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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 07/08/2009 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOA AE El ED 1000 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AVIATION BOARD ROOM FEB I a ?010 INTRAN MONAI CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS [N7RRN A71pNAL � AIRPORT July 8TH, 3:30 P.M. CITYSFCRETAgY'S OFFlGF BOARD MEMBERS Ed Hicks, Sr., Chairman Don Feferman, Vice-chairman William Dodge, Member Jesse Olivares, Member Jay Wise, Member J.C. Ayala, Member George Richard, Member George Fisher, Member Richard Drilling, Member Chad Magill, Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Enrique H. Castillo, Asst. Director of Aviation Adelle Ives, Management Assistant Esmeralda Salazar, Management Assistant Roy Rodriguez, Facilities Manager Mario Tapia, Finance & Admin Manager Carl Gross, Operations Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Angela Rowe, PR & Mkt. Coordinator Gary Williams, Aviation Maintenance Manager Elizabeth Hundley, Legal Dept. I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. by Chairman Hicks. A quorum was present. II. Approval of the minutes for the June Ioth, 2009, regular meeting of the Airport Board Chairman Hicks called for approval of the minutes. Board member Wise moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Richard seconded and the motion carried. III. Approval of Board member absences for the June 10th, 2009, Board meeting IV. Public Comment* None. V. Presentation and Discussion -Air Service Development Director Segundo reported to the Board that Mike Bown with Sabre Airline Solutions was hired to assist with Airport Air Service Development. He added that Mr. Bown would be making a presentation via conference call. Mr. Bown began by giving the Board his organization's experience with air service development. He continued by giving his forecast of the aviation industry with a PowerPoint presentation of the Corpus Christi air service market and national market as well. The floor was opened to questions. Discussion followed. Corpus Christi international Airport Board Agenda July e, 2009 Page 2 of 3 VI., Presentation and Discussion - Marketing Plan Director Segundo introduced the staff from Reel Simple Productions who have been working closely with Angela Rowe, Airport PR & Marketing Coordinator. Dan Garza and Jacob Augs began their presentation by giving a briefing on their experience and background. Mr. Garza unveiled the new logo as well as presented to the Board a new proposed Airport commercial. The floor was opened to questions by the Board. Discussion followed. VII. FY 09 -10 Budget Presentation and Discussion Director Segundo reported that the Airport's budget has been submitted to City Council and stated that Mario Tapia, Finance and Admin Manager, would be giving a presentation of next year's budget. Mr. Tapia began by reporting on the Airport's $332,000 deficit and the proposed Storm Water fees to be imposed upon the Airport. He added that the Storm Water fees had been postponed by City Council. He continued by reporting on the budget for FY 09-10. The floor was opened for discussion. ill. Discussion and Possible Action regarding Airport Board Retreat Director Segundo reported that the proposed Airport Board Retreat could not be held at an out-of-town venue as had been anticilipated,. He added that a Special-called meeting might be an option. Angela Rowe, PR & Marketing Coordinator, stated that the proposed date was to be Thursday,, July 30 was under consideration for the special meeting. Director Segundo requested that the membership schedule to attend the special meeting as the agenda would be to concentrated upon the Airport marketing. Ms. Rowe asked that the Board consider having the special meeting on either August 13 or September 4. She added that the location could possibly be at the Ortiz Center or Water Street. 1X. Discussion and Possible Action recommending City Council recognize the Patriot Guard Riders by Proclamation Director Segundo gave a brief background report on the recognition request for the Patriot Guard. Board member Dodge moved to recommend to City Council recognition of the Patriot Guard Riders by Proclamation. Vine-chair Feferman seconded and the motion carried. in addition to recognition by City Council, Chair Hicks also requested staff to look into having recognition of the Patriot Guard Riders by both the Governor and the Mayor. Director Segundo agreed to have staff follow-up on this matter. X. Discussion of Monthly Reports a. General Aviation Report (GAR) Director Segundo stated that the Airport's enplanements are 13% for the month of June, but holding at 12.4% for the year. b. Parking Revenue Report Director Segundo reported that revenues were down 14% which equates to $30,000. c. Financial Report Director Segundo reported that this year's report indicates a $122,000 in the red. M- u Corpus Chnstl International Airport Board Agenda July e, 2009 Page 3 of 3 Xi. Discussion of Director's Report a. Status update of Facility Projects - Maintenance Facility Director Segundo turned this item over to Asst. Director, Enrique Castillo, who reported that the Maintenance Facility project was awarded on July 24th to BarCom with a cost savings of $140,000 over the engineering estimate. A ground-breaking ceremony will be held for the facility in the near future. b. Status update of Business Development Foreign Trade Zone ➢ Mr. Castillo reported that, with Chair Hicks assistance, a meeting was held with Mr. Bonilla and Mr. Moore of the Port of Corpus Christi and CCIA Executive Staff. This meeting was very beneficial in getting the Airport working in the direction to extend the Foreign Trade Zone to the Airport. Further meetings have been set up with Sonia Lopez Sosa with the Port of Corpus Christi who assisted in the steps to applying for a Foreign Trade Zone designation. He continued by stating that staff will be working with Laredo Airport and El Paso Airport to complete the application. This is an eight-month process. This designation will tie-in to achieving an international airport designation, and thereby, ties into the business and land development. With the development of the FIS area reconfiguration,„ the Industrial Business Centre, 10,000 foot runway, proposed site for international facility„ the Foreign Trade Zone designation plays a big part in these projects' success. c. Airport-related City Council Agenda Items Update - Rental Car/Airline Use and Lease Agreement ➢ Assistant Director Castillo continued by reporting that the Airline Use and Lease Agreements have been finalized and have been sent to the Airlines for execution. Staff is working with Legal and the Airlines to have these agreements presented to City Council for adoption by the 28th of July. Five RAC proposals have been received and staff is reviewing each proposal in order to contact the RAC's on a rank basis with a follow-up meeting to be scheduled thereafter. Ticket counter space will be assigned and the agreements are to move forward for approval at that point in time. XII. Identify items to be placed on next Airport Board Agenda Director Segundo requested that discussion be heard on alternative financing for Airport projects at the next meeting. XIII. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chair Hicks called for a motion to adjourn. Board member Richard moved to adjourn and Vice-chair Feferman seconded. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 5:12 p.m.