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Airport Advisory Committee Meeting 111021
B
A
A
E
F
Airport
director
I've
been
with
the
city
for
17
years,
I've
been
on
the
budget
financial
side.
I
came
from
the
as
a
budget
director
here,
I'm
here
to
just
continue
the
good
work
that
has
been
done
previously
and
hopefully
getting
alejandro
some
money.
So
we
can
do
all
the
all
the
yeah
all
the
terminal
improvement
projects
that
we
have,
that
we
have
on
the
plan
and
and
keep
working
forward
to
bring
the
airport
keep
it
get
better,
getting
better
and
better.
Every
time.
A
A
E
B
H
Yes,
okay,
great
well
thanks
good
afternoon,
everyone,
as
alejandro
said,
my
name
is
david
weingart,
I'm
the
president
of
gra,
incorporated.
We've
been
the
air
service
development
consultants
for
the
city
of
laredo
for
the
last
five
years,
or
so
I
have
with
me
as
well
mitch
o'connor
who's,
an
economist
with
our
firm
and
he's.
He
does
a
lot
of
the
data
analysis
and
pulls
together
a
lot
of
the
charts
and
information
that
we
present
to
airlines
and
and
others.
H
H
H
H
H
H
One
thing
that's
important
to
know,
as
you
know,
there's
a
revenue
guarantee
that
was
in
place
for
the
first
year
of
service
and
the
faa
has
a
lot
of
restrictions
in
place
that
prevent
any
air
force
funds
being
used
for
revenue
guarantees
and
in
fact
there
has
to
be
a
bit
of
an
armed
flank
between
airport
staff
and
those
discussions
on
refugee
guarantees.
So.
F
H
D
H
How
laredo
is
doing
compared
to
other
similar
markets
in
texas
and
around
the
country?
We
send
that
data
to
laredo
quarterly?
I
think
some
of
it
may
have
made
it
into
the
the
briefings
that
have
gone
before
this
group,
and
we
also
used
a
lot
of
that
data
in
our
presentations
to
airlines,
which
is
the
second
item
here.
We
support
laredo
at
air
service
development
conferences.
H
This
is
where
we
have
the
best
opportunity
to
talk
with
southwest,
for
example,
which
we
know
has
been
an
ongoing
target,
and
you
know
we
continue
to
have
those
conversations
and
keep
laredo
on
the
on
the
radar
screen.
So
to
speak
with
the
southwest
we've
put
together,
the
loreto
economic,
the
air
force
economic
impact
study
that
you
probably
put
on
remember
from
last
year,
published
on
the
website
we
put
together
and
helped
write.
H
The
small
community
air
service
development
grant
application
that
went
to
cnc
last
year.
Unfortunately,
there
was
a
lot
of
competition
for
that,
those
grants
and
weren't
the
radio
ones
selected,
but
we
did
get
very
good
feedback
on
the
application
and
we're
told
it
was
a
strong
application
and
then
try
again.
Next
year,
we've
worked
with
the
airport
to
try
to
reduce
leakage
to
san
antonio
and
austin
in
particular,
and
as
part
of
that
we
put
together
a
cost.
H
Calculator
to
you
know
convey
the
passengers
affordability
costs
when
you
get
in
the
car
and
drive
to
to
san
antonio
for
a
a
slightly
lower
fare,
and
then
we've
responded
to
a
number
of
other
inquiries.
For
example,
breeze
a
new
airline
brief
put
out
a
request
for
information
a
couple
of
months
ago,
which
we
helped
assemble
and
respond
to
so
you
know,
in
summary,
we
you
know
analyze
a
lot
of
data.
H
One
thing
about
the
aviation
industry
is
that
there
are
large
quantities
of
data
out
there
that
airlines
have
to
report,
which
is
you
know,
pretty
unique
to
the
aviation
industry,
and
you
know
it's
pretty
useful
as
we're
looking
at
how
the
laredo
air
service
market
is
performing.
We
have
a
couple
of
you
know
just
examples
of
slides
that
we
produce
here,
which
you
know
we
don't
need
to
go
into
great
detail
on.
These
certainly
could
talk
about
them
if
you
want,
but
you
know
we.
H
So
we
have
a
number
of
things
that
we're
continuing
to
do.
As
I
mentioned,
we
went
to
conference
last
week
and
met
with
southwest
and
novello
were
the
two
airlines
that
manuel
and
I
met
with
who
don't
currently
serve
laredo.
We
have
a
couple
of
follow-ups
from
those
conversations
I
mentioned
breathe.
I
mentioned
there
omar
they're
talking
about
how
we
can
best
support
them
for
the
second
year
of
service.
It
probably
won't
be
a
revenue
guarantee,
but
those
discussions
are
ongoing.
H
You
know
and
that
there
are
additional
airline
and
airport
conferences
coming
up
over
the
the
next
year.
We
do
update
the
data
on
a
quarterly
basis.
We
just
found
this
one
back
in
october,
so
the
next
update
will
be
in
probably
january
or
february
of
2022.
One
of
the
things
we're
continuing
to
look
at
is
american
performance
compared
to
united
american
has
lowered
fares,
much
more
so
to
a
greater
expense
than
united
since
the
pandemic.
H
They've
taken
different
strategies
as
as
airlines
as
to
how
they
want
to
address
the
lower
demand
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic
and
as
a
result,
american
has
increased
their
market
share
in
laredo
compared
to
united.
So
that's
something
we
talked
was
ignited
about,
and
then
we
expect
later
this
year
that
dot
will
call
for
applications
for
the
small
community.
Our
service
development
program
grant
that
will
be
awarded
in
2010.
H
So
we
will
likely
be
working
on
that
as
well.
So
that's
the
sampling
of
the
types
of
things
that
we're
you
know
that
we've
been
working
on
and
what
we
continue
to
work
on
and
got
other
items
on
your
agenda.
So
I
didn't
want
to
go
on
for
too
long,
but
I'm
happy
to
address
any
questions
that
anybody
has.
A
Yeah
for
automotive,
we
had
a
guarantee
for
a
year
and
make
sure
that
they
reached
certain
financial
goals,
taking
consideration
the
pandemic,
and
I
know
that
there's
been
a
difficult
time
frame
is:
are
we
in
jeopardy
of
losing
that
contract
today
or
are
we?
Are
we
hitting
the
numbers?
Are
we
anticipating
the
numbers
now
that
we're
starting
to
increase
travel.
H
H
Okay
answer
your
direct
question,
so
they
are
not
threatening
to
leave
the
market
at
this
point,
but
what
they
are
trying
to
do
is
make
some
adjustments
to
basically
line
things
up
line
the
service
up
with
the
demands
that
they're
seeing
right
now,
which
is
more
leisure
focused
than
business.
We
expected
more
business
traffic,
but
you
know,
as
it's
been
the
case
nationwide,
the
business
traffic
hasn't
really
come
back
as
quickly
as
the
research
traffic,
so
they're
trying
to
to
adjust
to
that.
A
Taking
that
information
consideration,
we
I
know
that
we
have
that
guarantee.
So
are
they
going
to
work
on
extending
that
guarantee,
because
that's
city,
city
funds?
I
know
that
we
had
to
ensure
that
they've
met
their
goal
or
are
they
going
to?
Are
they
going
to
work
with
us
on
that?
To
make
sure
that
you
know
that
we
don't
have
to
put
any
more
out
of
pocket
funds.
H
Yeah
they
are,
they
are
working
with
us
on
that.
The
way
you
know
we
love
things
and
virgo,
if
you
want
to
add
anything,
is
that
they
are
supposed
to
be
coming
back
to
us
in
the
city
with
a
proposal
by
the
end
of
november,
for
so
the
revenue
guarantee
ends
november
14th,
but
later
this
week,
they're
supposed
to
be
coming
back
to
us
with
a
proposal
by
the
end
of
november
for
any
additional
support
over
the
next
year.
H
What
it
sounds
like
is
they're
not
looking
for
a
revenue
guarantee
exactly,
but
they
might
be
asking
for
essentially
some
subsidized
tickets
that
they
might
be
looking
for
the
city
to
either
repurchase
some
tickets
or
purchase
fish
in
a
way
that
allows
aeromark
to
offer
lower
fares
that
are
more
attractive
to
the
public,
but
that
you
know
I
think
at
this
point.
The
ball
is
in
their
court
to
come
back
to
us
with
a
specific
proposal.
H
F
Well,
it's
good
to
mention
here
that
national
traffic
is
down
about
30
percent
and
we're
not
experiencing
anything
like
that
here
in
laredo
last,
the
last
three
months
are
being
our
best
months.
You
see
july
august
and
september
on
the
plane
numbers
compared
to
2019.
That's
where,
when
we
start
seeing
our
numbers
go
up
the
the
plane,
though,
that
one
does
show
a
decrease
from
2019
at
a
minus
seven
percent,
but
it's
basically
what
just
david
just
mentioned.
F
Business
travel
is
still
not
back
at
a
hundred
percent
and
that's
to
doodle
covey
still,
and
also.
I
would
like
to
mention
that
united
airlines
is
making
cuts
on
smaller
routes
next
year
and
I'm
happy
to
inform
that
laredo
is
not
on
the
list
and
they're
very
happy
with
their
numbers.
They
have
right
now
with
the
current
market.
F
So
moving
on
with
our
current
report
same
thing
as
compared
to
2019,
we
see
a
two
percent
increase,
so
we're
doing
the
cargo.
Mostly,
as
you
know
well
know,
our
cargo
is
mainly
or
auto
auto
motor
parts
and
we
had
some
issues
with
the
chip
back
in
the
day,
and
I
know
there's
if
you
try
to
buy
a
car
right
now,
it's
gonna
be
hard,
but
hopefully
these.
C
F
Right
now
start
to
pick
up
and
can
we
are
able
to
find
a
car?
I'm
sure
I
need
one
next
year.
So
moving
on
on
the
fis
same
thing
on
the
fis,
we,
our
numbers
are
getting
slightly
better
a
lot
better.
I
will
say
the
air
air
cargo
and
the
total
cargo
compared
to
20
2019,
the
only
the
only
thing
that
is
lacking
a
little
bit.
It
will
be
the
sat
operations
for
cargo.
F
F
Correct
I
was
before
my
time
so
right
now,
where
we
stand
right
now
is
sat,
is
asking
us
for
for
help
with
tsa,
which
is
not
with
our
local
offices
here,
we'll
be
with
the
tsa
higher
up
way
way
above
our
pay
rate,
so
we're
looking
into
that
and
trying
to
get
that
project
going.
I
know
it's
it's
it's
a
good
project
and
it's
gonna
be
a
huge
impact
through
to
the
cargo
area
and
and
to
all
the
city
of
laurel's
economic
development,
but.
A
A
F
Moving
on
on
the
earth,
taxi
passenger
and
the
private
passenger
also
will,
as
you
can
see,
we
we're
doing
way
better
than
on
2019,
almost
well
double
the
numbers
on
the
total
numbers
from
the
3640
from
1997
from
2019,
so
very
good.
On
that
end,
also
moving
on
to
the
federal
fis
inspection,
the
total
numbers
also
incredibly
good
8
000
versus
3
600
from
2019
and,
like
I
said
this
is
this
is
just
without
that
big
project
that
we're
still
talking
about
that
we
can.
D
I
D
D
I
I
D
I
So
this
has
been
many
years.
It's
been
short
paid
invoices.
I
don't
know
what
the
situation
was
with
them,
what
happened
but
yeah?
They
asked
for
individual
invoices
for
the
outstanding
balance
and
we
sent
it
to
them
now.
They're
asking
for
more
information
and
yeah
we're
going
back
and
forth
either.
I
B
E
E
D
E
A
D
But
I
was
hoping
it
was
here.
I
I
went
to
another
meeting
and
then
printed
out,
but
I
go
back
to
the
empty
buildings
that
are
just
sitting
there.
You
know
I
I
know
it
would
have
to
be
an
item
and
I
was
hoping
that
it
was
an
item
this
time,
but
maybe
an
item
next
time
so
that
we
could
take
it
to
legal
like
you
had
recommended
and
and
start
working,
maybe
with
the
congressman
in
in.
D
H
G
So
it
seems
like
if
you
have
places
if
we
look
at
our
inventory
and
maybe
the
people
that
are
doing
the
appraisals
are
kind
of
being
narrow
and
they're
thinking.
Maybe
we
need
to
get
them
to
look
at
and
lower
it
if
the
property's
sitting
vacant
for
too
long
I
mean
you
have
one
in
here
on
the
item
that
doesn't
seem
like,
like
it's
priced
too
high.
So
maybe
we
don't
have
a
problem
like
that.
One
there,
the
next,
when
you
get
to
not
to
jump
ahead.
D
B
E
Buildings
are
very
old,
those
buildings
were
built
in
the
40s
and
the
50s,
and
the
60s
and
people
have
been
there.
They
have
done
a
finish
out
and
there's
some
configuration
right
now
with
offices
and
space
space
share
spaces,
and
things
like
that.
Sometimes
when
I'm
I'm
not
in
charge
of
leasing
and
all
that,
but
that's
what
I
mean
that
some
people
will
go
here
and
they
want
to
remodel.
They
want
to
do
a
lot
of
things
into
the
building.
E
D
D
D
E
C
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F
G
Real
estate,
I
was
in
a
meeting
yesterday,
for
example
me
and
some
of
my
employees
involved
real
estate
transaction
and
they
wanted
to
go
out
and
hang
out,
and
I
said
after
we
drove
off
all
my
employees
were
in
the
group.
I
said:
no
we're
not
going
they
let
the
researchers.
Do
it,
that's
what
they
do,
we'll
go,
hang
out
with
them
after
they
close
yeah
and
that's
that's
a
that's
a
thing.
Those
people
are
good
at
it.
Yeah
and
people
that
make
their
living
doing
certain
things.
G
You
know
they're,
that's
it's
you're
gonna
have
a
hard
time
beating
them.
So
I
think
if
you
do
an
rfq
for
professional
services
or
whatever
it
falls
under
and
you
pick
out
a
good
one,
the
next
thing
we
could
do
to
solve.
The
other
problem
that
you
were
talking
about
is
have
the
the
agreement
that
it's
available,
that
the
city
says
that
this
is
acceptable.
G
Rdp
approved
you
could
have
the
realtor
and
and
the
staff
members
you
guys,
could
decide.
Okay,
we'll
do
this
deal
if
it
doesn't
work
out,
it
didn't
work
out,
but
you
could
you
could
run
it
through
council
ahead
of
time
and
get
pre-approval
to
say
this
is
a
deal
we
can
do
on
this
property
and
have
them
queued
up,
because
those
realtors
know
how
to
do
that.
Man.
G
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F
Approximately
15
483
square
feet,
constituting
of
a
building
located
at
1705
east
hillside
growth
at
the
loreto
international
airport.
The
lease
term
shall
be
for
one
year
commencing
on
november
1st
2021
and
ending
on
october
31st
2022,
with
two
one-year
options
to
extend
ending
in
october
31st,
20,
2023
and
october
31st
2024.
E
I
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B
F
Item
number
two
consider
our
recommendation
to
major
and
city
council
for
approval
of
amendment
number,
one:
an
increase
of
498
thousand
four
hundred
and
eighty
eight
dollars
with
88
cents
for
a
professional
service
contract
with
rsnh
san
antonio
texas,
to
control
construct,
taxiways,
g1
and
g2
at
the
laredo
international
airport.
This
amendment
number
one
is
to
provide
construction
administration
services,
full-time
resident
project,
representative,
rpr
services,
construction,
materials,
testing
services
and
direct
expenses
for
the
construction
of
taxiways,
g1
and
g2.
F
E
When
we
go
out
with
a
consultant,
it's
a
it's
a
two-step
process,
we
award
the
design
and
go
on
bids.
Then
we
get
the
bids
and
fa
give
us
the
grant,
and
then
we
go
to
amendment
as
for
the
construction
administration,
services
and
we're
required
to
have
an
rpr
and
rprs
and
inspector
services
full-time
and
the.
G
E
C
F
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman
action
item
number
three
consider
our
recommendation
to
major
and
city
council
for
approval
of
the
laredo
international
airport,
cargo,
apron
phase,
13
reconstruction
as
complete
release
of
retainage
and
approval
of
final
payment
in
the
amount
of
495
937
dollars
with
85
cents
to
rain
construction
incorporated
mission
taxes.
F
E
Is
the
the
rim
construction
has
already
finished
the
price?
The
project
is
complete.
We
already
got
all
the
done
all
the
punch,
piece
items
and
everything.
This
is
just
the
final
payment,
the
five
percent
release
or
retainage
from
the
nine
million
dollars,
and
that
will
be
complete
once
we
do
that
we
do
the
close
out
of
the
project
and
we
close
the
grant
and
we
with
a
super
work
to
do.
But
that's
basically
what
we
are
approving
here.
The
project
is
completed
and
release
of
retainage.
That's
five
percent.
E
Then
we
have
that
was
completed.
We
have
done
all
the
final
inspection.
We
have
done
all
the
quantities
because
we
don't
check
the
quantity.
These
projects
are
unit
prices
and
we
pay
for
actual
quantities.
So
we
already
went
through
all
the
quantities
and
we
pay-
and
we
kind
of
add
this
subtract
and
delete
quantities
and
it's
been
completely
inspected
and
it's
we're
ready
for
us
to
accept
it
and
we
need
to
release
the
five
percent
retainage.