Economic Development update - City Council Strategic Planning Workshop 5-31-22

[0:00:00] i know that you'd be highly disappointed if i didn't start off with uh planes trains and automobiles whoop there it is so that's what we're going to be talking about which are our economic development priorities on the plane side we've had some ramp improvements that have been ongoing with the customs and border patrol some facility improvements and those are bringing in high paying jobs into our area our airport gateway signage a great project first of all we cleared the brush installed signage and al taurus designed out there reduced the blight as you go outside the airport great idea that you're not just running into a wall of trees and brush but that there's a cleared area so it's visually appealing and since the airport is our key economic development driver we want to make the airport look the best that it can we have a project ongoing the project skyline and we're doing a public private partnership to restore the gte hangar improve the commercial apron along there we'll be constructing a new fbo terminal adding new parking facilities for general use parking and rental car parking i san angelo rail ports one of our huge projects another public-private partnership construction is ongoing it's underway out there there is electricity out there now we're working on gas and water for those facilities it's an ongoing marketing effort with our partners the chamber and also with the south place la mesa railroad marketing that and this will be a key driver for our economy both now and in the future we go back to the planes part first guy certainly ran too fast for that one

[0:02:07] one of the biggest questions that we all hear from constituents and people that are passionate about the airport is what about airport hangars what about airport hangars can we construct them can we you know what what's going on with the airport hangar so could jeremy come forward while we're on this subject and talk about airport hangars absolutely yes you hear me yes um yeah so as you know in my cip i'm going to come to you with that south taxi lane improvement it's going to be 90 funded by the faa under the infrastructure grant that's going to open up room for four additional 90 by 90s and four additional 100 by 100 hangers we're working right now with the faa through the reimbursable agreement because there is a main transmission line that runs through there that could take up to six months for us just to get the agreement the paperwork in place to start construction otherwise what would be your approximate time period to start if the faa wasn't in the way well they are so i can't you know we i can't get around that but what do we tell people i want to build a hangar out there what do i do we were hoping to get the grant by the end of july so we could start at least the flat work there i do have about three or four spots where somebody could come lease land now and build a 90 by 90 or 100 by 100 i don't have any t-hangers available i got a 18 person waiting list on all my t-hangers executive hangers have been full forever we just don't have the hanger availability okay so go ahead tom you were going to say something and me and jeremy we've had this car is there somewhere we could start some more hangers i mean could we build some shade hangers i know you know i guess there's to me when i go out there it looks like there's lots of property the point of it is you're the airport guy i'm not and i have to realize i got to stay in my lane but i look and i might go if we could put

[0:04:09] shane hangers or t hangers here in this spot i mean you've got a a project and a plan and an approval is there things we could do to help help you facilitate that yeah and i think we're doing that with the south taxi lane construction the problem right now is there is land there's lots of land out there the whole east side of the airport can be developed but you have to have infrastructure to the runways you got to have a way to get there and that's multi-million dollars worth of infrastructure so if somebody wanted land now to build a hangar and they want to be somewhere close to the ramps now so that south taxi lane it's about a four million dollar investment we pay 10 percent of that cost cfa pays the rest but that will open up the whole south side of that taxi lane for t-hangers covered tie-downs and that type of stuff but if if you wanted to build a t-hanger today i just don't have the i don't have the infrastructure to the ramp so can the infrastructure as far as you're talking electricity no uh taxi lane taxiway access okay so you're just worried about the taxiway yeah well because if you built let's say t hangers outside the fence they still got to get to in through the fence to the runway and i mean it well that but i was wondering if you had a timeline on that you can't build t hangers overnight so i mean if there's a year and you know it's coming you can at least start this but i guess as you say deal with faa sometimes that that window's nothing we can gamble on yeah and we're not waiting especially with the executive hangers when i build them we build this taxi lane i've already have four of those eight already spoken for they want to pull a land lease and build most of them want to build 90 by 90s um but the mayor's wisdom she said let's extend the taxi lane all the way to the fence so we can open up all that area for larger hangers bigger businesses and we're also decommissioning runway 927 next year with the next faa money and then that will open the whole industrial park all the area between the border patrol hangar and the new skyline hanger will be open for development so my final question is on hangers are all the rented hangers have

[0:06:13] functional planes in them that are used or do we have a minimum i mean somebody can't buy it just to store a plane forever is there a timeline that they have to have out and use their plane so it just didn't become a storage unit um we don't have that in our rules and regulations all we say is it has to be airworthy an airworthiness certificate usually about four years when you have to register and keep it flying so when we do our inspections all we do is make sure that it's insured and that it's airworthy but we don't have a requirement on how often they fly of course we'd like to do that we could consider that as we write minimum regulations and standards well no i'm i just go here i would hate to see something like that i mean you know there's 18 people deep i'm the worst person that having a storage unit or something that i've never been to the back of all right and i don't want our hangers to be used that way right and we so we have to stick to the faa's hangar use policy we have to inspect those hangers and make sure that they are being used for aviation use those hangers are also coded through the fire department excuse me for aircraft storage only so if somebody pulled a boat in there they'd be in violation of the lease we'd terminate the lease um same thing with even someone was storing model airplanes in the back of their hangar that's a violation of the lease because all you can store is that aircraft with the tail number registered to that hanger and there was there was one recently that was not in compliance but all the other t-hanger everyone else is in we're in full compliance now there's plenty of space we just got to get that stuff done hurry up we're pushing hurry up as fast as we can now is there money wait a minute i have i can't pass this up okay is there any money for an escalator a functional escalator out there no i get it it's i got my ding in go ahead i'm good it's the part that's the only reason he called you up that's it that's it because when i fly out the other

[0:08:16] one's not working and when i come back the back one but it's not working you know when you're flying out we know how to shut it off he's here we'll throw the switch it's looking good you got lots of people coming in and out of there and playing and planes and the planes looking like we're almost back to industry standard and that's nationwide san angelo's done very well even with the cost of plane tickets as high as they are right now we're still looking at 90 load factors other questions for jeremy will we have him up here i don't see any okay thank you you totally ruined my three-minute presentation but it was making it up it was good stuff we're always glad to come along where we can and help the airport advance to become the world-class facility it can be you can move on to to rail now give me a slow down uh i i'll stop you appropriate next time instead of okay so i think that rail is is our future uh in san angelo we've got lots of prospects that are lining up for that when the border crossings open at presidio i think it's going to really change our economy we'll become a major distribution center don't you think we will become that before the rail crossing because i think that there are other companies looking at it right now that that are not necessarily as well we could see some progress in that regard uh developing warehousing space and that sort of thing i think it'll really kick off though internationally especially chihuahua and sinaloa durango and some of those northern countries or parts of mexico or just chomping at the bit to get a

[0:10:18] shorter route for distribution and to not go through the overcrowded port of laredo as we saw a couple of weeks ago any questions about the rail port interstate 27 designation it has been federally designated and now the importance of having both i-14 and i-27 designated is that actually construction begins almost immediately because as they're making improvements to that designated route right now that can be done at interstate standards uh make them four-lane and that sort of thing so we talked about before the statements made it you're 20 years off maybe for a full-blown interstate but you'll see sections of those interstates developing uh all along fact is i-27 already exists and has for a number of years between lubbock and amarillo and that stretch and so you'll see it developing in different stages during that time frame as well you see part of it right now with the 67 construction over across from howard college that's being done at interstate standards as well and also i-14 which is the gulf coast strategic highway coalition or forts to fort uh strategic corridor uh and of course just a reminder that those intersect in san angelo so the largest city without a interstate it will have two interstates the dynamics of san angelo will change dramatically in our industrial park we're gearing up also for that of course we have well-served industrial park that we're looking at expansion into but you'll continue to see in distribution uh additions to our

[0:12:19] business park phase one there were no property sales we still have about 17.6 acres left with seven acres under development in phase two we're opening up additional 118 acres and we already have prospects for a uh about a 10 acre addition to that already as soon as we get that property it's in the process of being cleared right now so future needs will continue to look at workforce development in conjunction with our chamber that's done a great job of of really pushing that we'll emphasize our quality of life initiatives as we have being a type b we're not only recruiting businesses into san angelo we're developing quality of life projects the airport's a prime example of that your chadburn streetscape project others like that and we'll also collaborate with our development board to update our economic development strategic plan with the chamber we're glad to answer any questions that you might have i have questions for guy from anyone up here [Music] seeing none you're done thank you

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