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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 03/10/2010 RECEIVED APR '8 0 Z010 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CiTYS OFFlCE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE „ . s CORD C Us�Jr AVIATION BOARD ROOM �+►�� LNTMNATIOM AIAPORT CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS City of MARCH 10tH, 2010,3:30 P.M. Co BOARD MEMBERS Ed Hicks, Sr., Chairman Don Feferman,Vice-chairman Jesse Olivares, Member Jay Wise, Member George Richard, Member Richard Drilling, 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 Mario 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 The meeting was called to order at 3:35 p.m. by Chairman Hicks. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the February 10th, 2010, regular meeting of the Airport Board Board member Richard moved to approve the meeting minutes of the February regular Airport Board Meeting with a change to reflect that he was present at the January 13th, 2010, regular Airport Board meeting. The motion was seconded and the minutes were approved with corrections. Ill. Approval of Board member absences for the February 10th,2040, Board meeting Chairman Hicks reported that Board members Ayala and Drilling were absent from the February Airport Board Regular meeting. Vice-chair Feferman moved to approve the absences of Board members Ayala and Drilling. The motion was seconded and the absences were excused. IV. Public Comment* There was no comment from the public. V. Presentation and Discussion TSA Training & Customer Service Training Director Segundo introduced Mr. Juan Sanchez, Assistant Federal Security Director for Screening for Corpus Christi and Laredo with TSA. Mr. Sanchez gave the Board a brief presentation on the training used on TSA staff. He began by advising the Board that TSA is trained in Customer Service. He gave them a brief outline of the customer service Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes March 90', 2040 Page 2 of 6 principles used in training their staff along with some of the highlights of their training. Mr.. Sanchez also informed the Board on the process of responding to customer complaints. He also gave contact information to the Board for Mr.Tommy Johnson, Federal Security Director at CCIA as well as his own. He continued by sharing customer complaint statistics as well as the number of passengers served. Upon concluding, he opened the floor for questions from the Board. Director Segundo interjected that for 2090, only one complaint had been received and it was directed to the security announcements. Vl., Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on a recommendation to City Council to approve implementation of an Airport Customer Facility Charge VII. Discussion and Possible Action on a recommendation to City Council to approve an Ordinance appropriating funding for the Airport's Quick-Turn-Around Facility from Airport Customer Facility Charges Vill. Discussion and Possible Action on a recommendation to City Council to approve an Ordinance appropriating funding to contract PGAL for the design of the Airport's Quick-Turn-Around Facility from Airport Customer Facility Charges Director Segundo advised the Board that he would be discussing Items Vi, V11, and Vill at the same time as they were related. After a background briefing by Director Segundo regarding these items, Chairman Hicks called for the question. Board member Wise moved to approve Items VI, VII, and Vill. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. IX. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on Fair Fares airline ticket program Director Segundo explained that this program is being used In Wichita Falls, Kansas. This program was implemented to bring pricing down and to attract low-cost carriers. Mayor Adame advised him to set up a meeting with this company to see whether this program would be beneficial to CCIA. Director Segundo gave the Board more detailed information and also added that this program did attract Air-Trap to Wichita and there was some lowering of the cost of tickets, but now Wichita now pays $7 million for the program. He also added that this program soon became a subsidy. He added that he would like to have Mike Bown with Sabre give the Board a more detailed report on this type of program at the April Board meeting. The consensus of the Board was to have Sabre give a presentation on this program at the April meeting. X. Discussion and Possible Action on Reviewing Airport Board By-laws Director Segundo informed the Board that staff had received recommendations from members of the Board to change the day of the Airport Board meeting from the 2"d Wednesday of the month to the 3`d Wednesday of the month. He added that this would benefit staff as well by Increasing the amount of time to compile revenue reports. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes March Id", 2010 Page 3 of 6 XL Discussion and Possible Action on establishing Airport Board Sub-committees Director Segundo began discussing Item XI because of its relevance with respect to changing the Board's By-laws. Xil. Discussion and Possible Action on Recommendations to City Council of Airport Board Appointees Director Segundo began discussing Item XII because of its relevance to the changes to be made to the Board's By-laws. Discussion began on the composition of sub-committees. Staff recommended that Board membership on sub-committees be limited to one or two. Director Segundo also added that the sub-committees could also include outside members as needed. Board member Wise highly recommended that this issue be presented to City Council for approval of the inclusion of outside members on Airport Board sub-committees be allowed. City Attorney, Elizabeth Hundley, added that this request would need a change to the ordinance to be presented to City Council. Board member Wise moved to include the formation of sub-committees to include outside membership. The motion was seconded and carried. Chairman Hicks called fora motion regarding Item X. Vice-chair Feferman moved to approve the change of the Board By-laws to change the meeting date from the 2"d Wednesday of the month to the 3`d Wednesday of the month. Board member Magill seconded and the motion carried. Chairman Hicks discussed the bios sent by the City Secretary's office of candidates to fill the vacancies currently on the Board. Director Segundo presented staffs recommendations. He began by stating that William McCord would be a good candidate for the Board based on his experience as an architect. It was felt that he would be helpful with respect to Airport construction projects and land development issues. Board member Richard interjected that he felt Mr. McCord would be a good recommendation. Director Segundo's second recommendation was Mona Baen who Is the president of Stewart Title. He felt her experience in real estate would be very beneficial to the Board. Vice-chair Feferman added that Ms. Baen has over 40 years of real estate experience and strongly recommended her as a candidate. Director Segundo continued by stating that Adam Nuse with the Corpus Christi Hooks would be an asset in developing a good marketing strategy at the Airport. Director Segundo's final recommendation was Rosie Collin who has worked with Ingleside LRA and she would be a great benefit with respect to land development and marketing. Vice-chair Feferman commented that he has worked with Ms. Collin on the L.RA and felt she would be a good candidate. Corpus Christi Intematlonal Alrport Board Minutes March 1&, 2010 Page 4 of 6 Director Segundo advised the Board that he had an additional candidate should Board member Olivares choose not to continue as a member of the Board. The final recommendation was Glenn Goodwin who is a pilot and whose experience would benefit the Board in working with the FBO's,. Chair Hicks interjected that he would like to recommend that since Vice-chair Feferman's term is expiring and he is not eligible for reappointment, that he continue to serve on the Board as a non-voting, advisory member. Board member Wise moved to recommend to City Council,the staffs four candidate recommendations, The motion was seconded and passed. Chair Hicks called for a motion to recommend Vice-chair Feferman to City Council to be appointed as an advisory, non-voting member. Board member Magill moved and Board member Richard seconded. The motion carried. X111. Discussion and Possible Action on Airport 50th Anniversary Logo selection Director Segundo turned the floor over to Mary Johnson, temporary PR/Marketing Coordinator, to give the Board a briefing on the 50M Anniversary celebration. Ms. Johnson informed the Board that the anniversary celebration event would be held on May 13"'. She added that the Hispanic Chamber would be sponsoring beverages for the event. A sponsorship letter is in the works and would be sent soon. Director Segundo then turned the floor over to Dan Garza with Reel Simple Productions to brief the membership on the ads to be used for both the logo unveiling and the 501h anniversary event. He presented several ads with different "tag" lines for their input. Discussion followed. XIV. Discussion of Monthly Reports a. Financial Report Director Segundo turned the floor over to Mario Tapia, Finance Manager. Mr. Tapia reported that enplanements were down 11.5% from last year. He also reported that 58% through the fiscal, the Airport is at 58% of budget and there is only $2,000 difference. b. Parking Revenue Report Mr. Tapia reported that parking revenue was down 2.3%. He added that starting in September 2009, each month's revenue has gone up and then gone down in the next month. c. General Activlty Report (GAR) Director Segundo reported that enplanements were down 8.6% for February. F Corpus Christi International Airport Board Mlnules March 906, 2010 Page 5 of 6 d. Fuel Pricing Report Director Segundo reported that FBO fuel pricing was the same from last month. The prices reflected on the report are charged to anyone buying fuel and FBO's have reported they do offer discount pricing to their regular customers. XV. Discussion of Director's Report a. Air Service Development No report. b. Land Development No report. c. Construction Project Update Director Segundo turned the floor over to Grace Gonzalez, Major Projects Engineer. Ms. Gonzalez began by stating that the Taxi Rehab and Drainage Phase VI is 95% complete and anticipates completion by the end of the month. On the Airport Perimeter Road Project is 75% complete, The Equipment Maintenance Facility is 40% complete with the slab poured this morning. The ARFF station is complete with a, punch list being completed. The widening of Bravo Taxiway 4, the contractor has begun mobilizing, The old terminal re-roof Is 95% complete and should be finished this week. The installation of the third chiller is complete and is waiting on the 90-day run time to finish. d. Airport 50th Anniversary Update Ms. Johnson informed the Board that the 50th Anniversary event on May 13t`. It will begin at 4 p.m. with a presentation of the logo unveiling and at 5 p.m. the mixer will begin. e. Airport Board Members' Photographs Director Segundo informed the membership that a renovation of the Administration office reception area is under development and with that he would like to have photographs of the Board members posted on the wail. He asked if the membership was agreeable to having this done. The consensus of the membership agreed to have photographs done. These would be individual photos of the Board. XVI. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Director Segundo informed the Board that the Wind farm Presentation would be held at the next meeting. He also asked that a presentation be put together for the Board's approval of Airport street renaming and block numbering. Also under consideration for next month's meeting is the Air Service Benchmark Review. The Benchmark Review was passed out to the membership for their review and to be discussed at the April meeting. r Corpus Christi Intemational Airport Board Minutes March 10", 2010 Page 6 of 6 XVII. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Hicks called for a motion to adjourn. Vice-chair Feferman moved to adjourn with Board member Richard making a second. The motion carried and meeting adjourned at 4:53 p.m.