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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 10/20/2021 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD OCTOBER 20TH, 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: 816 1761 6355 ~ Password: OCT2021 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 Chairman Reily called the meeting to order at 3:39 p.m. II. Roll Call Roll was called and a quorum was present. III. Public Comment* No comments from the public. IV. Approval of the absences for the September 15th, 2021 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Reily called for approval of the absences for the September Airport Board Meeting. Board member Sooda and 1st Vice-chairman Feferman were absent. Board member Buentello moved to excuse their absences. Board member Mandel seconded and the motion carried. V. Approval of minutes for the September 15th, 2021 Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Reily called for approval of the minutes for the Regular Airport Board meeting of September 15th. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved to approve the minutes. Board member Cameron seconded and the motion carried. VI. Presentation and Discussion on 2021 Airport Board Annual Report to City Council Director Smith did an overview of what is expected from the members for the upcoming board’s annual report for 2021. Chairman Reily recommended that a work group be created to work on the report. Members who will be participating in the work group are: Chairman Reily, 1st Vice-chairman Feferman, Board members Hicks and LaRue and ex-officio member Vasey. Discussion and Possible Action on Canceling the November and/or December Airport Board Meeting Chairman Reily discussed with members on whether to hold both meetings. Board member Buentello moved to cancel the December meeting. Board member LaRue seconded and the motion carried. VII. Presentation and Discussion on Aviation Conferences Deputy Director Miller reported on the recent airline conference he, Assistant Director Elsy Borgstedte and Brett Oetting, CEO/President of Visit Corpus Christi attended. He reported on the interest the airlines are showing and felt confident it was productive to have attended this conference. Director Smith reported on the conference he attended in Savannah, GA. He added that he learned that the future of concessions was changing to omit the use of MAGs. He felt that this would impact any new agreements the Airport would do in the future. He added that there was a lot of information on developing air cargo. He continued by reporting that there was a lot of talk about the movement to electric commuter aircraft and advanced mobility. He reported that vertiports are beginning to take hold and felt that it would be beneficial for the Airport to get ahead of this trend. Ex-officio member Vasey interjected that the university’s drone project may be of interest to staff. With Mr. Vasey’s assistance, staff will contact the university to see if there is an opportunity to collaborate. Discussion was heard on this item. VIII. Introduction of Kathleen Boyd and Presentation on the Airport Digital Marketing Campaign Kim Hunt, Marketing Manager, introduced Kathleen Boyd who heads the team that handles the Airport’s marketing campaign. Ms. Boyd briefed the members on her background and experience. She reported on the progress of the campaign along with statistics indicating the progress. Discussion was heard on this item. IX. Director’s Reports A. General Updates i. TSA Screening Update Director Smith reported that the Airport has completed everything to move one of TSAs screening machines. Some modifications were necessary when the first machine was moved. Waiting on moving the second machine once TSA renews their contract with the company that moves this type of equipment. ii. Airport Memorial Park Director Smith reminded the members of the two Airport employees who succumbed to COVID during the pandemic, Lt Bobby Almager and Pedro Castillo, Airfield employee. He added that a small memorial park will be created on Airport property. It will have a memorial bench with plaques for each of them. iii. ARFF Truck Dedication – October 28th Deputy Director Miller reported to the members that on October 28th, the new ARFF truck would be put into commission and it would be honoring Lt Bobby Almaguer with a decal featuring artwork that he drew. Board members are invited to attend. B. Monthly Air Service Update Director Smith reported that bookings have decreased as of this date last year. Last year the numbers were above average which he felt was not sustainable growth. He added that currently, future bookings are increasing. Retention is at 67% and he felt that the digital marketing has been helpful in this area. C. General Activity Report (GAR) Director Smith reported enplanements for September were 25,525 which is down from pre- covid, but up 84% from last year. The YTD numbers are getting better each month. D. Financial Report Kimberly Miller, Finance Manager, reported to the members that Parking Operations are at $175,000 up from 2020 and down 15% from 2019. Tailwind concessions is up 79% at $159,000 and up from 2019 as well. Revenue for the year was budgeted at $8.857 and finished at $8.9. Expenses were budgeted at $10.3 and actuals were at $1.1 million for the year. E. Construction Status Report Deputy Director Miller briefed the members on the on-going projects. Terminal/GA Apron Rehab will be completed next month with final change orders for additional work, perimeter road and walk throughs. The replacement of the Passenger Boarding Bridges has begun with a contract award to JBT Aero Tech Corp. The projects will be funded $4.422M through the CARES Act. This project will be completed sometime in the summer 2022. The escalator component upgrade will begin after the holiday season. The cost to replace four escalators is $391,000 which will be reimbursed with ARPA funds. This item will be going to City Council in November. The Airfield Pavement Rehab project will issue a Notice to Proceed immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday. The runway is expected to be closed for approximately 80 days. A stakeholder meeting is scheduled for late October. F. City Council Action Report None. G. Items for next Board meeting None. X. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Reily adjourned the meeting at 4:58 p.m.