WEBVTT 00:01.940 --> 00:04.051 Hello . Everyone on Michael Schuler . 00:04.051 --> 00:06.107 And I'd like to talk to you a little 00:06.107 --> 00:08.162 bit of today about some of the great 00:08.162 --> 00:10.273 things we're doing here . JB essay in 00:10.273 --> 00:12.384 regards to some of our , uh , project 00:12.384 --> 00:14.218 planning and project development 00:14.218 --> 00:17.500 activities , particularly in the avenue 00:17.500 --> 00:20.200 in the world of pavements and our 00:20.200 --> 00:23.330 infrastructure here a T Fort Sam , I am 00:23.330 --> 00:26.900 the Fort Sam site Lead uh , here for J . 00:26.900 --> 00:29.640 B s A . And oversee all the 00:29.640 --> 00:32.280 construction design activities . And 00:32.280 --> 00:34.640 today we're gonna talk about , uh , the 00:34.640 --> 00:37.050 pavements and you know , the multiple 00:37.840 --> 00:39.951 things that we have to deal with here 00:39.951 --> 00:43.500 JBs A As we continue to support the 00:43.500 --> 00:45.550 mission and the infrastructure and 00:45.550 --> 00:47.606 tryto make sure that our troops were 00:47.606 --> 00:50.320 taken care of and that thean 00:50.320 --> 00:54.010 installations around the the area are 00:54.320 --> 00:56.370 suitable for vehicle traffic , 00:56.370 --> 00:59.870 pedestrian traffic on and etcetera 01:00.540 --> 01:02.330 eso the things that some of the 01:02.330 --> 01:05.670 challenges we deal with our some of our , 01:06.140 --> 01:08.650 uh , multiple roadways that have failed 01:08.650 --> 01:11.490 over the several years , just from 01:11.490 --> 01:14.630 continued use as well as our poor 01:14.640 --> 01:17.470 sub soils that we have here that are 01:17.470 --> 01:21.030 predominantly clay that swell and 01:21.040 --> 01:23.360 deal , you know , swell and dry out 01:23.540 --> 01:25.840 with the rains and the droughts that we 01:25.840 --> 01:27.840 have here . And so that's something 01:27.840 --> 01:30.230 that we have to contend with as we deal 01:30.240 --> 01:32.790 with our payments on our roadways . Uh , 01:32.800 --> 01:35.020 some of the roadways we have here look 01:35.020 --> 01:37.360 like roller coasters . Um , just 01:37.360 --> 01:39.416 because that's part of the nature of 01:39.416 --> 01:41.582 the beast of dealing with Clay's . But 01:41.582 --> 01:43.804 we've feel like we've come up with some 01:43.804 --> 01:45.916 pretty ingenious ways of dealing with 01:45.916 --> 01:47.804 these clays as well as some great 01:47.804 --> 01:51.210 contract vehicles in order to save time 01:51.210 --> 01:53.321 and government time and money for the 01:53.321 --> 01:55.590 government . You know , our average 01:55.600 --> 01:59.550 cost , uh , budget per year that we 01:59.550 --> 02:01.661 set aside for our pavements here . JB 02:01.661 --> 02:03.680 essay is around the $8 million mark 02:03.690 --> 02:06.240 that goes up and down depending on you 02:06.240 --> 02:08.296 know , what kind of roadways we have 02:08.296 --> 02:10.296 that are a serious need of repair . 02:10.540 --> 02:12.651 However , you know , that's about the 02:12.651 --> 02:15.290 average . And we've worked and 02:15.290 --> 02:17.457 partnered with the City of San Antonio 02:17.457 --> 02:19.820 through an I . G s a contract and 02:19.820 --> 02:22.250 intergovernmental , uh , support 02:22.250 --> 02:24.980 agreement that we have with them to do 02:24.980 --> 02:27.100 several of our roads . And throughout 02:27.100 --> 02:29.680 the years of working with this a couple 02:29.680 --> 02:32.420 of years now , we have 02:32.430 --> 02:35.730 realized , uh , quite a bit of savings 02:35.730 --> 02:38.170 in both time and money . And so that 02:38.170 --> 02:40.280 has offset some of the mitigation 02:40.280 --> 02:42.280 factors that we've had to deal with 02:42.280 --> 02:44.840 with certain , uh , entry control 02:44.840 --> 02:48.340 points on the base as well as access to 02:48.340 --> 02:51.030 our school districts that we have here 02:51.040 --> 02:53.350 specifically at Fort Sam Houston . And 02:53.350 --> 02:55.517 so today we're gonna talk a little bit 02:55.517 --> 02:58.980 about those projects and brief you and 02:58.980 --> 03:01.290 let you kind of see and walk you around 03:01.290 --> 03:03.234 some of the job sites that we have 03:03.234 --> 03:06.000 going on and , uh , hope you enjoy what 03:06.000 --> 03:08.056 we got for you . So let's go outside 03:08.056 --> 03:09.770 and take a look . Thanks . 03:12.740 --> 03:14.796 So here we are on the job site where 03:14.796 --> 03:17.160 we're making J . B . S a mission ready 03:17.160 --> 03:19.560 for our soldiers through project 03:19.560 --> 03:23.420 execution Onda sustained here in the 03:23.420 --> 03:25.587 background , you could see contractors 03:25.587 --> 03:27.698 and personnel working to maintain the 03:27.698 --> 03:29.809 installation . Installation rating is 03:29.809 --> 03:32.440 through maintenance and repair of our 03:32.440 --> 03:34.551 payments infrastructure in the height 03:34.551 --> 03:37.980 of the global pandemic . Let's let's 03:37.980 --> 03:40.370 head on over to a completed project . 03:40.840 --> 03:42.840 The highlight . The work that we've 03:42.840 --> 03:44.784 done through the Civil Engineering 03:44.784 --> 03:47.200 Squadron and the achievements with the 03:47.210 --> 03:49.210 contract that we've worked with the 03:49.210 --> 03:53.150 city of San Antonio . We made 03:53.150 --> 03:55.428 it out here to the Winans Road Project , 03:55.428 --> 03:57.483 the primary entrance adjacent to the 03:57.483 --> 03:59.428 National Cemetery for the northern 03:59.428 --> 04:01.594 section of the installation . This was 04:01.594 --> 04:03.372 completed during the 2020 Covic 04:03.372 --> 04:05.428 pandemic through a close partnership 04:05.428 --> 04:07.261 with City of San Antonio and the 04:07.261 --> 04:09.372 through the I . D . S . A agreement . 04:09.372 --> 04:11.206 This project was one of the many 04:11.206 --> 04:13.730 successes we have achieved in 2020 on . 04:13.730 --> 04:16.110 Now you've seen the end product through 04:16.110 --> 04:18.110 the I . D . S . A agreement and the 04:18.110 --> 04:20.290 success that we've had . I'll talk you 04:20.290 --> 04:22.410 through a few photos during the 04:22.410 --> 04:24.521 construction project highlighting the 04:24.521 --> 04:26.690 great work . Afterwards , we'll run 04:26.690 --> 04:28.412 down to the city and get their 04:28.412 --> 04:30.550 perspective of the agreement . As 04:30.550 --> 04:32.494 mentioned . These were some of the 04:32.494 --> 04:34.717 photos that wind and road that the city 04:34.717 --> 04:36.550 helped us with . You'll see some 04:36.550 --> 04:38.717 equipment , lots of lime stabilization 04:38.717 --> 04:40.883 to stabilize that clay soil as well as 04:40.883 --> 04:43.106 in geo grid . There in the background , 04:43.106 --> 04:45.360 uh , the gentleman's rolling out . Um , 04:45.370 --> 04:47.210 you can see some of the line of 04:47.210 --> 04:50.550 production that we had in this project . 04:50.560 --> 04:53.670 In orderto lay a good solid asphalt 04:53.680 --> 04:56.410 street down , Uh , eso that weaken , 04:56.420 --> 04:58.550 have people enter and enter the 04:58.550 --> 05:00.661 installation without any issues . You 05:00.661 --> 05:02.717 can kind of see the finished product 05:02.717 --> 05:04.883 there . This is another paving project 05:04.883 --> 05:06.883 on the installation where we had to 05:06.883 --> 05:09.100 deal with students from the Mezey 05:09.100 --> 05:11.211 campus relatively close . You kind of 05:11.211 --> 05:13.322 see him in the background there . And 05:13.322 --> 05:15.656 so the contractor had to work extremely , 05:15.656 --> 05:17.433 uh , diligent to make sure that 05:17.433 --> 05:19.600 everyone was safe and that we wound up 05:19.600 --> 05:21.544 with the finished product with the 05:21.544 --> 05:23.600 troop movements and all that stuff . 05:23.600 --> 05:25.990 And the extreme tightness of the job 05:25.990 --> 05:27.879 site , as you can see in the next 05:27.879 --> 05:29.934 picture here with the traffic , just 05:29.934 --> 05:31.879 really wound up being an extremely 05:31.879 --> 05:33.934 difficult project to do . But it was 05:33.934 --> 05:37.020 successful overall . So these next 05:37.030 --> 05:39.930 photos show you , uh , kind of the 05:39.940 --> 05:42.107 condition of some of our payments here 05:42.107 --> 05:44.320 in Fort Sam and why it's so critical 05:44.320 --> 05:46.420 that we repair our roads in a timely 05:46.420 --> 05:48.950 manner in order to secure the safety of 05:48.950 --> 05:52.070 our troops and soldiers that use these 05:52.080 --> 05:55.080 roadways for their physical fitness 05:55.080 --> 05:56.450 training . Every day , 05:58.740 --> 06:00.851 this man gives you a good perspective 06:00.851 --> 06:02.629 of the magnitude of the roadway 06:02.629 --> 06:04.851 projects that we had over the last year 06:04.851 --> 06:06.962 or so , Uh , just kind of shown there 06:06.962 --> 06:09.184 in red , just so you kind of an idea of 06:09.184 --> 06:11.129 three areas of the base that we're 06:11.129 --> 06:13.129 working a swell as just kind of the 06:13.129 --> 06:15.296 overall magnitude of how many projects 06:15.296 --> 06:17.830 we worked over the last year . In doing 06:17.830 --> 06:19.886 so , we had Thio , you know , really 06:19.886 --> 06:22.370 fight through , uh , dealing with co 06:22.370 --> 06:26.110 vid and some of the issues that brought 06:26.110 --> 06:28.332 along with just having to keep socially 06:28.332 --> 06:30.940 separated and to remain diligent in 06:30.940 --> 06:33.190 order to meet the mission and to keep 06:33.200 --> 06:35.311 some of these roadways open . Because 06:35.311 --> 06:37.478 that's how our troops here at Fort Sam 06:37.478 --> 06:40.160 complete their PT test and , uh , you 06:40.160 --> 06:41.827 know , maintain their mission 06:41.827 --> 06:44.160 capabilities and their physical fitness . 06:44.160 --> 06:46.104 We're here in the office , retired 06:46.104 --> 06:48.271 Marine major general Wanna yellow . He 06:48.271 --> 06:50.493 is the director of military and veteran 06:50.493 --> 06:52.660 affairs with the city of San Antonio , 06:52.660 --> 06:54.882 and we're gonna speak with him a little 06:54.882 --> 06:56.660 bit today about the I . G s . A 06:56.660 --> 06:59.660 agreement that J . B s a has with the 06:59.660 --> 07:01.938 city of San Antonio for infrastructure , 07:01.940 --> 07:04.520 predominantly road projects . And so , 07:04.520 --> 07:06.360 sir , uh , could you give us the 07:06.360 --> 07:08.082 perspective , I guess , of the 07:08.082 --> 07:10.082 relationship with J . B s A and the 07:10.082 --> 07:11.971 city and how you know , from your 07:11.971 --> 07:14.249 perspective of the city representative , 07:14.249 --> 07:15.860 sure , this is a very unique 07:15.860 --> 07:17.971 relationship I have . I have a lot of 07:17.971 --> 07:20.138 personal experience with installations 07:20.138 --> 07:22.138 and the relationship they have with 07:22.138 --> 07:24.360 their cities on the former commander of 07:24.360 --> 07:26.416 record installations , which were 24 07:26.416 --> 07:28.638 bases around the world on . So I'm very 07:28.638 --> 07:30.971 familiar with that type of relationship . 07:30.971 --> 07:33.138 I could tell you that the relationship 07:33.138 --> 07:35.304 between Joint Base San Antonio and our 07:35.304 --> 07:37.138 military here in the city of San 07:37.138 --> 07:39.249 Antonio is unique . It is the closest 07:39.249 --> 07:41.471 partnership that I have ever seen in my 07:41.471 --> 07:43.638 career , both military and in the five 07:43.638 --> 07:45.860 years I've been the director here it is 07:45.860 --> 07:48.510 a a long standing over 150 years that 07:48.510 --> 07:50.510 we've had a great relationship with 07:50.510 --> 07:53.000 Joint Base San Antonio . We work hand 07:53.000 --> 07:55.890 in hand through committees through task 07:55.890 --> 07:58.680 forces and were in contact every day . 07:58.690 --> 08:01.140 And so that relationship is not only 08:01.140 --> 08:03.280 strong , but it continues to grow 08:03.290 --> 08:06.170 because of a couple of things we have . 08:06.180 --> 08:07.960 The leadership of San Antonio 08:07.960 --> 08:10.690 understands the historical social , the 08:10.690 --> 08:13.750 economic importance of the military , 08:13.760 --> 08:16.230 and we really do appreciate the fact 08:16.240 --> 08:18.950 that we can host the largest joint base , 08:18.960 --> 08:21.210 uh , in the nation . But yes , the 08:21.210 --> 08:23.850 partnership is mutually beneficial , 08:23.940 --> 08:26.940 and we understand what the city needs 08:26.940 --> 08:28.740 to do in order to ensure the 08:28.740 --> 08:31.300 operational readiness of our forces . 08:31.330 --> 08:33.386 And we do that very well here in San 08:33.386 --> 08:36.120 Antonio . That's great . Could you 08:36.130 --> 08:38.186 explain a little bit ? I guess about 08:38.186 --> 08:40.570 why the city entered into that idea Say 08:40.570 --> 08:43.120 agreement with JBs A besides going 08:43.120 --> 08:45.287 beyond the reading , this side of it , 08:45.287 --> 08:47.287 but just kind of the mutual benefit 08:47.287 --> 08:49.453 there . Well , you know , a czar mayor 08:49.453 --> 08:51.676 likes to say we consider joint base San 08:51.676 --> 08:53.731 Antonio in the military here because 08:53.731 --> 08:55.731 there's a lot of other units here , 08:55.731 --> 08:57.731 Aziz , One big installation . And I 08:57.731 --> 08:59.898 think this cove , it has really has no 08:59.898 --> 09:02.120 fence lines . And so it really has been 09:02.120 --> 09:04.342 manifested by this pandemic . But to go 09:04.342 --> 09:06.840 back to your question on , uh , on the 09:06.850 --> 09:10.270 agreements , we always try through 09:10.280 --> 09:12.502 meetings . We have a quarterly military 09:12.502 --> 09:14.724 transformation task force meeting where 09:14.724 --> 09:17.240 we bring in the senior commanders from 09:17.240 --> 09:19.407 joint Base San Antonio and asked him , 09:19.407 --> 09:21.550 What are your requirements ? How come 09:21.550 --> 09:24.550 the city help you or assist you , uh , 09:24.560 --> 09:26.782 in your mission and to make it better ? 09:26.782 --> 09:28.282 And so during one of these 09:28.282 --> 09:30.504 transformation task force meetings that 09:30.504 --> 09:32.616 we had and we've had them for years , 09:32.616 --> 09:35.260 it was brought to our attention that 09:35.270 --> 09:37.240 some of the things some of the 09:37.250 --> 09:39.417 requirements that are not that are not 09:39.417 --> 09:41.790 core competencies of the military in 09:41.790 --> 09:44.870 this example is a road maintenance , 09:44.880 --> 09:47.680 uh , our core competencies of the 09:47.680 --> 09:50.013 municipality of the city of San Antonio . 09:50.013 --> 09:52.347 So , in order to be mutually beneficial , 09:52.347 --> 09:56.280 way asked to agree or 09:56.280 --> 09:58.280 to sign on to this inter government 09:58.280 --> 10:00.850 support agreement agreement where we 10:00.850 --> 10:03.072 would go into the base of joint the San 10:03.072 --> 10:05.330 Antonio and we would do the paving way 10:05.330 --> 10:07.497 would do the milling . We would do the 10:07.497 --> 10:09.719 road maintenance that is required . Why 10:09.719 --> 10:11.941 is that beneficial ? Well , that's cost 10:11.941 --> 10:13.997 savings , and that's cost savings of 10:13.997 --> 10:16.052 hundreds of thousands of dollars for 10:16.052 --> 10:18.580 the military number one . And people 10:18.580 --> 10:20.691 ask me , Well , how does that benefit 10:20.691 --> 10:22.747 the city ? Well , first of all , the 10:22.747 --> 10:24.802 intangible is that relationship . We 10:24.802 --> 10:26.913 want to get people that are civilians 10:26.913 --> 10:29.080 inside the base . But the second thing 10:29.080 --> 10:31.080 I think that you need to realize is 10:31.080 --> 10:33.410 that when city assets are working on 10:33.410 --> 10:35.930 things like this , those Air jobs way 10:35.930 --> 10:39.650 subcontract these , uh , uh , jobs out 10:39.660 --> 10:41.860 to companies or to our own city 10:41.860 --> 10:44.082 departments . And so it's it's mutually 10:44.082 --> 10:46.420 beneficial . It helps the military , 10:46.430 --> 10:48.760 and it also eyes good for the city . 10:48.770 --> 10:50.920 And again , that just strengthens a 10:50.920 --> 10:53.690 relationship that we have with the 10:53.690 --> 10:55.912 military . The other thing I like about 10:55.912 --> 10:58.023 this I really like about this is that 10:58.023 --> 11:00.190 people that live in San Antonio or are 11:00.190 --> 11:02.412 citizens of San Antonio have never been 11:02.412 --> 11:04.579 on military installation . And so they 11:04.579 --> 11:06.801 get to see what our young men and women 11:06.801 --> 11:08.634 are doing for national defense , 11:08.634 --> 11:10.468 because a lot of what they do is 11:10.468 --> 11:12.523 essential the national defense and I 11:12.523 --> 11:14.579 think it's important for them to see 11:14.579 --> 11:16.746 that . Well , great . I appreciate the 11:16.746 --> 11:18.968 time and that you spent with us today . 11:18.968 --> 11:21.079 And I appreciate the explanation from 11:21.079 --> 11:23.023 the city's perspective and we look 11:23.023 --> 11:25.079 forward to the continued partnership 11:25.079 --> 11:25.070 with you , Thank you very much . And so 11:25.070 --> 11:27.860 do we . And also we want to thank the 11:27.870 --> 11:30.910 leadership of Joint Base San Antonio 11:30.920 --> 11:32.940 for their support of some of the 11:32.940 --> 11:35.162 initiatives from the city . So I do . I 11:35.162 --> 11:38.130 also wanna thank the leadership of San 11:38.130 --> 11:40.130 Antonio and the leadership of Joint 11:40.130 --> 11:42.463 Base San Antonio for all they do for us . 11:43.640 --> 11:45.696 Well , we made it back to the office 11:45.696 --> 11:48.770 and I hope you enjoyed the little tour . 11:48.780 --> 11:51.170 I hope you have a good perspective . 11:51.540 --> 11:53.651 How important are roadways ? Here are 11:53.651 --> 11:56.040 JBs a , uh , to not only the mission 11:56.040 --> 11:58.096 and getting people in and out of the 11:58.096 --> 12:00.900 base efficiently and safely . But also , 12:00.910 --> 12:03.020 uh , to those out on the tip of the 12:03.020 --> 12:04.964 spear of the war fighter out there 12:04.964 --> 12:07.070 defending our country and to making 12:07.070 --> 12:09.540 sure that they are physically fit and 12:09.540 --> 12:11.540 in peak condition . We hope that we 12:11.540 --> 12:13.762 highlighted the agreement with the city 12:13.762 --> 12:16.960 of the agreement for our payments and 12:16.960 --> 12:19.127 the successes and achievements and the 12:19.127 --> 12:21.293 ability that that gives us to maintain 12:21.293 --> 12:23.127 our roadways s so that we can be 12:23.127 --> 12:25.127 mission ready and have that mission 12:25.127 --> 12:25.740 preparing us that we were need .