Approved Minutes — original pdf
Approved Minutes
AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022 The Airport Advisory Commission convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. CALL TO ORDER Chair E. Sepulveda called the Commission Meeting to order at 3:02 p.m. Raymond Young* Chad Ennis* Vicky Sepulveda Ernest Saulmon Commissioners in Attendance: Eugene Sepulveda – Chair Scott Madole – Vice Chair Jeremy Hendricks – Secretary* Billy Owens Wendy Price Todd* (*attended via videoconference) Commissioners Absent: Jonathan Coon CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS: None. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) The minutes from the meeting of January 11, 2022 were approved on Commissioner Saulmon’s motion, Commissioner Young seconded. Motion passed on an 8-0-0-2 vote. Secretary Hendricks and Commissioner Coon were absent. 2. WRITTEN STAFF BRIEFINGS a) “December Financial Results” prepared by Rajeev Thomas, Deputy Chief of Finance. b) “AUS Air Service Update” prepared by Jamy Kazanoff, Air Service Development. 1 3. STAFF BRIEFINGS a) “Updates from the CEO regarding community meetings related to the proposed fuel facility” presented by Jacqueline Yaft, Chief Executive Officer. b) “Art in Public Places at AUS” presented by Marjorie Flanagan, Acting Program Manager, and Curt Gettman, Senior Project Manager, Arts in Public Places. c) “Construction Training Program” presented by Michelle Pierre, Program Compliance Coordinator, Capital Contracting Office. d) “Airport Expansion and Development Program (AEDP) Updates regarding the baggage handling system, program management support consultant, and airfield construction” presented by Lyn Estabrook, Planning & Development Manager. e) “Notification plan for the Environment Assessment public meeting related to the AEDP” presented by Kane Carpenter, Manager Environmental Services, and Sam Haynes, Acting Public Information & Marketing Manager. 4. CONSENT AGENDA a) Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the professional services agreement with AECOM Technical Services Inc., as Technical Baggage Handling System (BHS) Advisor for the ABIA Terminal Centralized Baggage Handling System (BHS) in the amount of $1,834,586 for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,592,586. b) Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the Design-Build Agreement with The Whiting-Turner Construction Company for construction services for the Existing Terminal Centralized Baggage Handling System Upgrades project in an amount of $157,055,614, for a total not to exceed an amount of $173,113,614. A motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Commissioner V. Sepulveda; Commissioners Young and Saulmon seconded. Motion passed on an 8-0-1-1 vote. Vice Chair Madole abstained. Commissioner Coon was absent. 5. ACTION ITEMS None. 6. OLD BUSINESS City Council actions since the last AAC meeting were reviewed. 2 7. NEW BUSINESS Council Member a) Review of Commission Recommendations and Actions to discuss with appointing City · December 2021 passenger traffic exceeded December 2019 numbers. · Air cargo traffic continues vigorous growth. · New service by Virgin Atlantic Airways to London (LHR) has been announced. · We do not yet know the impact of the proposed merger between Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines at AUS. · The CEO reported to the Commission information regarding the public meetings on the proposed new fuel facility and took constructive feedback for future community interaction. · The Construction Training Program is going well with 70% of the 323 enrollees since 2019 in the apprenticeship program or graduated. · The environmental assessment for the AEDP is near completion. A draft is expected later this month. b) Future Agenda Items · Discussion of the COBUS bus purchase on the March agenda. · The AAC requests a future update on CBP capacity in the FIS facility. · A potential special meeting of the AAC may be called to further discuss the proposed fuel facility. c) Next scheduled meeting March 8, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Chair E. Sepulveda adjourned the meeting at 4:48 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 Executive Liaison Tracy Thompson at tracy.thompson@austintexas.gov or Staff Liaisons Steve Khanoyan at (312) 723-2619 or stephen.khanoyan@austintexas.gov and Ammie Calderon at (512) 530-6605 or ammie.calderon2@austintexas.gov. 3