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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 11/08/2006 MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD � i 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM CO RYUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS AIRPORT NOVEMBER 8TH,2006,3:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Jerry Kane, Chairman Don Feferman,Member Frank "Rocco"Montesano,Vice-Chair William Dodge,Member J.C. Ayala,Member Jesse Olivares, Member Glenn E. Lyons,Member _Jay Wise,Member Sylvia Whitmore,Member _Sam Susser, Member Ed Hicks, Sr.,Advisory Member AIRPORT STAFF Dave Hamrick,Director of Aviation Mario Tapia,Finance& Admin. Manager Amy Gazin,Marketing/Public Relations Celina Pulcher,Management Assistant I. Call to Order The November meeting of the Airport Board was called to order by Vice-Chair Montesano at 3:30 p.m. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the September 13 t meeting of the Airport Board. Vice Chair Montesano called for a motion to approve the minutes of the September 131h Airport Board meeting. Board member Dodge moved to approve the minutes and Board member Wise seconded. The motion carried and the minutes were approved as read. (Items Ill&lYwere tabled to be discussed later in the meeting.) III. Presentation on Sky High Points Program, CCIA's passenger reward program. IV. Presentation of the new comprehensive media campaign including a television commercial produced by Quadrant Productions. V. Action Item a. Motion recommending the award of a construction contract with Malek, Inc. for the installation and purchase of two new 250-ton centrifugal chillers in the base bid amount of$624,900.00, Add. Alternate#1: $79,000, for a total contract price of$703,900. Director Hamrick gave a background report on this item. Alternate#1 is an add-on in order to pay for the temporary chillers out of bond funds. He also reported that seven bids were received with Malek being the lowest bid. The highest bid was$1,088,564.00. Discussion was heard. (Chairman Kane arrived and Vice-chair Montesano turned the meeting over to the Chair.) Vice-Chair Montesano moved to approve the motion and Board member Feferman seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Corpus Christi Intemational Airport Board Agenda November 8,20M Page 2 of 2 b. Motion recommending the amending of the Professional Services Agreement with PGAL to provide a Benefit/Cost Analysis on the extension of runway 13131 for an amount not to exceed $75,000. Director Hamrick gave a brief background report on this item. He reported that projected construction costs keep changing but he is confident it will be in excess of$10 million. The FAA requires a Benefit Cost Analysis and they will be funding 95%of the 575,000. It is also a "not to exceed"agreement. Vice-Chair Montesano questioned whether their request for the extension on the Master PIan would be sufficient for the BCA. Director Hamrick explained that thirteen separate areas would need to be addressed in the BCA including environmental and noise considerations. Discussion continued on this item. Vice-Chair Montesano moved to approve the motion. Board member Wise seconded and the motion passed. . Director's Report Director Hamrick asked the Board to refer to the information in their notebooks regarding Semtech. After reviewing the information obtained from the internet regarding Semtech,Director Hamrick stated he had been in contact with the CFO and discussion was held on the past due amount of $39,000, He wanted to inform the Board that based on the Lease agreement which states that if the building is unoccupied for more than 12 months, Semtech would be in default. Director Hamrick requested direction from the Board on what course of action to take. Discussion was heard and the consensus of the Board was to research Semtech's financial stability and continue working with management. The Board viewed the Airport's holiday commercial promoting flying out of Corpus Christi. Director Hamrick also advised the Board on the number of times this ad would nm as well as the stations this would be carried on. This ad would play on Time Warner and Grande cable systems until December 25h. The cost of producing this ad was$4,265.00 and it also includes a 15 second commercial which can be played on the Airport's website. Quadrant productions produced the commercial. Director Hamrick stated that the Parking Lot revenue was up and at an all time high. Director Hamrick also informed the Board that on CCTV and on the City's website an airline ticket price comparison would be displayed. He added that it was a fair and honest comparison which showed fares flying from Corpus Christi and San Antonio. He also reported that Kyak.com, which shows the fares to include taxes and other related charges,was the source of the fare comparison. He also mentioned that Southwest airline was not on this search engine,so the fares for Southwest were obtained directly from Southwest.com. He felt that this indicates that if you shop three weeks in advance you can get low fares. Discussion was heard. Director Hamrick updated the Board on his last conversation with Delta regarding the hubbing of Salt Lake City which would create major changes in their mutes. He added they indicated they would have direct flights to Salt Lake City from Corpus Christi when the Atlanta flights from Corpus Christi fly at 100% capacity. Discussion was heard regarding this issue. Corpus c;hristi International Airport Board Agenda November 8, 2006 Page 2 of 2 Director Hamrick referred the Board to a copy of a memo entitled"Lease Highlights". He also commented that due to time constraints this did not come before the Board in order to have it included in the next City Council agenda. It was expedited in order that the potential tenant would be able to move in next Wednesday. The new tenant, Chet Raspberry is from California and relatively new in town. He will be running a helicopter maintenance and charter service in the old Air Logistics building. This building has been vacant for at least 14 years. Director Hamrick felt that a very good escalating rental clause was negotiated as well as an agreement to$50,000 in capital improvements into the facility within 120 days of the effective day of the lease. Discussion was heard on this topic. The consensus of the Board was favorable regarding this item. VII. Board Business a. Board absences Director Hamrick stated that he had been contacted by Board member Susser and Mr. Hicks who were both out of town on business and unable to attend this meeting. Board member Dodge moved to excuse Board members Susser and Hicks. Board member Whitmore seconded and the motion carried. (Item III was now presented to the Board) III. Presentation on Sky High Points Program,CCIA's passenger reward program. Amy Gazin made a presentation to the Board on Sky High points,the Airport's new passenger reward program. This program is to encourage the community to comparison shop well in advance to get a lower fare flying out of Corpus Christi. She listed those businesses that have agreed to provide product and services as rewards to those participating in this program. The launch of this program will be December 1$`. She also added that there will also be a grand prize drawing at this time next year. She added that this program will be re-evaluated every three to four months in order to ensure the programs success. She explained the registration process and the media campaign for the program. VIIJ. Adjournment As there was no further business,the Board adjourned at 4:35 p.m.