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Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board Meeting - Minutes
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board held their regular meeting on March 10,
2020, at 11:30am at Sandy's Restaurant.
Board Members Present:
Staff Present:
Ryan Dewrock, Chairman
Katrina Amos, Airport Manager
Mark Welker, Vice Chairman
Derrick Irwin, Flight Line Supervisor
Jeff Brune, Board Member
Audrey torch, Airport Support Specialist
Justin Davidson, Board Member
Richard Knote, Board Member
Mike Marshall, Board Member
Special Appearance(s):
Brian Ozark, Board Member
Molly Mehner, Deputy City Manager
TTF-6 Presentation
Absent:
Joe Uzoaru
I. Call to Order/Approval of Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 11:31am. Mr. Knote moved and Mr. Ozark seconded
the motion to approve the minutes from the February 11, 2020 meeting. The motion
was approved with unanimous vote.
If. Appearances
Molly Mehner, Deputy City Manager presented the TTF-6 project scheduled to be on the
April 7, 2020 ballot.
III. Old Business
A. Airport Activity Report — Ms. Amos presented the February 2020 Airport Usage
Report. Year-to-date enplanement numbers are in line with 2019. Due to the
Coronavirus pandemic, United Airlines will reduce domestic flights down by 10% and
international schedules by 20% in the next month. As of now, there is no direct
effect to CGI. United/SkyWest will be waiving any change of flight schedule fees for
more flexibility. Ms. Amos also discussed that fares have increased and is
researching with our airline consultant team, Volaire Aviation, to help understand
the increases. Discussion continued on this topic.
Ms. Mehner inquired on any indication the impact of the virus would have on the
10,000 enplanements CGI needs to continue growth. Ms. Amos commented at this
time CGI passenger counts have been unaffected but she will continue to monitor
and keep the Board informed. Ms. Amos also commented enplanements numbers
are trending the same as last year at this time and we are on par to meet the same
numbers as 2019.
Ms. Amos added that Chris Johnson, SkyWest general manager, will meet with the
Board quarterly to discuss updates on customer satisfaction and other market
factors. At this time, CGI is in the 93 percentile.
B. Cape Aviation Report— Mr. Irwin reported a good month and slightly higher than
last month in fuel sales. After researching other FBO fuel prices and marketing, Cape
Aviation's prices are trending lower on Avgas and Jet Fuel. Ms. Amos commented
lower price on self-service fuel has been a good incentive for the pilots and many of
them like to be self-sufficient. There has been a lot of positive feedback on this.
C. Ms. Amos informed the Board of a FBO Staffing Analysis conducted by CMT, Inc. to
review Cape Aviation's current hours of operation and whether they are in line with
industry trends. CMT, Inc. compared 20 airports of similar size and/or activity.
While three of the studied FBO's are open 24 hours, the remainder closed between
6 and Bpm. Mr. Irwin has been studying traffic and timing for some time; in terms of
traffic after 7:00pm and noted the trends have changed. Cape Aviation averages 7
gallons of fuel purchased after 7:00pm.
Additionally, the difficulty with finding qualified candidates is also a factor in the
decision to reduce hours. Ms. Amos informed the Board the FBO hours will be
changed to 6:00am-6:00pm daily beginning March 16th. Ms. Amos will monitor
the new hours of operation for six months to determine if it is a success. Discussion
continued on the topic.
D. Projects —
L Terminal Area Master Plan (TAMP) — Ms. Amos reported we received the
first set of results on the passenger intercept survey, findings were
overwhelmingly 80% of the passengers stated they want a restaurant in the
airport. The second comments were more options for taxi and ride share
services. We do have a new taxi service in the area, Porter Taxi Services.
Ochs rental service was discussed and a possible kiosk in the airport for
passenger convenience.
11. Wildlife Perimeter fence — Ms. Amos reported the Archaeological Research
Center of St. Louis, Inc. will be back to conduct a wider search and study in
the areas of the perimeter fence. Several artifacts were found in the first
discovery. The State Historic Preservation Office is still reviewing the analysis
but has required additional exploration of the sites found. This will add an
additional $30,000 to the cost of the project; 95% of this fee will be
reimbursed. At this time this process has not slowed down the project as
CMT is finalizing design options to make sure the fencing project continues to
move forward. CMT is also working on alternate designs due to the
additional acreage still not being acquired. Perimeter fence is scheduled to
be bid out by May 1, 2020; bids in hand by lune 1, 2020.
III. Hangar Update — Ms. Amos reported DSW has all permits in place and are
moving forward with hangar construction. The contractor reached out to
Ms. Amos to discuss access into the area, they will be using the milling road
to the northeast of Cape Copters. The only issue holding things up at this
time is an electrical line running under where the pad will be poured; they
are currently working on moving it.
IV. New Business
A. Airport Rebranding— Ms. Amos discussed rebranding the CGI Web -Site and Airport
Logo for a fresh look prior to the new Terminal. She will be reaching out to our
public information office as well as Rust Media for feedback.
Mr. Marshall asked about the Billboards on the airport property and possible
advertisement on those. Discussion continued on this topic.
B. 2020 Part 139 Live Exercise Preparation - Ms. Amos will be meeting with Mark
Winkler of Cape County EMA and Larry Davis, ATCT Chief, to discuss scenarios for
the live exercise. This should take place in August/September 2020.
V. Non-Agenda—
Ms. Amos reported the airport will be taking part in several outreach and sponsored
events of the next month. Those events are highlighted below:
• Sikeston Career Fair
• SEMO Steam Event
• Girl Scout Tours
• Between Initiative
• Sponsoring SEMO baseball March 27-29,2020
VI. Adjournment:
`. There being no other business Mr. Knote moved to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Welker
seconded the motion. All were in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 12:21pm.
Minutes prepared by:
Audrey Lorch
Airport Support Specialist