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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 05/16/2012III. Approval of Board member absences for the April 18 2012 Board meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion on Board member absences for the April 18 meeting. Board member Collin was absent due to business. Board member Kane moved to excuse Board member Collin and Board member Squires seconded. The motion carried. IV. Public Comment* Asst. Director Enrique Castillo spoke to the Airport Board regarding Signature Flight Support and Atlantic Aviation in their support of the City's 35 Anniversary of the 4 of July Celebration. He also requested the membership to show their support of this event. He would be sending out a sponsorship form for those that were interested. Advisory Board member Wise invited the membership to attend the unveiling the 3 -D Theater on May 24 The movie Air Racers will be shown in 3 -D and the pilot and producer of the movie will also be in attendance. The reception starts at 6 p.m. with the movie following. V. Discussion and Possible Action on Board member's Airport Sub - committee Selections Chairman Feferman requested that this item be tabled for the June meeting in order that the new board members have an opportunity to sign up for a committee. Chairman asked that the Board members review the sub - committee descriptions and then send their selection to staff via email. Staff will be sending out the sub - committee descriptions as well as a copy of the most current Airport Board By -laws. VI. Presentation and Discussion on the Privatization of the Airport Parking Lot In effort to minimize the Airport costs, Asst. Director Castillo briefed the Board that staff will be researching all aspects regarding the privatization of the Airport Parking Lot which currently, on a yearly basis, costs $377,000 to operate. The intent is for private companies to submit proposals on how much it would cost them to manage the facility. He added that once proposals have been submitted, the Board would be kept informed. Trillion Aviation will be on property May 21s' & 22n and they will be discussing this issue with them. He added that staff will be working with the City's REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE CORPUS CHRISTI AVIATION BOARD ROOM City of INTERN -MIONA Af��fOlUf CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CoipUs MAY 16 2012, 3:30 P.M. Christi BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman George Richard, Member Wayne Squires, Member Rosie Collin, Member Adam Nuse, Member Jeff Kane, Member Jay Wise, Special Advisor CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Enrique H. Castillo, Asst. Director of Aviation Adelle Ives, Management Assistant Kim Bridger, 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 Projects Eng Charlotte Yochem, Legal Dept. Victor Gonzalez, Operations Supt Norma Ortiz, Supervising Accountant I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Feferman at 3:30 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the April 18 2012 regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Feferman called for approval of the minutes for the April 18 regular Airport Board meeting. Board member Kane moved to approve the minutes and Board member Squires seconded. The minutes were approved as read. III. Approval of Board member absences for the April 18 2012 Board meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion on Board member absences for the April 18 meeting. Board member Collin was absent due to business. Board member Kane moved to excuse Board member Collin and Board member Squires seconded. The motion carried. IV. Public Comment* Asst. Director Enrique Castillo spoke to the Airport Board regarding Signature Flight Support and Atlantic Aviation in their support of the City's 35 Anniversary of the 4 of July Celebration. He also requested the membership to show their support of this event. He would be sending out a sponsorship form for those that were interested. Advisory Board member Wise invited the membership to attend the unveiling the 3 -D Theater on May 24 The movie Air Racers will be shown in 3 -D and the pilot and producer of the movie will also be in attendance. The reception starts at 6 p.m. with the movie following. V. Discussion and Possible Action on Board member's Airport Sub - committee Selections Chairman Feferman requested that this item be tabled for the June meeting in order that the new board members have an opportunity to sign up for a committee. Chairman asked that the Board members review the sub - committee descriptions and then send their selection to staff via email. Staff will be sending out the sub - committee descriptions as well as a copy of the most current Airport Board By -laws. VI. Presentation and Discussion on the Privatization of the Airport Parking Lot In effort to minimize the Airport costs, Asst. Director Castillo briefed the Board that staff will be researching all aspects regarding the privatization of the Airport Parking Lot which currently, on a yearly basis, costs $377,000 to operate. The intent is for private companies to submit proposals on how much it would cost them to manage the facility. He added that once proposals have been submitted, the Board would be kept informed. Trillion Aviation will be on property May 21s' & 22n and they will be discussing this issue with them. He added that staff will be working with the City's Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes May 16 2012 Page 2 of 3 Purchasing Department as well as the Legal Department to finalize the contract with the management company and he anticipates going out with a RFP within the next 30 to 60 days. Discussion was heard on this item. VII. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports Finance Manager, Mario Tapia, reported to the Board on the GAR which indicated the number of enplaned passengers increased by 1.6% from 2011. He also reported that the Parking Revenue Report showed an increase of 4.05% from 2011. He continued by reporting that at the end of the FY third quarter, revenues were at 77% of the budget with expenditures at 72% with $641,304 of revenue over expenditures. He also added that the Debt Service Ratio coverage was at 1.19. He also added that the major variances in revenue were due to changes in landing fees, agricultural lease changes, TSA check point fees, Public Safety Officer Training, Airport Badging and the oil & gas leases. He continued by stating that the major variances in expenditures was due to professional services, underground tank storage removal and unanticipated charges for Maintenance Bldg. from construction phase. Mr. Tapia also reported on the status of the CFC's. The amount of receipts collected for FY 11 -12 is $571,509 with a total cumulative collected of $1,501,169. Discussion was heard by the Board on this information. b. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager, reported that at present the Rehabilitation of FIS is at 95% completion in the continuation of processing closeout documents. He also reported that the Communications Center is at 78% completion with a completion date of June, 2012. Mr. Gonzalez reported that the Rental Car QTA project is at 85% completion with a completion date of August, 2012 which has been changed from March 2012. Discussion was heard on the concrete issue with this project. Director Segundo added that having the on -site inspector was instrumental in bring this issue to light. He continued by adding that the project cost totals is $16,370,468.84 and the amount spent is $15,347,870.68. He concluded by stating that the Runway Safety project RFP for RW 17/35 is still on schedule with advertising to be held in June, the grant offer in October, 2012 and the NTP in November, 2012. Director Segundo added that the Board would be kept informed of this project as it developed. He also added that this project will also involve the acquisition of land with a total of three parcels to be acquired. This process will involve invoking eminent domain which requires going to City Council on May 29 or later to secure the authority to proceed. He felt that the owners were interested in selling and that it would be just a matter of increasing the purchase price. Discussion was heard on the RAC QTA project and the issue concerning the concrete. The timeframe of collecting liquidated damages from the contractor, the scheduling of getting the Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes May 16 2012 Page 3 of 3 RACs into the facility and then moving into phase 2 of the project was discussed. Staff is working the contractor to rectify this issue. c. Update on Joint Airport Zoning Board (JAZB) Director Segundo reported that staff met with the Policy Board of the Joint Land Use Study being conducted which included the Mayor, Judge Neal, Council man Mark Scott. He added that the study would not be completed until January of 2013. From this meeting, he was informed that the Joint Airport Zoning Board (JAZB) could be accelerated. With that information, a meeting has been scheduled to meet with Nueces County representatives to see what their position is on reactivating this board. He also added that a workshop will also be conducted to include all the entities to be involved such as San Patricio County, Nueces County, City of Corpus Christi and Kleberg County. He also mentioned to the Policy Board that the Airport had taken action to reactivate the JAZB and there was a lot of interest. He also added that Carl Gross, Operations Manager, would give the Airport Board a status update at the June meeting and added that the Board would be invited to attend these meetings. Don Zimmerman, Naval Air Station Community Plans and Liaison, addressed the Board on the position of the Naval Air Station on this matter. d. Ground Transportation Services Report Mario Tapia, Finance Manager, reported to the Board on several issues regarding Ground Transportation Services. He began by informing the Board of the Rules and Regulations covering Commercial Ground Transportation which included a clear understanding of the expectations for personnel and ground transportation services at the Airport; a safe, professional environment for passengers, and a fair and equal treatment of all ground transportation personnel and companies. He continued by giving the Board the main points of concern which included unattended vehicles, proper authorization for personal pick -up by taxis, refusal of fares based on transaction amount or destination; and, designated areas for taxi parking. He continued by explaining the issues and the plans to be implemented in order to correct these issues. Discussion on this item was heard by the Board. e. FEMA Grant - awarded Hurricane Shelter Director Segundo requested that this item be tabled for a presentation at the June meeting. VIII. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda The following items were identified for placement on the June meeting agenda: - CCIA's Business Plan - Parking Lot Privatization - Introduction of new Airport Board members - Discussion of the Sub - committees - Update on the JAZB - FEMA Grant - awarded Hurricane Shelter IX. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Colin moved to adjourn. Board member Nuse seconded and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 4:39 p.m.