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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 07/15/2015 L �u REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS JULY 15th, 2015, 3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Bill McCord, Vice-Chairman Alex Garcia, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Robert Williams, Member Karl Tomlinson, 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 3:30 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the June 17th, 2015 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for approval of the minutes for the June 17th Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to approve as written. Board member Williams seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the June 17th, 2015 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for action on absences for the June 17th Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to excuse Board member Clark for his absence from the June 17th Board meeting. Board member Williams seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* There was no comment from the public. V. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action to recommend to City Council the Sterling Aviation Agreement Director Segundo called for action from the Board regarding the agreement with Sterling Air Service to lease the former flight school hangar. He added that the agreement is an 18-month lease with options of month- to-month not to exceed 18 months for a total of 3 years. They are requesting a short-term lease as they are looking into building a new facility on Airport property. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Feferman called for a motion. Board member Dunnman moved to recommend this item for approval to City Council. Board member Garcia seconded and motion carried. VI. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action to recommend to City Council the Ordinance Appropriating $50,000 from TxDOT RAMP Grant Asst. Director Tapia discussed the TxDOT RAMP Grant funds to be appropriated. This item is regarding the work being done on the Terminal entrance canopy. This work should be done by mid-August. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Feferman called for a motion on this item. Board member Garcia moved to recommend this item to City Council for approval. Board member Dunnam seconded and the motion carried. VII. Presentation and Discussion on the Covered Parking Lot Director Segundo highlighted the key points on this item. He has put together a series of pro-formas with a baseline including results of increasing parking rates and adding additional rows of covered parking. Staff is partnering up with Republic Parking to get estimates on adding more covered parking. Discussion was heard on this item. VIII. Presentation and Discussion on the Del Mar Flight School Director Segundo informed the Board that he would be meeting with Del Mar College (DMC) staff regarding a flight school. Vice-chair McCord interjected information on this item including info on Mr. Brent Jolly who will be advising DMC on this item. Mr. Jolly heads the Texas Aviation Flight School. He added that this would be a Part 141 school. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda July 15th, 2015 Page 2 of 3 IX. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports i. Financial/GAR/Parking Revenue Reports Finance Manager, Louis Lares, began by informing the Board on the enplanements with a drop of 2.9%from 2014. He also stated the parking revenue was up 4.63% from 2014. Discussion was heard on the expenditures for June for the parking lot and Board member Garcia requested information on the cost and profit per space annually. Staff will address this at the next meeting. Discussion was heard on the drop of enplanements. Marketing Manager, Kim Bridger, informed the Board that a drop was expected as per the latest presentation from Trillion Aviation. Mike Bown with Trillion had initially expected the drop with American's fleet change but he also felt that it would be short-lived during the beginning of 2015. However, with the change of American's fleet and their capacity shrinking, the drop in enplanements has continued. Discussion was heard on this item. Mr. Lares continued by reporting on revenues and expenditures with 75% of the fiscal year's budget. He also reported that there was a surplus of$269,159. He also reported on CFCs with FY 14-15 receipts of$83,121 and cumulative receipts of$4,542,045. Discussion was heard on this item. ii. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Airport Project Manager, reported to the Board on the ongoing projects. Improved weather conditions has facilitated construction and he anticipates completion of the 13/30 project by the end of the month including the asphalt on the runway extension and taxiways. On the East GA, the contractor is still lacking the fence, grading and some of the utilities on the wash-rack. The contractor is looking for liquidated damages and asking for a stoppage of work which staff will not agree to. In conferring with the FAA, some scope of work will be negotiated for liquidated damages. The added scope will have access control, a gate along the access control area, CCTV and asphalting of the driveway from Hangar Lane up to the apron. Director Segundo also reported that the added scope will enable those who are purchasing fuel to access the fuel pump. Mr. Gonzalez estimated that January, 10th, 2016 as the completion date. Director Segundo added that the Airport will be going out for an RFQ for engineering services for the upcoming projects. The RFQ's first advertising will be July 22nd and a RFP meeting with selection being forwarded to the City Manager. He added that a member of the Board will be on the Selection Panel. Discussion was heard on this item. iii. FBO Deferred Maintenance Report Director Segundo reported to the Board he has met with Gary Daniels, Regional Manager with Signature. Mr. Daniels stated that they have the funding for the repairs and was meeting with the local managers on the process of repairs with the projects to start within the next couple of weeks. Mr. Daniels will also be putting together a timeline schedule on this project. iv. City Council Action Report + Director Segundo reported that the Capital Budget and the Airport's budget will be going to City Council within the next few weeks. He anticipated that the budget would be presented to the Board at the October Board meeting. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda July 15th, 2015 Page 3 of 3 X. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda The Board requested the following items to be placed on the August agenda: + Strategic Plan (Draft) + General Aviation Survey Results + Cell Phone Lot + Uber XI. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. A motion was heard and seconded. The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.