[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