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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 11/16/1992 MINUTES AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1992 AVIATION DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Present Dan Pedrotti, Chairman Sylvia Gulley, Vice Chairman Irving Dietz Joe Adame Willard Hammonds Alex Kirkland Wallace Lundgren sent W. L. Bates, Excused Bert eecof , Excused Emerson Harris, Excused f George D. Hext, Director of Aviation Bonnie Alli , Assistant Director of Aviation Victor Gutierrez, Airport Engineer Linda Sanders , Manager France and Properties oiie G. Shell, Administrative Aide Pauline Porter, Administrative Asst. I ARERgVAL The meeting was called to order at 3 :35 P.M. Sylvia Gulley made a motion to accept minutes with corrections as noted by Irving Dietz . Alex Kirkland seconded the motion. Minutes accepted. Sylvia Gulley made a motion to excuse the absences of . Bates, Bert Beecroft and Emerson Harris . Alex Kirkland seconded the motion. Motion was approved. PIRECTQR' S REP A. Construction Status Report: Victor Gutierrez , Airport Engineer, reviewed project status. Security Access Control & Fencing is 80-85% complete. Taxiway A Overlay project is 68% complete. B&K Fillet will be completed after the first of the year . Perimeter Road and Airfield Drainage project is 2% complete . Minor adjustments to the plans are needed. The Beacon replacement expected soon. Contract time shout be 60-90 days for completion once Beacon is received. The five electrical projects will be bid on December 23 , 1992 . The airfield maintenance building is complete except for the installing doors and connecting the driveway to the apron area. oiler/Cooling Tower is 20% complete . Revenue Control is 15% complete. Contractor will complete installing computers llin electrical wiring after the first of the year. The roof project is at the one year mark.. Estimate completion by mid December. Liquidated damages estimated as of this date to be 88 days . B. PEC Status : Application in progress . C. Land Purchase Status : First draft of RFP is completed and sent to the City Manager for review. will proceed after his review and comments are received. Alex Kirkland asked if a Noise Control survey will be conducted in the areas of proposed land purchase . The Director stated that right now it should be no problem but when land is purchased and construction starts then an evaluation will take place. D. Department Organization Changes : The City Manager has agreed to hiring a Architectural Technician to help with the Terminal Reconstruction Plans . Department is also adding two public safety officers, a Training officer for public safety, dispatchers for communications, two helpers in the maintenance section, a draftsperson for the admin. section, and upgrading positions in the parking lot. E. Report by Capt. Mathis: Capt. Mathis discussed the organization changes expected and the impact upon the public safety section. He informed the committee on the number of calls and the types of calls public safety has responded to in the past year. Feels more training is necessary. States morale has improved noticeably over the past ten months . Feels we should proceed in the same fashion for continued improvements. Ms. Gulley wanted to state that in reference to the locking up of the public safety officers city issued weapons, the board felt justified in their vote supporting this mandate. Capt . Mathis felt this was not a productive way to handle the issue. He suggested it put the officers in a position of being unarmed and exposed to potential danger because they are unarmed after getting off duty. The committee also wanted to know the area of jurisdiction for public safety officers. The Director stated that the City Manager has set public safety' s limits and boundaries as the airport property only. The lock up of weapons was also recommended by the City Attorney to help reduce the liability to the City. The Pi.rector stated there could possibly be a review of this situation at a future date. TENA TS COMMENTS John Gravell of Hedrick Beechcraft stated they had the best month ever due to the "Duke" Convention. Chip Luttrell from Signature said they have moved into their new facilities. ACT I QpI—TE--M-a A. Recommendation in Case No. 1092-2: zoning change in the clarkwood Land Area from 11R-IB" One Family dwelling district to "R- 2" Multiple dwelling district. Wallace Lundgren made a motion to approve the recommendation and Irving Dietz seconded. Joe Adame abstained. Motion approved-. The Director noted that a special permit will be issued rather than rezone this area. The people requesting the zoning change will provide an Aviation Easement protecting the City against possible futute litigation resulting from airport use. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Mr. Dietz asked why the location of the ARFF building is not the location shown in the Master Plan. The Director stated that location interfered with NAVAIDS performance. Mr. Dietz asked why this was not looked at before the Master Plan was approved, Mr. Dietz asked about the second entrance to the parking lot. Suggested it be blocked off. Director stated this should be corrected with the Parking Lot reconstruction plans . Mr. Dietz also asked about the progress on the Muffin Monster. Director stated the completed plans are in Airport engineering section. The only thing needed is for the specifications to be completed. Mr . Dietz stated that this project has been on hold for years, why not cancel the project entirely. The Director stated that it is still a need but due to FAA funding of other more crucial projects this project has necessarily been delayed until a more opportune time. Mr. Dietz suggested the plans and specs be completed to have ready for possible funding, due to the new Presidential party. Mr . Dietz also questioned the coordinates of the airfield as stated in the Master Plan and suggested they be standardized. Director stated that the original base for selecting the standards for the latitude and longitude of the airfield will soon be changed by FAA. Considers the changes to be negligible for this airport. Dan Pedrotti stated that the ordinance concerning the roles of the Airport Advisory Committee be completed and submitted to the Mayor and city Manager requesting to be on the Agenda for Council Action as soon as possible . Mr. Dietz asked Ms . Gulley if she had made any progress on the report for City Council concerning the cost savings at the airport because of the mechanic and the use of DO. She stated that she would work on it for the next meeting. ADJOURNMENT Wallace Lundgren moved adjournment. Alex Kirkland seconded. Meeting adjourned at 5 : 50 P .M.