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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 10/15/2014 REGUL R MEETING UTES CORPUS CHRIS IAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD CCIA 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM City o CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Co rlaLIS OCTOBER 15TH, 2014, 3:30 P.M. Ch ist:i. BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Bill McCord, Vice-Chairman Alex Garcia, Member Wayne Squires, Member Dana Gunter, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Robert Williams, Member Charles Kaffie, Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Mario Tapia, 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 Louis Lares, Finance &Admin Manager Elizabeth Hundley, Asst. City Attorney I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Feferman at 3:34 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the September 17th, 2014 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the minutes of the September Board Meeting. Board member Garcia moved to approve the minutes of the September Board meeting as written. Board member Kaffie seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the September 17th, 2014 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to excuse Board member Kaffie's absence from the September Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to excuse Board member Kaffie from the September Board meeting. Board member Squires seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* None. V. Announcement of Upcoming Public Events for Plan CC—the City's new 20-year comprehensive plan Director Segundo read a statement from Annika Gunning with the City's Development Services Department regarding Plan CC. The statement included the background information on this project as well as the meeting dates and location for this project's Open House events. The information gathered at these open house meetings will be used to formulate future plans for the City. The project goals and deadlines were also given as well as an informational brochure for the members to keep for their reference. Board member Garcia gave the Board more information on this project. Discussion was heard on this item. VI. Presentation and Discussion of the Airport Operations & Maintenance FY 2015 Budget Before this presentation began, Director Segundo informed the Board that this budget has already been approved by City Council and that any changes that are made to this budget will have to go back to City Council for approval. Mario Tapia, Asst. Director, advised the Board that the City Manager mandated that every budget be put together adhering to their departmental mission. CCIA's Mission Statement is: Provide access to air transportation and aeronautical services. In order accomplish our mission, there are four mission elements: 1. Maintain all city-owned facilities on airport property 2. Manage all airport operations; 3. Manage all leased property within airport perimeter 4. Plan and develop expansion of the airport Mr. Tapia continued by reporting that the Airport has 82 Full-time Equivalents (FTE's). He also presented figures comparing revenues and expenditures from FY 12-13 & FY 13-14 along with projections for FY 14- 15. He stated that the difference between FY 12-13 & FY 13-14 was mainly due to refinancing of revenue bonds to include a full year's payment. Another reason, he added, is due to the new salary increases per the CM for all City employees. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes October 15, 2014 Page 2 of 3 VII. Presentation and Discussion of the Airport Capital FY 2015 Budget Mr. Tapia presented to the Board the FY 2015 Budget letting them know that key numbers were highlighted for their review. He continued by presenting the Board with the FY 14-15 Capital Budget Overview for their review. This budget was adopted by City Council for year one of a three-year plan. He will focus his presentation for year one as well as the source funding for these projects. Details for each project are detailed in the members' notebooks. Discussion was heard on this topic. VIII. Presentation and Discussion of General Aviation Projects Director Segundo presented an overview of the Airport's General Aviation projects that keep with the Airport's mission. He reviewed the Airport's mission and the mission elements for the Board. In working with the two national Fixed Based Operators located at CCIA, the Director presented the Board with the major completed, ongoing and future projects at CCIA. Also discussed were the indirect projects at the Airport which included drainage projects, runway and taxiway projects, ARFF equipment and NavAids. Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager, responded to members' questions regarding this topic. Also discussed were possible locations for t-hangars to be built once funding, public or private, can be secured. Discussion was heard on this item. (Board member Harlan arrived at 4:23 p.m.) IX. Presentation and Discussion of the Proposed Airport Zoning Commission (AZC) Director Segundo began his presentation by informing the Board that the authority for establishing the Airport Zoning Commission (AZC) is from the Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 241: Municipal and County Zoning Authority Around Airports "Airport Zoning Act". He added that the Joint Airport Zoning Board (JAZB) has the same power to zone as a political subdivision. He continued by stating that the AZC recommends zoning and the City adopts the regulations. The political subdivision must be established by ordinance. This would also allow zoning in the ETJ for populations of more than 45,000. Director Segundo went on to give the benefits of the AZC in comparison to the JAZB. He also showed the proposed structure and work flow in a slide presentation. He continued by reporting the zoning regulations and the controlled compatible land use area. In closing, he presented to the Board an implementation schedule. He felt that this could be completed by the first quarter of the next calendar year also considering that a new City Council would be seated at that time. Discussion was heard on this topic. Chairman Feferman recommended that a committee be formed to deal with issues with the AZC. X. Presentation and Discussion on the Airport Infectious Disease Procedures John Hyland, Chief of Airport Public Safety, informed the Board of the Airport procedures in place at CCIA to deal with this type of incident. Discussion was heard on this topic. XI. Presentation and Discussion of Airline Customer Service Director Segundo updated the board on developments with corporate American Airlines staff which included removing the station manager and replacing her with a temporary station manager with more extensive managing experience. He went on to inform the Board that ENVOY has replaced American Eagle but they still run from the American Airline ticket counter. He reported that Gregg Rice, United Airlines General Manager was at CCIA to deal with staff recruitment and retention issues. He also added that he has recommended that American Airlines work with Ken Trevino with Texas Worksource Commission on this issue. American Airlines will be trying to get someone into the station manager position within the next 30 days; they are also bringing in lead staff from other stations to work with current CCIA American Airlines staff. He reported that he has discussed with Mike Woods with American Airlines on CCIA's challenges and they are open to any suggestions for improvements. XII. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports i. Financial Report Finance Director, Louis Lares, began by reporting that enplanements are by 8.9% from last year and the parking lot revenue is 12.06% from 2013. Kim Bridger, Marketing Manager, interjected that these figures were a complete 12-month cycle from where the increase in both these two areas were first noted. Mr. Lares continued that revenues were at 103% of the fiscal budget and expenditures were at 93%which left a surplus of$568,688 for the fiscal year. He continued Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes October 15, 2014 Page 3 of 3 by reporting that CFC FY 13-14 receipts were at $1,107,897 and a cumulative total from June 2010 was at$3.9 million. ii. General Aviation Report Discussed in the previous item. iii. Parking Revenue Report Discussed in the previous item. iv. Enplanement Comparison Report No discussion was heard on this item. v. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager, reported on all on-going construction projects at CCIA. Director Segundo reported that the USCG project has shown no movement and he felt that the project could be shelved until funding is provided by Congress. b. Air Service Development Update Kim Bridger, Airport Marketing Manager, reported on her recent Business Development meetings with 7 airlines. She attended these meetings with Mike Bown from Trillion Aviation in Chicago, Illinois. She reported that these meetings are with the airlines' planners and she felt very positive on the responses from the airlines. She reported that American and United are in the process of transitioning new planes and that new 70-seaters should be coming to CCIA soon. There will also be using more 76-seaters within the next year. She continued that Southwest was happy with the growth they have seen and they reiterated that they continuing to watch airfares. She stated that the average price was the same for CCIA and San Antonio. She also stated that she met with Allegiant. They are still interested in CCIA and they are keeping up with our numbers for Las Vegas and Orlando. She also met with two Mexican airlines, Viva Aerobus & Volaris. They discussed Corpus Christi's economy and the need for international air service. She also mentioned that she met with an airline, Public Charter, at their request. They are based in Pennsylvania that does some intrastate and they also make connections between airports that are considered "under served". They are currently flying from Victoria to Austin. They were interested in CCIA to Austin, but after some discussion and based upon the numbers at CCIA, they changed their interest to flying to New Orleans. c. Sub-committee Reports i. Strategic Planning Committee Vice-chair McCord voted to table this item for the November meeting. Board member Garcia seconded and the motion carried. d. 2014 Airport Business Plan Director Segundo informed the members that the Airport's Business Plan was in their notebooks for their review at the November meeting. XIII. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Kim Bridger informed the Board of a tour for the members of CCAD. XVI. Adjournment Chair Feferman called for adjournment at 5:29 p.m. Board member Kaffie moved and Board member Squires seconded. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.