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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 06/20/2012CITY 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 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 May 16 2012 regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the minutes of the May 16 Airport Board meeting. Board member Kane made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Board member Squires seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of Board member absences for the May 16 2012 Board meeting Chairman Feferman called for absences from the May 16 Airport Board meeting. Board members Olivares, McCord, Harlan and Gunter were absent. The Chair called for a motion. Board member Kane moved and Vice -chair McCord seconded the motion to excuse the members for their absence. The motion carried. IV. Public Comment* Chairman Feferman turned the floor over to the City's newest Assistant City Manager, Wes Pierson who introduced himself to the membership. The Chair also introduced CCFD Chief Robert Rocha to the membership. V. Presentation and Discussion on the FEMA Grant - awarded Hurricane Shelter Director Segundo gave a presentation on the proposed FEMA Emergency shelter. Fire Chief Rocha added to the presentation with specifics on the use of the facility during an emergency. Director Segundo informed the board on the funding for facility. A preliminary design of the proposed facility was presented to board. Director Segundo also added that the facility could also be utilized as an event center in order to generate funding for maintenance. Discussion was heard from the board on this item. VI. Introduction of New Airport Board members Tabled to the August board meeting. VII. Discussion on Airport Board Sub - committees Chairman Feferman called for the members to state their preference of the sub- committees to join. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 6W <C7 CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE CORPUS CHRISTI ✓ - w ,� -�-- AVIATION BOARD ROOM Cit y of INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Corpus JUNE 20 2012, 3:30 P.M. Christi BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Bill McCord, Vice - Chairman Jesse Olivares, Member Wayne Squires, 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 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 May 16 2012 regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the minutes of the May 16 Airport Board meeting. Board member Kane made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Board member Squires seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of Board member absences for the May 16 2012 Board meeting Chairman Feferman called for absences from the May 16 Airport Board meeting. Board members Olivares, McCord, Harlan and Gunter were absent. The Chair called for a motion. Board member Kane moved and Vice -chair McCord seconded the motion to excuse the members for their absence. The motion carried. IV. Public Comment* Chairman Feferman turned the floor over to the City's newest Assistant City Manager, Wes Pierson who introduced himself to the membership. The Chair also introduced CCFD Chief Robert Rocha to the membership. V. Presentation and Discussion on the FEMA Grant - awarded Hurricane Shelter Director Segundo gave a presentation on the proposed FEMA Emergency shelter. Fire Chief Rocha added to the presentation with specifics on the use of the facility during an emergency. Director Segundo informed the board on the funding for facility. A preliminary design of the proposed facility was presented to board. Director Segundo also added that the facility could also be utilized as an event center in order to generate funding for maintenance. Discussion was heard from the board on this item. VI. Introduction of New Airport Board members Tabled to the August board meeting. VII. Discussion on Airport Board Sub - committees Chairman Feferman called for the members to state their preference of the sub- committees to join. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda June 20th, 2012 Page 2 of 3 Advisory Board member Jay Wise expressed his desire to continue to work on the Special Projects sub - committee. New member, Wayne Squires, requested to work on the Business Development sub - committee. Chairman Feferman requested this item be placed on the August Board meeting agenda in order to allow the new members the opportunity to select a sub - committee. VIII. Director's Report a. Update and Discussion of Airport Monthly Reports Mario Tapia, Airport Finance Manager, presented the Airport's financial report to the members indicating the General Aviation Report showed a 1.6% increase from last year which is a cumulative YTD of 1 % below last year's figures. With the summer peak travel, he felt that enplanements would be finishing the year better than last year. Mr. Tapia also reported that the parking lot is $180,000 in collections which is 4.2% over last year. This is an increasing trend from last year. Discussion was heard on this item. b. Update and Discussion of Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Airport Project Manager, gave the board the status of Airport construction projects. Beginning with additions to Terminal FIS of hurricane shutters, steam generator and sterilizer. The project is at 95% completion and anticipates the project will be complete within 8 to 10 weeks. Regarding the RAC QTA, staff received a plan to mitigate the concrete paving at the facility. Staff's recommendation to City Engineering is to continue seeking 30% of the concrete removal. Staff is working with City Engineering to correct this issue. Discussion was heard by the board on this item. Mr. Gonzalez continued by reporting on the Communication Center project. He stated that the project is at 92% completion and anticipates in the project will be complete within the next 4 to 6 weeks. He added that the FAA is looking at including some other items into the project. Director Segundo informed the board that the FAA has programmed an additional $60 million for Runway 17 -35. He anticipates the grant offer to come in July or August. c. Update and Discussion of JAZB Director Segundo requested that this item be tabled for the July Board meeting in order to coordinate with Development Services in that there may be some changes on how reconvening the Joint Airport Zoning Board. He added that he has met with Judge Neal and Carl Gross, Operations Manager, has met with San Patricio County officials and both entities were agreeable to the proposed action. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda June 20th, 2012 Page 3 of 3 Discussion was heard on the difference between the Airport Zoning Commission and the Joint Airport Zoning Board. Don Zimmerman, NAS Community Liaison, interjected information on specific restrictions and regulations regarding this action. d. Update and Discussion of Parking Lot Privatization Director Segundo stated that the final draft of the Parking Lot Privatization RFP has not been completed. He stated that once a final draft is complete, a copy would be sent to those members interested in reviewing it. IX. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Chairman Feferman called for items for the next month's agenda. Director Segundo requested that the introduction of the new board members along with the sub - committee item be placed on the July agenda. He also requested an item regarding the holiday meeting schedule be discussed and acted upon at the next meeting. Vice -chair McCord requested that the status of the FBO's be discussed. Vice -chair requested the status of the Coast Guard hangar. X. Adjournment As there was no further business to discuss, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Vice -chair McCord moved to adjourn and Board member Squires seconded. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 4:47 p.m.