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OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS,[Economic Development Committee]
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE.UH, I SEE WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK IN CHAMBERS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE, ALSO IN CHAMBERS AND ONLINE IS VICE CHAIR GALLEGOS AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMBER'S OFFICE.
UH, BEFORE WE PROCEED, VICE CHAIR GALLEGOS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
NO, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION FROM THE, UH, AIRPORT SYSTEM.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, REQUEST TO SPEAK, OR IF YOU'RE JOINING VIRTUALLY, TYPE REQUEST TO SPEAK IN THE CHAT POD AND YOU WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN, IN ORDER WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
PLEASE REMEMBER BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS WORKS NOW.
UH, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE USE THE CHAT POD TO POST YOUR QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM DIRECTOR MARIO DIAZ AND EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER STEVEN ANDERSON, WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE ON THE IAH TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS SUPER EXCI.
I WAS WONDERING WHERE YOU WERE
I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT IAH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HAS ALSO JOINED US IN, UH, CHAMBERS AND ONLINE.
WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN'S OFFICE AND, UH, CI NERO'S OFFICE.
SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP HERE TODAY.
UH, DIRECTOR DIAZ, WE ARE ALL CHOMPING AT THE BIT AND ANTICIPATING ALL THE GREAT NEWS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE CHANGES COMING TO IAH.
SO, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE READY, WE ARE READY TO HEAR FROM YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, WE'RE VERY, VERY DELIGHTED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT NEWS TO BRING TO YOU TODAY.
UM, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD, BUT BEFORE WE, UM, DELVE INTO THE DETAILS, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO I THINK ARE REALLY CRITICAL AND BEEN VERY, VERY, UM, KEY IN BRINGING US TO THIS POINT.
FIRST, OUR NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
JIM, WOULD YOU STAND, PLEASE? UM, OUR CHIEF TERMINAL OFFICER, LILIANA RAMBO.
WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER.
I THINK THIS IS YOUR SECOND WEEK.
FRANCISCO GRARD, UM, HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL.
UM, WE OF COURSE HAVE OUR, WE OUR STAFF, TODD AND MAURI, AND THEN WE HAVE AUGUSTO AND WE HAVE KEN, UM, ALL OF THEM HERE, UH, SUPPORTING US.
I WANNA START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE MAKING TO YOU TODAY, UM, TO MAKE A, A COUPLE OF POINTS.
AND FIRST IS THAT THE LAST TIME THAT YOU MAY RECALL, WE WERE BEFORE YOU WAS MAY 26TH.
SO IT'S ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TIME.
UM, AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED, UH, SINCE THEN.
UH, WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER 28TH COUNCIL MEETING, SIX RCAS.
AND WE WANNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THOSE SIX RCAS TODAY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE CERTAINLY HERE TO, UH, UH, HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THEM.
UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME PROGRESS, UH, UH, VIDEOS, AND WE'VE GOT PROGRESS PHOTOS, AND WE'VE GOT PROGRESS INFORMATION TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU, UM, ON THE LOOK AND FEEL OF WHAT THIS TERMINAL IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
YOU, I, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY, VERY, UM, IMPRESSED, UM, BY IT.
UM, CERTAINLY IT IS GONNA MAKE A, A DRAMATIC, UM, DIFFERENCE.
UM, AT THE, AT THE AIRPORT, THE WANTED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE DESPITE COVID, DESPITE THE SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS, DESPITE THE LABOR SHORTAGE THAT EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING AND INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE A VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD, UH, REPORT AND PRESENTATION TO MAKE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE DETAILS, UM, INCLUDING A NEW COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND WE REALIZED THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, BETTER WITH COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT IS, UM, COMING FORTH THAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM AND THE TIMELINE FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU SOME OF THE BOARDS AND SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A VIDEO.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU A, A, A VIDEO THAT'S GONNA SUMMARIZE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION, ANY QUESTIONS, UM, WE WILL CERTAINLY FIELD THEM FOR YOU.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO STEVE ANDERSON, OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR
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THE HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND FOR THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, SO AS MARIO MENTION, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS MARIO MENTIONED, WE'LL BE, UH, PROVIDING A BRIEF UPDATE, UM, ON I TRIP, BOTH IN TERMS OF ITS CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND ALSO IN TERMS OF SOME UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTIONS.
SO JUST TO REMIND, UM, UM, EVERYONE WHAT I, TRIPP IS I, TRIPP STANDS FOR THE IH TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S MADE UP, MADE UP OF TWO LARGE, UH, MAIN PROGRAMS FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF ENABLING PROJECTS, UH, COMMENCED INITIALLY WITH THE NEW SEA NORTH EXPANSION, UH, TO GIVE US WAY TO EXPAND WITH THE NEW PIER.
UM, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY IN THE NORTH, NORTH CONCOURSE PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, IN THE SENSE OF A NEW PIER THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING, AS WELL AS REFURBISHMENTS OF THE EXISTING, UH, TERMINAL DE.
WE ARE THEN, UH, EXPANDING AND BUILDING A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART INTERNATIONAL PROCESSOR IN THE PARKINGS, UH, GARAGE DE LOCATION, UH, IN FRONT OF THE OLD TERMINAL E.
AND THAT'LL BECOME OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURES, UH, TERMINAL.
WE ARE EXPANDING THE SEA PARKING GARAGE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING LEVELS.
UH, WE HAVE A ENABLING UTILITIES PROJECT THAT ALLOWS US TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE AND UPDATE, UM, OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITHIN OUR CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA.
WE'VE HAD TO RELOCATE THE RADIO, UH, CONTROL TOWER, WHICH IS A REAL IMPORTANT PIECE FOR HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, IN TERMS OF, ITS, UH, COVERS 1700 SQUARE MILES OF, OF COVERAGE, UH, AS WELL AS SOME, UM, FIRST RESPONDER AND 9 1 1, UH, BACKUP SYSTEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION OFFICE BUILDING WHERE THE PROGRAM TEAM, DESIGNERS, CONTRACTORS, AND THE HAS INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM, WE'RE ALL CO-LOCATED FOR, UH, UH, INTEGRATED DELIVERY AND, AND FOR SEAMLESS WORKING.
SO THAT, THAT ENCOMPASSES, UH, THE PROGRAM'S SCOPE.
AND IN TERMS OF, UM, THE PROGRAM, WE'VE, UM, BEEN GOING, UH, AND ACHIEVED A LOT, UH, TO DATE.
AND WE, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY EXCITING MILESTONES COMING UP.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE ONES THAT ARE STILL TO COME.
WE'VE GOT THE REFURBISHMENTS OF TERMINAL D, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR, ALONG WITH THE NEW PAIR, ALSO COMPLETE IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME OF DATES ARE SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN THAT, THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT IN.
SO REAL, REAL GOOD PERFORMANCE THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEW PARKING LEVELS WE'LL OPEN AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR IN DECEMBER, 2023 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OPENING, UM, IN Q4 2024.
SO THE OVERALL PROGRAM, UH, WILL BE COMPLETE IN THE EARLY PART OF 25, BUT, UH, FOR THE FINAL STAGES OF, OF CLOSEOUTS AND ET CETERA, UH, WITH THE, ALL THE SCOPING OPEN AND OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF 24, THE BUDGET IS 1.36 BILLION.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT NEXT, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, UM, WE'LL REMEMBER THE 1.3 BILLION, UM, THE, THE PROGRAM HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, LAST MANY YEARS HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND PERFORM AND, YOU KNOW, HUGE CREDIT TO THE PROGRAM TEAM, THE CONTRACTORS AND DESIGNERS WHO'VE REALLY PARTNERED WITH US, KEEPING US WITHIN BUDGET.
BUT THE RECENT CHALLENGES WE'VE SEEN WITH COVID AND THE HYPERINFLATION ENVIRONMENT, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS FROM THE WAR IN UKRAINE TO OIL AND, UH, HAS REALLY IMPACTED THE PROGRAM.
UH, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE IN, WE'VE INCLUDED A, A NUMBER OF AND, UH, UH, IMPACTS TO THE BUDGET MARKET ESCALATION IS, IS ATTRIBUTED TO ABOUT A $22 MILLION INCREASE IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS 1.7.
SO WE'VE MANAGED TO MITIGATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THE 22 WE'VE MANAGED TO MAINTAIN WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
UH, BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, PURELY BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO MAIN, UH, TO CONTAIN, AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM STEEL PRICES TO STAINLESS STEEL, THE FUEL IMPACTS, AND IT'S, IT'S FAR REACHING.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE INVESTED, UM, TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC, UM, ELEMENTS AROUND THE WHOLE CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA OF ABOUT 11.1.
AND THAT'S TO REALLY HELP IMPROVE THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND MITIGATE SOME OF THE LONG QUEUING THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND WE'VE ALSO TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO GET SOME EFFICIENCY OF SCOPE DELIVERY AND ADDED SCOPE TO THE PROGRAM, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $30 MILLION, 2.3%.
UM, AND THAT BRINGS US UP TO A BUDGET OF 1.36 BILLION, WHICH IS JUST UNDER 6% INCREASE FROM, FROM THE 1.3 THAT WE PREVIOUSLY, UH, SPOKE ABOUT.
AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, UM, AND SOME PHOTOS.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS JUST A REMINDER OF THE, THE INTENT, THE DESIGN INTENT OF WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO BUILD, UH, WITH THE NEW PIER, UM, WITH SOME REALLY BIG OPEN AIRY SPACES, SOME FANTASTIC ARTWORK THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, AND SOME GREAT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
UM, AND SOME OF THE NEW SCOPE THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IS A COMPLETELY, UM, REMODELED, UM, CONCESSION AREA AS YOU ENTER THE NEW PIER.
AND THIS IS, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS HERE,
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AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT LOCATION FOR OUR, UM, PERFORMING ARTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITH HARMONY IN THE AIR.UM, AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FANTASTIC ACOUSTICS AND AMBIANCE AS WELL AS SOME REALLY, REALLY NICE CONCESSIONS.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO THE PROGRAM.
UH, SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE NEW, UH, CONCOURSE THAT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED, THAT THERE A BIG SLAB OF CONCRETE IS, IS ABOUT 50% OF THE WAY, UH, BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND THAT'S OUR NEW, UH, DEPARTURES LEVEL WHERE THE HOLD ROOMS WILL BE.
UM, AND SO THAT'LL BE COMPLETING AND THE STEEL SHOULD BE GOING UP, UM, IN, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU'LL START SEEING THE WHOLE, UM, OF THE NEW PIER TAKING SHAPE.
HERE'S SOME MORE CLOSE UP SHOTS OF US POURING THE COLUMNS AND GETTING THE STEEL DECK PREPARED AND POURING THE SLAB.
SO A LOT OF WORKERS ON SITE, AND IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
UM, WE ALSO SEE WITH INSIDE THE, THE EXISTING TERMINAL D, WE'VE MANAGED TO, UH, REMOVE THE CEILINGS, DO ALL THE CEILING, UM, UPGRADES, UH, DUCT WORK, ELECTRICAL, ET CETERA, UH, AND BEGINNING TO INSTALL THE NEW CEILING, UM, GRID FOR THE NEW CEILING TO START GOING IN, UM, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS THE NEW FLOORING YOU SEE IN THE RIGHT HAND IMAGE, THE MOCKUPS OF THE NEW DESKS THAT WE'LL BE INSTALLING, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE, THE NEW, UH, CONCOURSE AS WELL AS EXISTING TERMINAL D.
AND SO WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE ACTUAL AIRLINES THEMSELVES COME AND LOOK AND WALK AROUND AND USE AND TEST THE DESKS AS WELL AS, UM, OUR IT SUPPLIERS PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND WE'VE USED THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TEST THE PRODUCT BEFORE IT GETS, UH, INSTALLED WITHIN THE FACILITY.
UM, AND SO LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE PRESENTED A GREAT VIDEO OF SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE AND INCREDIBLE CONSTRUCTION WORK OF INSTALLING THE STERILE CORRIDOR.
THAT'S THE SEGREGATED CORRIDOR THAT PASSENGERS OR INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS ARRIVING NEED TO TRAVEL THROUGH, UH, WHERE WE LIFTED THESE OVERNIGHT.
AND SO GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON COMPLETING AND CLOSING IT UP WHERE WE HAVE THE DECK AND THE CEILING POURED, UH, AND INSTALLED.
UM, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO START PUTTING ON THE SIDES AND DOING THE FIT OUT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE A RENDERING ON THE RIGHT THERE, UM, OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
NOW FOR THE MAIN, UH, CENTRAL PROCESSOR, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE HAVE HERE, UM, SOME BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS AGAIN OF WHAT WE ARE CONSTRUCTING, WHICH IS A, IN A FANTASTIC COVERED, UM, THE NEW EXPANDED DEPARTURES CONCOURSE, ALONG WITH A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, UH, DEPARTURES TICKETING HALL WITH NATURAL LIGHT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ARRIVALS LEVEL, UM, AND A, A NEW 17 LANE SECURITY CHECKPOINT.
SO WE HAVE, UM, A, A SCREENSHOT FROM ONE OF OUR, UH, BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING, UH, WHICH REALLY JUST, UH, ILLUSTRATES THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IN TERMS OF, UM, UTILITIES WHEN FOOTPRINTS AND UNDERGROUND, WHEN ABOVE GROUND, AND THE COORDINATION OF TRYING TO BUILD WITHIN A, A LIVE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT BOARDED ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
AND THE NEXT, UH, NEXT SHOT, THESE, UH, WILL SHOW YOU, UM, THE, THE, THE SCALE OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
SO THAT USED TO BE THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THE DE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT HAS ALL BEEN DEMOLISHED NOW, UM, BARRING THE LEFT HAND, UH, EDGE THERE, WHICH HAS GOT THE UNITED BAGGAGE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE RELOCATING AND SOME SUBSTANTIAL FOOTINGS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED.
UH, AND, AND THIS, THIS SHOT REALLY SHOWS HOW THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS BORDERED ON ALL FOUR SIDES BY ROADS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND OPERATIONAL TERMINAL TO THE EAST AND OPERATIONAL PARKING GARAGE TO THE WEST.
UH, AND SO HUGE, HUGE CREDIT TO THE TEAM FOR HAVING, BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE, UM, AND WITH THE SIGNIFICANT LOGISTICS CONSTRAINTS.
AND HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE SCALE OF SOME OF THE FOOTINGS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED, UM, AND THAT ARE ON YEAR COMPLETION.
UM, AND WE HAD A BOTTOMING OUT, BOTTOMING OUT CEREMONY, UH, WHICH IS REALLY JUST CELEBRATING, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE DEMOLITION PHASE AS WE START DOING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND COMING OUT OF THE GROUND ON THE GREAT SAFETY RECORD THAT WE HAD.
HERE'S A, AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE 3D MODEL FROM LOOKING FROM THE NORTH.
UM, AND THIS IS THE NEW TUNNEL BAGGAGE TUNNEL THAT WE'VE INSTALLED.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BAGGAGE SYSTEMS GOING IN SUCH THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THE DEMOLITION OF THE BAGGAGE, UM, FACILITY WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW ICP.
SO GREAT PROGRESS AND PARTNERSHIP THERE WITH UNITED THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON.
AND HERE, UM, YOU SEE THE STEEL BEING, UH, INSTALLED INTO THE DECK FOR THE NEW PARKING LEVELS AND THE TERMINAL SEA PARKING GARAGE.
SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY EXCITING AND THAT'LL START MOVING ALONG QUITE NICELY.
UM, AND, AND ANOTHER PIECE OF SCOPE THAT WE'VE, UM, HAD TO DO, UM, THAT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND IS KIND OF OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THIS IS A, A DETENTION POND.
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DETENTION POND.AND AS A RESULT OF, UM, SOME OF THE ORDINANCE CHANGES COMING OUT OF THE HURRICANE HARVEY FLOODS IS SOME ADDITIONAL DETENTION MITIGATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
AND SO WE'VE CONSTRUCTED A, A SIGNIFICANT DETENTION, UH, UPON FOR NOT ONLY OUR PROGRAM, BUT ALSO FOR OTHERS AND OTHER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE HU UH, THROUGHOUT IH.
UM, AND SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IN USE EVEN THOUGH IT'S, UH, NOT ALL THE CONCRETE'S POURED, BUT IT'S BEEN, UH, HUGELY BENEFICIAL TO DATE.
AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT HOW THIS IS GONNA HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT FLOODING THAT WE SEE AROUND, UM, SOME OF THE ROADWAYS.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE BOTTOMING OUT CEREMONY THAT WE HAD, UM, REALLY TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSFUL, UH, DEMOLITION OF THE DE PARKING GARAGE.
AND, UH, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE 2.2 MILLION MAN HOURS ON THE PROGRAM TO DATE.
AND THE, THE BOTTOM THREE SORT OF, UH, SPEED DIAL IMAGES, UM, REALLY TO REFLECT WHAT THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS AND HOW WE'RE PERFORMING ON SOME OF THE KEY SAFETY MESSAGES OF LOST TIME, REPORTABLE INJURIES AND, AND DAYS AWAY.
UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY JUST TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE TEAM FOR SUCH A FANTASTIC SAFETY RECORD.
AND NOT ONLY ARE WE, ARE WE DOING SOMETHING VERY COMPLEX, BUT WE'RE DOING IT VERY SAFE.
SO VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM TO DATE.
AS MARIO MENTIONED, WE, WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSCIOUS OF WANTING TO NOT ONLY COMMUNICATE WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GET A BIT OF AN EXCITEMENT, UM, ABOUT THE GREAT PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PERFORMING AND, UM, MARIO'S TEAM WITH MOLLY, AND THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH A FANTASTIC, UM, MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE, THE IMAGES AND RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND WILL BE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE THE AIRPORT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WITH THE THEME CHANGES COMING AND A NEW TERMINAL.
AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE GREAT RENDERINGS THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OF THE GREAT KEY MESSAGES INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE AIRPORT.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE ROADWAYS, UM, AS WELL AS ON THE, THE RIGHT HAND IMAGE IS THE NEW, UM, FURNITURE THAT WILL BE INSTALLED, UH, WITHIN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL ON DISPLAY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE.
UM, AND THIS IS IN THE NEW CONCESSIONS AREA THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTING.
UM, AND IF YOU SQUINT CAREFULLY AT THE VERY BACK THERE, YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE NEW PIER WILL LOOK LIKE, UM, AS YOU WERE TO KEEP WALKING.
UM, AND SO THAT'LL BE THE SITE AND ENTRANCE TO OUR NEW, UH, INTERNATIONAL PIER THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE A, A, A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO THAT SHOWS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD THIS, SEE HOW YOU SEE US TAKING OFF AND MAKING SAVE THE OLD GARAGE OF EIGHT LEVELS AS WE BEGIN TO PUT UP THE SAFETY SCAFFOLDING, START SEEING IT COMING DOWN AS WE DEMOLISH THE DECK, AND THEN THE STRUCTURE AND THE NEXT DECK, THE NEXT STRUCTURE.
SEE THE PARKING, THE, AND THAT, UH, IS THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
UH, SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTIONS.
AND SO WE HAD THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES, OUR ANNUAL FUNDING, UM, THAT IS 15.6 MILLION THAT WAS PRESENTED THIS WEEK AND I BELIEVE HAS BEEN, UH, TAGGED.
SO THAT'LL BE PRESENTED AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, OUR YEARLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROGRAM TEAM THAT SUPPORTS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND THAT THAT IS WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, AGAIN, UH, WITHIN WHAT WE FORECASTED, WE THEN HAVE ALSO ON THE 28TH, WE HAVE THE FINAL GMP FUNDING REQUEST FOR HENSEL PHELPS, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL PROCESSOR.
WE HAVE, UM, A DESIGN ELEMENT FOR HOK AS A PARTNER TO THAT CONSTRUCTION
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MANAGER AT RISK, WHICH INCLUDES SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL SCOPE AND ALSO SOME, UH, PROVISION FOR TRAFFIC MODELING AS AND WHEN WE NEED IT, UH, GOING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE, THE TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA.WE THEN HAVE THE, UH, UMMLET, UH, DESIGN FUNDING REQUEST.
UH, THIS IS, UH, FOR SOME OF THE NEW SCOPE THAT WE'VE ADDED, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PACKAGING ELEMENTS JUST TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
WE HAVE OUR ENABLING UTILITIES DESIGN BUILDER, UH, AS WE'VE REPHRASED SOME OF THE WORKS TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS TO THE CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA.
WE'VE REPHRASED SOME OF THE KEY CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS LIKE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF TERMINAL C AND THE MARRIOT.
AND THAT HAS, UH, HAS ALLOWED US TO NOT ONLY MITIGATE SOME OF THE HUGE TRAFFIC BUILDUPS, BUT FIND A MORE OPPORTUNE TIME TO DO IT.
UH, BUT WITH WHAT WE THINK IS A GOOD INVESTMENT OF ADDITIONAL COST, THOUGH, UH, WE THEN HAVE THE, THE STANDARD TESTING AND COMMISSIONING ELEMENTS FOR THE NEW TERMINAL AS WELL AS OUR, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR SINGLE BAIN WHERE WE ARE RELOCATING SOME OF THE SCOPE, UM, FROM, FROM THEM INTO, UH, THE HENSEL PHELPS CONTRACT TO ALLOW FOR A BETTER SEAMLESS DELIVERY OF THE TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, UH, BEING COMBINED UNDER ONE, UH, BODY WHO'S ALSO ONE PERSON IMPACTING THE ROADWAYS.
WE THEN HAVE, UM, A CLOSEOUT CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION OFFICE BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE UNITED REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATION OF UN UNREQUIRED MONEY THAT'LL HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN OUR FINAL PMSS ANNUAL FUNDING NEXT YEAR, UM, OF ABOUT 12 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE, AS WE MOVE INTO 2024, WE'VE GOT A APPROXIMATE 2 MILLION OF, UM, AIRLINE MOVES, UH, MONEY THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATING TO RELOCATE THEM FROM TERMINAL D INTO THE NEW, UH, INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE AIRPORT OVER THE LAST MONTH AND, UH, SEEING THE MARKETING, UH, CAMPAIGN AND THE CHANGE COMING TO IH IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT WITH A SCOPE AS BIG AS THIS ONE, IT GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE DEFINITELY GONE THROUGH OUR SHARE OF GROWING PAINS WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONCERNS WE WERE GETTING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BUILDUP AND, UM, PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS AND WALKING TO THE GATES.
AND WE, I, I MEAN, WE'VE ALL GOTTEN EMAILS AND CALLS ABOUT ALL OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND I SAW NONE OF THAT WHEN I WAS THERE.
SO THE SIGNAGE HAS DRASTICALLY IMPROVED, THE TRAFFIC HAS DRASTICALLY IMPROVED.
UM, SO THIS PRESENTATION IS A REALLY GOOD VISUALIZATION OF WHAT'S COMING TO IH.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
A FEW QUESTIONS ON, ON SLIDE SIX, THE $1.3 BILLION, BASICALLY IT'S STAYING THE SAME.
I MEAN, YOU'VE ABSORBED THE INFLATION AND EVERYTHING, OR WHAT? ACTUALLY THE BUDGET AS YOU SEE IN THE PIE CHART IS GOING FROM 1.3 TO 1.36.
THE 0.06 IS NOT, IT'S, IT'S $60 MILLION.
BUT, BUT THAT'S LESS THAN 5% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP FOR ME.
AND THEN ON SLIDE NINE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE, UM, CONCESSIONS MM-HMM
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN ALL THE WAY THOUGHT OUT, BUT IS IT GONNA BE LIKE, SEE WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE IPADS EVERYWHERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO, NO
'CAUSE I TRIED TO GET A TACO RECENTLY AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF STEPS INSTEAD OF JUST TELLING THE GUY THAT I WANTED A TACO.
UM, THEN ON SLIDES 26 AND 27, THE MARKETING, I AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, THE MARKETING'S GREAT.
AND IT DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT WAS AN IN-HOUSE CAMPAIGN? YES.
TO THE MARKETING TEAM, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT CAMPAIGN.
AND THEN ON SLIDE, SLIDE 30, WALK ME THROUGH THE 13 MILLION D APPROPRIATION UNITED.
UM, SO AS PART OF THE INITIAL, UH, DO YOU HAVE A, THE, GO BACK TO THE SLIDE.
THE FIRST SLIDE OF WHAT? THE PIECE THAT'S IT THAT YOU CAN POINT TO.
NO, NO, I'M, SO YOU CAN POINT TO THE ACTUAL PIECE.
IF YOU GO TO THE SCOPE OVERVIEW, IT'S LIKE THE THIRD OR FOURTH SLIDE.
SO AS PART OF, UM, BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL UNITED WAS IN WHAT WE CALL SEA NORTH, WHICH WE'RE CALLING OLD SEA NORTH NOW.
AND THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD MOVE OUT OF THAT INTO THE NEW NEW SEA NORTH PIER THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED.
UH, FORWARD ONE, ONE MORE FORWARD.
SO YOU SEE, UH, YOU SEE NORTH ON THE TOP LEFT IS A NEW PIER THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED.
AND WE DID THE APRON AND UTILITIES WORK AROUND THAT.
AND SO WE HAD AN MOA WITH THEM WITH WHICH WE WOULD REIMBURSE.
THEY WOULD DO THE SCOPE ON OUR BEHALF AND WE WOULD REIMBURSE IT.
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OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH RAM CONTROL TOWERS.THERE WAS A WHOLE RAFT OF DIFFERENT SCOPE.
AND SO WHAT THAT IS, IS WE HAD PROVISIONED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND BUDGET FOR THAT.
AND IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S COST US 13 MILLION LESS.
SO IT'S JUST RETURNING THE FUNDS THAT WE ORIGINALLY, THEY COMING UNDER BUDGET.
AND SO THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF BUDGET THAT WAS NOT SPENT IS BEING GIVEN BACK TO THE PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO.
WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
IS, IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, UH, THE RENDERINGS OF THE NEW TERMINAL, WHICH LOOK GREAT, UH, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, THE AMOUNT OF NATURAL LIGHT THAT'S COME GOING TO BE COMING INTO THE TERMINAL.
UH, AND ALSO IN THE, UH, THE BAY AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE, UH, DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP.
I GUESS IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NATURAL LIGHT COMING THROUGH THERE AS WELL.
UM, WITH, WITH THE TEMPERATURES THAT WE'VE HAD THIS SUMMER AT 102 HUNDRED, 304, UH, FOR 19 DAYS, I UNDERSTAND IN THE, IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
AND IF THINGS KEEP GOING, UH, IN THAT DIRECTION IN REGARDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND STUFF, I MEAN, THIS WON'T IMPACT THE, UH, INSIDE THE TERMINAL IN REGARDS TO TEMPERATURE BEING COMFORTABLE AND, AND, AND WITH THE, WITH THE TEMPERATURE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE NORTH TERMINAL CONCOURSE, UM, IMAGE WE HAD THAT MODELED EFFECT WALL.
AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT WEST FACING WALL IS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE SOLAR HEAT GAIN ASSOCIATED WITH GLASS, UH, HUGE, UH, S SWATHS OF GLASS.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN GO FORWARD TO, FORWARD ON THIS SLIDE.
UH, KEEP GOING TO THE INTER, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
GO BACK ONE, GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IS, UM, THE, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS A, A WALL THAT WE'VE CREATED, WHICH IS TYPICALLY IN A, A NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OIL GLASS, LIKE IT IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SOLAR HEAT GAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WE'VE CREATED THIS FEATURE WHICH GIVES YOU ALL THE, ALL THE VIEWS YOU NEED WHEN YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF IT.
BUT GOING FURTHER UP, IT REALLY BLOCKS A LOT OF THE, UH, A LOT OF THE HEAT AND THE SUN COMING IN.
SO WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SUSTAINED HEAT TEMPERATURES AND THE CLIMATE CHANGING.
UM, AND THE BUILDINGS ARE BEING DESIGNED AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF, UM, RETENTION OF AIR, AS WELL AS ALL THE REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, REFLECT THE SOLAR HEAT GAIN
COUNCILMAN ALCO, ONE MORE, NOT RELATED TO THIS, BUT THE CELL PHONE LOT.
UH, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE, THE RESTROOM SITUATION AT THOSE CELL PHONE LOT AND CAN WE GET BETTER RESTROOMS OUT THERE? PEOPLE HAVE A, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT.
YOU, WE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE REALLY, WERE INTENDED TO BE TEMPORARY LOTS.
WE DO NEED TO, UM, UPGRADE THEM.
UH, WE, WE ARE MAKING THOSE CHANGES SLOWLY.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO LARGER DEVELOPMENTS SO THAT WHEN ON JFK BOULEVARD, WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT INTEGRATING THAT AND PUTTING IN A, A GAS STATION, BUT NOT JUST, UH, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UH, HYDRO, UH, HOT, UH, GAS OF, OF FUEL GASOLINE FUELS, BUT ELECTRIC HYDROGEN AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO HAVE, UM, SOME CONCESSIONS THERE FOR PEOPLE, WATER AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THEN, UM, FACILITIES FOR BATHROOMS THAT ARE MORE PERMANENT.
THE, THE $40 MILLION THAT WAS ANNOUNCED, UM, BY SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG LAST WEEK, THAT'S NOT, NOT ANY OF THAT.
THIS IS FOR THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE DOMESTIC TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, AND TIMING OF ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN THE PLANNING.
UM, WE DO NOT WANNA DO ANYTHING ELSE ON ROADWAYS UNTIL WE HAVE MODELED EVERYTHING AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE THAT THERE ARE NO FATAL FLAWS, THAT IF WE GET OUT THERE AND WE START CONSTRUCTING, THERE ISN'T GONNA BE ANY, UM, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE PA TRAVELING PUBLIC.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IN THE, IN THE ADVANCE STAGES OF PLANNING AT THIS POINT.
BUT THAT'S ALL GONNA BE KIND OF A AND B RELATED? YES.
I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF.
WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU CAN PUSH STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
HI, HOW'S IT GOING? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I, IF YOU CAN SPEAK UP A LITTLE LOUDER, WE CAN HEAR YOU A LITTLE BETTER.
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YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, GO AHEAD.THE QUES THE QUESTION I HAVE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON TELECOM, UH, SPACE, UH, FIBER PROGRAMS. WE'VE GROWN IN THE, IN THE STATE, BUT WE JUST CAN'T GET ANY TRACTION IN THE CITY.
RIGHT? AND I HEAR ABOUT THESE AMAZING PROJECTS IN THE MONEY BE AROUND.
WE'RE ONLY ONE UNDER THE ONLY FEW THAT DOES IT IN THE STATE.
DOES THE CITY UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANNER OFFER ABILITY FOR US TO, TO ACCESS FUNDING? UH, OR DO THEY ALWAYS SEND US TO THESE SBAS AND OTHER GROUPS, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING THAT'S OUT, UH, FOR
UH, THANK, THANK YOU MR. HAMED.
I I CAN HEAR PIECES OF YOUR QUESTION.
UM, YOU SAID YOU WERE WITH RETRAIN AMERICA AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FUNDING FOR WELL, WELL, I'M SAYING THAT IT DOES ECONOMIC BECAUSE OF THE $500 MILLION THAT'S OUT IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, AS BETTER AS WE TRACK ALL THIS STUFF.
BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE NOFA FUNDING TO WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE MATCH FUNDING, UH, IT IT, IT COMPLETELY THROWS THE SMALLER BUSINESSES OUT AND IT'S, IT'S HARDER FOR US TO GET ON THESE PROJECTS WITH THE MAJOR COMPANIES.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GO DIRECTLY AND GET FUNDING FROM THE EDC THROUGH THE CITY? OR IS THAT A, THAT IS NOT SET UP THAT WAY.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR MY IGNORANCE.
CAN I, CAN I PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY IN THE AIRPORT, UH, TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH MR. MUHAMMAD? 'CAUSE I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
WE CAN GET AN ANSWER FOR, UM, DIRECTOR DI S YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WE CAN PUT HIM IN TOUCH WITH MI MR. MOHAM, WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH, UH, LILIANA RAMBO AND WE WILL, UM, GIVE YOU HER INFORMATION SO Y'ALL CAN EXCHANGE EMAILS.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP ON THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS LIST IF NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP? I DO WANT TO, UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WELCOME OUR INTERN, LAUREN MORTON.
LAUREN IS JOINING US THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HOBBY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS CIVIC HOUSTON INTERN PROGRAM, THE CHIP PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE LAUREN ON BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, LAUREN.
AND A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 16TH AT 2:00 PM IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, PLEASE CONTACT THE DISTRICT, A OFFICE AT DISTRICT A@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
THE TIME IS 2 35 AND THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.