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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 08/18/2010 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD ORPUSCHRISTI 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE E'V I F�I" AL Pr� AVIATION BOARD ROOM o' CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Co us AUGUST 1sT", 2010, 3:30 P.M. NOV 0 5 2010 Ch sti BOARD MEMBERS CITY SECRETgSY'SO C Ed Hicks, Sr.,, Chairman Jay Wise, Vice-chairman r Richard Drilling, Member Chad Magill, Member Rosie Collin, Member Jeff Kane, Member Bill McCord, Member Don Feferman, Special Advisor 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 Grace I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Hicks at 3:32 p.m. A quorum was present. IL Approval of the minutes for the July 2121, 2010, regular meeting of the Airport Board Chair Hicks called for approval of the minutes of the July 21s' regular meeting of the Airport Board. Vice-chair Wise asked that the minutes be changed to reflect a correction to the monthly report reports from a "$" symbol to a "%" symbol on page 3. Board member Kane moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Vice-chair Wise seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of Board member absences for the July 215t, 2010, Board meeting Chairman Hicks called for a motion to excuse Board members Olivares, Drilling and Kane from the July 2151 meeting. Vice-chair Wise moved to excuse the members and Board member Collin seconded. The motion carried. IV. Public Comment* None. V. Presentation and Discussion of Business Development Issues by Trillion Aviation Director Segundo turned the floor over to Mr. Jon DeCoster with Trillion Aviation for an update on the FedEx ground lease via teleconference call. Discussion was heard on this topic by the Board. Vi. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on RFQ Management Labor and Service Director Segundo turned the floor over to Asst. Director Castillo regarding this agenda item. Mr. Castillo updated the Board on the negotiations with Atlantic Aviation and Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda August le, 2010 Page 2 of 3 suggested that a special-called meeting of the Board might be necessary either late August or early September as this Item would be going before City Council by September 14t . Director Segundo stated that he would want to have the Board's recommendation before taking this item before City Council. Director Segundo reminded the Board that negotiations are on-going and advised them that there are two key components that need to be addressed: the management fees and an incentive package. Discussion was heard on this item, VIIII. Discussion of Monthly Reports a. Financial Report Mario Tapia, Finance and Admin Manager, briefed the Board on the July Airport figures regarding enplanements, revenues and expenses. He stated that the July enplanements were down 6.5% YTD from 2009 at 31,301 passengers or 10.2%. Mr. Tapia also reported that the close of FY 09-10 figures were at $7,842,783 in revenues or 101% of budget and expenditures at $7,411,131 or 92% of budget. This showed that for the previous fiscal year, revenues were over expenditures by $431,831., Mr, Tapia also reported that staff has begun the collection of Customer Facility Charges of$3.50 per rental car transaction day. He also reminded the Board that this fee is collected for design and construction of the Quick-Turn-Around Facility on Airport property. He continued by reporting that receipts collected through July, 2010, are $117,898. He projected YTD receipts to reach $155,915. b. Parking Revenue Report Mr. Tapia went on to report that the Parking revenue was down 2.28% YTD or $170,481 In revenues or 3.20%. C. General Activity Report (GAR) Mr. Tapia reported that the August GAR reflected a decrease of 10.2% from July of 2009. VIII. Discussion of Director's Report a. Construction Project Update Director Segundo turned the meeting over to Ms. Grace Gonzalez, Airport Major Projects Engineer, for her report on the status of Airport construction projects. Ms. Gonzalez reported that the Taxiway Rehab & Drainage Phase VI project is 100% complete with the processing of closeout documents. She also reported that the Airport Perimeter Road project is 100% complete and the paperwork is in the process of being closed-out. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda August 18", 2010 Page 3 of 3 Ms. Gonzalez reported that the Airfield Equipment & Maintenance Facility is at 90% completion with an estimated time of completion to be August, 2010, depending on weather conditions. She also reported that the Widening of Taxiway Bravo 4 project is 99% complete with an estimate time of completion to be August, 2010, depending on the weather, as well. She completed her report by stating that the total contract amounts for all these projects are $8,104,445.96 with $5,534.977.16 already spent. Director Segundo continued his report to the Board regarding on-going projects. He began by stating that a meeting has been set up with Atlantic to start the development of a transition plan. Director Segundo continued by stating that following RFP's are in development: + Ground Transportation Fuel Servicing + Parking Lot Management + Gift Shop Director Segundo reported on the status of Air Service Development. He stated that Allegiant Air has hired new staff which could impact the selection of new airports to be added to their schedules. He continued by stating that seeking service to Mexico has been pushed back in order to focus on the FBO and FIS projects. III„ Identify Items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Director Segundo stated that he would like to have discussion on the sponsorship of the Airport's aquarium on the next agenda. ;. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Hicks called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Drilling moved to adjourn and Board member Qlivares seconded. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 4:29 p.m.