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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-12 Airport Committee Minutes Meeting Agenda City of Bangor Airport Committee Meeting City Council Chambers rd 3 Floor February 12, 2013 @ 5:15 PM Formatted: Font: 12 pt April 17, 2012 5:00 PM The following City Councilors were in attendance: Charlie Longo, and Pat Blanchette, James Gallant, David Nealley, Joseph Baldacci, Pauline Civiello and Ben Sprague.. The following City staff was also in attendance, Interim Airport Director, Anthony Caruso, Marketing Manager Risteen Bahr, Superintendent of Operations Robbie Beaton, and Assistant Airport Director James Canders. and Risteen Bahr, Marketing Manager. Also in attendance was City Manager Formatted: Indent: Left: 2", First line: 0.5" Cathy Conlow. Cathy Conlow, City Manager was also in attendance. Councilor Longo opened the meeting. Formatted: Font: 12 pt Agenda: 1. Introduction of new Assistant Airport Director, James CandersIndustry Update/Overview Formatted: Centered, Indent: Left: 2", First line: 0.5" It is with great pleasure that we announce that Mr. James Canders has accepted the position of Assistant Airport Director. James comes to us from WK Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan where he worked as their Assistant Airport manager for over Formatted: Font: 12 pt seven years. James is a Maine native. James holds a B.S. degree in Aviation Management, supplemented with an A.S. degree in Flight Operations. Passenger Statistics for the month of February 2011 was up by 31.2% and YTD 23.7%. For the month of March it was up by 19.5% and YTD up by 22%. Airport Interim Director Anthony Caruso attributed this increase to the increased demand during this peak season, the new flight to Florida and the flights to DC. The traffic remains strong. Formatted: Font: 12 pt Tony indicated that we do have concerns with the fuel increase and the airlines have also increased the fares have also increased several times thus far this year. Also, some Formatted: Font: 12 pt of the airlines have cut back on the capacity. Questions/Comments: a. Passenger Statistic-January 2013EE BGR will remain an Independent Dealer but will continue to review branding options. Questions/Comments Councilor Blanchette commented that this was great news and a good indication that the next couple of years should be good too. She was very pleased with the figures. Formatted: Font: 12 pt 2. easeApprove Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", No bullets or numbering Formatted: Font: 12 pt Formatted: Font: Bold Formatted: Font: 12 pt, Bold Formatted: Font: 12 pt Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.25", No bullets or numbering For the month of January, we were up by 5%. Allegiant Air was down by 27%, but that was due to the fact of the FLL flight no longer in service at Bangor International Airport. Delta and US Airways are strong. The load factors are good. We are coming upon our peak season so we hope the numbers will be better. Bangor International Airport does have better parking situation this year. We now have the shuttle lot available which will provide the customer the door to door service. 2. Business Development Activities Networks 2012- In March, BGR participated in Network USA, an air service development conference. We had 30 minutes to present our case to each airline. BGR presented proposals for scheduled service to Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, and JFK. We also had the opportunity to discuss BGR as a location for seasonal chartered service to Las Vegas and the UK with a charter airline company. We offered our air service incentive program and our Small Community Air Service Development grant as appropriate to the airlines. While none of the airlines gave us a definite yes, neither did any airline say that they were absolutely not interested in Bangor. Our strong passenger growth was a positive selling pint along with our strong Canadian traffic numbers. We will continue to keep the discussions open for future Formatted: Font: 12 pt opportunities and providing more information as it becomes available.oooBMrQuestions/Comments Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.25", No bullets or numbering 3. Business Development Update Formatted: No bullets or numbering a. Report on 2013 NBAA: Schedulers & Dispatchers thth The 24 annual Schedulers and Dispatcher Conference was reported as the 4 highest attended conference in show history by AIN magazine. With more than 2,400 attendees, 425 exhibitors and 32 breakout sessions, this conference once again takes its place as the most favored of GA Conferences. We were able to meet personally with representatives of Multi-service and Pinnacle Operations. With Mutli-service, we discussed the recent acquisition by WFS and how it would impact our processes. Pinnacle was a preplanned meeting and was to introduce BGR to the Pinnacle Operations Flight coordinators. Pinnacle currently has 80 clients and represents over 400 aircrafts. Their transit tech-stops use Gander predominately, and we are in discussion with them for direct service and competitive offerings. Feedback at the booth from many customers continues to be very positive and complimentary with no negative issues reported. Questions/Comments b. Report on annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism This was attended by Tony and Risteen. We have attended this conference for a number of years. As one of Maine’s largest industries, tourism supports a total of 85,500 jobs or on average, about 13% of employment in the state. Over 14 million Formatted: Numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: 0" + Indent at: 0.25" Formatted: Font: 12 pt Formatted: No bullets or numbering Formatted: Numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: a, b, c, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75" Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.75", No bullets or numbering Formatted: Superscript Formatted: Superscript Formatted: Font: 12 pt Formatted: No bullets or numbering Formatted: Numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: a, b, c, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75" Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", No bullets or numbering visitors spend one or more nights in Maine on tourism related trips in 2012. Tourism related day travelers to Maine accounted for nearly $1.2 billion in direct expenditures during 2012. Maine hosted over 13 million day visitors on tourism related trips in 2012. 30is appreciative not Questions/Comments 4. Review of Domestic Terminal Improvements Airport Director, Caruso indicated that this is a 30% design approval to continue with the project. This is two separate projects. The first is the TSA Inline check baggage system, funding st by the TSA and the second is the Domestic terminal 1 level improvement. This will improve the passenger flow and move the airline ticket agency’s into one area. Superintendent Beaton Formatted: No bullets or numbering st indicated that the 1 floor level, this one is funded by PFC monies. The total project is roughly 10 million dollars and the City portion is 10%. The project will first start with the doors and the windows. All the Airlines will be in one area and the Departments (Police and TSA) will be in one area. We will also move the rental car areas. We will have new restrooms, new floors, lighting, and ceiling tiles. Formatted: Font: Bold Questions/Comments Formatted: Font: Bold Councilor Baldacci said this was a good idea and cost friendly. He questioned the time line. Beaton responded that the project will start approximately in February of 2014 and take Formatted: Numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: 1, approximately one year. We will try and work around the peak season. 2, 3, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: 0" Councilor Gallant asked if the TSA portion was to cost more, would TSA approve of more + Indent at: 0.25" funding, Beaton responded yes. Formatted: Superscript Councilor Gallanttwick asked if the bathrooms on the first level could be identical to the bathroom setup on the second level, where there were no doors on the outside and Beaton responded, yes the plan is to have the bathrooms, set up the same way. Formatted: Superscript Councilor Nealley asked about the TSA had any security issues with the design. Caruso responded the TSA annual does a security and safety inspections, and the new design is approved with TSA. They were asked when the last time that the first floor was renovated and it was renovated and it was around the 1970’s. Councilor Longo asked Caruso what needed to be done, and Caruso responded that he needed approval to move forward to continue the design have the work the design work with the Engineer. Motion to approve and seconded. thehighat the airport. The concept is to develop a small museum inside our terminal for these itemsthe grant $Meeting Adjourned a. Formatted: No bullets or numbering Questions/Comments Formatted: Font: Bold Councilor Blanchette asked if there any plans for Mike Boyd to come with some information. She would like to see a complete workshop for all the Councilors. Caruso responded that Ms Bahr has contacted Mike Boyd and they have been discussing several dates for this meeting. We anticipate scheduling this Formatted: Font: 12 pt meeting during the June Airport Committee meeting and inviting all City Councilors to attend. th b. AAAE/ACI-NA Legislative Conference- On March 14-15, Tony attended the annual AAAE/ACI-NA legislative conference. This conference provides airports with the opportunity to review and discuss th airport and aviation priorities for the second session of the 112 Congress. The AAAE/ACI-NA Washington Legislative Conference provides airport executives and operators the opportunity to discuss critical airport issues in today’s political environment. One of the major topics discussed was related to the recent requirement by the Department of Transportation (DOT) for airports to develop Tarmac Delay Contingency Plans. Tony was asked to present and serve on a panel for discussion of the tarmac delay plan. Bangor International Airport is seen in the industry as having expertise in the handling of aircraft diversions. c. Airport ground handling initiatives conference-On March 31-April 2, 2012, Tony attended the annual ground Handling Initiatives conference. This conference provides discussion and recommendations to airports to support and establish operational standards for non-hub airports to provide their own ground handling services. The topics included discussions and presentations to on how, through such services, airports can improve customer service, reduce ground handling costs and improve operational efficiencies in order to retain and/or attract air service. Tony was asked to present and serve on a panel for discussion among airports that do provide the ground handling service for airlines. Bangor International is seen in the industry as having expertise in performing the ground handling for airlines. Questions/Comments None 3. Airport’s Advertising & Marketing Plan presentation and overview Risteen indicated that we will present this at the next meeting. She indicated that the campaign will be “warmer place calling you”. Questions/Comments None 4. Airport Committee meeting schedule: discussion: During the March 5, 2012 Airport Committee meeting, the Committee members requested further discussion on the possibility of adjusting this Committee’s schedule. Currently, the Airport Committee is scheduled to meet on the first Monday of each month immediately following the Finance Committee. Tony indicated that he has three suggestions. One was stay with the way it is now, the first Monday of each month following the Finance Committee. The second was on either the second or fourth Tuesday of each month following the Government Operations Meeting. The final option was to hold the meeting on the second Wednesday of each month. Questions/Comments Councilor Blanchette indicated that the Tuesday following Government Operations work best for her. Councilor Longo agreed. Councilor Longo and Caruso discussed that they will hold the next Airport th Committee meeting on the 4 Tuesday of the month following the Government Operations meeting as a trial run. They will then discuss if this works for the rest of the Committee. 5. Contracts/leases: a. SST Aero lease renewal: Airport Interim Director, Caruso, indicated that as the Committee is well aware, SST Aero Services, owned by Telford Allen, has been a valuable tenant of Bangor International Airport since 2009. SST Aero is an aircraft and engine leasing company. Approving this lease agreement will strengthen our partnership and enhance our relationship with this company. This lease agreement has been reviewed and approved by City Legal. The Airport respectfully submits this amendment for Airport Committee review and recommends approval by full City Council. b. T-3 Lease renewal: Airport interim Director, Caruso, indicated that this agreement outlines a one (1) year term, with two one year extensions, for the lease of hangar space in building 123 (also known as the Corporate hanger facility). The current lease is due to expire this year and both Parties are interested in having T-3 Leasing remain as a tenant. The terms and conditions of the lease remain unchanged with the exception of an annual rate increase. The new lease rate reflects a modest 3% increase each year. As the Committee is well aware, T-3 Leasing, owned by Telford Allen, has been a valuable tenant of Bangor International Airport since 2009. T-3 Leasing is an aircraft management and leasing Company. Approving this lease agreement will strengthen our partnership and enhance our relationship with this company. This lease agreement has been reviewed and approved by City Legal. The Airport respectfully submits this amendment for Airport Committee review and recommends approval by full City Council. c. Easement agreement renewal for FAA: This agreement is between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the City of Bangor, Airport Department. This agreement, DTFAEN-11- A-00003, is for an underground power line easement and airport access right-of-way easement at Bangor International Airport. This power line supports the FAA’s airport surveillance radar (ASR) system located at the airport. This easement has expired and the FAA is requesting a renewal for the same purpose. The term of the easement renewal is from October 1, 2008 through September 20, 2018. This easement agreement has been reviewed and approved by City Legal. The Airport respectfully submits this amendment for Airport Committee review and recommends approval by full City Council. Questions/Comments Councilor Blanchette moved to make these all ok to go to full Council on Monday. These items are all routine in nature and are all renewals. Meeting adjourned.