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GOOD AFTERNOON.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION OF OCTOBER 31ST, 2018.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CLAYTON PERRY.
UM, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
UH, THE TIME IS 2:10 PM WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO PROVIDE A PROGRESS UPDATE ON THE AIRPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE'S WORK.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS CHAIRED BY JOHN DIXON.
HE IS A PRINCIPAL OF THE DENIM GROUP AND A FORMER US AIR FORCE OFFICER.
UH, A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMITTEE ARE HERE TODAY, AND I THINK JOHN'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM IN A MOMENT.
BUT MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, YOU APPOINTED THE COMMITTEE IN JANUARY TO STUDY THE LONG-TERM NEEDS FOR SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHILE CONSIDERING THE REGION'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE UPCOMING DECADES, AND TO EVALUATE AIR SERVICE NEEDS.
THAT IS, CAN OUR CURRENT AIRPORT ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES? UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPRESENT BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HAVE USED THEIR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ANALYSIS WITH RUSS HANDY, OUR AVIATION DIRECTOR, AND JOHN DIXON, WHO CHAIRS, UH, THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK.
SO, SINCE MARCH, UH, THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED MONTHLY BRIEFINGS AND HAS COORDINATED WITH THE AIRPORT PLANNING TEAM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO OUR MASTER PLAN AT THE AIRPORT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND SO BOTH THE COMMITTEE AND THE AIRPORT PLANNERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER, ANALYZING THE FUTURE OF OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM, USING A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH, UH, TO THE FUTURE.
SO, TODAY DOESN'T SIGNAL THE END OF THE PROCESS FOR THE COMMITTEE, BUT RATHER THE CONTINUING WORK AND PHASE ONE WILL BE PRESENTED TODAY IN TERMS OF THEIR FINDINGS AND SOME OF THEIR ANALYSIS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
HE IS GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION AND AVIATION DIRECTOR RUSS HANDY, WHO'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WE BEGIN THE POLICY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN DIXON AND JOHN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR WORK WITH RUSS HANDY AND OUR ENTIRE AVIATION TEAM.
THANK YOU, MANAGER SCULLY, UH, MAYOR NURNBERGER, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, WE'RE PROUD TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AFTER ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS WORTH OF HEAVY WORK ON OUR END.
UH, BEFORE WE GET GOING HERE, UH, IF I COULD GET THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE TO STAND UP, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF Y'ALL INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE LABOR OF LOVE AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE HAD.
HO JOHN AGATHER, JORGE ATE, MARK FESSLER, MARINA GARAVITO, UH, OBVIOUSLY GENERAL HANDY, UH, HARVEY, HARVEY HOWELL, WHEREVER YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND THERE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO GOT JIM SBA, UH, GENERAL RICE AND RANDY SMITH FROM WESTERN URBAN.
UH, I'LL GO THROUGH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE IN A SECOND, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN GOING AT IT AT FOUR HOUR STINTS FOR THE LAST REALLY EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS.
AND I WANNA SAY PERSONALLY, THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE, AS I MENTIONED.
AND, UH, WE WE'RE HERE NOW TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF ALL OF OUR, OUR EFFORTS HERE.
I'M GONNA PROVIDE YOU A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM THAT WE TACKLED IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT REALLY THE INPUTS, THE CONSIDERATIONS, AND I'LL USE THE TERM CONSTRAINTS.
UH, I'LL TALK IN TERMS OF REGIONS.
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OF, UH, COMPETITION AND COMPETING, UH, FOR TWO THINGS, ESSENTIALLY, NUMBER ONE, MORE FLIGHTS, AIRLINES, AIRLINE CAPACITY, AND THE FLYERS AND THE PASSENGERS.AND THIS WILL COME OUT IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE AIR DEMAND THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND HAS BEEN QUANTIFIED BY THE STUDY THAT OUR CONSULTANT PARTNERS HAVE PROVIDED.
AND TODAY, I THINK VALIDATED BY THE F A A.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE RELIED ON HERE ARE AS GOOD, AS SOLID AS AS NUMBERS AS YOU'RE GONNA GET.
AND AS WE APPROACHED THIS PROBLEM, WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS REALLY FROM A FACT-BASED APPROACH.
WE, WE STARTED OFF, THERE WERE NO PRE-EXISTING ENDPOINTS.
THERE WAS NO PREDETERMINED OUTCOME.
AND WE LOOKED AT THIS IN A VERY DATA-DRIVEN AND FACT-BASED WAY.
AND THE RESULTS TODAY SPEAK TO THAT PARTICULAR, UH, UH, PROCESS.
I THINK THE STRENGTH OF THE PROCESS WAS THAT THE FACTS AND THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE 800 POUND GORILLA.
THE, THE, THE REAL CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD IN PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS, WILL IT FIT, WILL ANY FUTURE AIRPORT THAT WE CAN EVEN IMAGINE IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS THAT WE CAN EVEN DESIGN, WILL THAT FIT IN THE FOOTPRINT? THAT EXEC IS S A T SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT DONE YET, AND WE HOPED WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
SO THIS IS OUR, REALLY, OUR STRATEGIC VISION.
THIS IS THE CHARTER, IS TO LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS IT'S RELATES TO, ITS, ITS AIRPORT, AIR TRAVEL, AIR SERVICE, AND TO REALLY L LEVERAGE WHAT WE HAVE ALL THROUGH THE CONTEXT OF, LIKE I SAID, COMPETITION IN A INCREDIBLY FAST CHANGING WORLD.
AND ONE OF THE ANECDOTES THAT WE, UH, SHARED WITH, UH, CHAIRMAN SALDANA AND THE COMMITTEE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THIS PAST WEEK, WAS THE FACT THAT D F W IS NOW WORKING WITH UBER TO DO A AUTONOMOUS, UH, FLYING VEHICLE OUT OF D F W FOR THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, MUCH OF WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER IS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY, THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY'S GONNA CHANGE A LOT MORE IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS THAN IT HAS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.
HERE'S OUR TEAM, UH, MOST OF WHOM ARE REPRESENTED TODAY.
UH, AS, AS I THINK YOU'LL SEE, IT'S A, A, UH, BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'VE MET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR HOURS EACH.
WE'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL OF THEIR TIME.
AND ESSENTIALLY THE PROCESS WAS TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM THE F A, A MANDATED STUDY THAT OUR PARTNER CONSULTING PARTNERS PROVIDED, BUT TO ESSENTIALLY, UH, VIEW THOSE RESULTS THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR GROUP.
UH, WE'LL, I THINK IT HAS A STRONG REPRESENTATION OF INDUSTRY EXPERTISE, BUT ALSO WHAT I CALL MYSELF AND OTHERS, LAYPEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT USE THE AIRPORT OR PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE MAYBE A CORPORATE INTEREST.
SO IT'S, IT WASN'T ALL INSIDE BASEBALL AVIATION AND M R O AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE.
AND YOU'LL SEE MANY OF KIND OF THE CORNERSTONE INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
UH, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, MANY CEOS, SENIOR VPS OF OUR LARGEST CORPORATIONS, I THINK THREE RETIRED GENERALS.
IN SPITE OF THAT, WE WORKED VERY, VERY WELL TOGETHER.
UH, BUT, AND IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE.
LIKE I SAID, WE, WE, WE FELT THERE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR, WE FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE.
UH, THE OTHER CRITICAL COMPONENTS, IN ADDITION TO RUSS AND HIS FULL-TIME TEAM AT THE AIRPORT WERE REALLY TWO BIG PIECES THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT.
NUMBER ONE IS W S P JOHN, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE JOHN, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, THEY ARE A NATIONAL LEVEL FIRM THAT DOES THIS THROUGHOUT THE US AND WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TO US WERE ALL THE ANECDOTES, THE DATA, THE WAR STORIES OF ALL THESE AIRPORTS.
SO THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS WE BROUGHT A NATIONAL LEVEL FIRM IN TO ESSENTIALLY LEVERAGE ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED OF ALL THESE OTHER AIRPORTS WHO, SOME OF WHOM LOOK LIKE US AND OTHERS LIKE S F O AND O'HARE THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE US, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN MAKE AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT, AT THE LENS OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THAT, THROUGH A TECHNICAL, UH, FEASIBILITY LENS.
OR I ALSO WANNA, UH, WHERE IS FRANCISCO GIMA? UH, HE WAS OUR FACILITATOR AND KEPT ME ON TRACK AND KEPT THE, THE TEAM ON TRACK.
UH, I THINK WHEN WE BROUGHT HIM ON BOARD, I UNDERSTOOD HE DID CITY COUNCIL, UH, BUDGET PRIORITIES AND, UH, SESSIONS, AND THAT'S ALL HE NEEDED TO KNOW.
UH, HE'S BEEN A GREAT, UH, TEAM MEMBER KEEPING US, UH, POINT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, AND, AND AT TIMES, MAYBE GO
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FASTER OR MAYBE GO SLOWER, UH, WHEN WE GOT ENTHUSIASTIC, THIS IS OUR TIMELINE.I MENTIONED THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT IT, ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT MONTHS TO A YEAR.
I THINK IT TOOK US A BETTER PART OF TWO, THREE MONTHS TO REALLY NAIL DOWN THE COMMITTEE, TO NAIL DOWN THE CHARTER.
AND THE ONE THING THAT WE LEARNED, AGAIN, PARTICULARLY THE LAY PEOPLE ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE, IS THAT THERE'S A HUGE LEARNING CURVE ASSOCIATED WITH AIRPORTS AND AIR TRAVEL.
AND, AND I'M A MILLION MILER ON TWO AIRLINES, SO I FLY A TON.
I'M FLYING OUT TO LA TOMORROW AT SIX 20.
UH, BUT I STILL DIDN'T KNOW IT A LOT.
AND SO MUCH OF THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS WAS FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO GET THEIR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND THE CHALLENGES THAT AIRPORTS AND AIR SERVICE HAVE.
AND THEN AGAIN, THROUGH THE CONTEXT OF A RAPIDLY CHANGING INDUSTRY, UH, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11TH AND THEN THE GREAT RECESSION, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, OUR FLYING INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT THAN IT DID EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND AGAIN, I WILL PROBABLY BE ON A COMPLETELY FULL FLIGHT TO LA TOMORROW.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS, WE GOT AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ON, IT JUST SIMPLY DON'T EXIST NOW.
SO, UH, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LURK LOOKING AT THE AIRPORT ITSELF.
UH, WE GOT UP TO, UH, UP TO DATE AND UP TO SPEED ON THE, THE PROFILE OF THE TRAVELERS, OF THE PEOPLE, THE FLYERS.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I CALL THE DEMAND PICTURE.
WHAT DOES THE DEMAND PICTURE LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM AUSTIN, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, DIFFERENT FROM SAN DIEGO, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OKLAHOMA CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MILITARY FLYERS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LEISURE TRAVELERS.
WE HAVE A GROWING A, A, A PARTICULARLY POSITIVE, UH, PICTURE.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, AND ANECDOTALLY, I'VE BEEN TO PLACES THAT HAVE A LESS ROSY PICTURE.
UH, IF YOU'VE FLOWN THROUGH ST.
LOUIS LAMBERT RECENTLY THAT, UH, WHEN AMERICAN ACQUIRED T W A, THEY CUT, UH, UH, ST.
SO THERE'S THE BETTER PART OF AN ENTIRE TERMINAL THAT'S ABANDONED, AND THAT'S HAPPENED THROUGH INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION.
UH, YOU GO TO KANSAS CITY, THEIR TERMINAL A IS COMPLETELY ABANDONED AND WILL BE AT THE FOOTPRINT FOR THEIR NEW TERMINAL.
BUT WE HAVE ENJOYED SOMEWHAT A, A, UH, AN A A A LARGE SET OF RICHES.
AND THAT'S PART OF, PART OF WHAT WE TRIED TO LEARN HERE.
UH, SO THAT WAS REALLY THE, THE TIMELINE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WE ALSO HAD IN PARALLEL A STUDY.
THIS IS THE TECHNICAL STUDY THAT THE F A A MANDATES ALL AIRPORTS DO.
AND IT'S A 10 YEAR BASIS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? MORE OR LESS.
UH, AND THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THAT IS THE F A A THROUGH ITS FUNDING MECHANISMS REALLY LEVERAGES ITS RESOURCES TO PUT, UH, MONEY IN PARTICULAR PARTS OF THE NETWORK.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY PUT ADDITIONAL FEDERAL MONIES.
IS IT IN LAGUARDIA? IS IT O'HARA? IS IT L A X? IS IT SAN ANTONIO? PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING CRITERIA IS THE ACTUAL DEMAND PICTURE AND, AND, AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT PART OF IT.
SO WHAT OUR COMMITTEE DID WAS ESSENTIALLY PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE TECHNICAL DATA THAT WAS COMING FROM THAT EFFORT.
I THINK 75% OF THAT WAS, OF THAT STUDY WAS FUNDED BY THE F A A, IF I'M CORRECT.
SO THAT'S, UH, PART, PART OF THE PICTURE IS THE FACT THAT THIS WAS AN F A A DRIVEN AND MANDATED, AND TO SOME, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS FUNDED EFFORT THAT WE GOT TO LEVERAGE.
AND THE DATA THAT WE MADE OUR DECISIONS OFF OF WAS LARGELY FROM THIS EFFORT.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, UH, PUBLIC INPUT AS WE FOUND OUT AT THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, MEETING.
WE NEED, UH, THERE'S MORE INPUT THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, PROVIDED, AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
SO HERE'S OUR CHARGE IN THE SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE REAL BIG CONCLUSION IS WE REALIZE THAT THIS, IT COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE NEXT 50 YEARS WE ARE WELL SUITED TO, UH, STAY AT THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE AIRPORT.
TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMAND PICTURE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS THROUGH 2068, WE ARE SERVED WELL BY THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT ON WHICH S A T RESIDES.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE LOOKED AT, BUT THAT'S THE, THE KEY, UH, POINT, UH, GOING FORWARD, WE, OUR NEXT PHASE IS TO LOOK AT THE HOWS AND WHERE FORS, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IF WE STAY AT THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN AS FUTURE TERMINALS, AS FUTURE RUNWAY FACILITIES, AS IN ADDITIONAL RUNWAYS, ALL OF THAT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE ENGAGED TO THAT PROCESS AND CONTINUE TO BRIEF YOU.
I MENTIONED THE 800 POUND GORILLA WAS THAT, UH, DO WE STAY OR NOT? AND THAT'S BEEN THE FO THE FOCUS OF THE ACTIVITY.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ESSENTIALLY IF WE SAID, UH, NO, WE NEED TO GET A NEW AIRPORT FOOTPRINT.
THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY WE'D HAVE TO SPEND WOULD TAKE THE BETTER PART OF NEXT YEAR JUST
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TO IDENTIFY A SITE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO ACQUIRE LAND, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHERE, HOW, FOR, WHERE, WHEREFORE, UH, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW MUCH, THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER CONSTRAINT THAT CAME THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS ONE OF FISCAL REALITY.I MEAN, UH, I I PUT IT AS A SCENARIO MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, THAT WE ARE CONSTRAINED BY OBVIOUSLY OUR OWN FINANCES.
BUT THE AIRLINES WERE, YOU KNOW, CAREFUL TO POINT OUT TO US THAT IF WE BUILT A NEW AIRPORT AND PASSED THE NEW AIRPORT FEE, UH, AIRPORT COST ONTO THEM IN THE FORM OF GATE FEES, THAT THEY MAY NOT LIKE THAT THEY MAY ACTUALLY MOVE FLIGHTS TO AUSTIN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DID THAT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISMS, FA ISS ANOTHER ONE OF 'EM, UH, THAT WAS OUR, OUR BIG CHALLENGE.
SO, PHASE ONE, DO WE, UH, SPEND TIME ON BUILDING, YOU KNOW, A A NEW AIRPORT, FIND A NEW LAND THAT WOULD'VE TAKEN THE NEXT YEAR? AND WE, THE SECOND THING WAS, EXCUSE ME, LEMME GO BACK.
IF WE, UH, DO THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS WE KEEP THE FOOTPRINT, THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH, UH, OUR EXISTING AIR TERMINAL FACILITY, THE PARKING FACILITY, WHAT DO WE DO TO MAXIMIZE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE? SO THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY DROVE OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS WE RECOGNIZE, AS I KIND OF ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THAT THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING.
UH, IT IT'LL CHANGE MORE, UH, IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS THAN IT HAS IN THE 50 YEARS PRIOR.
IT WILL CH UH, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING, UH, REFERENCING, UH, THINGS LIKE THE UBER, UH, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FLYING AROUND.
UH, AS WE POINTED OUT, EVEN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSPORTATION, IF YOU LOOK AT IT MORE BROADLY, THE AREA OF PUBLIC POLICY AROUND SCOOTERS WASN'T A TOPIC SIX TO NINE MONTHS AGO.
SO, AND THOSE CHANGES ARE COMING TO US, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS BE MINDFUL OF THAT PARTICULAR, UH, REALITY.
AND I'VE SAID THIS, UH, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY.
WHAT I WORRIED ABOUT WAS OUR COMMITTEE WAS BEING ASKED TO LOOK AT THE RAIL NETWORK, AND IT'S 1946, THE PASSENGER RAIL NETWORK.
AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE AIRLINES ARE GOING, AIR TRAVEL'S GONNA BE A FEASIBLE OPTION IN 15 YEARS.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM'S ABOUT TO BE BUILT.
SO A LOT OF THAT FACTORED IN TO OUR DECISION MAKING, OR AT LEAST WAS IN THE BACK OF OUR HEADS.
WE KNEW WE COULD PLAN THROUGH THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS.
BUT IF YOU SAVE 40 TO 50 YEARS, WHO KNOWS.
HYPERLOOP, THERE IS AN R F P ON THE STREET IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW, UH, TO PUT A HYPERLOOP, UH, TYPE CAPABILITY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AND O'HARA.
SO THESE THINGS ARE GOING FROM THE REALM OF SCIENCE FICTION TO THE REALM OF NONFICTION RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT'S THE THING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THINGS LIKE AIRSHIP TECHNOLOGY AND AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LIFETIMES, ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT CARGO IS HANDLED.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE RECOGNIZED WAS THAT WE KEPT GOING BACK TO THIS, THE REAL ESTATE, THE REAL ESTATE, THE LOCATION IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST STRATEGIC, UH, STRENGTHS THAT WE'VE GOT, IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN AIRPORT THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND LARGELY IN THE MIDDLE OF MOST OF THE CITIZENRY.
COMPARE THAT TO OTHER, UH, MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER REGIONS.
SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE RECOGNIZE, I, I TALKED IN TERMS OF CONSTRAINTS, AND I THREW OUT THE SCENARIO THAT IF, UH, IF SOMEHOW MAGICALLY WE FOUND 3000 OR 4,000 AREA, UH, ACRES OF LAND IN BEAR COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST OR SOMEWHERE, AND IF WE MAGICALLY GOT 5 BILLION IN FUNDING, WE STILL COULDN'T BUILD OUR OWN AIRPORT WITHOUT HAVING THE F A A APPROVE IT.
WE CAN'T FLY INTO THEIR AIR, AIR NETWORK WITHOUT THEIR APPROVAL AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, INCLUDING THE STUDY THAT THEY JUST FUNDED.
THAT'S HOW THEY GUARANTEE UNIFORMITY AND SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE FLYING NETWORK.
SO THAT SAN ANTONIO, WHEN YOU FLY IN AND OUTTA SAN ANTONIO, IT'S THE SAME AS FLYING IN AND OUTTA SAN DIEGO OR SAN FRANCISCO AS A FLYER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A HODGEPODGE OF SAFETY AND CONCERNS THROUGHOUT.
THEY HAVE A UNIFORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
SO THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS REGIONS MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A MUCH DIFFICULT, MORE DIFFICULT TIME JUST GOING OUT AND DOING THEIR OWN THING WITHOUT THE FA A'S, UH, FUNDING OR EVEN WITHOUT IT THEIR APPROVAL.
SO THEY PLAY A, A, A BIGGER ROLE THAN ANY OF US EXCEPT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, ANY OF US FULLY RECOGNIZED.
HERE'S THE OTHER CONSTRAINTS, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, REPEATED OVER AND OVER, WE ARE WITHIN AN HOUR OF TWO OF THE LARGEST HUBS IN NORTH AMERICA.
THAT SEEMS, SEEMS A STATEMENT OF THE OBVIOUS.
AND WE'RE WITHIN AN HOUR OF TWO OF THE LARGEST, WHAT SOUTHWEST CALLS CONNECTS, YOU KNOW, THEIR AIRPORTS, WHAT'S THE TERM, RUSS? IT'S FOCUS CITIES.
THEY DON'T CALL 'EM HUBS 'CAUSE THEY'RE SOUTHWEST, THEY DON'T DO A HUB AND SPOKE.
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IS THAT THAT'S A LOT OF AIR SERVICE CAPACITY WITHIN AN HOUR OF HERE.SO WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT MAKES THE INTERESTING CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS THAT ARE SERVICES OUT OF THE EXISTING HUBS.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THE AIRLINES AND INCREASINGLY OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE VIEWING OUR REGION AS A REGION, EVEN IF WE DON'T.
AND CERTAINLY THAT'S THE CASE IN THE FORM OF THE AIRLINES.
AND THE AIRLINES HAVE REMINDED US THAT, AND THEY'VE SAID IT, UH, IN THE FORM OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THEY HAVE VIABLE OPTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THEY CAN SERVICE THIS MARKET FROM AUSTIN, AND AUSTIN CAN SERVE AS AND, AND VICE VERSA.
UH, WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO UP TO AUSTIN TO FLY BRITISH AIRWAYS TO THE UK, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM AUSTIN THAT COME DOWN HERE TO FLY TO MEXICO ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EASIER.
SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY THE CASE.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT WE HAVE TWO VARIABLES.
ONE VARIABLE IS THE AIRLINES, BUT A MOMENT'S NOTICE CAN ADD OR, YOU KNOW, OR, OR NOT ADD OR DELETE FLIGHTS FROM SS A T OR OTHER AIRPORTS AND THE FLYERS THEMSELVES WHO HAVE ALTERNATIVES.
UH, ANECDOTALLY, RANDY SMITH AND I, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE WENT UP TO NEW BRAUNFELS AND MET WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE, THE MAYOR AND THE LEADERSHIP UP THERE, AND WE DID, WE LEARNED THAT THEY FLY TO AUSTIN OR GO THROUGH AUSTIN BECAUSE GETTING THROUGH TO STATE HIGHWAY ONE 30 AND GOING BERGSTROM THE BACK WAY IS FAR EASIER THAN GOING INTO SAN ANTONIO DURING RUSH HOUR FOR AN AIRLINE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS IN OUR STATE, IF NOT OUR COUNTRY, AND THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO GO OTHER PLACES.
SO THAT, THAT DIDN'T REALLY EXIST 10 OR 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO.
SO WE ARE IN A COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE.
WE'RE COMPETING FOR FLYERS, WE'RE COMPETING FOR, UH, AIRLINE FLIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY RUNNING A REGIONAL MET, YOU KNOW, MEGA REGIONAL ASSET, NOT JUST OUR ACOG REGION, BUT ALL THE WAY TO THE VALLEY, INCREASINGLY NORTH AND SOUTH.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? UH, F A A IN FACT HAS A FACTO VETO POWER, EVEN IF, UM, MM-HMM.
AND EVEN IF WE DON'T ADMIT IT, UH, I WOULD PUT IT ANOTHER WAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE SEATS OF THE F A A AND YOU FLY FREQUENTLY, LIKE MANY OF US DO, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT THEY ARE MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS IN OUR AIR NETWORK.
IF YOU'VE FLOWN THROUGH ATLANTA, LAGUARDIA, S F O NAME, NAME ONE OF THOSE DREADFUL CITIES THAT ONE OF US WILL FLY THROUGH SOON, THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR DOLLARS, IS WHERE THE, THE NATION HAS ITS CRITICAL POINTS.
THEY DON'T PERCEIVE US TO HAVE AN AIRPORT PROBLEM.
IF YOU GO TO THE STATE, OUR STATE LEGISLATORS DON'T PERCEIVE THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS A AIRPORT PROBLEM.
THE AIRPORT PROBLEM IS ONE THAT WE REGIONALLY FEEL.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID IS THAT IF WE DO A GOOD JOB, WE TAKE WHAT, WHAT IS PERCEIVED TO BE A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIABILITY, AND WE CHANGE IT TO A PERCEIVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRENGTH.
THE, THE EMPHASIS ON THE WORD PERCEIVED ON BOTH ENDS.
I MENTIONED THE PASSENGERS HAVE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES AND WE'RE DOING IT.
AND SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HAVE ADMITTED THEY'VE FLOWN OUT OF AUSTIN.
UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES A POSITIVE OPTION, UH, WHEN YOU'RE IN SAN FRANCISCO OR NEW YORK.
AND AS THINGS HAPPEN, FLIGHTS GET CANCELED, YOU NOW HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.
YOU CAN FLY INTO AUSTIN AND GET DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO AND SPEND THE, INSTEAD OF SPEND THE NIGHT IN THOSE, IN A PLACE THAT DIDN'T EXIST 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO.
HERE'S THE OTHER INTERESTING TEETER-TOTTER THAT WE CAME, UH, ACROSS THE, THE, THE, THE, THIS ISSUE OF CONSTRAINTS AND, AND IMPACTS.
IF WE WERE TO MOVE THE AIRPORT NORTH TO ADDRESS THE, THE GROWING DEMAND IN THE AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO CORRIDOR TO BE CLOSER TO SOME OF THOSE NEW PASSENGERS, WE IN FACT WOULD RUN THE RISK OF FRATRICIDE WHERE THE AIRLINES MIGHT PERCEIVE THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE BOTH MARKETS FROM AUSTIN.
IF WE MOVED IT SOUTH, THE PASSENGERS MIGHT BE DRIVEN NORTH.
SO THAT'S OUR INTERESTING, WHAT WE, WHAT WE FOUND I THINK IS INTERESTING REALITY IS BOTH THE AIRLINES AND THE PASSAGES CAN VOTE WITH THEIR FEET AND WITH THEIR DOLLARS.
THAT'S THE GOOD AND BAD OF THAT PROXIMITY ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
THE OTHER THINGS TO KEEP INTO THE, THE, THE HIGH COST OF BUILDING AN AIRPORT IS MEASURED IN MID BILLIONS TO HIGH BILLIONS.
UH, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY, I MEAN, CONSERVATIVELY FOUR, FOUR TO FIVE, UPWARDS TO EIGHT OR NINE OR 10.
THAT'S FOR LAND ACQUISITION, UH, FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND CANDIDLY, AGAIN, IF YOU SOLVE THE FUNDING AND YOU SOLVE THE
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LAND PROBLEM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES THE F A A APPROVAL PROCESS, THAT PROCESS ALONE WOULD TAKE 20 YEARS AND PROBABLY WOULD OUTSTRETCH MOST OF OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES.WE WOULD NOT SEE THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS IN OUR, IN, IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LIFETIMES, IN ALL, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE AIRPORTS HAVE TO FEEL THE PAIN, AND THEY DON'T.
THEY DO IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THEY ARE PRESSURING THE REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES TO EXPAND.
THEY'RE DOING THAT IN PLACES LIKE SALT LAKE AND OTHER PLACES, SALT, LAKEWOOD, DELTA, UH, AND THEY, IN MANY, UH, INSTANCES, FEEL THE PAIN SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE HELPING CO-FUND THAT TERMINAL EXPANSION.
SO IF THERE'S NO PERCEIVED PROBLEM WITH THE F A A AND THERE'S NO PERCEIVED PROBLEM FROM THE AIRLINE SIDE, IT, THE FUNDING WOULD ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FALL ON US, UH, TO COVER.
SO THE OTHER THING IS LAND, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO 6,000 ACRES.
WE THINK REALISTICALLY, UH, I MEAN, GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIND FIVE TO THOUSAND, FIVE TO 6,000 ACRES THIS DAY AND AGE IN ANY PLACE, UH, THAT IS CLOSE TO THE GROWING, THE FASTEST GROWING PARTS OF OUR, OUR RIDERSHIP.
SO I MENTIONED THE COST NUMBERS.
UH, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO SCENARIO BASED PLAN PLANNING AND GO NEGOTIATE WITH LANDOWNERS IN A PARTICULAR PART TO FLESH THOSE, UH, THOSE NUMBERS OUT.
BUT I THINK THOSE ARE REASONABLE NUMBERS, AND I THINK THEY'RE THE BEST GUESS, BEST ESTIMATE THAT, UH, THAT THE, THE TEAM, THE CONSULTANTS COULD COME UP WITH, UH, AND FAR OUTSTRIP, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER OPTIONS.
SO LET'S GO INTO THE, WILL IT FIT, UH, PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A PAUSE AND ASK, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT.
SO HERE'S OUR CURRENT, UH, RUNWAY AND AIRPORT FACILITY.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF FACTS HERE.
UM, THE MAIN RUNWAY IS RUNWAY ONE THREE, WHICH COMES FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST.
ABOUT 85% OF THE TRAVEL AND, UH, FLIES, UH, AIRCRAFT FLY IN AND OUT OF, UH, OF ONE, ONE RUNWAY, ONE THREE, UH, ONLY 15% GO THROUGH THE RUNWAY THAT GOES OVER THE NORTHEAST.
UM, AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE.
THE PREVAILING WINDS AND A VARIETY OF OTHER CONSTRAINTS, UH, DICTATE THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REALITY.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DON'T YOU JUST EX EXTEND RUNWAY 4, 2, 2, THAT WOULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
'CAUSE UH, YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE FORCING EVERY AIRCRAFT INTO A, A, A MORE DANGEROUS CROSSWIND LANDING.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, UH, MOST OF THAT AIR TRAVEL WILL GO INTO THE BUSIEST AIRSPACE IN OUR REGION, WHICH IS NEAR RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE IN 1604.
SO, LIKE, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, THAT'S THE RUNWAY OF CHOICE, WHICH IS ONE THREE FUTURE AIR DEMAND.
SO THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY GETS INTERESTING.
UH, OUR AIR DEMAND IS GOING UP AND, UH, IT IS GOING UP.
THESE ARE ARE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS THAT I, AS I MENTIONED, WSS P CAME UP WITH THAT HAVE BEEN VALIDATED TODAY BY THE F A A.
THAT'S AS GOOD AS NUMBERS AS YOU'RE GONNA GET, UH, COMPARED TO OTHER REGIONS LIKE AUSTIN, COLUMBUS, HOUSTON, HOBBY, THESE ARE REALLY APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE DOING WELL, BUT SO IS EVERYBODY ELSE.
UH, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM FINANCING, LONG-TERM GROWTH OF AIRPORT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF TYPES OF NUMBERS.
HERE'S OUR GROWTH, UH, FORECAST.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 20 YEAR FORECAST THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE F A A, THE, THE CONSERVATIVE NUMBER IS 1.6, BUT THAT'S OVER EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY COMPOUNDS.
WHAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE LOOKED AT THE, THE HIGHER END, WHICH IS THE 2.3%.
AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOW NUMBER EXCEPT FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TO COUNT FOR THE COMPOUNDING, UH, FACTOR IN THAT.
AND WHAT WE ALSO LEARNED IS THAT, UM, WHAT WE SUBMITTED IS, IS A NUMBER THAT, AGAIN, THE F A A JUST VALIDATED TODAY, AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND, AND, AND FILTER THAT BACK INTO OUR, OUR ANALYSIS.
BUT WHAT IT DICTATES IS A COUPLE THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, UH, WE KEPT TALKING ABOUT THAT WE HAD ALMOST UNLIMITED CAPACITY AT THE AIRFIELD.
THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE MY NAIVETY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, BECAUSE IF YOU FLY OUT OF S UH, SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL, YOU'RE NOT NUMBER SEVEN OR NUMBER EIGHT OR NUMBER NINE ON TAXI LIKE YOU ARE OUT OF OTHER AIRPORTS.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE RECOGNIZED IS THE WAY THAT, WITH THAT GROWTH CURVE THAT WE EXPERIENCED, ESSENTIALLY AT THE 80% MARK, AND THIS IS WHAT THIS CHART SHOWS YOU, THAT ONCE YOU HIT ABOUT AN 80% CAPACITY, THE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OF SLOWDOWNS DRAMATICALLY INCREASES, EXPONENTIALLY INCREASES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU, BECAUSE OF THE LONG LEAD TIME FOR AIRFIELD AND AIR AND RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION AND IMPACT STUDIES AND ALL THAT, ESSENTIALLY WE ARE IN, WE HAVE A, UH, A CAPACITY ISSUE COMING UP VERY QUICKLY.
WE, THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE.
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WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FUTURE GROWTH, THAT IN TWO DIFFERENT TIMES WE'RE GONNA HIT CAPACITY AT 2023, WHICH IS, I MEAN, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE.THAT'S, THAT'S FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
AND AT 2039, WHICH IS ALSO NOT THAT FAR, I PLAN TO STILL BE AROUND.
UH, AND THE CHALLENGE IS, AS I MENTIONED, THE LONG LEAD TIMES FOR CONSTRUCTIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND INTO ADD CAPACITY BY ADDING A PARALLEL RUNWAY TO RUNWAY ONE THREE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PARALLEL RUNWAY THAT IS, UH, ABOUT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ABOUT 5,000 FEET, 5,500, UH, THAT IS NEXT TO RUNWAY ONE THREE, IF YOU SEE THAT RIGHT HERE, THAT PRIMARILY SERVICES GENERAL AVIATION.
AND WILL, THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT IT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE EXPANDED WITH, WITH MINIMAL LAND ACQUISITION.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GATE CAPACITY AS WELL, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 24 GATES THAT WE THINK AT THE HIGH NUMBER, WE'LL NEED 35 GATES BY 2038.
UM, THAT'S ASSUMING NO OTHER CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS PROBABLY, UH, PERHAPS A NAIVE ASSUMPTION, BUT IT'S ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, WORK WITH HERE.
UH, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
UH, AGAIN, ANECDOTALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE OUR TERMINAL FACILITIES ARE, WE HAVE CAPACITY ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF TERMINAL A AND TERMINAL B.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, RENTAL CAR FACILITY CONSOLIDATION, WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL REAL ESTATE CAPACITY IN THE ENTIRE FACILITY.
UH, COMPARE THAT AGAIN WITH LAGUARDIA.
UH, I WOULD SAY CHICAGO MIDWAY, UH, BURBANK, UH, I FLEW RECENTLY OUT OF SAN JOSE.
UH, THERE IS SIMPLY NO LAND ANYWHERE WHERE THEY HAVE NO, THEY HAVE NO OPTIONS, NO VIABLE OPTIONS.
SO WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR NEW FACILITIES, TERMINAL FACILITIES ON THE SOUTH.
WE ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RELOCATE CERTAIN BUSINESSES IF WE NEED NEED TO.
THIS IS STUFF, THIS IS A FACILITY THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OWNS.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS.
UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, RUSS, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT PARALLEL RUNWAY WOULD LAST US FOR MAYBE WILL BUY US ABOUT ANOTHER 15 YEARS.
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT, THAT THE, THOSE TWO RUNWAYS CANNOT BE RUN INDEPENDENTLY.
THEY'RE CALLED PARALLEL DEPENDENT, WHICH MEANS YOU COULD TAKE OFF AND LAND, BUT WITH, IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS, YOU CAN'T TAKE OFF AND LAND AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU'VE GOT, WE COULD, WE WILL HAVE SOME INCREMENTAL CAPACITY THAT WE WOULD ABLE TO BUILD AND BUY WITH A, WITH, WITH EXTENDING RUNWAY ONE THREE LEFT.
BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IN ORDER TO FIT TO 2068, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND WHAT'S CALLED PARALLEL INDEPENDENT RUNWAY.
AND THAT PUTS US OUT OUTSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT PUTS US INTO THE SOUTH OF, UH, WACH PARKWAY AREA.
UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WHEN THE, THE, THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDED IT, WE RECOGNIZED FULLY THAT THERE ARE EXISTING BUSINESSES THERE IN THE EXISTING, UH, PROPERTIES.
BUT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT THIS VERSUS GOING TO, AND, AND TRYING TO ACQUIRE FIVE TO 6,000 ACRES, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, ON OUR OWN.
AND THAT WE THOUGHT WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION HERE WOULD BE COMPARED TO THAT, WE HAD TO REMIND OURSELVES THROUGHOUT.
SO THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY WITH THAT LAND ACQUISITION, UH, TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH 2068.
IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN THAT PARTICULAR PATH WITH A PARALLEL INDEPENDENT RUNWAY TO DO A MIDFIELD TERMINAL FACILITY, A COMPLETELY BRAND NEW FACILITY IF WE WANTED TO, TO BE SERVICED ON EITHER SIDE WITH PARALLEL RUNWAYS.
IT'S NOT AN OPTION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, BUT IT'S AN OPTION.
AND THE POINT HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE LAND THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT OPTION.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY TO BUILD, UH, NEW FACILITIES, NEW TERMINALS AROUND THE FOOTPRINT WHERE TERMINAL A AND B IS, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS IN A, IN A COMPLETELY NEW TERMINAL FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE.
SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YES, IT DOES FIT, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE OTHER CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE, THE REALITIES OF FISCAL FUNDING, AND, UH, THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TREMENDOUS TIMELINE AND
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APPROVALS THAT ARE OUT THERE.WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENERATOR, UH, AND CAN BE, AND EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE FOCUSED, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THAT AS WELL.
THIS IS A VERY STRONG RECOMMENDATION TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE GROWTH THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, GIVEN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A STRENGTH, WHICH IS THE LOCATION.
I JUST WANNA PASS ON ANECDOTALLY THAT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT KNOW THE D F W AND LOVE STORY, D F W WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, AND IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDING AND FOR FORT WORTH TO CLOSE DOWN THEIR AIRPORT, THEY HAD TO GET AN ACTIVE CONGRESS PASSED BY THEN SPEAKER JIM WRIGHT.
IT'S CALLED THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT.
THAT EXISTED FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT SAID IS DALLAS, THE CITY OF DALLAS, COULD NOT FLY OUT OF DALLAS LOVE AND EXCEPT TO CONTIGUOUS STATES.
SO FOR THE LAST, I MEAN MY, ALMOST MY ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL LIFETIME, IF YOU FLEW OUTTA DALLAS LOVE ON SOUTHWEST, YOU COULD ONLY FLY TO ALBUQUERQUE, DENVER, OKLAHOMA CITY, UH, ARKANSAS, AND, AND LOUISIANA.
YOU COULDN'T FLY ONE STATE FURTHER, THAT AMENDMENT WENT AWAY JUST VERY RECENTLY.
AND THE FIRST THING THAT DALLAS DID AND, AND SOUTHWEST, WAS TO DOUBLE DOWN AND BUILD ON LOVE.
BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS, AND I HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET TO DALLAS LOVE THAN IT IS TO GET TO D F W AND GIVEN THE OPTION PEOPLE IN DALLAS RATHER DRIVE TO DALLAS LOVE.
SO AGAIN, THE, THE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CLOSE IN AIRFIELD AIRPORT, UH, FACILITY IS ONE OF THE, THE KEY STRENGTHS.
SO NEXT STEPS ARE TO MOVE, MOVE ON TO PHASE TWO, WHICH ARE REALLY THE HOUSING WEAR FOURS OF WHAT THIS NEW FOOTPRINT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN ALSO TO KEEP THE C COMMITTEE ENGAGED.
AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH JOHN, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND WHO SPENT, UH, A LOT OF HOURS, UH, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY WORK WELL DONE, WORK'S STILL CONTINUING.
RUSS, THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR STAFF SUPPORT AS WELL.
AND THEN FRANCISCO FOR, UH, FACILITATING THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
UM, THIS WHOLE, UH, EFFORT BEGAN BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS QUESTION HANGING OVER US FOR, UH, DECADES NOW ABOUT, UH, SHOULD WE OR SHOULDN'T WE IN TERMS OF BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT? AND IT'S BEEN, UH, A MUCH DEBATED TOPIC WITH NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DATA BEHIND IT, AND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN HYPOTHESES.
MINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT, UH, IT'S A STRATEGIC COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR US AS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN AMERICA, TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONALLY CONNECTED AIRPORT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM ANY POINT THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM.
AND SO, UH, BEFORE WE WERE TO GO HEADLONG INTO ADDRESSING WHAT HAS BEEN VIEWED AS ONE OF OUR WEAKNESSES ECONOMICALLY, OUR AIRPORT, UH, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION AND FIND AN, AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, UH, WITH SOME REAL DATA.
SO THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR GOING THROUGH THIS IN A VERY METHODICAL WAY.
I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE.
UH, THE FIRST THING, YOU SAID IT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
YOU SAID THE F A A NUMBERS WERE VALIDATED TODAY.
SO THAT MEANS THE DEMAND NUMBERS, THE DEMAND PROJECTIONS, UH, HAVE BEEN RE-UP UPDATED SO THEY'RE NO LONGER 2016 NUMBERS OR 2018 NUMBERS.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REAL AS OF TODAY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, F A A AND FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, THEREFORE WE COULD BEGIN, UH, AS YOU GO INTO PHASE TWO AND, AND IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE SCENARIOS FOR ACTUALLY BUILDING AND DEVELOPING ON THIS BLUEPRINT.
UH, WE CAN BEGIN TO GET SOME CERTAINTY AROUND WHAT, UH, TYPES OF FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US BASED ON THAT DEMAND DATA VIS-A-VIS OTHER CITIES.
SO, UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY DIFFERENT FACETS FOR PHASE TWO FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.
UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THE NEXT FACILITY LOOK LIKE? WHAT OTHER STREAMS? UH, AND AND REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, THE FUN PART IS, UH, FLESHING OUT WHAT IT COULD BE AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 20 YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WHOLE THING WAS, UH, THIS, THIS WHOLE EFFORT.
A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO, I WANT TO SAY, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE NOT, UH, UNCLEAR ABOUT IT.
THE FIRST THING WAS THAT THIS WAS INTENDED TO QUESTION ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST BRIEFING THAT GENERAL HANDY, UH, GAVE TO CITY COUNCIL WHEN HE CAME ON BOARD, AND HE TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL, I THINK IN 2016, THAT THE AIRPORT IN SAN ANTONIO IS NOT LANDLOCKED.
I HOPE THAT SINKS IN FOR EVERYONE.
I KNOW THERE WAS, UH, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH LAND WOULD NEED
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TO BE ACQUIRED IF WE WERE TO DO ONE OF THE BUILD OUT SCENARIOS, UH, AT PALES IN COMPARISON THOUGH, TO THE KIND OF ACQUISITION WE WOULD NEED, UH, IF WE WERE TO BUILD AN ENTIRELY NEW AIRPORT.SO THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, UM, FACT GOING INTO THIS FOR ME WAS THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE GROUND, THE AIRFIELD AND TERMINAL CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE OTHER INPUTS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF, UM, LOSS PROJECTED DEMAND IF WE WERE TO MOVE TO A, A NORTH OR A SOUTH, UH, AIRPORT BASED ON THE OTHER AVAILABLE OPTIONS TO AIR TRAVELERS.
UM, THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE, UM, TO WRAP UP THOUGH, HAS TO DO WITH THE RUNWAYS.
THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT RUNWAY, PARALLEL RUNWAY SCENARIO, AND THEN THERE'S A DEPENDENT RUNWAY SCENARIO IN THE INDEPENDENT SCENARIO, IN, IN WHICH CASE, BOTH RUNWAYS COULD OPERATE AUTONOMOUSLY.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ACQUISITION ON THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT.
AND LET ME INVITE, UH, GENERAL HANDY UP TO BETTER ANSWER THAT QUESTION, CORRECT? YES, MAYOR, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, THAT AREA THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED HISTORICALLY AS A POTENTIAL FOR LAND ACQUISITION IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S REALLY JUST REVALIDATED THAT, AND MORSE BLOCK PARKWAY WAS, WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT.
IT WAS BUILT WITH THE OPTION OF HAVING THAT TYPE OF AN INDEPENDENT PARALLEL.
THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT KIND OF A HOOK ON THE END OF IT.
AND SO THAT, THAT PARCELED LAND IN ADDITION TO SOME CLEAR ZONES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY THAT YOU SEE NOW OFF THE END OF THE EXISTING RUNWAY, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE ACQUIRED OVER TIME.
UM, BUT BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS, THE INDEPENDENT AND THE DEPENDENT RUNWAY SCENARIO, UM, ARE, UH, WOULD ADDRESS THE AIRPORT NEEDS BASED ON THIS DATA OUT THROUGH 2068, THE 50 YEAR SCENARIO.
AND, AND THE, AS JOHN SAID, THE FUN PART WILL BE PHASE TWO IS WE START TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DRAW RUNWAYS AND LOOK AT PRECISELY HOW LONG AND WHERE THEY WOULD GO AND, AND WHAT KIND OF CAPACITY, UM, IT WOULD GIVE US AND WHAT SORT OF F A A, YOU KNOW, CONCURRENCE WE COULD GET, IT COULD BE PHASED, SO THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL TO GO WITH ONE OPTION, WITH A, YOU KNOW, EXAMINING THE FORECAST OVER TIME AND THEN MAYBE PHASING INTO, UM, THE INDEPENDENT PARALLEL.
SO THE DEPENDENT PARALLEL, OUR ESTIMATE, UM, IS IT WOULD LIKELY GIVE US SOMEWHERE IN THE 20 TO 25 YEAR RANGE, UH, FROM, FROM TODAY, FROM RIGHT NOW I'M A LITTLE BIT FUZZY ON THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD DO IN ADDITION TO THAT IS WE WOULD IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCIES OF OUR EXISTING RUNWAY, PERHAPS MORE HIGH-SPEED TAXIWAYS.
THE F A IS COMING ON BOARD WITH SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR NAVIGATION, WHICH I THINK WILL ALSO, UH, INCREASE THAT CAPACITY.
SO WE DIDN'T FIGURE ANY OF THAT IN THAT 2039 NUMBER WAS THE WORST CASE THAT WE ASKED THE TEAM TO MAP OUT, KNOWING THAT WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER ENHANCEMENTS, WE COULD GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT DEPENDENT PARALLEL.
UM, AND I, AND I GUESS IT'S MADE ALL THE MORE REAL BECAUSE THAT DEMAND DATA IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I, I THINK PEOPLE READILY RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD NOW 27 STRAIGHT MONTHS, IS THAT RIGHT OF, OF RECORD GROWTH, PASSENGER GROWTH.
UM, SO IT'S NO LONGER, I, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE DEBUNKED THE MYTH THAT THE AIRPORT IS THE REASON FOR ECONOMIC, UH, NON-COMPETITIVENESS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IN FACT, IT'S THE AIRPORT WHERE OUR COMPETITIVENESS CAN BE MEASURED.
UM, AND SO WITH ALL THE GROWTH OF, OF NEW MARKETS AND NONSTOP AND DIRECT ACTIVITY, I THINK PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT AS PARALLEL TO KIND OF THE JOB CREATION EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, I'M GLAD TO GET TO THE NEXT STEPS.
JOHN, MY MY LAST QUESTION, I GUESS FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE WOULD BE WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF PUBLIC OUTREACH TO KIND OF GET COMMENT, UH, AND INPUT AS IT RELATES TO THIS? THE, THE PHASE TWO EFFORT? WELL, AGAIN, THIS WAS COMPRESSED BECAUSE WE HAD THE F A A FUNDED, UH, STUDY, WHICH HAD TO BE DONE AND HAD TO BE FOLLOWED, FOLLOWED WITH A CERTAIN METHODOLOGY.
UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GONNA CATCH OUR BREATH AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO GET THIS QUESTION DONE AND TO GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, RE YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG, HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO MEET, UH, SIT DOWN WITH THE CONSULTANTS, SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL AND FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT THAT LENGTH OF TIME IS.
I THINK, UH, ONE THING WE RECOGNIZED IS WE DID, WE DO NEED TO DO MORE OUTREACH.
WE DO NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
IT WAS JUST A VERY COMPRESSED TIMEFRAME.
AND AS SOON AS THE CAT GOT OUTTA THE BAG, UH, THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF INBOUNDS.
UH, I'LL SAY THIS, UH, WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THAT, OF THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE AIRPORT.
UH, I'VE GOT NO SHORTAGE OF CALLS ON THAT AS WELL.
UH, I WILL SAY, KEEP IN MIND, THAT IS COMPARED TO A, A REALLY THREE TO FOUR TO FIVE TO $6 BILLION ACQUISITION, WHICH IS COMPLETELY, UH, THEORETICAL, ASSUMING YOU FOUND AN AREA AND THEN FOUND WILLING, UH, SELLERS,
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UH, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, GENERAL ANGIE SALINAS, WHO ISN'T WITH US TODAY, IS THE C E O OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE REGION, AND THEY'RE IN THE FOOTPRINT.SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT, AND SO DOES, AND ANGIE AND, AND AND CREW FIGURE THAT OUT WHEN WE'VE GOT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT, UH, DEEP THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT THE ALTERNATIVES ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT VIABLE.
UM, I ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT, UM, THE CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER AT AND T LEFT, UH, IN 2008, AND THE, THE TWO REASONS THAT WE HEARD MOST OFTEN COME UP WERE WATER AND THE AIRPORT.
AND I'M, I'M VERY PROUD, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'VE, WE'VE STRATEGICALLY ATTACKED BOTH ISSUES.
UM, ONE WITH REGARD TO LONG-TERM WATER SECURITY, DIVERSIFICATION OF THE PORTFOLIO CONSERVATION, AND SO THAT WE CAN SAY IN THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY, UH, WE WILL HAVE WATER IN 50 YEARS FOR BUSINESS AND FOR RESIDENTS AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS THE SAME PARALLEL EFFORT IN MY MIND WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING WHAT HAS BEEN PERCEIVED AS A WEAKNESS FOR US IN TERMS OF, UH, AIR, AIR SERVICE CAPACITY.
IT HAS BEEN A MYTH THOUGH, THAT IT'S, IT'S THE CAUSE OF OUR ECONOMIC, THE ISSUES.
UM, HOWEVER WE SEE THROUGH THE DATA, IT'S CLEAR AS DAY THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS NOW, AND THERE'S NOT TIME TO WASTE BECAUSE WITHIN THE, THE FIVE AND THE 25 YEAR SCENARIOS, WE WILL HAVE CAPACITY PROBLEMS IF WE DON'T ADDRESS 'EM.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE PHASE TWO DEVELOPING, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS AS WELL.
SO, UM, MY, UH, IPAD SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING, SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY QUEUED IN, I DO KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN GRO HAS, SO I'LL START WITH HER, BUT IF I CAN JUST GET EVERYBODY TO SIGNAL ME IF THEY, OKAY.
UM, WHY DON'T WE START WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE, THEN SEND THIS TO YOUR DISTRICT.
I WANNA COMMEND THE COMMITTEE WORK TOO.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU A FUNNY STORY.
UH, WHEN I HEARD THE COMMITTEE WAS BEING FORMED, I ASKED THE MAYOR, MAYOR, UH, HOW COME YOU DIDN'T ASK ME IF I WANTED TO BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE? AND HE SAID, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE.
AND, UH, AND I COMMEND THE FACT THAT THIS WASN'T, UH, A POLITICAL EFFORT.
IT WAS DEFINITELY, UH, SET OUT TO LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC, UH, AND THE ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF THE CITY GOING FORWARD.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT VERY WELL.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN, UH, BRIEFED ON, UM, THE ORIGINAL FINDINGS THAT YOU HAVE, EXCUSE ME.
I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 47 YEARS.
UH, WHEN I ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO, IT WAS IN THAT AIRPORT, AND IT'S CHANGED A LOT IN THOSE 47 YEARS.
BUT ALSO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT MANY OTHER AIRPORTS AS ALL OF US HAVE.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO.
I, I, I BELIEVE THE OUTLINE OF THE PLANS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FIT INTO WHAT THE MAYOR'S POINTED OUT IS THE VALUABLE NATURE OF HAVING AN AIRPORT THAT'S 10 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN AND 20 MINUTES FROM JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO GO IN THIS CITY.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY SMART TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
I THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS, MORE VISITORS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UH, I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR EXPANSION THAT MAY INCLUDE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE, THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES OF THE AIRPORT, LOOKING AT LAND ACQUISITION TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS WITHIN MY DISTRICT.
UH, I HOPE THAT AS WE CONSIDER THIS, WE THINK OF A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND ONE IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE EFFECT OF RELOCATING ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES? IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED YOUR LAND AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE VALUE IS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'LL PAY YOU FOR IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD BLESS YOU AFTER THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER, UH, HOW DO WE HELP IN ANY POTENTIAL RELOCATION THAT WE MAY DECIDE WE NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO HAVE TWO INDEPENDENT RUNWAYS AT THE SAME TIME, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M SURE MY PREDECESSORS HEARD THIS FROM LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT 10, MAYBE EVEN IN DISTRICT ONE, WHO LIVE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT WHO HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE AIRPORT.
I DON'T LIVE THAT CLOSE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU EVERY MORNING AT ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK, I HEAR ENGINES REVVING UP AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THIS THIS AFFECT NOT ONLY THE TRAVELERS, BUT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO LIVE AROUND THE AIRPORT? ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IS, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO, THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE AIRPORT WAS AS NOISY AS IT IS TODAY.
I WAS TALKING TO RUSS ABOUT THAT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE TODAY WE
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HAVE SO MANY MORE, UH, CARGO SERVICE FLIGHTS GOING IN AND OUT OF SAN ANTONIO THAT NEVER USED TO FLY BEFORE SIX IN THE MORNING OR AFTER EIGHT OR NINE AT NIGHT, BUT NOW THEY'RE TAKING OFF AND LANDING AT FOUR IN THE MORNING OR FIVE IN THE MORNING, AND THEY'RE FLYING TILL 11 OR OR MIDNIGHT.AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EXPANDING AIRPORT OVER THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR INCREASED FLIGHTS TO LANDING, UH, AND TAKEOFF AREAS AND THE WIDER PATTERNS FOR LANDING AND TAKING OFF, AND HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE AIRPORT? I REALLY THINK IT'S VALUABLE, IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THOSE FLIGHT PATTERNS AS WE DEVELOP THIS SO THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE DON'T HAVE TO TERRIBLY INCONVENIENCE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
MANY OF 'EM USE THE AIRPORT, BUT THEY USE IT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE NOISE ALL AROUND IT 24 7.
AND SO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, I REALLY HOPE THAT BECOMES AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.
I KNOW YOU'LL HEAR IT WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT US TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT EVEN AHEAD OF TIME.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OUTLINE OF A PLAN, AND I, I'M REAL SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION WE SEEM TO BE HEADING IN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND, UH, JOHN, I THINK YOU, YOU AND THE REST OF THE GROUP HAVE DONE A PRETTY GREAT JOB OF, UM, IN A SENSE BEING THE FIRST IN THE CITY AS THIS CONVERSATION IS GETTING BEYOND JUST THE COMMITTEE, BUT THE FIRST IN, IN, IN THE, THE AVALANCHE OF PEOPLE GETTING SMARTER ABOUT, UH, WHAT EXISTS AT OUR CURRENT AIRPORT IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANSION, UH, AND WHAT CHALLENGES MAY, MAY, MAY EXIST IN THAT FUTURE.
AS WE LOOK AT THAT, UH, TRAVEL DEMAND, UH, SPIKE GO UP, WHICH WILL NECESSITATE SOME ACTION, UH, FROM AIRPORT DESIGNERS, THIS THE CITY COUNCIL, AND AT THE END OF IT, WHAT WE WANT IS, IS A COMMUNITY THAT NODS THEIR HEAD IN AGREEMENT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WORTHWHILE FOR THE CITY TO EVEN BE INTERESTED IN.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA ASK MAYBE JUST TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS, BUT AT THE END OF IT, I'LL ASK A BROADER QUESTION, WHICH IS, UH, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO PERCOLATE ON IT.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT THAT THE GENERAL SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE DOESN'T USE THE AIRPORT AS MUCH, SHOULD CARE ABOUT, UH, THIS AND SHOULD CARE ABOUT US THINKING WELL AHEAD OF IT, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REASONS, OR IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, OR LOWER COST FLIGHTS.
THINK ABOUT THAT AS, AS I GET TO IT.
BUT, UH, THE ONE TAKEAWAY THAT I HAD THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAT I HOPE THAT YOU'LL, UM, SPEAK OUT LOUD ABOUT, MAYBE IT'S RUSS, MAYBE IT'S JOHN ON THIS ONE, IS IT FOLDS INTO THE TECHNOLOGY CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS, UH, THAT IN SOME WAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD IN TERMS OF AIR TRAVEL, UH, HOW BIG PLANES, UH, OR HOW, HOW BIG OF A RUNWAY NEEDS TO BE TO ACCOMMODATE.
AND SO, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, I, I CAN RECALL CONVERSATIONS WHERE FOLKS SAID THAT, UH, THE LANDLOCKED CONVERSATION BECAME A REALLY SIMPLE STATEMENT.
IT SAID, WE'RE LANDLOCKED BECAUSE PLANES NEED, UH, LONGER RUNWAYS IN ORDER FOR, THEY'RE GETTING LARGER.
THEY'VE GOT AIR BUSES THAT CAN DO, UH, MUCH LARGER CAPACITY FOR TRAVEL.
BUT I THINK TECHNOLOGY MAY HAVE CHANGED THAT CONVERSATION.
SO ROSS OR JOHN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT, UM, A LONGER RUNWAY ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY FOR EXPANSION OF, OF THE, I'LL LET THE AVIATOR, UH, TACKLE THAT QUESTION FIRST AND THEN I'LL ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION SECOND, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO THE, UM, THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS OVER TIME, UH, IT, IT, IT IS THE OPPOSITE THAT AIRCRAFT ARE REQUIRING LESS RUNWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE POWERFUL, MORE EFFICIENT, AND ACTUALLY QUIETER, UH, TO A DEGREE.
AND WE EXPECT THAT TREND TO CONTINUE.
ONE OF THE STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE MULTIPLE TIMES IS THE AIRPORT IS, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, UH, MUCH LIKE REAGAN NATIONAL, FOR EXAMPLE, TO WHY WE LOVE TO FLY, UH, NONSTOP THERE, AND WHY WE, WHY WE'RE FIGHTING SO HARD TO GET THAT, THAT IS A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE.
AND SO, UM, AIRPORTS THAT HAVE TO MOVE 20 MILES AWAY FROM TOWN TO BUILD 12,000 FOOT RUNWAYS DON'T HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE.
SO, UH, AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND SO THE 7 87 IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, AND WE COULD SERVE WITH A 7, 8, 7 WITH MOST LOAD FACTORS INTO WESTERN EUROPE, UH, COMFORTABLY.
FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT 15 YEARS AGO, UH, IT IS TRUE THAT A FULLY LOADED 7 47 WITH ENOUGH FUEL TO, OR A 7, 7 7 FOR THAT MATTER, WITH ENOUGH FUEL TO GO TO, TO ASIA, IS NOT FEASIBLE ON AN 8,500 FOOT RUNWAY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE DEMAND SIGNAL THAT EVEN CLOSE TO ONE NOW THAT AN AIRLINE WOULD CHOOSE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO, TO PICK UP THAT ROUTE.
THAT SAID, I, I SUSPECT THAT THOSE KINDS OF TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH AIRCRAFT LIKE THE LARGER SEVEN 30 SEVENS AND THE 7 87 WILL CONTINUE.
WE'RE TALKING TO AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS ABOUT THAT.
UH, BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT TREND.
SO, UH, IN SIMPLE TERMS, I SUPPOSE THAT THE CONVERSATION REALLY HIT A DEAD END, UM, IN MOST PEOPLE'S HEAD, AND
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I THINK MOST PEOPLE WILL NOD THEIR HEAD IN AGREEMENTS.DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO ME ON A COMMON SENSE LEVEL THAT IF, IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA EXPAND THE AIRPORT, IT'S GONNA NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE LENGTH OF YOUR RUNWAY IS GONNA BE THIS, THE STRONGEST DEAD END THAT YOU'LL RUN INTO.
AND, AND YOUR RESPONSE IS THAT, UH, IT, IT MAY BE THE OPPOSITE IN THE FUTURE THAT, THAT THE PLANES THAT WE'RE MAKING INTO THE FUTURE MAY NOT NECESS, NECESSITATE THAT LONG OF A RUNWAY.
BUT YOU, YOU POINTED OUT AN EXAMPLE THAT MAYBE HAMSTRINGS US, WHICH IS A TRIPLE SEVEN GOING TO ASIA, TRIPLE SEVEN GOING TO EUROPE.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT OUR BAILIWICK.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, BUT NOT ANYTIME SOON,
WELL, IT, IT, IT'S, WELL, AS I SAID, AIRLINES MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS AND WE'VE TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF AIRLINES, WE'VE EXAMINED THOSE DEMAND SIGNALS IN THERE, AND THEY'RE JUST VERY SMALL OUT OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO TO DATE.
AND MAY, AND MAYBE THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS, JOHN, AS, AS YOU COME UP TO MAYBE ANSWER THE NEXT, UH, THIS, THE FIRST QUESTION, BUT, UH, MAYBE THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAD AS A COMMITTEE, IS THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO BE, UH, WHEN WE GROW UP, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE.
AND SOME OF THAT IS, IS RESTRICTED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORS AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE GOTTEN VERY GOOD AT, UM, AT HUB, HAVE, HAVE BECOMING, GOT VERY GOOD AT THE DIRECT FLIGHTS TO LONDON OR TO FRANKFURT OR TO ASIA.
UH, SO WHAT KIND OF INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS DID THOSE SOUND LIKE? SO I'LL, WE'LL LET JOHN, UH, SPEAK TO THAT.
I DID WANNA MENTION ONE THING, AND AGAIN, THE, THE PURPOSE OF PHASE ONE AND WITH THE INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH COUNCIL IS TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR TEAM AND DEFINE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR PHASE TWO.
AND I WILL SAY, ALTHOUGH ALL WE, WE DREW, YOU KNOW, BUBBLES UP THERE, WE DIDN'T SHOW YOU RUNWAYS.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED THOSE ALTERNATIVES YET.
IT, IT, IT WOULD BE REALISTIC.
AND IT HAS BEEN EXAMINED IN THE PAST TO EXAMINE AS A SCOPE OF WORK FOR, FOR THE FUTURE LONGER RUNWAYS.
UM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS YOU COULD DO THAT.
AND SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY DECIDE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO LOOK AT, TO HAVE ON THE SHELF AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
SO WHY WOULD MY GRANDMOTHER CARE, UH, WHO'S NEVER FLOWN? UH, WHY WOULD MY UNCLES AND AUNTS CARE? UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEIR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS TO MOVE AWAY.
AND BY HAVING A COMPETITIVE AIRPORT AND BY BEING ABLE TO FLY TO MOST PLACES IN THE WORLD, YOU CAN IN FACT LIVE HERE AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE TO DALLAS OR DENVER OR CHICAGO.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHY THE NON-FLYING PUBLIC CARES IN A VERY BROAD WAY, IS BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE AIRPORT AND WE DO, AND A MORE COMPETITIVE AIRPORT, THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT YOU CAN BUILD COMPANIES HERE AND WORK HERE AND FLY AROUND TO DISTANT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CONSUME AND UNDERSTAND.
GOING BACK TO AS, AS THIS CONVERSATION BROADENS OUT, HEY, I SAW IT ON THE NEWS.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE AIRPORT? UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE AT THE BASIC LEVEL WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHY IT SHOULDN'T MATTER.
SO IF I'M TELLING THEM, HERE'S THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS, 2023 SEEMS TO BE, UH, FLASHED UP THERE.
AND, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A DATE THAT, UM, IS COMING UP RATHER QUICKLY, I WOULD IMAGINE.
SO IF, IF I'M, IF I'M TELLING MYSELF AS A, AS A POLICYMAKER HERE, UH, 2023 IS AROUND THE CORNER.
WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN, UM, UH, EXPANDING THE DEPENDENT RUN PARALLEL RUNWAY, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOUR FIRST COURSE OF ACTION SOUNDS LIKE.
SO THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK AT IN, IN PHASE TWO, BECAUSE IT, THERE ARE OPTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRECISELY HOW, WHERE YOU PLACE THAT RUNWAY, HOW LONG IT IS, WHETHER YOU KEEP IT PERFECTLY ALIGNED WITH ONE THREE LEFT OR MOVE IT IN OR OUT.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS AND SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
UM, AND I, I DID WANNA REEMPHASIZE THAT, THAT WE DID WANNA SHOW WORST CASE WITH REGARD TO 2023.
WHAT 2023 REPRESENTS IS 80% OF OUR CURRENT CAPACITY GIVEN STATUS QUO, UH, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, NO ADDITIONAL HIGH SPEED TAXIWAYS TO BETTER, UH, MAKE THE AIR THE AIRFIELD THAT, THAT WE OWN MORE EFFICIENT WITHOUT PERFORMANCE-BASED NAVIGATION.
THIS NEXT GENERATION NAVIGATION SYSTEM THAT THE FAA IS BRINGING ON BOARD, WHICH WILL ALSO, UH, INCREASE THE CAPACITY.
AND IT'S ALSO NOT A MAGICAL DATE, IT'S JUST THAT THE POINT AT WHICH WE HIT THAT 80%, AND MAYBE YOU'LL BE NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER THREE DURING A PEAK TIME AS OPPOSED TO TAXING RIGHT ONTO THE RUNWAY.
SO THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH THE DELAY PAIN STARTS TO, UH, INCREASE.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A KIND OF STARTING POINT WHERE, UM, WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IT.
AND, AND IF WE HAVE SOME OF THAT E EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN GET A FEW MORE YEARS OUT OF THAT.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE PLANNING THOSE ALTERNATIVES, THE SCOPE OF WORK, UH, AND THE CONTRACT FOR PHASE TWO.
WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL, UH, AND WE'LL OUTLINE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TEAM TO EXAMINE, UH, THROUGHOUT NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, RUSS AND JOHN, HERE'S A, HERE'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT I, I DON'T THINK I'VE YET GOT MY HANDS AROUND, BUT IT'S ONE THAT I THINK MOST FOLKS, UH, ARE QUICK TO, TO ASK, WHICH IS WHO PAYS FOR IT? SO WHO PAYS FOR A SECOND AIRPORT? WHO PAYS FOR THE EXPANSION? UM, BECAUSE LEMME JUST GIVE MY OWN SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING, POKE HOLES IN IT WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU SEE FIT.
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WE WERE TO GO OUT FOR A NEW AIRPORT, UH, A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT COMES FROM THE F A A, UH, 75% PERHAPS IN, IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU ALL, YOU ALL HAD.IS THAT THE SAME CASE WHEN WE DO EXPANSION AND WHEN THOSE MONEY, WHEN THOSE, WHERE DO THOSE MONIES COME FROM? ARE THEY FROM THE AIRLINE GATE FEES? ARE THEY FROM OUR TAXPAYERS IN SAN ANTONIO? IS IT BROADLY THE TAXPAYERS FROM THE, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? SO FOR THE F A A PIECE, THE F AND OF COURSE, I NEVER GUARANTEE ANYTHING WHEN IT INVOLVES FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
'CAUSE THAT'S AN EVERY YEAR GO TO BATTLE ON CAPITOL HILL THING, WHICH WE WE'RE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT THE F A A ROUGHLY FUNDS 75 TO 80% OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND ELIGIBLE PROJECTS TO GREATLY OVERSIMPLIFY IT ARE TYPICALLY THE AIRFIELD TYPE PROJECTS, RUNWAYS, TAXIWAYS, ROADWAYS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE AIRFIELD AND THE LIKE, UH, TERMINAL BUILDINGS, LANDSIDE, ROADWAYS, PARKING LOTS, THAT, THAT IS TYPICALLY NOT, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO BY THE F A A.
AND SO THAT'S SORT OF BROADLY WHERE THAT LINE IS DRAWN.
SO ON THE TOPIC OF, OF WHO PAYS IT'S, IT, IT IS, IT IS DEFINITELY THE, UH, THE MORE THAN $10,000 QUESTION, IF YOU WILL.
AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, WAYS THAT YOU CAN PAY FOR AIRPORT PROJECTS.
THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY WITHIN THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND HAS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DEBT INSTRUMENTS.
WE'VE GOT, UM, A LOAN THAT WE'RE PAYING, WE PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CON RACK THAT IS PAID FOR WITH RENTAL CAR FEES.
UH, WE TAKE OUT OTHER DEBT THAT'S BACKED BY PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD US DEBATE, UH, WITH CONGRESS TO TRY TO GET AN INCREASE TO THAT.
WE CAN TAKE OUT GENERAL AV OUR GENERAL, UH, REVENUE BACK BONDS.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, REVENUE PICTURE AND WE CAN GET CREDIT BASED UPON THAT, BASED UPON OUR STRONG CREDIT RATING AND, AND CERTAINLY BACKED UP BY THE INCREDIBLE CREDIT RATING OF THE CITY.
UM, OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE FUNDED PROJECTS WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEANS, UH, VARIOUS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
UH, AND THEY MAY COME IN AND OPERATE, UH, E EITHER BUILD AND THEN COLLECT FEES OR BUILD AND OPERATE PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY.
STATES, COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AIRPORT PROJECTS.
AND SO IT'S A BROAD RANGE OF OPTIONS.
AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE, UH, FULLY INTEND, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY, UM, W S P AMONG OTHERS WAS CHOSEN, UH, IS THEY'VE GOT A VERY STRONG TRACK RECORD ON DEVELOPING FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY PLANS.
AND I INTEND FOR THAT TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR PHASE TWO FOR THEM TO, TO HELP US.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT AIRPORTS AND AIRPORT MASTER PLANNERS TYPICALLY KINDA LEAVE TO THE END AND THEY, THEY DON'T PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO IT.
TO ME IT'S LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND THEY DON'T PAY FOR IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH JOHN VAN WON AND HIS TEAM ON, ON THAT.
AND I WILL SAY, I WAS ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH THE C E O OF AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL, WHO'S ONE OF OUR BIG REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON, UH, TALKING ABOUT, I SERVED WITH THEM ON SOME POLICY ISSUES.
AND, UM, LOOK, DEPENDING UPON HOW THE ELECTIONS GO, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT AIRPORT FINANCING AND AIRPORT FINANCING OPTIONS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAY RANGE FROM FAVORABLE TAX TREATMENT TO, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE INVESTORS TO MORE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR LEGISLATIVE EFFORT WITH THE NEW CONGRESS.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
LONG ANSWER TO A SHORT QUESTION, BUT IT'S A VERY BROAD TOPIC THAT'LL TAKE, UH, A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TIME.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'VE GATHERED, IS THAT THERE'S A, A BROAD DIVERSITY OF TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE TO FUND OPPORTUNITIES AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, BUT IF, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CON RACK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO IN ORDER TO BUILD THE CONSOLIDATED CAR RENTAL FACILITIES, UH, BUILDING THAT IS FINALLY COMPLETE, UH, WE INCREASE THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING FOR THAT ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE USING CAR RENTALS, WHO ARE, IT'S A USER FEE THAT IT ESSENTIALLY PAYS FOR THAT.
BUT I COULDN'T TURN AROUND AND SAY, LET'S INCREASE THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE TO PAY FOR A PARK IN MY DISTRICT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY STRICT, BUT IT ALSO HAS THIS, THIS HYBRID AND DIVERSITY OF OPTIONS THAT MAY NOT EXIST FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD NOT CORRECT.
SO THE, THE, THE CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE, THE C F C IS HOW WE BACK THE CAR RENTAL FACILITY.
AND THAT'S EVEN MORE SPECIFIC.
YOU, THOSE CHARGES HAVE TO BE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME SORT OF INSTRUMENT THAT'S FOR CAR RENTAL.
THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE HAS A MUCH BROADER USE FOR TERMINALS AND OTHER TERMINAL TYPE FACILITIES.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE RATE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CAPPED, UH, AND THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO INCREASE, UH, ABOVE WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR TWO DECADES.
WELL, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN FOLKS SEE ANY, ANY DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THAT STARTS WITH A B, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS START CLUTCHING THEIR POCKETBOOKS, PROBABLY RIGHTFULLY SO.
BUT, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE THAT, THAT YOU DON'T GO WI YOU, YOU DON'T GO AT ALONE.
EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO, IF WE SAID WE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW AIRPORT, WE WANNA EXPAND IT.
UH, WE HAVE TO GET A, A TON OF PARTNERS INVOLVED, F A A BEING THE LARGEST ONE.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT GIVES US ALL, I THINK AT LEAST IT GIVES ME, UH, A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS, BUT YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU'VE GOT DEMAND.
YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THIS IS WORTH THE WHILE FOR PASSENGERS WORTH THE WHILE FOR AIRLINES WORTH THE WHILE FOR THE F A A TO MAKE INVESTMENTS OF IT.
UM, THE, THE LAST QUESTION IS ONE ON THE, I'M TRYING STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO GET
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AWAY WITH THE, ALL OF THE MILITARY TRAINING AIRSPACE, UH, NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH OUR INSTALLATIONS.HOW WE'RE ABLE TO EVEN FIT THAT IN AND HOW THAT'S NOT MORE OF A, OF A DETRIMENT, I THINK YOU SAID, UH, SURPRISINGLY, IT, IT IS NOT THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A REGION THAT, THAT THEY FLY INTO THAT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH, WITH SAN ANTONIO'S, UH, GENERAL AVIATION.
I WOULD JUST SAY THE, I WOULD GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE PICTURE THAT I POINTED AT YOU TO, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE DON'T FLY OUT OF THAT ONE NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST RUNWAY IS BECAUSE OF RANDOLPH.
UH, THAT'S THE, UH, YOU KNOW, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL TYPICALLY ROUTE FOLKS AROUND RUNWAY ONE THREE.
I MEAN, MOST OF THE, THE HEAVY FLYING THEY, THEY DO IS NOT IN OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR CONTROL AREA.
UH, BUT IT IS A BUSY, BUSY, UH, AIRSPACE.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF WHAT ARE CALLED V F R FLYERS THAT FLY UP AND DOWN I 35, UH, USE THAT AS A NAVIGATION MEANS THEY JUST FOLLOW THE, UH, SO THAT PART OF THE, OF OUR STATE IS A PARTICULARLY CROWDED AIRSPACE.
AND SO, AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER CONSTRAINT THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHERE OUR, OUR FLYER, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S WHERE THE PASSENGERS ARE, ARE GOING, THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE TO PUT AN AIRPORT EITHER.
SO, WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, GENTLEMEN AND, AND REPRESENTATIVES, UH, WHO ARE HERE FROM THIS COMMITTEE.
THE CONVERSATION BEGAN, I BELIEVE, IN MARCH.
YOUR CHARGE WAS TO GO OUT AND, AND GET AS SMART AS POSSIBLE, COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU HAVE, HAVE FOUND, AND THEN ALLOW US TO, UH, ASK QUESTIONS AND GET SMARTER, UH, ABOUT IT AS WELL.
AND, AND WHAT I'M GLAD IS SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS, UH, SEEM TO BE THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT LANDLOCKED, THAT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GROW, IT WILL FIT.
UM, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS, MAYBE SAN ANTONIO HAS BENEFITED FROM, UM, THE CHOICE OF HAVING IT WHERE IT WAS WHEN PERHAPS WE THOUGHT WE WOULD REGRET THAT DECISION.
IT'S THE SAME WAY I FEEL ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ON THE GROUND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE SOME CITIES HAVE GONE ALL IN OR DOUBLE DOWN ON RAIL.
UH, YOU MIGHT SEE THAT THE FUTURE FOR CITIES WHO'VE ALREADY INVESTED HEAVILY IN, IN THE CAPITAL AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RAIL, MIGHT SEE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY, UH, MIGHT ALLOW FOR IT, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
AND SAN ANTONIO MAY ACTUALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD DECISION.
WE DIDN'T PUT A RAIL DOWN BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES IN TRANSPORTATION WE JUST ARE NOT AWARE OF.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE TAKEAWAY I'M, I'M SEEING FROM, UH, THE AIRPORT, THAT IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO GROW IN AND IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO ADAPT TO NEW TECHNOLOGY.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
GREAT, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING ALL THIS, UH, THE PLANS TOGETHER, GETTING 'EM GOING.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED, UH, NEED TO GO BECAUSE WE ARE EXPERIENCING THAT RAPID GROWTH AND WE, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, THAT GROWTH.
BUT, UH, UH, I HAVE TO SHARE, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGES, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT CONCERNS FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
I HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 10 THAT, UM, EVEN TO THIS DAY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CURRENT NOISE AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL RUNWAY OR LENGTHENING OR, OR WHATEVER THAT'S RAISING, THAT'S RAISING CONCERNS IN DISTRICT 10.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, CONTINUE TO TALK AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND, AND BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.
THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION AND BEING PART OF THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THIS PHASE TWO IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I'LL BE, UH, VERY INTERESTED AND BE, UH, HOPEFULLY BE ENGAGED DURING THIS NEXT PHASE AS WELL.
'CAUSE I, I, I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE A A LOT OF QUESTIONS DURING THIS NEXT PHASE TOO, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS NOW, UM, ON, UH, SLIDE FOUR AND FIVE.
WE GOT A GREAT CROSS SECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES ON YOUR COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM, UH, GENERAL HANDY'S, UH, MILITARY EXPERIENCE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A MILITARY REP ON THE LIST FROM J B S A OR, UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM J B S A ON THE COMMITTEE? I, UH, I, THERE WASN'T A REASON THERE.
I, WE SPENT ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS OF TRYING TO WINNOW DOWN THAT LIST.
UH, AND WE DO HAVE THREE FORMER, YOU KNOW, FIELD OFFICERS, FORMER OFFICER, MYSELF AND OTHERS, UH, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ACTUAL REP.
UH, WE TRIED TO TOUCH ALL BASES, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE IT.
AND I, AND NOT THAT IT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT THE, OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY FROM J B SS A FULLY REPRESENTED ON OUR, ON OUR WORKING GROUPS AND OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEES, WHICH, WHICH DIRECTLY RELATED WITH THE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTLY FED, UH, DATA AND ACCEPTED INPUT AS WELL.
SO THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DID NOT KNOW.
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MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE NEXT PHASE, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE, EVEN THOUGH THE, UH, MAIN RUNWAY IS NOT LINING UP WITH, UH, RANDOLPH, UM, WE, WE STILL HAVE, UH, RUNWAY DOWN AT LACKLAND.WE GOT AIR, AIR TRAFFIC GOING INTO CAMP BULLIS, AND OF COURSE, UH, RANDOLPH AS WELL.
SO WE'VE GOT MILITARY FLIGHTS ALL AROUND THE PLACE, AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HERE, UM, ON THE COMMITTEE.
SO IF, IF WE COULD FIND SOMEBODY FROM J B S A, THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THIS, BUT I, I THINK THEY NEED A, THEY NEED A VOICE UP AT THIS AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.
UM, SO HAVING, UM, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES OR POTENTIAL SITES.
AND, AND CARLOS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, TEXT MESSAGE ON THAT ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
THE ARCHEOLOGICAL, NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE, IS FULLY GONNA BE, UH, INVESTIGATED IN, IN ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE, THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD DO IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT STRATEGIC PLANS IS, IS KICKING OFF A PROCESS WHERE THERE'S A SERIES OF IMPACT STUDIES, F A, A MANDATED IMPACT STUDIES, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, SITE SELECTION.
UH, AND SO THAT'S, THAT REALLY IS THE TIMELINE ISSUE, IS THAT PROCESS LESS SO THE FUNDING.
UH, AND SO THAT, THAT IS, WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE MANY DIFFERENT IMPACTS.
WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE LIST AS WELL.
I WASN'T AWARE OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ONE, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SENSITIVE TO ALL THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS.
YEAH, WELL, WE GOT A MAJOR CREEK WAY THROUGH HERE.
AND THAT'S USUALLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, NATIVE AMERICANS, IT KIND OF SETTLED AROUND THOSE CREEK WAYS, SO THAT, THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO INVESTIGATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY IMPACTS WITH THAT.
UH, CARLOS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO JUST, JUST FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE AND THE REST OF THE, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL, UH, SO YOUR QUESTION WAS, WAS THERE A STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE SEVENTIES THAT REVEALED ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES BEING FOUND IN, IN THE CREEK AND SAW THE CREEK? AND THERE WERE, AND IF I MAY, I JUST WOULD WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THERE WERE THREE, UM, ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEYS DONE IN 1979 BY THE F A A, THAT, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT THAT WERE RELATED TO THE RUNWAYS, ANY POTENTIAL EXPANSION, NO ARCHEOLOGICAL SENSITIVE SITES WERE, WERE RECORDED IN EACH OF THOSE SURVEYS.
THERE WERE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN 2005, 2014 AND 2012.
AND THERE WAS ONE SITE, UH, THAT WAS RECORDED, BUT IT WAS, UH, ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE CREEK AND COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO ANY RUNWAY POTENTIAL RUNWAY EXPANSION.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'LL BE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
THERE'LL BE ALL KINDS OF REVIEWS THAT TAKE PLACE, UH, BEFORE ANY, ANY ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE, EITHER WITH TERMINAL OR FUELS.
CARLOS, UH, IN THE PHASE ONE, AND I KNOW RUSS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, UH, WERE THE, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, UM, OH, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT I DIDN'T SEE STINSON LISTED ON, ON THE INTRODUCTORY SLIDES UP THERE ABOUT, UH, YEAH, SLIDE SEVEN, WHERE Y'ALL WENT AND LOOKED AT EACH ONE OF OUR, UM, LIKE DOWN AT THE PORT IN THE RUNWAY, BUT WE DIDN'T LIST STINSON.
DID WE NOT LOOK AT STINSON, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE? WE, NOT, NOT A SITE VISIT.
WE TALKED AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT STINSON, AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD A LOT OF STINSON EXPERTISE AND WHAT WE'RE EXAMINING, YOU ALSO DIDN'T SEE A STINSON AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN PRODUCT.
IT'S THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS AT STINSON IS DRIVEN BY, UH, TDOT.
AND SO WE WORK WITH THEM, AND THEY HAVE A CURRENT, WE HAVE A CURRENT STINSON MASTER PLAN.
HOWEVER, WE SPECIFICALLY MADE THIS AN AIRPORT SYSTEM, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT ALL OF AVIATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND THE POTENTIAL UTILITY BROADLY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOME DEVELOPMENT, AND PERHAPS SOMETHING MAY WANT TO OR NEED TO BE RELOCATED, HOW STINSON OR EVEN THE PORT WOULD PLAY INTO THAT.
SO THAT IS A INTEGRAL PART OF THE PLAN.
UH, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T TECHNICALLY PRODUCE A MASTER PLAN FOR STINSON OUT OF THE 'CAUSE, THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS IN THE PAST.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE, TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY AT THE, AT THE MAIN RUNWAY, UH, WHY DON'T WE MOVE GENERAL AVIATION OUT TO STINSON AND MOVE OUR CARGO DOWN TO THE PORT AND TO FREE UP THAT HEAD SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT.
IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT, IT, IT'S A COMPLICATED QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY ALLOWED BY THE F A A TO TELL, UH, AN, AN OPERATOR WHERE THEY CAN OPERATE.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF CITIES WHO HAVE USED INCENTIVES, UH, TO BE
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ABLE TO HELP FOLKS MAKE THAT DECISION, WHICH CERTAINLY MAY BE AN OPTION.SO THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, DOES IT HELP US FROM A CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE, DO WE NEED TO RELOCATE SOMEONE WHO MAY MAYBE DOESN'T REALLY WANNA RELOCATE? AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE, BY THE WAY, AN AWFUL LOT OF FOLKS THAT WOULD RESIST THAT.
UM, AND IF THAT IS A, IS A NECESSITY OR IT FACILITATES THE EXECUTION OF THE PLAN, THEN WE'LL, THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THAT.
UM, THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS PLAN THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE POTENTIALLY EXECUTED WITHOUT IMPACTING ANYBODY, AND THEY CAN STILL OPERATE WITHOUT GREATLY INCREASING OR DECREASING OUR CAPACITY AND WITHOUT INCONVENIENCE TO THEM.
SO IT'LL BE A, I'D SAY CASE BY CASE, UH, EXAMINATION, BUT I THINK WE HAVE POTENTIAL ACROSS THE WHOLE AVIATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY FOR A LOT OF THOSE FLEXIBLE OPTIONS.
SO THAT, THAT IS PART OF THIS STUDY.
AND, AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT LEAST I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT, UH, DEPENDENT VERSUS INDEPENDENT, UH, AIRFIELD OPERATIONS ON ANOTHER RUNWAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL COME OUT IN THE NEXT PHASE, RIGHT? UM, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION COMES OUT OF THAT, IT WILL BE TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND DISTURBANCE TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THAT KIND OF THING.
I, I, I WOULD SAY, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN PHONE CALLS AND PEOPLE ARE AWARE, UH, TO, TO LOOK AT IT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, THAT CLOSE IN RUNWAY, THE DEPENDENT ONE BUYS US MAYBE 15 TO 20 YEARS, BUT BECAUSE THE, THE, OUR CHARGE WAS LOOKING AT 50 YEARS, THAT'S REALLY THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, THE CONS, WHO KNOWS WHERE THE AEROSPACE AND, AND, UH, AVIATION MARKET WILL BE 30 YEARS FROM NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE VIEWING IT THROUGH THE LENS OF 2018, AND, UH, WE HAVE THE OPTIONS.
SO INCLUDING THAT SECOND OPTION IF WE GO DOWN THAT PATH, OKAY.
UH, AND I'M JUST SAYING WHICHEVER OPTION WE GO IN, UH, OR THE DIRECTION THAT WE GO IN, UH, TO MINIMIZE THAT LAND ACQUISITION PORTION, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, IF I WEREN'T AWARE OF IT BEFORE THAT EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE, I AM MOST CERTAINLY AWARE OF IT NOW,
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH THAT, THAT THROUGH THAT LENS, THEN IT IS A, A VERY RATIONAL DECISION.
UM, I, SO I'M, I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES AND WHAT I'VE GOT SO FAR THAT I CAN TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHEN THEY ASK ME IS THAT AVAILABLE LAND FOR A NEW AIRPORT WHERE WE WOULD NEED A NEW AIRPORT, JUST ISN'T THERE, RIGHT? WE WERE PROVIDED EVEN OPTIONS AROUND IN THE HILL COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN'T PHYSICALLY BUILD AN AIRPORT IN HILLS.
I MEAN, SO, SO THE OPTIONS ARE, I WOULD SAY, EXCEEDINGLY UNATTRACTIVE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND THEN ALSO, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY IT THE LAST TIME WE MET, OR RUSS, MAYBE IT WAS YOU, THAT, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES JUST AREN'T HAPPENING AT A PACE COMMENSURATE WITH OUR GROWTH AND THAT GROWTH BEING MEASURED EITHER BY POPULATION OR BY ANTICIPATED AIR TRAFFIC IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES AND RENOVATIONS.
WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS ADD CAPACITY.
AND THE TIME IS NOW TO EXAMINE THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT LATE, UH, BUT IT'S TIME.
AND WE ARE NOT THE KIND OF CITY THAT IS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR TWO AIRPORTS, LET'S SAY.
RIGHT? I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION.
LIKE A, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE LOVE PLUS V FW, RIGHT? NO.
AND YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE.
NOW, UM, HERE'S WHAT I HAVE NOT HAD HAPPEN IN MY DISTRICT.
I, I AM CERTAIN THAT WHAT CLAYTON PERRY AND AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE TELL YOU IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE, THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AIRPORT THAN THE PEOPLE IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT, WHEN WE GO AND WE TALK TO THEM AND THE AIRPORT COMES UP, THEY USUALLY TELL ME, I I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
I CARE ABOUT MY TRAFFIC, RIGHT? FIX MY TRAFFIC, FIX MY TRAFFIC.
THE AIRPORT'S REALLY NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ME.
I ONLY USE IT ONE TIME A YEAR.
AND THAT'S THANKSGIVING, RIGHT? OR, OR CHRISTMAS.
I HEAR THAT, UM, ALMOST UBIQUITOUSLY, RIGHT? AND WHEN I CHALLENGE THEM ON THAT AND SAY, YEAH, I KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, GREAT JOB.
YOU KNOW, CITIES THAT ATTRACT GREAT JOBS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THRIVING ECONOMIES AND NEED GREAT AIRPORTS, RIGHT? AND AN AIRPORT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
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ALWAYS GET BACK IS YEAH, WHATEVER, FIX MY TRAFFIC, RIGHT? I, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.AS I, I MENTIONED IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, I WAS ON THE SA 2020, UH, COMMITTEE, AND I WAS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE, AND I DON'T THINK I EVER HEARD ABOUT THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? AND I, AND I DID RUN, READ THROUGH 10 YEARS WORTH OF COUNCIL PRIORITY MEMOS AND DIDN'T SEE A MENTION OF THE AIRPORT OR AIR TRAVEL OR, SO IT SIMPLY HAS NOT BEEN A PRIORITY OF MOST FOLKS.
YOU DON'T GET YELLED AT AT, I DON'T THINK, AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS ABOUT THE AIR SERVICE.
SO IF I'VE GOT AN ENTIRE DISTRICT WHO REALLY DOESN'T THINK IT HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS AIRPORT, ASIDE FROM THE GUYS, YOU KNOW, AND THE, AND THE WOMEN WHO SHOW UP EVERY MONDAY TO GO DO THEIR BUSINESS TRIP OR WHATEVER, BUT ASIDE FROM THOSE PEOPLE, UM, MY HEAVY LIFT IS GONNA BE JUSTIFYING A BIG SPEND ON ANY AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVE.
AND YET I KNOW, RIGHT? AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY AT THIS DAIS WHO WILL DISAGREE WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
AND THAT IS, I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PRESENTING US IS TRUE.
OUR AIRPORT IS GOING TO BE HITTING CERTAIN CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS THAT ARE GONNA BE PROBLEMATIC AND THAT IT'S JUST GONNA GET WORSE AS WE GO ON.
AND THAT A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AT OUR PACE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT YOU ARE GONNA NEED AN AIRPORT WITH MORE CAPACITY, AND THAT DOES MORE FOR MORE PEOPLE.
I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE DISAGREES WITH THAT.
THE CELL AS MUCH AS I, I HATE SAYING IT, THE CELL IS A POLITICAL ONE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SOMEHOW DISTILL THIS DOWN SO THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP OR DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH AN AIRPORT, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY THAT RELATIONSHIP EXISTS, RIGHT? AND THAT THEIR ABILITY TO THRIVE IS DEPENDENT UPON, YOU KNOW, A AN AIRPORT THAT IS ALSO SERVING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND DOING IT IN THE BEST OF, BEST IN CLASS MANNER.
SO, SO JOHN, HERE'S MY, HERE'S MY ISSUE, RIGHT? YOU'RE, YOU'RE DELIVERING TO US THIS REPORT THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IS, IS 100% ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON TARGET.
MY, MY CONCERN THOUGH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE THAT YOU JUST TELL 'EM, HEY, BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS VERY, VERY GOOD IDEA.
IT'S LEGITIMATE, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
WHO, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR FRIENDS CALL THEM, WHAT IS IT? CITIZENS AGAINST? VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S A LOUD CONSTITUENCY, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED WITH GOVERNMENT FOR A CERTAIN REASON, RIGHT? UM, I THINK THAT IF ANYTHING THREATENS OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, IT'S GONNA BE GETTING TO THOSE PEOPLE WITH A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES, RIGHT? AND I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHAT THAT MESSAGE IS.
AND, AND, AND I WILL, AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL NEED YOUR HELP.
I, I, I LOVED COUNCILMAN SAL'S QUESTION.
I THINK TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT TO MY NON-FLYING FAMILY MEMBERS, NONE OF 'EM HAVE FLOWN, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WHY, WHY DO I CARE? IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.
AND I THINK I WOULD POINT TO COMMUNITIES LIKE KANSAS CITY AND OTHERS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DID HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN THEY WENT TO THE VOTERS.
SO WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THAT CONSTRAINT AS WELL.
AND SO I'LL WORK WITH RUSS AND TEAM AND, AND OUR CONSULTANTS AND YOU.
BUT I, I AGREE THAT IS A NUT TO CRACK, AND WE HAVE TO TELL THAT STORY.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S IN TERMS, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AS A TECHIE PERSON DOING ALL THE STUFF I'VE DONE IN TECH, TECH, I WAS WORRIED THAT WE HAD, I HEARD IT OVER AND OVER, THAT OUR KIDS WOULD GO TO UT AND A AND M AND THEN GO TO DALLAS AND HOUSTON AND OTHER PLACES.
HOW DO WE STEM THAT TIDE? AND IF YOU PUT IT IN TERMS LIKE THAT, VERY EMOTIONAL, IF YOU WANNA BE NEAR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR KIDS NEED TO HAVE JOBS HERE.
AND REALLY, ONE OF THE LINCHPINS OF THAT ECONOMIC SUCCESS IS THE AIRPORT, WHETHER WE FLY OUT OF IT OR NOT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO OR JACK SPARROW, PLEASE.
YOU GONNA, TODAY WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED.
UM, NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU TO THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
UH, THAT IS A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, AND YOU AND I GOT TO SPEAK, UH, YES.
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UM, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I LIVE VERY CLOSE AT THE AIRPORT MYSELF.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON THE PATH OF RUNWAY FOUR.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET FREQUENT FLIGHTS THERE, DEPENDING ON THE WIND DIRECTION AND SO FORTH.
BUT SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T HEAR, AND I I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT OR WHERE WE ARE IN THIS CERTAIN STAGE OF NEXT GEN, BECAUSE WE DID, WE DID TALK ABOUT NEXT
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GEN AND HOW IT'S GONNA IMPROVE THE LANDING PROCEDURES AND TIGHTEN UP A LOT OF THE ROUTES, WHICH SHOULD ALSO HELP ADDRESS NOISE ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.CAN CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SO THE F A A, UM, THEIR PRO AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I MENTIONED IT TO YOU OVER A YEAR AGO, THE F A A SLOWED DOWN THE PROCESS THAT THEY RAN INTO SOME HURDLES IN OTHER CITIES, AND THEY TOOK A STEP BACK TO SELF-EXAMINE, I THINK HOW THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THEY'RE READY TO START THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN.
SO TIMING'S ACTUALLY VERY GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH ON BEHALF OF THE F A A, AND THEY, WE'VE PROMISED EACH OTHER THAT THEY'LL NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT ME AND VICE VERSA.
SO THAT WE'RE THERE TOGETHER TALKING ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPETING INTERESTS WHEN YOU COME TO A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE MORE PRECISE AND MORE FLEXIBLE, BOTH IN THE HORIZONTAL AND THE VERTICAL WITH REGARD TO APPROACHES AND DEPARTURES.
AND SO I THINK THEY'LL GET SOME PRESSURE FROM AIRLINES WHO, WHO WANT THE MOST EFFICIENT ROUTE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
UH, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO FEEL SOME PRESSURE FROM COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT DO, UH, CONTEND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO INCLUDE NOISE OR A PART OF IT.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.
WELL, I, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA MATTER TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT, UM, AS THIS GETS REENGAGED AND, AND WE, WE BEGIN THIS PROCESS TO, TO, UH, EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT NEXT GEN MEANS AND HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE INPUT ON, ON THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT, I THINK ALL OF US HERE ON CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE INVOLVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY DISTRICTS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY, BY THESE, THESE PROPOSED ROUTES OR, YOU KNOW, TIGHTENING OF ROUTES BECAUSE, UH, I THINK ULTIMATELY NEIGHBORS JUST WANNA FEEL EMPOWERED MM-HMM.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD WAY TO, TO ENGAGE THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THIS MEANS TO THEM AND HOW, WHERE WE ARE CERTAINLY VERY LUCKY TO HAVE AN AIRPORT THAT IS JUST 10 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN, A WORLD RENOWNED DOWNTOWN, AND HOW WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT AND, AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS ACTUALLY WORKING TO OUR BENEFIT SO THAT, SO THAT AIRPORTS LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, A REAL, A REAL GEM TO, TO, TO MANY COMMUNITIES.
WE'D LIKE TO BE THE MODEL FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, FRANKLY, WE'D LIKE TO REPRESENT THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE A HAS EXPERIENCED ELSEWHERE.
AND, AND, AND WE'LL LOOK FOR YOUR HELP.
UH, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR TREMENDOUS OUTREACH TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE HOPE TO BE A PART OF.
'CAUSE WE'D REALLY LIKE TO PUSH THAT EFFORT UP.
AND LASTLY, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST SIMPLY ADD THAT, UH, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE PHASE TWO, BUT LOOKING AT GENERAL AVIATION, UH, AS, AS OPPORTUNITY, I, I KNOW WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE ANYBODY DO ANYTHING.
CERTAINLY NOT, NOT ANY GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS.
THEY, THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE DO, UH, DOING WHAT WHAT THEY'RE TOLD TO DO.
THEY, THEY WANNA, THEY WANNA HAVE OPTIONS, AND WE WANNA PROVIDE THEM GREAT OPTIONS.
AND I THINK SAN ANTONIO HAS THAT.
UM, AND, AND I THINK STINSON PROVIDES A, AN INCREDIBLE OPTION FOR GENERAL AVIATION, UH, IN MANY WAYS.
AND SO I JUST, I WANNA PUT MY FINAL PITCH ON THAT.
UM, AGAIN, HAVING AN INTERNATIONAL POINT OF ENTRY STINSON IS, IS, IS CRITICAL.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO, TO GET THAT GOING.
IS IT GETTING AN I G R AGENDA? IS IT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET FEDERAL SUPPORT ON THIS? WHAT DOES IT COST? UH, CAN WE DO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY OF WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR US IN TERMS OF INCREASED AIR TRAFFIC? I THINK AN, I THINK AN IMPACT STUDY WOULD BE HELPFUL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN A BIT OF A, UH, AN IMPASSE, IF YOU WILL, AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED WITH, UH, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WITH, WITH VALIDATING THE DEMAND SUFFICIENTLY FOR THEM TO BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
I'M WORKING WITH GATE ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE SHARING DEMAND PICTURES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE GREAT PROJECTIONS.
AND SO, AND MAYBE THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
'CAUSE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE AT THAT POINT OF STRUGGLING TO BE ABLE TO VALIDATE THAT DEMAND FOR C B P TO BRING THAT CAPABILITY TO BEAR.
I, I, I THINK I'D LIKE TO, TO GET, GET US STARTED WITH THAT.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WESTLAKE O AIRPORT CAN HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL POINT OF ENTRY, AND WE CAN'T SEEM TO HAVE ONE AT, AT STINSON.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN MAKE A, WE CAN DRAW A LOT OF COMPARISONS AND PARALLELS FOR, FOR THE, THE NEED OR THE DEMAND THAT THAT COULD BUILD UP.
SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
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HAVE A WONDERFUL AIR SYSTEM HERE.AND AS PRESENTED, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE UNIQUE TO OUR CITY.
AND FOR DOWNTOWN TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PORT AND STINSON 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN IS, IS JUST TRULY AMAZING.
IT'S A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, IS HOW I CHARACTERIZE IT.
IT'S A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT OTHERS DON'T.
WELL, AND WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SHARPEN THAT TOOL.
UM, JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, ALL OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT AND STAFF AND, UH, FRANCISCO AND ALL OUR CONSULTANTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW TO MY COMMUNITY DISTRICT THREE FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT BECAUSE YOU'VE PROVEN, YOU'VE SHOWN THAT YOU REALLY, YOU CARE ABOUT THIS AND THAT YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING POSITIVE COME OUT OF THIS.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE, UM, MILITARY REPRESENTATION, GENERAL RICE, EVERYONE, UM, ALL OF THE, THE REPRESENTATION THAT WAS HERE.
AND TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS VERY SERIOUSLY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THIS.
UM, AND TALKING ABOUT WHY THE RESIDENTS OF, OF THE SOUTH SECTOR, OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE OTHER AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO SHOULD CARE.
I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT POINT TO MAKE, BUT ALSO KIND OF JUST GETTING INTO VERY SIMPLISTIC THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILS AND GOINGS THE GRANULARITY THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
UM, AND FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION OF WILL IT FIT THE BIG, THE BIG QUESTION, BUT SOMETIMES THE, THE SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET IN MEETINGS IS, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADD ANOTHER FLIGHT? SO AT THE CITY, WHY DOESN'T THE CITY JUST ADD ANOTHER DIRECT FLIGHT TO, TO DALLAS? WHY DOESN'T THE CITY JUST OR NONSTOP DIRECT FLIGHT TO DALLAS, WHY DOESN'T THE CITY JUST DO THAT? SO, OR WHY DOES AUSTIN GET A DIRECT OVERSEAS TO, TO LONDON, BUT NOT SAN ANTONIO? WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO THAT? WHY DOESN'T THE MARION COUNCIL JUST DO THAT? SO WHAT IS THE, HOW ABOUT THE, THE SHORTEST AND MOST MAYBE CONCISE ANSWER THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE LISTENING RIGHT NOW AS WELL? BECAUSE AIRLINES ARE VERY GOOD AT SERVICING THE DEMAND.
UH, THEY'RE BETTER AT IT THAN, THAN MOST.
AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO, AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE PARTICULARLY WELL IN THE RECENT PAST IS OPTIMIZE AND SELL TO THE AIRLINES.
I MEAN, ONE THING THAT, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS IN FRONT OF RUSS AND STAFF, BUT IT'S APPARENT TO OUR COMMITTEE THAT THE AIRLINES HAVE A RAPPORT WITH THE AIR, UH, EXCUSE ME.
OUR AIRPORT STAFF HAVE A RAPPORT WITH THE AIRLINES WHO THEY'RE PITCHING FOR NEW ROUTES THAT DOESN'T EXIST AT EVERY AIRPORT.
THERE'S CERTAIN AIRPORTS THAT HAVE ANTA ANTAGONISTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE AIRLINES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SO, I MEAN, THE ONE THING WE CAN DO ON OUR END IS TO, IS TO AT LEAST MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE WE CAN.
I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB RECENTLY.
NOW, WHAT THIS COMMITTEE'S GOAL IS, IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT COULD BE AND WHAT OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, REALLY ADDRESSED IN A MORE STRATEGIC AND LONG-TERM WAY.
BUT REALLY IT'S, I MENTIONED THE TWO THINGS.
IT'S THE AIRLINES AND THE PASSENGERS.
AND IF YOU DO, YOU, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE THEY CAN VOTE WITH THEIR FEET AND THEY CAN VOTE WITH THEIR DOLLARS.
THEY CAN GO TO AUSTIN, GO TO HERE, OR THEY CANNOT FLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND THE AIRLINES COULD MOVE A FLIGHT OR FLIGHT OUT OF AUSTIN.
THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND IT'S NOT TI ENTIRELY PARENT US.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT WE LEARNED IN OUR COMMITTEE.
SOUTHWEST USED TO HAVE A NONSTOP FLIGHT INTO MEXICO CITY AND BACK THAT GOT SOURCED OUT OF A HOBBY.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS SOME REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR AIRPORT, WHEN IN FACT, WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS SOUTHWEST.COM CANNOT PROCESS FOREIGN CURRENCY FROM ITS WEBSITE.
HOW DOES IT, SO THEY COULDN'T GET INBOUND PASSENGER ORDERS FROM MEXICO IN PESOS, WHICH CUT ABOUT 40% OF THEIR DEMAND.
SO THEY HAD TO SOURCE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET MORE DEMAND.
SO THEIR INTENTION, OR THEIR, I SHOULDN'T SAY INTENTION, THERE'S A DECENT CHANCE THEY MIGHT MOVE THAT BACK.
BUT THEIR REASON WAS BECAUSE WHEN THEY ACQUIRED THOSE ROUTES AND THEY STARTED TO TRAVEL TO CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO PROCESS FOREIGN CURRENCY ON THEIR WEBSITE.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'S THE AIRLINES PASSENGERS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, THAT EXPLANATION.
AND I REALLY AM, UH, VERY PLEASED TO SEE THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING OUT HERE.
AND I KNOW IT WASN'T TAKEN INTO, IT WASN'T TAKEN LIGHTLY THAT Y'ALL DID DELIBERATE
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LONG AND LOOK AT THIS.SO, UM, I FEEL VERY, VERY ENCOURAGED AFTER THIS, THIS REPORT AND AFTER WHAT YOU ALL ARE SHARING WITH US.
SO I'M ENCOURAGED, ONE, AS WE CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK TOGETHER AS TEAM SAN ANTONIO AND PITCHING, UM, SAN ANTONIO TO OTHER GLOBAL MARKETS TO KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON IT, WE'RE ON TOP OF IT, BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE WITH.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE STORIES THAT WE CAN STILL GO OUT WITH.
IT'S COUNCILMAN B COUNCILMAN BROADCAST.
UH,
UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.
UH, YOU SAW THE BRIEFING IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND I ONLY HAD, YOU KNOW, EVEN THEN IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TAKE IN.
AND, UH, SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF, UH, THE TEAM AND THE COMMITTEE.
MY ONLY COMMENT WAS GONNA CENTER ON WHAT I ECHOED AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH IS PUBLIC'S GOTTA BE INVOLVED AND SO DOES THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE TALKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING APPOINTED.
'CAUSE IT'S, YOU DON'T WANNA POLITICIZE IT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, WE'RE IN POLITICS.
I MEAN, YOU
THE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST BE INVOLVED.
UH, THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING.
UH, AND WHETHER WE'RE SITTING ON IT OR THE COMMITTEE OR THE OR NOT IS IRRELEVANT.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT KIND OF DIALOGUE ONGOING, UH, REGARDLESS OR BE REGULAR BRIEFINGS AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF STUFF.
AND I KNOW, UH, IT'S A CONDENSED TIMELINE.
UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A LOT OF DATA.
I MEAN, I 100% UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET DOWNTOWN AND PARK OR SIT WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR AN HOUR, IT'S A PAIN.
UM, BUT THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT EVERY ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS.
AND THE MORE A COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT ON BOARD, THE BIGGER ADVOCATE THEY CAN BECOME.
'CAUSE THEY CARRY THE WILL OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT, NOT PUTTING JOHN ON A COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMAN COURAGE ON A COMMITTEE IS REALLY MORE ABOUT THE, THE 160,000 PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS THAN IT IS ABOUT A COUNCIL MEMBER POLITICIZING SOMETHING.
SO DON'T EVER FORGET THAT AND, AND, AND TRY TO BRING A COUNCIL MEMBER IN AND MAKE SURE ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAS YOUR INTENTION.
I JUST GOING FORWARD IN PHASE TWO, WE HAVE TO BE A PART OF EVERY PIECE OF IT, UH, SO THAT ALL OF US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS TRANSPORTATION PIECE IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, WHETHER IT'S TRAFFIC, COUNCILMAN PLY HAS MENTIONED, OR IT'S IT'S AIR, OR IT'S RAIL, OR IT'S A RAZOR SCOOTER.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS.
UH, WE ALL HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN BUY INTO IT AND AS A TEAM THEN GO FORWARD AND TRY TO DO THIS.
THIS IS BIG THINKING AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I REITERATED THAT THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, UH, NEEDS TO RAMP UP, UH, OVER THE NEXT PHASE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE OPTION THAT IS, AND A LOT OF THAT IN THE COMMUNITY'S SIMPLY PERCEPTION.
UH, I, I GO BACK TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL POSED IS LIKE, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT TO THE NON-FLYING PUBLIC? HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN A POTENTIALLY BILLION DOLLAR PLUS INVESTMENT TO PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER FLOWN? AND, UH, AND WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING AND I THINK OUR COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF FEEL INCREDIBLY STRONGLY THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO THIS WHILE WE CAN.
'CAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, IF YOU NOTICE WE'VE HAD DOWNTURNS AND GUESS WHEN AIRPORTS AND REGIONS DON'T INVEST, UH, IN AIRPORTS, IT'S WHEN YOU'RE IN A GREAT RECESSION OR SEPTEMBER 11TH.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO MAKE SUN WHILE, OR HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
BUT I AGREE, I HEARD Y'ALL LOUD AND CLEAR.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE HAVE TO GET IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE DONE, MORE INPUT AND, AND APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS WE, WE MAKE WILL BE STRONGER WITH THAT.
WE'VE ALL BALANCED THIS THROUGH OUR DAY JOBS.
I WILL TELL YOU, I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND I, I THINK WE'RE AN HOUR LATE, UH, PERHAPS ON, UH, BUT WE'RE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE DONE THAT AND I'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL FOR THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL GET ON YOUR CALENDAR.
I THINK RUSS IS TEAM, BUT Y'ALL ALL WORKING ON IT AND, AND IT'S JUST AN ONGOING THING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I REITERATED THAT ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF THIS DECISION AND JUST INCLUDE US IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COULD LOOK BACK A DECADE OR TWO FROM NOW AND SAY, THAT'S WHEN WE DID THIS.
AND IT WAS WITH THIS COUNCIL AND WITH THIS TEAM AND WITH, UH, THE STAFF AND WITH THE COMMITTEE.
AND THANK YOU GENERAL HANDY FOR YOU AND THE TEAM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MY RESIDENTS DON'T GET UPSET AT ME BECAUSE, UH, IF,
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IF, UH, THERE IS LEGITIMATE, UH, COMPLAINT AND CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, NOISE AT OUR GENERAL AIRPORT.I'VE GOT F SIXTEENS AND C FIVES AND C ONE THIRTIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND FOLKS ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO F A A FUNDING TO PUT ONTO THEIR WINDOWS LIKE THEY DO UP IN, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, UH, EIGHT AND NINE AND 10.
SO WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY, YOU KNOW, PERSON OUT, THERE'S LISTENING, SAY, HEY, HOW CAN, MY COUNCILMAN DIDN'T CHIME IN TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS.
UH, UH, THAT'S A, JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
'CAUSE I KNOW THE FOLKS DOWN THERE TELL ME ABOUT IT.
AND THEY, THEY SAY, WELL, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY, MY, MY UNCLE, MY DAD, MY GRANDFATHER GOT EMPLOYED WITH THE WORK THERE, AND I LOOK OVER AT JIM PBA AT, UH, PORT SAN ANTONIO AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SOUND OF THAT NOISE.
YES, IT'S THE SOUND OF FREEDOM, RIGHT?
WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, TO WATCH PHASE TWO, UH, BEGIN.
WE DO HAVE TIME AND WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ITEM HERE ON OUR AGENDA.
WE DO, MAYOR, IT'S A SHORT PRESENTATION BY OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR, DR.
COLLEEN BRIDGER, AND IT'S TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, SHE PRESENTED, UH, IN MAY OF 2017 TO THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITY AREA, STUDYING HEALTH ISSUES FOR THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OBESITY, UH, TYPE TWO DIABETES, OZONE LEVELS, AS WELL AS, UH, PREVENTABLE DISEASES FOR CHILDREN.
SO WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER COMPONENT AND COLLEEN'S HERE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TODAY.
COLLEEN, OFFEND ME IF YOU WISH TO STAND UP AND STRETCH AND DO WINDMILLS AND GET THE BLOOD CIRCULATING AGAIN.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY, BUT GIVE ME THE HIGH SIGN IF YOU NEED ME TO SLOW DOWN ON SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEF UPDATE IS TO GIVE YOU, UM, INFORMATION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH ACCREDITATION, AND GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK AT CURRENT INITIATIVES.
SO LET'S START WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR PRIORITY INDICATORS.
SO WHAT I'M PRESENTING RIGHT NOW ARE JUST THE PRIORITY INDICATORS.
THEY'RE NOT ALL 22 INDICATORS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, BUT THIS SHOULD ALL BE FAMILIAR TO YOU, DIABETES, OBESITY, OZONE, CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATIONS, AND ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
UH, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE IS GREAT OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE OTHER MAJOR PLANS IN THE CITY, UM, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SA TOMORROW PLAN AND THE SA 2020 PLAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LOTS OF, UM, WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE OTHER GROUPS AS WELL.
UM, YOU CAN SEE I HAVE THE WORD MODIFIED IN FRONT OF THE WORD GOAL.
AND, UM, BEFORE PEOPLE START THINKING THAT WE COULDN'T MEET THE GOAL, SO WE CHANGED IT, IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.
WE MET THE GOAL SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED, AND SO WE MODIFIED THE GOAL, UM, TO MAKE IT EVEN HARDER TO ATTAIN.
SO THE, THE NEW GOAL IS TO DECREASE THE PREVALENCE OF DIABETES BY 2%.
AND, UM, LET ME UNPACK THIS SLIDE FOR YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOLID LINES FIRST.
SO THE SOLID BLUE LINE SHOWS YOU ACTUALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEAR COUNTY.
UM, THIS IS THE PERCENT OF ADULTS WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND IT'S FROM 2011 TO 2017.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT GOES UP AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE RED SOLID LINE IS WHAT THE COMPARABLE NUMBER IS FOR THE UNITED STATES.
SO WHILE OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN TRENDING DOWN, THE US HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TRENDING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY STILL, AS A NATION, THE PERCENTAGE IS LOWER THAN HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, THE OTHER TWO LINES REPRESENT THAT, UM, THAT CHANGED GOAL.
SO THE FIRST GOAL THAT WE SET BASED ON DATA THAT WE GOT IN 2014 IS THE BLACK DOTTED LINE.
AND THEN THE REVISED GOAL THAT WE SET LAST YEAR IS THE BLUE DOTTED LINE.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WE, WE MET THE TARGET IN 2015, AND SO WE REVISED THE, UM, GOAL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK ON SPECIFIC TO DIABETES IS, UM, WE, WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE DIABETES, UM, COLLABORATIVE AND THAT REPRESENTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT ARE WORKING
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ON ADDRESSING DIABETES, WHICH IS WHY I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT ON LOWERING THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE DIABETES.UM, WE ALSO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE Y M C A.
WE ACTUALLY FUND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER THROUGH 1115 WAIVER FUNDING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRE-DIABETES TO PREVENT THEM FROM DEVELOPING DIABETES.
IS THAT THUNDER OR SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON OUT THERE?
UM, SO WE WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH PRE-DIABETES TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING DIABETES, AND WE WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIABETES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MANAGE THAT DISEASE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DOESN'T, UM, DEVOLVE INTO RETINAL DISEASE, KIDNEY FAILURE, AMPUTATIONS, ET CETERA.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE SET A PRETTY AMBITIOUS GOAL THAT PRO THAT, UM, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PROGRAMS WOULD LOSE ON AVERAGE, UM, 4% OF THEIR WEIGHT.
AND WHEN WE SET THAT GOAL, THERE WAS A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS AND WE ARE INDEED MEETING THAT GOAL.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS OBESITY.
IN ADULTS, IN CHILDREN, AGAIN, LOWERING OBESITY IN ADULTS BY ABOUT 3% IN OBESITY IN KIDS BY ABOUT 5%.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOLID BLUE LINE INDICATES WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US IS HAPPENING.
ONE NOTE OF CAUTION ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TO USE AROUND CHRONIC DISEASES IS THAT IT'S A SURVEY DONE BY THE C D C AND, UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY'VE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE SAMPLE SIZE.
SO THEY ARE ONLY ASKING 500 PEOPLE, UM, ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.
UH, SO 500 PEOPLE REPRESENTING, UM, ABOUT 2 MILLION IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT LEERY TO SAY THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT IT GIVES US A SENSE OF TREND DATA AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THE OBESITY NUMBERS, UH, THEY WENT UP A LITTLE BIT AND NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK DOWN AGAIN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIDS, WE HAVE A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY IN THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE WITTY MUSEUM AND THEIR BODY ADVENTURE.
AND BECAUSE WE PAY FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE BODY ADVENTURE, THEY SHARE THE DATA THAT THEY GET THROUGH THOSE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS.
AND SO WE'RE PUSHING CLOSE TO 10,000 KIDS ON WHO WE HAVE DATA ON THEIR B M I AS WELL AS THEIR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION, THEIR, UM, SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION.
AND SO COLLABORATIVELY, WE ARE ANALYZING THIS DATA AND USING IT TO HELP DRIVE PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TRENDING, MOSTLY TRENDING DOWNWARD, BUT WE'RE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE, UH, THE NATIONAL NUMBERS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO, UM, ADDRESS OBESITY IN BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS.
WE HAVE THE, THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE THAT WORKS WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
WE'VE PROVIDED, UM, 316 NUTRITION CLASSES TO 3,500 ADULTS AND 2300 KIDS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE 33 COMMUNITY LED NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS THAT ARE AIMED AT, UH, DECREASING, UM, OBESITY THROUGH INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND IMPROVING NUTRITION.
I THINK THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH Y'ALL ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN OZONE IT, I MENTIONED THE, UM, TREE MAPPING WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S A REALLY POPULAR INITIATIVE.
UM, SO WANTED TO, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE JUST A REALLY QUICK VIDEO.
I'M A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER IN AIDA, GUADALUPE FOR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THE SARAH KING WALKING SCHOOL BUS IS A GROUP EFFORT THAT WAS ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY HELP CHILDREN THAT ARE WALKING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH ANO HOMES, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AROUND A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST THIS.
WE STARTED OUT WITH LIKE 15 TO 20 KIDS, AND THEN WE GREW UP TO LIKE 50 TO 55 KIDS.
IT'S A FUN WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S JUST LIKE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE BEING, UH, PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO JUST GROWING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, JUST THOUGHT OF, VARIED UP A LITTLE BIT.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE SUBJECT OZONE.
UM, WHEN OZONE WAS FIRST IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IT WAS TO, UM, IMPROVE THE WAY WE MONITOR OZONE.
THAT WAS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, BEGAN RUNNING POINT ON ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE NON-ATTAINMENT ISSUE, WE MODIFIED OUR GOAL.
SO THIS IS A NEW GOAL, AND NOT SURPRISINGLY,
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IT'S ALL AROUND GETTING TO 70.SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CHART.
I WILL SAY I WENT AHEAD AND RISKED IT ALL AND ADDED THE, UM, VERY LAST ITEM THERE FOR 2018.
OUR DESIGN VALUE FOR 2018, AGAIN, 2018 DOESN'T END FOR A COUPLE MORE MONTHS, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGH OZONE DAY BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 31ST.
UM, OUR DESIGN VALUE HAS DROPPED TO 72.
UM, WE NEED IT TO DROP BELOW 70 THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S NOW THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR THREE YEAR AVERAGE.
SO IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT 70 AVERAGE OVER THREE YEARS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET TO 68 AND 69, BUT WE ARE AT LEAST HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I THINK Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND OZONE.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO GO PRETTY QUICKLY, I'M GONNA KIND OF JUST SKIM THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS AT DR.
JEFFREY'S PRESENTATION, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU REMEMBER VERBATIM HOW THAT PRESENTATION WENT.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE IMMUNIZATIONS AND CHILDREN GOAL.
THIS IS ANOTHER GOAL WHERE WE MET, UM, OUR ORIGINAL GOAL, AND SO WE'VE MODIFIED IT TO IMPROVE IT EVEN MORE.
SO WE'VE NOW, UM, INCREASED IT BY AN ADDITIONAL 2%.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THIS SLIDE, AGAIN, IT'S THE BLUE LINE THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
THAT INDICATES WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, WELL, WE'RE NOW, OUR NEW GOAL IS 77.1, AND WE ARE SUPER CLOSE TO THAT, UM, WHICH ALSO PUTS US REALLY CLOSE TO THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 TARGET.
AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF HEALTHY PEOPLE, 2020 TARGETS THAT WE'RE THAT CLOSE TO.
SO WE MIGHT EVEN GET THERE BY THE END OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, PERIOD.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK ON TO IMPROVE VACCINATION COVERAGE AMONG KIDS, UH, HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE'VE, THIS LAST YEAR OR SO FAR IN, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 18, WE GAVE ABOUT 54,000 VACCINES TO KIDS UNDER THREE.
UM, WE ALSO WORK WITH, UM, 151, UM, PRIVATE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO HELP THEM DO A GOOD JOB OF VACCINATING KIDS THAT COME SEE THEM.
SO WE HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR VACCINE INVENTORY.
WE PROVIDE EDUCATION ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS IN THEIR PRACTICE CAN STAY UP TO DATE ON THEIR VACCINATIONS.
UM, AND WE'RE THEIR LIAISON WITH THE STATE.
WE ALSO, UM, DO A LOT OF OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO DOCTOR'S OFFICES.
AND THEN, AS YOU HEARD IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, UM, THIS YEAR WE'VE EXPANDED THE LOCATE.
WE'VE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS FOR IMMUNIZATIONS FROM ONE TO TWO.
WE NOW HAVE A SITE ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE'RE OFFERING IMMUNIZATIONS A NEW GOAL FOR US ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
UM, WE ARE FOCUSED ON CONVENING A TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM AND, UM, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AGENCIES CERTIFIED IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE BY 2%, UM, BY THE, THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2020.
SO AGAIN, JUST A QUICK REMINDER.
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ARE THINGS THAT YOU THINK OF LIKE ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
IT ALSO REPRESENTS HOUSEHOLD DYSFUNCTION.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR DRUG USE IN THE HOME.
THESE, UM, CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS INCREASE THE RISK FOR CHRONIC DISEASE IN ADULTHOOD.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE, UM, UNITED STATES AND IN BEXAR COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ODDS RATIO OF HAVING AN ACE SCORE OF FOUR AND ABOUT 15% OF FOLKS IN TEXAS HAVE AN A SCORE OF FOUR OR MORE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE AN A SCORE OF FOUR, YOUR ODDS RATIO FOR HEART DISEASE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 200%.
UM, IF YOU HAVE HIGH CHOLESTEROL, YOUR, UM, RISK FOR DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE IS ABOUT 40% GREATER THAN SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE LEADING INDICATORS, ONE OF THE LEADING RISK FACTORS FOR HEART DISEASE, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ADDRESSING IT.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO, UM, GO AS UPSTREAM AS POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH.
UM, WE ARE DOING LOTS OF THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW TO DO THIS.
UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION, SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN ON ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
UM, WE JUST GOT THREE MORE STAFF TRAINED BY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL RESEARCHERS WHO DID ALL OF THE ACE
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RESEARCHER RESEARCH FOR KAISER PERMANENTE.SO WE NOW HAVE THREE MORE FOLKS WHO CAN DO THESE PRESENTATIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE FORMED A TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM.
THERE'S A TRI CHAIR SITUATION GOING ON, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.
I'VE NEVER BEEN A TRI CHAIR BEFORE, BUT IT'S, UM, METRO HEALTH VOICES FOR CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER ARE TRI CHAIRING THIS CONSORTIUM.
IT CONSISTS OF 11 DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO HELP THEM, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS DONE THROUGH A TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS.
AND, UM, THEN WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING STAFF SUPPORT TO SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES AS WELL AS WORKING ON CREATING OUR OWN CERTIFICATION ENTITY HERE IN, UM, SAN ANTONIO.
SO THAT'S THE UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AGAIN, THIS IS YEAR TWO REPORT OUT OF A THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE END OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS, UM, SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 19.
BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE START WORKING NOW ON CREATING THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IS, UM, STEEPED IN COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO WE HAD A BOARD, I THINK PROBABLY YOU ALL SAW THE BOARDS THAT WE HAD AT EACH OF THE SA SPEAKUP EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE WERE GIVEN GREEN DOTS AND THEY COULD VOTE FOR WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE THEIR TOP THREE, UM, PRIORITY HEALTH INDICATORS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT A SURVEY THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY ELECTRONICALLY AS WELL AS PAPER.
AND WE HOPE TO GET A THOUSAND MORE SURVEYS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS ARE THE TOP 10 PRIORITY HEALTH ISSUES IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE WILL THEN, UM, CONVENE A GROUP OF FOLKS TO LOOK AT THESE TOP 10 ITEMS, NARROW IT DOWN TO THE TOP THREE, AND THOSE TOP THREE ITEMS WILL FORM THE BASIS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING.
UM, LAST ITEM MOSTLY IS TO TALK ABOUT ACCREDITATION.
WE ARE GOING FOR ACCREDITATION AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, OOPS, I WENT TOO FAST.
SO PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION, UH, ACCOMPLISHES A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT SETS A STANDARD, AND IT'S A NATIONAL STANDARD BECAUSE THIS IS NATIONAL ACCREDITATION.
SO THIS SAYS IF YOU ARE NATIONALLY ACCREDITED, THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE MET THESE STANDARDS.
UM, IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT THEY USE IS A DECADES OLD FRAMEWORK OF, UM, THE 10 ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
AND THEN THEY'VE ADDED TWO OTHER THINGS THAT THEY MEASURE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS, SO THERE ARE 12 DOMAINS STARTING UP HIGH.
THERE ARE 12 DOMAINS, THERE ARE 32, UM, STANDARDS, AND THEN THERE ARE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT MEASURES.
AND WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, IT'S OVER 500 DIFFERENT PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT WE SUBMIT TO SHOW THAT WE ARE INDEED MEETING THESE, UM, NATIONAL STANDARDS.
SO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS PROCESS-WISE IS WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, STANDARDS AND MEASURES, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT WE WERE DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD TO PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION.
AND OFTENTIMES YOU'RE LIKE, OH, YEAH, WE DID THAT.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL WHERE'S THE DOCUMENTATION? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO DOCUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FRUIT TREE MAPPING PROGRAM THAT'S JUST A REALLY COOL PROGRAM.
HOW DO YOU DOCUMENT THAT? SO WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DOCUMENT THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THEM FOR ACCREDITATION.
UM, ONCE WE GATHER ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, WE WILL SUBMIT, WE WILL SUBMIT MID-DECEMBER.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 45 STAFF WORKING ON THIS ACCREDITATION PROCESS, WHICH IS ABOUT 10% OF METRO HEALTH'S WORKFORCE.
UM, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CONCRETE EXAMPLE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE STANDARDS, MEASURES, DOMAINS.
WHAT THE HECK IS SHE TALKING ABOUT? UM, SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
DOMAIN FOUR, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL ITEM.
AND THEN IF YOU ZOOM IN TO THE STANDARD, LOOK AT STANDARD 4.2, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US TO DO IS PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING OF AND SUPPORT FOR POLICIES AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL IMPROVE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.
THEN YOU GET EVEN MORE SPECIFIC, AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR TWO EXAMPLES, DOCUMENTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOVERNING ENTITY, ADVISORY BOARD'S, ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT POLICY STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.
THE TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING
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TO DO THAT ARE THE FAST TRACK CITIES BRIEFING THAT I PROVIDED TO COUNCIL, AND THEN THE VARIOUS, UM, TOBACCO 21 PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID WITH Y'ALL AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.SO THAT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NEXT STEPS, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING OUR DOCUMENTS, UM, MID-DECEMBER.
THEY WILL THEN COME DOWN AND DO A SITE VISIT IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE A FINAL DECISION BY THE FALL OF 2019.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE, UM, REALLY QUICKLY LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT FUTURE INITIATIVES, WHAT'S WHAT TO EXPECT.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RUN POINT ON OZONE ATTAINMENT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHAT THE OPIOID TASK FORCE 2.0 LOOKS LIKE, AND, UM, BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL AND CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
AND THEN, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT THE, THE COMMUNITY GROUP COMES UP WITH AS THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR METRO HEALTH, UM, WE'LL FILL THOSE BLANKS IN ABOUT MARCH AND MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, FINALLY, I, I HAVE TO MENTION THAT WE WILL BE GOING FOR THE CITY HEALTH GOLD MEDAL THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TO HAVE FIVE GOLD MEDALS IN INDIVIDUAL POLICY AREAS WHERE YOU SEE, WE HAVE A CHECK, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT, UM, GOLD MEDAL WHERE YOU SEE A PLUS.
THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE FIVE.
AND I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT COUNTING EARNED SICK LEAVE AS A DONE DEAL.
SO I'M GONNA TRY TO HAVE SIX JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT WHEN THEY DO THE ASSESSMENT.
UM, SO THE TWO AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON ARE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, AND HEALTHY FOOD PROCUREMENT.
SO THE HEALTHY FOOD FOOD PROCUREMENT IS, UM, AN INTERNAL PROCESS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO ESTABLISH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOD THAT WE ORDER FOR EVENTS AND OTHER INITIATIVES IS HEALTHY.
UM, AND THEN COMPLETE STREETS IS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE STREETS FOR THINGS OTHER THAN, UM, CARS AND BUSES.
SO THAT, UM, LAST SLIDE IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD YEAR AND, UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE ANOTHER REALLY GOOD YEAR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT, I WILL END MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BRIDGER, AND YOU, YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE DOING WONDERFUL WORK.
I I DO APPRECIATE, UH, THE AGGRESSIVE, UM, NATURE IN WHICH YOU'RE, UM, TAKING ON YOUR, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, I ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE IS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE MEASUREMENTS, UM, I, IT'S, IT'S NEW TO ME THAT YOU WERE, UH, SEEKING ACCREDITATION.
UM, MY QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE A HUNDRED MEASURES, UH, HOW DOES THAT RELATE OR DOES IT, WILL IT WITH, UH, OUR SA 2020, UH, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS? SO, SA 2020 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE MORE BASED ON HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ACCREDITATION IS MORE BASED ON PROCESS THAT YOU USE TO ACHIEVE THOSE OUTCOMES.
SO IT WILL COMPLIMENT, BUT, UM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY ONE FOR ONE ALIGNMENT.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D, I'D SAY, UM, IS THE ACE WORK, I THINK CAN BEAR TREMENDOUS FRUIT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UM, BASED ON JUST THE, THE DATA THAT YOU SHOWED US, UM, YOU KNOW, DIABETES, UH, OBESITY, BUT ALL THE OTHER, UH, ISSUES THAT HAVE PLAGUED US FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, THERE IS A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON, UM, ACE TYPE WORK, UH, IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS, BUT JUST GENERALLY AS IT RELATES TO THEIR POLICY PRIORITIES.
AND I THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HELP WITH, UH, TO FURTHER DEVELOP THAT AREA WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WELCOMED.
UM, SORRY, LET ME GET TO THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU, UH, COLLEEN FOR GOING SO FAST AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION AND THE UPDATE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL.
AND, UM, THESE ISSUES UNFORTUNATELY, AREN'T NEW, AREN'T SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT, BUT I THINK THE STRATEGIC WAY IN WHICH WE'RE DOING IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I WANNA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, I FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO
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BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AMAZING HOW WE'RE CELEBRATING JUST WALKING TO SCHOOL AGAIN MM-HMM.BUT IT IS, AND WE NEEDED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH VISION ZERO AND WITH SIDEWALKS AND WITH FAMILIES THERE TOGETHER.
SO, UM, TO MAKE IT A CELEBRATION, WALKING TO SCHOOL.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE AND THE WORKERS SPECIFICALLY IN THE, UM, ILLA CORONADO AREA AND MISSION SPADA AREA.
UM, THEY WORK REALLY HARD WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND I WANNA JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR WORK THAT THEY DID, UH, FOR DURING THE WORLD HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
AND WE HAD OUR WORLD HERITAGE FESTIVAL FIVE K, AND THEY WERE, UM, IT WAS A CREATIVE COLLABORATION THAT WE WORKED WITH, UM, PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS TO BE SURE IN MY OFFICE, TO BE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED THOSE, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS SO THE MEMBERS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE FIVE K.
SO WE HAD FAMILIES, WE HAD YOUNG KIDS, WE HAD THE PARENTS, WE HAD THEM ALL OUT THERE, AND SOME OF THEM WERE NERVOUS.
IT WAS SO EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEY, AND THEY WERE NERVOUS ABOUT IF THEY WERE EVEN GOING TO SURVIVE DOING A FIVE K, BUT THEY DID.
AND THEY WERE ALL THE LITTLE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL RAN THROUGH THE FINISH LINE AND THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THE MEDALS THAT THEY GOT THE T-SHIRTS THAT THEY HAD.
AND IT WAS JUST THAT LITTLE STEP TO LET THEM SAY, SEE THAT THEY COULD DO THAT AS A FAMILY AND THEY BE A PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY, UM, IN THAT ASPECT.
SO THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IS ALSO OPENING UP OTHER REALMS FOR PEOPLE THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.
AND YOU HAVE SOME GREAT WORKERS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, UM, WITH THE WORK OF DIABETES AND IMMUNIZATIONS AND OTHER THINGS, I'M REALLY, AND THE HEALTHY CORNER STORES PROJECT, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OTHER COLLABORATION THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR, UM, NON-PROFITS WITH THE U I W MEDICAL SCHOOL AND WITH OTHER ENTITIES AND, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SOUTH SIDE, I S D, SOUTH SIDE I S D, BECAUSE WORKING TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME GREAT STRIDES MM-HMM.
SO, THANK YOU, THANK YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOU, CHERYL, BECAUSE IT'S TAKING ALL OF US TOGETHER TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT REPORT.
IT GIVES US SOME GOOD INSIGHT INTO THE, THE CONDITION OF OUR HEALTH AND, AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD.
ONE THING I, I DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN DEVELOP, UH, A WAY OF TRACKING THE SUCCESS OF TOBACCO 21.
UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT REALLY IS CHARGED WITH ENSURING COMPLIANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK COMPLIANCE, BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK THE EFFECT OF THIS ON REDUCING SMOKING AMONG TEENAGERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? HAVE YOU STARTED TO DEVELOP A WAY OF, OF TRACKING THESE AND LETTING US KNOW ABOUT 'EM? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE STARTED THE BASELINE DATA COLLECTION BEFORE IT WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, AND THEN WE WILL DO A ONE YEAR POST IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION, UM, BY GOING BACK TO THOSE SAME SCHOOLS.
WE WON'T ASK THE SAME KIDS, BUT WE'LL HAVE A BIG ENOUGH SAMPLE SIZE THAT WE'LL GO BACK TO THOSE SAME SCHOOLS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE IF THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE IN THE PERCENT OF, UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE SMOKING OR USING TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
SO WE HAVE, WE, WE DO HAVE THE EVALUATION PLAN IN PLACE.
WE'VE DONE THE BASELINE DATA COLLECTION, AND A YEAR FROM NOW WE WILL DO THE, THE ONE YEAR POST IMPLEMENTATION, UM, DATA COLLECTION.
I HOPE I'M AROUND A YEAR FROM NOW TO SEE IT IN A B SESSION OR AT LEAST READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
EVERYTHING YOU DO IS EXCELLENT.
BUT, UM, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
THIS IS ALL LAUDABLE, BUT FOR NOT, IF WE'RE ALSO NOT COGNIZANT THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY WAY OF, BECAUSE OF THIS DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT THEY FIND THEMSELVES VICTIMS OF.
AND SO, UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO VISIT WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT YOU'RE GETTING ALL THESE GOOD RESOURCES OUT TO PEOPLE, LIKE AT CASCIANO HOMES, FOR EXAMPLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, SAHA RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A NEW WIRELESS MESH NETWORK.
YOU KNOW, USING SOLAR PANELS, SOMETHING THEY'VE INVENTED, UM, AND GOT A HUGE GRANT FROM MOZILLA, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, TO DO IT REALLY EXCITING.
AND I THINK THERE'S LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM
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OUR PARTNERS ON HOW THEY'RE MAKING IT EASIER FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.AND SO, UM, THE ONLY PRESSURE YOU'RE GONNA GET FROM ME GOING FORWARD IS TO EXHAUST ALL AVENUES TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION IN EVERY SINGLE MEDIUM THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET IT TO THEM.
UM, COLLEEN, WHAT IS, UM, WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET? CITY OR TOTAL? UH, REMIND ME, I KNOW WE HAD A BRIEFING NOT SO LONG AGO, BUT REMIND ME, THE CITY AND THEN THE, UM, THE, UH, UH, GRANT.
SO MY TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT $44 MILLION.
AND THEN, UM, OF THAT, THE CITY FUNDS A NET OF ABOUT 5 MILLION.
AND, AND THE REST IS, UM, GRANTS STATE AND FEDERAL, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WE BRING IN FROM FEES AND BILLING FOR, UH, MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOUR OFFICES AND THEN, SO MY, SO THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET'S ABOUT 13 MILLION.
WELL, SO I SAY IT THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE 13 MILLION, UM, LIKE THE REVENUES THAT WE BRING IN FOR RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS COUNT IN THAT.
SO I SUBTRACT THAT OUT, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY, DO THEY HAVE TO GO TO STAFF FOR RESTAURANTS OR THEY CAN BE USED FOR WHATEVER NEEDS YOU HAVE? NO, IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT THROUGH RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF THE NET AS WHAT IT COSTS THE CITY TO OPERATE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT THAT $5 MILLION.
UM, AND WHERE IS YOUR, WHERE ARE YOUR OFFICES ALL OVER THE PLACE? OKAY.
WE HAVE 28 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE, AND, UM, YOU'RE, YOU DON'T HAVE A ONE, YOU, YOU USED TO BE OVER HERE, BUT THAT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.
WHEN WE MOVED FROM OVER THERE, WE WERE ALREADY IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND WE JUST CONTINUED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DELIVERING SERVICES IN THE AREA THAT NEEDED US THE MOST, THE MODEL FOR THE SHORT TERM TO CONTINUE TO STAY YES.
IN THAT TYPE OF A ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND SO, UM, AND SO HOW MUCH, I, I GUESS WHAT I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS HOW MUCH OF YOUR BUDGET GOES TO THESE ITEMS? CAN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU BREAK IT DOWN THAT GOES INTO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I FORGOT THAT YOU HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL THAT DOES KITCHEN INSPECTIONS AND FOOD INSPECTIONS AND ALL THAT.
SO, UM, I, I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE, THE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR DIABETES AND OBESITY PREVENTION ARE FUNDED BY THE 1115 WAIVER.
UM, OZONE IS, UM, MOSTLY FUNDED BY THE CITY.
AND, UM, THE, I MEAN, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND ACES, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET A NEW POSITION IN THIS BUDGET.
UM, AND THAT'S A NEW PROJECT, SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO REALLY QUANTIFY THAT, BUT WE DID, WE DID GET $68,000 FROM THE CITY THIS YEAR TO HIRE A PERSON TO DO THAT WORK.
SO THAT'S, UH, I AM SORT OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT AS A, PERHAPS WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGETS FOR NEXT TIME.
I MEAN, I, I RECOGNIZE WE'RE IN THE BRAND NEW CYCLE, UM, BUT I HAVE, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS AND, AND SORT OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE, UH, THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY, WHICH ARE IMMENSE.
AND, AND OF COURSE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE CARE ABOUT STREETS AND CONGESTION, RIGHT.
NOT AIRPORTS, LIKE, WAS JUST DISCUSSED.
AND, UM, WHEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT IMMERSED IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS SOME OF THESE SEVERE PROBLEMS, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY LIKE WE DO IN OUR WORLD, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHERE I LIVE, UH, WE SEE IT, YOU KNOW, VISUALLY EVERY DAY.
AND SO IT, IT, IT HAS BECOME A PRIORITY.
UM, I KNOW FOR ME AND, AND, AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT, UM, PERHAPS WE CAN EVALUATE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE IS HOW WE REALLY FUND THOSE PROGRAMS. AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT, LIKE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK, HEALTH WORKERS, LIKE, LIKE, UH, SO JENNIFER LOPEZ, UM, JLO, WE CALL HER IN THE DISTRICT, JENNY FROM THE BLOCK
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN SOME OF THOSE KIDS A COUPLE MORNINGS AGO WHEN WE HAD A NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL, UM, DAY.
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WAS, IT WAS OF COURSE A GREAT FUN ENVIRONMENT.AND THEY HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WELL, THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE MCGRUFF AND YEAH, IT WAS A REALLY FUN ACTIVITY.
AND I KNOW THAT WHAT THEY WERE HOPING TO DO, UH, IS IMPROVE ATTENDANCE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN, UH, THEY'LL HAVE THAT DATA TO REPORT BACK.
I THINK THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT EVERY YEAR, EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY STARTING, UH, THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET BACK TO US WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SEE IF IT DID APPROVE ATTENDANCE.
AT SIERRA KING ELEMENTARY, UM, WHICH IS ALSO KIND OF RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT I THINK MY, UM, UH, LAST, UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S MAYBE ALL I HAVE, UH, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THAT THOSE, THESE FUNDING DOLLARS AND, AND HOW WE KIND OF PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS BECAUSE, UM, WHILE I, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT AS TRENDING DOWN, IT IS TRENDING POSITIVE.
IT'S STILL AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM.
UH, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE GRAPHS HERE DON'T REALLY EXPRESS THE ENORMITY OF THE PROBLEM, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE TRENDING DOWN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T, IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW LIKE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUFFERING OR KNOW, WHEN YOU SORT OF PUT A FACE TWITTER, YOU LIKE, THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM CHILDHOOD ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT DATA OR NOT.
DO YOU HAVE AN FOR, UH, THE ONLY DATA I HAVE IS FOR TEXAS AND THAT 15% OF KIDS IN TEXAS HAVE FOUR OR MORE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
YOU COULD DO SOME ROUGH MATH AND COME UP WITH WHAT THAT IS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UH, I I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, IMPORTANT FOR A PREVIOUS OR FUTURE, UH, SESSION MM-HMM.
BECAUSE THEN IT, MAYBE IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO DIRECT MORE FUNDS TOWARDS HELPING THE POPULATION BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT, IT, IT, UM, IS RELATED TO SO MANY OTHER PROBLEMS, LIKE THE NUMBER OF, UH, OPPORTUNITY YOUTH THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT MM-HMM.
AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDING ACCESS TO SERVICES IN OUR JAIL POPULATION OR OUR HOSPITAL POPULATION OR MENTAL HEALTH POPULATION.
UH, AND SO MAKING ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY, AND ADDICTION AS WELL.
THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME UP AND SUICIDE.
SO THAT ONE WAS NOT EVEN ON MY RADAR.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW WE, UH, CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS A CITY.
PERHAPS WE, IF WE REALLY, UM, PUT A NUMBER TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, EVEN THOUGH WE DO SHOW A, A PERHAPS A 2% DECLINE, DOES THAT STILL MEAN 30,000 PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING? OR WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? RIGHT.
SO, UM, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION.
UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, NOT JUST FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE IN, IN THIS AREA, BUT FOR HER COMMENTS TODAY.
I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT THIS AS WE, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD.
WE HAVE, UM, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN STATED, SOME REALLY, UH, DIRE OUTCOMES, HEALTH OUTCOMES HERE IN IN OUR COUNTY.
AND, UH, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE TAKING, WE'RE SORT OF STEPPING UP AND TAKING SOME RESPONSIBILITY, NOT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT TRYING TO SOLVE THE, THE PROBLEM FOR IT AS A, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL, UM, ENTITY.
UM, I, UM, I DO HAVE, UH, ONE QUESTION.
THERE'S SEVERAL QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
UM, SO, SO, BUT SORRY, WRAPPING UP THAT POINT, WHEN THE, WHEN THE TIME COMES, WILL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM, HELP SHAPE THE BUDGET SO THAT IT BEGINS TO MEET THOSE MEET NEEDS MORE? YES.
IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL BE BRINGING BACK WITH, WITH THE NEW, UH, YOU'RE DOING A SURVEY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THAT'S GOING TO GET US SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS? YES.
SO THE TIMING IS INTENTIONAL SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE THREE PRIORITIES ARE BEFORE BUDGET SEASON STARTS.
SO WE CAN COME TO YOUR COMMITTEE AND PRESENT THOSE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, ONE THING THAT I, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THE SURVEY AND YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
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AND HOW PEOPLE CAN SORT OF TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN HEALTH.UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PUBLIC HEALTH BACKGROUND, THAT PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE PROVIDE PEOPLE, NOT JUST OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WHAT CHOICES THEY HAVE AT THE PLACES THAT THEY DO GO SHOP.
SO I'D, UH, AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING IN DISTRICT THREE ON A HEALTHY FOOD INITIATIVE, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH FOOD RETAIL OUTLETS, UM, AS WELL TO MAKE THAT EASIER ON, ON PEOPLE TO ALSO BEGIN PROVIDING THAT ENVIRONMENT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
WELL, THAT, IT'S FUNNY, I'M SMILING BECAUSE, UM, ERIC HAD THAT SAME IDEA THAT HE SHARED WITH ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, I ALSO HAD, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE, A WHILE BACK, WE HEARD A PRESENTATION, THIS IS MAYBE A YEAR AGO, ABOUT THERE BEING A DECLINE IN THE USAGE OF THE WIC CLINICS MM-HMM.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING NOW? SO IT'S GOOD AND BAD WE'RE, WE HAVE THE, THE DECLINE HAS STOPPED, BUT WE HAVE NOT GONE BACK TO WHAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY.
UM, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE RIGHT AROUND 38,000, UM, WIC VISITS A MONTH.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 33 TO 34,000.
UM, IT DROPPED AS LOW AS, I WANNA SAY 31,000.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN PRETTY STABLE AT THAT 33, 30 4,000 FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THAT SEEMED TO HELP A LOT WAS WE RAN, UM, RADIO ADS ON OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIOS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD IDENTIFIED MEDICAL CLINICS AS EXEMPT FROM ICE RAIDS AND THAT WIC CLINICS WERE CONSIDERED MEDICAL CLINICS, AND SO THAT FOLKS COULD FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO THE WIC CLINIC AND NOT FEARING FOR AN ICE RAID.
UM, SO WE CONTIN KNOWING WHAT WE SAW, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN WHEN THE AD RAN AT 11 O'CLOCK AND WHEN OUR PHONE STARTED RINGING AT, AT 1105.
UM, SO WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE WIC OFFICE, UM, TO DO MORE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE OTHER THING WE KNOW THAT WORKS IS WORD OF MOUTH.
AND SO REALLY WE FOLKS COME TO THE WIC CLINIC MAKING SURE TO BE INTENTIONAL AND SAYING, UM, PLEASE LET YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY KNOW THAT WE'RE TAKING NEW PATIENTS, THAT THIS IS A SAFE PLACE TO COME, THAT WE HAVE BILINGUAL STAFF, AND THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS A, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IN MAKING SURE THAT YOUR FAMILY HAS ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS.
THAT SOUNDS, UM, LIKE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT, UH, ALSO IN YOUR SURVEY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT, UM, YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR A THOUSAND RESPONSES.
UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE? I LAST I HEARD WE HAD 700.
UM, WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT IN OUR NEWSLETTER.
LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO TO, TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
HOPEFULLY EACH OF YOU HAS RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MY OFFICE WITH THE LINK TO THE SURVEY ASKING FOR YOU TO PLEASE SHARE THIS.
IF NOT, LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL RESEND THAT.
OR IF YOU WANNA JUST SEND IT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME.
AND DO YOU DO PAPER SURVEYS? WE DO DO PAPER SURVEYS.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT AND YOU WOULD LIKE US TO SHOW UP AND, UM, DO PAPER OR TABLET DEPENDING ON THE AUDIENCE, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND IT'S IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
UM, WE HAVE ONE ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY, AND THE TIME IS 4:33 PM ON THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2018.
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE V T C S, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE, LEASE EXCHANGE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY.