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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 02/23/2022 - Special SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD FEBRUARY 23rd, 2022 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: 874 7159 8238 ~ Password: FEB22 BOARD MEMBERS Jon Reily, Chairman Don Feferman, 1st Vice-chairman Ted Mandel, 2nd Vice-chairman Luis Buentello, Member Karl Tomlinson, Member Hans Schumann, Member Kusumakar Sooda, Member John LaRue, Member Randall Hicks, 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 Larry Thormaehlen, Facilities Manager John Hyland, Chief of Public Safety Victor Gonzalez, Major Projects 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 Riley at 3:33 p.m. II. Roll Call Chairman Riley called roll and a quorum was present. III. Public Comment* None. IV. Approval of the Absences for the January 19th, 2022, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Riley called for a motion on absences from the January 19th Regular Airport Board Meeting. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved to excuse Chair Riley and Board members Buentello, Sooda and Cameron for their absences from the meeting. The motion was seconded and carried. V. Approval of Minutes for the January 19th, 2022, Regular Airport Board Meeting Chairman Riley called for a motion to approve the minutes of the January 19th Regular Airport Board Meeting. Board member Hicks moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Buentello seconded, and the motion carried. VI. Presentation and Discussion by Garver on the Airport Terminal Improvements – 2nd Floor Public Restrooms Chairman Riley turned the floor over to Mitchell Dickinson & Derek Mayo with Garver USA for their presentation on the restroom renovations at CCIA. Mr. Dickinson gave a 3-D presentation showing all the details of the renovations done to both the men’s and women's restroom facilities including family restrooms. Also included in the renovations were new water coolers with bottle filling capability. Discussion was heard on this item. VII. Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action to Recommend to City Council to Approve the ARPA Concessionaire Grant Assistant Director Borgstedte reported to the members on the FAA funded grant in the amount of $281,090 going to City Council. This grant will assist airport tenants & concessionaires with rent for their businesses. Once accepted by City Council, the Airport must submit a plan of how funds are allocated to the FAA before executing. Funds will be used for rent relief and MAG relief. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Reily called for a motion on this item. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved to recommend to City Council to approve the ARPA Concessionaire Grant. Board member Tomlinson seconded, and the motion carried with one nay from Second Vice-chairman Mandel. VIII. Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action to Recommend to City Council to Approve the NavyArmy Community Credit Union ATM Lease Agreement Assistant Director Borgstedte reported to the members on this item. Airport staff has been working to find a replacement for the existing ATM tenant. The existing tenant will be removing their machine at the end of the month. A new replacement has been found who will put two ATM machines on-property. One machine will be located on the non-secured side and another on the secured side. This lease agreement was not bidded out. Staff contacted many local banks and NavyArmy Community Credit Union responded favorably. Their lease will begin on March 1st. Discussion was heard on this item. Board member Schumann moved to recommend to City Council to approve the NavyArmy Community Credit Union lease agreement. Board member Schumann stressed that this lease be a non-exclusive lease so that other banks could be solicited if the situation warranted. Board member Tomlinson seconded. The motion carried. IX. Discussion and Possible Action to Amend the Board’s Bylaws to Change the Board’s Meeting Day and/or Time Director Smith reported on the changes to be made to the Board’s Bylaws to change the Airport Board Regular Meeting dates. The change will require two votes with this month’s vote to be the first to begin the permanent change. Based upon discussion at the January Airport Board meeting, the consensus of the board and staff was to hold the meeting on the last Wednesday of each month at the current set time of 3:30 p.m. Discussion was heard on this item. Board member Hicks moved to change the Board’s regular meeting date as the last Wednesday of every month with the meeting time to remain at 3:30 p.m. First Vice-chairman seconded, and the motion carried. X. Presentation and Discussion on Routes Conference Director Smith reported on the Routes Americas 2022 Conference held in San Antonio, Texas from February 15th through 17th, 2022. Director Smith, Deputy Director Miller and Asst. Director Borgstedte attended along with City Mayor Guajardo and Councilman Smith. Staff, the Mayor and Councilman Smith met with 15 airlines over the two-day conference. City staff had dinner with one of the airlines for more in-depth conversations that went very well. The mayor has already followed up with the airline. He felt that having the Mayor and Councilman attend was a powerful message to the airlines they met with. He continued with a short synopsis on the basic discussion held with each airline. He added that the next conference such as this conference will be held this year in the US. This is an international conference and is usually held overseas. This meeting will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Airport staff will be attending. He felt that the presences of interested board members would be beneficial. He asked for the members to consider attending. Discussion was heard on this item. XI. Presentation and Discussion on Community Outreach Art Project Assistant Director Borgstedte reported that CCIA staff has partnered with the City Public Libraries and the Park & Rec Arts and Cultural Commission on a “Youth Art and Design Contest”. This event will be opened for youth from 6th grade through 12th. The deadline for submitting artwork is February 28th. Contest winners will have their artwork displayed at the Airport. Discussion was heard on this item. XII. Presentation and Discussion on Airport Commercial Self-fueling Director Smith reported that currently Atlantic Aviation supplies all the fuel on-property. Sterling has a SASO agreement which only allows them to fuel their own aircraft. The FAA Minimum Standards stipulate that should the FBO not want to provide commercial self-fueling, the SASO can provide that service. Fortunately, Sterling built their fueling farm with the capabilities of self-service that accommodate Credit Card purchases. This will allow anyone to use Sterling’s fuel farm. The main purpose for this change is due to customer demand and the higher-than-normal fuel prices. With the adding of Sterling’s fueling option, fuel prices may also decrease. Atlantic Aviation has been informed of this change with no response. Staff is working the City Attorneys on dealing with this issue. Discussion was heard on this item. XIII. Presentation and Discussion on the Airport Board 2021 Annual Report Chairman Riley reported on the submission of the Board’s 2021. He had hoped that there would have been some feedback from Council or the City Staff; however, there was no response from either. Discussion was heard on this issue. XIV. Director’s Reports A. General Updates i. Fly Local Campaign Update Asst. Director Borgstedte updated the members on the status of this program. She reported on all the organizations where she has made formal presentations of the campaign including City Council. She added that the Airport’s local stakeholders were present at the Council presentation which was great feedback to the airline corporate offices. She also listed those individuals and businesses who have sent in their formal pledge. That list is also on the Airport’s website. Thank- you letters are also being sent out to those who have submitted pledges. The mayor has offered her assistance to make requests to several large industry leaders regarding this campaign. ii. Terminal Restroom Project Update Previously discussed in the previous presentation by Garver. iii. South Central Conference 2022 Planning Update Director Smith updated the members on the events for this conference. He also invited them to participate in all the events as well as attending sessions at the conference. F. Monthly Air Service Update Director Smith reported on the challenges of pilot shortages that are affecting the date in this report. He also added that recovery is still in progress. He also displayed a leakage report that will be shared with airlines at upcoming meetings. G. General Activity Report (GAR) Director Smith reported on the General Activity Report numbers. He stated that current numbers are not as high as they should be, but they are steadily increasing. He also added that passenger numbers have increased quicker than seats. He was happy to report that the amount of freight coming through CCIA is steadily growing. H. Financial Report In the Financial Report, Parking Revenue is up 77% from last year and a bit below 2020’s numbers. He anticipates that March’s numbers will be high. He continued to report that revenue from Food & Beverage are up. A comparative spreadsheet between passengers, concessions and parking lot revenue was presented as requested. As for the budget, with 33% of the fiscal year past, tracking on revenue at 40% and operating expenses at 20% of target. This is in part due to the reimbursable CARES Act funding. I. Marketing Report Assistant Director Borgstedte gave an executive summary of marketing items including the hiring of a new Marketing Manage; new website development with a local company; RFP Notice for Advertising and Marketing services by next month; Participating in a community event, Barefoot Mardi Gras parade, on Saturday and invited the members. She also reported that American Airlines has the highest number of conversions on online advertising. Her report included the number of clicks in January (1,755) compared from December (1,725). She reported on online advertising including social media as well as display advertising. She continued with non-paid social media efforts which she felt had more interaction with stakeholders and the community. J. Construction Status Report Director Smith updated the members on Airport construction. He reported on the passenger boarding bridges rehab. Taxiway B & RW 13-31 are still in progress with some difficulties in finding the materials needed to complete work. Terminal Rehab, Phase 2, including the restroom, is still in progress as reported earlier in this meeting. He also added that the escalator rehab is still ongoing and going well. K. City Council Action Report i. Estoppel Request from MREIC/FedEx Ground Lease This was a merger of two companies and required council approval in a timely manner. ii. Greens & Things Service Agreement This is a contract for Airport lawn maintenance. iii. Fly Local Campaign This was a presentation for Council. iv. Air Service Incentive Program No report. L. Items for next Board meeting  Routes World 2022 conference  Executive Work Group meeting prior to March Board meeting XV. Adjournment As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Riley at 5:39 p.m.