[0:19] OK first up we have Eddy County

[0:22] highway safety teamam leveraging

[0:23] public private partnerships to

[0:25] improve road safety. Josh Mac,

[0:26] Chiefeddie countunty firere

[0:28] Department Heather Brewer

[0:30] government affairs consultant P

[0:32] permian Strategic Partnership

[0:33] and

[0:34] as a reminder

[0:36] you got 20 minutes

[0:46] OK. he will be joining so Mr

[0:47] chairir and members of the

[0:50] committee Chief Eddie Chief

[0:51] Josh mac from Eddy County will

[0:53] be joining me shortly

[0:55] virtually it is 9/11 and he is

[0:56] involved with some

[0:58] commemorations today. we will

[1:00] make this as short and sweet

[1:00] apologize

[1:03] we have to take a moment of

[1:05] silence in remembrance and thank

[1:07] you for saying that if everyone

[1:08] would please join me and stand

[1:08] for a moment to s so

[1:23] Thank you

[1:30] Thank you Mr Chair

[1:35] So to do a quick introduction. I

[1:36] am here on behalf of the permian

[1:38] Strategic Partnership where

[1:40] nonprofit organization funded by

[1:42] oil and gas companies as well as

[1:45] two university systems in order

[1:46] to invest in communities

[1:47] impacted by oil and gas

[1:49] development in southeast Mexico

[1:51] and west Texas. so our

[1:53] particular purpose in being here

[1:54] as this committee is doing its

[1:56] work is to give you an example

[1:58] of a public private partnership

[2:00] that is successfully underway

[2:00] in southeast New Mexico. I

[2:04] know it's not always easy to

[2:05] find additional sources of

[2:07] revenue for the programs that

[2:09] you need to fund to make roadsa

[2:11] across the state so we want to

[2:12] make sure that you know that

[2:13] industry is a partner and to

[2:16] please call on us as you can and

[2:17] they handout that you have in

[2:18] front of us you have a list of

[2:19] our membership which includes

[2:21] newborn where your host this

[2:25] morning and we also have a

[2:26] list of other projects that we

[2:28] have invested in. I won't go

[2:30] through all of them this morning

[2:30] but did want to highlight

[2:31] that we

[2:33] were just at New Mexico Junior

[2:34] College yesterday where we're

[2:36] proud to have funded the Cdl

[2:37] training program that they have

[2:39] there which includes scholarship

[2:41] funding to allow members of the

[2:43] community to get job training

[2:45] and get safely on the highway

[2:47] supporting industry and

[2:49] hopefully some working fornMTOT

[2:53] in the future and also

[2:56] have some more highlights of

[2:57] some of the programs that we

[2:59] have been involved in but with

[3:00] is Chief Mac

[3:02] I can't see behind me.

[3:08] oh excellent so without further

[3:09] ado given the timeline, I will

[3:12] kick us over to Chiefacc to

[3:15] tellla you about a program that

[3:17] we are beginning to fund in Eddy

[3:18] County in order to make the

[3:20] roads in southeast Mexico a

[3:21] little bit safer we will happily

[3:23] stand for questions both about

[3:25] PSP public privatevate

[3:27] partnerships or this program

[3:28] whence the presentation is

[3:28] concluded from the chief.

[3:32] I will hand it over to you Chief

[3:32] Mac.

[3:36] morning Chairmandydy

[3:41] Eddie County approached the

[3:43] PP a couple of years ago to

[3:46] start looking at resources that

[3:47] we can bring into our area

[3:50] to better serve the community

[3:53] and the industry as we're

[3:55] experiencing the rapid growth

[3:57] one of the biggest things that

[3:59] we were finding was delayed

[4:01] response out to the remote

[4:05] areas which was causing negative

[4:07] outcomes, negative impacts

[4:09] not only to the roadways but to

[4:10] also the citizens of

[4:13] Eddy County and those traveling

[4:15] and visiting our area. so we

[4:17] looked at the techstop program

[4:20] that PSP partnered withex. on

[4:21] and saw that they were offering

[4:24] a roadside assistance support

[4:26] program which we thought was

[4:27] great but we thought we could

[4:28] take it one step further

[4:32] so what we've done is we've

[4:34] brought in we're bringing in 6

[4:36] EMS specialist positions

[4:38] specifically to staff an

[4:40] ambulance that'll be remotely

[4:43] placed out in the area off of128

[4:47] from US or New Mexico31 all the

[4:48] way to the county line with Lee

[4:51] County and they'll conduct a

[4:52] random patrols throughout the

[4:55] day. they'll do any roadway

[4:57] debris removal. we plan to mark

[4:58] the ambulances with some safety

[5:01] messages just to remind drivers

[5:02] slow down, don't text and drive

[5:05] buckle up and hopefully having

[5:07] the presence of the ambulance

[5:09] out there will get attention to

[5:11] slow down and practice

[5:14] safely. However, if an emergency

[5:16] does occur it also puts a

[5:19] responder in the immediate area

[5:21] where we usually average a35

[5:23] to55 minute response time we'll

[5:26] be cutting that down.

[5:27] obviously if they're in the

[5:28] right place at the right time it

[5:29] could be a matter of seconds to

[5:32] minutes which changes the whole

[5:37] dynamic of the situation and

[5:38] then also the

[5:41] ability to be out there to

[5:42] coordinate

[5:46] massive resources quickly based

[5:47] off of actual evidence from the

[5:51] scene. So without PSP I don't

[5:52] know that this program would

[5:55] have ever come to fruition. they

[5:58] put $2 million up the county is

[5:59] matched with1.7 and the

[6:00] equipment

[6:03] and I think it's a great

[6:05] opportunity that we need to look

[6:08] at and see how we can better

[6:11] serve these working areas during

[6:13] the high impact times and then

[6:15] at night this crew will actually

[6:17] go back into the village of

[6:18] Loving and they'll staff from

[6:19] there and provide additional EMS

[6:21] support to our crews on a daily

[6:22] basis

[6:25] So Mr chairman and committee

[6:27] members all stand with PSP for

[6:28] any additional questions that

[6:29] you may have.

[6:33] with the presentation

[6:38] we have truncated itm Chair to

[6:41] meet your needs the brevity but

[6:42] we're happy to answer any

[6:42] questions

[6:47] Mr Chair, thank you thank you. I

[6:49] I cannot tell you how much this

[6:50] means to us so appreciate

[6:50] everyone involved.

[6:54] thank you Mrirpresentative Brown

[6:55] Representative Orego

[6:58] thank you.

[7:02] I we just came from visiting

[7:05] what was the name of it

[7:06] Milbourneillbourne

[7:13] male born there we go. I said it

[7:16] one of the things that struck

[7:17] me when I was driving and and I

[7:19] was talking to umpresentative

[7:22] Brown about it is that there's

[7:25] not a lot of housing out there

[7:27] like there's a so there's a lot

[7:28] of trips being made from

[7:31] carlsbad to the sites and from

[7:34] I guess Hobbs to the sites

[7:37] but like there's no real place

[7:38] for people to you know

[7:42] be housed and I wondered if you

[7:43] all have thought about

[7:44] that sort of

[7:47] future developments

[7:50] for like workforce housing or

[7:51] something like that absolutely

[7:53] Mr Chairpresentativeerga, we

[7:55] have looked at that issue in

[7:57] fact when our organization was

[7:59] founded six years ago it was one

[8:01] of our key issues was looking at

[8:03] affordable housing and how to

[8:04] develop that in these

[8:07] communities. what we did find as

[8:09] a nonprofit organization was was

[8:12] very difficult to help invest in

[8:14] property development that didn't

[8:15] leave us as property managers

[8:17] which is not our area of

[8:18] expertise and

[8:21] so we have changed our area of

[8:22] focus to no longer include

[8:25] housing and but we are open to

[8:27] conversations with local

[8:28] governments to support the

[8:30] projects that they are currently

[8:31] engaged in and it is my

[8:33] understanding as well that

[8:34] the mayor of Hobbs and the city

[8:37] of Hobbs have recently unveiled

[8:39] some pretty exciting affordable

[8:40] housing programs and that the

[8:41] mayor of carlsbad also has some

[8:43] very ambitious affordable

[8:45] housing programs underway in

[8:47] those cities so the issue is not

[8:48] unnoticed

[8:50] and certainly does contribute to

[8:51] the commuters on the road and

[8:54] the road safety issues what we

[8:56] have found as an organization is

[8:58] that the local governments are

[8:59] the best equipped to support

[9:01] that that we are at the ready

[9:02] come bring us a project and

[9:02] we'll look at it

[9:05] thank you for that thank you Mr

[9:07] Chair. I I just think that you

[9:09] know it would be great to to

[9:12] have less traffic on that road

[9:14] that was one thing that I did

[9:17] notice is that you know and

[9:19] it would probably help with air

[9:20] quality and a lot of other

[9:23] things that besides traffic but

[9:24] traffic is definitely a safety

[9:24] issue there

[9:26] so thank you

[9:28] thank youpresentative. If I

[9:30] could remind the members to be

[9:31] as

[9:33] concise in your questioning as

[9:36] possible and if it can wait for

[9:38] offline conversation I would

[9:39] encourage you to do that as well

[9:41] only because we're short on time

[9:42] and some of us have engagements

[9:43] in Albuquerque

[9:46] so thank you members

[9:49] senator

[9:51] by shirt

[9:58] thank you Mr Chairman thank you

[9:59] M Brewer very much for for being

[10:01] here great to visit. could you

[10:03] refresh our memory with regards

[10:04] to your organization for example

[10:06] where is it housed is it virtual

[10:09] and how many businesses and

[10:10] local governments do you work

[10:10] with?

[10:14] thank you Mr Chair Mr vice chair

[10:16] the organization itself is

[10:17] physically housed in Midland,

[10:19] Texas because it is the largest

[10:22] city in the permian basin so the

[10:23] area that we serve is the

[10:25] permian basin on both sides of

[10:27] the state line so the counties

[10:29] in west Texas that comprise the

[10:31] P permian basin as well as NH

[10:33] Chavison Lee County in southeast

[10:35] New Mexico. so unfortunately we

[10:37] are not an organization that can

[10:39] support the entire state but we

[10:40] are an organization that is very

[10:41] serious about rein

[10:44] ve s ting in these counties in

[10:45] order to make improvements

[10:48] within the areas of

[10:49] healthcare education, road

[10:52] safety and workforce development

[10:54] and we are our member

[10:56] organizations are oil and gas

[10:57] companies some of them are the

[11:00] major players the the big

[11:01] ones that we've all heard of as

[11:03] well as smaller local companies

[11:05] that support oil and gas here

[11:08] we also have two university

[11:09] systems they're both out of

[11:10] Texas. that does not mean I am

[11:11] not constantly

[11:13] in conversation with the

[11:15] University of New Mexico and at

[11:16] some point these things may

[11:18] change but each member

[11:21] organization provides based on

[11:23] their level of membership pay

[11:26] into a buy into the organization

[11:29] that allows us to bring that

[11:30] money together and leverage it

[11:32] for even larger investments and

[11:35] so an example of what we do in

[11:37] aggregating that money from

[11:38] companies we were able to

[11:40] invest10 million dollars in the

[11:40] CTE school here in Hobbs

[11:44] that10 million dollars combined

[11:45] with money from the city and the

[11:47] county as well as from other

[11:51] funding partners allowed for the

[11:53] entire facility to be built

[11:55] and to be put in place and now

[11:57] providing an excellent CT

[11:59] resource for this part of the

[12:00] state so those are the kinds of

[12:02] things that we look into and

[12:04] that is how we're funded we

[12:06] certainly would encourage other

[12:08] industries to consider

[12:10] creating similar

[12:10] organizations. Our CEO spends a

[12:11] lot of time

[12:13] traveling the country sharing

[12:16] this model with other

[12:17] organizations and other business

[12:20] enterprises but part of the

[12:21] reason we wanted to be here

[12:22] today is to make sure everyone

[12:24] knows that this is a model that

[12:26] works that has been working for

[12:30] six years and has led to

[12:31] billions of dollars in

[12:33] investment in the permian basin.

[12:35] everything from paying for

[12:36] teachers to get their national

[12:38] board certification to funding

[12:39] this great program that Chief

[12:40] Mac is putting into place to

[12:41] make sure

[12:42] that when

[12:45] an accident does happen on

[12:47] highway128 that we can get

[12:49] immediate services there or if

[12:51] it's a minor incident in a flat

[12:52] tire or something like that get

[12:53] folks off the road and get them

[12:55] safe quicker to keep our

[12:57] communities functioning better

[12:58] so we're looking for anything

[12:59] and everything within our issue

[13:00] areas that we can help support

[13:03] ant as tic thank you and thanks

[13:05] for your initiative and your

[13:06] leadership in putting all this

[13:08] together so I won't ask you

[13:10] specifics but is it fair to say

[13:10] there's policies

[13:15] that work in one state better

[13:17] than in the other state? Well,

[13:19] Mr Chair Mr Vice chairir, I

[13:20] would always say that the

[13:21] policies in New Mexico are

[13:24] better but that is because

[13:26] it's my job to work for Psp on

[13:29] the New Mexico side there is

[13:31] always room for improvement and

[13:33] further development with public

[13:35] private partnership language

[13:37] the capabilities is providing

[13:39] clarification there so that we

[13:40] can partner more directly with

[13:41] more entities. what we

[13:44] have found is that working with

[13:46] local governments is one of

[13:48] our most direct routes into

[13:50] communities state government is

[13:53] a little bit more cumbersome and

[13:55] we do also work with nonprofit

[13:57] organizations so as you are

[13:59] considering legislation in

[14:02] the regular session a

[14:05] particulari to legislation that

[14:06] supports public private

[14:09] partnerships could help other

[14:11] organizations including ours

[14:12] engage

[14:15] more directly but we could be a

[14:18] unique or nontraditional partner

[14:20] in your work to ident in this

[14:21] committee's work to identify

[14:23] funding resources and

[14:25] opportunities for transportation

[14:27] and road safety in the state

[14:28] which has been a challenge over

[14:30] the years. We cannot pay for a

[14:33] mile of blacktop but we can

[14:36] certainly invest in work zone

[14:38] speed cameras and those kinds of

[14:40] projects that can make a real

[14:41] difference in saving lives in

[14:42] the community and

[14:43] among folks who are working on

[14:44] our streets

[14:47] thank you Mr Chairman. thank you

[14:48] M Bre and then yeah I'll ask ask

[14:49] you offline I've heard that

[14:53] company that works with both

[14:55] Texas DOT and New Mexico DOT

[14:57] prefers to work with the Texas

[14:58] Department of Transportation

[14:59] even though it's a much larger

[15:03] system apparently they're just

[15:04] easier to work with but I'm sure

[15:06] there's stuff that we do that

[15:07] works best but there's stuff

[15:09] that probablyex does that works

[15:10] best and it'd be

[15:13] it'd be beneficial for the

[15:15] permian to ben to benefit from

[15:17] those two policy choices but

[15:18] anyway thank you Mr Chairman

[15:18] thank you very much

[15:20] thank you senator thank you

[15:21] Msrewer for the presentation Mr

[15:24] Mac if I could ask staff to make

[15:26] sure that we have contact for

[15:28] for these folks so that if they

[15:31] wish to ask more questions or

[15:32] engage somehow they can

[15:35] do that thank you Mr chair and

[15:36] members of the committee. I

[15:37] appreciate the opportunity

[15:44] next we have DOT district wo

[15:46] engineer report fromcisco

[15:46] Sanchez.

[15:54] So like the other presenter you

[15:57] have 20 minutes

[16:04] mir fellow committee members

[16:06] yes I'll get you 20 minutes even

[16:07] though I love talking about DOT

[16:09] so this is gonna be a a a a

[16:11] tough task today definitely

[16:15] an eventful agenda for you

[16:16] for the committee and we're

[16:17] really appreciate the committee

[16:19] being tears being down here in

[16:20] southeast New Mexico I'm

[16:22] Francisco Sanchez I'm the

[16:25] district two engineer for NNdlT

[16:26] or C operations here in

[16:28] southeast New Mexico so if you

[16:29] want to turn to page two just

[16:30] briefly

[16:32] tell you about our district you

[16:34] our primary counties we serve

[16:37] arechavez, Lincoln Artero, Eddie

[16:39] Lee, Rrosevelt urrie Debaca and

[16:41] slight we barely touched

[16:43] Guadalupe torrance's coral but

[16:45] they are in our district but on

[16:47] this page I want to highlight a

[16:49] couple of things our district

[16:51] as you can see is is southeast

[16:53] New Mexico very diverse but we

[16:54] are the largest district by

[16:58] landmass and by lay miles7,700

[16:59] lane miles so that's every mile

[17:02] of payment we have out there

[17:05] it's if we went by center

[17:06] lane miles down the center of

[17:07] all these highways you know you

[17:09] get3,500 lane miles as a state

[17:12] we're at31,000 center lane

[17:15] iles15,000 I was at a recent

[17:16] conference

[17:19] with the western association

[17:22] of state you dont you dont Utah

[17:25] DOT maintains5600 cider lane

[17:29] miles. Arizona5600 we are almost

[17:31] double the size of those states

[17:33] and they're very comparable to

[17:35] us if you go where it says

[17:37] Fy27 budget we have a total

[17:39] operating budget of52 million.

[17:41] the two categories I want to

[17:42] highlight is the ones that say

[17:43] contract maintenance and fieldel

[17:46] supplies so you roughly 8.1 and

[17:46] and

[17:51] 48 those are what we do the bulk

[17:53] of our our maintenance so the

[17:54] contract maintenance is the

[17:56] contractors we hire and the

[17:57] fuel supplies is what our staff

[17:59] uses to maintain the roads where

[18:01] there's the garra we put the

[18:04] signs the salt we use and you

[18:05] know with 8 million in contract

[18:06] maintenance is not a lot you

[18:07] know

[18:10] a maintenance treatment can vary

[18:13] from100,000 to500,000 a lane

[18:15] mile so you know 8 million

[18:16] doesn't really take us a long

[18:18] way annually but if we've

[18:20] been very grateful for the one

[18:21] time funding we have been

[18:23] getting through the house bills

[18:25] right now currently at

[18:27] district wo we employ325

[18:30] employees with 65 vacancies so

[18:33] that's close to a 9/9 point

[18:35] vacancy rate we have made

[18:36] some tremendous changes

[18:37] through our acting cabinet

[18:37] secretary

[18:41] and currently we have48

[18:43] positions in process either

[18:45] advertising or ready to hire so

[18:46] we'll see that go down

[18:50] on page three page the following

[18:55] pages3,4 and5 and6 those are the

[18:57] summary of all the house bills

[18:59] that have been passed since 2021

[19:01] House Billwo I won't go through

[19:02] all of them you can see the list

[19:03] but just want to highlight a few

[19:07] you know in 2021 we we were we

[19:08] were lucky enough to get the 21

[19:11] million for that US60 project

[19:13] and this is for construction our

[19:14] major project when we get

[19:15] something like this even as a

[19:16] one time funding

[19:19] it really helps us fast track

[19:21] and expedite these projects so

[19:22] if we want to receive that 21

[19:24] million it sped up the

[19:26] schedule by two years and so

[19:28] that's very helpful as you go

[19:28] through these

[19:33] various years 90% of it is for

[19:35] our contract or maintenance

[19:37] processes so the majority of

[19:38] these contracted jobs that you

[19:41] don't see here see here we're

[19:42] done by our maintenance

[19:43] contractors we do have some

[19:45] funds in here that win our

[19:46] construction projects if you

[19:48] drove the highway from roswell

[19:50] to Tatum there was house bill

[19:51] provided the design funding for

[19:54] that and so that was a have

[19:57] us able to design that a

[19:58] portion of the house bills is

[19:58] also in our construction

[19:59] projects down in

[20:01] ja il and and one in New

[20:04] Mexico128 but of all the money

[20:06] we've we've received we spent

[20:09] over 90% of it the the remaining

[20:10] is what's on those construction

[20:10] projects

[20:15] so if you go to page 6 you'll

[20:17] see what was passed this year in

[20:18] in HB2

[20:22] most of these are still in

[20:23] progress or pending but that's

[20:26] the list of the the150 million

[20:28] that was passed each district

[20:30] received20 million out of the

[20:32] the bill and that's our list for

[20:36] 2027 below is the map of all

[20:38] the house bill funds as you can

[20:40] see how it's been distributed

[20:42] around District wo we try to be

[20:42] equitable

[20:45] to all communities all areas but

[20:47] as you can see a lot of the

[20:48] money is coming down here to the

[20:50] southeast corner of the

[20:51] southeast because that's

[20:52] where the need is here in

[20:53] district two

[20:59] page se this is our active

[21:04] construction projects over33

[21:05] million dollars worth of

[21:07] projects we have several

[21:11] large ones the74142 those are

[21:12] the passing lanes that you see

[21:14] out there if you drove in from

[21:16] roswell we've recently

[21:17] completed the first phase in

[21:20] clovis1351 and we just

[21:23] we bid or let we call

[21:26] letting1352 last month so you'll

[21:28] see that in construction so

[21:30] those are you know large large

[21:33] multimillion dollar projects and

[21:35] so we've kind of transitioned in

[21:37] the last10 years. The average

[21:39] construction project in District

[21:43] 2 or NM2 NMdlT was really7 to15

[21:45] million but the influx of

[21:46] whether the bonds that you

[21:48] passed or the additional

[21:50] house bill funds our

[21:50] construction program

[21:53] is really focused on major

[21:55] improvements with that comes

[21:57] great great progress but some

[22:00] challenges fornMDT we just

[22:02] don't have as many projects at

[22:04] one time for the district so

[22:05] it's really been a challenge

[22:06] with construction staff trying

[22:08] to keep the workload spread

[22:10] across the district but we were

[22:12] able to supplement a lot of our

[22:14] our rehab and payment projects

[22:16] that would go to construction

[22:17] now through the house bill going

[22:18] through our contract maintenance

[22:22] if you go to

[22:28] page 8 of this is last year's fy

[22:29] 26 completed contract

[22:31] maintenance projects over14

[22:32] million

[22:35] below that is this year's

[22:36] contract maintenance and this is

[22:37] a combination of the 8.1 that I

[22:40] spoke about on page two and the

[22:41] house bill funding that we

[22:43] received this year so as you can

[22:44] see

[22:46] a lot of different treatments

[22:49] a lot of different contractors

[22:51] of course a lot of these are to

[22:52] be determined but one thing

[22:54] that's really helped us as a

[22:57] state with the additional one

[23:00] time appropriations is we as

[23:02] engineers as the Dlt you you

[23:04] know we want to keep our good

[23:06] payments good and and that gives

[23:08] us the best value for our money

[23:09] and we haven't really been able

[23:11] to do that but with this

[23:12] additional money we're able to

[23:13] do those treatments early on

[23:16] when the highways510 years and

[23:17] able to get

[23:19] the cost value out of them for

[23:21] the longest time we're just at

[23:23] the end of life cycle trying to

[23:25] hold on so this additional money

[23:27] has really helped us and our

[23:29] assets asset management program

[23:30] that we're trying to really do

[23:30] here in the state of New Mexico.

[23:34] if you go to page nine this

[23:36] is our four year state

[23:37] transportation improvement

[23:38] programme

[23:40] of course this is the four years

[23:43] of physic constraint projects

[23:45] that are scheduled to be let.

[23:47] it's our promise to the public

[23:48] and we are to deliver in the

[23:50] four years so this is our four

[23:53] year st step in January we'll be

[23:55] going to the next four years

[23:57] but as you can see every year

[23:59] we're over100 million in

[24:00] projects a lot of it is our

[24:02] federal funding but a a lot of

[24:04] is part of the bonds that we

[24:06] just passed recently this year

[24:07] and in the s severance tax posit

[24:08] pass

[24:09] a couple of years ago

[24:12] and so that's a four year st

[24:12] step

[24:18] if you go to page10 you have

[24:20] the 2029 planning year so

[24:21] anything in the planning years

[24:24] will move into the next four

[24:25] year cycle just want to

[24:27] highlight that couple of those

[24:29] of course is the top one is the

[24:33] 210291 that's downtown Texaco

[24:36] that's a $91 million project

[24:36] that's going to be happening

[24:38] we're partnering withex dot we

[24:39] received a70 million dollars

[24:42] grant from the railroaded

[24:43] railroad grant to do that

[24:44] project.

[24:46] and and of course you'll see

[24:48] some of the the additional

[24:49] projects that we're trying to

[24:53] continue on on that section and

[24:54] then unfunded priorities

[24:55] you know the number one priority

[24:59] of district two is New Mexico128

[25:03] New Mexico31 and US380 and we

[25:04] have construction projects and

[25:06] all those corridors New

[25:09] Mexico in 28 we have152 million

[25:10] occurring right now or

[25:13] 100 million now and52 million

[25:15] next year but as you can see an

[25:17] unfunded priorities we still

[25:19] have sections on380 that needs

[25:21] to be completed and we have

[25:22] sections on128 that still need

[25:24] to be needed and so in New

[25:26] Mexico the way we build these

[25:29] large large scale corridors is

[25:31] in phases you know of course

[25:33] it'd be it'd be wonderful to

[25:35] get50 million to do all of New

[25:39] Mexico128 but we understand

[25:40] there's challenges there and so

[25:41] we build them in phases

[25:43] and the prior the way we're

[25:45] prioritizing a US380 and New

[25:49] Mexico128 is really where the

[25:51] accident's happening so the

[25:52] segments that you see out there

[25:54] in380 those have the highest

[25:56] crash rates in the same on on

[25:59] New Mexico128 and of course we

[26:00] have our major project in the

[26:02] city of jail and that's really

[26:03] for the congestion that goes

[26:04] through there with the number of

[26:05] trucks

[26:09] on page11 this is this year's

[26:11] this year's TPF for

[26:13] transportation project funds

[26:14] these are the communities that

[26:14] were selected

[26:18] very proud of this program

[26:20] prior to this implement

[26:21] implementation of the TPF

[26:23] commuters would fight for

[26:24] federal funding or federal

[26:25] grants the district would

[26:27] provide some of their internal

[26:30] federal funding and it was very

[26:32] competitive and you saw the same

[26:34] community year in year out get

[26:35] them and it was generally the

[26:38] larger municipalities and so the

[26:41] TPF is really changed it for

[26:43] everybody across the state

[26:44] especially New Mexan disstrict

[26:44] two and I'm so proud of

[26:47] this year's selections you can

[26:49] see you got the Hagermans this

[26:51] forummners theelroses tellula

[26:55] rosa Ortero County it's just

[26:56] communities you wouldn't see get

[26:58] money so that program's been

[27:00] such a benefit so thank you

[27:01] for that and thank you for

[27:02] passing the additional funds for

[27:03] that program

[27:09] so if you turn it page 12 this

[27:11] is just a map of all the TPF

[27:14] funding since 2023 as you can

[27:17] see we've done a good job or the

[27:18] community has done a good job of

[27:19] working with our southeast

[27:21] regional transportation

[27:24] planninggan organization

[27:26] coming coming forward getting

[27:27] involved in the process as you

[27:29] can see communities across

[27:31] district who are actively in the

[27:34] TPF program and we've awarded

[27:34] across southeast New Mexico.

[27:38] briefly just page13

[27:43] uh14 and1f that's our local

[27:45] government road fund selections

[27:48] for 27 as you can see it it's

[27:51] quite similar to the TPf where

[27:53] the funds are distributed to

[27:54] communities across southeast New

[27:55] Mexico.

[28:01] so page six is the map of the

[28:05] LGRf for 2026 and and we'll be

[28:06] out in 2027 here shortly

[28:10] and then finally we have

[28:14] page17 equipment needs we're

[28:15] desperately in need of of

[28:16] equipment

[28:16] of

[28:19] if your most of you are probably

[28:21] aware of the we had a horrible

[28:23] snowstorm this year in in

[28:24] southeastern Mexico especially

[28:26] down in this area very icy

[28:27] conditions the highways were

[28:29] shut down for two or three days

[28:31] just to put in perspective

[28:33] our hospital patrol they

[28:35] maintain about 800 miles of

[28:36] highway here in this area

[28:41] ive that's some snow loza and5

[28:43] for 800 miles so

[28:47] a lot of challenges with that

[28:49] you know it shuts down the area

[28:50] so we're desperately need more

[28:52] equipment and all these patrols

[28:53] and this is kind of our list

[28:55] that we we see the needs that we

[28:58] can impact the communities

[28:59] the best so that's our equipment

[29:00] list for district 2.

[29:02] Mr Chair

[29:04] committee members, I stand for

[29:05] questions

[29:07] thank you first we

[29:08] havepresentative Senna Cortez

[29:11] thank you so much Mr Chair and

[29:13] Mister Sanchez thank you for

[29:15] your expertise and your very

[29:16] thorough but succinct

[29:19] presentation I do have a

[29:22] question regarding highway 82

[29:25] from Levington to Artesia

[29:27] there's like about a30 mile

[29:28] radius you probably know better

[29:31] than than I would do we have

[29:32] any timeline on making that part

[29:35] four lane as well Mr Chair

[29:37] Representative it was it is

[29:38] listed in the unfunded priority

[29:41] I should have highlighted

[29:45] that so we are under not

[29:46] under contract yet but we've

[29:49] gone out to RFP for the design

[29:51] and so we want to get the plans

[29:53] in place and then seek funding

[29:54] but right now that portion

[29:56] between Levington and where the

[29:58] improvements finish andaljabar

[30:00] that area local hills is

[30:00] unfunded representative

[30:03] Mr Chair and Mr Sanchez do you

[30:06] know a potential timeline on

[30:08] getting it funded

[30:11] Mr Chairpresentative that's a

[30:13] tough question but the way we're

[30:14] progressing it'll eventually be

[30:16] in this in our four year stip

[30:19] but you're probably looking at

[30:21] least another5 years before he

[30:23] gets in our our st step unless

[30:25] we get some type of

[30:26] funding for it

[30:30] thank you so much Mr Chair and

[30:31] Mr Sanchez we know how to

[30:32] advocate I know that's a road

[30:33] that I travel on my way to Santa

[30:34] Fe and I have a lot of other

[30:35] constituents that when they

[30:37] travel they go to and it's a

[30:39] tough it's a dangerous road

[30:41] especially with oil filled

[30:43] traffic and so there are times

[30:44] where I'm just like I'm gonna go

[30:45] the other way because it's safer

[30:49] but it's longer so well it

[30:51] shows me where to advocate so

[30:52] thank you so much Mr Cha and Mr

[30:52] Sanchezreci you.

[30:56] thank youpresentative Nex we

[30:56] have Senatorco

[31:02] thank you Mr. Chairman Francisco

[31:03] what is

[31:05] in your

[31:10] 15 and10 year plans what is the

[31:10] need

[31:15] so Mr chair senatorco

[31:18] of course there's a lot of needs

[31:21] but number one is we have to

[31:24] continue with our our major

[31:25] improvements on the on the

[31:27] highways this big projects right

[31:29] these these corridors for them

[31:30] to really function at the level

[31:32] we need and the safety we need

[31:33] they need to be fully completed.

[31:35] So number one is is finishing

[31:37] these major corridors

[31:40] number two is

[31:43] the continuation of improvement

[31:45] in our funding with maintenance

[31:46] so that's the biggest that's

[31:49] the biggest one our payment

[31:53] rehabilitation that is truly

[31:54] what's truly needed throughout

[31:55] the state

[31:58] Well I'm looking through looking

[31:59] through here looks like you're

[32:00] spending

[32:03] about130 million dollars a year

[32:04] and

[32:05] district two is that

[32:09] plus or minus plus or m Mr chair

[32:11] there yes plus or minus ok I

[32:14] guess so what I was getting at I

[32:17] see over here on your unfunded

[32:18] priority projects there's a

[32:20] there's a half a billion dollars

[32:21] in that

[32:23] in that paragraph

[32:24] so

[32:27] you know we heard yesterday

[32:29] that we

[32:34] with respect to states

[32:34] supported local

[32:38] revenues where some5.7

[32:41] billion dollars underwater

[32:43] could you describe

[32:46] in this report

[32:49] that that's really what I was

[32:51] trying to get at is we're

[32:54] spending131132 million dollars a

[32:55] year

[33:00] that does not appear to be

[33:01] given

[33:05] the unfunded

[33:09] paragraphs that does not appear

[33:10] to be sufficient

[33:14] could you describe for the

[33:14] committee how

[33:16] in dollars if you will

[33:21] and compare that to the5.7b that

[33:22] we heard

[33:23] yesterday

[33:26] how how far are we behind

[33:30] in total

[33:35] Mr Chairsenator a total in

[33:38] district 2strict strict we're

[33:38] about

[33:43] 500 it varies you know

[33:45] everybodydy evaluates a little

[33:47] bit different you know by

[33:49] evaluations's about500 million a

[33:51] year that should be their number

[33:53] to catch up our previous

[33:55] district engineer his analysis

[33:58] was about a billion and so

[33:59] I'll go probably a billion

[34:01] dollars behind in in district

[34:02] two that where we need to catch

[34:03] up senator

[34:06] and I I know that I'm asking you

[34:07] to

[34:12] for data beyond your district

[34:12] but are

[34:17] other districts in the state in

[34:19] similar circumstances, Mister

[34:22] Chair senator we are you know

[34:22] you go

[34:25] throughout the state and you can

[34:27] drive every road every district

[34:29] and we're all behind we see

[34:31] it in our data you know we have

[34:33] a very robust project payment

[34:35] management system it it gives

[34:38] you our pavement rating it shows

[34:41] our deterioration and we're very

[34:43] comparable to every district

[34:45] we're all behind and we all have

[34:46] that kind of need or that number

[34:46] in each district

[34:56] Welcome to the committee

[35:01] I am so glad I'm not on this

[35:03] committee

[35:10] francisco Mr Chairman Francisco,

[35:11] I consider roads

[35:15] to be one of the primary

[35:16] responsibilities of state

[35:17] government

[35:20] and

[35:23] apparently at every level

[35:29] we are woefully neglecting the

[35:30] needs

[35:33] highways impact commerce

[35:35] a s

[35:37] they impact

[35:40] accident statistics they

[35:47] they they're just something we

[35:48] need to do a better job looking

[35:49] after

[35:54] and I feel your pain because it

[35:58] looks to me like well 621 I

[36:00] didn't even see 62,180 on this

[36:02] list and it's already

[36:07] in need of some serious rehab

[36:08] because those

[36:13] 3 by3 yard patches are showing

[36:14] up regularly

[36:26] Guess that's all I have thank

[36:29] you sir and thank you Mr Chair

[36:30] thank you senator.ext we

[36:31] havepresentative Brown

[36:33] you Mr Chairman

[36:36] good to see you Francisco.

[36:39] always a pleasure to work with

[36:40] you on projects and

[36:43] you guys do all the work I just

[36:45] get to make a phone call here

[36:47] and there but I want to start

[36:49] with the equipment needs for the

[36:51] district. I think every year

[36:52] since I've been on this

[36:54] committee Mr Chairman, I have

[36:56] advocated that we invest more

[36:57] money and equipment not just for

[36:59] this district but for all of

[37:01] them because we never come even

[37:03] close to doing that so Mr Chair

[37:05] I just wish we could make a note

[37:08] that maybe in the 2020 session

[37:10] we can do a much better job of

[37:10] meeting the equipment need

[37:13] s it is to some extent a safety

[37:15] and efficiency issue to have

[37:17] that equipment so I just think

[37:18] this needs to be the year with

[37:20] the extra revenue that we're

[37:23] going to see we can do it if

[37:25] we have the will to so I'll just

[37:27] mention that I did want to ask

[37:30] you Francisco Mr Chairman

[37:34] about the Georgehoper leaf

[37:36] route and I'm I'm kind of

[37:38] making a little note for you

[37:39] here and I've talked to you

[37:41] in the past that the geometry it

[37:44] goes Georgehooperlii route to

[37:48] highway 285 very odd little

[37:50] geometry to that curve and I

[37:52] know there's an a cell lane now

[37:54] but it's still an issue for us

[37:55] and I just want to let you know

[37:57] that the city ofarlsbad is

[38:00] looking at is in talks about

[38:00] some oil

[38:04] and gas work that and maybe even

[38:05] some housing that will happen

[38:07] there and there may be an

[38:10] opportunity to fix that they

[38:11] want to have a side road and

[38:12] maybe

[38:14] so are you familiar? have you

[38:16] had any discussions uhm Chair

[38:19] Francisco Mrir Representative

[38:21] Brown, yes we are in we are in

[38:22] discussions with the city of

[38:24] carlsbad some of the private

[38:24] developers

[38:26] and

[38:30] of course the main discussion is

[38:32] with the city of carlsbad they

[38:33] want to access for their housing

[38:35] development they're they're in

[38:37] the process of acquiring500

[38:40] acres acres from BLm and so

[38:42] that's gonna be a huge impact to

[38:43] the George superper leaf

[38:45] routeurrently that is a whip

[38:47] restricted route what we call a

[38:48] access control

[38:49] and so

[38:52] there's a process to break that

[38:53] so we're going to work with the

[38:54] city of carlsbad

[38:56] there's some developers oil and

[38:59] gas are wanting to partner in

[39:01] determine that use that same

[39:04] axis so during the process of

[39:05] working with the developers and

[39:07] the city of carlsbad

[39:10] once we are in favor of

[39:11] district two but theres a

[39:12] process that will have to go to

[39:13] the front of a committee and

[39:15] part of that process of the

[39:17] evaluation of the impact of that

[39:19] development whether it's the

[39:20] housing or the drilling

[39:24] or the other mix use parcels

[39:25] they want to put out there and

[39:28] part of that acts as approval

[39:29] will be working with the city

[39:32] cars carlsba to come up with a a

[39:33] master plan for all the safety

[39:35] improvements whether it's

[39:37] further down the George

[39:41] Shuett 28562 and80 and anything

[39:43] related to that axis brake where

[39:45] there's perhaps a traffic signal

[39:47] or major intersix improvements

[39:48] where they're going to access

[39:49] off of Georgeute.

[39:52] yeah Mr Chair I'm glad to hear

[39:54] that. I think a cooper

[39:57] cooperative effort would really

[39:58] it'd be a win for a lot of

[40:00] people including just about

[40:02] everybody really there so thank

[40:04] you. I also want to bring up

[40:06] Highway128 this project's been

[40:10] on the drawing board for a long

[40:11] time and and work is moving

[40:12] forward but it just seems I

[40:14] think I read this in thehobbs

[40:15] newspaper that there is a

[40:18] and this is down at that little

[40:22] intersection there um3.1 miles

[40:23] but the work won't be done until

[40:27] 2028 is that accurate? I know

[40:28] you're doing what signal curbing

[40:33] turn lanes drainage of course

[40:37] just give us a s and why it's

[40:38] taking so long

[40:40] Mr Chairpresentative Brown the

[40:41] toughest projects that we face

[40:43] indlT is is our what we call our

[40:46] urban and so through the city of

[40:47] ja those3.2

[40:51] you know we're basically

[40:52] rebuilding the highway there and

[40:55] the the highway prism we're

[40:56] extending it a major

[40:59] timeline there is really the

[41:02] storm drain system there's a

[41:04] storm drain system that goes in

[41:06] will be going in that community

[41:09] for for of course the the

[41:10] drainage and that takes a lot of

[41:12] time to lay the the storm drain

[41:14] in there so that's a majority of

[41:15] that second

[41:18] just handling the traffic we

[41:19] really have to build in small

[41:22] phases through those miles just

[41:23] the sheer number of trucks and

[41:26] trying to control that so very

[41:26] limited on the way

[41:29] we maintain traffic and that

[41:30] adds tremendous delay to our

[41:31] construction projects

[41:34] well it

[41:37] it is a critical point in our

[41:39] transportation system for sure

[41:40] so we look forward to that

[41:41] getting done and then Mr Chair I

[41:43] just want to kind of close with

[41:45] a comment we drove our

[41:47] shuttle bus today committee did

[41:51] to oil and gas location

[41:53] and we took 62,180

[41:57] anyway it and we've had a

[41:58] discussion and there it was I

[42:00] guess a concrete kind of like a

[42:01] test plot it didn't hold up

[42:05] and I had constituents telling

[42:06] me it was a really dangerous

[42:09] section of the drive and I

[42:11] spoke with you and you did

[42:13] exactly what I asked you to do.

[42:15] maybe you're gonna do it

[42:17] already but put up a slowdown

[42:20] sign and reduce the speed

[42:21] limit and you actually looks

[42:23] like did some asphalt patching

[42:25] in places there so I just

[42:26] want to say thank you for doing

[42:28] that. I know it's on the

[42:30] schedule to work that stretch

[42:31] and I guess make it asphalt

[42:32] instead of

[42:35] concrete but thank you for

[42:37] being so responsive and I look

[42:38] forward to that project being

[42:40] done too eventually

[42:42] Mr Chairre represent thank you

[42:43] that those are some of the

[42:45] challenges that we we face we

[42:47] don't that was unexpected you

[42:48] know that concrete was supposed

[42:50] to last a lot longer and now

[42:51] you're introducing a30 million

[42:53] dollars project that we're

[42:55] trying to now prioritize with

[42:57] all the other needs but that is

[42:59] desperately needed and will

[43:01] continue to maintain it until we

[43:02] go into construction

[43:03] next year to replace that

[43:05] concrete. very good thank you

[43:06] for the answers thank you Mr

[43:06] chairir.

[43:09] youpresentative

[43:10] Representativeorrego

[43:13] thank you Mr Chair. thank you

[43:17] Mr Sanchez francisco, do you

[43:19] mind if I call you that?

[43:21] so I was looking at the

[43:23] boundaries I was looking on your

[43:25] map and I had to actually pull

[43:29] up the DOT boundaries so

[43:30] traveling

[43:33] to get to this location I came

[43:37] on I-40 and I I think that your

[43:41] district includes I-40, going

[43:43] east is that right Mr Chair

[43:45] Representative, we we do not

[43:46] I-40 is not within our

[43:48] boundaries you're right on the

[43:49] on the cusp of map on the cusp

[43:50] yes

[43:53] ok I was just going to mention

[43:55] Mr Chair how much truck traffic

[43:57] was on that road when I was

[44:01] coming east to get to you

[44:03] know cut across to stancia

[44:05] and I didn't know if that was in

[44:08] your district or not so that is

[44:11] in what district? Mr

[44:12] Chairpresentative that be

[44:17] districtive or45 or4 the I-40

[44:19] you know on the east side of to

[44:20] be district four and then

[44:24] itstancier district cuts into

[44:24] district

[44:27] well I just wanted to mention

[44:30] the amount of semi trucks

[44:31] that I saw

[44:35] just I40 and I know that some of

[44:39] that we we actually because of

[44:41] our trade port our trade ports

[44:42] I think that I mean

[44:46] I don't know how we can increase

[44:47] that traffic but it's not in

[44:48] your district but I'm sure you

[44:49] talked to the other district

[44:52] engineers so I just wanted to

[44:53] mention that Mr thank

[44:55] youpresentative you for the work

[44:57] you do you guys always do a

[44:59] great job. I mean DlT does a

[45:00] great job with what you have to

[45:02] work with so appreciate you

[45:02] thank you

[45:07] thank youpresentative. we don't

[45:08] have any further questions thank

[45:08] you for the presentation.

[45:13] Next up we have aviation

[45:16] division andndustry update we

[45:19] havejesselitz owden, Bob Hudson,

[45:22] Jody Young, Corey Needham,

[45:24] ToddRandall, Bobby Thompson

[45:26] that's a whole bunch of folks

[45:27] but you're still limited to 20

[45:30] minutes we understand thank you

[45:32] we were asked to present a panel

[45:35] today so we brought that we

[45:37] have shortened that our

[45:38] fellow presenters are going to

[45:39] shorten their little updates on

[45:42] their airports for you so

[45:46] good afternoon Mr chair and

[45:47] members of the committee. thank

[45:49] you for the opportunity to be

[45:51] here today. I am

[45:52] Jessselitzraden, director of the

[45:54] New Mexico Aviation Division and

[45:55] I would like to spend a few

[45:57] minutes giving you a snapshot of

[45:59] the work that is happening

[46:00] across the division

[46:03] I'm going to focus primarily on

[46:05] two significant investments our

[46:07] rural airer enhancement

[46:09] programme, also known as rays

[46:12] and the55 million dollar fiscal

[46:15] year 24hB2 investment in airport

[46:16] infrastructure.

[46:18] Then I'd like to spend just a

[46:19] couple of minutes looking

[46:22] forward because I believe that

[46:24] New Mexico has a tremendous

[46:25] opportunity in advanced

[46:27] aviation, unmanned aircraft

[46:28] systems and emerging aviation

[46:29] technologies.

[46:32] oh we don't have the slides up.

[46:33] I'm so sorry I wasn't sure what

[46:35] was going on before behind me.

[46:37] OK so the second slide there the

[46:40] aviation division supports

[46:41] airports and communities

[46:42] throughout New Mexico.

[46:45] Our role goes well beyond simply

[46:47] administering grants. We work

[46:49] directly with airport sponsors

[46:51] on safety compliance, capital

[46:52] planning and project delivery.

[46:54] We coordinate closely with the

[46:56] FfaA, local governments and

[46:58] industry partners and we

[47:00] administer the rural airer

[47:01] enhancement orRa programme

[47:04] our priorities are fairly

[47:04] straightforward

[47:08] t ect the infrastructure that we

[47:08] already have

[47:11] improved connectivity for our

[47:14] rural New Mexicans help our

[47:16] airports succeed and make sure

[47:17] we are preparing our aviation

[47:18] system for what comes next.

[47:21] that combination of

[47:23] infrastructure and connectivity

[47:24] is really the theme that I would

[47:24] like to keep in mind today.

[47:25] Next slide

[47:30] one of the clearest examples of

[47:31] connectivity is the ray

[47:33] programme.A was first created

[47:35] during the 2021 legislative

[47:37] session to help rural New Mexico

[47:39] communities establish airirer

[47:41] connections to regional and

[47:42] national hubs.

[47:45] for a rural community commercial

[47:47] air service is much more than

[47:50] convenience. it means access. it

[47:51] gives businesses access to

[47:53] customers and markets. It

[47:55] supports tourism. it helps

[47:57] employers recruit and retain

[47:59] employees. It provides residents

[48:01] with better access to medical

[48:04] care education and family and it

[48:05] connects to rural New Mexico to

[48:06] the larger national

[48:07] transportation system.

[48:11] for fiscal year 27 alone, the

[48:13] state is investing18.5 million

[48:15] dollars through race but I think

[48:17] it's important to put that

[48:19] number into perspective since

[48:21] fiscal year 22, the legislature

[48:23] has invested79 million dollars

[48:25] in rural airer throughout this

[48:26] program.

[48:27] Slide4

[48:32] the79 million dollars over ix

[48:34] fiscal years dedicated

[48:35] specifically to improving air

[48:37] service and connectivity for

[48:38] rural New Mexico.

[48:40] that level of investment

[48:43] demonstrates that rural airer

[48:44] has become an important part of

[48:46] the state's transportation

[48:48] strategy. It also means that we

[48:49] have a responsibility to make

[48:51] sure those dollars are producing

[48:53] results that's why the aviation

[48:55] division has continued to

[48:56] strengthen the race program

[48:59] around local participation,

[49:01] measurable performance and long

[49:03] term route sustainability. The

[49:05] goal is not to subsidize an

[49:07] airplane it's to build a market

[49:08] we want to give

[49:11] passengers and communities the

[49:12] opportunity to establish

[49:13] service, build passenger demand

[49:15] and ultimately create a route

[49:16] that becomes increasingly

[49:16] sustainable over time.

[49:19] as the state's investment in

[49:21] race has grown we believe that

[49:24] accountability and performance

[49:24] have to grow with it.

[49:25] slide ive

[49:29] the other side of the equation

[49:31] is infrastructure we can create

[49:33] connectivity through programs

[49:35] like race but those services

[49:36] depend on having safe and

[49:37] capable airports underneath

[49:40] them. The legislature's fiscal

[49:43] year $2455 million HB2

[49:45] investment gave the aviation

[49:47] division an extraordinary

[49:48] opportunity to address airport

[49:50] infrastructure needs throughout

[49:50] New Mexico.

[49:54] this was a one time two year

[49:56] capital investment and those

[49:59] dollars have been committed to74

[50:00] projects statewide

[50:03] sefo projects from one

[50:05] appropriation is significant.

[50:07] The unique thing that we were

[50:09] able to do in most of these

[50:10] cases that we're generally not

[50:12] able to do is to fund them from

[50:13] start to completion.

[50:16] These projects are addressing

[50:19] pavement taxiways facilities,

[50:21] safety equipment firefighting

[50:22] capabilities signage,

[50:24] operational improvements and

[50:25] other critical infrastructure

[50:27] without this influx of capital

[50:29] investment, many of these would

[50:32] be waiting for more than5 years

[50:34] or more for potential funding

[50:35] and these aren't simply

[50:37] investments for people who fly

[50:38] recreationally.

[50:41] Our airports support emergency

[50:43] medical transportation, aerial

[50:45] firefighting law enforcement,

[50:48] military operations tourism,

[50:51] business development and access

[50:52] to rural communities.

[50:55] in many parts of New Mexico the

[50:57] airport is every bit as much of

[50:59] a piece of essential

[51:01] transportation infrastructure as

[51:02] the highway that's coming into

[51:02] town.

[51:03] slide 6

[51:07] I'd like to give you a few

[51:09] examples of what the55 million

[51:10] dollars looks like when it

[51:12] actually reaches a community.

[51:14] The first isRoswell Air Center

[51:17] where HB2 provided just over $9

[51:19] million to address projects that

[51:20] had been proposed in their

[51:22] airport layout plans that

[51:24] funding was used to extend

[51:26] Taxiway Charlie which helped

[51:27] them prepare for hosting the

[51:30] roswell airir races, but another

[51:31] part of that investment has an

[51:33] important public safety

[51:34] component. Toxiwaylima was

[51:34] constructed

[51:38] to allow firefighting aircraft

[51:40] to safely access their slurry

[51:43] loading pads so in one project

[51:45] we're supporting an economic and

[51:47] tourism op opportunity while

[51:49] also improving infrastructure

[51:50] that supports wildland

[51:50] firefighting response.

[51:53] at Sierra Blanca Regional

[51:56] Airport in Riidoso, HB2 provided

[51:57] approximately3.97 million

[51:58] dollars.

[52:01] That investment included

[52:03] parallel taxiway ravo increasing

[52:05] operational safety at an airport

[52:07] where the crosswind runway

[52:09] provides the FfaA required

[52:10] crosswind coverage

[52:13] that may sound highly technical

[52:14] but the practical result is

[52:17] simple safer aircraft movement

[52:19] and better airport operations

[52:21] here in Hobbsley County Regional

[52:23] Airport, we invested1.8 million

[52:26] dollars. Those dollars supported

[52:27] an aircraft rescue and

[52:29] firefighting truck along with

[52:30] signage and wayfinding points

[52:34] Anarf truck is not a glamorous

[52:36] piece of infrastructure but is

[52:37] it exactly the kind of

[52:39] investment that directly

[52:41] improves airport safety and

[52:42] emergency response capabilities.

[52:46] and at clovis Regional Airport,

[52:49] the state invested just over4

[52:50] million dollars for a new

[52:52] terminal. Now that project is a

[52:53] very different one but an

[52:56] equally important one.erminal

[52:58] infrastructure ins affects the

[53:00] passenger experience. the

[53:02] community's ability to support

[53:04] commercial air service and

[53:05] ultimately the impression that

[53:07] visitors of and businesses have

[53:09] when they arrive in that

[53:11] community. These four projects

[53:12] represent only a small portion

[53:13] of the sefo projects funded

[53:17] throughhB2 but they demonstrate

[53:18] the breadth of the investment

[53:21] we're addressing safety we're

[53:23] improving operations we're

[53:25] supporting emergency response or

[53:27] modernizing facilities and we're

[53:28] helping communities position

[53:31] their airports for economic

[53:32] opportunities

[53:32] slide se

[53:36] and this is where rays andhB2

[53:38] come together. They are

[53:39] different programs but they're

[53:41] really two pieces of the same

[53:44] statewide aviation strategy.Ra

[53:45] connects rural communities to

[53:47] the broader air transportation

[53:49] system while infrastructure

[53:51] investments like HB2 product and

[53:53] improve the airports that make

[53:54] those connections possible.

[53:55] and increasingly those

[53:57] infrastructure investments can

[53:59] also help prepare our airports

[54:02] for emerging technologies and

[54:05] new aviation opportunities so

[54:06] while we're investing in the

[54:07] aviation system New Mexico needs

[54:10] today we also have to think

[54:11] about the system that we're

[54:12] going to need tomorrow.

[54:14] flight 8

[54:17] and this is where I believe New

[54:19] Mexico has an opportunity that

[54:20] is much bigger than the aviation

[54:20] division.

[54:24] when we talk about advanced air

[54:26] mobility UAs autonomous systems

[54:28] and emerging aviation

[54:30] technology. New Mexico already

[54:31] possesses something that other

[54:33] states are spending enormous

[54:34] amounts of money trying to

[54:35] create which is an ecosystem

[54:38] We have white sands missile

[54:39] range with an extraordinary

[54:42] concentration on defense testing

[54:45] controlled airspace and advanced

[54:47] technology operations. We have

[54:49] NMSU and it's physicalsciences

[54:51] lab including an FfaA approved

[54:53] UAS test site and

[54:57] approximately15,000 square miles

[54:59] of coordinated airspace for

[55:00] available for UAS operations.

[55:03] we have New Mexicotech

[55:06] conducting unmanned aircraft

[55:07] testing at Plius and research

[55:09] involving autonomous systems. We

[55:11] have Spaceport America advancing

[55:13] public space travel and we have

[55:15] public use airports across the

[55:17] state that can provide rural and

[55:19] remote opportunity or and I'm

[55:21] sorry remote operating

[55:23] environments that can support

[55:26] testing demonstration and

[55:28] eventually deployment that's a

[55:30] combination that very few states

[55:30] can replicate

[55:33] the question for us is how do we

[55:35] turn these individual assets

[55:37] into a coordinated competitive

[55:38] advantage for New Mexico.

[55:41] because I don't want New Mexico

[55:42] simply to be the place where

[55:44] somebody comes tests their

[55:45] technology, packs it up and

[55:47] leaves we should be thinking

[55:48] bigger than that.

[55:49] slide 9

[55:53] the real opportunity is to

[55:54] create a pipeline.

[55:57] Research here test here then

[55:59] integrate and demonstrate the

[56:02] technology here and when that

[56:03] technology becomes commercially

[56:05] viable we want those companies

[56:07] to build it here we want them to

[56:10] locate here and we want them to

[56:10] employ new Mexicans

[56:13] that creates opportunities in

[56:15] engineering manufacturing,

[56:17] aviation operations maintenance

[56:19] data cybersecurity and an

[56:21] entirely new aviation supply

[56:22] chain.

[56:25] the role of the aviation

[56:26] division has is not to own all

[56:27] of that we are to be a

[56:29] connector. We can connect our

[56:31] airports to our universities we

[56:33] can connect our federal partners

[56:35] and defense partners with the

[56:37] communities we can help identify

[56:39] infrastructure that can support

[56:42] testing and demonstration and we

[56:43] can work with economic

[56:44] development and private

[56:45] industries so that when

[56:47] companies are looking for a

[56:49] place to develop and deploy the

[56:50] next generation of aviation

[56:51] technology. New Mexico was part

[56:52] of that conversation

[56:55] so if there is one thing I'd

[56:56] like the committee to take away

[56:58] today. it is that aviation

[56:59] investment in New Mexico isn't

[57:00] one dimensional.

[57:02] next slide please slide10.

[57:05] we are investing in

[57:07] connectivity. Over the past six

[57:09] physical years New Mexico has

[57:10] committed79 million to that

[57:12] rural air service enhancement

[57:13] program. we're investing in

[57:15] infrastructure the fiscal year

[57:18] $2455 million appropriation

[57:21] supported74 airport projects

[57:23] across the state and now we have

[57:25] an opportunity to leverage

[57:26] connectivity and that

[57:28] infrastructure are def our

[57:30] defense assets our universities

[57:32] and our research capabilities to

[57:33] invest in something else.

[57:36] innovation and economic

[57:37] opportunity. Our job at the

[57:39] aviation division is to help

[57:41] connect those pieces to protect

[57:43] the system we have today while

[57:45] preparing for New Mexico for

[57:47] where aviation is going next and

[57:48] to learn more I'd like to invite

[57:49] all of you to join us on

[57:53] February se7 of2027 for aviation

[57:55] and aerospace dayy at the

[57:57] legislature. Thank you Mr Chair

[57:58] and members of the committee. I

[57:59] appreciate your continued

[58:01] investment in aviation across

[58:02] New Mexico and I'm happy to

[58:02] answer any

[58:04] questions.

[58:08] thank you for your presentation

[58:10] it's really enlightening I I

[58:11] remember coming onto the

[58:14] committee and I was surprised I

[58:16] never would have dawned on me

[58:17] that aviation was part of TOT

[58:19] but it does make sense when you

[58:21] really think about it so thank

[58:22] you for the informationppreciate

[58:24] you resentative I meansenator

[58:24] maestas

[58:27] thank you know folks have to hit

[58:28] the road but thank you so much

[58:30] Director the refresh our

[58:33] memories the the house to with

[58:34] the55 million dollars that was

[58:35] what year

[58:39] Mrir senator that was in

[58:40] twenty4.

[58:41] fiscal year 24

[58:45] fiscal year fiscal so that was

[58:46] in the

[58:47] session

[58:48] and

[58:52] and that55 million has

[58:52] already been

[58:55] spent appropriate I'm sorrymir

[58:57] senator yes that was a two

[59:00] yearur appropriation and it was

[59:01] officially ended in July of this

[59:02] year.

[59:05] and the and the and essentially

[59:07] all the money was spent the

[59:09] spent we had a bit remaining and

[59:11] that bit that was remaining Mr

[59:14] Chair and senator was because of

[59:16] projects that either were

[59:17] delayed because of lack of

[59:21] contractors availability or they

[59:22] were delayed due to their city

[59:24] procurement processes because

[59:26] this was a very short turnaround

[59:28] with it only two years to get

[59:31] that appropriation spent some of

[59:32] the processes within those

[59:32] communities take

[59:34] quite a bit longer particularly

[59:36] our tribal communities. Thank

[59:37] you, Mister Chairman Director

[59:38] the

[59:39] so let's figure out

[59:43] between now and Christmas or so

[59:45] what what the capacity would be

[59:47] now to spend money within a two

[59:49] year period cause I think it's

[59:50] probably time for another for

[59:53] another round the so these

[59:54] these were essentially public

[59:56] works projects infrastructure

[59:58] projects understood awesome

[59:59] thank you so much thank you

[1:00:00] director. Thank you

[1:00:04] thank you we have three more

[1:00:06] speakers and I think we have a

[1:00:08] couple on Zoom am I correct and

[1:00:10] I will ask that they be very

[1:00:10] very brief

[1:00:14] first we have Mr Bob Hudson,

[1:00:16] manager Moriorty municipal

[1:00:18] Airport president New Mexico

[1:00:20] airport Manager association. Mr

[1:00:20] Hudson, are you

[1:00:21] there

[1:00:28] Yes, I am and thank you Mr Chair

[1:00:30] for this opportunity to speak as

[1:00:31] the president of the airport

[1:00:32] managers association I

[1:00:37] link up with quite a few

[1:00:39] city leaders around the state of

[1:00:41] the5foub use airports we have

[1:00:42] and I will tell you this that

[1:00:42] since

[1:00:48] uhjesse owon came in the airport

[1:00:51] system has been very well it's

[1:00:54] not100% but it's a lot better

[1:00:56] than it's been in the past. The

[1:00:57] problem we face as airport

[1:00:58] managers is a lot of the

[1:01:02] city leaders and city

[1:01:04] councils don't really appreciate

[1:01:06] or understand the value of the

[1:01:07] airports. I'm constantly being

[1:01:10] pressed by city leaders saying

[1:01:11] that their airport brings

[1:01:13] nothing to their city and

[1:01:14] unfortunately they don't

[1:01:15] understand the effect of the

[1:01:17] gross receipts taxes the effect

[1:01:19] of the publicity with with those

[1:01:22] airports they are very robust.

[1:01:24] Take Moriority for example right

[1:01:25] now we have a company here at

[1:01:27] Moriarty called Sky which is

[1:01:28] about to explode you're about to

[1:01:29] hear a lot about sky

[1:01:31] as as they

[1:01:35] as they as they grow and the

[1:01:36] money they're bringing to the

[1:01:38] stancia alley and Moriorty

[1:01:41] issues they're building a device

[1:01:42] that looks very much like a

[1:01:42] durgible

[1:01:45] it goes airborne will be

[1:01:47] airborne for a long periods of

[1:01:48] time they just flew one out

[1:01:51] ofRoswell to Japan and back to

[1:01:52] Moriorty

[1:01:55] this is just gonna increase a

[1:01:56] huge amount of income

[1:01:58] to the valley more and

[1:01:59] tomoriority and that's just one

[1:02:01] of the small things airports can

[1:02:04] do for cities. The last thing I

[1:02:05] want to talk about is the55

[1:02:08] million. they're a programs and

[1:02:11] and materials that the

[1:02:13] Moriarty missile airport has

[1:02:14] been asking for for years the

[1:02:15] state did not have the money to

[1:02:17] give us the federal government

[1:02:20] did not prioritize these needs

[1:02:21] high enough but with the55

[1:02:22] million dollars

[1:02:25] after 13 years I was finally

[1:02:27] able to acquire materials to

[1:02:31] keep my airport nice looking and

[1:02:32] safe and I really appreciate the

[1:02:35] help that the legislator did and

[1:02:37] I'll give this over to the next

[1:02:39] speaker but thank you. thank you

[1:02:41] so much Mr Hudson. Next we have

[1:02:43] Mr Jody Young administrator

[1:02:45] Donana County International

[1:02:46] Airport. are you there

[1:02:48] Mr Young

[1:02:52] Yes sir, I am Mister chairir

[1:02:53] and committee members, I

[1:02:54] appreciate this opportunity as

[1:02:55] well.

[1:02:57] as mentioned, if you're

[1:02:59] not familiar we are located in

[1:03:00] the southern part of the state

[1:03:03] appreciate the representative

[1:03:05] that brought up the New Mexico

[1:03:06] trade port. I think we're a

[1:03:07] significant arm of that and that

[1:03:10] is a a big thing that that

[1:03:11] between the industrial park here

[1:03:13] in Santa Teresa and Las

[1:03:15] cruces and the role that we play

[1:03:16] here withwataz and the

[1:03:18] crossborder trade is

[1:03:20] significant and I think

[1:03:21] Jessse hit on a lot of things

[1:03:22] that are important I'm on the

[1:03:23] board of directors with Bob and

[1:03:27] the money that helps us not only

[1:03:29] with the the public support

[1:03:31] piece of this the the

[1:03:33] maintenance you know for me

[1:03:34] personally down here at this at

[1:03:36] the jet port we are exploding

[1:03:40] the amount of industrial growth

[1:03:42] that is happening here which for

[1:03:43] the jet port again it brings

[1:03:46] corporate aircraft it brings

[1:03:47] customers and people flying

[1:03:49] through here routinely to do the

[1:03:51] crossborder trade mission and

[1:03:53] to to meet the needs of their

[1:03:56] customers and of the the

[1:03:58] businesses alike we've exploded

[1:03:59] along with our hanger use and

[1:04:00] we've gotten a tremendous amount

[1:04:03] of support in the growth I think

[1:04:05] but there's always room for us

[1:04:06] to go back and work we have a

[1:04:09] the the upkeep maintenance as

[1:04:10] was mentioned the pavement

[1:04:12] rehabilitation just like with

[1:04:14] our road systems we have the

[1:04:16] same thing here on our taxiways

[1:04:17] and continuing to support the

[1:04:18] you know us it will

[1:04:21] you know allow us to continue to

[1:04:23] move forward, support the trade,

[1:04:24] support the crossborder trade

[1:04:27] see the fruition of the cargo

[1:04:28] operations here in the southern

[1:04:30] part of the state and just

[1:04:31] appreciate anything that we can

[1:04:32] get and and the support that

[1:04:34] y'all have given to the aviation

[1:04:34] community. Thank you.

[1:04:37] thank you Mr Young. Needham

[1:04:39] yes, so

[1:04:42] really I think everything's been

[1:04:43] echoed by the previous

[1:04:46] presenters and so in respect

[1:04:48] for your time, I'll just answer

[1:04:49] any questions that you may have

[1:04:50] related to our three airports

[1:04:51] here in Lee County if you have

[1:04:52] any.

[1:04:55] I don't think we have any

[1:04:57] questions but thank you and of

[1:04:59] course if if members do think of

[1:05:01] something later we'll make sure

[1:05:02] that staff provides contact

[1:05:03] information for everyone.

[1:05:07] thank you so much signal for the

[1:05:08] business here are these books

[1:05:08] here

[1:05:09] or no

[1:05:12] we're adjourned

[1:05:16] thank you

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