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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Airport Board - 05/25/2022 wt 1201 Leopard Street City of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi,TX 78401 cctexas.com Meeting Minutes - Final Airport Board Wednesday,May 25,2022 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 Chairman Riley called the meeting to order at 3:34 p.m. B. Roll Call A quorum was present. Present: 9- Paul A. Cameron Jr., Randall Hicks, Hans Schumann, John LaRue, 1st Vice Chair Donald Feferman, Brett Oetting, Chair Jon Reily, Kusumakar Sooda, and Rosie Collin Absent: 2- Luis F. Buentello,and Rick Barrera C. Public Comment No Public Comment was heard. D. Approval of Minutes and Action on Absences 1. 22-0961 Approval of the Minutes for the April 27th, 2022 Regular Airport Board Meeting Attachments: BM 04272022 Chairman Riley called for a motion to approve the Regular Airport Board Meeting minutes for May 25th, 2022. Board member LaRue moved to approve the minutes as written. Board member Cameron seconded and the motion carried. 2. 22-0962 Approval of the Absences for the April 27th, 2022 Regular Airport Board Meeting Attachments: 2022 AIRPORT BOARD ATTENDANCE Chairman Riley called for a motion to excuse Board member Schumann for his absence from the May 25th 2022 Regular Board Meeting. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved City of Corpus Christi Page 1 Printed on 811212022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes -Final May 25,2022 to excuse Board member Schumann. Board member Cameron seconded and the motion carried. E. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action 3. 22-0963 Nominations and Possible Action to Elect Airport Board Officers for 2022-2023 Attachments: 05252022- Election of Officers 2022-2023 Chairman Riley and First Vice-chairman Feferman voiced their intentions for re-election to their current seats as officers on the Airport Board. Board member Hicks and Board member Cameron expressed interest in serving in the Second Vice-chairman seat. After some discussion, Board member Cameron withdrew from seeking the Second Vice-chairman seat. Discussion concluded with Chairman Riley & First Vice-chairman Feferman seeking re-election to their current offices on the Board and Board member Hicks seeking election to the Second Vice-chairman office. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved and Board member Colin seconded that those members be elected by acclamation as officers on the Board. Motion passed. 4. 22-0964 Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action to recommend City Council approve the ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement with ABM Curb-to-Curb Service for space at the Corpus Christi International Airport Attachments: 05252022-ABM Lease Agreement Director Kevin Smith gave background information regarding ABM, the company currently doing business at the Airport, the location of the requested space and the services they provide on Airport property. He is asking for the Board's recommendation to City Council to approve this agreement. First Vice-chairman Feferman moved to approve this item. Board member Cameron seconded with Chairman Riley abstaining. The motion carried. 5. 22-0965 Discussion on Upcoming Request for Proposal for Lease of Terminal Space Deputy Director Miller informed the members on a proposal to lease space to travel agents within the terminal. He offered many options on services that could be provided. He asked the Board for any recommendations on this item for a possible RFP. Board member suggestions were noted. Discussion was heard on this item. 6. 22-0966 Presentation and Discussion on Vision Mission Values Attachments: 05252022-CCIA Mission-Vision &Core Values Director Smith informed the members on the work Airport Senior Staff, the Leadership Team at HR and staff from Visit Corpus Christi to create a new Mission Value Statement for the Airport. This had not been done in many years and was outdated. The outcome is a new Mission Value Statement which will be used for employee performance reviews and in all decision-making processes moving forward. The new statement was first City of Corpus Christi Page 2 Printed on 811212022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes -Final May 25,2022 introduced to Airport staff at the recent Safety Stand Down event and was met with positive feedback. A video presentation of the New Mission Value Statement was shown to the board members. Director Smith asked the members for their feedback on this item. He also stated that the Airport is working on a Vision 2025 which he will present to the Board once it is completed. Discussion was heard on this item. F. Unfinished Business 7. 22-0967 SCC-AAAE Conference Wrap-up Attachments: 05252022-SCC-ARAE Director Smith reported back to the members on the success of the South Central Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives (SCC-AAAE) conference held in Corpus Christi and hosted by CCIA from May 15 through May 18, 2022. He also reported that he received a lot of positive feedback regarding the conference activities and location from several attendees. He also added that the Airport was awarded the President's Award from the AAAE. Staff recognized the Visit Corpus Christi team's assistance in making this event such a success. 8. 22-0968 AAAE Annual Conference Deputy Miller clarified that CCIA hosted the South Central Chapter of the AAAE. He also informed the members that he and Operations Manager, Albert Bejarano, would be attending the national Annual AAAE conference to be held in Seattle, WA in a week. He will be attending to learn more of the national perspectives on the airline industry. 9. 22-0969 Sterling Lease Information Update Director Smith reported back on a question from one of the Board members at the last meeting regarding Sterling Aviation's lease agreement. He showed on a diagram the exact locations that are to be covered by the lease. He also reiterated that Sterling will have the option to become an FBO within a specific length of time. If Sterling declines to become an FBO, an RFP will be coordinated. Discussion was heard on this item. F. Staff Reports 10. 22-0970 Fourth Quarter Air Service Update Attachments: 05252022-CRP Quarterly Update 4Q21 Director Smith reported he would be reporting on quarterly numbers on growing enplanement trends as seen in April & May, 2022. He added that the report shows that price fares leaving from CCIA are not any more expensive than fares in 2019. Discussion was heard on all aspects of this report. 11. 22-0971 General Activity Report (GAR) City of Corpus Christi Page 3 Printed on 811212022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes -Final May 25,2022 Attachments: 05252022-GAR REPORT Director Smith reported on the General Activity Report (GAR). He stated that April enplanements are up. He also added that Load Factors are down a bit but still climbing. He also informed the Board that freight numbers are continuing their steady increase. 12. 22-0972 Financial Report Attachments: 05252022- Financial Reports Kimberly Miller, Finance Manager, began her report by stating Parking Operations were at $195,053 for April. She continued with the 3-year graph showing the increase in parking revenue. She continued by reporting Concessions for April were at $189,000 which is a 16% increase from March in a non-vacation travel month. She continued with the financial statement showing the separate revenue streams indicating revenues were up for the month. Discussion was heard on this items. 13. 22-0973 Marketing Report Attachments: 05252022- Marketing Report Director Smith reported that Assistant Director Elsy Borgstedte will be working on a temporary special assignment project at the City Manager's office. She will be working in that capacity for the next three months. Deputy Director Miller reported on the Airport's Marketing efforts. He reported that 19,000 ads on social media were made. He added that the landing page airline ad has promoted Southwest Airlines bookings. The Airport will continue with this suggestion from the Board and look into monetizing it. Several events have been promoted on the Airport's social media sites. The Airport has begun to maintain City Public Art exhibits on Airport property and has highlighted the public art on social media. In closing, he mentioned that a student art contest was held at the Airport and will be on exhibit until another exhibit opportunity comes along. 14. 22-0974 Construction Report Deputy Director Miller reported on on-going current Airport projects. He reported that the installation of passenger boarding bridges is still on-going and the project is on time. The Runway 13-31 project is substantially complete. This project will extend the runway pavement life. The Airport Terminal Phase I should be starting July 1. Discussion was heard on this item. H. Future Agenda Items No items were mentioned. I. Adjournment As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Reily at 4:38 p.m. City of Corpus Christi Page 4 Printed on 811212022 Airport Board Meeting Minutes -Final May 25,2022 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 5 Printed on 811212022