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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 02/15/2017 c ) NN �� REGULAR MEETING MINUTES h CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FEBRUARY 15T", 2017 + 3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Don Feferman, Chairman Jay Wise, 1 st Vice-chairman Robert Williams, 2nd Vice-chairman Curtis Clark, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Alex Garcia, Member Karl Tomlinson, Member Charles Kaffie, Member Paul Cameron, Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Mario Tapia, Asst. Director of Aviation Adelle Ives, Management Assistant Kim Bridger, PR & Mkt. Coordinator Gabriel Anton, Facilities Managers 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 3:32 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the January 181h, 2017 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for approval of the minutes for the January 18th 2017 Regular Airport Board Meeting. Board member Garcia moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Dunnam seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the January 18th, 2017 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Feferman called for a motion to excuse the absence of Board member Kaffie from the January 18th Regular Airport Board Meeting. First Vice-chairman Wise moved to excuse Board member Kaffie's absence from the January Board Meeting. Board member Garcia seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* No comment from the public. V. Presentation by and Discussion with United Ground Express General Manager Marketing Manager, Kim Hunt, introduced the new United Airlines Station Manager, James Fuerstenberg, who updated the members on his company's time at CCIA along with his new role at the Airport. He also reviewed their service record on customer service. He also extended himself to the members if they ever had a question or issue. VI. Presentation Discussion and Possible Action to Recommend Approval of the Airport In-Terminal Advertising Agreement Marketing Manager, Kim Hunt, gave a quick overview of this item for the members and advised the members this item would be going to City Council next week, February 21St, 2017. She also presented the members with a presentation showing the advertising locations in question. She reviewed what transpired at her meeting with the advertising company. After giving the steps involved in the selection, Mrs. Hunt recommended to the members to approve the current advertising provider. She added the marketing strategy this company proposed would increase advertising and revenue. She felt that choosing this company would bring more modern advertising which would have the potential to increase advertising revenue. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Feferman called for a motion. Board member Dunnman moved to approve the recommendation of Clear Channel advertising to City Council. Board member Garcia seconded. The motion carried. VII. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on Recommend Approval of the Taxiway Kilo Construction Contract Mario Tapia, Asst. Director of Aviation, gave background information on this item to the members in order to recommend to City Council to award the Taxiway Kilo Construction Contract to Spaw Glass in the amount of $2.2 million. He added that this project has been a coordination of efforts between the City of Corpus Christi, US Coast Guard and GSA. He anticipated that this item would be going to City Council on February 21St subject to the Board approval. Airport Construction Manager, Victor Gonzalez, added that the first phase of this project would be completed by August 15th. The first phase is 150 days which would include the first 300 feet of the taxiway. The Notice-to-Proceed will go to City Council for approval in March in order to meet the August deadline. Discussion was heard on this item. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda February 15th, 2017 Page 2 of 3 Chairman Feferman called for a motion to approve recommending this item to City Council to award this contract to Spaw Glass. First Vice-chairman Wise moved to approve this item. Board member Tomlinson seconded and the motion carried. VIII. Director's Reports i. Financial/GAR/Parking Revenue Reports Finance Manager, Louis Lares, mentioned that he had made changes to financial reports as requested by Board member Tomlinson. He continued reporting to the members that passenger enplanements were 4.2% above January, 2016 at 24,916 passengers. He added that Parking Lot Revenues were 1.6% below January, 2016 at $184.198. He reported that revenues are at$2,817,315 at 34% of the budget and expenditures are at$2,752,497 at 32% of the budget with a net income of$64,818. He added that CFC (Customer Facility Charges) for FY 16-17 receipts were at $72,468 with a cumulative total since 2010 of $6,044,101. Discussion was heard on this item. ii. Passenger Comparison Report This item was tabled for the next meeting. iii. Legislative Report Operations Manager, Carl Gross, gave the members an update on current state and federal legislation. He gave a presentation on each of the legislation items in detail. Discussion was heard on this item. Board member Garcia asked that the authors of the legislation be noted on his next presentation. iv. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Airport Construction Project Manager, briefed the members on the status of each of the construction projects currently on-going at the Airport. v. Project Updates a. Hudson Group Meeting Director Segundo reported that Airport staff met with the Hudson Group to discuss several changes they would like to do at CCIA. They are the current concessionaire of the Airport's News & Gift shop. They have a five-year agreement with a three-year option and would like to invest $500,000 in renovations and would like to change the terms of their agreement dependent on securing corporate funding. Mr. Segundo gave a presentation with mock-ups of the proposed anticipated changes. As this project becomes more cohesive, it will be brought back to the Board for their approval. Discussion was heard on this item. b. Airport Zoning Commission Establishment Director Segundo briefed the members on the steps that will be taken to attempt to establish the Airport Zoning Commission. He advised the members that work on a new presentation will be initiated to ultimately bring it to the Board for their recommendation to City Council for approval. Discussion was heard on this item. c. Southwest Airlines 40th Anniversary Celebration Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager, advised the members on the events planned for the 40th Anniversary celebration for Southwest Airlines. There will be two events. A formal proclamation will be made by City Council at the February 28th City Council meeting. The second event will be on March 8th from 5 to 7 p.m. here at the Airport. It will be co-hosted by the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce and the Black Chamber of Corpus Christi. Customer Appreciation events will be on-going here at the Airport sporadically between those two dates. She asked that members let her know if they will be attending the event on March 8th. She added that the actual date started flying out of CCIA was March 1St Discussion was heard on this item. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda February 15th, 2017 Page 3 of 3 vi. City Council Action Report a. US Coast Guard Parking Lot Letter of Intent Mario Tapia, Assistant Director, updated the members on the US Coast Guard facility's need of additional parking. An additional ground lease will be issued for this specific purpose and once the documents are finalized by the City's Legal department, it will be brought back to the Board for their approval. IX. Identify items for Next Airport Board Meeting Agenda Chairman Feferman asked for a consensus of the members whether to hold a March, 2017 meeting since it falls during spring break. The consensus of the Board was to not hold a meeting in March. X. Adjournment Chairman Feferman called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Garcia moved to adjourn and Second Vice-chairman Williams seconded. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 4:57 p.m.