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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 03/17/2021 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD MARCH 17TH, 2021 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: 889 6201 1063 ~ Password: MAR2021 BOARD MEMBERS Jay Wise, Chairman Jon Reily, 2nd Vice-chairman Luis Buentello, Member Paul Cameron, Member Karl Tomlinson, Member Ted Mandel, Member Kusumakar Sooda, Member Don Feferman, Member Randall Hicks, Member Robert Williams, Advisory CITY STAFF Kevin Smith, Director of Aviation Tyler Miller, Deputy Director Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager Kenneth Black, Facilities Manager Albert Bejarano, Operations Manager Elizabeth Hundley, Asst. City Attorney Adelle Ives, Management Assistant I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Wise at 3:35 p.m. II. Roll Call Roll was called and a quorum was present. III. Public Comment* No public comment was heard. IV. Approval of the minutes for the January 20th, 2021 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for approval of the minutes for the January 20th Regular Airport Board meeting. Second Vice-chairman Riley moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Buentello second and the motion carried. V. Approval of absences for the January 20th, 2021 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Wise called for a motion to excuse Board member Buentello from the January 20th Regular Airport Board meeting. Second Vice-chairman Riley moved to excuse Board member Buentello’s absence from the January Airport Board meeting. Board member Feferman second and the motion carried. VI. Service Awards for Outgoing Board Members The Airport recognized the outgoing members of the Board, 1st Vice-chairman Curtis Clark and Chairman Jay Wise. Kim Hunt presented both members with awards in recognition of their years of service to the City and the Airport Board. Comments recognizing their service were made by the Chairman, board members, Airport staff and ACM Steve Viera. VII. Presentation, discussion and possible action to recommend to City Council to approve the resolution authorizing a five-year service agreement with Siddons Martin Emergency Group LLC dba Global ARFF Company of Houston, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $398,130.36 to purchase Aircraft Rescue Fire Trucks Inspections, Maintenance, and Repairs, for the Corpus Christi International Airport, with funding in an estimated amount of $46,448.54 available through the Airport Fund for FY 2021 Deputy Director Miller reviewed this item with the members. Discussion was heard. Board member Feferman moved to recommend to City Council to approve this item. Second Vice-chairman Riley second and the motion carried. VIII. Presentation, discussion and possible action to recommend to City Council to approve the motion authorizing a three-year Master Services Agreement for the purchase Cisco Phone System with Great South Texas Corp dba Computer Solutions in the amount of $118,440.70 for Cisco Phone Unified Communications (UC) for the Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA), effective upon issuance of a notice to proceed, with FY 2021 funding in the amount of $118,440.70 available in the Airport Fund Director Smith briefed the members on this item. This new system would greatly improve the communications system throughout the Airport. It would also put the Airport on the same level of phone system as City Hall. The current system is so obsolete that it would take months to repair if it broke down. Chairman Wise called for a motion. Board member Hicks moved to recommend to City Council to approve this item. Board member Buentello second and the motion carried. IX. Presentation, discussion and possible action to recommend to City Council to approve the Ordinance authorizing the appropriation of funds for FAA Grant #63 and Grant #64 Deputy Director Miller briefed the members on this item. He explained that the FAA has recently allocated all of the CRRSAA funding which came through in early March. The FAA has appropriated approximately $2.6M for projects that impact the safety and anti-covid efforts at CCIA that is Grant 63 which is going to City Council for approval. These funds will be used to support the project to move the TSA baggage equipment out of the ticket lobby which will allow better social distancing. He continued by reporting that Grant 64, which is part of the same federal funding but will be awarded additionally as a separate grant, is ear-marked for the Airport concessionaires. Approximately $70,000 would assist concessionaires with funding that can be used for rent relief, waiving of minimum annual guarantee fees or capital improvements throughout concessionaire’s areas. Airport staff will be working with Airport concessionaires on this item. Chairman Wise called for a motion. Board member Feferman moved to recommend to City Council to approve this item. Board member Buentello second and the motion carried. X. Director’s Reports A. General Updates i. Status of Airport Parking Lot Management Director Smith updated the members on the status of the Airport parking lot management agreement. The current agreement has been in place since 2013. He felt that this agreement was not financially feasible to continue. He informed the board that by returning the management of the parking lot to the Airport, a savings of approximately $170,000 could be achieved. He felt that figure would increase with the recent surge in travel. He added that he would attempt to retain some of the employees currently working at the parking lot. The current agreement expires April of 2021 and it will be extended an additional 30 days or longer to accomplish the transition. Discussion was heard on this item including new features that would offer better customer service. ii. Airport Winter Storm Recap Deputy Director Smith briefed the members on the Airport operations during the winter storm. He reported that staff’s response to the storm was diverse but largely positive. He stated that the runway was only closed for 12 hours, from midnight, early Monday morning through noon, Monday afternoon. Flights at CCIA were impacted but solely due to cancelled flights in Dallas and Houston. There were several flights with a total of about 15 passengers that spent overnight in the terminal until their flights were able to continue through. He also added that Tailwind provided meals for all of those passengers. He continued with photos of the C17 aircraft landing at CCIA with a shipment of water. iii. Monthly Air Service Development Update Director Smith advised the members that he would be attempting to report on Air Service Development monthly. He began by stating that seat capacity is down 33.9% from last year this month. The flight schedule is improved to show more flights which assist in higher passenger numbers. He continued by reported that CCIA’s flight reduction of 17% is about ½ as compared to other regional airports and the U.S. in general. He also reported on load factors indicating a loss of 11.7%. He also reported that there was a 73% retention for CCIA. He felt that the newly approved digital marketing campaign would help in retaining additional local passengers. He added that Executive Staff would be working the Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager, on the new marketing plan. Discussion was heard on this item. B. Financial - General Aviation Report (GAR) - Parking Revenue Reports Director Smith reported on the enplanements which were 49.1% below February from last year and Parking Lot revenue is 64.44% below from last year as well. He also reported that cargo was 8% below from 2020. At 46% of the fiscal year, revenues are at 40% of the budget at $3,525,974 and expenditures are at 37% of the budget at $4,102,603 for a total deficit of $576,629. Discussion was heard this item. C. Construction Status Report Deputy Director Miller updated the members on the construction projects that are currently on-going. He reported that bids were opened today for the TSA baggage screening relocation. He reported that it would be covered would be funded with federal funds. It will still need to go to City Council since it is over $500,000. The jet bridge project is still on schedule. This will include pavement markings and electrical upgrades. Bids will be opened April 7th. He continued that the demolition of the concrete hangar. City Council approved the contractor and this cost will also be federally funded. He added PFC Application No. 3 was submitted to the FAA allowing for recovery of the Airport’s grant matching funds associated with Runway Extension and Taxiway Projects at CCIA. He also reported that the Airport’s A/E firm’s (Garver) contract expired in early 2021. Staff worked with Purchasing to create and issue an RFQ for new firms. Twelve qualified submissions were received with three firms interviewed. Garver was selected and the new five-year contract will include no annual renewals and funds will be encumbered by individual task order. He also updated the members on the AIP 2021 which includes pavement rehabilitation on taxiways on the west side of the airfield and Runway 13-31 at a cost of $4.9M. The rehab will include milling pavement, asphalt overlay, crack sealing, coal tar emulsion applications and surface marking painting. Staff also worked with the FAA to secure additional discretionary funding of $4.9M which allowed to expand the scope of work for that project. Discussion was heard on this item. D. City Council Action Report i. City Council approved the first reading of the ordinance authorizing a four-month service agreement with Lindamood Inc., for an amount not to exceed $212,378.00 for demolition of Aircraft Hangar One at CCIA; appropriating funds from the unreserved fund balance of the Airport Capital Reserves; and amending the budget ii. City Council approved the first reading of the ordinance appropriating $202,931.55 from the unreserved fund balance in the No. 4610 Airport Fund for the purchase of parking/revenue control systems, pay-on-foot machines, booths, and canopies for Corpus Christi International Airport and amending the FY 2020-2021 Operating Budget iii. City council authorized a one-year service agreement for Digital Marketing Campaign for the Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA) with Bell Media LLC of Montgomery, Alabama for a total amount of $89,880.00, with FY 2021 funding available through the Airport Fund E. Items for next Board meeting None. XI. Adjournment As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:02 p.m.