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THE TIME IS, UH, 2:01 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2020.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW, UH, CONVENE ITS B SESSION, REGULARLY SCHEDULED B SESSION.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE CLERK.
MADAM CLERK COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
[1. 20-3435 Briefing on the Airport System readiness in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presentation will provide an overview of the on-going efforts to maintain and build consumer confidence of passengers, visitors and employees in the San Antonio Airport System. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Jesus Saenz, Director, Aviation]]
AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.WE HAVE A VERY BRIEF SESSION TODAY ON AN AIRPORT UPDATE, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER NOW TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH.
UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TODAY'S BRIEFING, UH, BY JESUS SIGNS.
UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS, UH, WILL INFORM YOU ON THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO RESPOND AND TO RECOVER FROM, UH, THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC.
UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, AIR TRAVEL ACROSS THE NATION, UH, REACH HISTORIC LOWS IN APRIL.
AND CURRENT INDUSTRY EXPERTS ANTICIPATE THAT THE INDUSTRY MAY TAKE AS LONG AS THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO RECOVER TO OUR, UH, MARCH, 2020 LEVELS.
UH, AS, UH, AS, UH, MARIA DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MARIA VILLAGOMEZ, AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS BUDGET, UH, AND FINANCIAL UPDATES, UH, WE PROJECT $43 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR AIRPORT REVENUES FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THAT BUDGET, AND JESUS AND HIS AND HIS TEAM ARE, UH, PLANNING FOR THE CARESS ACT, UH, FUNDING THAT, THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING.
UM, I'LL, I'LL, LET ME SAY THAT, UM, JESUS, UM, UH, STARTED RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT DR.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORTS OF JESUS AND HIS TEAM, UH, NOT ONLY IN THEIR RESPONSE OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, BUT HOW THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, ADJUSTING OPERATIONALLY, UH, AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, I WANT TO, UH, THANK HIM AND THE, AND THE TEAM OUT THERE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND, UH, PASSENGERS AND VISITORS, UH, ALL CONTINUE TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT OUR FACILITY OUT THERE.
AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, CONTINUOUSLY, UH, TRYING TO, UH, IMPROVE UPON THOSE PROTOCOLS.
JESUS IS ALSO GONNA DISCUSS THE, THE PROJECTS THAT THE TEAM HAVE COMPLETED DURING THE SLOWDOWN, UH, OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY.
UM, AND BEFORE I, I TURN IT OVER TO HIM, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PROGRAMS THE TEAM UNDERTOOK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHICH I REALLY BELIEVE, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE ORGANIZATION'S CORE VALUES.
UH, AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY PROCURING THE NUMBER OF FACE MASKS, UH, THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TOOK ON THE TASK TO PRODUCE A MASK FOR EVERY AVIATION EMPLOYEE WITH THE, THE, UH, AIRPORT SYSTEM EMBLEM.
UM, AND, UH, ALONG WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, IT WAS A GREAT, UH, EXAMPLE OF TEAMWORK OUT THERE.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, JESUS AND THE TEAM DID WAS, UH, CREATE A LIVESTREAM MUSIC PROGRAM, UH, FOR, UH, TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE, THE MUSICIANS WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE PERFORMING THAT AT THE AIRPORT.
AND I SENT THAT OUT IN THE END OF DAY REPORT, EMAILED TO THE COUNCIL, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT REALLY, UH, AS A WAY OF, UH, HELPING OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AND THOSE MUSICIANS WHO RELIED UPON THAT, THAT INCOME THERE AT OUR FACILITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JESUS AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND PRESENT TO YOU, UH, SOME OF THE RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD HERE AT OUR AIRPORTS.
UM, AS YOU STATED, MY NAME IS SINE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
I STARTED JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF, OF FEBRUARY AND LANDED WITH THE ENORMOUS CHANGE THAT ALL OF US HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO.
BUT I WANT TO START BY SENDING A SINCERE THANKS TO ALL FOR THE WO WELCOMING I HAVE RECEIVED SINCE I STARTED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT, BUT WE WILL PERSEVERE AND WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS, ALL OF US TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT TEAM WE HAVE AT OUR AIRPORTS, AND MYSELF AND OUR CITY MANAGER, HAS, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED ME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND
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WHAT WE WILL BE DOING, UH, TO ENSURE WE HAVE A WINNING FORMULA FOR ALL OF OUR SUCCESS AT OUR GREAT AIRPORTS.YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JOHN, PLEASE.
IT'S A TRUE, GENUINE SPIRIT OF KINDNESS THAT'S OCCURRING.
I, I KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT TODAY, BUT MORE TO COME ON A SHORT VIDEO THAT WE WILL SHOW, THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COVER WITH YOU TODAY.
AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ACTIVITY AND IMPACTS.
WE HAVE BEEN BUSY AND A HUGE AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE TO ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS FOR OUR RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AS OUR CITY MANAGER AND TEAM ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION FOCUS AND LEADERSHIP NEEDED, WE HAVE ADMINISTERED A NUMBER OF EFFORTS WHILE FOCUSING ON RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND BASIC OPERATIONS.
IN PARALLEL WITH THE PHASED APPROACHES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES.
WE EARLY ON LAUNCHED AN AIRPORT SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER COVID TASK FORCE, WITH MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS TO SUCCESSFULLY AND SAFELY REOPEN OUR AIRPORTS AND BUSINESSES.
WE ARE PAVING AN ENTIRELY NEW PATH, A ROAD NEVER TRAVELED, ALONG WITH INDUSTRY AND OR SECTOR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
WE ARE READY FOR TAKEOFF, DEVELOPING A SAFE GO FORWARD PLAN THAT INSTILLS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AND POSTURES OUR AIRPORTS FOR THE FUTURE AND POST COVID PANDEMIC.
BEFORE WE GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR READINESS EFFORTS, I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A QUICK PASSENGER ACTIVITY LEVEL OVERVIEW.
PRIOR TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, WE WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT CONTINUOUS GROWTH THROUGH THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND HAD GROWTH FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UNBEKNOWNST TO THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON ALL OF US, NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY, AND THIS IS GLOBALLY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, 2.5 MILLION PASSENGERS WAS THE AVERAGE FOR PASSENGER EMPLOYMENTS ACROSS THE US THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL.
THERE WERE DAYS WE WERE BELOW 90,000 AND INCREDIBLE IMPACT TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRY AND LOCALLY WHERE WE AVERAGED ABOUT 15,000 PASSENGERS PER DAY.
WE WERE AS LOW AS 16, AS LOW AS 600 PER DAY IN MAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART, WE HAVE BEGUN.
HOWEVER, WE ARE ALL CONFIDENT, AND I'M CONFIDENT WE WILL NOT FAIL.
NUMBERS ARE GRADUALLY GROWING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, UH, IN, IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF MARCH AND THEN GO THROUGH APRIL, THE LOWEST DAY WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID OF MIDDLE OF APRIL.
UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, WE STARTED TO CLIMB TO THE THOUSAND MARK AND HAVE HIT ABOVE 2000 PASSENGER EMPLOYMENTS PER DAY HERE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF JUNE, AND IN THE LAST DAYS OF MAY, GOOD PROGRESS BEING SHOWN.
THIS IS A BACKGROUND PICTURE OF STINSON, WHERE WE LAUNCHED EFFORTS OF IMMEDIATELY DECONTAMINATING ALL OF OUR AIRPORT FACILITIES.
WE WERE ONE OF THE EXCEPTION AIRPORT, UH, ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, UH, ONE OF THE EXCEPTION DEPARTMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND, SANITIZERS HAD BEEN PLACED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMPLEX WITH SPECIFIC SIGNAGE, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT THESE SANITIZERS ARE FOR THEIR USE.
A VERY THOROUGH AND RIGOROUS CLEANING EFFORT WAS LAUNCHED TO ENSURE THE OVERALL CLEANLINESS OF THE ENTIRE COMPLEX, FROM FLOORS TO CEILINGS, TO WALLS, TO SEATS, WINDOWS, IRRESPECTIVE ANY CUSTOMER FOCUSING TOUCHPOINTS OR CLEANED.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE XENEX MACHINE THAT'S THERE.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND POSSIBLY, UH, PURCHASING ONE.
OUR CURRENT EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO PURCHASE FOUR FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, WITH ONE BEING APPROPRIATED TO TO, TO THE AIRPORTS.
OVERALL, WE'VE INSTALLED MORE THAN 120 WALL AND FLOOR MOUNTED HAND SANITIZERS THROUGHOUT THE TERMINALS IN THE CONSOLIDATED RENTAL CAR FACILITY, INCLUDING CUSTOMER FACING AREAS.
OUR TEAM HAS ALSO INCREASED THEIR CLEANING, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TOUCH AREAS.
CHECKPOINTS AND PORTALS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR OUR OPERATION.
IT IS 24 7 365, AND ALL COAST OF EMPLOYEES HAVE TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT THE START OF THEIR
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SHIFTS.A TRUE CITYWIDE EFFORT LAUNCHED BY OUR CITY MANAGER TO FURTHER PROTECT ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS.
315 SCREENS ARE BEING INSTALLED AT TICKET COUNTERS, GATE COUNTERS, CUSTOMER FACING AREAS TO PROHIBIT THE SPREAD AND PROTECT BOTH EMPLOYEES AND PASSENGERS.
WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO PURCHASE 1500 SEAT COVERS.
AS YOU SEE ON THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, SOME HAVE ARRIVED, AND WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE REMAINING OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE.
THESE ARE BEING STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO FURTHER ENCOURAGE SIX FOOT SOCIAL DISTANCING, BOTH PRE AND POST SECURITY CHECKPOINTS, TEAM BUILDING AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
THE TEAM PARTICIPATED IN THIS MASK MAKING INITIATIVE.
AS ERIC REFERENCED EARLIER, WHAT WAS TO BE THE PURCHASE OF JUST SOME FABRIC AND RUBBER BANDS TURNED INTO A FULL LEAN SIX SIGMA TECHNICAL PRODUCTION.
THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO WAS EXEMPLIFIED AND IT WAS UNDOUBTEDLY CONTAGIOUS.
EVERYONE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 600 MASKS.
EACH OF US WERE EXCITED TO HAVE DELIVERED TO OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR TEAM THAT WERE EQUALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE HAD DONE FOR THEM.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOURS AND AS WELL, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF OUR AIRPORTS.
TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE OUR PASSENGERS AS THEY ENTER OUR FACILITIES, WE HAVE PLACED FLOOR DECALS AT OUR T S A CHECKPOINT LINES CAR RENTAL FACILITY TICKET COUNTERS IN ANY AREA WHERE QUEUING IS NECESSARY.
CUSTOMERS ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND HAVE RESPECTED THIS NEW PROCESS.
AS DEMAND INCREASES AND RETURNS, WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, MONITORING REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND RECON RECONCILING WITH OUR FORECAST MODELS.
WE THEN DEVELOP PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TO ENSURE NECESSARY AREAS ARE MANAGED AND PROVIDING WELCOMING EXPERIENCE TO OUR PATRONS.
THIS IS CRITICAL TOWARDS BUILDING THE CO THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
THESE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF TERMINAL A LIGHTING.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BELOW PICTURE, YOU SEE THE YELLOW SOFT LIGHTS.
WE'VE REPLACED ALL OF OUR LIGHTING INSIDE OF OUR TERMINALS TO MAKE 'EM MORE VIBRANT AND ENSURE THAT PEOPLE COME IN AND SEE THE FACILITY.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW OLD IT IS, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE BEST FACILITIES FORWARD.
WE HAVE RETIED AND MARKED OUR ROADWAYS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THE CENTER LINES WERE PAINTED, BUT WE HADN'T DONE.
WE, WE HAD NOT COMPLETED THE THROUGH LANES NOR THE TERMINAL BEES.
ALL THAT IS NOW COMPLETED AND ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF REPAINTING ALL THE RED FIRE LANE AREAS ALONG WITH THE YELLOW PAINTED, UH, CURB INLETS WHERE PEOPLE ENTER.
THIS IS ALL REFRESHMENTS THAT NEED TO BE THAT, THAT ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU REACH OUR ROADWAYS, INCLUDING AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF THE TERMINALS AS SEEN IN THE TWO PICTURES, WE'RE GIVING YOU AN OPEN DAY FRESH, UH, REVIEW OF OUR FACILITIES.
WE'VE CAULKED REPLACED DEGRADED MIRRORS, REPLACED AND REPAIRED TOILETS AS NEEDED AND ALMOST COMPLETE WITH TERMINAL A LO TERMINAL, A LOWER LEVEL CURBSIDE LIGHTING.
THIS IS A GREAT DEPICTION, UM, AND I WON'T BELABOR IT TOO MUCH, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH EVERY LEVEL OF THE GARAGE AND DOING A FULL POWER WASHING EFFORT AT NIGHT EVERY EVENING.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 DAYS.
WE'RE REPAINT ALL MARKINGS IN THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER.
WE'VE REPAINTED ALL MARKINGS IN THE CELL PHONE LOCK.
WE'VE REPAINTED ALL MARKINGS INSIDE OUR EMPLOYEE LOT, AND WE ARE REPAINTING ALL THE MARKINGS IN OUR OFF AIRPORT SURFACE LOTS, AND WE ARE REPLACING SOME PARKING LOT LIGHTS WITH L E D TO FURTHER DISPLAY THE OPEN, THE, THE, THE OPEN DAY FRESH, UH, VISIBILITY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO BUILD THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
THE TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB, AND AS I PREFACED EARLIER, I HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS.
WE HAVE TAKEN THIS SERIOUSLY FROM A TRUE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ELEVATING THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYONE'S SAFETY.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT STAKEHOLDER C OVID 19 TASK FORCE.
IN PARALLEL WITH OUR CITY MANAGER'S CHAMPION EFFORT TO MAINTAIN OUR FOCUS UNDER THE PRINCIPAL PILLARS OF RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND BASIC OPERATIONS, WE HAVE LAUNCHED AN AIRPORT STAKEHOLDER C OVID 19 TASK FORCE.
THIS IS MADE UP OF FIVE PREDOMINANT HORIZONS TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ESTABLISH A WINNING FORMULA WITH EACH OF OUR TENANTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING TEAM COMPRISED OF AIRLINES, FEDERAL AGENCIES, CONCESSIONS, GROUND LEASE TENANTS, AND RENTAL CAR AGENCIES.
THIS MODEL FORMAT WILL PRODUCE NECESSARY PROCESS, FACILITY, SYSTEM,
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EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAFETY PROCEDURES AND PRINCIPLES.GOING FORWARD, THOSE FIVE PILLARS ARE RESOLVED, WHICH ADDRESSES THE IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES OF C OVID 19 TO OUR WORKFORCE, CONSUMERS, TECHNOLOGY AND STAKEHOLDERS, RESILIENCE TO ADDRESS THE NEAR TERM FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL, MAINTENANCE, SECURITY, AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES, WHILE BROADENING OUR RESILIENCY AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGING ISSUES DURING VIRUS RELATED SHUTDOWNS AND ECONOMIC RIPPLE EFFECTS.
RETURN, THE TEAM IS CREATING DETAIL, RETURN TO BUSINESS PLANS TO BE ABLE TO SCALE QUICKLY AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES FOR LONG-TERM IMPACTS, AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, THE RE IMAGINATIVE STATE, WE HAVE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES, WHAT IS THE NEW NORMAL? WHAT IS A DISCONTINUOUS SHIFT LOOK LIKE? AND HOW WILL WE, HOW, HOW WILL WE NEED TO MAKE THE, THE RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES? OUR ABILITY TO BE AGILE AND ADAPTIVE IS CONGRUENT TO OUR ABILITY TO BE IN SUCCESSFUL REFORM.
WE WANT TO CLARIFY HOW REGULATORY AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS AND THIS INDUSTRY MAY SHIFT, WHETHER IT'S TECHNOLOGY, SAFE TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS, AND OR AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ENCOMPASSES THOSE FIVE, THOSE FIVE AREAS, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT TASK FORCE WITH A CONGLOMERATE OF ALL THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF OUR AREAS.
OUR DEPUTY, UH, CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGER HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE FINANCIAL APPROACHES TO OUR FEDERAL GRANTS.
THE MODEL ON THE LEFT DEPICTS WHERE WE'RE AT.
IT IS THE SPEED OF DEPLOYMENT, THE TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY IN THE AIRLINE COST CONTAINMENT, ALL WHILST MANAGING OUR BUDGET, OUR STRATEGY AND TACTICS.
WE'RE RECEIVING $39.7 MILLION IN A CARES ACT FUND.
WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THAT TO COVER MONTHLY DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THROUGH DECEMBER.
RECOVER FUNDS FOR PAYROLL IMPACT JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
UTILIZE IT FOR FUND RESERVES FOR POTENTIAL LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND SUPPORT PROJECT EXPENSES FOR COVID RELATED RECOVERY.
UM, THESE ARE NOT RENDERING, THESE ARE REAL PICTURES.
THE MERIT COFFEE, WHICH LIKE AUNTIE ANN'S HAS STAYED OPEN IN TERMINAL A THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
YESTERDAY, SMOKE SHACK OPENED AS A TO-GO RESTAURANT TO ALLOW PASSENGERS HAVE A LIQUOR OPTION IN TERMINAL A S A T HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN LIMITED HOURS OF OPERATION FOR CERTAIN TRAVEL ESSENTIAL AND FOOD OPERATIONS.
AS WE SEE RECOVERY ABLE TO SUSTAIN AT 20% BASE THRESHOLD, WE WILL INTRODUCE OUTLETS THAT MATCH OPERATIONS IN THOSE PORTIONS.
SOME OF THOSE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER OF THE FACILITY THAT MAKE FINANCIAL STRENGTH.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING WITH ALL LOCAL GENERAL MANAGERS TO INITIATE THAT RESPONSE.
LONG TERM, WE PLAN TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE BACK AT 70% OPERATION BEFORE WE CONSIDER FUTURE SOLICITATIONS FOR NEW PROVIDERS.
WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, ALL OF OUR AIRLINES AND AIR SERVICE RETURNING S A T IS OUT PASSING, OUTPACING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BY NEARLY FOUR POINTS AT 24.2% VERSUS 20.3 NATIONALLY.
AMERICAN AIRLINES STARTS MIAMI NONSTOP SERVICE FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH, ILE MEXICO IS PLANNING ON RESTARTING MEXICO CITY SERVICE THREE TIMES WEEKLY ON JUNE 18TH.
SOME COUNTRY RESUMED SERVICE TWO TIMES WEEKLY TO MINNEAPOLIS ST.
JUNE 19TH AND SOUTHWEST HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THE NOVEMBER SCHEDULED EXPANSION.
CHICAGO MIDWAY DALLAS, LOVE DENVER, LAS VEGAS, AND NASHVILLE, ALL INCREASING FREQUENCY.
IN ADDITION TO NOVEMBER, FORT LAUDERDALE RESUMED SERVICE TO LOS ANGELES, NEW ORLEANS AND TAMPA.
SS A T WILL HAVE 53 SOUTHWEST DAILY, NONSTOP DEPARTURES.
A LEVEL NOT EXPERIENCED SINCE AUGUST OF 2008.
ALLEGION AND AIR ALASKA HAVE TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS, BUT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR IMMEDIATE RETURN.
THIS IS WHERE WE PUT ALL THE PUZZLES TOGETHER.
I'VE BEEN 25 YEARS IN THIS INDUSTRY, AND I'VE HANDLED TWO SUPER BOWLS, SEVERAL HURRICANES, AND THREE VARIOUS SIZED AIRPORT FACILITIES.
THE OLD ADAGE IS, IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL.
RESUMPTION OF SERVICE IS CRITICAL.
HOW WE MANAGE THROUGH THIS STORM IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED OUR NEW AND CLEAN AIRPORT PLAYBOOK, A PLETHORA OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE MUST EXECUTE TO ENSURE THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS OBTAINED AND SAFETY IS FURTHER HIGHLIGHTED IN ALL THAT WE DO.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM SPECIFICALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE FOCUS THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP AND FOCUS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AND ERIC AND TEAM, WE'RE WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION
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TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A WINNING FORMULA AND THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO THAT WE PREPARED FOR YOU GUYS AND JOHN, IF YOU CAN, UH, MOVE TO THAT NEXT THANK YOU.
I AM THE TERMINAL SERVICES MANAGER OF SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IT IS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS AIRPORT CAMPUS IS CLEAN AND SAFE FOR ALL PASSENGERS AND EMPLOYEES THAT COME THROUGH OUR AIRPORT.
WE'VE BEEN CONSTANTLY PREPARING FOR OUR PASSENGERS TO RETURN.
WE'VE BEEN BUSY TRAINING OUR STAFF USING HOSPITAL GRADE QUATERNARY CLEANERS, OVERALL HIGH TOUCH SURFACES, WHEELCHAIRS, SMART CARTS, ELEVATOR BUTTONS, UH, ESCALATOR HANDRAILS.
AND WE'VE TRAINED NOT ONLY OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO OUR CONTRACTED CUSTODIAL CLEANERS.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE HOSPITAL GRADE QUATERNARY, CLEANER, AND SANITIZING, WE'VE PLACED HUNDREDS OF HAND SANITIZER UNITS AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR OUR PASSENGERS TO USE AND FEEL CONFIDENT WITH.
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE'VE APPLIED MANY DECALS ON THE FLOOR WHERE CROWDS MAY APPEAR TO KEEP THEM SPACED SAFELY APART.
THIS INCLUDES THE T S A CHECKPOINTS, TICKET COUNTERS, RENTAL CAR FACILITY, ANYWHERE A CROWD MAY APPEAR.
ALL OF OUR SEATING IN THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN INSTALLED WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING SEAT COVERS TO REMIND OUR PASSENGERS TO SAFELY SIT APART AND WAIT FOR THE AIRCRAFT.
WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED HUNDREDS OF SNEEZE GUARDS.
THESE ARE COUGH BARRIERS AT TICKET COUNTERS, RENTAL CAR COUNTERS.
EVERYONE KNOWS YOU CAN FLY EASIER OUTTA SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL, BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU CAN FLY CONFIDENTLY AND SAFER WITH ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE, AND WE'RE READY FOR YOUR RETURN.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR, OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO GIVE OUR PRESENTATION ON NOT WHAT I'VE DONE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE, AND I GIVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE TO THEM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND, UH, HAVE TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT.
THIS IS A BIT OF A CURVE BALL TO HAVE YOUR VERY FIRST PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS OUR NEW AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESUS, FOR YOUR WORK AND THAT OF YOUR TEAM.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THIS IS, UH, A BIT OF GOOD NEWS AND A LOT OF STORMS. UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
AND WE, SINCE WE WENT ONE THROUGH 10 LAST WEEK, UH, LET'S GO IN REVERSE ORDER.
SO I'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
AND JESUS, UM, UH, GOOD JOB ON THE OVERVIEW.
UM, HOW'S, UH, LET ME JUST GO RIGHT INTO YOUR PERSONNEL SITUATION THERE.
HAVE, UH, DO YOU STILL HAVE ALL YOUR PEOPLE AT WORK THERE? I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S STILL ON PAYROLL? WE DO FOR THE COAST EMPLOYEES, SIR.
WE HAVE EVERYBODY, UH, STILL HERE.
UM, WE HAVE 40, UH, POSITIONS THAT HAVE, HAVE, HAVE BEEN FROZEN, AND THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT WERE VACANT AT THE, THE TIME.
SO WE HAVE FROZEN THOSE POSITIONS, UH, AS, AS NET SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UM, WE, WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF OUR CONCESSIONS, CONCESSIONS CLOSED DOWN, SO THEY HAVE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, BEEN FURLOUGHED, UH, FOR, FOR A SHORT DURATION.
BUT OVERALL, ALL COSA EMPLOYEES ARE STILL HERE, PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO, UM, YOU DIDN'T HAVE, I JUST LOOKING AT THE PASSENGER LOAD AND YOUR MANPOWER, SO I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER, THAT YOU HAD ENOUGH WORK THERE TO, FOR PEOPLE TO STAY BUSY DURING THAT TIME THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE HARDLY ANY FLIGHTS AND ANY PASSENGERS COMING THROUGH THE, THE AIRPORT.
THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY THE RE-IMAGINATION STATE THAT I GAVE YOU ON THE FIVE PILLAR APPROACH.
WE FOCUS, WE, WE NEVER HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND DO SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE OR CLEANING OPERATIONS THAT, UH, BECAUSE VEHICLES ARE IN THE WAY AND WE WERE JUST NOT AFFORDED THE TIME TO DO THESE THINGS.
SO THROUGHOUT OUR TIME PERIODS, WE'VE ADJUSTED SOME SCHEDULES AND MOVED SOME PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES TO COME OUT AND PERFORM ALL OF THESE TASKS ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMPLEX.
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I THINK, I THINK I KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING AS WELL, THAT I, I DO WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, THE CARESS ACT, UH, FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, REQUIRED THAT AIRPORT, UH, THAT THE AIRPORT AND AIRPORTS WERE IN THE COUNTRY THAT RECEIVED THAT MONEY HAD TO CONTINUE TO EMPLOY AT LEAST 90% THROUGH, UH, OF THE EMPLOYEES THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH, 2020.AND SO THERE WAS, UH, MUCH LIKE THE, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT WERE IN THE CARESS ACT FOR, UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN, UH, EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT.
AND, AND, UH, SO WHAT WE DID, UH, WHEN WE WORKED WITH JESUS AND THE TEAM TO REBALANCE THE AIRPORT BUDGET, WAS TO, UH, FOCUS ON THINGS THAT HE JUST MENTIONED, SUCH AS THE VACANT POSITIONS AND HOLDING THEM FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, AND SOME NON-CRITICAL ELEMENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO USE TO, TO BALANCE.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET THAT FEDERAL FUNDING, WE HAD TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT.
AND ERIC, IF I, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN, THE, THE, THE AIRFIELD OPERATIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE FLYING ONE PLANE OR 600 PLANES STILL NEED TO OCCUR.
ALL OF THE FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS, UH, MAINTENANCE, ALL OF THE, THE LANDSCAPING, ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S DONE AT THE AIRFIELD, WHILE THERE IS CERTAINLY MORE AS YOU GET BUSIER, IT ALL HAD TO CONTINUE TO, UH, TO OCCUR.
SO THE, THE AIRPORT WAS BUSY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME OR AIRPORT PERSONNEL WORK.
WHAT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS? WERE ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SLOWED DOWN OR, UH, PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THIS? OR ARE WE PRESSING ON WITH THE CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT FUNDED PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AIRFIELD, AND NONE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
I WILL TELL YOU, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT THAT WOULD REQUIRE QUITE THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SIT DOWN.
AND I, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM SITTING DOWN WITH YOU TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DEFERRED AND PUSHED OUT INTO 2021 AND 22, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THAT OUT AND IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT NOTHING THAT NONE, NONE OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS THAT WERE LET AND STARTED HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE STOPPED THAT ALL OF THAT WORK IS STILL CONTINUING.
BUT YOU, YOU SAID YOU ARE DEFERRING SOME PROJECTS OUT TO, UH, 21 AND 22? YES, SIR.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE FOR THOSE? UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 30 MILLION OF THE AI.
THE, THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS CENTER THAT WE WERE BUILDING, THAT WE WERE SCHEDULED TO START IN 20 20, 20 21 HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT TO 2022.
UH, THAT'S ONE, THERE WAS A PROJECT TO DO FRONT DOOR MODERNIZATION TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, JUST TYING UP THE PLACE AND IMPROVING LIGHTING, UH, ON, ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FACILITY AND INTERNAL A SO PUT ALL THAT ON HOLD AND PUSHED IT OUT UNTIL WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS REBOUNDS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA HEAD TOWARDS.
SO THESE WERE ALL INTERNALLY FUNDED THROUGH, THROUGH YOUR OWN ENTERPRISE FUND, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED FURTHER OUT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, FOR PROJECTS OUT THERE? ARE THOSE ALL ON TRACK AS I MENTIONED EARLIER? YES, SIR.
WE, WE ARE RECEIVING 75% ON THOSE GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS, AND THROUGH THE CARES ACT WE'LL BE RECEIVING THE ADDITIONAL 25%.
SO WE ARE NOT PUTTING ANY OF THAT ON HOLD.
AND TO YOUR, TO, TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE GOT FOUR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING HERE IN, I BELIEVE ON JUNE 11TH THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO UTILIZE ALL OF THAT CARES ACT FUNDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S A DOLLAR FIGURE FOR THAT? UH, 25% ALLOTMENT ON CARES ACT IS APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION, SIR.
THAT WE'LL BE GETTING ON, ON TOP OF WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE A I P FUNDING FOR, FOR 75%.
WELL, THIS, UM, UH, I THINK YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER A VERY, UM, UM, POSITIVE PLAN HERE ON LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND, UH, DOING WHAT YOU CAN TO KEEP YOUR, YOUR FOLKS BUSY.
UM, THE, THE FORECAST, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY, VERY SLOW CLIMB BACK TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVER GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR HEYDAY HERE THIS, THIS LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, UH, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE TREND IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP AND, UH, WHAT A WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND, AND, UH, UM, I, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, JESUS.
AND THAT IS THAT, UH, AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IS THAT ALL ON HOLD RIGHT NOW? IT'S BASICALLY STOPPED
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UNTIL WE, UH, REGROUP HERE.WE'VE PUT, WE'VE PUT THAT ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF FORECASTED DATE WHEN THAT MIGHT START UP AGAIN? WE, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL, UH, EXECUTIVE ORDERS, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETIME AT THE END OF JUNE, EARLY JULY AS WE BEGIN TO START GETTING BACK TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
HEY, JOHN, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.
JOHN, YOU'RE ON MUTE, JOHN? UH, I DON'T THINK, THERE YOU GO.
I, YOU STILL CAN'T HEAR ME? NO.
YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES WITH ME? IS EVERYBODY TRYING TO MAKE ME THINK? YOU CAN'T HEAR ME OKAY.
YEAH, I SEE EVERYBODY LAUGHING.
THIS IS JUST OUR SESSION TRADITION.
UM, ANYWAY, I WANNA, UH, COMPLIMENT JESUS.
I THINK HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB AND THE PRESENTATIONS VERY GOOD.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FACILITIES THAT, UH, HAVE RUN INTO SOME PROBLEMS MAKING THEIR ENDS MEET.
UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS FAR AS ARRANGEMENTS WITH SOME OF, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE LEASING PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT? I AM SORRY.
I STARTED SPEAKING AND I DIDN'T TAKE YOU OFF MUTE.
UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS WE RECEIVE THE CARES ACT AND HOW WE'RE APPROPRIATING THE FUNDING OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE.
UM, WE'VE ASKED TO PROVIDE DEFERMENTS TO SOME OF THOSE, WHETHER IT IT'S CONTRACTUAL OR NON-CONTRACTUAL, TO, TO HELP ASSIST ALL OF THESE, WHETHER IT'S RENTAL CAR COMPANIES, CONCESSIONS, UH, LAND, UH, LAND LEASE, UH, GROUND LEASE TENANTS AND OR THE AIRLINES TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AS WE GET OUT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, TURBULENT DIFFICULT TIME.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED FOR A 90 DAY DEFER, DEFERMENT ON SOME OF THOSE.
WE WILL NOT BE DOING ABATEMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED IT TO DO THAT UNLESS IT'S ALREADY CONTRACTUALLY.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE ADMINISTERED A PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, FISCAL TEAM, UH, WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS GETTING THAT APPROVED AND, AND, AND GETTING THAT, UH, OUT TO ALL OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE OUT HERE FOR ALL THE ONES THAT I REFERENCED.
UM, ARE WE LOSING ANY, ARE THERE ANY THAT, UH, HAVE JUST KIND OF THROWN UP THEIR HANDS AND SAID, WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE? NO, SIR.
WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD TWO COMPANIES THAT HAVE FILED CHAPTER 11, UM, WHICH IS, YOU'VE HEARD NATIONALLY, HERTZ HAS FILED CHAPTER 11, FILE AND ADVANTAGE IS ANOTHER COMPANY THAT HAS FILED CHAPTER 11.
UM, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEIR EXECUTIVE OFFICES ARE IN, ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
UH, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE RESTRUCTURING EFFORT AS ANY COMPANY THAT FILES CHAPTER 11 WOULD.
SO WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THEM TO ASSIST THEM IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE EXECUTIVES, UH, TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING YOU THESE DEFERMENTS SO SO LONG AS YOU'RE IN CURRENT GOOD STANDING WITH EVERYTHING, AND THEY ARE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, AND KIND OF HELP THEM, ASSIST THEM AS WE ALL GET THROUGH THIS.
AND I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO STATE THAT AS WE PUT THE PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR THE CARESS ACT, AND WE WERE ALLOTTED THE 39.7 MILLION, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FROM A LONG-TERM STRATEGY.
IT'S NOT ALL GONNA BE USED IN ONE YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THAT OVER A OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS, BECAUSE WE CAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SUSTAINABILITY.
SO WE'VE PROJECTED THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, BEN AND, AND CARLOS AND ERIC AND BEN AND, AND MARIA ON, ON, WITH THE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SOLID PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 48, UH, MONTHS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE CARES MONEY NEEDED TO BE SPENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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UH, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN SPREAD THAT OUT OVER SEVERAL YEARS UNLESS THE AIRPORT MONEY IS DIFFERENT.THE AIRPORT MONEY ALLOWS YOU TO GO FOR FOUR YEARS.
UM, I NOTICED IN ONE OF THE GRAPHICS YOU TALKED ABOUT P P E AND, UH, I SAW THAT YOU HAD YOUR STAFF OUT THERE.
UH, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD FACE MASKS, GLOVES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, WE GETTING THE FULL COOPERATION OF OUR, OUR TENANTS WHO ARE OPERATING OUT THERE ARE, ARE THEY UTILIZING THE SAME, UH, STR, YOU KNOW, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS? YES, SIR.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING THAT, BUT, UM, ALL OF THEIR AIRLINES ARE DOING THE, UH, THE EMPLOYEE SCREENING TEST BEFORE THEY COME INTO THE FACILITY.
SO WE HAVE CLOSE TO 6,000 BADGED EMPLOYEES.
UM, IT'S A 24 7, 365 OPERATION, AND I KNOW THE PLANES AREN'T FULL, BUT PLANES ARE STILL MOVING, AND THEY'VE NEVER STOPPED MOVING.
SO THEY, ALL OF ALL OF OUR TENANTS ARE, ARE UTILIZING, ARE, ARE, ARE PERFORMING THOSE SCREEN TESTS, UH, TO, TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES.
AND IN FACT, THEY WANTED TO GET IN OUR LINES WHEN WE STARTED TO ESTABLISH AIRPORT SCREENING TEST.
SO THAT IS HAPPENING, AND THEY ARE RECEIVING MASKS.
SOME OF OUR AIRLINES ARE ALSO PROVIDING MASKS TO PASSENGERS WHEN THEY GET ON THE PLANES.
UM, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NOW PROVIDING MASKS TO PASSENGERS TO SAY, AS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, HERE'S ONE, WE WANT YOU TO PUT IT ON WHILE YOU GET ON THE PLANE.
SO, YES, IT, IT'S A, IT IS A FULL EFFORT.
AND THE COVID AIRPORT STACK, UH, STAKEHOLDER TASK FORCE IS COORDINATING ALL OF THESE EFFORTS.
ARE WE GETTING COOPERATION OF, UH, T S A, UH, FOR WEARING MASKS? I KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A MIXED VIEW OF THAT.
AND HOW ABOUT OUR OWN AIRPORT POLICE? DO THEY HAVE MASKS AND GLOVES? YES, SIR.
THE AIRPORT POLICE ALL ALL HAVE THE APPROPRIATE P P E.
AND JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A NATIONAL EDICT THAT'S BEEN ISSUED TO ALL T S A REPRESENTATIVES THAT THEY TOO MUST WEAR THEIR MASK WHEN THEY'RE ON, ON, ON, ON STAFF.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE RESUMPTION OF AIR FLIGHT IS GONNA DEPEND ON HOW PEOPLE FEEL SECURE ABOUT TRAVELING.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL TOGETHER ON A PLANE IS ONE THING, BUT I THINK DEMONSTRATING OUR, OUR SAFETY, UH, TO THE PUBLIC AS THEY USE THE AIR AIRPORT FACILITY IS, IS ANOTHER WAY OF ASSURING THEIR SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT, UH, THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESUS, AND, UH, CONTINUED GOOD LUCK AND THANKS TO ALL YOUR STAFF.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I'M GONNA SAVE YOU SOME TIME'S.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COME BACK.
UM, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
WE'LL GO FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HEY, YOU'VE, UH, YOU'RE THE, UH, LOTTERY HERE, BUT I THINK COUNCIL SANDOVAL DOES HAVE AUDIO NOW.
UM, UH, THANK YOU
I KNOW, UM, UH, NOT TO CONTRADICT THE MAYOR, BUT YOU HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION TO US IS BRIEF AND IN PERSON, AND IT WAS IN THE B ROOM, I BELIEVE, AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN ON THE JOB FIVE DAYS OR SOMETHING, AND YOU KEPT USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE, AND SOMEONE CALLED YOU OUT AND SAID, HEY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR LONG.
SO I'M, YOU DID NOT USE IT AT ALL DURING THIS PRESENTATION, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
I THINK YOU'RE PAST PROBATION NOW OR SOMETHING.
UM, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY, BY YOUR PRESENTATION, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT WAS, UM, KIND OF A, A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF ALL THE BAD PRES, NOT BAD PRESENTATIONS, I'M SORRY, BAD NEWS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
I ALMOST, UM, I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY, ANY, UM, SORT OF LESSONS LEARNED OR SUCCESSES THAT YOU'VE HAD AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T HAD TO SHUT DOWN, UH, SO SUCCESSES THAT PERHAPS WE COULD SHARE THROUGHOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GET READY TO OPEN AND SERVE THE PUBLIC.
UM, I, I REALIZE IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUSINESS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE, FOR, FOR, FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, THE, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION THROUGH
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ERIC'S LEADERSHIP HAS LAUNCHED THESE FIVE DIFFERENT TEAMS. ONE OF THOSE IS, YOU KNOW, RETURN TO WORK PHASE ONE AND HOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.SO I'VE PARTICIPATED A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH, UH, DAVID MCCREARY AND JORGE PERES, AND WE'RE WORKING COLLECTIVELY WITH THE TEAM AND CRAIG FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT ON BUILDING HYGIENE AND MAINTENANCE, AND HOW ARE WE HANDLING ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS.
SO WE'VE SHARED A LOT OF THAT INTE INTELLECT AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE.
JUST YESTERDAY, ONE OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, PATRICIA CALLED ME FROM THE CONVENTION AND SHE GOES, HEY, IF WE DO THIS, THIS, AND THIS, HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO YES, I, I'VE, I'VE OBTAINED A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND BUDDIES THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE'RE WORKING COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ALL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
SO, UH, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE COULD GO ON AND BELABOR ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DETAILS THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE, THERE IS A TRUE SPIRIT OF KINDNESS AND COLLABORATION GOING THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE CITY.
UM, I THINK IT COULD ALSO BE, UH, SO I THINK YOU COULD ALSO SHARE SOME OF THESE BEST PRACTICES WITH SOME OF THE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ARE, ARE OPENING UP.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF, UH, I KNOW I'VE ASKED ABOUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCES AS PART OF THE RESILIENCY PLAN, UH, ERIC, UH, BUT MAYBE, UH, A VIDEO THAT FEATURES, UH, SOME OF THE COOL THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE AT THE AIRPORT THAT WE COULD PROMOTE TO, TO OTHER BUSINESSES.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE TASK FORCE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT, THAT YOU BROUGHT STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NO ONE GROUP EVER HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.
UH, CAN I ASK YOU, UH, WHO'S PART OF THE, OF THAT STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP? IS IT, UM, TENANTS, IS IT EMPLOYEES? YES.
UH, IT, IT'S LED UH, OBVIOUSLY I'M, THE, ME AND MY EXECUTIVE TEAM ARE, ARE, ARE LEADING THE ENTIRE EFFORT, BUT WE, WE PUT TWO MIDDLE MANAGERS THAT WE HAVE INSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND PULLED THEM FROM THEIR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES AND SAID, WE WANT YOU TO GO LAUNCH THIS TASK FORCE AND GAVE THEM CLEAR DIRECTION.
THERE'S FOUR, FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS, SAFETY BEING THE TOP PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE.
AND WHEN THEN WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF OUR TENANTS AND, AND WHEN YOU ASK WHO AIRLINES ARE ALL PARTICIPATING, RENTAL CAR COMPANIES ARE ALL PARTICIPATING.
THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, AND OR THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR TOWER AND HOW THAT IS BEING WORKED.
WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR CONCESSIONAIRES AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE TIMELY AND REAL TIME INFORMATION AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S QUITE, QUITE TEDIOUS.
IT'S A BIG, YOU KNOW, MODEL THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER USING SOME PREVIOUS PRACTICES I'VE HAD WITH MCKENZIE IN MY PREVIOUS TIMELINE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE COORDINATING THAT FROM THE CON OP OF OPERATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S BEING COORDINATED.
AND YES, TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, EVERYONE IS PARTICIPATING AND INVOLVED AND, UM, GETS REAL TIME INFORMATION ON EVERYTHING.
COUNCILMAN, IF I, IF I MAY JUST JUMP IN ON THAT.
UM, AS THE CITY, UH, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM WAS ROLLING OUT ITS SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND IN PARTICULAR THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PROGRAM, JESUS REACHED OUT TO THE CONCESSIONS INDIVIDUAL, CONCESSION OWNERS, AS WELL AS THE TWO MAIN CONCESSION POSTS AND, AND PARITIES, AND ASKED THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE THE PLEDGE.
SO MANY OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE INDEPENDENT, UH, CONCESSIONAIRES DID PARTICIPATE IN THE P P E GIVEAWAY.
THEY GOT THEIR PRODUCTS, THEY HAVE THEIR, UH, UH, THEIR SIGNAGE, ET CETERA, AND DISPLAYING IT.
AND HE'S WORKING WITH THE, THE TWO MASTER CONCESSIONAIRES DO THE SAME SO THAT THE ENTIRE AIRPORT, AIRPORT HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE A GREATER SAFER TOGETHER CAMPAIGN, UH, LITERATURE AND PRACTICES.
AND AS SOME OF THOSE CONCESSIONAIRES HAVE, UH, OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, RIGHT? SO, UH, THAT, THAT HELPS TO SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, UM,
UM, YOU ALMOST WON THE LOTTERY LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, BECAUSE YOU, UH, YOU JUST GAVE SUCH A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.
UM, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COVID CASES AT THE, UH, AMONG THE AIRPORT EMPLOYEES? OR ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY IN THE, UM, IN THE WORKFORCE THAT'S AT THE AIRPORT? YEAH, SO WE, WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE CONFIRMED CASES.
UM, I, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
ONE OF THOSE WAS ONE OF THE D P S OFFICERS THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE OFFICES AS THEY WERE WELCOMING PEOPLE FROM SOME OF THE QUARANTINE CITIES THAT WE WERE, THAT WE WERE MONITORING.
UM, SO WE, WE DO KNOW OF THAT ONE.
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IN EACH OF THOSE INITIATIVES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TAKEN IMMEDIATE AND, AND, AND, AND PROACTIVE STEPS TO DECONTAMINATE THOSE AREAS AND HAVE LAUNCHED INITIATIVES TO ENSURE THE OVERALL SAFETY OF EVERYONE.SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE A, A PLAN PUT TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT IF A CASE DOES OCCUR, HOW DO WE COORDINATE WITH METRO HEALTH AND EVERYONE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF, OF EVERYONE THAT TRAVERSES THROUGH HERE.
AND, UM, I, I LOVE YOUR SAYING ABOUT PLANNING TO FAIL AND FAILING TO PLAN.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELL PREPARED.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE ROBOT NEXT TIME I'M AT THE AIRPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, JESUS, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO JUST ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RAMPING UP OF, UM, THIS SERVICE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, DO WE KNOW THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAVEL OR IS THAT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF STANDARD FOR WHAT SOME OF THE AIRLINES ARE DOING? OR DO WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE MAY BE COMING TO SAN ANTONIO? YEAH, SO, UM, IT IS, IT IS VARIABLE.
WHETHER WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO BUSINESS AND OR LEISURE, IT'S, IT, IT, IT, IT IS VARIABLE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I, I WILL TELL YOU JUST BEFORE I CAME UP HERE TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, I WAS DOWNSTAIRS LOOKING AT OUR COUNTERS AND, AND JUST TALKING AND, AND REVIEWING, UH, THE CUSTOMERS THAT, THAT WERE MOVING.
UH, THERE WAS A, A, A LADY THAT CAME IN, SHE WANTED TO GET TO GUADALAJARA, MAKE, SHE WANTED TO GET TO GUADALAJARA.
AND SHE GOES, WHEN IS ADA'S GOING BACK INTO SERVICE? SHE ACTUALLY DROVE TO THE AIRPORT JUST TO FIND OUT, TO SEE IF THEY WERE OPEN, BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BUY A TICKET.
'CAUSE SHE HAD HEARD THAT THEY'RE OPENING UP.
THEY WON'T START SERVICE TILL JULY 1ST.
BUT SOME OF IT IS LEISURE AND SOME OF IT IS BUSINESS.
UH, I, I, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT SPECIFICITY, WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS.
WE WILL TRY AND DRILL DOWN INTO THAT, INTO THOSE NUMBERS.
I, I CAN, I, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WE'RE DOING CONSTANT, UH, FORECASTING MODELS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE PEAKS ARE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME MORE AND MORE.
WE ARE NOTICING A, A NUMBER OF SEATS BEING SOLD IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
I WOULD SAY A LOT OF THAT IS PROBABLY FOR LEISURE.
SO WE ARE SEEING THAT HAPPENING SPECIFIC TO SAN ANTONIO, AS I REFERENCED, WE'RE LEADING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THE UPTICK IS AT 20.2%, AND WE ARE SITTING AT IT CLOSE TO 25% AS WE COMPARE OURSELVES YEAR OVER YEAR IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING.
SO IT IS A VERY GOOD POSITIVE TREND.
I KNOW IT'S VERY LOW AND SMALL, BUT I AM NOT GONNA GIVE, GIVE UP THE FORM.
WE ARE GONNA STAY OPTIMISTIC AND CONTINUE TO TREND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WELL, THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION.
I JUST WONDER IF IT MIGHT BE AN INDICATOR OF, OF OTHER THINGS TO COME.
UM, I KNOW THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, MARIA TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE DO STILL HAVE SOME CONVENTIONS IN THE BOOKS.
I THINK MAYBE GODS WAS THE ONE WHO GAVE THAT PRESENTATION FOR JULY, UH, AS WELL.
SO I, I, I, I, THAT GIVES ME SOME HOPE.
AND, UH, WE'LL JUST, YOU LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT PRESENTATION, UM, AND, AND THE TRENDS, UH, CONTINUE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER V UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIAN, ADRIANA, ROCHE GARCIA.
AND THANK YOU, UM, MR. SEZ, THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND IT'S BECAUSE I SAW ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD THE ROBOTS, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT WE PURCHASED TWO OF THE XENEX ONES, AND I KNOW THEY'RE LOCAL, UM, COMPANY LOCALLY MADE AND, AND VERY PROUD OF THEM.
MY QUESTION IS, WHO WAS TRAINED TO USE THOSE? UM, AND DID WE, UH, OR, OR DID, DID OUR STAFF GET PROPER TRAINING? WHO CAME OUT TO TRAIN THEM? I, I DON'T, AS, I'M ASSUMING THAT XENEX PEOPLE DON'T COME OUT EVERY, EVERY NIGHT OR WHENEVER THEY'RE USED.
SO HELP ME EXPLAIN, OR, OR MAYBE JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW OFTEN THEY'RE USED, WHO USES THEM, HOW THEY WERE TRAINED.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR THE QUESTION.
WE, WE HAVE NOT STARTED TO USE THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PURCHASED.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
GOT, UH, AS A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE TO UTILIZE THEM.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU A STORY THAT THE, THE XENEX MACHINE, UH, WAS SENT TO NEW YORK CITY, AND WE ARE SO PROUD THAT IT IS HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO.
IT WAS ARRIVING AT A GATE IN TERMINAL B VIA UNITED, BECAUSE THEY BUILT A SMALLER MACHINE TO PUT INSIDE AIRCRAFT SPECIFIC FOR THE AIRLINES.
SO THEY WERE TESTING IT WITH UNITED, WITH AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST ON THE FLIGHT TO DO THE FULL REVIEW OF, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE FULL DE DECONTAMINATION VIA UV LIGHTING ON
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THAT AIRCRAFT.WITH THAT, THEY HAD THE ORIGINAL XENEX MACHINE AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE OKAY IF THEY JUST TRIED IT IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND THAT THEY WOULD DO THE PRE AND POST TESTING FOR UNITED, NOT FOR NECESSARILY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE FLIGHT AND THEY WERE ARRIVING HERE.
I WENT OUT THERE AND TALKED TO THEM.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CRAIG AND WITH CARLOS AND EVERYONE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF, OF OUR CORE VALUES IS ALL ABOUT INNOVATION.
SO WE KIND OF CONNECTED DOTS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO UTILIZE IT.
HOW WILL WE UTILIZE IT? IT WILL PREDOMINANTLY BE UTILIZED IN THIRD SHIFT TO DECONTAMINATE OUR FACILITIES THROUGH UV LIGHTING GOING ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
I DO, UM, BELIEVE THAT THAT ADDS A LEVEL OF, UM, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, RIGHT? THAT OUR AIRPORT IS USING THESE AND, UH, AND EVEN TO THE AIRLINE.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL ARE, UH, ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS, AND I, I, I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
I JUST REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAINING.
UM, I, I RECEIVED A PRESENTATION AND, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE, UH, IN USING THAT UV TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
UM, THANK YOU JESUS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I WILL, UH, CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY, UH, TEAM MEMBERS, AIRPORT MEMBERS OUT THERE DOING THAT DEEP CLEANING IN THE GARAGES, SEEING THEM MAKE THE MASKS, SEEING THEM BE PUT TO WORK THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SENSE OF PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, WORKING TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING THAT CHARGE AND BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER EVEN DURING THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE.
UM, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDE, IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, UM, YOU HAD, IT WAS SLIDE NUMBER 13, YOU HAVE THE CLEAN AIRPORT PLAYBOOK, AND IN IT, THERE'S A PICTURE OF SOMEBODY, UM, LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS.
SO DO WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY ABOUT, OF PASSENGER SCREENINGS OF TAKING THEIR TEMPERATURES AS THEY'RE THERE IN OUR, UM, IN OUR AIRPORT? YEAH, SO I, I KNOW IT IS BEING TRIED IN TWO DIFFERENT AIRPORTS.
UM, WE ARE NOT PERFORMING THAT TASK HERE.
WE ARE CERTAINLY KEEPING, UH, OUR EYE ON THAT AS WE'VE LAUNCHED THIS TASK FORCE.
AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? I THINK BACK TO POST NINE 11, I'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS, AND I REMEMBER THE DAY AFTER NINE 11 AND WHAT EVERYONE SAID, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS AND DO THAT? THIS IS A VERY ELONGATED NINE 11 FOREST THAT WE'RE ENDURING TODAY.
SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, HEALTH OFFICIALS COMING FROM A NATIONAL LEVEL? I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE TWO LARGE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED ACCREDITED AIRPORT EXECUTIVES AND AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL THAT WE ARE VERY KEENLY INVOLVED WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY ARE WORKING IN A, AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ALSO WITH, UH, THE C B P CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, BECAUSE IS THAT GOING TO BE THE NEW NORM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING? MM-HMM.
AS WE PUT TOGETHER THIS NEW AIRPORT LOOK AND WHAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED, WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE MONITORING IT AND WE'LL PROVIDE MORE AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
NOTHING'S BEEN LAUNCHED JUST YET, BUT WE SIT ON AN ABUNDANCE OF CALLS ON A, AT A, AT A, AT A NATIONAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP OUR FINGERS ON THE PULSE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT YET, BUT YOU'RE GETTING THE AIRPORT PREPARED IF THAT'S PART OF THE GAME PLAN IN THE FUTURE, UH, NATIONWIDE.
UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE SEAT COVERS AND THE PLEXIGLASS SHIELD, UM, THAT WE PROCURED IS, WAS THAT ALL LOCALLY PROCURED AND LOCALLY SOURCED? AND, UM, IF NOT, UM, WHY NOT? OR HOW CAN WE DO THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CON THAT'S QUESTION ONE.
AND QUESTION NUMBER TWO, I SAW SOME OF THOSE PLEXIGLASS SHIELDS UP AT KIND OF THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COUNTER.
WERE THOSE PAID FOR THROUGH OUR DOLLARS OR THROUGH THE AIRPORT
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OR THROUGH THE, UM, AIRLINES DOLLARS? YES, MA'AM.SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAID THROUGH.
WE, WE PURCHASED ALL OF THE PLEXIGLASS SCREENS, SO WE ARE INSTALLING THEM.
I'LL GET YOU EXACTLY WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND, AND, AND SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT WAS.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, UH, FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL GET YOU THAT ANSWER.
AS IT RELATES TO THE SEAT COVERS, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC BRAND OF SEAT COVER, AND WE WANTED THE, THAT THAT SEAT COVERING WAS OFFERED BY THE COMPANY THAT MAKES ALL OF OUR SEATS.
SO THAT CAME SPECIFIC FROM THAT SEAT COVERING COMPANY TO ENSURE THAT IT HAD A TIGHT, NICE, NEAT FIT AND, AND THAT IT WOULD STAY THERE VERSUS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AND WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING OUT QUICKLY TO FURTHER SEND THE MESSAGE.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE SIX FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE THEY'RE IN OUR PRE SECURITY, UH, HOLDING AREAS OR POST SECURITY HOLDING AREAS.
I THINK, UM, CARLOS, ERIC, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, GETTING WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO, UH, SECURE UP AND BUILD THAT CONFIDENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT SAFER AIRPORT, THAT WE CAN PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOCAL SUPPLY, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, SAFETY SUPPLY KITS TOO.
UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHARED THAT AND THEN THANK YOU FOR THAT VIDEO.
UM, NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU FOR THAT VIDEO.
I THINK IT WAS VERY TELLING AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH ALL OF THE COMPANIES IN SAN ANTONIO WHO MAYBE HAVE SUSPENDED TRAVEL THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THEM.
YOU MAY BE ALREADY DOING THAT, AND OF COURSE, SHARING IT WITH THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO, WHO YOU ARE ON THE BOARD.
UH, SO YOU HAVE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH THEM.
SO I'M WONDERING, HAVE UH, COMPANIES MAYBE SUSPENDED THAT, UM, THERE NO FLIGHTS OR NO TRAVEL, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY COMPANIES IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE, WHO HAVE NOW, UM, REIN RESTARTED THEIR TRAVEL WITHIN THEIR COMPANIES YET? DO WE KNOW ANY OF THAT? LIKE OUR MAJOR COMPANIES, ERIC, UM, ANYBODY? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY THAT HAVE THAT ANNOUNCED THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY, WE SHOULD, UH, CHECK THAT OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BUSINESS TRAVEL THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, BUT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
UM, IF YOU COULD, AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT CLEAN AIR AIRPORT, UH, PLAYBOOK AND THE VIDEO WILL GO VERY FAR AS WE CAN EVEN SHARE IT ON OUR, UM, OUTLETS WHERE WE NEED TO, TO START BUILDING UP THAT CONFIDENCE AND, UH, THAT TRAVEL AND JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE EXPECTATIONS OF, SET THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY'RE GOING INTO THE AIRPORT NOW.
UM, AND MAYBE NOT BE SHOCKED OF WHAT THEY SEE TOO.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.
APPRECIATE YOU, JESUS, AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AT THE AIRPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, JESUS.
I HONESTLY CAN SAY THAT THE FIRST TIME WE MET YOU WERE SO OPTIMISTIC, AND TO STILL HEAR THAT IN YOUR VOICE IS SO ENLIGHTENING DURING THIS PROCESS.
AND SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVE SPIRIT THAT YOU BRING TO, UH, PUSHING THIS FORWARD, UH, WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT TEAM.
UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, IN RELATION TO THE BAGGAGE AND BAGGAGE FACILITIES.
AND, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN, UH, PROPERLY DISINFECTED OR, UH, DECONTAMINATED AS SUITCASES MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEFT, OR, UM, ARE WE REMOVING THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN SITTING THERE? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT? YES.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
AND, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, TO, TO BAGGAGE, THE, THE BIG KEY TO ALL OF THIS IS THAT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT TOUCH THE BAGGAGE ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE BAGGAGE AREAS, HAVE THE APPROPRIATE P P E.
SO AS YOU COME IN THROUGH OUR FACILITIES, AS WE REFERENCED AS IT RELATES TO EMPLOYEE SCREENING, UH, GLOVES, MASKS, AND OR SCREENS, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN INSTITUTED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS PRACTICING THOSE, THOSE HABITS, UH, AS EMPLOYEES AND AS BADGE HOLDERS INSIDE OUR FACILITIES.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE'RE LEVYING ON EVERYONE AS THEY COME INTO OUR FACILITIES.
WE, WE, WE HAVE INCREASED ALL OF OUR FREQUENCY AND INTERVALS OF BY WHICH WE CLEAN OUR ENTIRE FACILITY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A LARGE NUMBER OF LINEAR SQUARE FEET.
WE ARE APPLYING ALL THE QUARTER FERRY CLEANERS THAT NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
AND WE'RE PROUD THAT WE'VE HAD VERY FEW
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NUMBER OF CASES HERE AT THE AIRPORT, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY THAT WAY.SO, UM, THE FOCUS AS EVERYONE HAS REFERENCES TO INSTILL THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN EVERYONE THAT WHEN YOU FLY IN THIS GREAT CITY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DECONTAMINATION OF THE ACTUAL AIRCRAFT AND THE FLIGHTS THEMSELVES, UM, ARE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, AIRPORT, UH, EMPLOYEES DOING THAT? OR IS THAT BEING DONE BY SPECIFIC AIRLINES? UM, YES MA'AM.
THAT, THAT IS DONE BY THE AIRLINES.
THEY HIRE A CLEANING COMPANY AND THAT IS PERFORMED ON EVERY AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AND TAKE OFF.
SO AS THEY MAKE THOSE TURNS AND THOSE AIRCRAFT ARRIVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, IF THEY'RE GONNA, IF THEY'RE GONNA OVERNIGHT THAT AIRCRAFT HERE, A DEEP CLEANING TEAM GOES INTO THOSE AIRCRAFT AND CLEANS IT ALL OUT.
AND THOSE ARE HIRED BY THE AIRLINES.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT EFFORT THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
HAVE THEY INCREASED THAT EFFORT? ABSOLUTELY.
THEY'RE USING DIFFERENT CLEANERS, AND IF YOU REACH OUT TO ANY OF THOSE PREFERRED AIRLINES THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE SIGNATORY AND OR NONS SIGNATORY AIRLINES, EACH OF THEM ARE, UH, IMPROVING THEIR PRACTICES AND USING THE APPROPRIATE CLEANERS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO ENTER THE AIRCRAFT, THEY FEEL SAFE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE CONCESSIONAIRE, AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE STILL USING A LOT OF THE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
UM, ARE THERE GONNA BE MEASURES AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE, THE CONCESSIONER COUNTERS TO HAVE, UM, THE SANITIZERS OR TO HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL GLOVES FOR THOSE THAT ARE, ARE RECEIVING, UM, THE LITTLE GIFTS AND TRINKETS THAT THEY'RE BUYING FROM THESE CONCESSIONAIRES? YES, MA'AM.
AS, AS, UM, CARLOS EREZ, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER REFERENCED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO ALL BE PART OF THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO A NUMBER OF THEM ARE PARTICIPATING EQUALLY AS KIND E E EQUALLY IN KIND, IF YOU COME INTO ANY OF THOSE CONCESSION AREAS, WE HAVE FOOT PLACARDS ON THE GROUND THAT, THAT TO, TO, TO TELL EVERYONE, TO ESTABLISH THE, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT'S NECESSARY.
WE HAVE THE SCREEN GUARDS THAT ARE ALREADY UP AT, AT THE, AT THOSE LOCATIONS IN ANY OF OUR FOOD COURT AREAS.
WE'VE TAKEN AWAY A NUMBER OF THOSE SEATING AREAS AND HAVE REDUCED IT SO THAT THERE'S NO CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN ANY ONE PARTICULAR AREA, SO THAT WHEN THEY DO GO PURCHASE THEIR FOOD, IF THEY NEED A PLACE TO SIT DOWN, IT'S ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A LARGE NUMBER.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE FACE MASKS WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR FACILITIES.
AND E EVERYONE IS ADHERING TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SPEAKING WITH YOU IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, UPLIFTING.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP YOU GUYS LIFTED IN PRAYER AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE CITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING, UM, OUR VISITORS BACK TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ASUS, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR EFFORTS, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPORT IS CLEAN AND SAFE.
UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, BUT, UH, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THOSE EFFORTS.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO, UH, BE SPECIFICALLY, UH, THANKFUL FOR AND COMPLIMENT YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS ON THE RENT, RENT, GRACE PERIOD FOR THE AIRPORT TENANTS.
UM, I WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, GENERAL AVIATION AND, UM, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS ON, UH, WHAT JUST CAME DOWN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM THE, UH, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, OSHKOSH, WHICH SEES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF, OF VISITORS EVERY SINGLE YEAR KNOWN AS AIR VENTURE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN CANCELED THIS YEAR AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT BECAUSE OF OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS, BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF THE MASS GATHERINGS THAT, THAT IT CREATES.
AND, UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT THE TWO LARGE ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH, UH, E A A AND UH, AIRCRAFT OWNERS, PILOTS ASSOCIATIONS, HAVE PUT OUT STATEMENTS REGARDING FLIGHTS.
UM, ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE SEQUENTIAL OPENING OF, OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND SOLO FLIGHT, UH, AND OR SINGLE ENTITY INDEPENDENT AIRCRAFT.
UM, FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, NOT AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
SOLO FLIGHTS OR FLIGHTS INVOLVING SINGLE
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ENTITIES LIKE FAMILIES OR PILOTS, UH, UH, FLYING BY THEMSELVES INVOLVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HEALTH RISK.UH, THEY CAN BE CONDUCTED EVEN UNDER THE MOST STRINGENT CONTROLS AND HIGHER RISK HEALTH RISK SCENARIOS, APPROVALS, UH, AIRCRAFT DISPATCHING AND CHECK-INS, AND MOST INTERACTIONS WITH INSTRUCTORS CAN BE PERFORMED REMOTELY.
RISK OF TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING THE VIRUS DURING THESE OPERATION IS LIMITED TO PHYSICAL TRANSFER FROM SURFACES, WHICH THE C D C SEEMS TO INDICATE TO BE LOW RISK.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, AS WELL AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE EEA A POINTING OUT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WELCOMES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS EVERY YEAR TO OSHKOSH, WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELED THIS JULY.
THEY'VE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, A LOT OF PILOTS WHO, UM, ARE SIMPLY, UH, THEY, THEY USE THAT PARTICULAR, UM, UH, AIRSHOW TO FLY FROM OVER 90 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO, TO GET THEIR, UH, PROFICIENCY UP DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND FLY AND, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT AVIATION.
UH, CAN DO WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STINSON, UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE, UH, STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY, ALONG THE PATH OF, UH, MANY FOLKS WHO WOULD BE FLYING TO, TO OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, UH, AS A WAY TO, TO HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING IN TRAFFIC, BRING IN, UH, TOURISTS, UM, WITH, WITH FOLLOWING ALL THE C D C GUIDELINES, AS YOU POINTED OUT WITH, UH, THE, THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR AIRPORTS.
UH, COULD STINSON SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE TO BOTH THE E A A AND A OPA, UM, TO, TO DRIVE TRAFFIC AND TO SHOWCASE, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GREATEST GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY? AND STINSON? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, FOR THE QUESTION.
AND, AND, UM, JUST, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, LAST FRIDAY, WE WERE AT, AT STINSON FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
AS WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, NOT, NOT ONLY IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUT AS YOU REFERENCE ON THE GENERAL AVIATION SIDE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, WE HAVE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ON THIS C OVID 19 TASK FORCE FOR, FOR EXACTLY THE REASONINGS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
IT'S, IT'S SAD TO HEAR, 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE OSHKOSH EVENT IS TO GENERATE AVIATION AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS TO THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE, WE HAD LEARNED THAT THAT WAS CANCELED AND WE WERE SADDENED BY THAT.
BUT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, YES, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP THOSE STRATEGIES THROUGH OUR C OVID 19 STAKEHOLDER TASK FORCE, AND STINSON IS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT IMPACT, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND CAN WE REACH OUT TO JESUS? CAN, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND, AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE, UH, EXPERIMENTAL, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION TO, TO PROVIDE, UH, MAYBE SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS THAT, THAT ARE, ARE, ARE LOOKING TO KEEP UP THEIR PROFICIENCY AND MAYBE GET ON THE WEBSITE, UH, FOR E A A AS, AS A, AS A, AS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, OR AS A, AS A, A CHOICE TO, TO FLY TO SAN ANTONIO WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN'T FLY TO OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN THIS YEAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, CAN WE WORK WITH BOTH A OPA AND E A A TO GET ON, GET ON THEIR RADAR AND GET ON THEIR NEWSLETTER AS, AS A, AS AN OPTION FOR MANY PILOTS THAT WOULD BE FLYING AROUND THIS TIME, UH, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, FOR THAT, FOR, FOR THAT, UH, SOLUTION AND IDEA, WE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY REACH OUT TO THEM AND OFFER THAT AND AS AN EXTENSION TO SOMETHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE AND, AND WELCOME THEM TO STINSON WITH O WITH OPEN ARMS. WELL, AND I, AND I THINK IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT AS, AS YOU'RE PART OF THE, THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO BOARD THAT WE WORK WITH V S A TO, TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THAT COULD REALLY BE A, A, A, AN AN ADVANTAGEOUS PLAN FOR, FOR, FOR TOURISM AND, AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AS WE, WE WANT TO TRY TO SHOWCASE, UH, A GREAT GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE AMENITIES LIKE, LIKE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THE COURTESY CARS AND, UH, THE ACCESS TO, TO, TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES FROM THE SOUTH.
UH, THE FACT THAT IT IS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, IT IS CLOSE TO, UH, DIFFERENT AMENITIES, UH, WORLD HERITAGE SITES AND SO FORTH.
I THINK WE, WE SHOULD REALLY, UH, WORK, UH, FAST AND, AND, AND, UH, DILIGENTLY TO, TO HELP SHOWCASE THAT AS, UH, AS THIS WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE VISITING THAT WEBSITE.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, JUST AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT OPTION TO MANY GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE FLYING AND KEEPING UP THEIR PROFICIENCY.
WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE IT A POINT TO DISCUSS WITH, UH, THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO GROUP
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ON THAT.AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE SOME VERY POSITIVE NEWS FOR YOU ON, UH, THE VEHICLES THAT, THAT IT WAS YOUR, YOUR IDEA AND YOU SAID, HEY, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU SHORTLY, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER GERVIN AND, AND JESUS AGAIN ONCE, UH, UH, GREAT JOB IN THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, GREAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS, UH, CONCLUDES THE B SESSION.
THE TIME IS 3:34 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, UH, 2020, AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.