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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 12/15/2004 Minutes CORPII9CRRI5T1 Airport Board Meeting l �$ INTERNATIONAL December 15,2004 AIRPORT Board Members City/Airport Staff ❑ Jerry Kane, Chairman ® Dave Hamrick,Director ❑ Ed Hicks, Sr., Vice-Chairman ® Debra Keller,Assistant Director ❑ Glenn E.Lyons, Member ❑Roy Rodriguez, Facilities Manager ® Wayne Bennett, Member ❑ Celina Y.Pulcher, Management Assistant ® Willard Hammonds, Sr., Member ® Adelle Ives,Management Assistant ❑Nelda Martinez, Member ❑Mark Meyer,Member ® Frank"Rocco"Montesano, Member ® Don Feferman,Member ® J.C.Ayala, Member In the absence of both the Chair and Vice-chair, Board member Montesano called the Corpus Christi International Airport Board meeting to order at 3:34 p.m. I. Approval of minutes for the Airport Board meeting held November 10, 2004. In the absence of a quorum for the Board, no vote was taken regarding the minutes of the Airport Board meeting of November 10,2004. II. Motion to approve a short and long term food and beverage concession lease agreements with Game Time Food and Beverage Services,Inc. Director Hamrick gave a brief explanation to the Board of what has transpired with respect to the RFP for a food and beverage concessionaire at the airport. He informed the Board that staff would be recommending Game Time Food and Beverage Services, Inc, as being selected for the food and beverage concession. He also added that Whataburger had expressed an interest in continuing to provide food service at the airport. Board member Montesano questioned how many parties responded to the RFP. Director Hamrick responded that two had responded with interest. Assistant Director Keller gave an overview on the manner the selection was made. Board member Montesano questioned what had been agreed with Game Time. Director Hamrick explained the details of the agreement. Board member Montesano also questioned what type of menu Game Time would be providing. Mrs. Keller stated their menu was very diverse, including burgers&fries to steak and seafood. Board member Feferman questioned whether Game Time and Alrporl Board Miniaes DecemberI5,2004 Page 2 of 3 Whataburger could combine their efforts to service the airport concession. Director Hamrick stated this could be an option open for negotiation. Mrs. Keller added that Game Time would be using the equipment already at the airport. They would also be responsible for maintaining the equipment. She also stated that funding would be included for marketing and improvements and repairs. Director Hamrick added that this was a good arrangement. He also added that the revenues generated by this contract would have a rippling effect to generate income in areas of the airport. Discussion was held by the Board. As there was no quorum present,no vote was taken on this motion. III. Motion to approve a lease with Hangar 10 Partnership. Director Hamrick informed the Board on some of the background information on the present tenant. He explained the current lease was reviewed and upgraded in several areas. He added that this would be a twenty-year lease with two five-year options. Discussion was held by the Board. As there was no quorum present, no vote was taken on this motion. IV. Motion to approve a lease amendment with HMS Host to include cargo space. Director Hamrick gave a brief explanation on this motion. Discussion by the Board was held. As there was no quorum present, no vote was taken on this motion. V. Motion to approve contract with CCREDC. Director Hamrick explained the contract CCIA would be agreeing to with CCREDC. He stated this was a non-airline commercial marketing development. Board member Montesano questioned if this contract was to assist in developing an industrial park. Director Hamrick responded affirmatively but that the industrial park development initiative was not contingent on the agreement. He also added that he had met with the Director of Engineering, Angel Escobar and the City Manager, Skip Noe regarding this topic. He informed the Board that Mr. Escobar would be selecting an engineering firm to start the design phase. Assistant Director Keller informed the Board that this contract would assist with the"Fly Corpus Christi"campaign. Board member Feferman questioned what this contract would specifically provide to CCIA. Director Hamrick replied that two commercials would be created for advertising. Board member Montesano stated that he did not feel that the airport should be paying for commercials. Discussion was held by the Board. As there was no quorum present,no vote Airport Board Minutes DecemberI J.2004 Page 3 of 3 was taken on this motion. VI.. Motion to approve Airport Capital Improvement Program. As there was not a quorum present, Director Hamrick distributed the Airport Capital Improvement Program report to the board members. He added that this could be discussed at the next meeting. VII. Director's Report a. Verizon Lease Mrs. Keller informed the Board that the Verizon Lease would be brought before the Board at the next meeting. b. TSA Opt Out Program Director Hamrick informed the Board that he had met with the airline station managers and the concensus of the group was to pass on the Opt Out Program. c. Shuttle RFP Director Hamrick stated that he would be presenting to the Board an RFP for shuttle services at the airport. VI. Board Business and Reports As there was not a quorum present, there was no new Board business or reports for this meeting. The Board adjourned at 4:13 p.m.