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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 11/19/2014 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM City of CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Ccrrp�s NOVEMBER 19TH, 2014, 3:30 P.M. Christi BOARD MEMBERS Bill McCord, Vice-Chairman Alex Garcia, Member Wayne Squires, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Robert Williams, Member Shawn Morgan, 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 Carl Gross, Operations Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager Louis Lares, Finance &Admin Manager I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Vice-chairman, William McCord at 3:30 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the October 151h, 2014 Regular Airport Board Meeting Vice-chairman McCord called for approval of the minutes from the October Airport Board Meeting. Board member Garcia moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Williams seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the October 15th, 2014 Regular Airport Board Meeting Vice-chairman McCord called for a motion to excuse Board member Morgan's absence from the October Airport Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to excuse Board member Morgan. The motion was seconded and was carried. IV. Public Comment* There was no public comment. V. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports i. Financial Report Louis Lares, Admin & Finance Manager, began by reporting that the new software program, INFOR, was up and running. Due to the change in software account programs by City Hall, he added that some financial information was not readily available. Mr. Lares continued by reporting that revenues are at $763,106 at 9% of the budget and expenditures are at $424,149 at 5% of the budget leaving a surplus of$338,957. Mr. Lares also added that CFC receipts for FY 14-15 are at $86,786 with a cumulative total of CFCs collected since 2010 at$3,903,412. ii. GAR Mr. Lares reported that enplanements were up 1.6% from 2013 to 30,974 passengers. He presented a summary of FY 2014-2015 enplanement activity. Kim Bridger, Marketing Manager, interjected that in October there was a small increase in passengers when American Airlines switched planes which shrank capacity and is reflected in the enplanements. She felt that enplanements would increase within the next 2-3 months due to capacity shrinkage decrease. She felt that passengers either drove to San Antonio or used Southwest due an increase in their enplanements. iii. Parking Revenue Report Mr. Lares reported the parking revenue was up 9.13% from 2013 at$209,337. Discussion was heard on this information. iv. Enplanement Comparison Report With the information available, staff related that CCIA is holding steady at about 10%. Discussion was heard on this information. A point was made that some of the other cities on the comparison did have international air service. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda November 19, 2014 Page 2 of 3 v. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager, began his report by stating that the 18-36 Project should be completed before the holidays. He continued by stating that the International Drive project is at 100% and anticipates going out for bids after the new year. He is working with Engineering to have more items encompassed in the project. He added that on the 13-13 Project, all the NTP's have been issued. The last one to be issued was the one for the concrete pavement in October, 2014. He added that weather has impacted construction; however, he is working to ensure the contractor stays within schedule. Discussion was heard on this item. Mr. Gonzalez also informed the Board on the installation of the MUFIDS project. He felt the project would be completed before December. Director Segundo updated the Board on the US Coast Guard project by stating that the project is at 55% completion. He continued that the contractor can not continue working because the TI's (Tenant Improvement) are not approved. Stonewater is working with GSA on getting through this issue. Director Segundo also addressed the changes on the taxi lane at the USCG project. Through the US Military Affairs Commission funding, the taxiway will be partially funded for this project to extend the taxiway to 75 feet. He added that City Council has approved this change and it just needs to be approved by the Military Affairs Commission. He felt that this project would be approved and he would know more by December 4th. Discussion was heard on this item. Director Segundo also informed the Board that staff is working with the three airlines to do extensions of their agreements. All three companies are supporting the move to doing extensions rather than new lease agreements. He also added that staff is working with Trillion Aviation to develop new agreements within the next three years for the airlines. b. Sub-committee Reports L Strategic Planning Sub-Committee Board member Williams reported on the last sub-committee meeting that included reports from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Del Mar College. He reported on all the activity and project from both organizations including: Dr. Flavius Killebrew, President-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi: • Completed a 10-year strategic plan and will be doing a 5-year plan next year; • Working towards becoming an emerging research university; • Current status is as a doctoral research or Tier I university; • University received $17 million in externally funded research with an increase due to the unmanned drone research; • Center of Excellence in the Gulf of Mexico is a $183 million project; • Enrollment is growing with projections at 13,000 for 2020 and could be as high as 20,000; • Hiring faculty as fast as possible; • International student population consists of 4.5%; 4 to 5 comes from outside Texas; and, 30% come from the Coastal Bend — The remainder come from the larger metropolitan cities in Texas (Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Houston, Valley, DFW, Austin); • Contacted by 99 companies interested in submitting proposals for start-ups in the area; • University would be instrumental in working with the FAA on rules and regulations for the use of unmanned drones; • International students to the University come from Asia/Vietnam, South America, Middle East and Mexico. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda November 19, 2014 Page 3 of 3 Fernando Figueroa, Provost & Vice President of Instruction and Student Services - Del Mar College: • Bond Issues; • Information on capital improvements plan; • Aviation Maintenance Program has developed a 5-year strategic plan expanding within the curriculum; • Bring Aviation Maintenance together with Engineering and other DMC teams; • Working on partnerships with companies that will bring in $40 million into the area o Portland ISD o Calallen ISD o Opening a welding and allied health at these two schools districts • Looking to develop an international presence • Looking to develop classrooms into an experience type of environment • Continued Education has doubled in one year • CCIA/DMC partnership in the development of a flight school to include a ground school c. 2014 Airport Business Plan Director Segundo presented the members a copy of the Airport's 2014 Business Plan which is developed by the City. The Mission Statement and Mission Elements are approved by the City Manager. He added how the plan was developed and added that benchmarking has been included in the plan and he is confident that these benchmarks can be tracked. He feels that this is information that can be utilized in comparison with other airports and will give a better indication of how CCIA is operating. This plan changes with the fiscal year and by March or April of 2015, the new plan will begin to develop. d. Future City Council Agenda Items Director Segundo reported he anticipates that on December 9th, the Atlantic lease agreement amendment will be going before City Council. This is to make both FBO leases similar. He added that Signature has not signed their agreement and is having some difficulty in getting the agreement signed. He added that he anticipates having this item going to City Council on December 16th. To do this, all paperwork needs to be submitted by December 9th. If this deadline is not met, he has been instructed by the City Manager to send a letter with a deadline for the agreement's submittal. It will also include provisions if this new deadline is not met. Discussion was heard on this item. VI. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Director Segundo reported that a presentation by Western LLC will be presented to the Board on the new layout for their project. VII. Adjournment As there was no further business, Vice Chairman McCord called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Garcia moved to adjourn. Board member Squires seconded and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 4:51 p.m.