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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 05/26/1999 MrNUTES AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD MONDAY, MAY 26, 1999 AVIATION DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM LIYYYL! % mA j�C,N N Abel Alonzo Il 91, u „ Chuck Cazalas Ramiro Gamboa Liana Gonzales Willard Hammonds, Sr. Ed Hicks, Sr. .ferry Kane Marls Meyer Jorge Rangel Jan Rehler staff Bonnie Allin, Director of Aviation Dave Hamrick,Operations Manager Alex Kovach,Business Development Manager John Maceda, Manager of Administration Susan St. Cyr,Planning&Development Engineer Lorilie Shell,Management Assistant I The meeting was called to order at 12:14 p.m.by Chuck Cazalas. Voting for a new Chairman and Vice Chairman took place prior to the regular meeting. Mr. Hicks nominated Mr.Kane for Chairman. Mr.Rehler seconded the nomination. No other nominations were made. Mr.Rehler motioned to cease nominations. Mr.Kane seconded the motion. Mr.Hammonds made a motion to appoint Mr.Kane to Chairman by unanimous vote. Mr.Cazalas seconded the motion. Motion approved. Mr. Alonzo nominated Mr. Cazalas for Vice Chairman. Mr. Hammonds nominated Mr. Hicks for Vice Chairman. No seconded motions were made. Ballots were distributed to each Board member. Mr.Hicks was appointed as Vice Chairman by a vote of 7 to 3. New member orientation was conducted.Ms.Allin introduced Mr.Warren Meehan,the Air Traffic Control Tower Chief to the Board. Mr.Meehan assured the Board of his enthusiasm for working with the new Board and briefed the Board on the mission of the FAA Control Tower in respect to the operations at the airport, Ms. Alison Gallaway from the City's Legal Department gave a presentation to the Board Members discussing City policies and rules for Board Members as directed by City Council,City Ordinance,and City Charter. Ms.Gallaway discussed FAA Grant Funding and Lobbying regulations. She informed the Board they must be very careful in respect to these issues as the City must report these actions in order to adhere to FAA Grant Assurance requirements to continue receiving Grant funds for projects at the Airport and for the City. She pointed out that no lobbying may be conducted by a single Board Member or as a Group without prior Council approval(Resolutions,etc.). Mr.Kane asked if a Congressional Member called a Board member asking questions,will it be appropriate for the Board Member to respond. Ms.Gallaway said it would be„ but the conversation needs to be reported to the Legal Department. She noted it would be more appropriate to allow either Staff or Council to respond. Ms. Alain advised that prior to Advisory Board action, Board members should contact City Council or Airport Staff to clarify policy directives. Staff will prepare for the Boards and Council recommendation a Resolution regarding issues to be discussed. Once the resolution is adopted by Council the position may be communicated to our Congressional Delegation. Ms. Gallaway noted that once a Resolution was adopted clarifying the City's position it would be appropriate for Board members to discuss that particular issue with Congressional or City Council members as an individual only and not as a representative of the entire Board,unless the Board as a whole approved of the individual Board member representing them. APPRO-VAL: Mr. Gamboa made a motion to approve the Minutes of April 15, 1999 and Special Call Minutes of March 24, 1999. Mr.Hicks seconded the motion. Motion approved. Dig EC'_TOR'S REPORT: Mr.Tom Mertens(DMJM Aviation) and Mr.Richard Maxwell (Gensler) gave a presentation an the status of the new Terminal Building Design progress. Mr.Alonzo asked how far into the future will the building concept handle the airport needs. Mr.Kane asked why the need to tear down the upper west concourse. Ms.Allin responded that passenger and tenant needs would be better met by tearing down and reconfiguring,it would also be easier access from the service court area for outbound bag delivery. Ms. Allin pointed out that with the new concept for the terminal building,additional space for new airlines or other tenant/customer needs can be added incrementally efficiently and more cost effectively. Estimated completion date is in the 3'quarter of 2002. Mr.Kane asked at what point in construction will the line-of- sight issue become a problem. Ms. Allin said probably early 2001. Mr. Alonzo asked about the cost of building the new terminal. Ms.Allin said that Gensler is working backwards from a set Budget and that they have been directed to design the terminal with that budget as the driving force. JENANT COMMENTS: No tenant comments were made. ACTION ITEMS: A.) Mr.Hammonds made a motion to Recommend authorizing the City Manager,or designee, to award a construction contract to Chubb Security Systems in an amount not to exceed$185,000 for a new Airport Automated Access Control System at Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA). Mr. Rehler seconded the motion. Mr.Alonzo asked if the contractor was a local fwn. Ms.St.Cyr said they were out of San Antonio. Ms.Allin said that the FAA mandates this system be installed. The system that is being installed meets the minimum requirements to get the Airport through Year 2K. The additional needs for the new terminal will be included in the terminal construction plans. Mr.Alonzo noted that, where possible,we should use local contractors. Motion approved. B.) Mr.Rehler made a motion to recommend authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to award a construction contract to RabaIais Electric in an amount not to exceed $389,690 (base bid only) to construct and install a new state-of-the-art Automated Parking Control Revenue System (APCRS) in the public parking lot at Corpus Christi International Airport(CCIA). Mr.Meyer seconded the motion. Ms,Allin informed the Board we were asking only to award the base bid due to budget constraints. Mr. Hammonds asked why we were buying a new system, hadn't we just purchased the last one within the last few years. Ms. Allin said the existing system in not Year 2K compliant nor is the manufacturer supporting it as it is obsolete. With this purchase we will be buying gate spitters,computer system,and a license plate inventory system. Mr.Gamboa asked if we followed the City's bonding process and other city policies and procedures when this project was bid. Ms.Allin affirmed that we did. Mr.Hicks asked if this new system would be used in the planned new parking lot and terminal building in 2005. Ms.Allin said that yes it would be and that we are using existing conduit at this time. Motion approved BOARD f Mr Browning -BILMM Mr.Cazalas made a motion to approve a Proclamation or s.Marylee Bro ing and Mr.Roberto Barron recognizing them for their service on the Board. Mr.Rehler seconded the motion. Motion approved. BQ COMMENTS & JO FIEL The Chairman asked for volunteers for the Budget Sub- Committee to contact Ms.Allin within 10 days.This item will be discussed in June at the next meeting. Due to scheduling conflicts, the Board discussed and decided to change the regular meeting date from the 3' Monday of each month to the 2"Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. Next meeting is set for June 9, 1999. Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.