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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 04/27/2022 wt 1201 Leopard Street City of Corpus Christi td� � Corpus Christi,TX 78401 4 cctexas.com Meeting Minutes Airport Board Wednesday,April 27,2022 3:30 PM International Airport Board Room The City of Corpus Christi promotes participation regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability or political belief. Reasonable accommodation is provided upon request and in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. For assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact (361) 826-3300 at least 48 hours in advance. Upon request, this information can be available in larger print and/or in electronic format. A. Call To Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Riley at 3:31 p.m. B. Roll Call C. Public Comment None. D. Approval of Minutes and Action on Absences 1. Approval of Minutes for the Special-called March 30th, 2022 Airport Board Meeting Attachments: BM 03302022 Chairman Riley called for a motion to approve the minutes from the March 30th, 2022, Airport Board meeting as written. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Hicks seconded and the motion carried. E. Presentation of Service Aware for outgoing three-term member to Karl Tomlinson Chairman Riley presented outgoing board member, Karl Tomlinson, a plaque for his years of service on the Airport Board. Mr. Tomlinson served on the board for nine years, also while completing an unfinished term of a former board member. Mr. Tomlinson expressed his appreciation for the recognition. F. Presentation of Service Certificate for outgoing Corpus Christi International Airport Intern to Dianella Marquez City of Corpus Christi Page 1 Printed on 511912022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes April 27,2022 Deputy Director Miller presented Corpus Christi International Airport high school intern, Dianella Marquez, with a certificate of accomplishment for her work at the Airport. She will be interning at the Airport until her graduation in May. G. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action 2. Presentation, discussion and possible action to recommend City Council approve a motion authorizing a design/build contract with Ranger Fire from Saginaw, Texas ,for the construction of a new fire suppression system for the East General Aviation Hangars No. 3& No. 4 located at 514 Hangar Lane Attachments: 04272022- Hangar 3&4 Fire Suppression System Deputy Director Miller gave background information on this item. Ranger Fire was selected to work on the design for the project. Discussion was heard on this item. This item would be brought to City Council on May 10th, 2022. Chairman Riley called for a motion on this item. Board member LaRue moved to approve the item. Board member Buentello seconded. The motion carried. 3. Presentation,discussion and possible action to recommend City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a three-year lease agreement,with four three-year options to renew,with Sterling Air Service, LLC,for hangar and office space Attachments: 04272022-Sterling Lease Agreement Director Smith gave background information on this item. Sterling Aviation currently has three separate leases with the Airport. This item combines all Sterling Aviation leases into one. With this lease, Sterling will have the opportunity to become a Fixed-Based Operator after meeting FAA minimum standards. The Airport will allow one year for Sterling to decide to become an FBO. This item will go to City Council in June, 2022. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Riley called for a motion for this item. Board member Buentello moved to approve this item. Board member Hicks seconded. The motion carried. 4. Presentation,discussion and possible action to recommend City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a month-to-month lease agreement with Al Dodds Aviation, LLC, for aviation office space Attachments: 04272022-Al Dodds Lease Agreement Director Smith gave background information on this item. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Riley called a motion on this item. Board member Barrera moved to approve this item. Board member Buentello seconded. The motion carried. 5. Presentation,discussion and possible action to recommend City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a month-to-month lease City of Corpus Christi Page 2 Printed on 511912022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes April 27,2022 agreement with Ocean Air Center, LLC,for aviation equipment maintenance space Attachments: 04272022-Ocean Air Lease Agreement Since discussion was heard with the previous item on the agenda, Chairman Riley called for a motion for this item. Board member Hicks moved to approve this item. Board member Buentello seconded. The motion carried. 6. Presentation,discussion and possible action to recommend City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a three-year lease agreement,with two one-year options to renew,with Driscoll Children's Hospital for hangar and office space Attachments: 04272022- Driscoll Lease Agreement Director Smith gave background information on this item. Discussion was heard on this item. Chairman Riley called for a motion on this item. Board member Collin moved to approve this item. Board member Cameron seconded. The motion carried. H. General Updates 7. Dallas Airline Meeting Attachments: 04272022- Dallas Airline Meeting Update Director Smith reported to the members on the recent trip Airport staff took to DFW to meet with several airlines. Director Smith was accompanied by Deputy Director Miller and Assistant Director Borgstedte. He met with three separate airlines for marketing purposes. Discussion was heard on this item. 8. Southwest Committee Visit Director Smith briefed the board on his meeting with Southwest Airlines' Hotel Committee while on his trip to DFW. 9. Safety Stand Down Attachments: 04272022-Safety Stand Down Deputy Director Miller briefed the Board on the Airport's 2nd annual Safety Stand Down to be held on May 20th. This is a one day event focusing on regulatory compliance, safety, security, best practices and all that encompasses operations at the Airport. All Airport employees are required to attend this training. There will be a session with a state-of-the-Airport address by Director Smith. Subject matter of the sessions will include strategic planning, capital improvements, hazard communication, lock-out/tag-out, fire extinguisher training as well as a hurricane pre-season coordination/communication/planning meeting. There will also be culture City of Corpus Christi Page 3 Printed on 511912022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes April 27,2022 building sessions; discussion on the Safety Management System being created by Airport Operations to identify hazards and mitigate the risks associated by those hazards; a Capital Plan Overview; and, a road map of where the Airport is headed in the next five years and beyond. This is the 2nd year this event has been held and Deputy Director Miller will be reporting back to the board on the results. He added that Airport Board members are also invited to attend. 10. Monthly Air Service Update Attachments: 04272022-Air Service Update Director Smith informed the board on the Air Service update for March, 2022. There were no significant changes in retention. He added that in August, CCIA is expected to have a 4.7% increase in flights. CCIA is at 10% below in the number of flights from April of 2019 of similar cities which is still better than the -14% for the entire US. 11. General Activity Report(GAR) Attachments: 04272022-GAR REPPORT Director Smith updated the members on the general aviation report numbers which indicated a steady rise even with a decrease in seats. He continued by reporting the increase in cargo going through CCIA . 12. Financial Report Attachments: 04222022- Financial Reports Kimberly Miller, Finance Manager, reported on the financials to the members. She reported that total gross sales in Parking Operations have increased from 2021 with a 19% increase compared to last month and 57% increase compared from last year. Concessions have also increased 37% compared to last month and 9% increase compared to March of last year. She reviewed the Financial Statement as of March 31, 2022. 13. Marketing Report Attachments: 04272022- Marketing Report Assistant Director Borgstedte reported to the members on several community events Airport staff including participation in the Islanders Athletics Fund Golf Classic. Director Smith interjected the report with information on an agreement he is working on with Legal to become the official airport of the Islander team. He would get back to the Board when more information is available. Director Smith also reminded the members they are invited to attend the South Central Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives conference which CCIA is City of Corpus Christi Page 4 Printed on 511912022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes April 27,2022 hosting this year. The conference begins on Sunday, May 15th. He requested interested membero to contact the Airport offices to let staff know they will be attending. Ms. Borgstedte reported on social media paid & non-paid advertising and the type and methods selected. She informed the members on several different social media posts along with plans to increase the paid advertising based on the results. She also mentioned some of items that have been posted on the Airport's social media pages. She continued by informing the members of the public art that is on display at the Airport. She reported that the City's Arts & Cultural Commission held a meeting at the Airport and how a partnership with that organization has resulted in a project to have the Sun Meets the Sea art sculpture professionally cleaned. She also reported on the other artwork at the Airport and what is planned for each piece along with a new piece coming to the Airport. She gave the timeline for the completion of the new mural as well. The airplanes next to the Lexington replica will be getting stands and two benches will be placed on each side of the Lexington replica. The airplanes and the Lexington replica will be moved to the first floor rotunda area. She also reported that the Airport now has a new beach-inspired Visitor Information Center. She asked the members to take a look at it as they leave the meeting. 14. Fly Local Campaign Ambassador Project Attachments: 04272022- FIV Local Pledge Update Promotion of the "Fly Local" campaign has been gaining momentum with meetings at the Port of Corpus Christi and United Chambers of Commerce; with two additional businesses signing pledges of support. Members were given "ambassador" packets with all the information for them to promote the campaign and encourage businesses to pledge to the "Fly Local" campaign. Deputy Director Miller encouraged the members to be creative in promoting the campaign and also added that Airport staff would be available to accompany them in their pursuit of pledges. 15. Construction Status Report Attachments: 04272022-Construction Report Deputy Director Miller reviewed all ongoing construction projects on Airport property. He reported that the new passenger boarding bridge was installed at Gate 1 a couple of weeks ago. This is the first of five to be installed. The phasing of the project is intentional to minimize impact on airline operations. Only one to two gates will be taken out of operation at a time. The project began on April 18th. The newly installed passenger boarding bridge will be inspected within the next couple of days. Project completion is expected by the end of July. Runway 13-31 pavement rehab project is still ongoing. The west side of the airfield has City of Corpus Christi Page 5 Printed on 511912022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes April 27,2022 been partially opened. It is expected to be reopened on May 10th. Design for the Terminal Rehab Phase 1 project has begun. This will be a $15M project to be submitted to the FAA for competitive selection. The Hangar demolition has begun and a meeting was held with the consultant to discuss the mitigation strategy to be proposed to the FAA and the Texas Historical Preservation Society. It is proposed to do time-lapse photography of the demolition to shed light on the construction and methods used to build the structure; creating brochures; a plaque on the new building; along with a page on the Airport's website to memorialize the building. The timeline is still not set but he felt that the end of the year is promising for completion. J. Adjournment As there was no further business, Chairman Riley adjourned the meeting at 4:50 p.m. This meeting may be held via videoconference call pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.127. If this meeting is held via videoconference call or other remote method of meeting, then a member of this governmental body presiding over this meeting will be physically present at the location of this meeting unless this meeting is held pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.125 due to an emergency or other public necessity pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.045. City of Corpus Christi Page 6 Printed on 511912022