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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 07/20/2011REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRP C(I _t 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE INTERNATIONAL ". `- AVIATION WARD ROOM CORPUS CAISTI, TEXAS JULY 20 2011, 3:30 P.M. Don Feferman, Chairman Richard Drilling, Member Rosie Collin, Member BOARD MEMBERS Bill McCord, Vice - chairman Chad Magill, Member Adam Nuse, Member Cr NOV 2 3 2011 C rus CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE George Richard, Member Jay Wise, Member Jeff Kane, Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Enrique H. Castillo, Asst. Director of Aviation Adelle Ives, Management Assistant Kim Brldger, PR & Mkt. Coordinator Gary Williams, Facilities Manager Mario Tapia, Finance & Admin Manager Carl Gross, Operations Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Grace Gonzalez, Major Proj Eng Lisa Aguilar, Legal Dept. Victor Gonzalez, Operations Supt Norma Ortiz, Admin & Accts Supvr I. Call to Order The July Airport Board regular meeting was called to order by Chairman Feferman at 3:34 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the June 15 2011 regular meeting and June 30 2011 special meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the meeting minutes for June 15th Board member Kane moved to approve the meeting minutes for June 15 Board member Richard seconded and the motion passed. The Chairman called for a motion to approve the meeting minutes for June 30' Board member Drilling moved to approve the June 30 meeting minutes. Board member Wise seconded and the motion passed. III. Approval of Board member absences for the June 15 2011, Board meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to excuse the absence for Board member Richard. Vice -chair McCord moved to excuse Board member Richard's absence for the June 15 meeting. Board member Collin seconded and the motion carried to excuse Board member Richard's absence from the June 15 Airport Board meeting. IV. Public Comment* None. V. Presentation and Discussion of Runway Project by KSA Engineering Director Segundo turned the floor over to Steve Creamer with KSA Engineering to brief the Board on the Runway Project study. Mr. Creamer gave the Board a presentation on what the study would entail with specific measures to comply with FAA requirements. Mr. Creamer also discussed the project schedule with construction to be in FY 2012 with completion in March of 2014. Discussion was heard on this topic. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes July 20 "', 2011 Page 2 of 4 VI. Presentation and Discussion of Wind Farm Projects Status Director Segundo gave a briefing to the Board on what the Airport is doing to deal with legislation to handle the turned the floor over to Carl Gross, Operations Manager, to begin his briefing to the Board on wind farm projects Mr. Gross began his presentation on all the ongoing wind farm projects. He added that he is working with Texas A &M on a new near -shore and on- campus facilities. He reported that he has met with the company Vestus, a major European company with a company base located in Colorado that will be sponsoring the turbines at Texas A &M. He added that the company will be working with the Navy, FAA and the National Weather Service to monitor the effect of the turbine blades on the radar. This process will assist the company in designing a blade that will have minimal impact on radar. He continued with a description of the project. Mr. Gross continued that in working with Barionics has six off -shore sites and he stated that he is monitoring two sites both located off Mustang Island. He continued with more information regarding the permits they are submitting to the General Land Office. He continued by reporting that the US Army Corps of Engineering is currently evaluating a basic permit for the Mustang Island areas because the area is in their jurisdiction. He added that the Airport has submitted a letter stating that an alternate site is our preference. Discussion was heard on this issue. Director Segundo reported that he is working with legislators in assisting with the Airport's efforts on this issue. He also is working the Todd Hunters office for the creation of a Technical Committee for a Coastal Bend Texas Aviation Summit to deal with this issue. He also reported that he is working with the Legal Department and Jay Reining will be giving the board on the Airport Zoning Board at the next meeting. VII. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on New Marketing Campaign Public Relations/Marketing Coordinator, Kim Bridger briefed the Board on a new marketing campaign. She reported that this campaign would be introducing to the general public the Airport's new logo along with some new radio spots. Along with this would be the launch of the Airport's new website revamp. Ms. Bridger presented a mock -up radio spot to the Board along with two Airport website home pages for the Board's review. She also added that social networking would also be expanded to stretch marketing dollars. Also included would be information on the Airport's rates and charges as well as business opportunities available at the Airport. Discussion was heard on this issue. A suggestion was made to put photos of the Airport Board members on the Airport's website. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes July 20"', 2011 Page 3 of 4 VIII. Sub - committee Reports a. Executive Nothing to report. b. Business Development Vice -chair McCord inquired on the status of the Trillion Aviation's Request For Qualifications respondents. Asst. Director Castillo stated that next week the Sub- committee would meet to review the submittals. He added that evaluation forms would be sent to each Sub - committee member for their input. He also added that Trillion Aviation would also be making a presentation on the Aviation Industry's forecast. c. Marketing Nothing to report. d. Government Relations Board member Collin reported to the Board that the CC to DC trip is scheduled for October, 2011. e. Special Projects Nothing to report. 1X. Discussion of Monthly Reports a. Financial Report Finance Manager, Mario Tapia reported to the Board on June's enplanements being down 9% with 5% down for the calendar YTD. He also mentioned that nationwide enplanements are down 7% YTD. b. Parking Revenue Report Mr. Tapia reported that revenue at the Parking Lot is down 2% from June of 2010. Mr. Tapia reported that the Airport has spent $6.15 million in expenditures compared to revenues at $6.8 million. He also added that the Airport is looking at their debt service coverage. The Airport should be at 1.25, but it is more at 1.23. He spoke on the correlation in the dip in enplanements impacting the debt service coverage. Mr. Tapia reviewed the budget for 2010 with the Board highlighting that expenditures were at 87% while last year at this point in time we were at 81 %. This was due to the budgeted storm water fee which was not imposed by council but reflects in this year's budget. c. General Activity Report (GAR) Director Segundo reviewed the GAR for the Board indicating with enplanements being down 9% but he felt that the Airport was doing better than other airports nationwide. In speaking with the local airline stations, he was encouraged that in terms of airline service, CCIA would maintain the current service. r- Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes July 20 2011 Page 4 of 4 X. Discussion of Director's Report a. Construction Status Report Grace Gonzalez, Major Project Engineer, reported on the Rehab Federal Inspection Station is 95% complete and closed out by the end of August. The QTA is about 25% complete and placing foundation components with the completion date of 2012. b. Quarterly Fuel Report (2 " Qtr. 2011) No report. XI. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda The following topics were to be considered for the August Board meeting: Business Consultants, Aviation Management Consultant Group, for the appraisal service agreement; Airport Zoning Board presentation by the City's Legal Department; Legal decisions on donors for special projects; Multi -year business consultant's service agreement. XII. Adjournment Chairman Feferman called for adjournment. Board member Magill moved to adjourn. Board member Collin seconded and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 5:14 p.m.