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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 03/20/2019 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS MARCH 20TH, 2019 3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Jay Wise, Chairman Robert Williams, 1st Vice-chairman Curtis Clark, 2nd Vice-chairman Karl Tomlinson, Member Charles Kaffie, Member Paul Cameron, Member Mary Helen Dunnam, Member Jon Reily, Member Luis Buentello, Member Don Feferman, Advisory 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 Manager Carl Gross, Operations Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager Nicole Zapata, Finance Manager Elizabeth Hundley, Asst. City Attorney I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Wise at 3:31 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the February 20th, 2019, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for approval of the minutes of the Regular Airport Board meeting of February 20th, 2019. First Vice-chairman Williams moved to approve the minutes. Board member Buentello seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of absences for the February 20th, 2019, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise moved to excuse the absences of Board members Cameron, Riley and Second Vice- chairman Clark. Board member Buentello moved to excuse the members. Second Vice-chairman seconded and the motion carried. IV. Public Comment* Director Segundo introduced the Interim Assistant City Manager, Constance Sanchez. Ms. Sanchez gave some background of her experience with the City. Director Segundo introduced the TSA staff and recognize them for their efforts during the recent government shut-down. He praised them for their work efforts and asked that the Board recognize them for their actions. Chairman Wise also added the importance of their efforts and thanked them for all they did during such adverse conditions running the Airport with seamless operations. V. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on Recommending City Council to appropriate $289,765 from Federal Aviation Administration Grant 54, Amendment No. 1 to the Airport Capital Improvement Fund to provide for additional fence and security improvements at Corpus Christi International Airport. Assistant Director Tapia gave a brief overview of this item. He asked that the Board recommend this item to City Council to approve the appropriation of the funding. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Wise called for a motion. Board member Buentello moved to recommend to City Council approval of this appropriation. The motion was seconded by Second Vice-chairman Clark. The motion carried. VI. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action on Recommending City Council to authorize a lease agreement amendment with General Services Administration (GSA) for 6,993 square feet of office space located in the terminal at Corpus Christi International Airport for operation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Assistant Director Tapia gave a brief overview on this item. He asked for the Board to recommend City Council to approve this item. Chairman Wise called for a motion. Board member Cameron moved to approve. Board member Riley seconded and the motion carried. (The members were taken on a tour of the Driscoll Childrens Hospital hangar and the Sterling Aviation hangar.) VII. Ad journment At the completion of both tours, the members adjourned at 5:00 p.m.