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RESEARCHING BURP. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS
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A MEETING OF THE TERRELL AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. IT'S 6 P.M. THEREABOUTS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11TH. WE ALWAYS START OUR MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND IF YOU WILL, DON'T IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, PRAY ABOUT.IF YOU'RE IN. IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO DO THAT FOR ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY. SO WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE HERE. OKAY. ITEM
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THREE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES PEYTON SENT ALL THESE MINUTES OUT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? I MOTION WE HAVE THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND AND A SECOND DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING ALL, SAYING I. I'M SORRY. THOSE OPPOSED? NO.THAT MOTION CARRIES BE A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO MENTION. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD IS DAVID LINDSAY, AND HE IS OUT OF THE STATE WORKING TODAY. REMARKS FROM VISITORS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM VISITORS? WE HAVE TWO VISITORS. THREE. ALL RIGHT.
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CAN WE MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS? FIRST, WE'LL ASK KYLE, THE CUSTOMER, TO. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL US, KYLE, IF YOU WILL COME AND STAND IN FRONT OF THAT MICROPHONE AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU'RE HERE. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, I AM HERE. I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF APEX AIR CENTER AT TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. I DON'T HAVE A GRAPH FOR YOU GUYS THIS TIME, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T MIND THAT, BUT A FEW THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU. SO FUEL SALES SO FAR THIS YEAR HAVE REMAINED STEADY AND HEALTHY. WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THESE NUMBERS TREND UPWARDS. WE'RE STILL BENEFITING FROM OPERATORS LOOKING FOR CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVES TO THE BUSIER METROPLEX AIRPORTS. WE'RE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AWAY FROM WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED CAA BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AND USUALLY AROUND THAT YEAR. MARK IS WHEN WE START TO SEE CAA IN FULL EFFECT. SO WILL YOU CALL OUT WHAT CAA STANDS FOR? YEAH, CORPORATE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION. OKAY, SO. AND SO WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF SEEING A POSITIVE IMPACT FROM IT CENTRALLY. FOR MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE STARTED IMPLEMENTING A MORE PROACTIVE MARKETING INITIATIVES. ONE OF THOSE WHICH I SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME IS SMART LEADS. THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY EMAIL CAMPAIGNS TO JET OPERATORS. AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO BEEN PERSONALLY REACHING OUT TO JET JET OPERATORS AND AIRCRAFT MANAGERS TO PUT TRL ON THEIR RADAR. AND THESE SPECIFIC PEOPLE TYPICALLY ARE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TARGETING THERE. AS FAR AS GROWTH WITH APEX, WE'VE RECENTLY ADDED A NEW LOCATION IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING OBVIOUSLY TO EXPAND, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP US IN SHARING RESOURCES AND MAKING SURE WE'RE HAVING THE BEST PRACTICES ACROSS ALL LOCATIONS, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL BENEFIT TRL AS WELL. AND THEN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS LOCATIONS, PLATTSVILLE, WHICH IS RECENTLY NO LONGER WE ARE RELEASING THAT. IT'S JUST SIMPLY A PART OF KIND OF APEX EVALUATING OUR LOCATIONS AND TRYING TO FOCUS ON LONG TERM GROWTH. AND PLATTSVILLE WAS A KIND OF AN ODD LOCATION WHERE[00:05:01]
IT'S MORE OF JUST AIRPORT MANAGEMENT RATHER THAN AN FBO. SO IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE LIKE A CREW. WE DIDN'T DO LIKE FULL SERVICE FUEL LIKE WE DO AT TRL. SO. AND THEN ONE MORE THING TO ADD. WE DO HAVE AIRPLANES AND COFFEE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THAT'S GOING TO BE APRIL 11TH.AIRPLANES AND COFFEE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THEY FOCUS ON BRINGING AVIATION TO A WIDER AUDIENCE THROUGH THESE EVENTS TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. IT ALSO WORKS TO ADDRESS THE AVIATION WORKFORCE SHORTAGE BY RAISING AWARENESS OF CAREER PATHS AND PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS PURSUING AVIATION CAREERS. AND SO IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE IT BACK AT TRL. IT'S IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE OUT TO THE AIRPORT TO PROMOTE AVIATION INSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING STRAIGHT STRENGTHENING THE AIRPORT'S CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC. SO AND THE DATE OF THAT AIRPORT'S AND COFFEES IS WHEN? APRIL 11TH. APRIL 11TH? YES, SIR. SO OVERALL, THINGS ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. FUEL CELLS REMAIN SOLID. WE'RE EXPANDING MARKETING EFFORTS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL INITIATIVES UNDERWAY WHICH CONTINUES TO PUT INTO A GREAT POSITION OF AN AIRPORT TO FLY INTO. SO. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT. THE PERSON THAT DOES YOUR NEWSLETTER REMIND ME AGAIN OF WHAT THAT'S CALLED, WHAT TIME IT IS. I RECEIVE IT BY EMAIL, JOLINDA. SHE SENDS OUT HER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC JOB DONE. A REALLY GOOD JOB. IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT'S I HOPE I ASSUME EVERYBODY ON THE AIRPORT BOARD RECEIVES THAT. SO I HOPE THEY DO GOOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? I WOULD JUST I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. WHO DO YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THAT AIRPORT? COFFEE, AIRPLANES AND COFFEE. SO THEY THEY PICK AN AIRPORT EVERY MONTH TO GO TO. SO IT'S A LOT OF AVIATORS FROM FROM REALLY EVERYWHERE. YES THEY DO. AND THEY BRING THEIR VERY COOL AIRCRAFT THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT, TALK TO THE PILOTS AND JUST SEE MORE THINGS IN AVIATION THAN WHAT THEY MIGHT THINK IT IS. FOR TRAVEL. IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC IS WHO WE'RE ADVERTISING TO, SO WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH OF THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE GOAL. AND THEN PILOTS FROM ALL OVER, BASICALLY, IT'S IT'S KIND OF A WHO USUALLY SHOWS UP FROM TOWN TO, TO ATTEND THAT DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GEARED TOWARDS ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR OR ANY GROUPS IN PARTICULAR. YEAH. NOT AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER BEEN TO AIRPLANES OF COFFEE. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW KIND OF WHAT TO EXPECT. I JUST KNOW IT'S A BIG THING. AND IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, SO WHEN WE VISITED WITH THE LADY, THAT KIND OF COORDINATES THAT IS, IS TRYING TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME OUT, KICK THE TIRES, LOOK AT THEM JUST LIKE WE DID, ALMOST LIKE FOR THE SANTA THING, IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME CONCEPT. I TALKED WITH PAUL TRIMBACH TODAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING DOWN THE JET. OH, NICE.
AND PARK IT AND LET THE EVERYBODY TO LOOK AROUND. THEY JUST RENOVATED THE ENTIRE INTERIOR OF IT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN. SO ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO BRING IN THEIR PLANE DOWN AND PARK IT, THEY CAN DO THAT. IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THEY USUALLY HAVE FOOD. THEY HAVE SPONSORS IN THE BUILDING, VENDORS, VENDORS. YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF IT'S A NICE WEATHER DAY, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF PLANES ON THE RAMP AND MOST OF THEM ARE THEY'RE ALMOST ALL FLYING. AND I'M SURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HANGARED HERE WILL COME ON AROUND AND SAY HELLO AND, YOU KNOW. YEAH. AND AS FAR AS HOW MUCH AIRCRAFTS ON A GOOD WEATHER DAY, SHE SAID SHE'S EXPECTING LIKE MAYBE 50 TO 70 DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT TO SHOW UP. SO YEAH, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IT WAS KIND OF A CLOUDY DAY. SO THE TURNOUT WASN'T GREAT. BUT YEAH, IT'S ALL KIND OF WEATHER DEPENDENT, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY AN AVIATION, AVIATION CENTRIC AIRPLANE KIND OF DEAL. AND THEY'VE GOT PLANS FOR THE KIDS TO ROAM AROUND ON THE RAMP WITH MONITORS, WITH SAFETY VESTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO YOU KNOW. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IT WAS REALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A CLOUDY DAY, IT IT WAS STILL A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND WE HAD A GREAT WELL, THEY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO NOW? IT WAS BEFORE APEX TOOK OVER. MY COMPANY WAS A VENDOR ON THE ON THE RAMP.
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AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD. SO MARY AND I KEPT IN CONTACT. AND SO IT WAS BECAUSE WE KEPT IN CONTACT AND I DID SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS WITH THEM. AS WITH MY COMPANY AS A VENDOR, I ASKED HER, I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE YOU NOT COMING BACK TO TERO? WE NEED YOU TO COME BACK TO TERO.AND SO I GAVE HER YOUR INFORMATION. I TOLD HER, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOME MORE ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT. SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WELL, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY DO THIS EVERY MONTH. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND I WILL SHARE THE THE CALENDAR WITH YOU GUYS. I HAVE THAT CALENDAR FOR AIRPLANES AND COFFEE. DO YOU GET THE CHAIR FIXED YET? NO, NO. BROKE THE CHAIR. YEAH. LET'S LEAVE THAT. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S LET THAT GO.
THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND KYLE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE OR COMMENTS? ANYBODY DOING GREAT. WELCOME TO TERRY. OUR NEWEST MEMBER TERRY IS A HOBBYIST DRONE PILOT LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. SORRY I DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOU TO START WITH.
YOU'VE MET EVERYBODY HERE, SO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KYLE. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO 5.2 IS TEX DOT ELECTRICAL UPDATE. AND I THINK THAT FALLS THE NEXT COUPLE OF ITEMS FALL ON CHRIS. SO WE KEEP BRINGING THIS SUBJECT UP ALL THE TIME RIGHT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
WELL YOU NEED TO GET PREPARED BECAUSE NOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING. I HAVE GOOD NEWS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAINFUL, BUT I'LL TRY TO BE AS POLITE AS I CAN. I JUST RECEIVED A CALL YESTERDAY AT 230 FROM TEX DOT AVIATION AND THE ENGINEERING, LOCHNER ENGINEERING AND B A S IS THE BEEN AWARDED THAT CONTRACT AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR GETTING ALL THEIR MATERIALS AND ALL THAT. REMEMBER, WE'RE ONE OF SIX AIRPORTS TOGETHER THAT COME TOGETHER. SO FOR A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND, TERRY, ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ON THE RUNWAY ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED. THE CANS, ALL THE THE DUCT WORK, THE POWER, ETC. IS GOING TO BE REPLACED. AND THAT'S DONE COORDINATION THROUGH TEX DOT AVIATION. AND SO THEY HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA OF IF WE DO IT IN MULTIPLE AIRPORTS, WE'LL GET A GOOD PRICE BREAK. WE'RE TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD NOW AND WE'RE JUST NOW HERE. SO THE NEWS I HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU IS IN THE PHONE CALL IS THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT WE SHUT DOWN THE AIRPORT APRIL 13TH FOR 21 DAYS. THAT MEANS NO RUNWAY ACTIVITY, TOTAL SHUTDOWN. THE TOTAL PROJECT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S CONTRACTED FOR 42 DAYS. THE FIRST 21 DAYS WILL BE STARTING APRIL 13TH, AND THEN THE REMAINING 21 DAYS WILL BE WORK OUTSIDE IN THE ANCILLARY AREAS OF THE RUNWAY WILL BE USABLE. SO BASICALLY THE RUNWAY WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR 21 DAYS.
NOW, GRANTED, IF IT COMES ONLINE SOON, FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS, THAT MIGHT ALTER A FEW DAYS, BUT THEY WERE TARGETING APRIL 6TH, AND I INDICATED THAT WE HAD THE APRIL 11TH AIRPLANES AND COFFEE. SO THEY SHIFTED FIVE SIX DAYS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING 6 TO 7 DAYS A WEEK.
SO I'VE ASKED THEM TO REQUEST TO WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO GET THE 21 DAYS SHORTENED IF POSSIBLE, BUT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. WE HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING FRIDAY AT 1030 11 SOMEWHERE IN THERE, BUT FRIDAY MORNING WE'LL HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH BAS LOCHNER AND TEX DOT AVIATION TO GO OVER THE PLANS. WE ARE THE FIRST ONE TO GO THROUGH THIS. THEN THEY'LL MOVE SOUTH. AS YOU RECALL, THE REMAINING FIVE AROUND CORPUS CHRISTI, PORT LAVACA, SOME OF THOSE AREAS DOWN THERE. SO THEY'LL BE MOVING DOWN THERE AFTER THIS ONE. THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE'LL GET ALL THIS FIXED BEFORE FIFA COMES IN FULL EFFECT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEWS BEHIND THAT. I THOUGHT WHEN I VISITED WITH KYLE ABOUT IT GOING. HERE'S THE NEWS. AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US AND GO FROM THERE? AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE GET TO TELL TEX DOT IN B A S. EVIDENTLY B A S IS ALSO CONTRACTED FOR SOME OTHER JOBS.
THEY GOT A MAJOR. SOME AIRPORT DOWN SOUTH IS OUT OF POWER. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PAIN
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AND GOING THROUGH SOME DIFFICULTIES OF REPAIRS. SO ANYWAY, APRIL 13TH WILL BE DOWN FOR 21 DAYS, 42 DAYS TOTAL. THE SECOND 21 DAYS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP AND PATCHWORK OF THE JOB. SO IS ANY OF THAT NOT NEGOTIABLE? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RUNWAY TO BE OPEN FOR ONE OF THOSE DAYS? ARE THEY GOING TO LIKE TOWARD THE END? SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS V DAY, MAY 9TH. WE'VE GOT VINTAGE AIRPLANES COMING IN, FLYING KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S RIGHT CLOSE TO THE END OF THE 21 DAYS. YOU SHOULDN'T MAKE IT ACCORDING TO THEIR SCHEDULE.YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S CUTTING CLOSE FOR US, BUT SO, SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS, IS WHEN YOU DO A JOB WITH TEX DOT, IT IS DONE ON CONTRACTUAL DAYS. SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET IN AND GET OUT AS FAST AS THEY CAN. IS THAT 21 CALENDAR DAYS? YES. AND IN 42 CALENDAR DAYS IT'S IN THE DISCUSSION. SO THE 42 DAYS IS THE PROJECTED FROM START TO FINISH. THEY'RE OUT THE GATE AND GONE 42 DAYS. ARE THEY OPEN.
TAXIWAY WILL PROBABLY BE PARTIALLY OPEN THE SECOND 21 DAYS. BUT THE YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS WHEN IT COMES. BUT THE 21 DAYS ON THE FRONT END IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING'S OUT OF COMMISSION. WELL, I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IN THE DISCUSSIONS IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM. IF IT IS THERE A CHANCE THAT FOR A COUPLE HOURS ON TOWARD THE END, LIKE MAY 9TH, WE COULD IF THEY'VE NOT CUT ACROSS THE RUNWAY OR SOMETHING, IF WE COULD OPEN IT FOR PART OF A DAY OR SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT'S GETTING MIGHTY CLOSE. I DON'T TRUST THE SCHEDULE FOR WEATHER AND THAT STUFF. SO ANYWAY, SO WHAT I'LL COMMIT TO YOU TO DO THIS, DENNIS, IS I'LL VISIT WITH ON THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND RELAY THAT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AN EVENT THERE THAT WE NEED SOME ACTIVITY, SOME ACCESS IN AND OUT, AND MAYBE SOME OF THE TAXIWAYS WILL BE SHUT DOWN, BUT MAYBE THE TWO ON THE ENDS WON'T BE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE DISCUSSION. THAT'S I WAS HOPING FOR. SO WE'LL BE WE WANT TO COME OFF THE NORTHMOST TAXIWAY. WHICH ONE I FORGET THAT IS WHAT'S IT B AND HEAD NORTH. HEAD NORTH TO THE. SO IF WE CAN GET THAT NORTHMOST AND I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING OR AT LEAST FINDING OUT A LOT. YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF IT WILL PROBABLY JUST. I MEAN, WHETHER THEY CAN, WE CAN IT JUST BE A SAFETY ISSUE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE RUNWAY OR NOT. I'M ASSUMING, PARTICULARLY WITH THE WEATHER, THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE USING THAT HARD SURFACE FOR THEIR VEHICLES AND STUFF INSTEAD OF IN THE MUD. THE FIRST 21 DAYS, I ANTICIPATE TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY. RIGHT? TOTALLY. YEAH. SO IF THEY DON'T DIG A TRENCH ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND THEY CAN JUST MOVE THE TRUCKS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING. SO THE SECOND 21 DAYS IS WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT, HOW FAR YOU'RE OFF THE RUNWAY, ETC.
WITH THE RUNWAY WILL BE OPEN IN THE SECOND 21 DAYS. WE THINK THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN CONVEYED BECAUSE I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, AM I CLOSED FOR 42 DAYS? NO.
WELL, IF NOBODY IF NOBODY OBJECTS, SHANE DID. I'M A LITTLE BIT OUT OF NORMAL. BUT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR IT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THE 21 DAYS INCLUDES ANY WEATHER DAYS. IT INCLUDES FIVE WEATHER DAYS FOR THE WHAT I CAN. SO I THINK OUR SAFETY ON THAT IS THAT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE WORKING ON HARD SURFACE AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO BE MUDDING IT. SO DOES THAT IS THOSE FIVE DAYS IN THE 21 OR IS THAT FIVE DAYS SLACK AFTER THE 21? I ASKED SPECIFICALLY AND HE TOLD ME FIVE DAYS IN THE FIRST. 21. OKAY. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, MAYBE HE'S GOT TEN DAYS. I DON'T THINK HE HAS TEN DAYS WEATHER DAYS IN THAT 42 DAYS.
OKAY. YEAH. SO WE NEED TO PRAY FOR A DROUGHT. SO BEGINNING APRIL 13TH, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR A DROUGHT AND TO GO THROUGH THE RAINS IN APRIL. RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT MY REQUEST WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, JUST GO AHEAD AND WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WITH RESIDENTIALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS PROJECT? DO YOU RECALL THAT OFF THE HAND? OH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, I JUST MY POINT IS IT'S OVER $1 MILLION. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT THAT X DOT IS PAYING FOR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING THAT HAS GOT TO BE DONE.
I DON'T FLY AT NIGHT, UNLIKE YOU, ANDY. SO NO BIG DEAL TO ME. BUT I KNOW IT IS A DEAL FOR SOME OF YOU. NIGHT FLIERS AND. WE JUST HAVE TO RIP THE BAND-AID OFF AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL ANYWAY, RIGHT? I'M IN CHARGE. IT'S. IT'S NOT LIKE I SAY. WHAT DATE DO Y'ALL WANT? LET ME GO BACK TO YOU AND TELL IT. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THAT'S THE RIP. I
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WILL, I WILL SAY THAT 21 DAYS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE AS LONG AS THREE WEEKS TO ME. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT SO THAT'S A SIGNED CONTRACT OFFICIAL. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE APEX COMMUNICATES TO THE TENANTS? SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT FLIERS AND NEWSLETTER, WHATEVER HE'S GOING TO DO TO GET THE WORD OUT. PUT IT ON OUR DOORS WHEN WE GO IN AND OUT OF THE TERMINAL. SO IF SOMEONE'S COMING IN. SO I'VE LET A FEW KEY PEOPLE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THAT, HEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS TO GET OUT, SUCH AS MEDICS AND THINGS OF THAT THAT COME IN. IT WILL NOT IMPACT HELICOPTERS. I KNOW THAT'S A SHOCKER. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT CAREFLIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND LAND ON TOP OF IT. SO THERE WON'T BE ANY ISSUES THERE. SO SOME OF US NEED JUST TO WORK ON OUR HELICOPTER LICENSE, I GUESS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING UPDATE FROM ALL THE OTHER REPORTS. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD. YEAH, YEAH. WELL, YEAH. CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. WELL, AT LEAST IT'S OUT OF THE FIFA AREA, SO THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. DID YOU SAY THAT TEX DOT WAS PAYING FOR TECH STOCKS PAYING FOR IT. CORRECT. CORRECT. 9010, 9010 THING. SO WE'RE PAYING 10%. SO AND THEY'RE IN CHARGE. IT'S THEIR CONTRACT. IT'S THEIR PROJECT. I'M JUST MERELY A TAIL ON THE DOG, SO TO SPEAK. SO WHEN I GOT THE PHONE CALL YESTERDAY HE GOES, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO DO IT APRIL 6TH.WELL, THAT'S LIKE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS FROM NOW. WELL, WAIT A SECOND. SO ANYWAY, THEY'RE BASED OUT OF DALLAS. THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED TO COME HERE, THEN DROP DOWN SOUTH. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FIRST BECAUSE IF WE WERE THIRD OR FOURTH, THEY COULD GET ALL TANGLED UP IN ANOTHER PROJECT. AND. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL UPDATE? ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE'LL. CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF A FUEL FARM UPDATE? SO ON THE FUEL FARM UPDATE, I JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL UP ABREAST OF HOW WE'RE GOING. WE'RE FIXING TO BE SIGNING THE CONTRACT FOR THAT TO INITIATE THAT GOING HERE PRETTY SOON. AND THAT'LL BE AWARDED. AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TANKS AND THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 9 TO 12 MONTHS FOR THE TANKS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, INSTALLED. SO IT IS PROGRESSING. IT IS GOING ALONG FROM THERE. SO JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL ABREAST OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING THERE. AND GOOD NEWS IS WE CAN WE CAN KEEP FLYING DURING THE FUEL TANK OPERATION. SO WHAT'S THE, IS THERE A IS THERE A, WHAT'S A CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION? IS THAT BID ALREADY GONE OUT? I MEAN THE REQUEST BIDS ALREADY GONE OUT AND IT WAS DONE IN. REWARD RECEIVED I THINK 1ST OF DECEMBER. AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF VETTING OUT THE BIDS AND EVALUATING THOSE AND COMPARING THOSE FROM THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD. WE HAD THREE RESPONSES. SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THE STAGES OF THAT, TRYING TO VET OUT THE LOWEST BID AND THE SECOND BID, ETC.
COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES TO MAKE SURE IT'S FAIR. SO WE'LL BE ORDERING THAT VERY SOON. SO WE KNOW WHICH YOU ALREADY KNOW, WHICH CITY KNOWS WHO THEY'RE GOING TO PICK. YES WE DO, BUT I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO SAY AT THIS TIME UNTIL IN CASE SOMETHING CHANGES IN THE CONTRACTUAL STUFF. WELL, IT'LL BE GOOD WHEN WE GET THAT DONE. SO THAT SEMI TRAILER HELPED YOU OUT ALREADY. THEY START DIGGING THE DITCH. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S BEING FIXED BY THEM AS IT SHOULD. I KNOW IT IS. THANK GOODNESS FOR CAMERAS. RIGHT? EXACTLY. SOMEBODY RAN OFF THE ROAD AND WITH A 18 WHEELER AND MADE A BIG MESS OUT THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THE FUEL FARM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT AN RFP UPDATE. WE HAD A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH SOME EXTENT. THANK YOU. COLOR PICTURES. WOULD. YEAH. THAT'S COOL LOOKING.
SO WHAT I WANT TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE. AS YOU RECALL, WE WENT OUT FOR AN RFP FOR A PRIVATE INVESTOR TO BE JOINING IN WITH THE, THE AIRPORT. AND WE HAD ONE RESPONSE. IT WAS APEX AERO AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO
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FINALIZING THE AGREEMENT ON THAT. AND SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW? AND I WANT TO KIND OF PREFERENCE THIS THAT THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN. SO CONCEPT PLANS ARE BOXES AND TRIANGLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT IN THIS AGREEMENT, BASICALLY THAT APEX IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTING A 3000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR ADJACENT TO THAT. AND THIS IS JUST SOME PICTORIAL PICTURES OF THE, THE KIND OF THE CONCEPT PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR WILL HAVE A GLASS OPENING. SO PEOPLE COME IN, IT WILL BE OPEN BASICALLY FULL TIME. IT'LL BE CONNECTED TO THE TERMINAL THROUGH THAT HALLWAY. AND THAT'S WE CALL IT A BREEZEWAY. SO WE WILL THIS IS JUST THE CONCEPT PLAN. THEY'LL PROBABLY CHANGE. IT MIGHT BE SOME SHELVING DONE SOME THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT YOU CAN WALK FROM THE TERMINAL, THROUGH THE BREEZEWAY, THROUGH THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT, AND THEN OVER TO THE HANGAR THAT APEX WILL BE CONSTRUCTING. SO ONCE THIS FINAL AGREEMENT GETS DONE, THE DESIGN WILL START ON THAT. BUT THIS WAS JUST THE CONCEPT PLAN TO GET THE DISCUSSIONS GOING FROM THERE. JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THE RFP THAT WE DID AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING, TRYING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE. SO, SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS. THIS IS APPROVED THAT TO FOR YOU TO NEGOTIATE IS THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A YOU DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT YET. SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE REDLINING BACK AND FORTH WITH APEX LAWYERS BACK AND FORTH. AND YEAH. SO WE'RE MAKING SURE ALL THE AGREEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE EMBEDDED IN THERE BETWEEN THE SATISFIES BOTH THE APEX AND THE CITY. AND I HAVE A RESOLUTION PASSED THAT AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE AND SIGN THAT CONTRACT. SO ONCE WE GET THE RED LINE APPROVED AND FINALIZED, HE'LL BE ABLE TO INITIATE THAT CONTRACT ANY TIME FRAME. SO APEX WANTS TO MOVE PRETTY FAST.SO ONCE WE GET IT APPROVED AND WE GET THE DESIGN. SO I'M THINKING ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 MONTHS, THERE'S ALREADY SOME PRELIMINARY WORK ON APEX. I KNOW BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THEY'RE DOING, THOSE GUYS DO NOT SIT STILL. SO THERE'S SOME I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT THIS IS JUST SOME CONCEPTS. SO WE CAN KIND OF GET BOXES ON THE ON A MAP AND KIND OF GET A FEEL.
THE REASON WHY THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD GAP IN THERE IS ELECTRICAL DUCT BANK IN THERE BETWEEN THAT BUILDING. SO I DON'T PLAN ON DIGGING IT UP. IT'S JUST TOO COSTLY. SO WILL WE BE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR WILL APEX BE IN? APEX WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT. SO WHAT IS ARE THEY GOING TO UTILIZE THAT 12,000. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TRANSIENT OR RENT IT AS A HANGER FOR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT 12,000 BASICALLY BE A COMMUNITY HANGER TRANSIENT. BOTH. IT COULD BE BOTH OR A COMBINATION DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
SO IS THAT THE SUBJECT TO LIKE THE REST, THEY SIGN A LEASE FOR 30 YEARS OR WHATEVER. AND THEN I MEAN, YES, LIKE MOST AIRPORT BE LIKE A LAND LEASE DEAL LIKE WE DO ON ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S A HEALTHY SIZED BUILDING. THAT'S A PRETTY BOLD MOVE ON APEX, PRETTY BOLD.
AND IT SHOWS THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY SEE A PRETTY GOOD FUTURE TO MAKE THAT SORT OF AN INVESTMENT. YES. THIS IS NOT A $30,000 TYPE OF JOB. SO IT'S A VERY MUCH OF AN INVESTMENT. AND SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO BEING IT FOR THE LONG HAUL AND BE A STRONG PARTICIPANT.
WOW. THEY SEE A VALUE. AND I DO TOO THAT WE CAN ENHANCE. SO I FIRMLY BELIEVE AS WE YOU, YOU BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. AND WE JUST NEED THAT INITIAL DOMINO TO FALL. THERE'S A BLUE BOX ON THE RIGHT EDGE. IS THAT THE RESTAURANT? YOU ALREADY TEXTED? YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT. THAT'S WHERE IT GOES. SO THAT. I BELIEVE THAT AREA, NOT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION. OH, THAT AREA IS WHERE THE ELECTRICAL VAULT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE LIGHTS, FOR THE RUNWAY. OKAY. SO THE POWER IS GOING TO BE REDIRECTED FROM WAY OVER ON A HANGER. IF YOU ALL KNOW THERE'S A COBBLESTONE VAULT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HANGER, THAT'S WHERE THE POWER COMES IN. WE'RE GOING TO RELOCATE IT OVER TO HERE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA. I DON'T LIKE IT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GOING TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REARRANGE FROM OUR MASTER PLAN. AND WE HAD SOME RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS, NOT RUNWAYS, BUT TAXIWAYS THROUGH THERE. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO ALTER THAT. BUT YES, THAT'S WHERE THE
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ELECTRICAL VAULT IS GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT WILL NEED POWER. WELL THAT CERTAINLY IS A COMMITMENT BY APEX. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. YES. AND I PERSONALLY LIKE THESE CHANGES. PONY UP SOME MONEY THEN. YEAH. WELL I WISH AND WISHFUL THINKING, BUT I DO LIKE THESE CHANGES, PROPOSED CHANGES, SPECIAL CONCEPTS ESPECIALLY. I MEAN THIS THE AIRPORT IS THE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS THAT THE CITY OF TAROT HAS. SO IT'S THE MOST VALUABLE. IT IS THE MOST, THE MOST. LET ME CORRECT MYSELF, THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET THAT THE CITY OF TAROT HAS. AND THESE CHANGES ARE AMAZING. PRETTY COOL. WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE THE THE RFP. I'LL KEEP CONTINUE AS WE GO THROUGH THERE JUST TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AND GO FROM THERE. AND WE'LL SEE WHAT OTHER EXCITING TIMES ARE COMING. IT WAS A BANNER REPORT, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL EMPTY ITEMS FOLLOWING SIX, SEVEN AND SIX AND SEVEN. I DON'T IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ITEMS FOR
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FUTURE MEETINGS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND THEM TO ME OR CHRIS OR PEYTON. WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING DATE SET FOR APRIL THE 8TH. I WANT TO WELCOME TERRY AGAIN. TERRY IS QUITE THE ENTREPRENEUR. HE'S WORKED IN A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY STUFF AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, AND MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US SOME ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO MAKE OUR PHONES WORK BETTER OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, SO GO AHEAD. YOU MIGHT WANT TO MENTION THE AVIATION CONFERENCE. MARCH 31ST OR SOMETHING. SO SOME OF US ARE SIGNED UP TO GO TO THE A THE TEX DOT AVIATION COMFORT CONFERENCE IN. IS IT FRISCO, FRISCO, FRISCO, FRISCO, FRISCO. YEAH, I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE.DENTON. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FRISCO. THEY'RE KIND OF THERE TOGETHER. THAT IS WHAT DATE? 31ST THROUGH THE 31ST. SO I THINK WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE OF US GOING. AND I KNOW CHRIS WILL BE THERE. I WENT TO MY FIRST ONE YEAR BEFORE LAST. THIS WOULD BE MY THIRD ONE. IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL. AND I MEAN, IT'S REALLY YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY ENJOY IT. VERY INTERESTING. VERY INTERESTING. SO. I THINK WE'RE PAST THE DATE OF SIGNING UP, PEYTON. SO. RIGHT. THANK YOU. PEYTON. SHE IT'S STILL OPEN, BUT JUST AN ADDITIONAL.
OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. THAT WOULD ONLY BE ANDY AND DAVID. DAVID DIDN'T SIGN UP, DID HE? OKAY, SO DAVID AND BUT NO PRESSURE, RIGHT. WELL, YOU KNOW, ANDY HAS A J-O-B FOR SOME REASON, HE'S WORKING FOR A LIVING, UNLIKE SOME OF US. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
YOU COULD BE THE PRIMARY ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE REST OF US. AND IF YOU'D ANYBODY ANYTHING I MISSED, Y'ALL APPRECIATE THE CITY'S SIGNING US UP AND PAYING FOR THAT TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, IT'S QUITE EDUCATIONAL. I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH IT TO THE AIRPORT BOARD FOR OUR EDUCATION. I THINK WE LEARN A LOT OUT OF THAT. AND IT'S I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT. WE'RE ON OUR OWN AS FAR AS LODGING AND STUFF LIKE THAT GOES. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. NOTHING ELSE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. ALL RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.