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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 02/19/2014 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD FAA - ATCT ,a 6902 MCGLOIN City of CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS +Carpus FEBRUARY 19TH 2014, 3:30 P.M. C1risti BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Bill McCord, Vice-Chairman Alex Garcia, Member George Richard, Member Dana Gunter, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Robert Williams, Member Shawn Morgan, Member Kelly Harlan, Member Jay Wise, Special Advisor CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Mario Tapia, Interim Asst. Director of Aviation Adelle Ives, Management Assistant Kim Bridger, PR & Mkt. Coordinator Gary Williams, Facilities Manager Carl Gross, Operations Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager I. Call to Order Chairman Feferman called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the November 20th, 2013 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the minutes of the November 20th, 2013 Regular Airport Board Meeting. Board member Dunnam asked for the following corrections to the minutes: Correct the "AG"typo; clarification on the amount of$51,000 being a cost savings which was below what was budgeted from the previous year with the new parking lot management company. She continued by asking for clarification on Item B in Construction Status of the re-designation status. The re-designation will be to Runway 18-36. Board member Garcia moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Board member Dunnam seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the November 20th, 2013 Regular Airport Board Meeting No absences. IV. Public Comment* None. V. Discussion and Possible Action on Airport Board Sub-committees Chairman Feferman reviewed to the membership the members that are on the sub-committees. He called for members to state the Sub-committee they wish to serve. Board members Gunter, Kelly Morgan and Williams signed up to serve on the Business Development Sub-committee. Board members Garcia and Harlan signed up to serve on the Marketing Sub-committee. Board members Garcia and Dunnman signed up for the Government Relations Sub-committee. Due to several changes within the Board's By-laws, Vice-chairman McCord moved to amend the current Airport Board By-laws with respect to the description of the Sub-committees. Board member Garcia seconded and the motion carried. The By-laws will acted upon at the March Airport Board meeting. VI. Discussion of Air Service Development Plan Update Kim Bridger, Marketing Manager, gave the Board a presentation on Air Service Development that was developed in working with Trillion Aviation, the Airport Aviation Consultant. She noted that CCIA has experienced a very active couple of months with respect to Air Service Development. She along with Trillion have engaged all the airlines regarding this subject. She reported of the Top 20 Destinations, ticket pricing has shown a difference between CCIA and San Antonio of $8 to $10 price difference in ticket pricing. She added that the airlines are not lowering fares but making adjustments to lowering fares made 21 days prior to flying. She felt that this has aided the higher load factors. In meetings with United, she reported that they are aware CCIA is interested developing more flights especially to Denver. In the American Airlines, with the new larger planes and they feel that they have found the right niche at CCIA. They are currently flying seven flights a day with 69% capacity. In January, American's load factors were leading at CCIA. They originally were only keeping the larger plans until January; and, now they will be using the larger plans until June. Director Segundo reported that the first-class seating regularly sells out. Ms. Bridger reported that the Airport's goal is to gain a low-cost carrier. She continued by reported that, with Trillion, a meeting was made with Allegiant regarding flights to Las Vegas. She explained that Allegiant is experiencing operations problems and no new plans for acquiring more. Allegiant is looking to new service Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda February 19, 2014 Page 2 of 3 in Mexico. She felt that CCIA has provided all the information they would need to make a decision on opening at here; however, it just depends on changes to their operations issues. She concluded that she would be meeting with the airlines again in Fall, 2014. United and American are moving to change from 50 seats to 76 seats planes. Flights to Mexico depend on CCIA showing the demand for these flights. Director Segundo mentioned a start-up airline that is going through the process of certification with the FAA with intra-state service in Texas. They would target South Texas with Q-400 which is a very fuel-efficient aircraft. The Director will update the Board if there is a status change. VII. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports i. Financial Report Asst. Director, Mario Tapia, reported that enplanements were up by 13.3% and the Parking use was up by 8.78% from 2013. He continued by stating at 50% of the fiscal year, revenues were at $3,808,973 which is 50% of Budget and expenditures were at $3,204,323 which is 40% of Budget. An Operating Surplus of $604,650 was achieved. He continued by reporting that the major variances in revenue were due to agricultural leases, apron charges, FBOs, commercial non-aviation rentals, auto rental concessions and TSA check point fees. The major variances in expenditures were due to salary savings in Administration and Public Safety Divisions, salary savings & FAA grant reimbursement for administration in development and construction and lower cost for parking management system in Parking/Transportation. He added that the CFC receipts for FY 13-14 were $446,744 for a total collection since June 2010 of$3,155,473. ii. GAR Director Segundo reviewed the Enplanement Comparison report showing monthly enplanements for CCIA, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, Midland and San Antonio. For CCIA, Southwest airlines had the market share for December. iii. Parking Revenue Report Asst. Director Tapia reviewed the parking figures in the Financial Report iv. Enplanement Comparison Report Director Segundo reviewed the enplanements with the Enplanement Comparison Report and the GAR. v. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Airport Construction Manager, reported to the Board on the status of the Airport's construction projects with a presentation. vi. Quarterly Fuel Report Director Segundo reviewed the Quarterly Fuel Report and made a disclaimer that the prices did not reflect any discounts given. He continued that pricing has not changed significantly. He felt this would change once the Airport builds self-fueling tanks. b. FBO Update Director Segundo reported that staff continues to work with Atlantic as they begin capital investment improvements. He continued by stating that staff is still working with Signature and will reschedule a meeting that was cancelled due to weather conditions. c. CC Helicopter Building Update Director Segundo reported that staff did attempt to work with the Civil Air Patrol but they were unable to raise the funding. He added that this building will be used temporarily for Airport storage. d. Runway 18-36 Update None. e. Parking Lot Update Director Segundo reported that the automatic identification system is being researched for use at CCIA. f. DHL/Carr's Update Director Segundo reported that Carr's is now working out of the old DHL building. DHL is looking at building warehousing on property. He would update the Board as more information is made available. g. MUFIDS Update Director Segundo reported that the appropriation for $300,000 for updating the system. Design is still pending along with placement of the new monitors. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda February 19, 2014 Page 3 of 3 VIII. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda a. Amend the Airport By-laws IX. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Garcia moved to adjourn. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:04 p.m.