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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 03/16/2016 c REGULAR MEETING MINUTES h CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS MARCH 16T", 2016 + 3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Jay Wise, 1 st Vice-chairman Robert Williams, 2nd Vice-chairman Curtis Clark, Member Dana Gunter, Member Alex Garcia, Member Charles Kaffie, Member Luis Buentello, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, 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 3:35 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the February 171h, 2016 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for approval of the minutes from the February 17th, 2016, Airport Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to approve as written. Second Vice-chair Williams seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the February 17th, 2016 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called to excuse Board members Dunnman, Kaffie and Tomlinson for their absences from the February 17th, 2016 Airport Board meeting. Board member Garcia moved to excuse all three members. Board member Gunter seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* Director Segundo introduced the Airport's Interim Assistant City Manager, Jay Ellington to the Airport Board. V. Discussion and Possible Action to Recommend the Shoeshine Concession/Lease for approval by City Council Airport Marketing Manager, Kim Bridger-Hunt, briefed the board on this item. A draft of the concession agreement was included in the members' notebooks for their reference. She mentioned this business is being charged a 5% concession fee and that operations will be re-evaluated for warranted changes. Director Segundo stated that this would probably go to City Council the second week in April. He asked for the Board's recommendation at this point in order to move forward with presenting this items to City Council. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Feferman called for a motion. Board member Garcia moved to recommend this item for approval to City Council. The motion was seconded by Board member Clark and passed. VI. Presentation and Discussion Update on the US Coast Guard Project Director Segundo briefed the Board on his conversation with F.D. Stonewater who expressed that a Notice to Proceed (NTP)would be issued by the end of March or early April. He felt that the Tenant Improvements (TI) would be done within the allotted 180 work days once the NTP is issued. He also added that an additional 30 days would also be added in order to get contractors back online to complete the project since the stop date of October, 2014. He also added that this project should be completed the first quarter of 2017. He also added that the design work for the taxiway and proposed changes has been completed. This change will still need to be taken to City Council due to the fact that the changes were not included in the initial agreement with the City/Airport. Discussion was heard on this item. VII. Discussion of Director's Report a. Airport Monthly Reports i. Financial/GAR/Parking Revenue Reports Louis Lares, Finance Manager, informed the Board that enplanements were up at 6.7% from 2015 and Parking Lot revenues were up 4.55% from 2015. With 42% of the fiscal year completed, revenues are at $3,551,427; expenditures are at $3,480,929 with a net income of $70,498. He continued by reporting that CFCs receipts for this fiscal year are at $71,308 with a cumulative total of $5,190,028. Marketing Manager, Kim Bridger-Hunt, also explained the GAR in depth and how capacity affects airfare and enplanements. Discussion was heard on this item. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda March 16th, 2016 Page 2 of 2 Mr. Lares gave a brief background report regarding the Customer Facility Charge (CFC). Discussion was heard on this information. Director Segundo also added that he would be setting up a meeting with the RACs (Rent-A-Car) to discuss potentially bringing in off-site vehicles to increase revenues at CCIA. He added that on-site RAC vehicles would have priority and he felt that the facility would be able to handle the increase in the number of vehicles; however, the parking lot would need to be reorganized. He felt that the increase in revenue would be a benefit to the RACs and the Airport as well as the changes in the parking area could be designed to include a cell phone area. Discussion followed regarding this item. ii. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Airport Construction Project Manager, reported on the status of the ongoing construction projects. He reported that he is holding retainage on the RW 18-36 project until the contractor complies with deficiencies. The International Drive project is moving forward and he anticipates that by summer 2016 construction could begin. Regarding RW 18 MALSR Station 12-14 project, he reported the project went out for bid in July 2015 and work is pending the contractor's signature due to confusion on verbiage. He anticipates that the NTP should be issued within the next 30-45 days. RW 13-31 Extension Project started flight check yesterday. He felt that it should be completed by May, 2016. He reported that the Contractor is still working on deficiencies on the runway work and there should be some liquidated damages for this project in that the contractor is 90 days behind schedule. He reported that the perimeter fence project should go out for bid in July, 2016. This project also includes laying fiber optic cable for CCTV all along the perimeter. The East GA project is at about 60% design completion and construction will begin with Areas 1-4. He added that for this fiscal year there is approximately $10M in construction. Discussion was heard on this heard. iii. FBO Deferred Maintenance Report Gary Williams, Facilities Manager, reported that there was no change from last month. iv. City Council Action Report a. Transportation Network Companies — Director Segundo updated the Board on the status of TNCs at CCIA. He added that an evaluation of TNCs would be done in order to formulate the best manner with which to handle this issue. VIII. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda The members asked for an update on the runway project. IX. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Garcia moved to adjourn. Board member Clark seconded and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 4:39 p.m.