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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 09/15/2021REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2021 3:30 P.M. THIS MEETING WILL BE BOTH IN-PERSON & CONDUCTED ONLINE TO JOIN THE MEETING ONLINE & PARTICIPATE, GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: https://zoom.us ~ Zoom Meeting ID: 869 3642 0454 ~ Password: SEPT2021 BOARD MEMBERS Jon Reily, Chairman Don Feferman, 1st Vice-chairman Ted Mandel, 2nd Vice-chairman Luis Buentello, Member Paul Cameron, Member Karl Tomlinson, Member Kusumakar Sooda, Member John LaRue, Member Randall Hicks, Member Hans Schumann, Member Brett Oetting, Ex-officio Member Iain Vasey, Ex-officio Member CITY STAFF Kevin Smith, Director of Aviation Tyler Miller, Deputy Director Elsy Borgstedte, Asst. Director Kimberly Miller, Finance Manager Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects Manager Larry Thormaehlen, Interim Facilities Mgr 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 Reily at 3:35 p.m. II.Roll Call Roll was called and a quorum was present III.Public Comment* None. IV.Approval of the absences for the August 18th, 2021 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Reily called for a motion on absences for the August 18th 2021 Airport Board Meeting. Those absent were Tomlinson, Shumann, Mandel & Oetting. Board member Buentello moved to excuse those members’ absences. Board member Cameron seconded and the motion carried. V.Approval of minutes for the August 18th, 2021 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Reily called for a motion to approve the minutes from the August 18th Airport Board Meeting. Board member Hicks moved to approve and Board member Tomlinson seconded. The motion carried. VI.Introduction of new Assistant Director, Elsy Borgstedte Director Smith introduced Elsy Borgstedte, the new Assistant Director of Development. She comes from the City of Laredo where she is was the Assistant Director of Aviation for 12 years. Ms. Borgstedte briefed the members on her experience including what she will be focusing on such as Air Service Development, Commercial Property development and community awareness. On behalf of the Board, Chairman Reily welcomed Ms. Borgstedte. VII.Introduction of Kathleen Boyd and Presentation on the Airport Digital Marketing Campaign This item will be tabled for next month. VIII. Presentation and Possible Action to Recommend City Council Authorize Replacement of the Roof for Hangar 3 Deputy Director Miller briefed the members on this item. This hangar is located on the east side of the airfield. It is current vacant and unleased. This was part of the Signature Flight Support lease when they operated as an FBO. Currently, Al Dodds and Sterling Aviation are working out of that area. He reported that the roof has many leaks and the fire suppression system was damaged during the freeze event in mid-February which further damaged the existing structure. We would like to procure a new fire suppression system along with the roof repair which would bring it up to new NFPA code. Three quotes are being solicited for repair. We do not have three quotes at this time; however, the first quote came in at $252,000. We are pursuing replacing the roof with a new steel roof rather than sealing it to be more cost efficient. The cost is estimated at approximately $250,000 to repair. We are requesting that the Board approve this be taken to City Council. The roof and fire suppression system replacement are being solicited separately. This item is solely on the roof replacement. Discussion was heard on this item. A motion was made to table this item by Board member Buentello. Dr. Shumann seconded and the motion carried. This item will be brought back to the Board once staff has more information. IX. Presentation and Possible Action to Recommend City Council Authorize Major Component Upgrades for Terminal Escalators Deputy Director Miller recounted that staff had previously presented a four-year plan to replace the escalators in the terminal as part of major component upgrade program basically introducing an asset management program on the escalators. He continued by reporting that when the manufacturer was contacted, they recommended a modified, proprietary process be conducted. This process consists of removing the moving parts of the escalator and replace the critical parts and refurbish those that can be refurbished. It is then put back together again which would extend the life of the escalator. He was happy to report that this procedure will be performed for all four escalators for the price of two escalators with the previous upgrade plan. He hopes to have this completed before the Spring Break 2022. The total cost for all four escalators would be $391,000. The previous plan’s cost was $167,000 for one escalator. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Reily called for a motion. Board member Buentello moved to approve this item. Board member Hicks seconded and the motion carried. X. Director’s Reports A. General Updates i. Memorial for Airport Employee, Pedro Castillo Pedro Castillo, Airport employee, recently passed away due to COVID. The Airport will be doing a memorial for him as well as another employee that passed due to COVID. Plans are to have a memorial garden on-property for him and others. He will bring more information to the Board as soon as he can. ii. Update on new Airport Parking Rates The new parking rates will go into effect October 1st with three hours free parking. He also added sometime in October, a card reader will be installed so that you only need to scan the badge to access Airport parking. These cards will be available at the next meeting. iii. Board Member Airport Tour The Airport tour date for Board members has been scheduled for October 4th. More details will be sent out to those that signed up for the tour. Contact the Airport offices be included in the tour. B. Monthly Air Service Update This month’s report was not favorable with respect for future bookings. It is not keeping up with the national average. Typically, the slower months are usually August, September, and October; but it is hopeful that November and December should be better. CCIA retention continues to outperform from 2019 levels. Through November, CCIA seat capacity levels are running down 15%-20% from 2019. Industry-wide seat capacity declines have gravitated to roughly 15% declines through October as compared to 2019. CCIA’s flight capacity is slightly better national although below most other regional airports. Peak “beach markets continue to outperform while AUS has come back strong from earlier pandemic numbers. C. General Activity Report (GAR) None. D. Financial Report Budget Workshop Presentation FY 21-22 The Airport’s budget presentation made to City Council was presented to the members which highlighted FY 2021 achievements. E. Marketing Report Marketing Manager Bridger presented the social media analytics from Facebook for the past 30 days and 90 days which indicated increased activity. Numbers were also presented for Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. New on-property signage for mixed-use property development have been installed. F. Construction Status Report The Terminal/GA Apron Reconstruction is ongoing and progressing with the final concrete pours on East GA and the reopening of the Terminal Apron. Staff is working on the finishing touches and change orders. The TSA Baggage Relocation is in progress with the installation of electrical equipment, data cables, fire alarm components and finishing of space. Next week the TSA Equipment relocation will begin. The project is on track to be concluded by early October. The Passenger Boarding Bridge Replacement project has been awarded to JBT Aero Tech Corporation. The West Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation will have the Notice to Proceed for construction to be issued immediately after the Thanksgiving traffic rush. The runway will be closed for approximately 80 days. There will be a stakeholder meeting in late October. G. City Council Action Report i. None H. Items for next Board meeting XI. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chair Reily adjourned the meeting at 5:17 p.m.