HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 12/18/1980 Minutes of the Airport Advisory Board Meeting
December 18, 1980
A meeting of the Airport Advisory Board was held on Thursday, December 18, 1980, in
the office of the airport manager. The following were in attendance: Ilayden Ilead,
chairman; Dick Bowers, Clarence Priour, and Pauline Glassn, board nembers;
Ben Donnell, attorney representing the car rental companies; it Ridgeway, National
Car Rental; Herbert Morrison and Steve Jordan, Avis Rent-A-Car; Mike Campbell, Hertz
Rent-A-Car; Jack Pagan, Budget Rent-A-Car; Johnny Cotten, Cotten & Landreth Architects;
Douglas Matthews, Director of Public Utilities; and William D. Wilder, Airport Manager.
Mr. [lead called the meeting to order at 3: 30 p.m. Mr. Bowers moved and Mrs. Glasson
seconded the motion that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written.
The motion passed unanimously.
A presentation by Mr. Donnell and Mr. Cotten was made to the board concerning the
parking situation for the car rental companies. Mr. Donnell said the car rental
companies want to keep the ready car and return car parking lots together for a more
efficient operation, and they worked with Mr. Cotten in drawing a proposal for
enlarging the present car rental parking lot using part of the present employee
parking lot. lie stated that the FAA employee lot has only a few vehicles parking ill
it at any one time, and suggested that it could be used for terminal building
employee parking. Mr. Wilder stated that FAA is paying for the rAA employee lot,
and he had talked with FAA about buying some of the spaces and felt something could
be worked out. Mr. Donnell stated also that his clients did not feel there was
sufficient room for the car rental companies in Cotten and Landreth's proposed
terminal building plans. After a lengthy discussion Mr. Priour made the motion that
the board adopt and recommend the car rental concept as shown on Johnny Cotten's
drawings which would expand the present car parking lot to the south and east taking
in part of the employee parking lot, redoing the entrance and exit to the lot, and
using the lot for both return and ready cars with the interior configuration to be
one by the car rental companies holding leases for airport space, Mr. Bowers
seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Mr. Donnell said his clients would like to express to the board their feelings on the
single point security checkpoint. The car rental companies feel that a more efficient
use of the terminal building could be accomplished by having two checkpoints at the
entrances to the concourses. They feel, he said, that traffic through the checkpoint
would move a great deal faster through two checkpoints and customers would be free to
come and go to the restaurant.
Mr. Matthews reported that the City staff had reviewed the proposed terminal building
plans and felt that they would be sufficient to handle passenger traffic with ample
space for the car rental ompanies and customers for the next few years. He stated
that the it staff also thought the single of security checkpoint was operating
effectively. Mr. Matthews asked the board if they would like to address whether the
City should charge employees for parking if an additional parking lot had to be
constructed to handle employee parking when a portion of the present employee lot is
converted to a car rental lot. The consensus of the board was that they would prefer
not to charge employees for parking.
Airport Advisory Board Minutes of December 18, 1980 Page 2
The next its an the agenda was the request of Federal Express to lease office space
in the International Arrival Building. Mr. Bowers made the motion to recommend to
the City Council that the City lease to Federal Express room 102 in the International
Arrival Building. Mrs. Glasson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Mr. Wilder reported that Tejas Airlines is continuing to pay a small portion of the
past due balance along with the current fees. He said that the ramp contract is
approximately 98 percent complete and should be finished by the end of this month,
and that the parking lot contract is about 80 percent complete with the estimated
completion date of January IS probably being delayed due to inclement weather.
Mr. Wilder also reported for the board's information that the paging service had
been discontinued as of December 9 because the City and the limousine service had
been unable to reach an agreement. He said that the airlines all favored doing
their own paging rather than paying fora paging service.
Al r. Bowers asked if the present entrance road overlay was in the entrance/exit road
contract, Mr. Matthews said fie thought it was in this contract and checked on the
airport manager's plans to verify this.
The meeting was adjourned at 5: 15 p.m.
William D. Wilder, AAE
Airport Manager
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