Approved Minutes — original pdf
Approved Minutes
AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021 The Airport Advisory Commission convened in a Virtual Regular Meeting on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. CALL TO ORDER Chair E. Sepulveda called the Commission Meeting to order at 3:04 p.m. Jonathan Coon Vicky Sepulveda Wendy Price Todd Raymond Young Ernest Saulmon Ammie Calderon Mukesh “Mookie” Patel Jamy Kazanoff Commissioners in Attendance: Eugene Sepulveda – Chair Scott Madole – Vice-Chair Jeremy Hendricks – Secretary Billy Owens Commissioners Absent: Frank Maldonado Aviation Staff in Attendance: Tracy Thompson Ghizlane Badawi Rajeev Thomas CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS: Steve Khanoyan Brian Long Shane Harbinson None. 1. INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONER RAYMOND YOUNG Commissioner Raymond Young of District 2 was introduced to the Commission. 1 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) The minutes from the meeting of July 13, 2021 were approved on Commissioner V. Sepulveda’s motion, Commissioner Coon seconded. Motion passed on a 6-0-0-4 vote. Vice Chair Madole and Commissioners Owens, Maldonado, and Saulmon were absent at this vote. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION STAFF WRITTEN BRIEFINGS a) Chief Executive Officer’s Report regarding the upcoming Environment Assessment, upcoming ABLE bonds meeting, an update on Housing and Planning zoning, and new art installations. (Prepared by Jacqueline Yaft, Chief Executive Officer) b) AUS Air Service Update. (Prepared by Jamy Kazanoff, Air Service Development) 4. ACTION ITEMS None. 5. FOR RECOMMENDATION a) Authorize amendments to three existing cooperative contracts with Carrier Corporation, Johnson Controls Inc., and Trane U.S. Inc. for continued chiller systems maintenance, repair, inspection, and installation for an increase of $4,675,000 for revised total contract amounts not to exceed $1,928,937 divided among the contractors. Aviation’s portion of the Amendment is $275,000. A motion to approve was made by Secretary Hendricks, Commissioner Coon seconded for a vote. Motion passed on a 4-1-2-3 vote. Vice Chair Madole, Secretary Hendricks, and Commissioners Coon and Todd voted yea. Chair E. Sepulveda voted nay due to the lack of MBE/WBE goals. Commissioners V. Sepulveda and Young abstained. Commissioners Owens, Saulmon, and Maldonado were absent for this vote. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION VERBAL BRIEFINGS a) “Updates on the Airport Expansion and Development Program (AEDP)” presented by Tracy Thompson, Interim Chief of Planning and Development, and Shane Harbinson, Deputy Chief of Planning and Development. b) “Updates on the AEDP Environmental Assessment” presented by Kane Carpenter, Environmental Manager. 2 c) “Updates on the ACDBE Program” presented by Jolene Cochran, Program Compliance Coordinator, Edward Campos, Compliance Director, and Tamela Saldana, Compliance Officer. d) “June 2021 Financial Results” presented by Rajeev Thomas, Deputy Chief of Finance. 7. NEW BUSINESS Council Member upcoming meeting. a) Review of Commission Recommendations and Actions to discuss with appointing City ꞏ The Commission will receive a presentation on housing and development updates during an ꞏ Aviation is in good communications with airlines serving the South Terminal (Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Airlines) regarding the AEDP. These airlines will not experience a disruption in their service due to the facilities changes and continue to provide Austin with low cost flight options. ꞏ The Commission will receive future presentations on MBE/WBE goals for the AEDP. ꞏ The Commission received a presentation on the AEDP Environmental Assessment program. ꞏ June 2021 showed strong financial and passenger performance with enplaned passengers at 86% and revenue at 96% compared to June 2019. b) Future Agenda Items c) Next scheduled meeting August 10, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Chair E. Sepulveda adjourned the meeting at 5:01 p.m. The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days before the meeting date. Please call Ammie Calderon, Aviation Department, at (512) 530-6605 for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Airport Advisory Commission, please contact Tracy Thompson at (512) 530-5023. 3