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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 01/13/2010 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD C(?RPUSCflRYST'I 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE UTUMATIONAL AI"OSI ION BOARD ROOM % ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,„,,,,,,,,m,,,,,,,.m,� -_�',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .m.,•,,.,,,,,,­,,,,.GORPUS­CHRiSTI,TEXAS C11 �r f JANUARY If", 2010, 3:30 P.M. v us FE Ch st i BOARD MEMBERS LCV1q9LREMRy'S 03Ed Hicks, Sr., Chairman Don Feferman,Vice-chairman William , Member Jesse 011vares, Member Jay Wise, Member J.C. Ayala, Member George Richard, Member Chad Magill, Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Enrique H. Castillo, Asst. Director of Aviation Adelle Ives, Management Assistant Esmeralda Salazar, Management Assistant Gary Williams, Facilities Manager Maria Tapia, Finance&Admin Manager Carl Gross, Operations Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Mary Johnson, PR & Mkt. Coordinator(temp) Elizabeth Hundley, Legal Dept. I. Call to Order Chairman Hicks called the January 13"' Airport Board meeting to order at 3:34 p.m. A quorum was present. Ii. Approval of the minutes for the November 11'h, 2009, regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Hicks called for a motion to approve the minutes of the November 11 fh Board meeting. Vice-chair Feferman moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of Board member absences for the November 11 t', 2009, Board meeting Chairman Hicks called for a motion regarding the absences of the November 11th Board meeting. Vice-chair Feferman moved to excuse Board member Wise' absence. Board member Dodge seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* No public comment. V. Discussion and Possible Recommendation on proposed amendment to create an Airport Board Sub-committee Chairman Hicks turned the floor over to Director Segundo regarding this item. Director Segundo felt, with all the projects that the Airport would be dealing with in the near future, it would be best to have the ability to create sub-committees in order to have the Board members involved in different projects and events. He felt that this ordinance would be approved by Council before the February Board meeting. e Corpus Christi Intemafional Airport Board Agenda January 13, 2010 Page 2 of 5 Discussion followed regarding this topic. Elizabeth Hundley, Asst. City Attorney, clarified the questions that arose regarding this issue. Board member Dodge moved to accept the proposed amendment with changes In the wording referring to the Airport Board as "Board" enabling the Board to foram sub-committees. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. W Discussion and Possible Recommendation of Airport Board Appointee to City Council for approval Director Segundo requested Chairman Hicks to table this item until the February meeting In order to better review and compile applicants. Director Segundo also requested the members to take the copies of the applicants' bins with them to review at their leisure. He also stated that the bios on white paper were the initial set sent to the membership and the greet paper bios were the second set. Any additional bias would be sent on another colored paper. Board member Dodge moved to table this item. Board member Richard second and the motion carried. Vll. Discussion and Possible Recommendation on new Customer Facility Charge (CFC) to fund development,; construction„ operation and maintenance of anticipated Consolidated Rental Car QTA Director Segundo requested to table this item in order that staff compile information reflecting new economic trends. Staff had a recommendation based on 2007 data to present to the Board regarding the new CFC, but would like to recalculate using 2009 information. He felt that the new CFC would be $3.50 with an annual collection of approximately $900,000 to $1.2 million. He felt that he would have better data to present to the Board for their action. Discussion followed regarding associated topics. Board member Magill moved to table this item. Board member Dodge seconded and the motion to table this item passed. VIII. Discussion and Possible Recommendation on FAA's Memorandum of Agreement for consolidating existing navigational aid leases Director Segundo explained that at present the FAA has 26 navigational facilities that fall under the jurisdiction of the Airport. The FAA is attempting to consolidate the 26 leases into one Memorandum of Agreement Director Segundo requested that this item be approved by the Board for recommendation to City Council. Chairman Hicks called for the question. Vice-chair Feferman moved to approve the consolidation of the 26 FAA navigational leases into one Memorandum of Agreement. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. X. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on the 2009 Airport Board Annual Report Corpus Christi Intemadonal Airport Board Agenda January 13, 2010 Page 3 of 5 Director Segundo explained to the Board that the City Charter requires all City Boards, Commissions and Committees to submit an annual report to the City Secretary's office. He asked that the membership review the enclosed report in their packets and either approve or recommend any edits or corrections. Board member Richard questioned whether Maverick Engineering had made a presentation as it was not listed on the report. Director Segundo responded that he would research this and make a correction if needed. Chairman Hicks called for a question. Board member Wise moved to approve the Airport Board 2009 Annual Report with the possible correction of adding Maverick Engineering to the list of presentations to the Board. Board member Dodge seconded and the motion carried. X. Discussion of Monthly Reports a. Financial Report Mario Tapia, Finance Manager, reported that the information for the end of the year for 2009 has been compiled. The report reflected 5.9% lower regarding enplanements. He felt this was reflective of the economic trends. He also added that there was a direct correlation between the enplanements and the parking lot revenue numbers. His main concern was the parking revenue and with the Increase with the new RAC agreements has assisted in keeping revenues up. With respect to expenditures, Mr. Tapia stated that the Airport is 35% of budget. This translates to a positive $333,000 revenues over expenditures. The expenditures holdback has been partly due to staff's diligent efforts to keep these costs down. He also added that there are several positions which have been frozen. He added that several employee benefits such as leave buy-back and overtime have also been implemented in order to benefit from cost-savings. He continued by stated that staff is working hard to keep expenditures in check for the remainder of the fiscal year. Discussion followed regarding regional enplanements. Director Segundo responded that he would obtain the information on local airport enplanements to report to the Board at next meeting. Chairman Hicks questioned whether the additional security being implemented impacted expenditures. Director Segundo reported that several safety and security expenditures have been covered by grants that Chief Hyland has obtained. He continued by stating that all managers are seeking grant funding to keep expenditures at a minimum. Mr. Tapia added that TSA reimburses 12-hours per day to man the security check point. b. Parking Revenue Report Director Segundo reported that several commuters have requested to move from long- term parking to short-term parking. He mentioned this only because he felt that they Corpus Christi lntemationai Airport Board Agenda January 93, 2090 Page 4 of 5 contact Board members to seek support. Director Segundo felt that doing this would be a loss of revenue. This loss in revenue totals approximately$100,000 per year. Discussion followed regarding this item. Director Segundo advised the Board he has denied the commuters request in the event members were approached regarding this issue. c. General Activity Report(GAR) Director Segundo reported that month-over-month, CCIA is down 5.9%. d. Fuel Pricing Report Director Segundo advised the Board that this new report would reflect prices for Av- Gas for small aircraft and Jet-A for jet aircraft. The report reflects the prices for each type of fuel along with pricing at different local airports as well as for Texas as a whole. He added that the report also show the average of each type of fuel. Report pricing is the "posted" price at each location. Director Segundo commented that this report would not be included in each meeting's agenda. Discussion followed regarding this Item. tu Discussion of Director's Report a. FBO Lease Agreements Negotiation Status Update Asst. Director Castillo gave the Board an update on the status of these negotiations. b. Construction Projects Update Director Segundo turned the floor over to Grace Gonzalez, Airport Major Projects Engineer, in order to update the Board on Airport projects. She began by reporting that several of the projects have been delayed due to inclement weather. She continued by reporting that the Taxiway Rehab and drainage, Phase VI project, being done by Haas Anderson, is at 85% complete with eight weeks left until completion. She then reported that the Airport Perimeter Road project being done by Haas Anderson is at 30% completion lacking the culvert Installations and Flexi-base. She anticipates asphalt can be applied once the rain stops. The estimated date of completion of this project Is April, 2010. The Airfield Equipment and Maintenance Facility project being done by Bar-Com Is 30% complete. Excavation continues and foundation forms will be constructed once weather permits. The completion date is June, 2010. The ARFF improvements projects being done by Beecroft is progressing well as the weather has not hindered work. This project is on schedule for completion in March, 2010. The widening of Taxiway Bravo-4 project's Notice to Proceed will be Issued before the end of January and will be awarded to Bay, Ltd. Work will begin once the notice is issued. The Terminal Re-roof project was awarded to Haeber Roofing and due to weather delays, this project has been delayed.. The estimated completion is scheduled for March, 2010. Ms. Gonzalez reported on the final project which Is the installation of the third chiller. The estimated time of equipment arrival will Corpus Christ!International Airport Board Agenda January 93, 2090 Page 5 of 5 be in February. Weather permitting, there should be minimal interruption in the installation of this equipment. She concluded by reporting that the total contract amount issued is $10.9 million and $4 million dollars have been spent. General discussion followed regarding the projects. c. CCIA's 50th Anniversary for 2010 Director Segundo reported that the Airport logo would be redesigned in recognition of the Airport 50th Anniversary. He has sought permission from the Mayor to have a Proclamation signifying this event along with a press conference. He anticipates having the events as close to May, 11th as possible. He advised the membership that they would be receiving invitations to all the events as soon as details were finalized. Chairman Hicks stated that he would be asking the Texas Governor to issue a proclamation as well. X11. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda a. Jacobs Engineering Presentation and Discussion on F1S Project Director Segundo requested that Jacobs be scheduled to give the Board a more detailed presentation on the FIS project. Director Segundo also requested that a presentation on the Wind Farm be scheduled for next month. Director Segundo added that a presentation on privatization of the Airport Parking Lot may be scheduled for next month depending on whether information on this subject could be compiled in time. Director Segundo would also like to present the Air-service Incentive Package he hopes to be presenting to Allegiant in February. XII. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Hicks called for a motion to adjourn. Vice- chair Feferman moved to adjourn. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 4:44 p.m.