED TO BE FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED? NO, MA'AM.
AND SO THIS IS AN EFFORT OF AMPO TO SYNCHRONIZE THE PROCESS.
WE ARE IN THE TIP PROCESS AMENDING THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THESE, THE M T P AND THE TIP ON THE SAME SCHEDULE.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT AGAIN, WE ALWAYS, THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WITH THE M P O CAN AMEND AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE AND WE IDENTIFY SOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T GET TO YET.
UM, SO I HEARD COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY OTHER PRIORITIES.
UH, I DO THINK AT SOME POINT COULD WE CONSIDER HAVING MAYBE SOME, A PROPOSAL SUCH AS, UM, CLOSING SIDEWALK GAPS ON ALL FUNCTIONALLY CLASSIFIED ROADS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE YEAR TO YEAR ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND SIDEWALKS, BUT THAT ONLY THESE ROADS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, M P O FUNDING.
UH, BUT MAYBE JUST HAVING A, A COST ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE, AND, UH, AND A PLACEHOLDER SINCE THIS IS NOT A FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED LIST.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS.
AND ALSO, THAT WOULDN'T FALL TO JUST ONE DISTRICT.
IT'S A CITYWIDE, UH, BENEFIT THAT WE COULD CONSIDER.
AND THEN LASTLY, I I DO KNOW THAT WE WORK TO SOME EXTENT WITH TXDOT ON WHO'S GOT WHICH PRIORITIES, RIGHT? AND THAT'S HOW WE DECIDE WE'RE GONNA PUSH THESE PROJECTS.
TXDOT CAN DO THE PUSH THESE PROJECTS DO WE HAVE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH THE R M A AT THE COUNTY? I THINK WE'VE ALL READ RECENTLY ABOUT HOW THEY ARE CONSIDERING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL TO THE AIRPORT.
AND, UH, IN, IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE R M A BUDGET, A LOT OF THAT MONEY COMES FROM NOT ONLY TDOT, BUT FROM THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAX THAT IS, UH, LEVIED ON VIAS AUTHORITY AND IS ONLY COLLECTED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS OUR $10 VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE.
UH, AND WE HAVE 1.6 MILLION VEHICLES IN THE COUNTY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE R M A I.
AND WE, WE, WE, WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THE, UH, THE PROJECT THAT, THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE WE, WE KNEW THAT THEY PUT OUT AN R F P, BUT, UH, UH, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF, OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AT THIS TIME.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, UH, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT PROJECT DEVELOPS AND, AND, UH, WHAT KIND OF INPUT WE'LL HAVE.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT, UH, THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
I MEAN, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH VIA ON ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT.
UH, WE, WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND, AND WE NEED TO, WE DO NEED TO BUILD A, A, I GUESS, A BETTER RELATIONSHIP
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WITH THEM AND, AND, AND COORDINATE OUR ACTIVITIES A LITTLE BIT BETTER.UH, BUT THAT PROJECT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE HAD LIMITED INVOLVEMENT WITH IT.
UM, I HEARD A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE SHOULD LIKELY BRING TO TRANSPORTATION VERY SOON, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE RIGHT NOW TOO IS, UM, THAT WE, I THINK THIS IS, A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE HEARD, AT LEAST IN PART, AT M P O ON MONDAY.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, I, I THINK ALMOST ALL OF US, EXCEPT FOR, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UM, THAT ARE ON N P O, UM, WON'T BE THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE ON CITY BUSINESS.
SO I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT THEY POSTPONE THAT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN, THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE N P O FROM THE CITY CAN BE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE'LL REACH OUT TO SID AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON, UH, THIS TUNNEL CONCEPT.
BUT YEAH, I, I SAW THAT AND I SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO OUR OVERALL, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? AND YEAH, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY LIKE A FIVE MINUTE TRIP FROM THE AIRPORT DOWNTOWN.
I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING TO, UH, IMPROVE THAT OR WHAT I, I JUST, I DON'T GET IT WITH ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A TUNNEL NOW TO CONNECT THE AIRPORT TO THE DOWNTOWN.
BUT, UH, I CAN'T SEE SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY ON THAT KIND OF, UM, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
HAVE YOU BEEN A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT THIS TUNNEL CONCEPT? I HATE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST CALL YOU UP COLD HERE, BUT TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS TUNNEL BUSINESS.
WELL, I'LL TRY AND KEEP IT AS, AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
JESUS SIGN'S, DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS HERE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH REGARDS TO THE QUESTION ON THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A LOOP THAT GETS YOU FROM THE AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, AS ROD AS, UH, ROD HAS MENTIONED, WE KNEW THEY WERE SUBMITTING THE R F P, BUT WE HAVE NO INFORMATION REGARDING THE OVERALL PROJECT.
UM, I WOULD STATE THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN OF FINANCE BEFORE WE CONSIDER A PROJECT LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, OPEN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BUT UNTIL, UNTIL RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
HEY, STEVE, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
IT'S AN, IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
I MEAN, I'VE, WE'VE ALL, I THINK, BEEN A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT, UM, AND ESPECIALLY THIS, UH, COMMITTEE, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANNA GO RUN AFOUL OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS TELLING US NOT TO STAY ON TOPIC.
SO, UM, UH, NO, WITH NO, NO OTHER COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA MOVE BACKWARDS, UM, IN THE AGENDA AND MOVE ON TO ITEM UH, THREE.
SO WE'LL INVITE, UM, LEO UP HERE FOR BROOKS.
IS TAMIKA GONNA START? LEO? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS LEO GOMEZ, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF BROOKS IN SOUTHEAST SAN ANTONIO IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND BEFORE I BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT UP, SIR.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, DAN ROSLER, REPRESENTING OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS REP, WHO IS ACTUALLY THE DISTRICT SIX APPOINTEE MADAM CHAIR, AND WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE HIM.
I DO WORK FOR AN 11 MEMBER BOARD APPOINTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, AND SO PLEASURE TO BE HERE ON THEIR BEHALF.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LEANNA PUENTE, WHO'S OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER AT BROOKS.
AND, AND AGAIN, BEFORE I GO ON, I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US, UH, WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT I'M GOING TO BRIEF YOU ON HERE TODAY, STARTING WITH MS. TAMIKA, JEFF, AND, UH, WHERE'S SALLY? I DON'T SEE SALLY.
BUT SALLY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING WITH US AS WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD PROPOSAL.
ON BEHALF OF SAN ANTONIO, I AM HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON THE RAISE GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF ALL OF SAN ANTONIO RAISE STANDS FOR REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT RAISE STANDS FOR.
AND THEN IT IS A OPPORTUNITY OF ABOUT $1.5 BILLION, UH, WITH A MAXIMUM GRANT SIZE OF 25 MILLION, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE LAST ROUND IN 21.
BY THE WAY, THE RAISE GRANT WAS FORMALLY CALLED THE TIGER GRANT, AND SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT IN PAST YEARS.
BUT I WANTED TO HEAR QUICKLY TELL YOU THAT THE LAST, UH, PROCESS FOR A RACE GRANT OPPORTUNITY WAS IN 21
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AND FOUR PROJECTS IN TEXAS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT AWARDED TO THEM.IN FACT, TWO OF THEM WERE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE DALLAS AREA.
A THIRD ONE WAS A PLANNING GRANT FOR ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE DALLAS AREA, AND A FOURTH ONE WAS A PLANNING GRANT FOR ONE IN EL PASO.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A COMPLETE REBUILD OF WHAT I WOULD CALL THE MAIN STREET OF BROOKS, SYDNEY BROOKS, ALL THE WAY FROM CITY-BASED LANDING, UH, OUT BY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF MILITARY DRIVE AND 37, AND THEN WESTWARD TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH PRESSA NEAR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND MISSION SAN JUAN.
THIS STREET IS THE STREET THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE BOND PACKAGE COMMITTEE, AND IS INCLUDED IN THE BOND PACKAGE FOR PHASE ONE IN THE YELLOW.
HERE, YOU SEE THE FIRST PHASE, THE FIRST HALF, NOT QUITE HALF OF THE ROAD.
THE ENTIRE ROAD, BY THE WAY, FROM CITY-BASED LANDING TO PRESSA IS $1.4 MILLION.
WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW THERE IS, UH, IS PHASE ONE, AND THAT'S $15 MILLION THAT IS INCLUDED AS A PROJECT IN THE PROPOSED, UH, BOND PACKAGE TO THE VOTERS THIS COMING MAY.
AND SO THESE, WE SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE GRANT DOLLARS TO FUND THE REST OF SYDNEY BROOKS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER 22 TO $25 MILLION FROM THE CENTER POINT THERE ALL THE WAY OUT TO PRESA ON THIS STREET BEING THE MAIN STREET OF BROOKS.
YOU SEE NUMEROUS TENANTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD TENANTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
WHEN I SAY TENANTS, REALLY A COMBINATION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS, PARKS, UH, THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE ALONG SYDNEY BROOKS.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE ALONG THIS SYDNEY BROOKS IS INDEED A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, A NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS, A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOLS, A PARK, AND A GOOD PORTION OF IT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
ACTUALLY, BEFORE I GO ON WITH THIS SLIDE, LET ME JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THIS COMPLETE STREET, AND THAT IS THE, THE TYPE OF STREET WE HAVE HAVE DEVELOPED HERE CONCEPTUALLY FOR THE RACE GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
SIDNEY BROOKS IS A THREE-LANE ROAD TODAY BUILT IN THE COUNCILMAN PERRY.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WAS BUILT? WHICH ONE? SIDNEY BROOKS.
OH, THAT'S WAY BEFORE YOUR TIME.
IT WAS NOT BUILT TO CITY CODE, IT WAS AN AIR FORCE STREET.
UH, ALL UTILITIES ARE ABOVE GROUND IN SOME PLACES IT HAS SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PLACES IT DOES NOT, UH, A LOT OF IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAFEST CROSSINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, ET CETERA.
SYDNEY BROOKS WOULD BE TRULY A COMPLETE STREET CONCEPT.
IT'D BE THREE LANES, UH, EXPANDED THE FIVE LANES, TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, ALONG WITH THE MEDIAN FOR TURN LANES.
THE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES WOULD BE 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.
IT WOULD BE WELL LANDSCAPED, ALL UTILITIES WOULD COME UNDERGROUND.
AND ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS IN THIS OPPORTUNITY IS TO PILOT AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PROGRAM ON THIS STREET, UH, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, U T SS, A SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND VIA.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF WE CAN PILOT A GOOD PROGRAM HERE, WE CAN SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT MIGHT PRESENT FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO.
ALONG THIS STREET, YOU'LL SEE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN 3,300 PLUS PEOPLE THAT WILL LIVE IN BROOKS, LITERALLY WITHIN THREE YEARS OF TODAY, 5,000 PLUS FOLKS WORKING AT BROOKS WITHIN THREE YEARS FROM TODAY, OR 5,000 STUDENTS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AT BROOKS.
WE HAVE, UH, BROOKS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND OF ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE COMPASS ROADS, AND WE HAVE THE SS A I S D MAGNET SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS.
ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS OF TODAY, THE REVENUE, DIRECT TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITHIN THE BROOKS TURS, THAT'S THE BROOKS PROPERTY, PLUS ANOTHER 1200 ACRES SURROUNDING THE BROOKS CAMPUS, IS NEARLY $7 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE TIMELINE.
WE BEGIN THE PROCESS REALLY WITH A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION HOSTED BY CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH, IN THAT ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH ALL THE OTHER PUBLIC CEOS, UH, WE QUICKLY CAME TO, UH, A DISCUSSION THAT FOCUSED ON SIDNEY BROOKS AS BEING ONE OF THE PROJECTS MOST READY TO BE SUBMITTED FOR A RACE GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND VIA, IN PARTICULAR, IN DEVELOPING THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE MUST SUBMIT BY AUGUST, I'M SORRY, BY APRIL THE 14TH.
AND THEN THE AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AUGUST 12TH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A QUICK TURNAROUND PROCESS HERE.
AND THEN THE, THE GAMESMANSHIP OF, OF WORKING ON BEHALF OF THIS GRANT IN WASHINGTON, DC
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AND OTHER PLACES.AND THEN HOPEFULLY GETTING GOOD NEWS IN ON AUGUST THE 12TH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME SAN ANTONIO GOT ONE OF THESE GRANTS, IT WAS CALLED TIGER GRANT AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS IN 2011 WHEN VIA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A GRANT FOR THE WEST SIDE MULTIMODAL STATION.
AND SO IT'S BEEN OVER 10 YEARS NOW, AND WE EXPECT TO GET IT AGAIN, AND SAN ANTONIO HOPEFULLY WILL ALL BE BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO, WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDRESS ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE ME TO ADDRESS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO, TO BROOKS, AND THANK YOU, DAN, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO DISTRICT SIX AND, AND REALLY OUR WHOLE CITY, UM, ON THE BROOKS BOARD.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT, NOT ONLY TO THE SOUTH SIDE, THE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SOUTH SIDE, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, OUR OUR WHOLE CITY.
UM, OF COURSE, I'M, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE THOUGHTS OR THE, THE PLANS OF THE COMPLETE STREET.
THAT'S, UM, WE, YOU MIGHT BE LIVING THE DREAM OUT AT BROOKS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPLETE STREET.
WE KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT, UM, AND I, I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF FORESIGHT.
UM, SO WITH THIS, I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT, BUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST, UM, OR THE TOTAL ASK, I GUESS FROM RACE? THE, THE TOTAL COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $37 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, UH, I HOPE, UH, THE VOTERS WILL LOOK UPON THE BOND PACKAGES AS WE ALL HOPE.
SO, I THINK, AND, AND THAT WOULD COVER $15 MILLION.
SO IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE'RE SEEKING THE LEVERAGE THAT POTENTIAL $15 MILLION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS $22 MILLION.
BUT AS WE'RE WORKING ON THE PROPOSAL, WE'RE ALSO FINDING AN OPPORTUNITY WITH VIA TO ADD SOME LAST MILE COMPONENTS TO THE TRANSIT CENTER THAT YOU FIND AT BROOKS.
SO YOU MIGHT ARRIVE BY BUS AT THE TRANSIT CENTER AT BROOKS, BUT YOUR EMPLOYER COULD BE AS MUCH AS A MILE AWAY FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADD A FEW COMPONENTS TO THIS THAT MIGHT GET IT CLOSE TO THE $25 MILLION MAXIMUM ASK.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I, I REMEMBER SEEING THE, THE, YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT THAT THESE STREETS ARE, WERE BUILT BY THE AIR FORCE, UM, WOULD YOU SAY LIKE A MILLION YEARS AGO, RIGHT?
RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MINIMUM THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO COUNCIL, UH, COMMITTEE QUESTIONS.
UM, DOES ANYBODY, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY BUZZED IN.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS? IF WE CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE SIX? OOPS.
UH, AND IT WAS ABOUT THE TURS, WHAT, WHAT HERE IT IS.
UM, WHAT'S IN THE BANK TODAY? NOT MUCH BECAUSE, UH, THE YEAR BEFORE LAST WE, THROUGH THE TS WE FUNDED THE IMPROVEMENT OF TWO HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.
THAT OAK AND PROCESS IS NOW, UH, OCCUPYING WITH A LITTLE OVER 300 EMPLOYEES.
BUT HOW MUCH IS IN THE KITTY TODAY? UH, LESS THAN $2 MILLION TODAY.
LET'S JUST SAY AROUND $2 MILLION.
AND HOW MUCH DO WE GET INTO THE TURS EVERY YEAR? I MEAN, YOU'RE SHOWING IF I'M, I'M IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, I'M SHOWING THAT, UH, IS IT 11 MILLION OR WHAT, WHAT PORTION OF THAT 11 MILLION GOES INTO THE TURS, THAT'S AN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE.
IS THAT WHAT GOES INTO THE TURS EACH YEAR? THAT ANNUAL TAX, REV TAX REVENUE INCLUDES THE TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY AND TO THE COUNTY.
UM, SO WHAT GOES INTO THE TURS EVERY YEAR? 85% OF THE CITY'S PORTION, WHICH IS OF THE EIGHT OR SO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX AND CHANGE COUNCILMAN.
SO ABOUT 6 MILLION IN, IN CHANGE.
UM, GOING INTO THE TURS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT OVER A COUPLE YEARS.
UM, YOU'D HAVE ENOUGH BASICALLY IN THE TURS TO FUND, UH, THIS PHASE TWO, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY.
UH, THE, THE MATH WORKS FOR THAT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, COUNSEL.
SO IS THAT LIKE A FALLBACK POSITION IF YOU DON'T GET, UH, THIS RAISE GRANT OR MORE THAN A FALLBACK POSITION? IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS RAISE GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT THE CHURCH WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN AREAS WITHIN THE ZONE.
BUT OUTSIDE OUR CAMPUS, OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN GREAT NEED OF INFRASTRUCTURE HELP AS WELL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT THE PROCEEDS OR THE BENEFIT OF DEVELOPING BROOKS REALLY BENEFITS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT JUST INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE BROOKS CAMPUS.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE, I GUESS.
UM, SO WHO PICKED BROOKS? THE ROUND TABLE GROUP, WHICH IS THE GROUP INVITED BY THE CITY MANAGER OF EXECUTIVES REPRESENTING ALL THE PUBLIC
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ENTITIES IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION? YEAH.AND IF I REMEMBER OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS GROUP WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THE MEMBERSHIP, YOU KNOW, AND WHY DID THEY PICK BROOKS VERSUS ANY OTHER PROJECT AROUND THE CITY? UH, FOR THIS RAISE GRANT, I, UM, I HAVE YET TO SEE WHO'S ON THAT COMMITTEE.
I KNOW WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION.
AND WHAT GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY TO PICK, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS CITY IS GONNA SUBMIT FOR THE RAISE GRANT.
UM, AND I, I JUST GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS COMMITTEE, UH, PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CITY COMMITTEE.
AS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S SOME OTHER GROUP THAT'S TELLING US HOW TO SPEND OUR MONEY.
I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, NUMBER ONE.
BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE.
AND I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND COMPARE IT TO OUR OTHER, OTHER CANDIDATES ACROSS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND RANK THOSE AS TO, IS THIS THE ACTUAL NUMBER ONE FOR THE CITY? UH, OR IS THERE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR US TO PUT FORWARD AS OUR RAISES GRANT, UM, NOMINEE TO EVALUATE? I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN, BUT, UM, YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK JEFF TO COME UP AND, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THESE RAISES GRANTS IS THERE THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.
AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS HAVE TWO PROJECTS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT TOGETHER AS A, AS A BIGGER, LARGER GROUP, YOU KNOW, WITH BROOKS AND VIA AND CITY COUNTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUT OUR PROJECTS ON THE TABLE AND WE TRY TO DECIDE WHICH ONE MADE THE MOST SENSE WHICH ONE WOULD SCORE BETTER AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
SO I LET JEFF SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, THANKS FOR ASKING THAT.
'CAUSE WE NEVER REALLY GOT TO, I THINK, ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THE, THE ROUNDTABLE IS, DOES NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY.
IT IS NOT A NEWLY CREATED ENTITY THAT IS MAKING DECISIONS.
IT IS SIMPLY A REGIONAL COORDINATION BETWEEN OUR PARTNERS, KNOWING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE WITHOUT IT, UH, BROOKS COULD BE DECIDING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT VIA, COULD BE APPLYING THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND WE COULD ALL BE PURSUING THE SAME DOLLARS AND ULTIMATELY COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.
SO THE INTENT WAS TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
AND WHEN I SAY EVERYBODY, IT'S THE, THE, THE CHIEF, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF FOLKS FROM ALL OF THE VARIOUS ENTITIES, BROOKS PORT VIA CITY, COUNTY RIVER AUTHORITY.
UM, WHO ELSE DID I MISS? ANYONE? T TXDOT.
WE SAY, OKAY, THIS OPPORTUNITY'S, UH, OUT THERE NOW WHO HAS A PROJECT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN? WE, WE TALKED ABOUT RAYS.
UH, BROOKS WAS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT PRESENTED A PROJECT, UH, AS, AS FAR AS THE CITY WAS CONCERNED.
TAMIKA CAN SPEAK BETTER TO THIS, BUT THE CITY WAS NOT PREPARED TO SUBMIT AGAIN AFTER WE DID LAST YEAR ON THE WEST SIDE CREEKS TRAILS PROJECT.
WE HAD NOT HAD THE DEBRIEF YET, UH, TEXTILE, UM, U S D O T HADN'T BEEN DOING THEIR DEBRIEFS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO WE FELT THAT BEFORE WE IDENTIFY ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CITY'S BEHALF, WE BETTER KNOW WHERE WE SCORED, WHERE WELL, AND WHERE WE DIDN'T.
AND SO, WITH BROOKS PRESENTING THIS PROJECT VERY QUICKLY, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ORGANIZA, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ALL SAID THEY FELT WAS A VERY STRONG PROJECT BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT THAT LEO WENT THROUGH.
AND, UH, AND NOW SINCE THEN, UM, LEO AND BROOKS HAVE COME AND PRESENTED, I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD COUNCIL COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT ANY OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR APPROVAL NECESSARILY.
THE BOARD CAN APPROVE A GRANT APPLICATION, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHO'S PURSUING WHAT ON THE FEDERAL, UH, FRONT, UH, LEO OSMAN, UH, WILLING TO COME AND PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO EACH OF THE COMMITTEES.
I JUST BECAUSE YOU LOST ONE YEAR, DOESN'T MEAN YOU WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL THE SECOND YEAR.
I'M LOOKING AT TAMIKA OVER THERE.
I, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COULD CERTAINLY COME IN WITH ANOTHER PROJECT THIS YEAR, AND I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
UH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH BROOKS CITY BASE IS BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UH, I, I, I STILL THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ABOUT, UPON THE CITY HERE IN OUR COMMITTEES, IN OUR PROCESSES TO SUBMIT SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M JUST HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS OTHER COMMITTEE COMING UP WITH WHAT THEY THINK THE RIGHT ONE IS AND, UM, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
SO I, I MIGHT CHIME BACK IN WITH SOME MORE COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU, MA'AM.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE, UM, BUZZED IN.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN PERRY? TWO MORE MINUTES.NO, THE, I, AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I THINK WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCORED AGAINST OUR OTHER CITY PROJECTS HERE, UH, THROUGH OUR PROCESSES, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, RAZZY OR TAMIKA, UM, OR COMBINATION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A CANDIDATE TO, UH, BRING FORWARD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT ON WHAT WE WANTED TO SUBMIT.
BECAUSE DID THIS, DID THIS COMMITTEE WEIGH IN LAST TIME? C TAMIKA DID THIS COMMITTEE, WHATEVER COMMITTEE THAT WAS, DID THEY WEIGH IN ON THAT LAST TIME WE SUBMITTED FOR THIS GRANT? THEY SUPPORTED OUR SUBMITTAL FOR THE, UH, THE TRAILS.
SO THEY, THEY SUPPORTED, YEAH, WE, WE HAD THE VERY SAME DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
WE, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS SUBMITTED FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.
SO WE ALL DECIDED THAT THE WEST SIDE TRAILS WAS THE BEST PROJECT, AND, AND WE SUBMITTED IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT GET IT.
UM, AND, AND A LITTLE BIT WHY WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED AGAIN IS 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN DEBRIEFED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT OUR PROJECT TO TELL US WHERE DID WE FALL SHORT.
UH, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT PROJECT'S DEAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE NEXT ROUND WE SUBMIT IT AGAIN, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT DEBRIEF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE WEAKNESSES WERE AND SHORE THOSE UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY RESUBMIT IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WHY WE DIDN'T SUBMIT THAT ONE.
AGAIN, WE DIDN'T FEEL IT MADE SENSE TO SUBMIT THE SAME PROJECT THAT DIDN'T GET FUNDED WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO SHORE UP.
SO, NO, I, I I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE RESUBMITTED THE SAME PROJECT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I VOTED FOR IT LAST TIME.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA MAKE IT, SO, AND IT DIDN'T.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER GREAT CANDIDATES THAT WE COULD SUBMIT HERE FROM THE CITY, UH, VERSUS ON BROOKS.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE STRUCTURE, THE MEMBERSHIP, WHO MAKES DECISIONS, HOW DOES THAT GET OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE, THIS OUTSIDE COMMITTEE THAT PICKED THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE.
ANOTHER FACTOR, TAMIKA MINORVILLE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
ANOTHER FACTOR IN THE REGIONAL SUPPORT IS THAT EACH YEAR THE CRITERIA THAT THE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON CHANGES.
AND SO WHEN WE DISCUSS EVERYONE'S PROJECTS THAT WE FELT MET ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA, THE REGION WITH ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS SAID, THIS BROOKS PROJECT SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THE TENANTS AND CRITERIA THEY WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO UNLIKE JUST LOOKING AT OUR BOND LIST OF PROJECTS, THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ARE FOCUSING ON.
AND SO THIS ONE ROSE TO THAT LEVEL IN TERMS OF ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENT.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, TWO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BRIEF YOU TODAY ON, UH, THIS BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM AND MORE SPECIFICALLY TO SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SO I'LL START THE BRIEFING OUT BY LETTING YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO COVER JUST THREE SPECIFIC AREAS AS THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS PRESENTED ITSELF, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR SOME OF THESE, UH, OFFERINGS THAT ARE COMING FEDERALLY, UH, GRANTS THAT ARE BEING AVAILABLE THAT HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE TO US.
I'LL START OFF BY LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS.
I CAN TELL YOU THE B I L HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UH, WE'LL TELL YOU HOW IT RELATES TO ALL THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR AS IT RELATES TO THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO TO VERY SPECIFIC DETAIL WITH REGARDS TO WHAT DO EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, SUBMISSIONS MEAN AS IT RELATES TO THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT REFERENCED AS B I L OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, WHICH IS THE I I J A TWO AND THE SAME.
AND THEN, UM, THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE EVERY YEAR.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL COVER THE GRANT SUBMITTALS AND THEN FUTURE COUNCIL REQUESTS.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE SUBMITTING TO YOU ALL, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
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WE GO FORWARD, LET'S JUST, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH A REALLY QUICK ROADMAP OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.OBVIOUSLY, UH, IN LATE LAST YEAR, UH, THE TEAM WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD.
UH, I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARDS TO THE COMPLETION OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WE BROUGHT THAT TO, TO YOU ALL COUNSEL IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2021.
THANK YOU, FORESIGHT AND ALLOWING US TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AS WE COMPLETED THAT.
AND, AND WE WERE WRAPPING THAT UP IN LATE NOVEMBER.
UH, DECEMBER WAS SPENT ON, UH, SUBMITTING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS, THE CLOSING DOCUMENTS TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN APPROVED AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR AIRPORT DISTRICT, UH, OFFICE FOR THE F A A AND LETTING THEM KNOW.
AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING THAT ANY DAY NOW.
UH, AND IF NOT, SOMETIME IN EARLY APRIL.
SO WE CAN HAVE ALL OF OUR A AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN COMPLETED, UH, IN LATE 20, IN LATE 2021.
WE AS WELL TO ADD CAPACITY, UH, BROUGHT TO YOUR, UH, BROUGHT FOR YOUR APPROVAL, THE EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT, ADDING THREE GATES WILL BE ADDING TWO GATES TO TERMINAL B AND ONE TO TERMINAL A.
SO THAT TOO IS IN WORKS, AND WE HAVE, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COMPLETED BY, BY DECEMBER OF 2022.
UM, JUST AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY AND WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WE'VE HAD EXECUTIVE ROUND TR EXECUTIVE ROUND TABLE BRIEFINGS ON, UH, MARCH 14TH TODAY, THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE TO GIVE YOU, UH, AN HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEN WE WILL BE SUBMITTING OUR GRANTS ON MARCH 25TH NEXT WEEK.
AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE, UH, THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED ON, UH, MARCH 28TH.
AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE F A A WITH HOPES OF ALL OF THAT BEING APPROVED BY SOMETIME IN APRIL OR MAY OF THIS YEAR.
THESE ARE THE GATES THAT I REFERENCED WITH REGARDS TO THE EXPANSION THAT'S UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW.
GATE BRAVO ONE, ALPHA GATE B NINE, AND THEN GATE ALPHA 16 AS WE PUT THESE GATES AND INSTALL THEM.
AND IT ADDS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO OUR EXISTING 24 GATES AND WILL PROVIDE US PRETTY CLOSE TO 1.3, UH, MILLION PASSENGERS.
ADDITIONALLY, BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIRPORT, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND I TALK TO THE TEAM EVERY DAY, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE DO IS AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF AND AIRCRAFT LANDING.
SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN BUSY ON, UH, SINCE, UH, LATE LAST YEAR AND EARLY INTO THIS YEAR IS AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE ARE RECONSTRUCTING TAXIWAY ROMEO, AND WE ARE ALSO DOING A MILL AND OVERLAY FOR OUR NORTHERN RUNWAY, WHICH IS 13, LEFT 31.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, IMPROVING OUR OVERALL MAINTENANCE FACILITIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, PROVIDING THEM, UH, WITH, WITH BETTER, UH, FACILITIES.
WE HAVE THE WEST CARGO BUILDING THAT WE ARE REHABILITATING FOR THE AIRLINES, WHAT THEY USE FOR ALL OF THEIR GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT PROVIDE SERVICE, UH, AS WE CALL BELOW THE WING FOR ALL THE SERVICE THAT HAPPENS IN AND AROUND THE RAMP AREA AND, AND TO THE, UH, AIRCRAFT.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE MAINTENANCE OFFICE IS BEING, THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE THERE.
WE'RE DOING EXPANSION TO THE MAINTENANCE OFFICE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, UM, WE'RE DOING THERE AT THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE FINALIZING THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST AIRPORTS TO LAUNCH THAT EFFORT.
WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOVING TOWARDS, UH, ALL OF OUR GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, OUR G S E TO BE ELECTRIFIED IN THE NEAR TERM IN 22 THROUGH 2025, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE THREE GATES.
WE HAVE THE ADVANCED PLANNING FOR TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WE BROUGHT THE S D P TO COUNCIL BACK IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE ARE, UH, ON THE CUSP OF, UH, SELECTING A FIRM TO DO THE ADVANCED PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING.
SO WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THE POSITION DEFINITION DOCUMENTS, POSITION DEFINITION MANUALS, PROJECT DEFINITION MANUALS, AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE BRIDGING DOCUMENTS FOR US TO BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOW WE'RE GONNA DELIVER THIS PROJECT AS WE GO FORWARD IN ALIGNMENT WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WITH THE B I L, WE'RE GONNA DO A MILL AND OVERLAY OF, UH, 13 LEFT, 31.
WE'RE DOING SOME KEEL CONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION ON 13, RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TAXIWAY IN NOVEMBER AND TAXIWAY HOTEL THAT WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING.
WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW BAGGAGE SYSTEM THAT'S UNDER THE PROCESS OF BEING DESIGNED, UH, THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE BAGGAGE CAPACITY AS WE GROW FORWARD, AS WE TAKE THE AIRPORT FROM WHAT TODAY IS 24 TO WHAT WE LOOK OUT IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS OF HAVING IT TO 30 GATES.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS, POSSIBLY CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, 45
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GATES OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE.AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY IN TURMO A AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AIR CARGO EXPANSION AS WE TALK ABOUT E-COMMERCE AND THE MOVEMENT OF, UH, GOODS AND PRODUCTS, UH, THROUGH OUR CITY.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION THAT WE HAVE ONGOING WITH OUR CARGO, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES IN THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH 2030 FOR TERMINAL SEA.
WE WILL, WE'LL BE THE, THE BIGGEST PROJECT.
WE LIKE TO CALL THAT THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, UH, VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT S D P S D P S D P, BUT WE'RE NOW SHIFTING TO THE EXECUTION OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND START SOME OF THOSE ENABLING WORK THAT WE'LL SHOW WITH YOU AS TO HOW WE STRUCTURE THIS FIVE YEAR PIECE OF THE REQUEST WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW WE ALIGN ALL OF OUR ENABLING WORK WITH, UH, ULTIMATELY THE END WORK OF BUILDING OUT AND CONSTRUCTING A BRAND NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.
UH, THREE TO FIVE INTERNATIONAL POSITIONS, NEW INTERNATIONAL RIVALS HALL, AND A WIDER CON CONCOURSE AND BETTER CIRCULATION WITH GOOD WITH, UH, NEW CONCESSIONS.
WE'LL ALSO ADD ADDITIONAL, WHAT WE CALL, UH, OVERNIGHT PARKING, ADDITIONAL, UH, R O N, WHICH IS AIRCRAFT PARKING.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, A NEW TERMINAL ROADWAY ALIGNMENT AS YOU SEE THERE ON THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF THE COMPLEX AS YOU'RE EXITING.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO BRING ON A BRAND NEW CONSOLIDATED RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LARGE VEHICULAR COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THAT INTERVENES AND, AND MOVES WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, JUST GROUND TRAFFIC THAT, THAT MOVES THERE IN THE COMPLEX.
AND WE WANT TO, UH, DECOUPLE ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN THE PARKING AND INTERMODAL CENTER, UH, WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A POSSIBLE GROUND TRANSPORTATION INTERMODAL CENTER.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, THE PLANNING PHASES AND DESIGN OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, EXPAND OUR R O N APRON, NOT ONLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMPLEX, BUT ALSO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TERMINAL A.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OF, UH, DEFINITIONS OF WHAT THIS MEANS ON THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
THE OMNIBUS WAS JUST SIGNED BY, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE, LATE, EARLY LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE AS WE, UH, PARTICIPATE IN A NUMBER OF WORK THAT WE DO ON THE, SPECIFICALLY TO THE AIRFIELD, UH, WE SOLICIT FOR THOSE PROJECTS, AND WE GET 75% FUNDING FOR THOSE.
SO THAT'S EXISTING FOR THE F A A, WE CONTINUE ON THAT PROCESS.
UH, THAT FUNDING GOES TO CAPITAL PROJECT SUPPORTING SAFETY CAPACITY AND NOISE CAPA UH, UH, COMPATIBILITY.
UH, SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WAS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TAXIWAY ROMEO, UH, THE KE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON 13, RIGHT.
AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL OUTBOARD REHABILITATION THAT WE'LL DO UNDER THE NEW B I L I I J A THAT WE'LL BE DOING, THAT'LL BE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS ELIGIBLE FOR TWO PROGRAMS. UH, WE BREAK THAT UP INTO THE A I G AND THE A T P, THE AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WHICH WILL BE ALLOCATED, WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET PRETTY CLOSE TO 60 MILLION, UH, UH, UM, AN AMOUNT OF ABOUT 11.7 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND THEN ON THE AIRPORT TERMINAL PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE ALL EQUALLY EXCITED, IS, UH, ONE THAT WE'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WILL COVER THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO, UH, GO AFTER SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO UNDER THE A I G, UH, AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS, THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION IS FORMULA BASED.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA GET PRETTY CLOSE TO 59000011.7 ANNUALLY.
UM, THE TYPE OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS ARE P F C PROJECTS, UH, TERMINAL, UH, FACILITY.
I MEAN, PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS, AND THEN IT MUST BE SOLICITED UNDER THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE AIRPORT TERMINAL PROGRAM IS COMPETITIVE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A RELEASE OF 150 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE MEDIUM HUB AIRPORTS, WHICH IS WHERE WE FALL, AND WE'RE GONNA COMPETE FOR AS MUCH OF THAT 150 MILLION THAT WE CAN GET.
UH, AND WE WILL DO THAT, UH, ANNUALLY, AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE REIMBURSABLE.
THE TERMINAL AND ROADWAY AND ASSOCIATED AND ENABLING PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR THOSE COMPETITIVE, UH, PROJECTS.
THE CITY SHARE, THE, THE, THE CITY SHARE IS ABOUT 20%.
AND EQUALLY IN KIND, THEY MUST BE SOLICITED UNDER DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.
AS WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL SUBMITTALS, UH, IN F Y 2022, AS WE SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT FOR, UM, WE'RE GOING TO FIRST DO THE RECONSTRUCT AND DECOUPLE OF RUNWAY 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT, WHICH BEGINS THE PROCESS OF EXTENDING OUR, UH, MOST UTILIZED COMMERCIAL RUNWAY TO
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FROM 8,500 FEET TO 10,000 FEET.UH, THAT WILL GIVE US ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND REACH INTO, UH, FURTHER INTO CENTRAL EUROPE AND FURTHER INTO SOUTH AMERICA AND INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.
WITH THIS 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY, WE WILL RECONSTRUCT AND DECOUPLE RUNAWAY 13, RIGHT, 31 LEFT, WHICH IS TAXIWAY IN NOVEMBER.
UM, THAT'S ALSO IN PREPARATION, UH, FOR THAT TAXIWAY TO BE, UH, MORE, UH, EFFICIENTLY UTILIZED AND ALLOW FOR EASY TAXI, TAXI IN AND TAXI OUT TIMES.
I KNOW IF YOU VISITED OTHER AIRPORTS AND YOU SIT OUT THERE ON AN AIRCRAFT AND YOU'RE TAXIING AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHEN IN THE HECK AM I GONNA GET TO THE COMPLEX? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HERE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ON-TIME PERFORMANCE WITH OUR AIRLINES, WHICH IS WHY THAT MAKES US ALSO VERY ATTRACTIVE IN WHAT WE DO.
AND THEN LASTLY, AS WE DISCUSS ENABLING PROJECTS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF TERMINAL C, WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT, UH, PUTTING IN THE SLAB THAT'S NECESSARY FOR TAXIWAY HOTEL.
WE'LL DO A FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT.
WE'LL DO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT THAT, UH, AS WELL INTO THE A I P SUBMITTAL.
UH, WE'RE TARGETING AN APRIL 7TH, UH, COUNCIL DATE FOR SUBMITTAL GRANT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE PROJECTS.
THIS, THIS CONCRETE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THERE ALLOWS US TO PREPARE THE AREA AS WE EXPAND AND GET READY FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN TURMOIL C.
ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE F A A, UH, WE'RE BRINGING THIS ONE FORWARD.
IT'S AMENDING A PRE-APPLICATION TO INCLUDE THE WEST APRON TAXI WA UH, TAXI LANE RECONSTRUCTION.
IT'S JUST PAVEMENT THAT NEEDS, UH, TO BE REPLACED.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH OUR F A A AS WELL, AND THEY SAID, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S ALSO IN THE GENERAL AREA OF TAXI OF TERMINAL SEA, AND WE WANT TO GET THIS, UH, APRON WORK, UH, RECONSTRUCTED.
WE'RE TARGETING MAY AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU ALL.
WE'LL GET 75% FUNDING FROM THE F A A AND WE'LL COVER THE 25% ON OUR SIDE UPDATES TO THE C I P.
UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE A I G ALLOCATED PROGRAM SUBMITTAL, THE THE ONES THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING, UH, THAT WILL BE INTEGRATING INTO THE A I G VERSUS, UH, FROM OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE C I P EVERY YEAR FOR THE FUNDING PROJECTS IS GONNA BE DUE ON MARCH 20, UH, 25TH.
WE WILL BE INSTALLING A BRAND NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE ROAD IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF OUR, UH, AIRPORT TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS ALSO AN ENABLING PROJECT AND PREPARATION FOR ALL THE WORK IN THE MOVEMENTS OF ALL THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE COMPLEX.
IT NEEDS, UH, A LOT OF REPAIR.
SO AS WE, UH, SUBMIT FOR THESE, UH, DIFFERENT GRANT ALLOCATIONS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ALL OF THIS IS IN PREPARATION AND ENABLING AS WE GET READY FOR THE NEXT 23, 24, 25 AND 26 OFFERINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO US.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN TERMINAL SEA, WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE A, A CAMPUS IT RESILIENCY, UH, PLAN AVAILABLE AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT, UH, ALL OF THE FIBER AND CABLING THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AND RUN THE AIRPORT CORRECTLY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING THIS YEAR.
'CAUSE THAT'S WORK THAT WE CAN GET DONE QUICKLY, THAT WILL HELP US, UH, GET READY FOR ALSO THE NEW TERMINAL SEA.
AND THEN THE NEXT PIECE IS THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THIS, THIS GETS US AN, UH, THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PAVEMENT, UH, IN AND AROUND THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
I KNOW THAT THE TERMINAL IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF THE PA, IF THE PAVEMENT ISN'T RIGHT AND AIRCRAFT CAN'T TAKE OFF AND LAND, THEN THE GAME IS BASICALLY OVER.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE, WE, WE KEEP UP TO DATE WITH, UH, ALL OF OUR PA PAVEMENT PROGRAM AND ENSURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING IS, IS, IS, IS UP TO DATE UNDER THE A T P PROGRAM SUBMITTAL, THIS IS THE, THE ONE WHERE WE'LL BE UTILIZING FOR ROADWAY AND TERMINAL.
IN THIS YEAR'S, UH, SUBMITTAL.
WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A GROUND LOADING FACILITY.
THIS IS TO ADD THREE ADDITIONAL GATES NEAR TERMINAL A TO ALSO GET US READY FOR THE PHASING OF AS WE START TO BUILD OUT TERMINAL C.
AND WE START TO LOOK AT FORWARD THINKING AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE AIRPORT DESIGN, UH, AIRPORT ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL GROUP THAT'S GONNA COME IN.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA PHASE THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME ADDITIONAL GATES.
UM, AS WE CAME TO YOU EARLY LAST YEAR AND ADDED THE THREE NEW GATES THAT WE'RE ADDING THAT WILL BE READY IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
ALL OF THOSE THREE GATES ARE ALREADY TAKEN UP.
SO WHEN WE BRING ON THOSE THREE GATES, THEY WILL BE UTILIZED THE SECOND THAT THEY'RE OPEN
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FOR SERVICE, UH, LATE FALL OF, OF THIS YEAR.THIS TOO, UH, IS PREPARING US FOR ADDITIONAL GATE CAPACITY.
WE CANNOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL GATES.
AND B, WE CAN'T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL GATES IN A SO WE'RE ADDING A GROUND LOADING FACILITY TO PREPARE US FOR ANY DISPLACEMENT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE WITH SOME OF THAT GATE CAPACITY TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADD CAPACITY INTO THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMINAL A.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA START WORKING TERMINAL A.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE, HAVE ITS USEFUL LIFE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IT AS WE START INTO TERMINAL C.
WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HICCUPS IN A, SOME OF THAT WORK IS IN LOOKING AT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THE GRID, THE OVERALL UTILIZATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMINAL A, AND THEN THE OVERALL DISTRIBUTION OF THE, THE FRAME ROOM OF, OF WHAT WE DO IN THERE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FROM A ROOF STANDPOINT, WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE ROOF IS SOLID.
UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF LEAKS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO, TO, TO RE REDUCE THOSE NUMBER OF LEAKS.
BUT WE WANT TO DO MORE FOR THAT ROOF OF TURMO.
A AS WE KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF DEALING WITH THAT ROOF.
I, I BRING YOU THIS SLIDE BECAUSE, UH, I WANNA MAKE CERTAIN EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
WHEN WE COMPLETED THE S D P PROGRAM LAST YEAR, WE SHOWED YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE AND THE B I L IS DIRECTLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
SO WE CLOSED OUT THE SS D P MASTER PLAN, THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR APPROVING THAT LAST YEAR.
NOW WE'RE IN ADVANCED TERMINAL PLANNING AND LOOKING AT, UH, ARE WE GONNA DO, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO WITH REGARDS TO THE, THE TAXIWAY WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUT ON THE AIRFIELD.
WHAT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED AS WE START TO PHASE OUT THE NEW TERMINAL COMPLEX? WHAT'S GONNA BE THE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? AND THEN PUT US IN THE NEXT HOPEFULLY 12 TO 16, 18 MONTHS, SOMEWHERE IN THAT FRAME TO BE ABLE TO, UH, BRING TO YOU A PACKAGE AS WE FINALIZE ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS, BRIDGING DOCUMENTS THAT TAKES US INTO CONSTRUCTION READY TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO BUILD AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS THE, THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE GONNA TAKE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, FINALLY DEFINE THE DELIVERY METHOD OF HOW WE'RE GONNA GO DELIVER THE NEW TERMINAL COMPLEX.
THAT WILL TAKE US INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ALL WHILE CONTINUING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION.
SO OVERALL NEXT STEPS AS WE LOOK AT THE A I P GRANT SUBMITTAL, WE'RE TARGETING APRIL 7TH FOR FOLLOWING PROJECTS, THE RECONSTRUCT AND DECOUPLE OF 13, RIGHT? 31 LEFT.
UM, WE WANT TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AND ADVANCED PLANNING.
WE'LL DO THE RECONSTRUCT AND DECOUPLE OF RUNWAY.
31 LEFT FOCUSING ON TAXIWAY NOVEMBER.
UH, AND THEN TAXIWAY HOTEL, THE RECONSTRUCTION PHASE ONE OF DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION AS WE PREPARE THAT PARCEL OF LAND FOR THE TURMOIL SEA.
AND THEN THE NEW POP-UP PROJECT THAT I, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT F A A IS READY TO HELP SUPPORT 75% FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON SOME OF THAT PAVEMENT THAT NEEDS REPAIR.
AND THEN UPCOMING CONTRACTS, UH, WE'RE FINALIZING THE PLANNING SERVICES TARGETING A JUNE, AUGUST FOR THE ENGINEERING AND AIRPORT PLANNING SERVICES TO PROVIDE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TERMINAL SEA PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHAT I REFERENCED EARLIER WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PREPARING FOR EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA DO IN TERMINAL C.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE AIRPORT ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR ALL THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON THE AIRFIELD IN PARALLEL TOGETHER, WORKING ON THE AIRFIELD AND THE TERMINAL PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN THE FORMAL COUNCIL, A I G AND A T A T P GRANT SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ANTICIPATING LATER THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD GET READY IN THE FALL.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING READY FOR 2023 IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST ONE.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I'M CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF GROWING AND UPDATING OUR, OUR AIRPORT.
UM, ONE IS, UH, TO WHAT EXTENT WILL THIS IMPACT THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THAT WE CURRENTLY SUPPORT? OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR, UM, I GUESS MAKING UP FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION AS IT RELATES TO PASSENGER ACTIVITY LEVELS? YES.
SO, UH, FROM WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IN COMPARISON TO 2019, WHICH IS WHAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THESE DAYS, UM, WE'RE ABOUT 90 TO 95% OF WHERE WE WERE IN 2019 HAD AN INCREDIBLE SPRING BREAK.
UH, THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD THREE DAYS THAT WE EXCEEDED 2019 NUMBERS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, THE ADDITION OF GATES, SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS.
WE'RE ALREADY ADDING THREE GATES INTO TWO INTO TERMINAL B AND ONE IN TERMINAL A.
AND THEN PREPARING THE ADDITIONAL, UH, GROUND LOADING FACILITY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FURTHER EXPANSION, ADDING SIX ADDITIONAL GATES TO OUR EXISTING
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CAPACITY OF 24.SO WILL THAT OFFSET, UM, WHAT WE WOULD, UM, ANY LOST FLIGHTS DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION OR DO YOU NOT FORESEE ANY? IT'S, IT'S JUST A ADVANCE, IT'S JUST, UH, ADVANCED PLANNING COUPLED WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE EXPERIENCED 59% GROWTH, UM, IN 2021 JUST ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE SEATS THAN, UH, ANY OTHER SIMILAR SIZE HUB IN THE US INTERNATIONALLY.
SO WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO BRING, UH, ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, FLIGHT ACTIVITY TO THE CITY AND, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK THAT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE GATES, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT 'EM.
AND ARE THERE ANY, UM, SECURITY UPDATES THAT, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN? UH, THE, THE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE RESILIENCY OF THE IT ON THE OUTDOOR CORRIDOR IS ALL RELATED TO THAT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A STRONGHOLD ON ALL OF OUR FIBER AND CABLING THAT IS, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THE AIRPORT, UH, SECURITY, BUT, UH, NOT IN ADDITION TO THAT F A A AND THE SECURITY THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO THERE ON THE COMPLEX.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY OTHER, UH, DID YOU SAY MEDIUM HUB? UH, HOW MANY OTHER AIRPORTS ARE WE COMPETING WITH FOR THE, THE 150 MILLION, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER? I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT I WILL GET IT TO YOU.
I KNOW WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE, BUT, UM, YES, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, THANK YOU FOR THAT BRIEF AGAIN.
UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE BECAUSE I'VE ASKED THIS EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS 25 YEAR PLAN, AND YOU HAVE SOME STUFF THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, UM, ABOUT OUR FUNDING PLAN.
I SEE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS IN, IN THIS YEAR AND THEN OUT 25 YEARS, BUT I'VE YET TO SEE WHAT THE FUNDING, WHERE THE FUNDING IS GONNA BE COMING FROM TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT YOU'RE PLANNING.
WHETHER IT'S THE NEW TERMINALS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW TO THE PAVEMENT REPAIRS.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT THE F A A IS GONNA PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR ALL THIS STUFF.
I WANNA SEE WHERE THAT OTHER MONEY IS COMING FROM AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET.
WHEN, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE FUNDING PLAN FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF? WELL, AS WE PREPARED FOR THIS MEETING, WE ACTUALLY KNEW YOU WERE GONNA ASK US THAT QUESTION
UM, I COULD GO OVER THAT AT, AT AD NAUSEUM OVER WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT, UM, WE'LL SCHEDULE SOME TIME TO SIT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU WITH REGARDS TO THIS OTHER QUESTION THAT YOU GAVE US EARLIER, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT PLAN OF FINANCE READY, OF HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE HAVE THAT FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, THE FIRST 10 YEARS, AND WE TAKE IT OUT TO 15 YEARS TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT GONNA GO SPEND MONEY WE CAN'T SPEND.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THAT.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY CONCERN.
IS WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? YEP.
AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.
AND I THINK, UH, TO, WE NEED TO SIMPLIFY THAT.
AND I, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF DETAIL IN THAT, BUT TO SIMPLIFY IT AND BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND SHOW, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING FOR ALL THIS IN, IN THE FUTURE HERE.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE, YOU HAD A MAP UP THERE AND, UH, IT TALKED ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AND THEN YOU SAID A NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL, UM SURE.
WHAT, UM, YOU CAN GO TO, UM, I THINK IT'S SLIDE SEVEN, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND ON THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL POINT? THAT WAS AN F A A APPROVED AND THEY FUNDED SOME, BUT WE FUNDED A HECK OF A LOT OF THAT FACILITY.
HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE PUT INTO THAT FACILITY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING? I DON'T, I, I DON'T HAVE, I I THINK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE I ARRIVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER.
IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE TUNE OF 15 TO 20 MILLION.
IT WAS A REHABILITATION OF THE EXISTING FACILITY, RIGHT.
UM, IT WASN'T REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION.
WE, WE ADD A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THAT, UH, TO TO, TO THAT FACILITY AS WE LOOK OUTWARDLY.
UM, AND WE LOOK AT TRYING TO BRING IN WIDE BODY AIRCRAFT INTO TERMINAL A.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE FOOTPRINT OF TERMINAL A BEING 70 FEET WIDE, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DISPLACE THAT EXISTING, WHAT WE CALL FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES FACILITY, AN F I S, WHERE YOU COME IN AND YOU PROCESS THROUGH US CUSTOMS. WE WANT TO SHIFT THAT TO TERMINAL C.
UM, AS, AS WE BUILD OUT THAT NEW FACILITY, JUST BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE
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GONNA HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PUT THREE WIDE BODY GATES, UH, THERE ON THE NEW INTERNATIONAL GATES AND PROVIDE A, A LARGER, UH, FOOTPRINT FOR A TERMINAL COMPLEX.UM, THAT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED, UM, AS WE SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS ADVANCED DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
AND, AND, AND, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME ANSWERS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHEN, WHEN YOU GET READY FOR THAT, I'D SURE LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, WE, IN FACT, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT.
THE CONSTRUCTION WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF, I GUESS IT WAS THE F A A OR MAYBE THE CUSTOMS, I THINK.
THEY CHANGED REQUIREMENTS ON US SEVERAL TIMES AND IT DELAYED THE PROJECT AND THE CITY HAD TO LAY A WHOLE BUNCH MORE MONEY INTO THAT FACILITY.
AND I WASN'T VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO WRITE SOME LETTERS TO CUSTOMS SAYING, HEY, GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER, BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST COSTING US MONEY.
NOT OUT OF THEIR POCKET, BUT OUT OF OUR POCKET TO PAY FOR THE, THE DELAYS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, I'M, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO USE THAT.
AND JUST WHENEVER YOU GET STARTED LOOKING AT THAT DETAIL, I'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
CERTAINLY AS, AS THAT EFFORT WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE US CUSTOMS AND, AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE F I S FACILITY WAS ADHERING TO THE 2016 DESIGN STANDARDS.
AND THEN THAT SHIFTED, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, TO 2019 DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAD TO HAPPEN THERE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ENSURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE MOST UPTODATE DESIGN STANDARDS AS WE GO FORWARD.
AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU ALL, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER BRAND NEW DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME WAY.
I'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT TOO.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE BUZZED IN MAKING SURE.
DID YOU HAVE COUNCILMAN BRAVO? THANK YOU, JESUS.
UM, I HEARD YOU MENTION, UM, EXTENDING A RUNWAY FROM 8,500 FEET TO 10,000 FEET IS 8,500 THE LONGEST AT THE ENTIRE AIRPORT.
8,500 IS OUR LONGEST RUNWAY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AT THE AIRPORT.
AND SO 10,000 FEET WILL ALLOW US TO DO SOME INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR NOW.
IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, UM, IF WE WANTED TO GET TO LONDON TODAY MM-HMM.
IF WE WANTED TO GO FURTHER SOUTH ON THE GLOBE AND WANTED TO GET LIKE, DEEP INTO SOUTH AMERICA, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY TO MAKE THOSE REACHES.
SO ARE THE, DOES THAT, DO YOU NEED THAT EXTRA RUNWAY LENGTH FOR TAKEOFF? 'CAUSE YOU'RE CARRYING MORE FUEL? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SO WOULD IT BE THE SAME PLANE BUT IT'S JUST HEAVIER BECAUSE IT'S CARRYING MORE FUEL? SO YOU NEED MORE TIME TAKE OFF RUNWAY.
JUST GETTING CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR, THAT'S IT.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, WE'LL, UM, I THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND FOR COMMITTEE QUESTIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS, UM, LEMME JUST DOUBLE CHECK.
IS IT THE 21ST AURORA, DO YOU KNOW? I THINK IT'S APRIL 21ST, BUT WE'LL, APRIL 19TH.