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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 09/16/2020 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2020 3:30 P.M.  THIS MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL AND CONDUCTED ONLINE TO JOIN THE MEETING & PARTICIPATE GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: https://zoom.us ~ Zoom Meeting ID: 816 7134 2702 ~ Password: Airport09 , BOARD MEMBERS Jay Wise, Chairman Curtis Clark, 1st Vice-chairman Jon Reily, 2nd Vice-chairman Luis Buentello, Member Paul Cameron, Member Randall Hicks, Member Ted Mandel, Member Kusumakar Sooda, Member Don Feferman, Member Robert Williams, Advisor Member CITY STAFF Fred Segundo, Director of Aviation Kevin Smith, Asst. Director Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager Tyler Miller, Asst. Director 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 3:30 p.m. II. Roll Call Roll was called and a quorum was present. III. Approval of the minutes for the August 19th, 2020, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for a motion to approve the minutes of the August 19th Regular Airport Board Meeting. Second Vice-chairman Reily moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Cameron seconded, and the motion carried. IV. Approval of absences for the August 19th, 2020, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for a motion to excuse the absences of Board member Cameron from the August Regular Airport Board Meeting. Board member Mandel moved to excuse the absence. Board member Buentello seconded and the motion carried. V. Public Comment* Director Segundo wanted to address the Board regarding the September 27th Airport Board Budget Presentation made to City Council. He wanted to thank Chairman Wise for comments he made to City Council. He also wanted to thank Tyler Miller and Kevin Smith, Assistant Directors of Aviation, for their work on the budget presentation to City Council. Director Segundo also introduced the new Airport Finance Manager, Michael Grainer. Mr. Grainer gave a brief report on his current status in Corpus Christi. VI. Presentation and Discussion on Building Partnerships in Tourism by Brett Oetting, CDME Brett Oetting with Visit Corpus Christi gave a PowerPoint presentation entitled, Tourism Partnership. The presentation outlined his organization’s FY 2021 Strategy beginning with organizational metrics, identifying the city’s quality for travel, BeCC campaign promoting the city to residents, Destination Next assessment, along with holding townhall meetings. He continued by presenting travel statistics for the city indicating economic impact. He also reported on a program called Visa Vue which works with Visa credit cards by tracking tourist spending. He concluded by inviting the Board to the next town hall meeting which is the Destination Next Assessment finding meeting. This will be held on September 24th at 9 a.m. in the Selena Auditorium. Discussion was heard on this item. Corpus Christi International Airport Board Agenda September 16th, 2020 Page 2 of 2 VII. Director’s Reports A. General Updates i. Commercial & General Aviation Update Asst. Director Smith presented the members with information on airports that have lost service from airlines. He also added that airlines are starting new routes daily for both new international flights and some domestic flights being re-introduced. He felt it was a great opportunity to meet with the airlines to be prepared once travel picks up. He is also in close contact with Customs Border Protection at CCIA so that the Federal Inspection Station is kept well maintained in order to attract international charter flights. He added that the Air Service Development Task Force would be starting up again in order to have CCIA ready once travel starts to recover. B. Financial - General Aviation Report (GAR) - Parking Revenue Reports Asst. Director Smith updated the members on the financial status of the Airport. He began by reporting that enplanements were at -54% from August of 2019 and Parking Lot Revenue was -61.34% from August of 2019. He felt that September’s numbers would be higher than August’s. He turned the meeting over to Michael Garnier, Finance Manager, who reported that, with 11 months into the budget, revenues are at $8,154,575 and expenditures are at $8,284.202. He continued by reporting that, on a positive note, expenses are down almost $2M under budget. Asst. Director Smith continued by reported on PFCs which are at $633.048 for this fiscal year. He also reported on CCIA’s leakage to San Antonio which was 21% and 14% for Houston for August 2020 which was a decrease from August 2019. He continued by reporting on the GAR and the Parking Lot Revenue Report. C. Construction Status Report Victor Gonzalez, Sr. Project Manager, reported on the construction projects at the Airport. Board members and staff commended Mr. Gonzalez on his work with the FAA in securing the Airport grants for these projects. Asst. Director Miller reported on the staff’s work to restructure the Signature area to bring in a new FBO. An assessment for the area will be done in order to create an accurate RFP for this purpose. He anticipates this will be done in the next couple of months. D. City Council Action Report Director Segundo reported that the Airport would be taking the first amendment for Tailwind taking over as concessionaire in the former gift shop area. The first reading will be September 22nd and the second reading on September 29th. Tailwind has already begun remodeling the area. E. Items for next Board meeting  Air Service Development Strategic Plan VIII. Adjournment As there was no further business to discuss, Chairman Wise adjourned the meeting at 4:55 p.m.