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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 05/15/2013 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES ASscr1, CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD CIrl A 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM ` CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS MAY 15TH, 2013, 3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Bill McCord, Vice-Chairman George Richard, Member Wayne Squires, Member Adam Nuse, Member Jeff Kane, Member Kelly Harlan, 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 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Feferman at 3:35 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the absences of the April 17th, 2013 regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Feferman called for motion to approve absences for the April Airport Board Meeting. Board member Kane was absent from the April Airport Board meeting. Vice-chairman McCord moved to excuse Board member Kane's absence. Board member Nuse seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of the minutes for the April 17th, 2013 regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the minutes of the April Airport Board Meeting. Board member Kane moved to approve the minutes as written. Chairman Feferman seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* There was no public comment. V. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on Food & Beverage RFP Asst. Director Castillo gave his presentation on the RFP for the Food & Beverage Concessionaire. He gave background information on this item. He reported that over 11 concessionaires attended the initial meeting. Three proposals were ultimately submitted: Oakwells Food & Beverage, Tail Wind Food & Beverage and Subway. The Business Development Sub-committee reviewed the proposals. Mr. Castillo showed the membership the scoring matrix created on the proposals. He went through each item of the matrix justifying the value added to each item. He reviewed the top two proposals, Tail Wind and Oakwells, giving each company's strong points. Mr. Castillo deferred to the Chairman of the Business Development Sub-Committee, Vice-Chair Bill McCord. Vice-chair McCord gave his input on the two proposals and felt that Tail Wind went into more depth in their proposals. Mr. Castillo also added that Tail Winds experience and the referral from one of their locations was the deciding factor in selecting them. Director Segundo and Mr. Castillo elaborated on the referral. Discussion was heard on this item. Board member Garcia questioned if any local entities had been contacted about this RFP. Mr. Castillo informed him of all the local restaurants that had been contacted. Mr. Castillo gave the timeline for this project. When this item is approved, it would go to City Council in June for two readings on this item for a 5-year term agreement the mobilizing with phases to begin 8/1/13. Game Time will be continuing operations until that date. Chairman Feferman entertained a motion to recommend to City Council that Tail Wind's RFP be considered for the Food & Beverage RFP at the Airport. The Chairman asked the membership to say"aye" in favor and "nay"for those opposed. The membership unanimously agreed. VI. Presentation and Discussion on Proposed Federal Legislation on Exit Lanes John Hyland, Chief of Airport Public Safety, gave the Board a presentation on this issue. Director Segundo gave the Board some background information on the operations of the Airport's exit lane. TSA currently mans this area. He added that TSA is looking to turn this operation over to the Airports. He also added that several aviation associations are against this change. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda May 15th, 2013 Page 2 of 3 Chief Hyland gave a Power Point presentation to the Board so they have a visual concept of what this operation involves. He added that this change could go into effect as early as December 1 st, 2013. Discussion was heard on this item. VII. Presentation and Discussion on Proposed State Legislative Update Carl Gross, Airport Operations Manager, gave the Board a presentation on the legislation that could impact the Airport. He gave a PowerPoint presentation listing all the legislation currently in play. Discussion was heard on this topic. VIII. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports Mario Tapia, Finance Manager, gave the Board a financial report for the month of April, 2013. Mr. Tapia reported that enplanements for April were 27,270 passengers which was 0.5% below 2012's activity. He also reported that the parking lot fees of$163,914 are 1.71% above the 2012's activity. He continued by stating that revenues were at 75% of the budget at $5,770.237 and expenditures were at 65% of the budget at $4,683,556. He continued by indicating the major variances in revenue and expenditures. He also reported that CFC receipts are at $650,498 for FY 12-13 with a cumulative total of $2,463,054 since June 2010. He concluded by reporting that revenues are at $7,424,461 which is 103% of the budget with expenditures are at $6,761,137 which is 99% of the budget. This let the Airport with $664,324 in revenues over expenditures. Discussion was heard on this item. b. Enplanement Comparison Report Mr. Tapia reviewed the Enplanement Comparison Report showing the numbers for the airports in the Rio Grande Valley as well as the Midland Airport which is comparable to CCIA in size. Discussion was hears on this item. c. Quarterly Fuel Prices Report Director Segundo briefly reviewed the Quarterly Fuel Report. d. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Development and Construction Manager, reported on the on-going projects at the Airport. He reported that the RAC QTA Facility project is at 87% completion with Phase I was completed on March 1St. He continued by reporting on Runway 13-31 Extension which is in the design phase will be advertised August 1St with the Bid Opening on August 21St. He also reported on the Runway 17-35 Extension which is ongoing is at 54% complete with an estimated date of completion as October 18, 2013. He also added that Contract Amounts are at $32,814,272.84 and the amount spent is $16,274,252.66. e. Update on Airport Board Bylaws Director Segundo reported that the By-laws have been signed and submitted to the City Secretary's office. f. City Council Action Report i. HMS Host—This agreement was approved by City Council. ii. Republic Parking —This agreement was approved by City Council. iii. (2) Farm Leases —Two farm leases were approved for Danysh and S&S Farms. There was a slight increase in the rate per acre at $55 from $50. iv. Airport Capital Equipment Purchase —The amount of$125,000 for Airport Equipment which was discussed at last month's meeting was approved by City Council. v. PFC Appropriations—This item was approved by City Council. vi. TxDOT Landscape Maintenance Agreement — The second reading will be going to City Council at the next meeting to approve this agreement. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda May 15th, 2013 Page 3 of 3 g. FBO Update Director Segundo reported that Charlotte Yochem, the Airport's City Attorney, is attending a legal Aviation conference in Seattle. He reported that a revised agreement has been sent to Atlantic Aviation and another meeting will be scheduled in the near future. He added that he is still attempting to meet with Signature to review their agreement. Director Segundo also informed the Board that the FAA is calling for more action on GA safety. They proposed three goals which are to participate in a Joint Steering Committee to development voluntary safety enhancement; to support the overhaul the Airman Testing and Training Standards which he felt would impact the Airport as it moves forward with developing a flight school on-property; to work and streamline certification for installation of certain safety technologies in aircraft. He felt the last item was related to the transponder. He also reported that the domestic airfare ticket sales went down by 3.2% in the first four months of this year. He also stated that international ticket sales went up by 3.2%. The top 10 largest scheduled passenger airlines reported $201 million in profit and carriers reported collecting $3.5 billion for baggage. He commented that the funds he spoke of that support the Airport are not included in any of these funds. He reported that aviation organizations have been fighting to getting part of these monies. He also added that Smarte Carte Company at the Airport will be pulling out. They reported this was due in part to passengers only taking carry-on baggage. He added that this move impacts the revenues for the Airport. He also reported that the Commemorative Air Force is looking for a new National Air Base. They are currently based in Midland. In talking with the Asst. City Manager, the City is very interested in making a play for this organization to come to CCIA. He felt that it would require a coordinated effort with the CVB and other local organizations and tourist attractions to make this happen. Kim Bridger reported to the Board that the USO is interested in moving their location to the vacant retail space next to TSA checkpoint. Since the old USO space will be vacant, she will be back on track to meeting with the Texas State Aquarium in moving forward with the installation of an aquarium. She felt that this would be another great way to attract tourists to the local attractions as has been done with the Lexington Exhibit. Director Segundo gave an update on the Executive Hangers by Western LLC informing the Board that they have enough interest to begin the first phase. The Airport is waiting for Bay to vacate the area where the runway extension is currently underway. IX. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board meeting agenda Director Segundo reported that an Executive Session would be put on the next month's agenda in order to discuss new developments at the Airport. X. Adjournment As there was no further business to discuss, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Richard moved to adjourn and Board member Squires seconded. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 4:58 p.m.