[Economic Development Committee]
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GOOD AFTERNOON.IT IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023.
THE TIME IS 2:00 PM I AM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS, PRESIDING CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
WELCOME TO ALL COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO FOR BEING HERE.
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UH, THE FIRST, THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA.
UH, FIRST ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM DIRECTOR MARIO DIAZ AND HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER STEVE ANDERSON WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE IAH TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UH, GENTLEMEN, UH, GO AHEAD AND START THE PRESENTATION.
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD AS WELL.
YES, UH, MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF STAFF, OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, UM, TO PRESENT TWO, UM, ITEMS. ONE, THE FIRST, WHICH IS THE I TRIP UPDATE.
IT IS A QUARTERLY STANDARD, UM, PRESENTATION THAT WE DO EVERY QUARTER.
WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.
WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD, AND WE WANNA SHOW YOU IN PHOTO AND IN LANGUAGE, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE, UM, TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE, OF COURSE, STEVE ANDERSON, OUR EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER, THAT THAT LEADS, UM, THE IHR PROGRAM.
AND WITH HIM, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL, UH, UH, PROP PROGRAM DIRECTOR, LEAD PROGRAM DIRECTOR, UM, KHALID WAN KHALE, WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING THE DAY-TO-DAY RUNNING OF THE, OF THE, UH, PROGRAM.
AND THEN FOR THE SECOND PRESENTATION, UH, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, IT'LL BE NEW.
IT'LL BE A NEW ITEM THAT WE BRING INTO COUNCIL, AND WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THIS AS WE PROCEED.
BUT IT IS, IT HAS TO DO WITH ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, RESPONSIBILITY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
IT IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC, UM, PROJECTS OR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND WE NOW HAVE TAKEN SUFFICIENT ACTIONS, AND WE THINK WE HAVE A BODY OF, OF INFORMATION, UM, TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I THINK IS, YOU'RE GONNA FIND VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, AND AS I SAY ALONG THE WAY, WE WILL, UM, IN BRIEF YOU ON THESE AS WE ON THIS SUBJECT AS WE MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS.
TO DO THAT, WE HAVE OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, UM, JIM CESAC, UM, WHO WILL MAKE THAT PRESENTATION AFTER THE IRA PRESENTATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE, UM, OUR TWO COUNCIL LIAISONS, TODD AND MAURI, UM, WITH US TODAY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FROM THE AIRPORT SYSTEM.
AND SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE I
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TRIP, UM, PROGRAM UPDATE.UM, STEVE ANDERSON, UH, CHAIRMAN COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AS MARIO MENTIONED, WE'LL BE, THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE, JUST BRIEFING ON THE PROGRESS.
WE'LL BE DOING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT I TRIPP IS, UH, AND THEN TAKING US THROUGH THE PROGRESS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL, UH, COMPONENTS, UM, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE ENABLING PROJECTS.
AND THEN CLOSE WITH THE UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTIONS.
AND SO, JUST TO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT I, TRIPP IS I, TRIPP IS THE IH TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UH, PREDOMINANTLY AROUND EXPANDING OUR INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.
UM, IT'S MADE UP OF TWO MAJOR PROJECTS AND A NUMBER OF ENABLING PROJECTS.
IT COMMENCED EARLY ON WITH THE NEW C NORTH CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS UNITED PROJECT THAT ENABLED US TO, UH, TAKE OVER SOME OLD UNITED SPACE TO CREATE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE IDO, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION BUILDING THAT WE CONSTRUCTED.
WE HAVE AN ENABLING, UH, PROJECT AROUND A DETENTION POND THAT WE'VE COMPLETED.
WE HAD TO RELOCATE A RADIO CONTROL TILE.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ONGOING ENABLING UTILITIES PROJECT, WHICH IS AROUND THE WATER DISTRIBUTION FOR THE CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA.
AND, UM, I'VE GOT A SLIDE ON THAT, SO I'LL BRIEF HERE, BUT MORE.
AND THEN, UM, OUR TWO JOULES, THE, UH, REFURBISHMENT AND UPGRADE OF TERMINAL D, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW, UH, CONCOURSE, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL, A NEW PROCESSOR THAT IS GONNA BE PRETTY MAGNIFICENT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME GREAT PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THERE.
AND SO, JUST IN TERMS OF COMING THE KEY UPSTANDING UPCOMING MILESTONES, UH, THE PROJECT STILL REMAINS AT 1.43 BILLION.
UH, NO CHANGE TO THE BUDGET THERE, UH, WITH THE, UM, INTERNATIONAL, UM, DEPARTURES OR AREA OF TERMINAL DE REFURBISHMENT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 95% COMPLETE THERE, UH, WITH THE NEW CONCOURSE, UH, OPENING IN THE EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE OPENING OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL PROCESS.
WITH THE AIRLINES MOVING IN, IN THE, UM, IN TERMINAL D AIRLINES MOVING IN, IN THE BEGINNING PART OF 2025, WE ALSO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL TWO PARKING LEVELS THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE LOST PARKING, AND THOSE WILL BE OPENING IN THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND WE THINK IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO OUR PASSENGERS.
SO, JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE WILL BE OPENING.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE NEW DECOMPLEX, WE'LL HAVE ALL NEW FINISHES AND FIXTURES, NEW FLOORING WITH LED LIGHTING AND CEILING, UM, NEW STATE OF THE ART AIR FILTRATION SYSTEMS THAT USES THE PCO, UH, PHOTO CATALYTIC OXIDATION AND UV AIR PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES, UH, WITH NEW FURNITURE, NEW SEATING, AND NEW GATE ENTRANCES AND COUNTERS.
AS FAR AS THE NEW, UH, CONCOURSE, IT'LL BE A LEAD SILVER EQUIVALENT DESIGN TERMINAL WITH NEW FURNITURE.
ALSO, STATE OF THE ART AIR FILTRATION.
IT'LL BE A REALLY BRIGHT, AIRY SPACE, UH, WITH SOME EXCELLENT AND AMAZING, UH, IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATIONS.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THOSE.
IT'S, LOOK, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
AND THEN OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR JEWEL, THE NEW CENTRAL PROCESSOR, WHICH WILL BE WHERE ALL OUR INTERNATIONAL PART, UH, PARTNERS AND PASSENGERS WILL DEPART AND ARRIVE FROM.
IT'LL ALSO BE LEAD SILVER EQUIVALENT.
IT'LL HAVE A NEW STATE OF THE ART TICKETING HALL WITH SELF-SERVICE BAG DROP TECHNOLOGY.
IT'LL HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST SECURITY CHECKPOINT LANES OF 17 LANES.
UM, IT'LL HAVE A PRETTY AMAZING OCULUS FEATURE WITH SOME, UH, DIGITAL GRAPHICS.
UH, IT'LL HAVE A, AN OPEN CONCEPT FEELING IN THE TICKETING AND ARRIVALS HALL WITH, AGAIN, GREAT ART INSTALLATION.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN OPEN TO OUR PASSENGERS, UH, OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF.
SAFETY IS, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUR MORAL RIGHTS AND OUR, OUR OPERATIVES DESERVE TO GO HOME IN THE SAME WAY THEY CAME, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, AND THE AREA IN WHICH WE'RE DOING IT WITH OUR PASSENGERS AND OPERATIONS, UH, BORDERING ALL SIX SIDES OF WHAT WE DO.
AND SOME OF THE KEY METRICS ARE OUR, OUR DART RATE, WHICH IS KIND OF DAYS AWAY, UH, IMPACT TO TIME, WHICH IS AN AMAZING STAT THERE.
POINT ONE SIX, WELL BELOW THE INDUSTRY.
SAME WITH OUR REPORTABLE, UH, RECORDABLE INCIDENT RATES.
UH, IT'S VERY LOW 0.26, AND WE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 3.9 MILLION MAN HOURS, ALMOST 4 MILLION.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WE CELEBRATED 1 MILLION ON ONE OF OUR PROJECTS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN WE HAD A, A HUGE TOPPING OUT AND, AND SAFETY CELEBRATION, UM, IN OUR NEW CENTRAL PROCESS, UH, WHERE WE LIFTED, UH, THE TALLEST BEAM, UH, THAT BIG, UH, WHITE BEAM WITH THE FLAG, UH, THAT, THAT THE, EVERYONE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN.
AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT HAPPENED, UH, A WEEK AND A BIT AGO.
SO, VERY EXCITED FOR THE PROGRESS THAT'S HAPPENING.
VERY EXCITED FOR THE SAFETY RECORD.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA FOCUS NOW ON JUST THE TERMINAL D SIDE, WHICH IS NORTH OF NORTH TERMINAL ROAD.
SO THIS IS THE REFURBISHMENT OF TERMINAL D AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CONCOURSE.
UM, HERE YOU SEE, UM, THE REFURBISHED TERMINAL D WITH NEW FLOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, REALLY NICE FURNITURE GOING IN ON THE FAR LEFT THERE.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT DIGITAL GRAPHICS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO BE INSTALLED, AND THESE ARE CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE, AND THEY'RE GRAPHICS FROM ALL AROUND, UM, TEXAS.
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AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HOW THAT IS COMING TOGETHER.AND IT'S, WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD RECEPTION AND, AND RESPONSE TO THE NEW FURNITURE AND THE NEW TOUCH AND FEEL.
THAT'LL BE COMPLETE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
IT'S BASICALLY COMPLETE NOW, BUT SOME FEW FINAL THINGS TO DO THAT'LL BE DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
JUST ANOTHER SHOT OF SOME OF THE PROGRESS WORK IN THE CONNECTOR WHERE ALL THE FURNITURE'S IN, GOT SOME CEILING TILES TO PUT IN ONCE WE DO SOME ADDITIONAL IT REDISTRIBUTION.
UM, BUT GREAT PROGRESS BEEN MADE THERE.
AS WE ENTER WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE KNUCKLE, IT'S WHERE TERMINAL D UM, ENTERS TERMINAL C, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL ENTER INTO THE NEW PIER.
WE HAVE A, AN AMAZING CONCESSION SPACE THAT WE'RE FITTING, UH, WE'RE BUILDING OUT THE TOP TWO PHOTOS, SHOW THE RENDERING, THE BOTTOM TWO SHOW PROGRESS.
BOTTOM LEFT IS THE CONCESSIONS AREA THAT WE WILL BE HANDING OVER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO OUR CONCESSION PARTNERS TO FIT OUT SO WE CAN BRING SOME NEW EXCITING CONCESSIONS TO OUR PASSENGERS.
IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW FLOORING, WHICH DOES THIS BEAUTIFUL OVAL FEEL THAT THAT CARRIES THE THEME FROM THE CENTRAL PROCESSOR.
UH, WE, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU A RENDERING OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE, BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
UM, LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN, UH, BEAUTIFUL COPPER CEILING, 12,000 SQUARE FOOT OF IT.
UM, IT'S GONNA HAVE AN AMAZING FEEL TO IT.
THE SUN ON THE LIGHT WILL COME IN, YET AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GONNA HAVE THIS IMPRESSIVE FEATURE WALL ON THE LEFT THAT'LL NOT ONLY HELP US WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY AND HEAT GAIN AND EFFICIENCY OF THE BUILDING, BUT IT'LL ALSO ADD A REAL CHARACTER AND DIMENSION TO THE PIER WITH, UM, LED LIGHTING AT NIGHT.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A RENDERING OF THAT IN A BIT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, STARTING TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE RENDERING.
THE COPPER CEILING, UM, WILL GO IN THAT BIG WHITE SPACE ON THE LEFT PHOTO THAT'LL START GOING UP THE, AT THE, UM, BEGINNING PART OF NEXT YEAR.
WE, WE JUST WANNA PUT IT IN LAST, WHEN ALL THE DUST HAS KIND OF SETTLED, UH, THE BRACING AND SUPPORTS ARE GOING IN.
ON THE TOP LEFT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW STERILE CORRIDOR.
UH, LOTS OF GLASS, NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN ON THE, ON THE RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, FEATURE WALL.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT COPPER WIRING.
NOT EXACTLY THE MOST EXCITING PICTURE, BUT THE, THE DIFFICULTY WE'VE HAD WITH, UM, ELECTRICAL SUPPLY ACROSS THE NATION AND ACROSS THE WORLD IN, IN RECENT TIMES HAS, HAS CAUSED US TO CELEBRATE THOSE SMALL WINS.
'CAUSE IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO GETTING THAT IN.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE FEATURE WALL WILL LOOK LIKE, AND THERE'S LITTLE VIDEO ANIMATIONS THAT GO WITH THIS.
BUT, UH, THE LEDS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF EVERY OF THOSE CUTOUTS ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UM, ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT SCENES OF, UM, SUN SETTING CHANGES IN LIGHTS, REDS, WHITES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE A FLAG MOVE.
THERE'S, THERE'S A, A SCENE OF A PLANE FLYING THROUGH IT, SO IT'S GONNA HAVE A REALLY NICE FEATURE TO IT.
IT'S GONNA FLOW AND CHANGE WITH THE MOOD OF THE DAY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE DYNAMIC THAT THAT'S GONNA ADD.
HERE, IT'S JUST A, A, A DRONE SHOT OF THE PROGRESS, ALL THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, AND IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMMISSIONED, HUGE MILESTONE THERE.
UM, THE, ALL THE PAVING WORKS ARE COMPLETE, UM, EXCEPT IN THE TOP LEFT THERE, WE WERE FINISHING UP SOME, SOME FUEL WORKS, UH, THE CEILING AND IS ALL COMPLETE.
THE, UM, THE SURROUNDS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CALL THE, THE GLASS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING IS ALMOST DONE.
UH, SO HUGE PROGRESS BEEN MADE.
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED FOR, FOR THE PROGRESS THAT'S HAPPENING.
AGAIN, HERE'S SOME PROGRESS PHOTOS OF THAT FEATURE WALL, UM, AND THE STERILE CORRIDOR AND THE LIGHT COMING IN, AND THE NEW PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE.
IN HERE WE HAVE, UM, THE START OF, UM, A THREE PART ART INSTALLATION, WHERE WITHIN THE TEZO THERE WILL BE A HANGING STRUCTURE.
UM, AND THEN BELOW THAT, A MATCHING THEMED, UM, TEZO DESIGN, WHICH IS BUTTERFLIES.
AND THEN ON THE WALL BEHIND IT ABOVE, THERE'LL BE A MATCHING WALL PIECE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED HOW THIS ARTWORK'S COMING.
UM, AND THEN THE TERRAZA WILL COME IN AND FINISH AROUND IT.
AND IN OUR OTHER, UH, D ONE, UM, GATE LOCATION, THE ARTWORK IS GOING IN IN DECEMBER, SO IT'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER REALLY NICELY.
AGAIN, GREAT PROGRESS ON THE FEATURE WALL, UM, AND JUST SHOWING THIS COMPLETENESS.
AND AGAIN, ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART IS OUR STERILE CORRIDOR, AND THAT IS, UM, CLOSING UP AS WELL.
FINAL FEW PIECES TO GO INTO, CLOSE THAT UP.
AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'LL ALLOW US TO INSTALL OUR GRAPHICS ON THE SENSE OF PLACE FOR HOUSTON AND TEXAS AS THEY GO INTO, KIND OF INTRODUCE THE ARRIVING PASSENGERS TO, TO THE GREAT ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TEXAS.
JUST A, A RENDERING OF, UM, THE NEW DEPARTURES, UM, AND ARRIVALS FORECOURT THERE ON THE LEFT WITH THE OCULUS AND THE INCIDENT.
THAT'S WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVING PASSENGER'S GONNA SEE AS THEY EXIT, UH, THE BAGGAGE RECLAIM ON THE RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S A DIGITAL DISPLAY THAT WE CALL THE OCULUS.
THAT'LL, UM, HAVE A PRETTY DYNAMIC FIELD TO IT, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW A LOT OF GREAT CONTENT THERE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE UNDER DEVELOPMENT OF THAT CONTENT.
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UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.UM, AND SO THIS SLIDE ON THE LEFT IS THE RENDERING OF THE COVERED FORECOURT.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THE RIGHT THERE IS WHAT WE CALL THE STEEL TRU TRUSSES THAT HOLD THE CEILING TOGETHER, AND THAT ARE SUPPORTED OF TWO, UM, SUPPORT COLUMNS.
THIS, UH, OUR PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE LIFT OF THE FIRST ONE.
IT'S 80 TO 90 TONS, SO IT'S ABOUT 170,000 POUNDS.
UM, IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST COMPLICATED PIECES OF WORK THAT WE HAD TO DO.
WE HAD TO LIFT IT BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS WITH A ROAD TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND AN, AND AN OPERATIONAL, UH, SKYWAY.
AND THIS IS A, AGAIN, ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE TEAM.
CHOSE THE PROFESSIONALISM, COLLABORATION, AND, AND COL AND WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO DO THIS SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
AND IT TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS, UH, TO INSTALL THAT FROM, FROM LIFTING IT TO INSTALLING IT.
HE HAS A, A, A SCREENSHOT OF THE, UM, WHEN IT'S ON THE GROUND, SHOWS YOU THE TRUE SIZE OF IT WHEN YOU SEE THAT LITTLE MAN STANDING THERE.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 202,500 BOLTS THAT HOLD THAT TOGETHER.
AND IT COMES IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PN 14 SEMI-TRUCK, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PIECES.
I THINK THE NEXT ONE WILL BE HAPPENING SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
AND HERE, AGAIN, UM, IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT THIS IS ALSO REALLY EXCITING.
THIS IS THE EXTENSION OF THE NEW ARRIVALS FOUR, UH, RAMP THAT'LL GO INTO OUR RIVALS FORECOURT.
SO AS THAT GETS CONSTRUCTED AND FINISHED, WE GET THAT MUCH CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO OPEN OUR NEW, UM, OUR NEW TERMINAL.
UH, SO AWESOME PROGRESS HAPPENING THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE DESIGN IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BAGGAGE SCREENING FACILITY.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO GET THE BAGS TO THIS NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART BAGGAGE SCREENING FACILITY, WE HAVE THIS, UH, BAGGAGE, UH, BRIDGE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT RENDERING ON THE LEFT, AS YOU CAN SEE IT BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 157 FEET, ALSO 80 TONS.
UH, ANOTHER HUGELY COMPLICATED LIFT TO LIFT BETWEEN STRUCTURES.
AND IT'LL BE DONE USING THOSE HYDRAULIC CRAWLER LIFTS.
UM, IT'LL BE ABOUT A FOUR DAY OPERATION.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THE TEAM HAVE REALLY CHANGED THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO OUR PASSENGERS, MINIMIZE IMPACT TO THE TRAFFIC.
UM, AND ANOTHER HUGE EXAMPLE OF SOME, SOME AMAZING, UH, COLLABORATION AND PROFESSIONALISM BY THE TEAM.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.
THAT'LL BE GOING UP IN, UH, IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN JUST TO CLOSE SOME OF THE ENABLING PROJECTS.
THESE ARE OUR WATER TANKS, NEW WATER TANKS THAT ARE EACH 2.4 MILLION GALLONS, UM, THAT ALLOW US TO PROVIDE ABOUT 4,500 GALLONS A MINUTE.
UM, AND GIVE US A REDUNDANCY IN TERMS OF IF WE DO HAVE A WATER SUPPLY STOP AT THE AIRPORT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES FOR UP TO 72 HOURS.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO COMING TO A CLOSE AND WILL BEGIN COMMISSIONING EFFORTS IN SPRING NEXT YEAR WITH CONCLUSION IN JULY NEXT YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, SOME MORE FINISHED WORK.
THIS IS OUR 50 ACRE FEET DETENTION POND.
IT'S ABOUT 2.2 MILLION CUBIC FEET OF WATER IT CAN HOLD.
AND IT'S MADE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE TO THE FLOODING WITHIN THE AREA WHEN THERE ARE BIG RAINS THAT COME OFF THE, THE AIRFIELD.
UM, AND HAS REALLY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, NOT ONLY TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THE SURROUNDING ROADS AND AREAS.
AND SO ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR THE TEAM.
AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS, UM, THE RIDF, WHAT WE CALL THE RADIO TOWER.
UM, AND THIS WAS ON THE OLD PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WE HAD TO RELOCATE, UH, FEEDS ABOUT TWO TH 25,000 RADIO SUBSCRIBERS.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN HITS, UM, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, STATE PARTNERS, AND, AND THE TEAM ON SITE.
AND THEN JUST TO CLOSE, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE, UM, NEXT YEAR WE ARE ANTICIPATING A FINAL CONTRACT CLOSEOUT AND PMSS, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER CONTRACTS AS WE CLOSE AND BRING THEM TO COUNCIL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE STAFF FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, UH, AGAIN.
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON ONLINE, AND THEN WE HAVE STAFF FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OR DISTRICT G.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, STAFF FROM DISTRICT A F UH, STAFF FROM DISTRICT H AND STAFF FROM DISTRICT K.
AND ALSO WE HAVE, YEAH, WE, WE, WE HAVE DAVID ROBINSON ONLINE VIRTUAL.
SO AGAIN, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.
UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE PROGRESS DIRECTOR.
CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON THE PROGRESS, UH, ON THE QUEUE HERE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION WITH, WITH EACH ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS.
IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, DOESN'T IT? WE'RE GETTING TO
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2024, UM, ON THE, THE CENTRAL PROCESSOR 17 SCREENING LINES.GIVE ME A, UM, LIKE, IS, IS THAT A, IS THAT LIKE A LOT MORE THAN MOST AIRPORTS, OR WHAT, WHAT'S LIKE THE STANDARD NUMBER OF SCREENING LINES? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.
LIKE WHAT DO WE HAVE AT HOBBY? WHAT DO WE HAVE? WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR SCREENING LINES? I THINK THE LARGEST SCREENING LINE IS STEVE, CORRECT ME, OR, OR JIM, CORRECT ME.
THAT'S THE LARGEST SCREENING LINE THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE NINE OR 10 OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING IT TO 17.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SCREENING PROCESSES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINALLY.
ONE IS FOR PASSENGERS THAT ARE CHECKING IN, AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT BOARD, UH, AN AIRCRAFT, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE ARE PASSENGERS THAT ARE ARRIVING FROM OTHER DESTINATIONS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT HAVE MADE THROUGH IMMIGRATIONS, THEY MADE THROUGH CUSTOMS, THEY NOW MAKE ANOTHER.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A RESCREENING, UM, THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SCREENING.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT SIMPLE, A SIMPLE PROCESS FOR EVERYONE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, A DEPARTING PASSENGER OR YOU'RE A CONNECTING PASSENGER.
EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE SAME ROUTE AND GOES THROUGH AND GOES.
AND THEN THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN THERE IS GONNA BE ALL SET OF THE, UH, ART EQUIPMENT, UM, HIGH, UH, PASSENGER SCREENING PROCESSING.
UM, WE, WE WILL HAVE THE MOST ADVANCED, UH, TECHNOLOGY WHERE, UH, THE INSPECTORS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMAGE AND ROTATE THE, UH, LET'S SAY THE LUGGAGE, FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN OKAY.
AND EXPLORE ALL TO CLEAR THAT BAGGAGE RIGHT.
UM, IT'S, IT IS, WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGER ONES IN THE UNITED STATES.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT IT'S THE LARGEST, BUT IT WAS CER CERTAINLY BE ONE OF THE LARGEST.
BUT THAT'S FOR, FOR COMING AND GOING.
UM, ON THE, UH, THE KIND OF DIGITAL DISPLAYS AND LIGHT CHANGES AND ALL THAT, THAT, IS THAT, WHO'S DOING ALL THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT, ARE THOSE DIFFERENT, ARE THEY LIKE MARKETING COMPANIES? ARE THEY ART ARTISTIC PEOPLE, OR IS IT ARCHITECTS? WHAT, WHAT, WHO'S LIKE, SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS WE HAVE THE OCULUS, MAYBE IF, IF YOU HAVE A MM-HMM
NOT JUST THE OCULUS, BUT THE OTHER DIGITAL SCREENS, WE WON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF DIGITAL.
UM, THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME DIGITAL ADVERTISING, UM, WHICH IS REALLY, UM, UH, SOME, SOME, SOME DIGITAL.
BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON DIGITAL RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS FOCUS ON THE OCULUS, AND THE OCULUS WILL FEATURE IT'S SLIDE 22, UM, THEMES, UM, VISIONS.
I JUST WANT, SO THAT'LL KIND OF CHANGE, OR, YES.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S BEEN PROCURED TO DEVELOP THE CONTENT FOR THAT.
AND THEY'LL HELP US MAINTAIN IT.
AND WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS OCULUS.
IT'S WHAT, 2000, UM, A SQUARE FEET OF ACTUAL YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE VERY, VERY LARGE.
AND SO IT'LL HAVE A COMBINATION OF JUST KINDA THE SENSE OF PLACE AND HOUSTON ELEMENTS TO IT.
AND ANY MARKETING, LIKE IF OTC CONFERENCE OR THERE'S A SUPER BOWL, OR WE CAN PUT ANY OF THOSE ELEMENTS UP AS WELL.
SO THERE WILL BE A ROTATING SET OF INFORMATION THAT'S KIND OF, UH, DEVELOPED THAT'LL GO ON A, ON A KIND OF A PANT ROTATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS OCULUS, IN TERMS OF REAL TIME DIGITAL IS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD HAVE CAMERAS AT THE PORT OF HOUSTON, AND AS CRUISE SHIPS AND OTHER SHIPS COME THROUGH, UM, THEY WILL BE PROJECTED RIGHT ON THE SCREEN IN REAL TIME SO THAT PEOPLE GET A SENSE OF, OR, UM, LET'S SAY THE, UH, ENERGY CORRIDOR IN, IN THE CITY OR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
I, I, WE CAN GIVE THE PASSENGER A REAL UNDERSTANDING, A TASTE FOR WHAT HOUSTON IS ABOUT, THE MEDICAL CENTER.
THAT, AND AND THAT'S A, A COMPANY YOU'RE WORKING WITH THAT DOES THIS, THIS TYPE OF DISPLAY? YES.
BE THAT WILL BE PRODUCING THE CONTENT.
YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT IN THIS SLIDE.
THAT'S, IT'S, THAT'S STILL A BUDGET.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR STAFF? NO.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR, AND THANK YOU ALLALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL, NOW GO MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION.
UH, HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM CHIEF AND OPERATING OFFICER WILL PRESENT ON THE A CI LEVEL ONE AIRPORT CARBON, UH, ACCREDITATION.
SO, UH, CHIEF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, ANYONE WITH YOU.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM.
SO AGAIN, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY 'CAUSE WE WANT TO AGAIN SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS WITH YOU.
UM, WE HAD A CHALLENGE FROM THE MAYOR FROM HIS 2022 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR THE
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AIRPORT SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE, UM, UH, THROUGH THE AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION.AND SO, AIRPORT COUNCIL, AIRPORT COUNCIL, INTER, UH, AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF AIRPORTS, UM, YOU KNOW, EUROPE, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA.
AND, AND WITH THAT, THEY HAD A PROGRAM THAT WAS KIND OF SPECIFIC AND TAILOR MADE FOR AIRLINES OR FOR AIRPORTS TO WORK ON REDUCING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
AND SO, AS PART OF OUR PLEDGE, UM, WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS PROCESS AND WE'VE WANTED TO TAKE TODAY TO EXPLAIN THAT WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED, UM, OUR LEVEL ONE GOALS.
UM, SO IN, IN ROUGHLY A YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH OUR LEVEL ONE GOALS, AND THAT'S AT ALL THREE AIRPORTS.
UM, SO THAT'S ELLINGTON HOBBY AND, UM, INTERCONTINENTAL.
AND SO, AGAIN, HERE'S A, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NICE SHOT OF OUR, UH, GETTING OUR, OUR, OUR PLAQUES HERE FOR THE ALL THREE AIRPORTS IN HERE.
BUT THE CARPET ACCREDITATION PROGRAM HAS BASICALLY A FOUR STEP PROCESS, UH, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS IN HERE.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED IS OUR LEVEL ONE MAPPING.
UM, SO THAT ALLOWED US TO BASICALLY GATHER OUR DATA ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AT THE AIRPORT SYSTEMS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ACTIVELY ON OUR LEVEL TWO, UM, ON THE WAY, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH, UM, LEVEL FOUR.
AND THEN LEVEL FOUR WAS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ACCOMPLISH THAT BY 2030.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, UH, ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE HAVE COMPLETED LEVEL ONE AND WE'RE WORKING ON LEVEL TWO.
UM, OUR STAFF IS DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, DOING THAT.
UH, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR THE AIRPORT IS, IT'S, IT'S, A LOT OF IT HAS STARTED, UM, BASED ON A 2018 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT WE DID FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM.
AND SO WE'VE GOT DATA FROM 2019 AS KIND OF LIKE OUR BASE HERE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE A LOT OF REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GASES AT THE AIRPORT, UM, USING SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED IN OUR IMPLEMENTING.
UM, SO THE GOOD THING IS IF YOU LOOK AT 20, UH, 19 VERSUS 2021, AT IH, WE'RE ALREADY DOWN 20, UH, 2%.
UM, AND THE AREA IN THE WHITE IS BASICALLY OUR GREENHOUSE GAS, UH, EMISSIONS.
BUT TO THE RIGHT OF IT IS THE GREEN AREA.
AND SO, BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S PROGRAM THAT BUYS THE OFFSET CARBON OFFSETS, UH, FOR ELECTRICITY USED IN CITY FACILITIES, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GASES, UH, UH, YOU THE EFFECTIVE GREENHOUSE GASES THAT WE PUT OUT, UH, EVEN MORE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THOSE OFFSETS REALLY HELP US, UH, REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT ON THERE.
UM, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS AGAIN, THAT THAT REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES IS, IS DRIVEN BY WHAT WE'VE DONE FROM AN ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THE KIND OF DRIVERS THAT WE'VE GOT LEFT THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON IS OUR, UH, VEHICLE FLEET, AND THEN ALSO OUR, UH, AIR HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING.
THOSE ARE OUR KIND OF BIG, UH, EMISSION SOURCES.
UM, AND THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A LIST OF, OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A NEW CENTRAL FACIL, UH, CENTRAL PROCESSING FACILITY AT, AT HOBBY.
UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN THERE CONSIDERING THE, THE AGE OF HOBBY.
IT HAD SOME LEGACY STUFF IN THERE.
AND SO THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS REALLY HELPING THAT.
UM, A LOT OF, UH, LIGHTING EFFICIENCIES, UPGRADES THAT WE'VE DONE, PARTICULARLY SWITCHING A LOT STUFF TO LED.
UM, AGAIN, DONE SOME CHANGES IN OUR PUMPS AND OUR DRIVES FOR OUR BAGGAGE SYSTEMS AND FOR OUR WATER SYSTEMS. SO ALL THOSE THINGS CONTINUE TO ADD UP.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, YOU KNOW, WE, AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS BASED ON THAT 20 18, 20 19, UM, PROJECT LIST THAT WE KIND OF STARTED IMPLEMENTING.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN GOING FROM A FUTURE PERSPECTIVE TO TRY AND SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE, UH, FAA WE, WE APPLIED FOR $12 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS.
AND WE'VE BEEN GRANTED THAT $12 MILLION FROM THE FAA.
UM, SO AT INTERCONTINENTAL IT'S ABOUT $10 MILLION WE'LL BE SPENDING.
UH, THAT'S AN INCLUDING THE, UH, REPLACEMENT OF OUR SOUTH AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL VAULT AND, AND THE, UH, THE GENERATORS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AN ENERGY AUDIT AND THEN A RESILIENCY AUDIT TOO, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE A RESILIENCY MASTER PLAN, ACTUALLY.
SO, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENCY COMPONENT WORKING TOGETHER AT HOBBY.
IT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING OVER THERE.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, FOR, UH, SUSTAINABILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, AUDIT OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, AND THEN ALSO FOR A RESILIENCY MASTER PLAN THERE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO, TO GO FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION ON THIS TOO, FROM A CITY COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, AS WE ARE HERE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, UH, WE WILL BE COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN A VERY, UM, VERY SHORT ORDER WITH A, A, A PROJECT TO REDO THE, UH, AND MODERNIZE THE CUP AT IAH.
UM, SO THAT, AGAIN, WILL HELP US DRIVE DOWN OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
RIGHT NOW, THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT AT, AT IAH HAS A, UM, HAS TWO GAS, UH, POWERED CHILLERS.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE REPLACING THOSE WITH ELECTRIC CHILLERS.
SO THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DOWN,
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UH, BECAUSE WE CAN SWITCH THE ELECTRIC, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CARBON OFFSETS, UH, THAT REALLY HELPS REDUCE THE, UH, THE OUTPUT THERE.UH, AND, AND ADDITIONALLY, AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS HERE.
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING ON THE SCREEN HERE ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S A, A PICTURE OF OUR ONE MEGAWATT SOLAR FARM THAT'S ON TOP OF THE HOBBY GARAGE.
UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINAL COMMISSIONING OF THAT, THAT SYSTEM.
SO IT'S UP AND RUNNING, UH, PARTIALLY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO EVEN WITH THAT, UH, IT NOT BEING FULLY COMMISSIONED, UM, WE'VE ALREADY REDUCED THE, UM, UM, CARBON, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT SOLAR PROJECT BY ABOUT 717, UH, THOUSAND, UH, POUNDS OF, OF CARBON REMOVED FROM THE AIR, JUST FROM THAT SOLAR PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A CONTINUATION.
UH, AGAIN, PART OF OUR REDUCTION STRATEGY ALSO IS, IS TO, YOU KNOW, CAN LOOK FOR GRANT FUNDING, BUT ALSO LOOK FOR, UM, WAYS THAT WE CAN GET SOME REBATES TOO.
SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING A LOT OF OUR ENERGY PROJECTS, UH, USING THE CENTER POINT ENERGY PROGRAM, UM, TO HELP REDUCE THE, UH, THE ELECTRICITY DEMANDS AT THE AIRPORT, AND THAT'S ALREADY REDUCED, UH, OR RESULTED IN A MILLION DOLLARS IN, UH, REBATES FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM BASED ON THAT.
UM, AS WE CONTINUE, AGAIN, OUR OPERATIONS ARE A FOCUS OF US.
UM, SO WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT ONLY THE AIRPORT, BUT ALSO FOR THE TENANTS THAT USE IT.
UM, PROUD TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, UH, MORE THAN 70% OF THE GROUND SERVICE EQUIPMENT THAT'S, THAT, THAT SERVICES THE AIRCRAFT AT BOTH AIRPORTS ARE, ARE ELECTRIC.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, FROM A FLEET PERSPECTIVE FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, UH, WE ARE GOING FOR A, UH, ELECTRIC FLEET.
AND SO WE DO HAVE, UH, AN ORDER FOR RIGHT NOW FOR 25 OF THE, UH, FORD LIGHTNINGS TO BE ABLE TO CONVERT THOSE, UH, AND GET RID OF SOME OF OUR LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS, UH, AND CONTINUE AGAIN TO, TO ADD ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO OUR FLEET, UH, WHERE POSSIBLE, UM, FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC, WE DO HAVE, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING, UH, FACILITIES IN ALL OF OUR PARKING LOTS.
SO ALL OF THEM HAVE SOME FORM OF ELECTRIC CHARGING, UH, FOR THE CUSTOMERS.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IN IAH WE ARE, UH, FORTUNATE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HAVE JUST INSTALLED, UH, A, UH, TESLA SUPERCHARGING STATION.
UM, SO THAT'LL MAKE IT MUCH CONV, MUCH MORE CONVENIENT TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE, UH, VEHICLES IN AND AROUND.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, IF YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'VE DONE AT THE AIRPORT, AND THEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THE AIRPORT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT, SO THIS IS A PICTURE AGAIN FROM THE I TRIP.
UH, THE INITIAL PHASES OF IT, WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION, UM, THE, THE GARAGE THAT WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN TO, TO BUILD THE CENTRAL PROCESSOR WAS ABOUT 99%, UH, RECYCLED.
UM, BASICALLY THE CONCRETE AND THE STEEL OF THAT, UH, WAS RECYCLED.
UM, AS WE LOOK FOR OUR FUTURE BUILDINGS, THEY'RE ALL BEING DESIGNED TO THAT, UH, EQUIVALENT OF A LEAD SILVER.
UH, AND THEN FROM AN ENERGY PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE USUALLY DO ABOUT 20% MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT THE CODE ALLOWS.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM, UH, COUNCIL OR STAFF? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALCORN, JUST A COUPLE QUICK ONES.
WHAT WAS THE, THE ORGANIZATION, I MEAN, THAT YOU, YOU, YOU'D GET THESE LEVELS BASED ON SOME NATIONAL ORGANIZATION? YEAH, SO IT'S AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL, SO YOU JUST KIND OF SUBMIT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND THEY, YEAH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, THEY, THEY HAVE, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE, EACH PROJECT HAS LIKE A TEMPLATE ON HOW YOU NEED TO DO THINGS.
WE SUBMIT IT TO THEM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN AUDITOR, AND THEN THE AUDITOR COMES, COMES OUT AND AUDITS US.
AND THEN ONCE THE AUDITOR SIGNS OFF ON IT, THEN THEY, THEY CERTIFY US.
AND ON THE, THE RECYCLED MATERIALS, DO WE, DO WE MAKE ANY MONEY ON THAT OR DO WE JUST GIVE IT AWAY AND IT'S RECYCLED? UH, NO.
SO AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE, DEPENDS ON HOW YOUR CONTRACT'S BUILT.
SO IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU, YOU THINK THE STEEL'S THERE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE TELL THE CONTRACTOR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA TEAR DOWN THIS GARAGE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA RECYCLE THE STEEL, THEN THAT HELPS REDUCE OUR BID COSTS.
UH, GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
AND MY APOLOGIES FOR GETTING HERE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT IF YOU COULD TURN PERHAPS TO THE SLIDE, UH, ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS SHEET THAT HAS THE DATES 2019 AND 2021.
UH, DIRECTOR, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST, UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE COVERED IT IN YOUR INTRODUCTION, BUT IF ANY OF THOSE, UH, MEASUREMENTS, UM, ARE UP ANY FURTHER UP TO DATE, OR IS THAT THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM 2021? YEAH, SO YEAH, YOU WANT ME TAKE IT? YEAH.
SO 2021 WAS, WE HAD A COMPLETE SET OF DATA, AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE'RE FINISHING UP THE 2022 DATA NOW, SO THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT, UM, AUDIT.
WELL, BUT IT WON'T, IT WON'T STOP THERE FOR SURE.
THAT, THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR SAYING IT, THOUGH.
AND I GUESS LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION THEN, GIVEN THAT
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THE YEARS IN THAT CHART FROM 2019 TO 2021 WE'RE SO DYNAMIC IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED DURING 2020, I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NARRATIVE COLOR TO PUT ON THAT WITH, UH, COVID WITH SUPPLY CHAIN AND EVERYTHING? YOU KNOW, WHAT I, I THINK, AND, AND, AND I'VE CERTAINLY LET JIM SPEAK TO THIS, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE GRABBING THE LOW HANGING FRUIT.AND SO WHEN YOU GRAB THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF YIELD.
I THINK SYSTEMATICALLY, AS WE NOW PLOW THROUGH THE BIGGER PROJECTS, UH, IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE THESE KINDS OF RESULTS.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT METAPHOR.
I'M THINKING ABOUT MY LEMON TREES IN 2020.
THEY PRODUCED A WHOLE LOT OF HARVEST, AND THEN, UH, YURI CAME ALONG AND THEY KILLED THE TREE.
SO I GOT NO YIELD THE NEXT SPRING WHATSOEVER.
SO YOU'RE STARTING FROM KIND OF A NEW BENCHMARK, RIGHT? AND, UM, AGAIN, MAYBE THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THAT REGARD IS GONNA BE LESS RELEVANT.
UM, BUT I GUESS THE IMPORTANCE HERE WITH THE GREEN SEGMENT, UM, OF REALLY DOING SOMETHING DEMONSTRABLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT FOR, FOR WHAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
AND ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I WOULD ALSO MAKE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, IS THE FACT THAT AT, AT BOTH INTERCONTINENTAL AND AT HOBBY, THE AIRLINES THEMSELVES WERE USING MOSTLY ELECTRICAL GROUND EQUIPMENT.
SO IF, IF, IF, FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAD BEEN USING DIESEL KINDS OF GROUND EQUIPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TUGS, THE LOADERS, UM, ALL THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WE COULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN SOME MORE, UM, DRAMATIC, UM, RESULTS.
BUT THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN CONSCIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ESPECIALLY UNITED WITH ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE IN, YOU KNOW, UH, SUSTAINABLE FUELS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, INVESTING IN ELECTRICAL, UH, THEY AND, AND AT HOBBY SOUTHWEST THAT A LOT OF THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE, WHICH, WHICH ALSO HELPED US.
SO WE, WE DO NEED TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO THE AIRLINES AS WELL FOR THIS, WELL, AS THEY ARE OUR PARTNERS.
UM, REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW WE CAN FOCUS ON THIS AND SOME OF THE GLOBAL METRICS.
I KNOW, UH, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF MISSION TRIPS MM-HMM
AND TO, TO THINK ABOUT, UH, THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THOSE TRIPS.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WORTHWHILE AND THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
TO REDUCE THE ABSOLUTELY, UH, POLLUTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF? IF NOT, THANK YOU.
UH, HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMS FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, THE NEXT PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE AGENDA WILL BE PRESENTED TOGETHER.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF WILL PRESENT ON THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, UH, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PROPOSALS, AND ON THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE HARRIS COUNTY PROJECT PLAN AMENDMENT.
UH, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD.
UM, VICE CHAIR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF MEMBERS.
YEAH, GABBY'S PASSING OUT THE PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL.
OKAY, SO TODAY MY COLLEAGUE AND I, BRANDON, WE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE LATEST TOURS ACTIONS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN THE COMING WEEKS.
I'LL PROVIDE THE SUMMARY OFTS POLICY THAT APPLIES TO THE PRESENTATION TODAY, CURRENT T CAPACITY AND IMPACTS.
BRANDON WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSAL AND TIMELINE SLIDE.
ALL TS ACTIONS ARE GUIDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE AND CITY ORDINANCE 2 0 2 3 7 26, WHICH ADDED DETS PROGRAM POLICIES INTO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES.
SECTION N FOUR OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES REFERS TO BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE ANNEXATIONS OR DE ANNEXATIONS ANNEXATIONS
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INTO EXISTING ZONES WILL BE EVALUATED AND CONSIDERED IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS.FURTHER, THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TS PROJECT PLAN ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE PROPOSED AREA, SUPPORT AN APPLICATION TO STATE OR FEDERAL HOUSING AGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF LOW INCOME HOUSING, OR SUPPORT AN APPLICATION FOR STATE FEDERAL OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION, PARKS, OR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN ORDER TO ANNEX PROPERTY INTO A TURS, SECTION 3 1 1 0.006 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE INDICATES THAT THE CITY CANNOT DESIGNATE A REINVESTMENT ZONE IF THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE PROPOSED ZONE AND EX AND IN EXISTING REINVESTMENT ZONES EXCEEDS 25% OF THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE IN T'S TOTAL 62.9 BILLION.
THE TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS IS 5.2 BILLION, AND THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF THE CITY IS 265.8 BILLION.
AND SO WE GET TO A A, A RATIO OF 23.703%.
AND THIS PARTICULAR, THIS IS WHAT THE, THE RATIO STANDS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO THE ANNEXATIONS.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE ANNEXATION FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE HAD IN OCTOBER, WHICH WE FOCUSED IN ON THE OST
AND SO WHEN YOU INCLUDE THOSE TWO ANNEXATIONS, THE RATIO BECOMES 23.707%.
SO IT'S A SMALL MOVEMENT WITH REGARD TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND VERSUS THE, THE ANNEXATIONS, THE, THE SUBTLE INCREASE WITH THE ANNEXATIONS, AGAIN, THE RATIO CAP IS 25%.
SO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE IMPACT OF THOSE TWO PARTICULAR ANNEXATIONS, AGAIN, OST THAT WE PRESENTED IN OCTOBER, AND THEN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, WHICH IS WHAT WE PRE BRANDON WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY.
UM, HERE WE'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL ACTION PROPOSALS.
THE FIRST IS A PROJECT PLAN AMENDMENT FORTS ONE ST.
GEORGE PLACE TO INCLUDE AN ILA FOR HARRIS COUNTY PARTICIPATION.
THE SECOND IS A PROJECT PLAN AMENDMENT FORTS 20 SOUTHWEST HOUSTON TO INCLUDE AN ILA FOR HARRIS COUNTY PARTICIPATION AND AN ANNEXATION THAT WILL BE COVERED IN THE LATER SLIDE.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FORTS ONE INCLUDE HARRIS COUNTY TO CONTRIBUTE 60% OF ITS INCREMENT TO THE ZONE, WHICH HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CITY INCREMENT.
AUTHORIZED PROJECTS ARE STREET AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, STORMWATER DRAINAGE, AND LANDSCAPING AND BARRIER FENCING.
FOR T 20, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SET ASIDE A PORTION OF HARRIS COUNTY INCREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARK MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVING NO IMPACT ON CITY INCREMENT.
THE AUTHORIZED PROJECTS ARE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, STORMWATER DETENTION, CULTURAL AND PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ALONG WITH PARKS, PLAZAS, TRAILS, AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS IS A T 20 ANNEXATION, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO LEVERAGE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HARRIS COUNTY AND METRO FOR BISSONNET CORRIDOR PROJECTS, WEST BELFORT PARK AND RIDE, AND BAYLEN PARK AND BRACE BAYOU IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS SLIDE HERE IS OUR, IS THE COUNCIL ACTION TIMELINE.
SO FAR, 24 1 AND 20 EACH HAD INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON OCTOBER 31ST.
THE MOTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARING WAS THIS MORNING, NOVEMBER 15TH.
AND THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 6TH, WHERE COUNSEL WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSALS THAT SAME DAY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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ALCORN, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M KEEPING ALL THIS STRAIGHT, WHAT WE DID THIS MORNING AS FAR AS IMPROVING SOME OF THOSE ILAS, I THINK IT WAS YOUR LAST SLIDE, BRANDON.
OKAY, SO, SO ONE MORE WHAT I JUST WANNA, WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY DONE? SO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IS YOU'VE APPROVED THE ILAS FOR 18 AND 20, RIGHT? I'M SORRY, 18 AND 23.
RIGHT? BECAUSE WE, THOSE ILAS HAVE ALREADY PASSED COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED BEFORE IN THIS PARTICULAR ROUND.
WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE ILAS FOR ONE IN 20.
ALL OF THEM INVOLVE THE COUNTY.
ALL OF THEM INVOLVE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COUNTY.
BUFFALO BAYOU EAST, ONE IN 20, ONLY PRECINCT FOUR.
WELL, WERE THE, THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTING A HUNDRED.
IT'S WHAT, LET'S NAME 'EM INSTEAD OF WHAT THE, WHAT ARE THE OST? ALAMEDA? SO OST ALAMEDA IS WALLOP.
AND THEN, AND THAT'S NO COUNTY PARTICIPATION.
TURNS SOUTHWEST 18, UM, FIFTH WARD IN HARRISBURG, BUFFALO BAYOU EAST.
UM, PARTICIPATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE, THAT'S BAY MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION AS IT ASSOCIATES WITH BUFFALO BAYOU EAST.
UM, AND THEN THE ONES THAT BRANDON JUST PRESENTED FOR ST.
GEORGE'S PLACE, WHICH IS TS ONE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, WHICH IS TS 20, THOSE ARE PATIENTS DIRECTLY INTO THOSE PARTICULAR TS, A PORTION OF HARRIS COUNTY INCREMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, YOU SHOULD SEE US IN OUR OFFICE.
YEAH,
IN ADDITION TO KEEPING ALL THE TS STRAIGHT AND THERE ARE BOUNDARIES AND AFFILIATIONS AND SO FORTH.
SO ON THAT TOPIC, UM, WITH THE MINCING OF SMALL PERCENTAGES, THE SLIDE SIX THAT SHOWS THE ANNEXATION IMPACT, AGAIN, TRYING TO GET A, AN OVERRIDING SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA END UP AFTER ALL THIS SAID AND DONE, 23 7 0 3 WAS WHERE WE WERE BEFORE TAKING THIS MORNING'S ACTIONS.
AND 23.707 IS WHERE WE ENDED UP THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THIS MORNING'S ACTIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT? YEAH, SO WITH THE OST ANNEXATION, AND THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO ANNEXATIONS THAT WE DID.
SO WITH THE OST AND THEN NOW WITH THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, YOU'LL END UP AT 23.707.
SO THOSE ARE THE, AS YOU, I THINK YOU JUST SAID, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO AREA CHANGES FOR TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES AND THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND HERE, KEEP IN MIND, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON IS A ZERO ANNEXATION.
IT'S JUST RIGHT OF WAY AND, AND UM, UM, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
WHICH IS THE FOUR, UH, THERE, BUT THE OST AL MAA 4.004 AGAIN, JUST BRINGS IT UP EVER SO SLIGHTLY THOSE VARIES.
10 THOUSANDTHS OF A CENTS OR THOUSANDTHS OF A CENT OF A PERCENT, THAT'S 4,000 PERCENTAGE OF A SENSE.
UM, WE STILL HAVE CAPACITY UNDER THE CAP.
SO, UM, KIND OF KEEPING IT, UM, IN A NUMBERS WAY, NOT THE PERCENTAGE, BUT WE WOULD, IN ORDER TO HIT THE CAP, WE WOULD HAVE TO ANNEX ABOUT 3.4 BILLION.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
THAT'S THE BACKING OUTTA THE EQUATION.
THAT'S HOW MUCH TAXABLE VALUE WE HAVE TODAY.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE CAP, SAY THE NUMBER AGAIN? 3.3 0.4 BILLION MIL, BILLION BILL WITH A B.
SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE PERCENTAGES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GETTING PRETTY TIGHT, UM, ON THE OVERALL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU FORGET HOW HUGE HOUSTON IS AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS AND IT'S 3.4 BILLION CAPACITY, AND THAT'S BEFORE WE WOULD DE ANNEX OR TERMINATE ANY OTHER TURS IN THE LONG RANGE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE TSS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, LIVING INTO THEIR EXPECTED LIFETIME WHEN THEY MIGHT ROLL OFF THE BOOKS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT HOW EVERYONE'S GROWING, THET ARE GROWING AT THE SAME RATE AS THE CITY ALMOST.
I MEAN, THEY GROW FASTER, BUT THE, THE GREAT THING IS ABOUT THE DENOMINATOR IS GROWING FAST TOO.
SO YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HA BUILDING IN THAT CAPACITY BECAUSE THE DENOMINATOR IN THE EQUATION IS GROWING WITH THE OVERALL GROWTH OF THE CITY, IS ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THE DENOMINATOR, RIGHT? YES.
THE OVERALL GROWTH OF THE CITY PLUS THE INDUSTRIAL
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DISTRICTS.'CAUSE THAT IN THE DENOMINATOR IT'S THE, UM, CITY PLUS THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
SO CAN YOU PUT A DEFINITION ON THAT? I MISSED IT IF YOU PROVIDED IT BEFORE, BUT IT, FOR INSTANCE, AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS WHAT, SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AREA IN HOUSTON THAT'S NEAR THE, THE SHIP CHANNEL.
HOW DOES, HOW IS THAT DEFINED BOUNDARY WISE? LET ME SEND YOU A MAP ON THAT.
IT'LL BE EASIER FOR ME TO SEE.
BUT FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC TODAY, IS IT THE SHIP CHANNEL GENERAL AREA WOULD BE THE SHIP CHANNEL? YES, SIR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE REFER TO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IN THAT THEY DON'T PAY TAX REVENUE, THEY PAY AN ASSESSMENT OR TO THE PORT.
TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY? NO, JUST TO US.
DO THEY SELL IT TO, UH, THEY HAVE THEIR, NO, I'M SORRY.
IT WOULD BE JUST FOR THE CITY.
IF THEY HAVE A SEPARATE ACCOUNT WITH THE COUNTY, THEY WOULD PAY THE COUNTY, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND LET'S TALK JUST ABOUT THE CITY.
I DON'T NEED TO COMPLICATE IT ANYMORE THAN IT ALREADY IS.
SO THEY'RE PAYING US FIVE, UM, 0.19 BILLION.
ACTUALLY THEY PAY US 28 MILLION AS OF OKAY.
THAT'S THE TAXABLE VALUE IS THE 5.19 BILLION.
AND THE YIELD ON THAT AGAIN? IN MILLIONS.
IT'S ABOUT, 'CAUSE I'M INCLUDING, UM, PRIOR YEAR, IT'S ABOUT 25 MILLION IN THE BILL OUT.
BUT THIS YEAR WE WERE OVER BUDGET AND RECEIVED, SAY AGAIN, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
WE, WE BUDGETED FOR 25 MILLION, BUT RECEIVED OVER THAT AMOUNT, IT WAS ABOUT 28 MILLION BASED ON REVENUE.
BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF THE 28 MILLION, I DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, MISLEAD YOU.
I THINK SOME OF IT WERE PRIOR YEAR, UM, UM, COLLECTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN, BRANDON'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AT GETTING IN.
SO, UM, TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT THE BILLING WAS IS AROUND 25 OF $25 MILLION.
WITH REGARD TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
WELL, I, I THINK YOU'RE PROVIDING THE HELP I NEEDED GETTING MY HEAD AROUND THE OVERALL SCALE OF THINGS AND THAT CONCEPT OF THE DENOMINATOR WITH THE EVER-GROWING CITY, EVER-GROWING REVENUE BASE, AT LEAST FOR NOW WITHOUT DOOMSDAY SKIES FALLING SCENARIOS, PUTS THIS DISCUSSION IN A, IN A HELPFUL LIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR STAFF? NO, NO SIR.
THANK YOU'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
AS I MENTIONED THERE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HOWEVER, THAT SPEAKER ELECTED NOT TO SPEAK.
SINCE THE COMMENT IS NOT AGENDA RELATED, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CHAMBER WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK OR MAKE COMMENTS? NO.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY.
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