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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 08/19/2020 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD AUGUST 19TH, 2020 3:30 P.M.  THIS MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL AND CONDUCTED ONLINE TO JOIN THE MEETING & PARTICIPATE GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: https://www.zoom.us ~ Zoom Meeting ID: 808 086 0823 ~ Password: Airport08 , BOARD MEMBERS Jay Wise, Chairman Curtis Clark, 2nd Vice-chairman Karl Tomlinson, Member Luis Buentello, Member Jon Reily, Member Ted Mandel, Member Kusumakar Sooda, Member Don Feferman, Member Randall Hicks, Member Robert Williams, Advisory Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Kevin Smith, Asst. Director - Admin Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager Tyler Miller, Asst. Director – Ops Adelle Ives, Management Assistant John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager Elizabeth Hundley, Asst. City Attorney I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Wise at 3:43 p.m. II. Roll Call Roll was called and a quorum was present. III. Approval of the minutes for the June 17th, 2020, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for a motion to approve the minutes of the June 17th Regular Airport Board Meeting. Board member Feferman moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Mandel seconded the motion. The motion carried. IV. Approval of absences for the June 17th, 2020, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for a motion to excuse Board members Cameron, Sooda, Buentello and 2nd Vice- chairman Clark for their absences of the June 17th Regular Airport Board Meeting. Board member Mandel moved to excuse the members with Board member Tomlinson seconding the motion. The motion carried. V. Public Comment* There was no public comment. VI. Nomination and Election of Airport Board Officers Chairman Wise called for nominations for Airport Board Officers. Board members nominated are Jay Wise for Chairman, Curtis Clark for 1st Vice-chairman & Jon Reily for 2nd Vice-chairman. Board member Tomlinson moved to approve the nominations as stated. Board member Feferman seconded the motion. The motion carried. VII. Presentation and Discussion on CCIA CARES Funds Considerations Dan Benzon, with Landrum-Brown, made a presentation on a study made for CCIA on the CARES funding focusing on the Airport allocations. He began with an overview of Act. He stated that CCIA was allocated $6.5M and added this funding would cover operating expenses, debt service payments and airport development. FAA also stipulated that these funds are to be expended within a four-year period. He continued with slow, medium and fast rate Recovery Forecast Scenarios. He compiled data on how PFC collections would be revised based on the speed of recovery. He also showed the board data updating debt service payments as well as shortfalls for the next three fiscal years. This information showed how this funding could be used for tenant relief starting with the airlines. He also mentioned that another CARES package may be enacted with additional funding for airports. Discussion was heard on this item. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Minutes August 19th, 2020 Page 2 of 2 VIII. Director’s Reports A. General Updates i. Update and discussion on Hudson Group Kevin Smith, Asst. Director, gave an update on the Hudson Group, the Airport’s gift shop concessionaire’s closing. Tailwind, the Airport’s restaurant concessionaire has filled the gap left by the Hudson Groups gift shop location. Tailwind has been very cooperative in working with the Airport to continue to provide service to Airport passengers. Discussion was heard on this item. B. Financial/General Aviation Report (GAR)/Parking Revenue Reports Kevin Smith reported that Michael Garnier, the new Finance Manager, would be making the Financial presentation at next month’s board meeting. Mr. Garnier will begin working at the Airport on August 31st. Mr. Smith began his presentation by reporting that enplanements are down 64.5% for July, 2020. He added that he obtained TSA throughput numbers nationwide indicating a 74% downturn with smaller airports down 65.71% showing that smaller airports are recovering a bit quicker. For yesterday at CCIA, TSA throughput was 477 passengers and last week, same day, there were 384 passengers (a 25% increase) and last year, same date, there were 917 passengers. This shows a 50% decrease from last year. He was hopeful this indicated CCIA was on the way to recovery. He felt this was also indicative of the daily averages for the parking lot. Discussion was heard on this item. C. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Airport Construction Manager, reported on the status of all ongoing construction projects. Discussion was heard on this item. D. City Council Action Report i. FAA Grant No. 60 Victor Gonzalez reported CCIA submitted Grant 60 which is for $8.84M with entitlements at $2.5M with the remainder of the grant to be set as discretionary funds. He reported that CCIA was able to capture an additional $975,000 apart from discretionary funds. He also added that with this grant, the Airport will not need to match funding. He added that the terminal assessment is expected to be completed by September 15 which will determine where this funding will be used. ii. Construction Award to Airfield Contracting for East GA Phase V Mr. Gonzalez reported this project went out to bid on June 17th, 2020 with two bids. One of the bidders was non-responsive. Head Construction was awarded the project. The Notice to Proceed should be sometime in September, 2020. He expects this project will be funded with the additional discretionary funding previously mentioned with no match needed from the Airport. E. Items for next Board meeting  Presentation by Visit Corpus Christi  Strategic Plan  Leakage numbers  FBO assessment IX. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Wise adjourned the meeting at 4:50 p.m.