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          WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS JANUARY 20TH, 2026 FOR ADVISORY. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, I'VE GOT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WRITTEN ON ONE PAGE AND AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD ON ANOTHER. YOU CAN TELL I HAVE ONE BUTTON FOR CITY. CITY 
          [Airport Advisory Board on Jan 20, 2026.]
BUSINESS. THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. GOODNESS. 4:03 P.M. ON JANUARY 20TH. AND WE WILL START WITH A ROLL CALL OF WHO WE HAVE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. SO, HARGROVE, JAMES. PECK, JIM I WON'T KRISTIN JERNIGAN AND ERIC. AND ONLINE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE STEVE CAN HEAR US AND VICE VERSA. WE HAVE OUR CHAIRMAN, STEVE LOWRY. MAYBE. WELL, HE'S GOING TO PARTICIPATE. HE HAS TO HE HAS TO SHOW HIS FACE. RIGHT. I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS TALKING. WHEN I WAS TALKING TO. I'LL SEND HIM A MESSAGE. I DID, OKAY. YOU DID. ALRIGHTY. THANKS. PARKER. WE HAVE JUST A SECOND FOR TECH TO CATCH UP AND SEE HOW WE DO THERE. IF NOT JUST FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. STEVE PREPARED ME TO BE ABLE TO CHAIR THIS MEETING IN HIS PLACE TODAY, KNOWING HE WOULD BE REMOTE. SO I'M PREPARED TO KNOCK OUT ALL OF THAT IF NEED BE, BUT WE'LL JUST GET A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR THAT TO CATCH UP HERE BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY OF THE REST OF THIS. IS HE IN DC? YES. 
          SO AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE HE IS. STEVE, CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE. ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO HEAR ME? NOPE. WE'VE. WE'VE GOT YOU NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN US, WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOUR CAMERA ON TODAY. YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO EVIDENTLY, I WON'T BE JOINING BECAUSE THIS THERE'S A THERE'S A TECHNICAL GLITCH ON THIS END THAT DOESN'T ALLOW MY CAMERA TO TURN ON. I'M TRYING TO CONNECT BY MY MOBILE DEVICE SO I MAY BE ABLE TO CONNECT. I'LL JUST SAY I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES. I'M I'M RELATIVELY ADEPT. I'M ACTUALLY IN CHICAGO LOOKING OUT OVER THE LAKE AT SEVEN DEGREES HERE. AND SO I'M I'M REALLY SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. I, I SEE I THINK COUNCILMAN JESS AND CITY MANAGER CHARLES HAS JOINED US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR TIME. AND JAMES, THANK YOU FOR FOR AGREEING TO FACILITATE. I'LL, I'LL SIT IN YOUR ROLE AS VICE CHAIR AS SOON AS I CAN FIND A WAY TO CONFIGURE MY CAMERA TO BE ABLE TO JOIN. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANKS, STEVE. SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN. THE ONLY MEMBER OF OUR BOARD WE DON'T HAVE WITH US TODAY IS GLENN CHAPPIE. HE MAY JOIN POSSIBLY IF HIS TRAVELS ALLOW, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO CITIZEN COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC JOINING US TODAY, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU HAVE, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND JOIN IN ANYTIME. SO THAT BRINGS US OVER TO STAFF AND COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS. WE GET TO THROW YOU GUYS RIGHT INTO THE MIX OVER HERE AND PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN JESS HALL WITH US TODAY IN PLACE OF OUR TYPICAL COUNCIL LIAISON WHO IS MAYOR SAM. DID DID SHANE SEND WITH ANY YOU INFO OR DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFO FROM COUNCIL TO BRING FORWARD FOR US? I DO NOT OKAY, EASY ENOUGH. AND OUR CITY MANAGER CHARLES WEST, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM FROM STAFF REPORTS FOR THIS BOARD MAKING SURE EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE EMAIL REGARDING THAT? WE DID GET APPROVED FOR THE GRANT FROM TEXDOT FOR THE AWAS REPLACEMENT THIS YEAR. GOOD I KNOW, I KNOW, I RECEIVED THAT IS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE SEEN A COPY OF THAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T RE GETTING THE BID PROPOSALS OUT TO REQUEST BIDS ON THAT PRETTY QUICK. GOT IT. DO YOU GUYS NEED ANY SUPPORT FROM THIS BOARD? DEFINITELY, BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M PUTTING IN IT. NO PROBLEM. I WILL GET WITH YOU OFFLINE AFTER THIS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL RALLY THE TROOPS. ANYBODY WHO CAN BE HELPFUL IN THAT PROCESS, WE'D LIKE TO HELP THERE. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR CHARLES. ARE WE UP TO DATE ON OUR RAMP RAMP PROGRAM? I KNOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT ANNUALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON THE PROGRAM. I SIGNED ALL THE PAPERWORK LAST MONTH. OKAY, SO IS THAT CALENDAR YEAR OR IT'S FISCAL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 
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26TH TO SEPTEMBER 26TH IS ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR THEM. THEY MAY HAVE ANOTHER RAMP GRANT, BUT. 
          I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THEIR FISCAL YEAR. I JUST KNOW I SIGNED A WHOLE BUNCH OF PAPERWORK RECENTLY. I REMEMBER SEEING A COPY OF THAT. WHAT I'LL DO I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOTE WHEN I GET WITH YOU FOR THE OTHER BIDDING PROCESS STUFF. WE'LL MAKE SURE NOT ONLY IS ALL OF THAT UP TO DATE, BUT THAT THERE'S A PROBABLY A GAME PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND MARK HAVE WAYS TO TARGET MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE RECOUPED THROUGH THAT RAMP GRANT PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF HELP FOR US. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY OVERDUE. NOW THAT HE'S UP TO SPEED AND HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE, AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND HAVE YOUR STRIDE NOW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OF. YEAH, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH MY EMAILS, BUT SOME ENGINEERING THAT TIKTOK IS TALKING ABOUT DOING FOR US UP THERE. GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY RELATED TO THE LARGE SUM OF MONEY THAT THE LARGE PROJECT ON THE TOTAL REPAYMENT. WELL, UPDATE US ON YOUR CONVERSATION WITH TEX-DOT REGARDING THAT. ALL I'VE GOTTEN IS AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THEY'VE GOT US APPROVED AND THEY'LL BE SENDING MORE INFORMATION. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A I GUESS IT'S A TOTAL REPAVE OF THAT RUNWAY. SO THE ENGINEERING SUBJECT TO ENGINEERING. YEAH. YES, IT'LL BE A MIL AND A AND A REPAVE. YEAH. BUT WE'LL SEE. AND RAMP MONEY TO CONFIRM THAT'S $100,000 A YEAR AND IT'S PAID 9010. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT THE AWAS PROJECT IS TO ALSO IS 9010. AND WE BUDGETED FOR THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. SO WILL THAT BE ENOUGH. EXCELLENT. OKAY. DO Y'ALL JIM, IF WE'RE PLANNING IF I'M PLANNING TO GET WITH CHARLES ABOUT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PERSON. I DIDN'T GO DOWN ANY OF THIS STUFF. I'LL CHECK WITH YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE AVAILABILITY. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE EYES ON TO MAKE SURE WE CHECK ALL THE FUNDING BOXES. TO GO FROM THERE. OKAY. 
          GOT IT. ANY OTHER UPDATES FOR US, CHARLES? NOPE. THAT'S EVERYTHING I'VE GOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO MAKE MYSELF A QUICK NOTE JUST ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WE HAVE THE ELECTION OF OUR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT, I'LL SAY WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HAD SOME REAPPOINTMENTS AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY TURNOVER ON THIS BOARD. SO I'M I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT AND OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME SURROUNDING ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS FOR POSSIBLE NOMINATION AND MOTION THERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE CURRENT. BOARD OFFICERS. BY ACCLAMATION, BE REAPPOINTED FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR. I KNOW LINDA HAS AGREED TO BE SECRETARY. WE'RE IN AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR GRANT PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THAT WE KEEP THE BALL ROLLING WITH WITH THE CURRENT GROUP THAT WE'VE GOT. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND CLARITY FOR THE PUBLIC. WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS THAT WE HAVE LINDA AS THE SECRETARY, MYSELF, JAMES PECK AS THE VICE CHAIR, AND STEVE LOWRY AS THE CHAIRMAN. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT. AND VOTE FOR THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. I HEARD FROM STEVE THERE, BUT NOT A VOTE. I THINK HE LEFT US I DON'T THINK. 
          YEAH HE MIGHT HE MIGHT BE HAVING ENOUGH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT THAT POINT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE IN PERSON STILL SO UNANIMOUSLY THAT HAS PASSED. SO WE'LL KEEP THOSE BOARD APPOINTMENTS THE SAME. AND THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US ON. JAMES, THIS IS STEVE. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. YEAH, I JUST REBOOTED. STILL HAVEN'T SOLVED THE CAMERA PROBLEM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO VOTE I. AWESOME. YEP. WE GOT YOU THERE AND I'VE GOT YOU AS NOW WE'RE FULLY UNANIMOUS WITH EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE. YEAH, THAT'S A NEW ICON ON OUR SCREEN THERE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SEE BEFORE WITH WITH WHERE YOUR PICTURE WOULD BE. SO THANKS. THAT JUMPS US RIGHT INTO DISCUSSING THE LETTER FROM THE CITY OF LAGO VISTA, OR TO THE CITY OF LAGO 
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VISTA FROM THE FAA, NOVEMBER 2025. A LITTLE BACKGROUNDER ON THAT ONE THIS BOARD DISCUSSED BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY OF LAGO VISTA. HEY, WE HAVE STEVE ON CAMERA AND IN PERSON AND SOUND GOOD. THERE HE IS. SO AT THAT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THIS BOARD ASKED THAT OUR CITY'S OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSONS, WHICH ARE STEVE LOWERY AND SHANE SALM, MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE COMMUNICATION TO THE FAA TO CLARIFY OUR CITY'S POSITION AND HAVE THE FAA CLARIFY COMMUNICATION FROM BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. BASICALLY, THE SEPTEMBER 2023 COMMUNICATION HAD SOME CONFUSING LANGUAGE IN IT. OUR CITY NEEDED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER CLARITY FOR THAT, AND A GOOD COMMUNICATION WAS PREPARED BY SHANE AND STEVE. THAT WENT OUT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DATES REGARDING THAT COMMUNICATION. ONE IS IN AUGUST, THE LETTER IS DATED, BUT IT ACTUALLY WAS TRANSMITTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE FAA AS BEING A SEPTEMBER RECEIPT OF THAT LETTER. SO IF YOU SEE CONFUSION BETWEEN THOSE DATES, ANYTIME YOU SEE THAT DOCUMENT, THAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST THAT DATE DIFFERENCE. AND IT'S THE SAME LETTER THEY'RE SPEAKING OF. SO THAT LETTER WENT OUT FROM OUR CITY AND NETTED A RESPONSE BACK FROM THE FAA. THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER, 2025 TO MAYOR SALM. AND MAYOR SALM WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THAT WITH THIS ADVISORY BOARD. AND THE ADVISORY BOARD HAS SUBSEQUENTLY ALSO SHARED IT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, ETCETERA, SHARED ACROSS THIS BOARD. SO WE WANTED TO DISCUSS AND UNPACK SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TODAY. AND STEVE, NOW THAT WE HAVE YOU BACK BY CAMERA AND BY MICROPHONE HERE, I WILL FOR SURE BE WILLING TO PASS THE TORCH TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO UNPACK SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION IN THAT LETTER FOR US, YOU CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO. I'D BE HAPPY TO. HAPPY TO TAG TEAM ALONG WITH OTHERS ON THE DIOCESE THAT MAY WANT TO CHIME IN AS WELL. I'M CURIOUS. BEFORE I GET UNDERWAY, I'M TALKING AT A NORMAL TONE HERE. AM I COMING ACROSS WELL? YOU CAN HEAR ME. I'M NOT YELLING. 
          YES, LOUD AND CLEAR. FIVE BY FIVE. OKAY, ALRIGHT. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M YELLING AT THE TEAM THERE. THE. AS YOU SAY, WE RECEIVE THE NOVEMBER LETTER AND I THINK THE, THE INCREDIBLY GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE COMING TO A CLOSE OF A SEVEN YEAR CHAPTER OF THE LIFE OF THE GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT IN LAGO VISTA. WITH REGARD TO A POINT OF CONFUSION AROUND THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTS, THE FAA HAS AGREED WITH THE CITY THAT THE SECTION 185 EXEMPTION DOES APPLY TO THE CITY OF LAGO VISTA, AND THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE ALSO IN THE LETTER THAT JUST REMINDS THE CITY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GRANT ASSURANCES. 
          PARTICULARLY, THEY RAISE THREE GRANT ASSURANCES, AND CERTAINLY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AGREES THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE GRANT ASSURANCES ARE IMPORTANT AS AS ARE THE REMAINING 35 OR SO THAT ARE OBLIGATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS AS AIRPORT SPONSOR. GOT IT? I'D SAY AT A HIGH LEVEL. 
          THAT'S THAT'S THE GIST THAT WE GOT FROM THE LETTER AS WELL. BASICALLY THAT THAT LETTER WAS CIRCULATED TO THIS BOARD FOR ALL OF US TO TRY TO DIGEST WHAT ANY FAA SPEAK SAYS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS OF IT IS THAT THE FAA CLEARS UP A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THAT HAD REMAINED IN THE 2023 LETTER, SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT THE FAA NOTES THAT THE CITY AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING AGREEMENTS HAVE NO BEARING ON LEGAL ACCESS FROM POE PROPERTIES TO THE MOVEMENT AREAS. THAT WAS A SPOT WHERE THEY WERE. THEY WERE A LITTLE HUNG UP. AND FRANKLY, THAT LEFT US AS A A CITY A LITTLE BIT HUNG UP ON THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THAT. SO IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THAT CLARITY. IT FEELS LIKE THAT GIVES OUR CITY THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OTHER NECESSARY BUSINESS. REGARDING FUNDING. WE'VE WE HAD A A WORK SESSION THIS PAST SATURDAY AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE'RE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THIS LETTER AND BASICALLY TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS FOR OUR APPOINTED COMMUNICATORS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE WITH THIS. AND THE HIGH POINTS OF THAT DISCUSSION ARE BASICALLY THAT THE LETTER AT THE CONCLUSION DIRECTS ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME FROM IT TO BE DIRECTED BACK TO DAN HARMON AT TXDOT. AND FOR CLARITY, TEX-DOT IS THE ONE WHO ADMINISTERS ALL OF THE FUNDING TO OUR AIRPORT. SO I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNICATORS ARE GOING TO BE IN PREPARATION OF COMMUNICATION, BASICALLY THANKING, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR PATIENCE IN THE PROCESS 
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AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT FUNDING STAYS ON TRACK GOING FORWARD. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT FOR US, STEVE, OR ANYBODY ELSE? NOTHING TO ADD HERE. THANK YOU JAMES. SURE. SO I THINK THAT'S THOSE ARE REALLY THE HIGH POINTS OF THE THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE FAA. BASICALLY IT WAS JUST AFFIRMING THE THAT THE EXEMPTION APPEARS TO BE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO HELP FUNDING CONTINUE HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNICATORS HAVING THOSE CONTINUED TALKS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TEED UP FOR A REALLY GOOD 2026 AND BEYOND. FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM FROM ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. YEAH. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE. THAT'S THE DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE RA POE VOLUNTARY FUNDING MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE WHO ARE POE TO AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD LIAISONS. THAT IS KRISTEN AND LINDA. AND KRISTEN HAS OFFERED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT FOR AN UPDATE FROM WHAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE POE LEVEL, BUT ANYBODY ELSE CAN JUMP INTO AS NEEDED. SURE. KRISTEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I MIGHT OFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFORE YOU JUMP IN, IF THAT'S OKAY. SURE. JUST TO SAY THAT WE'VE, AS KRISTEN WILL DESCRIBE, WE'VE MOVED FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY HERE. AND THIS IS REALLY AS AS A MANDATE FROM CITY COUNCIL TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. WHEN THE RESOLUTION PASSED 20 5-2116 THAT NAMED MYSELF AND SHANE SAM IN HIS ROLE AT THAT TIME AS COUNCIL LIAISON, NOW MAYOR LIAISON TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD, THERE WERE SEVERAL DIRECTIVES WITHIN THAT RESOLUTION, ONE OF WHICH IS TO SUPPORT THE CITY IN ENGAGING WITH THE AIRPORT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THE LETTER NOVEMBER 25TH, OUR LIAISON COMMITTEE, KRISTEN AND LINDA JUMPED RIGHT IN TO TO START THAT PROCESS WITH THE POE. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU NOW, KRISTEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT, STEVE. SO WE HAVE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE POE BOARD SEVERAL TIMES. LINDA AND MYSELF ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE POE. AND SO ANYWAY, WE'VE MET WITH THE BOARD SEVERAL TIMES. THE MEMBERSHIP HELD A MEETING ON JANUARY 11TH, AND THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT THE POE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO REENGAGE WITH THE CITY AND TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. AND SO. SINCE THEN, A DRAFT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO THE POE BOARD. THEY'RE MEETING ON JANUARY 31ST TO DISCUSS THAT, MAKE ANY EDITS THEY FEEL APPROPRIATE, AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT DRAFT AGREEMENT BACK TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN THEN PRESENT IT TO THE CITY. SO IT'S EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING NEWS. AND I WILL SAY THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD, THE POE BOARD, I THINK WE'RE REALLY VERY CLOSE TO HAVING AN AGREEMENT. THERE'S JUST I THINK A FEW EDITS THAT THE THE BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT WE THINK THOSE WILL GET RESOLVED BY THE JANUARY 31ST BOARD MEETING AND BE READY TO PROCEED WITH SHARING THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, WHO ARE ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPONSOR. ANYTHING. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? WELL, AND. THIS AGREEMENT WAS DRAFTED THROUGH THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. RIGHT, RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YES. NOT FROM THE POE, BUT THIS IS FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD. TRUE. THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT THE THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD HAVE REVIEWED, PARTICIPATED IN DRAFTING. AND SO WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE POE BOARD AFTER EVERYONE ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD HAD REVIEWED IT AND MADE THEIR COMMENTS. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. BACK FROM THE AIRPORT, POE. AND FOR THIS BOARD TO WORK WITH IT GOING FORWARD AND GET IT PRESENTED. JAMES. JUST IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, MAYBE TO PUT CITY MANAGER CHARLES ON EARLY ADVANCED NOTICE. AND AND WE'VE NOT YET HAD OPPORTUNITY TO CONFER WITH MAYOR SAM ON THIS. BUT THE THE GOAL AS OUR NEXT STEP, CHARLES, IS FOR AT LEAST 
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ONE MEMBER OF THE LIAISON COMMITTEE AND MYSELF TO MEET WITH YOU AND WITH ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD AND SHANE SAM, TO PRESENT THIS DRAFT AGREEMENT AND TO DISCUSS IT. WE'LL TRY TO GET THE COPY OF IT TO YOU IN ADVANCE SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT, GET GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TABLE, AND THEN UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF ANY EDITS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO US AND THEN PROCESSING THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. SO I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS, IS THAT FIRST MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, STEVE TOO. THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD PROCESS AND IT'S REALLY A POSITIVE THING. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ALL THAT PROCESS HAPPEN IN SUCH SHORT ORDER FROM FROM THE TIME OF THIS FAA RESPONSE TO NOW THAT'S I KNOW, MUCH APPRECIATED BY ALL OF US WHO'VE BEEN PART OF IT THE ENTIRE TIME, BASICALLY, TO HAVE THIS STUFF WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND AND READY TO BE ABLE TO ROLL OUT AND GO NICE TO FEEL THE MOMENTUM ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOW THAT WE'RE HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO I THINK FROM A VOLUNTARY FUNDING AGREEMENT STANDPOINT, I THINK WE HAVE THAT AGENDA ITEM KNOCKED OUT TO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT THROUGH. WE'RE ON TO OUR LAST ONE, WHICH I THINK WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT IN THE STAFF MEETING, WHICH IS DISCUSSED TEXDOT FUNDING FOR URGENT SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS. SO AT A AT A HIGH LEVEL. 
          AND STEVE, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU JUMP IN HERE IN A MINUTE JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ANYTHING HERE. SAME FOR YOU, CHARLES, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL CREATED THAT AGENDA ITEM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS FOR US. BASICALLY, THEY'RE ONGOING PAVEMENT RELATED NEEDS AT THE AIRPORT, LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, GENERAL SAFETY, THINGS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AS AN OVERARCHING SUPPORT ITEM, WE HAVE TEXDOT AS OF NOT QUITE A FULL CALENDAR YEAR AGO, WHO'S COME IN WITH SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OUR CITY. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ENGINEERING THAT HAPPENS DURING THIS CALENDAR YEAR LEADING UP TO THAT, THAT WILL HELP BETTER DEFINE THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT THAT SHOULD BE PAVEMENT RELATED PROJECT IN A SIGNIFICANT FASHION. TO EXTEND THE SERVICE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT AT THE AIRPORT. AND DISCUSSIONS AROUND LIGHTING HAVE HAPPENED THERE AS WELL. BUT REALLY, UNTIL WE GET INTO THAT ENGINEERING, WE WON'T HAVE THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT DRILLED DOWN. BUT SOMETHING WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW TO GET FROM WHERE WE ARE TO THAT POINT. THAT MONEY COMING IN FROM THE TXDOT LEVEL IS FORECAST PRESENTLY. I'VE HEARD RUMOR OF FISCAL YEAR 2027. I'VE HEARD RUMOR OF FISCAL YEAR 2028. THOSE GENERALLY KICK OFF THE SEPTEMBER PRIOR TO EACH ONE OF THOSE ACTUAL YEARS. SO IF IT WERE FISCAL YEAR 27, WE'D ACTUALLY SEE THINGS STARTING TO HAPPEN AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. OTHERWISE, SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, THOSE WOULD BE THE EARLIEST TARGET DATES THERE FOR A LARGER PROJECT. BUT AT OUR AT OUR CITY'S DISPOSAL FROM A FEDERAL FUNDING STANDPOINT, WE SHOULD HAVE FUNDS. THE NATIONAL PLAN OF INTEGRATED AIRSPACE SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN ACCRUING BUCKET OF FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AT THE AIRPORT. IT CAN BE UP TO $150,000 A YEAR, MUCH OF IT AT A 9010 MATCH. AND THEN, LIKE MR. BROUGHT UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING RAMP GRANT FUNDING. THAT'S TXDOT PROGRAM THAT IS ABLE TO BE UTILIZED FOR ALL OTHER SORTS OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT THE AIRPORT. SO I THINK VERY IMPORTANT TO SET ASIDE A TIME TO MEET WITH STAFF, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DRILL DOWN ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, WHETHER THEY'RE THEY SEEM SMALL OR MINUSCULE, OR WHETHER THEY'RE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO COMPLETE, THAT MAY SEEM A LITTLE FURTHER OUT OF REACH. AND MAKE SURE NOT ONLY ARE WE UTILIZING THE FUNDING THAT'S THERE AND ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THINGS THAT QUALIFY, BUT FORECASTING FOR WHAT GOES FORWARD. SO THAT'S SORT OF THE OVERARCHING VIEW OF FUNDING AS IT MEETS SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS. FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, I DON'T KNOW IF CHARLES AND MARK HAS COME TO YOU WITH ANYTHING THAT HE'S FORECASTING OR ANY ISSUES HE'S ASKING FOR. I KNOW FROM JUST AN AIRPORT USER STANDPOINT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THAT'S STANDING OUT IN A SHORT RANGE PLAN. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT RAPIDLY FAILING PAVEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES TO MIND FOR FOR ANY OF YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM? I JUST LIKE TO PLANT A SEED WITH CHARLES IS WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE FOR THIS SPRING AND SUMMER FOR HERBICIDE THAT WILL EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE OF THE PAVEMENT FROM HAVING ALL THE GRASS AND WEEDS GROW INTO IT. THAT SOMETIME THAT THAT REALLY HELPS AND. I'M NOT SURE IF 
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LIGHTED WINDSOCK WOULD FALL UNDER THE PREVIEW OF THAT GRANT OR NOT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING TEXDOT SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLEAR UP FOR US AND HAVE A REALLY WE TAKE THEIR HELP ANY THROUGH ANY DIRECTION. WE COULD GET IT FOR LIGHTED WINDSOCK AS A BACKGROUNDER DURING OUR LAST BIG CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAY BACK 2016, OUR CITY'S ONLY EFFECTIVE LIGHTED WINDSOCK WAS UNFORTUNATELY TAKEN DOWN. FOUND IT WAS FOUND TO NOT BE USEFUL ANYMORE. IT HAD BEEN BLOCKED BY OTHER STRUCTURES THAT WERE BUILT NEXT TO IT. THERE WAS TALK AND I GUESS JUST CALL IT RUMOR. IT NEVER GOT BETTER THAN RUMOR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR OR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCT THAT MAYBE IN THE SAME LOCATION AT A BETTER HEIGHT, MAYBE SURVEYED AND MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, HERE WE ARE IN 2026. IT'S COMING UP ON A FULL DECADE AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED. SO OUR CITY OWNED WINDSOCK. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE ALL THE WAY UP AT THE NORTH END OF THE FIELD, NEAR THE APPROACH NUMBERS OF ONE FIVE. IT'S ABOUT CHEST HEIGHT AND BLOCKED BY TREES FROM THE BIRD LANDS. SO UNLESS THE WIND'S RIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY, THAT ONE DOESN'T READ ANYTHING USEFUL AT ALL. SO THERE'S SOME PRIVATE HANGARS THAT HAVE WINDSOCKS ON TOP OF THEM THAT KIND OF HELP TRANSIENT PILOTS AND ANYBODY ELSE TRYING TO LAND SORT IT OUT. 
          BUT IT'S SORT OF IN IN THE BACK OF EVERYBODY'S MIND AT THE TEXDOT LEVEL AND ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS TO GET SOMETHING TO HAPPEN THERE. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN PROBABLY IN THE FRONT OF A LOT OF THE REST OF OUR MINDS. YOU FLY IN AND OUT UP THERE FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, WE ALL KNOW IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN IN MY EXPERIENCE OF ANY OF THE MEETINGS I GOT TO BE PRESENT WITH WITH TXDOT LAST YEAR, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SITE WALKS BACK IN THE SPRINGTIME. EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT NOBODY REALLY HAD A WAY TO ENGAGE ON EXACTLY HOW THE FIRST STEPS WERE GOING TO BE TAKEN. NOW THAT WE'RE AT THE POINT THAT WE HAVE TXDOT CONTACTING OUR CITY ABOUT SPENDING MONEY, I THINK DRILLING DOWN ON THE LIST WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GRANT FUNDS CAN HANDLE, OR IF IT'S A LARGER RECONSTRUCTION AND A WHOLE RELOCATION, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO MOVE THE POWER SOURCE AND PUT IN A NEW BASE, AT LEAST AT A BARE MINIMUM, MAKING SURE IT'S ON THAT FORECASTED BIG CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY'RE FORECASTING FOR 27 OR 28. BUT IF WE CAN FIND SOME KIND OF A SOLUTION BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND THEIR FUNDS FOR IT, THAT WOULD FOR SURE BE A GREAT THING TO GET ON. WELL, IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT, CHARLES, FROM YOUR OFFICE TO CONTACT YOUR CONTACT AT TEXDOT. AND, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST WE HAVE AN EXISTING LIGHTED WINDSOCK. WE HAVE A POWER SOURCE. NOT PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT BUT PLANT A SEED IS YOU MIGHT REQUEST THEM TO COME ON SITE AND REVIEW IT AND ANY SUGGESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE IN THE LEADING QUESTION IS WOULD IT FALL UNDER THE QUALIFICATION OF RENT RAMP GRANT FUNDING TO DO THAT? AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT FOR COMING UP ON A DECADE. COMING UP ON IT. YEAH, I THINK THAT FALLS RIGHT INTO THE SCOPE OF THE REST OF THE STUFF WE WE KICK THE MEETING OFF WITH THERE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING TO THE SAME CONTACTS AND NOT GETTING THEM FROM, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES OR ANYTHING CRAZY THERE. I KNOW ONE OF OUR AIRPORT PLANNERS, BEN BRACK, IS VERY AWARE OF THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF ITS NEEDS, BUT HE MAY NOT BE THE ONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY HELP MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO GETTING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND WORKING WITH MARK TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT HE'S IDENTIFIED IN HIS ROUNDS AND THROUGH MOWING, THAT WE GET TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT AS WELL. AND JUST SIMPLE MAINTENANCE THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TAKES A LIGHT BULB THAT WE HAVE SPARES ON HAND. I KNOW OUR LIGHTING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. I WAS PART OF AN INITIATIVE TO REPAIR THAT LAST YEAR WITH FORMER STAFF THAT'S NOT THERE ANY LONGER, AND MARK'S DONE A GOOD JOB KIND OF PICKING UP WHERE THAT LEFT OFF. AND HE AND I HAVE A PRETTY OPEN DIALOG ABOUT THAT. I'M OUT THERE AT NIGHT A WHOLE LOT, AND HE'S NOT OUT THERE AT NIGHT HARDLY EVER, JUST BY THE NATURE OF THE JOB. 
          SO ANYTIME I'VE IDENTIFIED ANY LIGHTING ISSUES, EITHER HE OR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A SOLUTION IN PLACE ASAP. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO GO BACK TO THE INVENTORY AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE LIGHT BULBS AND WHATNOT. ZOOMING OUT FROM THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT AIRPORT MAINTENANCE? ANYBODY UP HERE OR STEVE? I, I YEAH, NO, LINDA, PLEASE GO AHEAD. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER ON, ON THE FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED. AND THAT IS WITH RESPECT TO. FUNDS THAT HAVE POSSIBLY NOT BEEN ALLOCATED ALREADY FOR THE AIRPORT SINCE THE GULF IRRIGATION PROJECT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET, LIKE BY SUCH A HUGE AMOUNT, OVER $1 MILLION, WOULD SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BE ABLE TO BE USED BY THE AIRPORT IF IF NEEDED? UNFORTUNATELY, NO, BECAUSE THOSE WERE ISSUED 
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THROUGH A CO BOND AND THE CO BOND ACTUALLY SPECIFIES WHAT THOSE GRANT FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON. SO IT'S FOR SURE WE CAN'T COUNT ON ANY OF THOSE FUNDS. COUNT ON ANY OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT OKAY. THAT WASN'T AN UP AND DOWN ALL IN 10S THERE. YEAH WELL IT SOUNDED GOOD IF WE COULD HAVE USED IT DID. YEAH. THANKS FOR ASKING THE QUESTION, LINDA. AND IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY BOND MONEY. IT'S IT'S A LOAN TO US. SO IF WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT FOR A SPECIFIC BONDS THAT ARE EARMARKED FOR THE AIRPORT, THAT MAY BE AN OPTION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WE'LL WE'LL TAKE OUR HATS OFF AND PAY HOMAGE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE GENEROSITY THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN US EVEN THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING TIME THAT THE CITY HAS HAD WITH FAA TO OFFER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDS, CERTAINLY FOR THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF LAGO VISTA AND OUR LITTLE AIRPORT. WE WE LIKE TO THINK OF AS THE BEST AIRPORT IN CENTRAL TEXAS TO TO LEAN IN WITH THESE FUNDS ON A 9010 MATCH. AND I KNOW FOR ASTUTE FOLKS LIKE OUR FUNDING AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, IT KIND OF ROLLS OFF THE TONGUE. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS OFFERING GRANT OF $6 MILLION TO THE CITY OF LAGO VISTA FOR THIS ENDEAVOR, AND OUR ROLE WOULD BE A MATCH, WHICH IS A HEAVY LIFT, NO QUESTION. BUT IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE COST TO DEVELOP, BUILD, MAINTAIN THE AIRPORT AS IT NEEDS TO BE. AND OUR COMMITMENT AS THE ARB IS TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH TXDOT, WITH FAA, AND WITH OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET TO A PLACE AGAIN, WHERE THE AIRPORT RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY PAVEMENT ARE IS IN SUCH POOR SHAPE AS THEY ARE NOW, SO THAT SMALLER REHABILITATION PROJECTS CAN BE UNDERTAKEN. AND IN THIS CASE, WE'LL WE'LL BE SHUTTING THE AIRPORT DOWN FOR A DURATION OF TIME WHILE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS WORKING ON THE AIRPORT. BUT KUDOS TO OUR OUR FRIENDS AT TXDOT AND WE, WE ARB WILL BE ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES TO HELP SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE AT EVERY LEVEL WITH THE CITY, INCLUDING HELPING OUR FELLOW TAXPAYERS AND CITY RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THEIR TAX MONEY. GOING INTO THAT 10%. 
          GOT IT? WELL SAID. THAT'S THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH TXDOT OVER THE YEARS. AND I THINK THIS PAST YEAR THAT HAS REALLY COME BACK TO THE FOREFRONT, AND THEY'RE HERE TO PARTNER WITH US AS A CITY TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING WE NEED REGARDING KEEPING AN AIRPORT ALIVE AND A VIABLE TRANSPORTATION PIECE OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT A BURDEN THAT ONLY THE CITY HAS TO BEAR. SO IT'S IT'S BEEN GREAT TO TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT THIS ENTIRE TIME, NOT JUST AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT NOW WITH THE FAA'S MOST RECENT RESPONSE, HOPEFULLY THE THE ACCESS, WITHOUT ANY BIGGER QUESTION ABOUT FAA FUNDING TO COME IN TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAM. ALSO, AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE ONE OFFICE THAT GETS TO ADMINISTER ALL OF THAT THROUGH TXDOT. SO THAT'S A GREAT THING. I'D LIKE TO, IF I MAY, POSE A QUESTION WITH, WITH REGARD TO GRANT, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS HAS OFFICIALLY. COMMITTED 6.6 MILLION, AND IT'S STARTS AT THE CENTER LINE AND WORKS OUT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE PRIORITY START AT THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THAT WOULD MEAN THE RUNWAY WOULD TAKE PRIORITY OVER ANYTHING. AND THEN YOU MOVE OVER TO TAXIWAYS AND THEN RAMPS AND ASSOCIATED OTHER PROJECTS. AND I'M CURIOUS IF WE POSE THE QUESTION TO TEXDOT IS IF THEY DON'T USE ALL OF THAT 6.8 ON THAT RUNWAY PARAMETER PARAMETERS STRATEGY, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO USE SOME OF THAT FUNDING FOR THE SPONSOR? WE ALREADY HAVE HANGARS, BOX HANGARS APPROVED FOR THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. 
          AND IF WE CAN DO THAT PARALLEL OR IN CONJUNCTION OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RUNWAY, TAXIWAYS AND RAMP, THAT WOULD THOSE WHAT WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE CITY. THE DISCUSSIONS BEEN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO NOW. THE PROJECTED REVENUE BACK THEN WAS 
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IN THE 55 TO $60,000 A YEAR RANGE. ONCE THE PROJECT ACTUALLY ACHIEVED ITS FULL RETURN ON INVESTMENT. FOR CLARITY, THAT WAS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT. THERE ARE FIVE LOTS THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED SOME YEARS AGO THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE UNBUILDABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE. COME TO FIND OUT, AFTER THE EFFORTS OF AN FAA STUDY, THEY ARE BUILDABLE, BUT ONLY UP TO A CERTAIN HEIGHT UNTIL THEY BASICALLY CREST ABOVE THE CURRENT SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. SO THEY BECAME VERY VIABLE TO BE ABLE TO BE A 14 FOOT TALL STRUCTURE SLOPING TOWARDS THE BACK. THAT COULD RESULT IN NINE INDIVIDUAL BOX HANGARS THAT COULD BE RENTED OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FONDLY, CASUALLY, WE REFER TO THOSE AS MAILBOX MONEY FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WHERE THERE WOULD BE LONG TERM AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH PEOPLE WHO RENT THOSE. AND THE MARKET RENT THAT IT WAS BASED ON BACK THEN WAS ABOUT $600 PER MONTH FOR A BOX HANGAR LIKE THAT. COMPARED TO OTHER AUSTIN AREA RATES. FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, I THINK THE SPONSOR IS PRETTY WELL-SERVED BY HANGAR SHORTAGE BEING A COMMON TERMINOLOGY AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS. EFFECTIVELY, IF OUR CITY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK GROUND ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT, WE'D HAVE A DOG PILE OF NOT TENS, BUT PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TRYING TO GET IN THERE. SO WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL BEAR FOR THAT RENT IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE COMING BACK. SO BACK IN 2019, FORMER COUNCIL THAT ACTUALLY APPROVED GOING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE FOUND SOME STICKING SPOTS WITH GRANT ASSURANCE RELATED ISSUES THAT SEEM TO BE BEHIND US NOW. BUT BASICALLY THE STICKING SPOTS WERE RELATED TO THAT AND ALSO RELATED TO RUNWAY CONDITION AND PROJECT REPRIORITIZATION. SO WE FOUND TXDOT ENGINEERING MOVING THE RUNWAY BACK AS A PRIORITY PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO INVEST IN A HANGAR PROJECT, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THEY HAD THOUGHT CIRCA 2018, 2019. SO BASICALLY, COUNCIL HAD APPROVED MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROJECT LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT, IN FACT, THE FUNDS WERE NOT THERE UNTIL WE HANDLED THE RUNWAY FIRST, BUT THE THE PROJECTED FUNDS AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND THESE NUMBERS ARE LONG GONE. UNFORTUNATELY, CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE COME WAY UP. WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF A 7 TO $800,000 TOTAL PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE ON A 9010 RECOUP. SO DOING SIMPLE MATH ON THAT. IF IT WERE $800,000, OUR LOCAL COMMITMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN $80,000. SO YOU CAN SEE IF WE HAD 55 TO 60,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE COMING BACK IN FROM RENTALS ON THOSE FACILITIES, IT'D BE A VERY QUICK RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THEN BOLSTER THE THE AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND. NOW, I YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR BID ON THAT PROJECT, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT'S TRIPLE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 2019. 
          I CAN IMAGINE DOUBLE BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN. WHO KNOWS. BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, THE POINT THAT JIM IS MAKING, I THINK IS WELL RECEIVED. I HAVE HEARD MYSELF, OUR OUR OFFICIAL COMMUNICATORS, IN TALKS WITH TEXDOT ABOUT THIS FUTURE FUNDS ALLOCATION, BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS NOT JUST FOR KEEPING THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS VIABLE, BUT FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT THE CITY IN A SPOT AS THE AIRPORT SPONSOR, WHERE THE AIRPORT IS AS SELF-SUSTAINING AS POSSIBLE. SO TARGETING PROJECTS THAT GENERATE REVENUE LIKE THOSE SOUTHWEST HANGARS, ARE A CONSIDERATION. OTHER PROJECTS, LIKE POTENTIALLY ADDING JET FUEL SALES IN ADDITION TO THE 100 LOW LEAD WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNICATORS TO KEEP THOSE SORT OF TOP OF MIND WHEN TALKING WITH TXDOT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SAME THING FOR OUR CITY STAFF. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE NEED JET FUEL, AND IF I HAD HANGAR SPACE, I WOULD ALREADY HAVE THE HANGARS LEASED LONG TERM TO FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY. THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD I'VE TALKED TO. THIS CONVERSATION JUST HAPPENED A WEEK OR SO AGO. SO WE WE MAY ADD THAT TO OUR MAINTENANCE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TAKING AN INTEREST IN BASING ANYTHING AT OUR AIRPORT, THE WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THAT KIND OF FUNDING OUT OF TXDOT MAY SOUND A LOT MORE INTERESTING. 
          AND SHORT TERM. EXACTLY. IS ANY OF THAT STAR FLIGHT? I DON'T THIS WASN'T A STAR FLIGHT. THIS WAS TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE HEAVILY LOOKING. AND WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET A FUEL THAT GIVES THEM A PLACE TO BASE THEIR HELICOPTERS AND A BETTER LOCATION THAN WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE, BUT BEHIND BEHIND THE FUEL FARM, ALL THE WAY FROM THE PILOT LOUNGE TO THE CORNER. YEAH. SO, WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE FAA SPEAKS ABOUT GETTING THE THE AIRPORT SELF FUNDED SELF SUFFICIENT WITH REGARD TO MONIES. AND THE DEMAND FOR THOSE HANGARS IS A MILE LONG. THEY'VE STARTED A HANGAR PROJECT AT GEORGETOWN. IT'S ALREADY SOLD OUT. YEAH. SO GOOD. GOOD NEWS. YEAH. WELL, 
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I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THIS. I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT THE CITY AND THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FAA BEING BEING THE MAYOR AND. STEVE PLANT THAT SEED ABOUT DOING THAT PARALLEL WITH THE WITH THE RESURFACING PROJECT. I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. IT'S ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT THEY MAY WELL NOT GET NEAR THAT $6.6 MILLION BUDGET NUMBER WITH WHAT THE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION WOULD CALL FOR, REASON BEING, THEY OVERESTIMATE AT THE INITIAL PROJECTION FOR ANY OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE THERE COULD BE ISSUES WITH SUBSTRATE THAT THEY AREN'T AWARE OF UNTIL THEY GET INTO THE PROJECT. WE'RE BLESSED THAT THAT AIRPORT BASICALLY SCRAPED THE TOP OF A LIMESTONE HILL DOWN BEDROCK, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE THOSE TYPE OF BASE ISSUES. IT SHOULD KEEP THEIR EXPENSES ON THE LOWER SIDE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL LEAVE OTHER ALLOCATIONS FOR THAT KIND OF PROJECT. THAT'S GREAT. AND JAY JAMES AND AND TEAM JUST JUST FOR AWARENESS. I THINK THE INTENT IS FOR US TO HAVE THAT THAT MEETING ARB AND THE LIAISON COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY. 
          AND THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT IS FOR SHANE AND I TO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING WITH TXDOT. AND THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY TOPIC. THEY'LL BE A COUPLE OF OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, BUT THE PRIMARY TOPIC IS OUR ENGAGEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT, DEVELOPING THE PLANS FOR THE REHABILITATION. MARGARET. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON MAINTENANCE NEEDS TOPICS? THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE. SO WITH THAT WE CAN ADJOURN. WE
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