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LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, WELCOME TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON, BOTH OUR BRIEFING, SO WE'LL GET TO WORK.
UM, WE ARE GONNA TAKE THINGS, UH, OUT OF ORDER.
UM, JESUS, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO GO FIRST AND VIA WILL GO SECOND.
UH, AND THEN OUR COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WILL JOIN US, UH, SHORTLY.
UH, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR NEW, UH, WELCOME TO OUR NEW TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE AND HEAR YOUR, UH, PERSPECTIVES ON THINGS.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO, UH, STRAIGHT
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TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER, THE OCTOBER 31ST MEETING.DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 31? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 31ST.
UM, ACTUALLY, CAN WE DO THIS RIGHT NOW? 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO SECOND IT.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY CAN SECOND.
SO WE SHOULD IT WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY ABSTAIN.
ANY OPPOSED? UH, MOTION CARRIES.
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GONNA GO, UH, OUT OF ORDER.I MENTIONED TO THE, WELL, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM THREE, UM, ABOUT BRIEFING ON OUR AIRPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMITTEE, THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
UM, I KNOW I'VE GIVEN A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS IN THE B SESSION, BUT, UM, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL AND PROVIDE YOU SOME RECENT UPDATES ON, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY, YOU KNOW, VALUABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT.
SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE.
FEEL WELCOME TO STOP ME AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THEN I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
IN, UH, EARLY 2020 WHEN I ARRIVED, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS, UH, THAT BEGAN WITH REGARDS TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UM, OPERATING GATES THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT TODAY.
UM, WE'RE MOVING, UH, FORWARD AND I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, WE WILL BE OPENING THREE ADDITIONAL NEW GATES, UH, TWO INTO TERMINAL B AND ONE INTO TERMINAL A.
UH, THE ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE FAR NORTHERN CORNER, UH, GATE, UH, B NINE, WE CALL IT BRAVO NINE, UH, WILL BE OPENING HERE IN A FEW DAYS.
UM, SO WE STARTED DOWN THIS PROCESS WHEN WE BROUGHT THE ENTIRE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.
WE ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD THIS CONSTRUCTION ITEM TO BEGIN THE BUILD OUT OF THESE GATES.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON TIME AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHEDULE.
AND, UH, ABOVE THAT WE'RE UNDER BUDGET AS WELL, UM, AS WE, UH, GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THESE GATES.
SO, B NINE WILL BE OPENING FIRST AND THAT GATE WILL OPEN, UM, HERE ON DECEMBER 9TH.
SO WE'RE EXCITED, UH, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UH, THE NEXT GATE THAT WILL OPEN IS A GATE.
WE CALL THAT B ONE A, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, A LARGE, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, WITH THAT AS WELL.
AS YOU SEE THAT THAT RED PARCEL, UH, THERE ADJACENT TO GATE B ONE A, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOLD ROOM AREA.
AND THEN, UH, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON A 16, THAT'S, UH, AN EXPANSION TO WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THE RENOVATIONS OF TERMINAL A BACK IN 2014, THAT WE'RE TAKING OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SOME OF THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE AND ABOVE ALL, UTILIZE IT FOR ADDITIONAL GATE CAPACITY.
SO, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WERE LOOKING AT OPTIONS IN 2018 OF MOVING FORWARD, WE ALSO STARTED TO WORK ON, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHAT WE TALKED, WHAT WE REFERENCED BACK THEN AS A STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS NOW TURNED TO THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT WANT TO BUILD ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPACT ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE WERE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERMINAL B GATE EXPANSION PROGRAM, WHICH HAS LED TO THE TWO ADDITIONAL GATES, B ONE AND BA.
AND THEN, UM, EVEN WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID, WE, WE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AIRLINES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF WORKING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE S D P.
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THAT IS NOW THE T D P, UH, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT AT SOME POINT IT WAS GOING TO BE NECESS, IT WAS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO US FOR, FOR US TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.WE HAVE A TOTAL OF NUMBER, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF 24 GATES, AND WE NEEDED TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IF WE'RE GONNA WANT TO GROW.
SO, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER OF 21, UM, WHEN WE DID THAT CONTRACT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE S T P.
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ON TIME AND WE'RE UNDER, UNDER BUDGET WITH EACH OF THOSE GATES.
SO, MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH THAT EFFORT, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE GATES, UM, MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONING AS, AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE NEED, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT OF THIS? SO THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH RELATION, IN RELATION TO THE GATES, THE TWO NEW JET BRIDGES WITH THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING OF ELECTRICAL IT MECHANICAL WORK, AND THE BUILD OUT OF THE TWO ADDITIONAL HOLE ROOMS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HOLE ROOM, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SECURITY LANE IN TERMINAL B, HAS A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $29 MILLION.
AND THAT INCLUDES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND THE PROCUREMENT OF THE JET BRIDGES.
EARLY ANALYSIS THAT IS BEING PROVIDED TO US BY OUR CONSULTANTS, THAT THE OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THIS REGION FOR THESE THREE GATES ANNUALLY IS GONNA BE $555 MILLION BASED ON THE ANTICIPATION SPENDING OF 187 PASSENGERS NOW BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE EACH OF THOSE GATES ON FLIGHT, BOTH DEPARTING AND ARRIVING.
THESE THREE GATES WILL SUPPORT DOMESTIC AIR SERVICE AND IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL FIVE TURNS PER DAY.
AND THAT'S BASED ON THE AIRLINE LEASING USE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE EXISTING AIRLINES TODAY.
THE GATES HAVE PRETTY MUCH PAID FOR THEMSELVES THE SECOND THAT WE OPEN THEM, AND I'M HERE AND PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS IMPORTANT, BUT THEY PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AIR SERVICE CAPACITY AND SUPPORT FOR OUR OPERATIONS AND FOR OUR PASSENGERS SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE AROUND FREELY.
THE NEXT GATE, BRAVO B NINE, WILL BE THE FIRST TO OPEN, AS I MENTIONED, AND WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL NEXT WEEK.
UH, NOT ONLY DID WE CREATE THE OPENING FOR THE NEW GATE, WE DEMOLISHED THE CONCESSIONS AND THAT AREA AND THAT CONCESSIONS IS BEING DISPLACED.
THAT WAS A STARBUCKS THAT WAS THERE, AND WE'RE DISPLACING THAT TO THE FOOD COURT AREA THERE IN TERMINAL B.
SO THAT WILL OPEN, UM, HERE IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, COMING MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE A TEMPORARY STARBUCKS KIOSKS THAT WILL OPEN HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF, UH, DECEMBER.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, WE WILL HAVE A PERMANENT STARBUCKS IN THE FOOD COURT AREA FOR TERMINAL B.
THE NEW GATE SIGNIFIES A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THE AIRPORT BY ALLOWING AMERICAN AIRLINES TO NOW, UH, OPERATE IN A SINGLE TERMINAL TODAY.
THEY OPERATE OUT OF TERMINAL A AND TERMINAL B WITH THE OPENING OF B NINE, ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONS WILL MOVE TO TURMOIL B.
SO, UH, AMERICAN AIRLINES WILL ONLY BE OPERATING IN TERMINAL B GOING FORWARD.
THE OPENING OF, UH, GATE B ONE A, UH, OUR MOST VISIBLE CHANGE IN THAT AREA WILL BE, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND IT'S DIRECTLY LOCATED OPPOSITE OF THE FOOD COURT AS YOU GO INTO TERMINAL B.
BUT THE BIGGEST IMPACT WILL BE THE NEW HOLD ROOM.
IT'S A PRETTY CLOSE TO 2000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE PICTURES, UH, INTO THE TERMINAL FACILITY.
AND IT'S UTILIZING SOME EXISTING SQUARE FOOT, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WAS THERE, ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE ADDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE NEW, UH, GATE WILL OPEN IN JANUARY, EARLY JANUARY, ESTIMATED TO BE JANUARY 11TH, AND IT WILL OPERATE AS A CITY GATE, ALLOWING MULTIPLE CARRIERS TO USE AS NEEDED.
TODAY, WE, WE HAVE UNITED AND AMERICAN AND TURMO BASE, SO WE FULLY ANTICIPATE WITH, UH, INCREASED ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, THEY WILL TAKE UP THAT GATE AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN THE LAST GATE IS, UH, THAT WILL OPEN IS, OR, OR THAT WILL OPEN OR THAT WE'RE OPENING IS, UH, GATE A 16.
AND THAT'S IN THE FAR NORTHERN CORNER OF TERMINAL A.
UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE 2014 RENOVATIONS TERMINAL, A SPACE WAS LEFT, UM, THERE FOR THE NORTH CONCOURSE FOR A NEW GATE.
AND, UM, AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE AVAILABILITY AND THE CAPACITY OF THE NUMBER OF EXISTING GATES THAT WE HAVE TODAY, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE STARTED TO PREPARE THIS AREA, WHETHER IT WAS ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND OTHER SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO GET THAT READY.
UM, SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS MULTIPLE UTILIZATION FOR AIR CARRIERS IN TERMINAL A, INCLUDING, INCLUDING SOME IMPACTS TO ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL SERVICE THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO US WHERE WE CAN DISPLACE AND UTILIZE AN EXISTING INTERNATIONAL GATE AND
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MOVE THEM OVER TO USE A 16.SO WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, THE EXISTING INTERNATIONAL GATES FOR THEIR FULL USAGE.
THIS, UH, GATE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL RIGHT BEFORE THE PEAK CHRISTMAS TRAVEL, SO WE'RE ESTIMATING, UH, DECEMBER 21ST FOR THIS TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO US.
AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST MAJOR CHANGE IN THIS PROJECT, AND IT WAS CREATED.
UM, THE OTHER ADDITIONAL CHANGE IN THIS PROJECT WAS THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
WE HAD TO BUMP THAT OUT, UH, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO NINE FEET OF ITS EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO IF YOU GO THERE TODAY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
UH, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE LESS SPACE ON THE CONNECTOR THAT TAKES YOU INTO THAT.
UH, AS YOU'RE EXITING TURMOIL B ON THAT, UH, DEPARTURES LEVEL, WE JUST TOOK SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM THAT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE, UH, SPACE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL LANE.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? AS WE DID SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS FOR THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT WERE GOING THROUGH TURMOIL B AS YOU'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S JD POWERS OR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND RECENT ACCOLADES THAT THE AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED FOR, YOU KNOW, THE EXCELLENT SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR CUSTOMERS WITH WAIT TIMES AND THE T S H CHECKPOINTS.
I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LANE WITH TWO ADDITIONAL GATES GOING INTO TERMINAL B AND AMERICAN FULLY UTILIZING TERMINAL B.
AS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW, WE WANTED TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR FUTURE EXPANSION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE READY AND AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HOLD THOSE WAIT TIMES TO A VERY MINIMUM SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH TURMO B IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THAT, UH, BRINGS THAT, UH, SECURITY CHECKPOINT.
AND THEN JUST SOME RECENT, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WE STARTED, UH, THE OPERATIONS OF SPIRIT AIRLINES.
UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT, UH, ALL THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS HAVING.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAD TWO FLIGHTS THAT WENT OUT THAT DAY ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 148 PASSENGERS, BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE FULL.
UM, THERE WAS NOT AN EMPTY SEAT IN ANY OF THOSE AIRCRAFT.
THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING DAILY SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO HOLD HIGH LOAD FACTOR VAL, UH, LOAD FACTOR VOLUMES FOR BOTH OF THOSE, UH, FLIGHTS.
AND THEN THEY ANNOUNCED ON THAT DAY AS WELL, THAT ON MARCH 8TH, THEY WILL START OPERATIONS TO BALTIMORE, UH, B W I AND, UH, FORT LAUDERDALE ON MARCH 8TH AS WELL.
WHY? 'CAUSE IT'S ONE MORE NONSTOP DESTINATION.
AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE CREATING COMPETITION WITHIN THE EXISTING SERVICE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S BRINGING THE PRICE DOWN FOR THE PASSENGER.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO DEVELOP AND FRUITION WITH THESE CARRIERS THAT WANT TO PROVIDE SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AS, AS WE, AS WE DO SO EXCITED ABOUT SPIRIT.
UM, AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU GO INTO TERMINAL A, IT'S A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN.
AS YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE AVAILABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THAT WAS THERE, I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO, UH, JENNIFER MILLS PIER AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS AS IT RELATES TO THE BUILD OUT OF THESE, UM, NEW, UH, CONCESSION OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE DID A BIG BLAST WITH WHATABURGER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING AND BEING A PART OF THAT.
WE'VE DONE, UH, MOST RECENTLY WE OPENED BEER CODE.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KENS FIVE, YOU WILL NOW START TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION THAT'S OCCURRING WITH THE FOOD OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT'S VERY REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OR THE CITY OF GASTRONOMY AND WHAT WE PROVIDE HERE FOR THE CITY, I THINK THIS IS VERY REFLECTIVE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
SO WHETHER IT'S THE OPENING OF BEER CODE AND, UM, I'VE SAMPLED A COUPLE OF THEIR FOOD ITEMS. I HAVEN'T SAMPLED ANY OF THEIR BEER ITEMS BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO.
HE CALLED ME, HE GOES, I'M OFF WORK AND I'M FLYING OUT, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY THE TWO 10 LAYOVER.
SO WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN ONLY GET THAT BEER AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
YOU CAN'T GET IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
UM, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT HAPPENING.
I CAN TELL YOU I WALK BY THAT FREQUENTLY AND IT'S ALWAYS FULL.
THE FOOD IS PHENOMENAL, UH, OF WHAT THEY HAVE THERE.
SO EXCITED ABOUT BEER CODE SOUP.
BIEN IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND CHEF JOHNNY AND ALL THAT HE DOES FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE'RE EXCITED HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THIS IN WHAT I WOULD CALL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE QUICKEST TRANSFORMATIONS THAT HAS EVER BEEN DONE IN AN AIRPORT OF TRANSFERRING AN EXISTING SPACE AND PROVIDING WHAT HE'S DONE HERE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MURIEL THAT WAS PAINTED AS WELL, IT'S A TRUE REFLECTION.
UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, UH, A RUNWAY 13 RIGHT PAINTED ON THE WALL, AND IT TAKES YOU INTO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND A REFLECTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S
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TACOS OR TORTAS OR WHATEVER HE'S SERVING IN THERE.UM, IT'S SOME LONG LINES AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENJOYING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, SOME VERY TASTEFUL, UH, FOODS REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS THEY COME IN AND OUT OF HERE.
WE ALSO OPENED TO DINA'S MARKET, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU, AS YOU, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE INFORM, UH, OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE A TRUE TRANSFORMATION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMINAL A AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO THERE.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION TO, UM, I THINK ONE OF OUR, UH, MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS AS A CITY, OUR, OUR AIRPORT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, YOU ROUNDED OUT YOUR PRESENTATION ON, UM, ITEMS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE AIRPORT, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HEAR A LOT OF CRITICISM ABOUT HOW OUR, UH, AIRPORT DOESN'T REFLECT OUR CULTURE.
AND I, I REALLY SEE THE CHANGES AND, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY STARTING TO, I THINK IT ALWAYS HAS, HONESTLY, BUT I THINK WE REALLY ARE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR, FOR YOUR WORK, OF COURSE, FOR JEFFS, UM, AND, AND ALL OF THE COMMITTEE THAT'S SUPPORTED YOU GUYS FOR SO LONG, THE, UM, THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I, I THINK WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION FOR ME, AND WE WERE KIND OF JOKING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE AIR ABOUT THE AIRPORT LATELY, BUT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING THERE, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND REALLY WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT ULTIMATE GOAL IS MORE DIRECT FLIGHTS.
UH, THE, THE ULTIMATE EXPANSION OF, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ANOTHER, UM, I'M GONNA SAY IT WRONG, BUT THE, UM, THE TERMINAL, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THE AIRPORT IS THE ONE PROJECT, THE ONE ASSET THAT ONE PLACE THAT AFFECTS ALL LEVELS OF BUSINESS.
SO IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, THAT'S IS HOW I TRY TO, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I TRY TO SUPPORT, UH, NOT JUST SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT REALLY ALL OUR BUSINESS.
AND THAT'S, UM, LAY SQUARELY ON YOU, JESUS.
UM, IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO PUT OUR ENERGY BEHIND THIS PROJECT, AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THE, THE UPGRADED, UM, FACILITY AND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S GOING TO COME, UPGRADED PARKING, ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? UM, I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS AIRPORT EXPANSION, INCLUDING THE WORK THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED THIS AFTERNOON, IS CENTRAL TO ALL OF OUR CITY'S, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT VISION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ACTUAL QUESTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL REMIND, ESPECIALLY TO MY NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I RUN A VERY TIGHT SHIP.
SO WE GET, YOU GET FIVE MINUTES
UM, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYBODY OUT ON TIME AND RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME.
BUT, UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE? YEAH, THANKS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR MAKING YES, SIR.
SO, UH, ON B ONE A, IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY TIGHT SPOT.
IS IS, ARE THERE GONNA BE PROBLEMS WITH WAITING FOR ONE AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE BEFORE ANOTHER ONE CAN GET IN THAT LOCATION? YEAH, SO IT'S, IT IS VERY CLOSE, I WILL TELL YOU.
BUT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU SEE, UM, WHAT WE CALL AIRCRAFT DESIGN GROUP.
SO YOU HAVE AIRCRAFT DESIGN GROUP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX, UH, SIX BEING THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT YOU COULD OPERATE.
OUR ABILITY TO MOVE AND PUSH BACK THERE WHERE YOU SEE, UH, GATE B ONE A, UM, PROVIDES A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE OPEN SPACE THAT'S BEHIND IT TO THE LEFT.
SO EACH OF THOSE AIRCRAFT WILL SIT IN WHAT WE CALL A SAFETY ENVELOPE.
SO ALL OF THAT, UH, HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL DESIGN WORK.
UM, WE'VE WORKED NOT ONLY WITH OUR PLANNERS, THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT ALSO WITH CHIEF PILOTS AND THE AIRLINES TO ENSURE, UH, F A A HAS APPROVED THIS.
SO THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF IT.
SO NO CONCERNS WITH THE PUSHBACK AND THE MOVEMENTS OF THAT.
UM, WE TAKE, UH, VERY CAUTIOUS AND VERY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, UM, ATTENTION TO THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ON TIME PERFORMANCE, WHETHER THAT BE ON DEPARTURE OR ARRIVAL, AND ABOVE ALL THE OVERALL SAFETY AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATIONS ON OUR AIRPORT.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCOLADES THESE DAYS, AND IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT.
WE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, WHAT WE CALL, UH, UH, A 1 1 39 CERTIFICATION INSPECTION.
AND WE HAD ZERO DISCREPANCIES IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING OUR WORK.
AND THAT ENTAILS A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AS IT RELATES TO THE AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE MARKINGS, AS IT RELATES TO THE PAVEMENT, AS IT RELATES TO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON WHAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW, THE ADA AREA, WHICH IS EVERYTHING IN THE MOVEMENT AREA OF THE AIRPORT.
WELL, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT YOU HAD TALKED
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ABOUT, UM, THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND HOW MANY GATES RIGHT NOW AT A AND B SERVICE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.SO ZERO GATES AT TURMOIL B AND A TOTAL OF FIVE GATES IN TERMINAL A.
THAT SERVICE THAT, UM, WE ARE IN, IN, IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF LOOKING AS WE, YOU KNOW, JUST SUBMITTED IN THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THE ADDITION OF THE GROUND LOADING FACILITY.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE, UH, DOCUMENTS READY TO BRING TO COUNCIL HERE SHORTLY TO, UH, BEGIN TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT GROUND LOADING FACILITY TO ADD THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OR THE UTILIZATION OF SOME ADDITIONAL GATES AND THE ADDING OF A STERILE CORRIDOR TO CONNECT, TO ADD.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE IN THE GROUND LOADING FACILITY THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EXPANSION IN THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, REALM OF, OF OUR GROWTH.
I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WE OPENED UP AN INTERNATIONAL, UH, GATE FOR, I GUESS, GENERAL AVIATION SMALLER AIRCRAFT COMING IN.
IS THAT STILL IN OPERATION? AND WILL THAT CONTINUE? THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT REMAINS IN OPERATION.
IT'S ON THE NORTH, UH, END OF THE, OF THE COMPLEX, UH, ADJACENT TO 13, LEFT 31, RIGHT? THAT'S USED FOR WHAT WE CALL CORPORATE BUSINESS OPERATORS OR FIXED BASE OPERATORS FOR INTERNATIONAL, UH, ARRIVALS THAT COME IN, IN, OUT OF THERE.
IT OPERATES BETWEEN NINE AND NINE OR 8:00 PM 9:00 AM AND 8:00 PM SO THEY COORDINATE ON A RESERVATION BASIS FOR ANYONE THAT'S GONNA UTILIZE THAT, AND THAT REMAINS IN OPERATION TODAY.
UM, COURAGE, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
AND THANK YOU, JOSE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT THE GATE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON TRACK.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS MORE FOLKS TRAVELING TO AND THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, AND WITH THE NEW GATES, UM, THE NEW CHECKING GATES AND THE TERMINALS, UM, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE, RIGHT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMING, UH, THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY, CONFERENCE SEASON, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL TRAVELING TO AND FROM DIFFERENT CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WHEN, UH, OUR OFFICE TRAVELS, WE TYPICALLY USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE AIRPORT AND TO LEAVE THE AIRPORT.
UH, AND RECENTLY, RIGHT? SOME OF OUR FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED, NOT BECAUSE OF OUR AIRPORT, UM, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET HERE, LIKE AT 12:30 AM UM, WE'RE THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE IS TO TAKE A UBER OR CAB, RIGHT? SO MY QUESTION IS, WITH ALL ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC, UM, COMING THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND FOLKS LEAVING THE AIRPORT, HAS THERE BEEN CONVERSATION WITH VIA ABOUT POTENTIALLY, UH, EXTENDING THE LINEUP FOR THE BUS THAT RUNS TO THE AIRPORT? UM, HAVE Y'ALL HAD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT OR POTENTIALLY, UH, USING, UH, THE BUS STOPS THAT HAVE THE, ESSENTIALLY LIKE THE HUBS, RIGHT? LIKE CENTRO, WHERE A BUS CAN RUN PAST 12:30 AM THE LINEUP, UM, TO GET TO THOSE MAIN CHECKPOINTS SO THAT WAY FOLKS, UM, VISITORS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO ONE OF THESE MAIN CORRIDORS AND THEN THEY CAN POTENTIALLY TAKE A UBER OR WALK HOME.
HAS THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED? WELL, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER IT.
AND I DON'T WANNA STEAL ANY THUNDER FROM JACK
SHE'S, SHE'S LIKE, HEY, DON'T BE SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF,
UM, BUT I, I WILL TELL YOU THE QUICK ANSWER IS YES, WE HAVE, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THE SHORT TERM OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOME THOUGHTS OF WHAT WE HAVE LONG TERM.
OKAY? SO OBVIOUSLY IN THE SHORT TERM, WE'VE HAD SOME SERVICE THAT HAS BEGUN TO, TO INCREASE, WHETHER THAT'S THE CONNECTIVITY GOING INTO THE NORTH STAR MALL MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE SOME INCREASE IN SERVICE THERE.
UM, WE HAVE THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO THE NORTH AS WELL.
UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT ROUTE SPECIFICALLY UP ON THE 2 81 7, IT'S ALSO SEVEN.
SO, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOW DO WE INCREASE SOME OF THAT SERVICE TO PROVIDE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL DATA THAT'S BEING MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT'S SHORT TERM OF SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING LONG TERM.
I WILL TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY, WHETHER IT'S THE ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, THE A R T THAT, THAT THE CITY'S EMBARKING UPON WITH THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE AIRPORT, UM, THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
AND WE AS AN AIRPORT IN OUR TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAVE A PARCEL THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR JUST GROUND TRANSPORTATION.
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DO WE BRING IN THOSE SERVICES INTO THE AIRPORT TO CONNECT, WHETHER IT'S FOR CONVENTION OR WHETHER FOR ITS EMPLOYEES, OR WHETHER FOR ITS PASSENGERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT.WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF DISCUSSING ALL OF THOSE LONG RANGE PLANS.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE FROM A R T AND THEIR PRESENTATION TODAY, THEIR THOUGHTS OF HOW THAT'S GONNA CONNECT.
LET'S JUST GO NORTH TO SOUTH, AND I THINK LONG TERM, THERE'S EVEN DISCUSSIONS EAST TO WEST AS WELL, THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.
SO THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND FUNDING, RIGHT, ULTIMATELY IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT VIA AND THOSE INCREASED ROUTES.
UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, UH, MORE FREQUENT ROUTES WITH THE FIVE AND SEVEN, UM, BUT THE, THE HICCUP, RIGHT? WAS THAT THE LINEUPS AT 12:30 AM SO THERE'S FREQUENCY UP UNTIL 1230, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHAT'S THE LATEST FLIGHT THAT ARRIVES TO THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT? YEAH, SO, UM, UH, I'LL GET IN TROUBLE THE SECOND THAT I SAY THAT BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T WANNA JIN STUFF.
ALL NEVERMIND
AND ON THE DEPARTURES, UH, WE HAVE FLIGHTS AS LATE AS 10:00 PM MM-HMM.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS THERE.
AND WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT, WE HAVE DUTY MANAGERS THAT ARE AT THE AIRPORT.
SOMETIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, IF IT'S TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND WE'VE HAD AN IRREGULAR OPERATION, UH, BECAUSE AN AIRCRAFT COULDN'T TAKE OFF
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE LONG-TERM PLANS, AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT I CAN HELP ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT YOU ALL IN THAT WORK, I'M HAPPY TO.
SO THANK Y'ALL AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE CONTINUED WORK.
RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, OKAY.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, ANY FOLLOW UP? UH OH, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, LET ME JUST, UH, SAY HAS, HAS THE PARKING THAT'S, UH, BEEN INCLUDED AT THE VIA, UH, STOP UP 2 81, HAS THAT HAD ANY KIND OF IMPACT, UH, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ON THE PROBLEMS WITH PARKING THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT? UM, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR OBSERVATION ABOUT THAT? I WILL TELL YOU JUST REALLY QUICK NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLE HOLIDAY SEASON ALREADY.
UH, WE'RE ALREADY IN, UM, THE PRE-PLANNING FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THE THANKS FOR, FOR THE CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER HOLIDAYS AS WE GET READY FOR THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE PARKED PRETTY CLOSE TO 10,000 VEHICLES, UM, HERE OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS.
AS IT RELATES TO THE PASSENGER UPTICK, WE'RE PROBABLY 7% ABOVE 2019 19 NUMBERS FOR THE, THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT JUST AS WE STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE SEEN THAT INCREASE.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL.
AS I'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THE GEOGRAPHICAL RADIUS OF THE UTILIZATION OF OUR AIRPORT IS EXPANDING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM FURTHER DISTANCES TO UTILIZE OUR AIRPORT, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE AN UBER OR A CAB OR A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY TO DO THAT.
THEY'RE GONNA DRIVE THEIR OWN VEHICLE AND THEY'RE GONNA PARK.
SO AS WE GET INTO THESE PEAK HOLIDAY SEASONS, WE'RE COORDINATING THAT.
WE NOW HAVE VALET THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO UTILIZE.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY WELL, UH, OILED MACHINE IN THE WAY THAT THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, RYAN ROCHA, AND THE WORK THAT HE DID WITH HIS ENTIRE TEAM ON HOW WE BALANCED THAT OUT.
UM, AND WITH MINIMAL, MINIMAL COMPLAINTS.
SO WE'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF BALANCING PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PARK IN A VALET, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PARK IN SHORT TERM, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PARK IN LONG TERM, OR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PARK IN THE SURFACE LOT AND PARK $8 A DAY.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE OFFERINGS TO EVERYONE.
SO, UH, WE'VE PUT OURSELVES IN A GOOD POSITION AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES, I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR, FOR VIA TO TELL ME HOW MANY VEHICLES PARKED THERE.
BUT, UM, WE'RE EXPERIENCING GROWTH AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
I'LL, I'LL ASK VIA SOME MORE ABOUT THAT PARK AND RIGHT AREA.
UM, THAT WAS A, A BRIEFING ITEM.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.
UM, OUR BRIEFING BY VIA COME ON UP,
I WILL START, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL START WITH A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AIRPORT JUST AS A BRIDGE.
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THAT? SO WE, UH, WE FIRST BEGAN OPERATING FROM THE STONE OAK PARK AND RIDE TO THE AIRPORT IN JUST IN AUGUST.SO IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW SERVICE.
I'M TOLD THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE FIVE TO 10 CARS 'CAUSE WE'VE DESIGNATED SPACES ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF A FOUR STORY GARAGE THERE.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT I HAVE A NUMBER OF FRIENDS FROM MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE PLANNING TO USE THAT SERVICE FOR THEIR, UH, CHRISTMAS FLIGHTS.
AND SO AS FAR AS THE SPAN OF SERVICE GOES, UH, THE SPAN OF SERVICE WILL OF COURSE INCREASE AS THE RIDERSHIP INCREASES AND AS WE HAVE BUS OPERATORS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE CURRENTLY ARE OPERATING REDUCED SCHEDULES BECAUSE WE HAVE REDUCED NUMBERS OF OPERATORS.
SO AS THAT, AS THAT IN, UH, GROWS AND AS WE BEGIN RECEIVING THE NEW A T D FUNDS IN 2026, SO WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN BE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS.
BUT TODAY WE'RE HERE
UH, BEFORE I CONTINUE, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A CITY APPOINTED TRUSTEE, J JAVIER PERES JAVIER RIGHT HERE, WHO'S JOINING US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
JAVIER BRINGS A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND ENERGY TO THE BOARD.
SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ILAS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WHAT'S IN THE WHYS I L A BEING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE COOPERATIVE PROCESS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, UH, IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER AN I L A THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY, AND THEN POTENTIALLY FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OF THE REMAINING ACTIVITIES, WHICH I GAVE THE PUNCHLINE AWAY ALREADY, BUT CAMMIE WILL FILL IN THE DETAILS IN BETWEEN.
SO ONE OF THE KEY WHY'S IS KIND OF, THIS KIND OF BRINGS TO MIND ONE OF THE KEY WHY'S.
SO THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, VIA HAS A LINE ITEM FROM THE NORTH SOUTH LINE.
YOU SEE, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT, UH, FIVE NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE INTRODUCED FOR F Y 23.
WHAT MAKES OUR LINE ITEM SPECIAL IS WE SUBMITTED OUR GRANT PROPOSAL IN SEPTEMBER.
IS THAT RIGHT? IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A, AN EARLY EVALUATION IN JANUARY, AND WE STILL MADE IT IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, WHICH WAS REALLY FAST TRACKED.
BUT IT REALLY ALSO REFLECTS THE GREAT WORK THAT BOTH CAMMY AND HER STAFF AND AND OUR CONSULTANTS, GREAT WORK THEY DO WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THEY MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISIONS.
AND SO I ALWAYS SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND GOLDEN RULE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE, THE SECOND GOLDEN RULE, WHICH IS HE WHO, THEY WHO HOLD THE GOLD MAKE THE RULES.
ONE OF THE REASONS YOU NEED THE ILA IS BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE HOLD THE GOLD.
AND ONE OF THEIR RULES IS YOU WILL HAVE A FORMALIZED AGREEMENT ON HOW YOU DEVELOP THE PROJECT AND LATER HOW YOU OPERATE THE PROJECT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA SATISFY THE F T A, IT'S WORTH ALMOST $160 MILLION TO US RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE, WE, UH, ARE EXPECTING THAT WE'LL HAVE F T A SUPPORT FOR AS WELL.
UH, BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY A BEST PRACTICE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY VIA AND THE CITY ARE PARTNERING TO PUT IN A, AN ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WE ARE IN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY NEARLY THE ENTIRE EXTENT.
SO WE WILL HAVE JOINT OPERATION WITHIN THAT, THAT EXTENT THE I L A IS THERE SIMPLY TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE PARTNERS AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL DO FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO WHAT THE I L A FOCUSES ON THIS I L A, THE FIRST PIECE WILL BE THE PROJECT FUNDING.
SO AS YOU RECALL, WE CAME TO I THINK B SECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT I CALL A T D TWO, WHICH IS THE SECOND PIECE OF A T D THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, 2020 WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DESIGNATE 100% OF A TT TWO TO THE KEEP SAN ANTONIO MOVING PLAN, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE A R T SYSTEM.
AND SO WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE I L A RATHER THAN HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT OF ANY SORT THAT WILL SAY THAT THAT'S HOW THAT THAT WILL WORK MOVING FORWARD.
THEN WE'LL ALSO DEFINE THE VARIOUS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AS I SAID, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND VIA.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH DESIGN.
MUCH OF IT HAS TO DO WITH AGREEMENT ABOUT WHEN VIA WILL PRODUCE CERTAIN INFORMATION AND HOW LONG THE CITY WILL TAKE TO REVIEW IT.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP A SCHEDULE.
WE NEED TO KEEP THE SCHEDULE IN EVERYTHING WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WASHINGTON DC RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WILL LAST.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ADVANCE OUR PROJECT QUICKLY.
UH, THE SECOND THING IS, DURING CONSTRUCTION, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WILL THE VARIOUS, UH, RE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BE? AND FINALLY, THERE'LL BE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UH, AND WHAT THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WILL BE IS TO MAKE SURE WE'VE SET UP PROTOCOLS AND METHODS SO THAT,
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FOR EXAMPLE, IF THREE ONE ONE GOT A CALL ABOUT THAT CORRIDOR, THAT THREE ONE ONE WOULD KNOW WHOM TO REFER THAT TO AT VIA.SO THAT'S THE THIRD MAJOR PIECE OF THE I L A.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHER ELEMENTS.
ONE IS THE I L A DEFINES HOW WE WILL APPROACH BETTERMENTS.
SO BETTERMENTS ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT THAT ARE STRICTLY SPEAKING, NOT NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT, AND STRICTLY SPEAKING, ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO ENHANCE THE RIDERSHIP IN THE PROJECT, BUT COULD BE DESIRABLE.
AND SO WE DEFINE WHAT BETTERMENTS ARE IN THE AGREEMENT AND WE'LL DEFINE HOW THOSE ARE CONSIDERED.
OUR CONCERN, OF COURSE, WILL BE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LAY EXTRA COST ON THE PROJECT ITSELF WITHOUT EXTRA BENEFIT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE PRIMARY FACTORS THAT THE F D A CONSIDERS IS THAT COST BENEFIT.
UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE DESIGNATED THAT WE WILL MOVING FORWARD, PUT TOGETHER AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD TALK ABOUT BOTH THE TRANSIT ELEMENTS, WHICH ARE THE LANE, THE THE STATION AREA AS YOU SEE THERE, AND THEN THE NON-TRANS ELEMENTS, WHICH ARE THE REMAINDER, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE, THE REMAINDER OF SAN PEDRO STREET.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD APPROACH ANY KIND OF CAPITAL MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE, BOTH FROM A, UH, FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO THE I L A DOES RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR FUTURE AGREEMENTS AND LAYS OUT THAT REQUIREMENT ON ALL OF US.
JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE, WE ANTICIPATE BEGINNING OPERATION HERE IN 2027.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO REFLECT THE FINAL DESIGN, WHICH IS, WHICH IS COMING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
SO TO SUPPLEMENT OUR STAFF EXPERTISE, WE'VE ENGAGED CONSULTANTS WHO'VE DEVELOPED ILAS ACROSS THE NATION.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE A R T IS A CITY VIA PARTNERSHIP, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE I L A IS ALSO A COOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
AND SO I HAVE CAMIE HORN WHO IS OUR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO EVERYTHING THAT IS OUT THERE FROM PLANNING SERVICE TO TO BUILDING A R T LINES, FALLS UNDER CANDY CAMMIE.
AND SHE'S GOING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE PROCESS THAT THE STAFF HAS DEVELOPED, HOW THAT WILL LAY OUT AND WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS MOVING FORWARD.
AND OOPS, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
BRUCE, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO VERY EXCITING TIMES FOR, FOR SAN ANTONIO AND FOR VIA, WE'VE DONE A LOT AS JEFF COVERED, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
SO WE DID ENTER THE F T A CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM, AND THAT IS REALLY THE, THE FIRST STEP.
SO YOU ENTER INTO WHAT IS CALLED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROJECT, AND THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST STEP.
IT LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR, UM, A CONTINUING REALLY ITERATIVE PROCESS WITH FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT.
AND SO THEN VERY SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE WERE RECOMMENDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, AND WITH OUR AGENCIES TO, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH THE BUSINESSES.
UM, WE'VE DONE MANY, UM, OPEN HOUSES, UH, STARTED ON OUR UTILITY COORDINATION, UM, AS WELL.
UM, AS WE'VE HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UM, CITY STAFF.
I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE TAMIKA AND HER TEAM, UM, WHO'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT.
UM, AND JUST, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE 30% PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER AND HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED TO THE CITY.
SO I REALLY LIKE THIS DIAGRAM.
UM, BUT THIS DIAGRAM REALLY SHOWS YOU START AND THEN YOU GET MORE DETAILED DESIGN.
SO THE 30% DESIGN IS A MILESTONE, AND IT IS THE MILESTONE AT WHICH, SO WE ARE IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE NEXT MILESTONE WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION IS CALLED ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING.
AND THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT STEP BECAUSE IT ALSO, UM, CAPS THE, THE FEDERAL SHARE THEN, UM, THE, SO THE FEDERAL SHARE IN THE PROJECT.
SO WE, UM, WE WORK VERY HARD, UM, TO, TO GET THAT RIGHT.
THE OTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS DIAGRAM IS IT, IT KIND OF SHOWS TO HOW WE DEVELOP AN I L A AND SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS.
SO AT 30% DESIGN THERE, WE ARE AT A MORE HIGH LEVEL THAN SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS THAT COME AFTER THAT.
SO THIS INITIAL I L A IS JUST AS JEFF COVERED, IT'S SORT OF THE HOW AND THE WHY AND THE WHEN.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE GET INTO THE 60 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT
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DESIGN, WE'LL HAVE MORE, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE MORE, UH, DETAILED AND ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THAT AS WE GET INTO THE DETAILS.THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE WORKING TO COMPLETE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL FEDERAL, UM, ALL, ALL FEDERAL PROJECTS.
AND SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, UM, THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HOPEFULLY COMPLETE THAT IN, UM, THIS COMING FEBRUARY.
SO SOME KEY DATES HERE AND SOME KEY INFORMATION AS WELL.
SO WE HAD A, A REALLY, A REALLY GOOD, UH, COUPLE DAY WORKSHOP ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CITY STAFF.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS GREAT.
WE WENT THROUGH AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT IS, UM, WENT THROUGH AND DISCUSSED, TOOK, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS AND THEN CAME BACK AND COMPLETED OUR FIRST REALLY ENGAGEMENT, UM, ONE-ON-ONE WITH, WITH THE CITY STAFF.
AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THAT, UH, DISCUSSION WAS THE REALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKING GROUPS.
AND THE WORKING GROUPS VERY MUCH MIRROR THE RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR WORKING GROUPS.
ONE IS ON THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS THE FIRST THING, UM, INSPECTION AND PERMITTING.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEN ALSO FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO THOSE WILL BE ONGOING WORKING GROUPS.
AND REALLY WE'RE A PRODUCT OF THAT WORKSHOP THAT WE JUST HELD.
UM, AND SO THEN MOVING ON FROM THERE, THIS IS, THIS, THIS SCHEDULE IS DESIGNED.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, THE LEGAL COORDINATION, A JOINT REVIEW OF THE, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT MOVING INTO JANUARY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO, UM, THIS COMMITTEE PRIOR TO, UM, HOPEFULLY APPROVALS IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN FINALIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN MARCH.
AND WHY ARE THOSE DATES IMPORTANT? WELL, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING BEING A MILESTONE, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT JEFF MENTIONED REALLY WANTING TO, TO GET THIS DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, WITH THE FAVORABLE, FAVORABLE CONDITIONS IN WASHINGTON DC ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN HAND WHEN WE, UH, ASK FOR ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING IS THIS INITIAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
I MEAN, VERY, BASICALLY IT'S A FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SAYING IS, IF WE PUT MONEY INTO YOUR PROJECT, IS THERE GONNA BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP? AND ARE THINGS GONNA WORK OUT AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT? 'CAUSE WE ARE COMMITTING THIS, THIS MUCH MONEY, AND THEY, THEY WANT TO SEE THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, THAT WE GET THAT DONE ON THE SCHEDULE SO WE CAN CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
SO I THINK I'VE DESCRIBED MOST OF THE SCHEDULE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WE WOULD HOPE TO GET THE GRANT AWARD IN 2025 WITH A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND BY BY 2025, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD THROUGH OUR TESTING AND STARTUP TO ENTER INTO REVENUE SERVICE, UM, IN 2027.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE, AND WE ARE OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DID YOU WANNA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, JEFF, OR YOU JUST UP, READY TO GO? OKAY, WONDERFUL.
I, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HER, BUT, AND, AND THANK YOU CAM.
THANK FOR THANKS TO JEFF AND THANK YOU J BEING HERE AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, I REMEMBER WELL THAT DAY, UM, IN DC WE WERE, UM, IN FRONT OF THE F FDA A I THINK THAT MORNING OR THE DAY BEFORE, WE'D HEARD ABOUT THE, UM, AND JOHN GARY, OF COURSE, I CAN'T FORGET, UM, ABOUT THE, THE FUNDING.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY, UH, AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S UNFAIR OF THE F T A TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY WANT, THAT THEY'RE FUNDING IN THEIR INVESTING IN, UM, A PROGRAM THAT THAT IS GONNA WORK, RIGHT? WE ALL NEED TO GET ALONG.
WE NEED TO SHOW, UH, THE FT A THAT WE'RE GONNA GET ALONG, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF STILL, UH, REMEMBER THAT EXCITEMENT.
IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THAT FUNDING.
UM, THE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE OF THEM THAT REALLY INTRIGUES ME IS THE I L A, THE BETTERMENTS, UM, SPECIFICALLY NON-TRANS ONES.
I REMEMBER IN THAT CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE, UM, PUBLIC TRANS TRANSIT NEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IS THAT, IS THAT A BETTERMENT OR IS THAT, COULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN NON-TRANS TRANSIT BETTERMENT OR, THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT BUT RELATED ACTIVITY.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE, BE PART OF THE PROJECT PER SE, AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT IMPACT THE COST BENEFIT.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPROVE THE OVERALL, UM, EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SERVICE AND THE INVESTMENT.
AND, UM, I'M GETTING MAYBE A LITTLE TOO INTO
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THE WEEDS HERE.I, THERE WAS A MAP OF THE, WHAT SLIDE WAS THAT? THIS KIND OF, OH, I GUESS IT WAS THE, ONE OF THE OPENING SLIDES.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, NOT TODAY, BUT, UH, I'M SURE THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU CAN TELL US WHERE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ALONG THAT ROUTE, UM, OR HOW IT WOULD CONNECT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
UM, ALSO, IS THERE ANY WAY TO ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW THE EXPECTED RIDERSHIP ON THE A R T? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND IT IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT FEDERAL TRANSIT HAS ACTUALLY IN THE, THE REALLY IN ENTERING INTO THIS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, I JUST, SO, ABSOLUTELY.
SO PRE C O I, UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE, WE LOOK AT ALL THE LINES THAT ARE SERVING TODAY.
AND SO PRE C O V I D, THAT WAS, UM, A LITTLE OVER 4,000, BETWEEN FOUR AND 5,000 BOARDINGS PER DAY.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR OPENING DAY IS ABOUT 7,000 BOARDINGS PER DAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IS THE, IS THE OUTLOOK.
SO THE 2040 ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 14,000 BOARDINGS PER DAY.
JUST ALONG THAT WRAP, JUST, OKAY.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF US IN THIS ROOM WANNA SEE THE NEXT STEP, THE, THE WEST EAST TOO.
SO THAT'S EXCITING TO, TO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THAT.
AND THAT ESTIMATE DOES NOT INCORPORATE NECESSARILY TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH COULD UP THOSE ESTIMATES ULTIMATELY.
I MEAN, I'M TELL YOU THAT YOUR, UH, YOUR TRUSTEE OVER HERE MM-HMM.
IS REALLY KEEN ON IDENTIFYING WHERE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANS DEVELOPMENT CAN BE.
UM, AND I KNOW Y'ALL, HE SERVED WITH US ON THE N P O TOO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT THE, UH, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
THAT NUMBER IS EXCITING TO KNOW.
EVEN OPENING DAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE INCREASED IT TO WHAT, AT LEAST THAT CORRIDOR, UM, RIDERSHIP IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I NOW FORGOT, BUT, UM, I, I HAVE, I HAVE ANOTHER THREE MINUTES.
I MAY I BRING IT BACK, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WAS, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UM, WELL ACTUALLY NO, ONE MORE.
IS THIS I L A, IS IT UNIQUE? I MEAN, IS IT, I KNOW IT'S UNIQUE TO US.
WE'VE NOT REALLY HAD TO DO THIS KIND OF AN I L A BEFORE, BUT HA HAS, IS IT HAPPENED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY? YEP.
SO, SO IT WOULD HAPPEN IN, IN, IN ANY, BASICALLY ANY, UM, MUNICIPALITY WORKING WITH A TRANSIT AGENCY, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE AN I L A TO, UM, TO BASICALLY START YOUR RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE.
I MEAN, AMONG, AMONG OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS THAT A TRANSIT AGENCY AND A CITY WOULD COME TOGETHER, UM, OTHER PROJECTS, BUT DEFINITELY FOR, UM, RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTS AND DEFINITELY FOR, UM, THOSE IN THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM.
NOW, I WILL SAY THERE ARE SOME CITIES WHERE, UM, THE TRANSIT AGENCY IS LIKE A DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
AND SO THOSE AGREEMENTS LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT MM-HMM.
WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, THE AGENCY AND THE CITY COMING TOGETHER, UM, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IN FACT, IN, IN HOUSTON, WHEN I WAS IN HOUSTON, WE DEVELOPED IN YEAR 2000, THE FIRST I L A THAT SUPPORTED THEIR FIRST LIGHT RAIL LINE.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE LARGE H O V NETWORK, I THINK WE HAD A HUNDRED MILES OF ONE-WAY REVERSIBLE LANES OF H O V AND, AND HARRIS COUNTY.
UM, WE JOINTLY OPERATED THAT WITH TXDOT.
IT WAS A, THAT WAS A METRO TXDOT PROJECT.
AND WE HAD AN ILA I L A VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE, WERE DEVELOPING A LANE, AND THEN WE WERE OPERATING AND, UH, PATROLLING THAT LANE.
SO WE HAD SORT OF A BLUEPRINT TO KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH, BUT, OKAY.
I, I THINK THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY, OH, WELL, BEFORE I STOP, UH, I, I, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE AIRPORT EARLIER THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR BEST ASSETS AND IT HELPS OUR BUSINESSES AT, IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY VIA IS ON THE SAME LEVEL TO ME.
UM, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ARE LIKE THOSE DUCKS IN THE WATER, RIGHT? EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S ALL REAL COOL, BUT YOU'RE UNDERNEATH THE WATER LIKE THAT
SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK, UM, ON ALL YOUR TEAM.
AND I THINK WE JUST, WE SEE THOSE BUSES EVERY DAY, BUT IT, IT, UH, COSTS MONEY TO RUN THOSE.
I MEAN, IT'S A BIG EFFORT THAT YOU DO FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, COUNCIL, ANY COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN
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I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE EAST WEST, UH, CORRIDOR.I, ON SLIDE THREE, IT LISTS OTHER STATE PROJECTS.
DID THEY, THERE WERE ONLY THE, UM, NEW YORK SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY AND OURS THAT RECEIVED FUNDING THIS PAST THIS FOR THIS BUDGET.
THOSE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE ENTERED INTO THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
SO THEY MOST JUST DID, OR THE TOP TWO DIDN'T GET THE MINNESOTA AND THE ARIZONA ONES JUST DIDN'T GET FUNDING.
SO SOME, SOMETIMES PROJECTS ARE LISTED AND THEN THEY, THEY WILL JUST BE LISTED BUT WITHOUT FUNDING.
UM, SO I, I CAN'T COMMENT ON THEIR PROJECTS, BUT SOMETIMES THAT, THAT HAPPENS.
AND, UM, I MEAN, IT COULD EVEN HAPPEN FOR, UH, LIKE OUR EAST WEST, LIKE WE WANNA HAVE IT LISTED IN THE, UM, IN THE REPORT, BUT WE, WE MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARILY BE READY FOR THAT STEP.
THAT WAS JUST A SMALL CURIOSITY I HAD.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SUPER EXCITED.
OH, WHERE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING? UH, JEFF REMINDED ME, AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TOO, THAT WE ALSO JUST, UM, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO HEARD THAT OUR EAST WEST PROJECT ALSO ENTERED INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR, UH, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO BE, UM, LISTED IN THE REPORT IN FEBRUARY AS WELL.
COUNCILMAN N RODRIGUEZ, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
UH, I THINK JEFF KNOWS THAT I'VE BEEN A FAN OF A R T SINCE I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL AND, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH HIM TO CALIFORNIA.
AND WE WROTE ON A SYSTEM, I THINK IT WAS IN LA AND WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT THEY HAD OVER THERE.
UH, AND THEN I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CHINA WITH THE CITY AND SAW FIRSTHAND A LOT OF THEIR ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT THAT THEY HAVE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, PROVIDE MORE TRANSPORTATION ALL OVER.
AND I THINK THAT EAST WEST LINE IS JUST DO ONE AND, AND NOT RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE, AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
SO, UH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH, AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO ME BY, UH, SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE A CONCERN.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, LAYING OUT THE PLANNING OF THE LINE AND YOU TALK ABOUT BETTERMENTS AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT NON-TRANS ELEMENTS, UH, WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IS, WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THEY DO THIS, THEY WANNA LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE PROPERTY A HALF A MILE NORTH AND A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THESE TRANSIT AREAS.
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT, UH, ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY? ARE THEY GONNA SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO PUT IN MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, OR DO WE NEED TO DEDICATE CERTAIN AREAS FOR SOME KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT? HOW WILL THAT IMPACT US WHO LIVE THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS ON ONE SIDE OF SAN PEDRO, OR THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS ON THE OTHER? SO I THINK IT'S THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS THIS GETS DEVELOPED THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, CLARIFIED AND EXPLAINED, EXPLAINED SO THAT WE HAVE MORE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
PARTS OF SAN PEDRO ARE WIDE AS HECK, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET DOWN NEAR SAC, ONCE WE GO SOUTH OF HILDEBRAND, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD.
HOW DO YOU FIT A R T IN SUCH A NARROW WAY WITHOUT IMPACTING ALL OF THE BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES AROUND THERE? SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL MIGHT NEED TO BE NOTIFIED MORE ABOUT SO THAT WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE.
SO I WILL SPEAK TO THE HALF A MILE NORTH AND HALF A MILE SOUTH.
THERE WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHERE SOMEONE CLAIMED THAT VIA WAS DOING THAT, BUT WE ARE NOT DOING THAT AT ALL.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AT CERTAIN SITES, BUT ALL OF THAT'S GONNA BE DONE WITHIN A PUBLIC CONTEXT SEPARATE FROM THE PROJECT.
SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT RECREATING, IF YOU WILL, WHAT'S IN THE CORRIDOR.
WE THINK THAT A R T WILL LEAD THE, THE MARKET TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CORRIDOR.
AND WE MAY PARTICIPATE IN SOME PROJECTS OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BUY UP THE CORRIDOR AND REDEVELOP IT.
COULD ANY OF THE LANES IN THAT NARROW AREA BE RAISED TO PROVIDE THE ACCESS THAT YOU NEED? ELEVATED LANES GOING, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SAN PEDRO WHERE IT'S SO NARROW, NOT ELEVATED, UH, RIGHT NOW.
I'LL JUST COMMENT COUNCILMAN, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT.
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DOES HAVE TO DO, UM, WITH, WITH COST BENEFIT, UM, ANALYSIS AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT VERY NARROW CUT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SHOW THE, UM, BASICALLY THE POSITIVE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF NUMBER OF RIDERS AND LENGTH OF THE, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO I, I DID, IF I CAN JUST SAY, UM, AS WELL, I DID WANNA MENTION, UM, ONE, AND I THINK YOUR COMMENT, UM, COUNCILMAN WAS TO, TO, TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION PUT OUT THERE ABOUT THE IMPACTS.
UH, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT PART OF THAT, UM, IS WE ARE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT, UM, EXISTING AND FUTURE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, UM, TO THE, TO THE PROJECT AND ALSO THE IMPACT OF OUR PROJECT COMBINED WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON AT THE TIME.
SO IF WE KNOW, UM, THAT THERE'S LIKE SEVERAL ROADWAY PROJECTS AND SOMETHING ELSE.
LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AT ONCE AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY THAT, ALTHOUGH I THINK YOUR COMMENT WAS, WAS BASICALLY TO GET THAT, GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.
ART AND TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE CONTINUED WORK.
I'M LOOKING AT NOVEMBER, 2022 FOR THE IA, UH, THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, KEY DATES AND NEXT STEPS.
UM, I, I SEE THAT THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, LIKE WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED, BUT HAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BEEN IN THE LOOP IN THE PLANNING OF THIS? AND, UM, WHAT INPUT ARE Y'ALL SEEKING, UH, WHEN MEETING WITH THEM AND ABSOLUTELY.
COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, MANY, MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, UM, HAVE BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, NOT ONLY IN THE, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT LEADING UP TO THAT MM-HMM.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY, I WOULD SAY, GOING HAND IN HAND, UM, BECAUSE IT IS THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY.
SO, UM, MEETING ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS AND DURING THE WORKSHOP, UH, THERE WAS GREAT, GREAT INPUT, WHICH I THINK ONE OF THE, THE, THE GREAT THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THE DEVELOPING OF THE WORKING GROUPS.
AND I ASKED BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW WITH A LOT OF OUR, UH, MAIN STREETS AND CORRIDORS, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT? THERE'S ALSO NEARBY, UH, FLOODING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO, UM, CONSTRUCT AND DEVELOP DEDICATED LANES, I WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING CONCERNS AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, BECAUSE I WOULD BE WORRIED THAT IF WE, UH, CONSTRUCT THE DEDICATED BIKE LANES, RIGHT, UH, IMPROVE THESE CORRIDORS, AND THEN 10 YEARS LATER, FIVE YEARS LATER, WE HAVE A BOND PROJECT TO COMPLETELY DIG UP AND, UH, RECONSTRUCT TO ADDRESS WHATEVER THE NEARBY CONCERNS MAY BE.
SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS INCLUDED.
UM, WITH THIS, COULD I, COULD I BRAG ON PUBLIC WORKS FOR A SECOND? OH, YEAH.
WE SENT, WE SENT OVER A SPEAKING OR, UH, BUSINESS POINTS UHHUH, UH, TO START THE, THE CONVERSATION AND WITHIN FOUR HOURS THEY SENT US THEIR REVIEW COMMENTS.
AND, UM, WITH THIS AGREEMENT, RIGHT, IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL NEED FOR IMMINENT DOMAIN, WOULD THAT BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO, UM, TO RESOLVE, OR WOULD THAT FALL ON VIA? THAT WOULD FALL ON VIA, OKAY.
AND THEN I, I'M ASSUMING THERE WAS GOING TO BE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT PIECE.
AND ON THE TOPIC OF HOUSING, I BELIEVE IT WAS A SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE THAT MENTIONED THAT, UM, VIA WILL BE SEEKING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX WAIVERS.
UM, AND MY CONCERN WITH THAT, RIGHT, IS ONE, I, I UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED TO INVEST IN VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL, UM, BUT AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR, RIGHT? MY CONCERN WITH, UH, THOSE WAIVERS IS THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE RIGHT VIA, WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEST SIDE TOURS AND OR TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR, RIGHT, THE, THERE, THERE ARE CONCERNS, UM, THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE, UH, INTO THE WEST SIDE TOUR AND INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
COUNCILWOMAN GUILLO, UH, QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL? YES.
UH, MY APOLOGIES FOR, FOR BEING LATE.
UM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR IZING THIS ITEM, UH, CHAIR AND ROD.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK YET AGAIN, UH, FOR ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY I JUST GOT HERE.
SO TO RESET, UM, WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE I L A TODAY, AND AT SOME POINT, WILL WE BE TALKING ABOUT THESE, THE GREATER
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DETAILS, SORT OF THE, WHERE, WHERE THE LINES LAND AND, AND WELL, WE KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU GAVE US THE MAP, BUT SORT OF THE, THE PROCESS OF, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, EMINENT DOMAIN OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.IS, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY THE, WE ARE AS, AS CAMMY MENTIONED, WE'RE AT 30% DESIGN AND WE'VE SUBMITTED THAT FOR REVIEW MM-HMM.
SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE REVIEW AND OUR, AND ENTER INTO AND ARE APPROVED BY THE F D A TO ENTER INTO, UH, THE FINAL ENGINEERING, WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S IN THE 30% THAT'S GONNA THEN SPRINGBOARD INTO FINAL ENGINEERING.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE, OF THE I L A, WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, WHAT'S, WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT IT NEEDS, AND IT SOUNDS VERY, UM, HIGH LEVEL.
IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? SO IT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL, I'LL GO TO THE EMINENT DOMAIN.
THERE'LL BE SOMETHING IN THE I L A THAT SAYS IF, UH, IF THIS PROJECT REQUIRES THE ACQUISITION OF, OF PROPERTY AND WE GO INTO WHATEVER METHOD WE DO IT.
IF WE, UH, TRANSFER THE PROPERTY, THE CITY, THEN THE I L A WILL TELL WILL DEFINE HOW THAT HAPPENS AND WHO PAYS WHAT FEES FOR THAT.
IT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE L LA I L A DOES.
AND SO YOU'VE WORKED OUT MOST OF IT.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HA HAVE, UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BUSINESS POINTS.
AND SO WE HAD, UM, WE, WE, THERE WAS A REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS POINTS, AND THEN WE HAD A WORKSHOP, UM, WITH THE CITY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A TWO DAY WORKSHOP, GOT THEIR FEEDBACK, INCORPORATED IT INTO THE BUSINESS POINTS.
THOSE HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED AROUND.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WILL BE, UM, TO, UH, FINALIZE A DRAFT I L A THAT REFLECTS EVERYTHING IN THE BUSINESS POINTS AND CIRCULATE THAT.
AND THAT'S, UM, WITH THE LEGAL AND I'M SORRY, BUSINESS POINTS MEAN, WHAT'S IT? THE CONTENT? YEAH.
LIKE, LIKE THE BUSINESS POINT IS VIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS BUSINESS POINT, THE I L A WILL SAY WHATEVER THAT HAS TO BE, SO THAT WE ARE SATISFIED BY BOTH SETS OF LEGALS LEGAL EXPERTS.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
WE, THOSE, THOSE POINTS OVER AND THEY TURN THEM INTO A LEGAL DOCUMENT.
THEY BEING THE F T A CITY? NO, THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND VIAS LEGAL DEPARTMENT JOINT WILL JOINTLY WE'LL TURN THAT INTO A DOCUMENT.
SO JUST, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, SO ARE THEY YOUR PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT OR ARE YOU WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE ATTORNEYS? HOW, I GUESS, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE, UH, POINTS OF CONTACT, UM, DIFFERENT POINTS OF CONTACT IN THE CITY.
RIGHT NOW, TAMIKA IS ONE OF OUR MAIN POINTS OF CONTACT.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN, IN TOUCH, UM, WITH, WITH RAZZIE AND OTHERS.
SO ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT, UM, WE'VE REQUESTED IS, IS A POINT OF CON A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT OR THE MULTIPLE POINT OF CONTACTS, HOWEVER, UM, THE, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO THAT WILL BE PART OF, UM, THE BUSINESS POINTS, WHICH I WOULD ALSO CALL IT LIKE A VERY HEAVILY ANNOTATED OUTLINE OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE YES.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO DO TO PROVIDE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, IT, IT MAY EVEN BE ME 'CAUSE A LOT OF THESE DEPARTMENTS FALL UNDER ME.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE CAN EVEN GET YOU A LIST OF, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MEETING WITH VIA RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BUSINESS POINTS ARE AND, UH, WHERE WE THINK RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD LIE.
AND LIKE THEY SAID, AS SOON AS WE CAN NAIL THAT DOWN AND AGREE TO THAT, THEN OUR LAWYERS HAVE TO GET BUSY PUTTING INTO A LEGAL DOCUMENT AND I'LL, I'LL ADD THAT.
UH, SO WHEN WE DEVELOP THE LIGHT RAIL IN HOUSTON, WE HAD A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT, WHICH WAS A CITY STAFF PERSON THAT WAS PAID BY METRO IN EFFECT.
SO, AND THAT PERSON, ARE YOU OFFERING ME MONEY? JEFF? NOT YOU? NO, NO.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
NO, BUT WE, BUT UH, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
AND SO THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO KNEW HOW TO WORK THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WHO'S WHO, WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO GET WHATEVER.
AND THEY ATTENDED MOST OF OUR MEETINGS SO THEY UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE GOING AND COULD GIVE US ADVICE AS TO WHAT THE CITY MIGHT LIKE TO SEE.
UM, I
IF WE COULD HAVE ROD, WE'D BE HAPPY.
I JUST HAD, UH, ONE LAST QUESTION.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A LINE ITEM BREAKDOWN, UH, FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT COST? UM, I, I WOULD LIKE AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, WHAT EACH STEP IS GOING TO COST, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, AUSTIN CONSTRUCTED,
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UM, A MUCH LARGER PROJECT AND TWO LINES FOR 38.9 MILLION.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS POST RECESSION AND PRE C, SO I UNDERSTAND LIKE CRISIS HAS COMPLETELY GONE UP, BUT I WOULD JUST, A LINE ITEM BREAKDOWN WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WE CAN ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, UM, FOR THE, THE, THE 30% MM-HMM.
I DO WANNA BE, UH, BE CLEAR ABOUT OUR, OUR PROJECT AND, AND THE COST, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE CALLED BUS RAPID TRANSIT.
UM, MANY OF THEM, AND THEY ACTUALLY CAN BE, WHICH, UM, AUSTIN'S FIRST BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTS WERE ALSO, UM, FUNDED IN PART BY, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY WERE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED CORRIDOR BASED BUS RAPID TRANSIT, WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE DEDICATED LANES MM-HMM.
UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT, SO IN THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS.
SO FOR OUR PROJECT, WE HAVE, UM, 50%, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OVER 50% THAT IS, IS GOING TO BE IN, IN DEDICATED LANES, WHICH DOES INCREASE THE COST.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHICH ONE, AND I'M NOT CHALLENGING OR ANYTHING, BUT MM-HMM.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE LINE ITEM BREAKDOWN WOULD BE HELPFUL TO COMPARE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, GET THAT FOR YOU.
UM, SO I JUST, UH, SOMETIMES I MAKE THIS POINT, AND I'LL MAKE IT AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE I LIKE IT, UH, IS WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO US WITH THE, WHEN THE NORTH SOUTH HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE PRESIDENT'S, UH, BUDGET.
AND WHAT YOU REALLY IMPRESSED UPON ME WAS THAT OF COURSE, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT, BUT THE AGREEMENT OR THE COOPERATION FROM US AS A CITY IS, UH, REALLY WHAT THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT, UH, RESTS ON THAT AS MUCH AS IT RESTS ON YOUR ABILITY TO EXECUTE.
SO WE HAVE TO BE A REALLY GOOD PARTNER.
IT'S NOT ANY KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, VIA DOES THIS OR THE CITY DOES THAT.
IT'S, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT, AND I MEAN, THAT COULD BE NEW FOR US, RIGHT? LIKE SOME OF US DON'T SEE OURSELVES, OKAY.
NOT ME, BUT SOME OF US MAY NOT SEE OURSELVES AS, UH, A TRANSIT AUTHORITY, RIGHT.
UM, AS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING TRANSIT SERVICE.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE WE, WE REALLY ARE THE, THE PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA IMPRESS THAT UPON, UM, ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO
AND, UM, SO I, YOU HAVE MY FULL COOPERATION ON, ON WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM US, BUT REALLY IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR STELLAR STAFF THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO, UM, IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM US, I, I WOULD SAY JUST, JUST COME AND WE'D BE, I'D BE WILLING TO, TO CONSIDER IT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T, LET'S ASSUME EVERYTHING GOES WELL, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE DONE ON, ON OUR END AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO HELP THE PROCESS BE SMOOTHER OR TO BRING SERVICE TO THE STREET FASTER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WANNA KNOW AND PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THE, UM, THE, SO THAT SAID, WHEN WILL WE TALK ABOUT THE EAST, WEST LINE AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE AT THIS PLACE WITH THE EAST WEST LINE? SO WHEN WE, SO AS FAR AS WHEN WE WILL BE AT, AT THIS PLACE AS FAR AS, UM, 30% DESIGN, UM, IT WILL BE A, A COUPLE, UH, MORE, MORE YEARS THAT THAT PROJECT.
WE ARE VERY DELIBERATELY GOING TO BE WORKING, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY ON REFINING, UM, THE ALIGNMENT AND DOING A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT WORKS WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SO I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT SCHEDULE IN, IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, BUT, BUT WE WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
IT'S IN, IT'S IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, MAYBE I'LL DO, DO I, I KNOW I'M GETTING OFF TOPIC, SO I'LL, I'LL TWO YEARS BEHIND.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
AND IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN ITSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING A WORKSHOP WITH CITY STAFF.
IS THAT THE, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO, UH, DEVELOP THE DESIGN, I GUESS WHEN DO, IS THIS THE ONLY FORUM THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN, CAN SEE THAT STUFF? IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO BE IN SOMETHING MORE INTERACTIVE, VERY OPEN.
AND I THINK I SHOULDN'T SAY, YEAH.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS BEST ACCOMPLISHED IF WE JUST, IF WE BRING MAPS, ET CETERA, AND MEET EITHER WITH INDIVIDUAL, UM, COUNCIL PERSONS OR SMALL GROUPS OF COUNCIL PERSONS, IT'S SO VERY DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH THAT KIND OF PROCESS IN A LARGER GROUP.
AND, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT FULLY.
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EVERYBODY EAST WEST CAN GET TO 30% DESIGN.THAT'S A WRONG, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UH, WE CAN GET TO 30% DESIGN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, BUT, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND THAT FUNDING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE GAP FUNDING NOW.
THERE WAS A BRILLIANT COUNCIL PERSON AT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE AT WHO HAD THROWN OUT SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT FIND THAT FUNDING, BUT WE, WE STILL NEED THE FUNDING.
IT COULD, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER, WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME, SO, UM, I DO HAVE A, I GUESS YOU, MAYBE YOU JUST ANSWERED IT.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GO BACK TO THE FT A FOR THE, THE EAST, WEST LINE, UM, AND WHETHER THEY WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM ALREADY, RIGHT? UM, NORTH, SOUTH, UM, OR AT LEAST WE'RE IN, IN THAT PROCESS, SO, SO, SO YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL SAY, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UM, OF F T A.
WE MEET WITH THE REGION MONTHLY FOR, AND, AND, AND THEN WITH HEADQUARTERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALSO, UM, SOME, SOMEWHAT ON THOSE.
BUT, UM, THESE PROJECTS HAVE REALLY, UM, SEEM TO HAVE REALLY CAUGHT THEIR EYE.
AND, UM, WHEN DC CAME DOWN TO VISIT US, I WANNA SAY SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AGO MM-HMM.
AND THEY WERE VERY ENCOURAGING, SO ENCOURAGING, UM, OF US.
UH, SO, UM, DEFINITELY WE WANT TO GO BACK AND HAVE THAT, UM, HAVE THAT, THAT MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR ON EAST WEST.
AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, DEFINITELY BE GOING BACK, UH, JUST, UM, AS WE GO INTO, UM, THE ENGINEERING PHASE, WE HOPE TO, TO BE IN THAT ENGINEERING PHASE IN THE JUNE JULY TIMEFRAME.
WE WOULD GO, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THAT AND MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL.
THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THIS, WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO DO, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEIR JUSTICE 40 AND THEIR OTHER INITIATIVES AND THE, THE EQUITY.
UM, SO WE, WE'VE GOTTEN AMAZING FEEDBACK AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION AND, AND THAT, THAT THOUGHT.
UM, SO, AND I WOULD JUST SAY YES, WE WILL BE GETTING BACK WITH THEM, I WOULD SAY VERY, VERY SOON ON BOTH PROJECTS.
UM, MAYBE NOT WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, BUT AT LEAST STAYING CLOSE TO THEM BEING IN CONTACT AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL WE CAN SAY IS THAT MAYBE IT'LL INCREASE OUR CHANCES.
WE CAN, OF COURSE, LIKE YOU SAID, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALLY MINDFUL THAT, UM, THIS IS THE PRIORITIES, UH, OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS IN A FEW YEARS AND A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT.
SO, UM, WE, WE, I THINK WE SORT OF HAVE, WE'RE IN THE, WE STRUCK WHILE THE IRON WAS HOT WITH, WITH NORTH-SOUTH, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON ON EAST WEST AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU JEFF AND CAM AND, AND, AND ALL OF YOU FOR VIA FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UM, THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE INFORMATIVE MEETING.
UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE'S WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.