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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 11/18/2015 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES , •� �� CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD m 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS NOVEMBER 18th, 2015, 3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Alex Garcia, Member Curtis Clark, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Robert Williams, Member Karl Tomlinson, Member Jay Wise, Member CITY STAFF 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 October 211t, 2015 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve the minutes from the October Board Meeting. Board member Garcia moved to approve as written. Board member Williams seconded. The motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the October 211t, 2015 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to excuse Board member Kaffie for his absence at the October Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to excuse the absence. Board member Williams seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* None. V. Discussion and Possible Action to Recommend to City Council Appropriation of Funds from FAA Grant 49 to the Airport Capital Improvement Fund for Runway 17/35 In Director Segundo's absence, Assistant Director Mario Tapia explained that this item was to recommend to City Council to approve the appropriation of funds for a project funded by the FAA's Grant 49 as part of the Runway 17/35 project. VI. Discussion and Possible Action to Recommend to City Council Appropriation of Funds from FAA Grant 50 to the Airport Capital Improvement Fund for Runways 17/35 and 13/31 Asst. Dir. Tapia continued by including this item along with the previous item for Board approval to recommend to City Council to the approve the appropriation of funds for a project funded by the FAA's Grant 50 as part of projects on Runways 17/35 and 13/31. Discussion was heard on item V and VI by the membership. Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve these two recommendations. Board member Garcia moved to approve Item V and Item VI. Board member Dunnman seconded and the motion carried. VII. Discussion and Possible Action on Amending the Airport Board By-laws Chairman Feferman began discussion on amending Article 10 of the Airport Board By-laws to include an additional Board Officer besides the Chairman and Vice Chairman. He proposed that a secretary be added as Board Officer as well as to the Executive Committee. Discussion was heard on this item. Board member Garcia proposed to add a Second Vice Chairman as a Board Officer instead of a Secretary. Discussion was heard regarding this proposal. Board member Garcia moved to amend Article 10 of the Airport By-laws to create a Second Vice Chairman who would be elected to serve as a Board officer for the period of one year and would serve in the absence of the Chairman and First Vice Chairman. The motion was seconded by Board member Wise and carried. Chairman Feferman conducted discussion on amending Article 12 of the Airport Board By-laws to reflect the changes made to Article 10 in adding the Second Vice Chairman as a Board Officer. Discussion was heard on this item. In conclusion, a motion was made by Board member Dunnman that would add the Second Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda November 18th, 2015 Page 2 of 3 Vice Chairman to the Executive Committee along with the Chairman, First Vice Chairman and the Advisory Board member, should the City Council appoint one. Board member Garcia seconded and the motion carried. VIII. Discussion and Possible Action on Nominations and Election of Vacant Board Officer Position Chairman Feferman opened the discussion of the selection from among the members to the two vacant Vice Chairman positions. The officer positions to be filled are the first Vice Chairman position recently vacated by William McCord and the newly added Second Vice Chairman position. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Feferman nominated Board member Wise for the position of First Vice Chairman and Board member Williams for Second Vice Chairman. Board members Wise and Williams accepted the nominations. A motion was made by Board member Garcia to elect Board member Jay Wise as First Vice Chairman and Board member Robert Williams to Second Vice Chairman. Board member Tomlinson seconded and the motion carried. IX. Presentation and Discussion on the Airport FY 15-16 Capital Budget Asst. Director Tapia began his presentation on the Airport's Capital budget for FY 15-16. He added that the Operating budget would be discussed at the next Board meeting in January, 2016. Mr. Tapia informed the Board that City Council adopted the FY 15-16 Capital budget in September, 2015. He also gave an overview on the City process on how the budget is ultimately adopted. An overhead presentation along with handouts were reviewed by the members. Discussion was heard on this item. X. Discussion and Possible Action on Canceling the December Airport Board Meeting Asst. Director Tapia proposed the Board cancel the December Airport Board due to the Christmas holidays and the possibility of not having a quorum for the meeting. Discussion was heard on this item. Board member Garcia moved to cancel the December Airport Board meeting. Board member Clark seconded and the motion carried. XI. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports i. Financial/GAR/Parking Revenue Reports Asst. Director Tapia reported that enplanements were down 1.4% from October of 2015. He also added that Parking Lot revenue is down almost 3%. Discussion was heard on this information. At 8% of the fiscal year, the budget is on target with revenues and expenditures with a small surplus. He also added that CFCs are at$4.8 million collected. ii. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager, reported on the status of all the ongoing Airport construction projects. An overhead graphic was presented to the members. Discussion was heard on this information. Asst. Director Tapia also reported on the changes of a new partition installed to TSA's checkpoint area. He also added that jet bridges and the gate areas are being re-carpeted and should be finished next week prior to the increased holiday travel. He also reported that the terminal canopy project is complete with the contractor finishing with the cleaning of the windows. Mr. Gonzalez also reported that two small contracts with KSA and Garver Engineering for the design of the East GA and the security fencing are scheduled. Garver will be doing a preliminary report on the concrete for the apron. He anticipated that this would go to City Council by January with NTP to be issued at the first of the year. Discussion was heard on these projects. iii. FBO Deferred Maintenance Report Asst. Director Tapia reported that there were no changes on this issue. He added that Signature is not doing anything until 2016. He felt that they were about halfway complete with their changes adding they were pressure washing the interior of the hangar prior to painting. iv. City Council Action Report None. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda November 18th, 2015 Page 3 of 3 XII. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Asst. Director Tapia asked for any items to be placed on the January agenda. The following items were requested to be placed on the January, 2016 agenda: Board sub-committees; Operating Budget; Strategic Planning meeting results; Security Briefing. XIII. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Garcia moved to adjourn. Vice-chair Williams seconded and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.