July 2021 Meeting Minutes

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MEET­ING MINUTES

PANA­MA CITY – BAY COUN­TY AIR­PORT AND INDUS­TRI­AL DISTRICT

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Open­ing:

The Board Meet­ing of the Pana­ma City-Bay Coun­ty Air­port and Indus­tri­al Dis­trict was called to order at 9:00 a.m., July 28, 2021 by Act­ing Chair James Johnson. 

The Invo­ca­tion was giv­en by May­or Mark Sheldon.

The Pledge of Alle­giance was led by Mr. Will Cramer.

The Exec­u­tive Sec­re­tary called the roll and indi­cat­ed all the Board mem­bers were present in per­son with the excep­tion of Chair Glen McDon­ald and Vice Chair Hol­ly Melzer.

Chair John­son wel­comed new Board Mem­ber Les McFat­ter, and asked Les to say a few words. Mr. McFat­ter was appoint­ed as the City of Pana­ma City Beach representative.

Chair John­son asked if there were any Pub­lic Com­ments. There were no Pub­lic Comments.

Chair John­son asked if there were any Items on the Agen­da, includ­ing the Con­sent Agen­da, that any Board mem­ber would like to move, and if not, to make a motion to accept the Agenda.

Mr. Cramer made a motion to accept the Agen­da, and May­or Shel­don sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

Dis­trict Admin­is­tra­tive Items:

Elec­tion of Offi­cers: Chair John­son asked if there were any nom­i­na­tions for Chair and Vice Chair.

Mr. Cramer made a motion to nom­i­nate Glen McDon­ald as Chair, and Hol­ly Melz­er as Vice Chair. May­or Shel­don sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

Review of Board Oper­at­ing Pro­ce­dures: Mr. Park­er McClel­lan informed the Board that any ref­er­ences to the title Chair­man would be changed to Chair, and any per­son­al name ref­er­ences would be elim­i­nat­ed – only titles would be used. 

May­or Shel­don made a motion to accept the Board Oper­at­ing Pro­ce­dures, and Mr. Jason Cut­shaw sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

Reports:

Mr. Park­er McClel­lan pre­sent­ed the Activ­i­ty Reports. Mr. McClel­lan report­ed the pas­sen­ger count for June 2021 once again exceed­ed all oth­er pre­vi­ous years, and announced that since the pan­dem­ic, ECP is #4 out of 250 in the Con­tract Tow­er Sys­tem for instru­ment oper­a­tions in the Unit­ed States, up from #119 pri­or to COVID 19. 

Mrs. Dar­lene Gor­don pre­sent­ed the Finan­cial Reports.

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Con­sent Agenda:

1. Board Meet­ing Min­utes – June 30, 2021

This Item pro­vid­ed for Board approval of the June 30, 2021 Board Meet­ing Minutes.

Mr. Cramer made a motion to accept the Con­sent Agen­da, and May­or Shel­don sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

Busi­ness Items:

1. Approve Sec­ond Amend­ment to State Infra­struc­ture Bank Loans 

This Item pro­vid­ed for Board approval of the Sec­ond Amend­ment to each of the two State Infra­struc­ture Bank (“SIB”) Loans.

The Dis­trict entered into two loan agree­ments with the State of Flori­da Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion (“FDOT”), one in Decem­ber 2007 in the amount of $25 mil­lion (Loan 421137−1−94−01 ​“Loan 1”) and one in April 2009 in the amount of $20 mil­lion (Loan 421137−1−94−02 ​“Loan 2”) to finance the con­struc­tion of the Air­port. The inter­est rate for both Loan 1 and Loan 2 was 4.6%, with matu­ri­ty dates Octo­ber 1, 2036 for both loans.

Due to eco­nom­ic con­di­tions and the con­tin­ued low­er­ing of inter­est rates nation­al­ly, Staff con­tact­ed FDOT to explore the pos­si­bil­i­ty of refi­nanc­ing the SIB loans at a low­er inter­est rate. Ini­tial­ly, FDOT was not able to accom­mo­date the request; how­ev­er, with con­tin­ued dis­cus­sion between Staff, legal coun­sel, finan­cial con­sul­tants and FDOT, an agree­ment was reached to low­er the inter­est rates on both loans. 

The revised inter­est rate for Loan 1 is 1.97% and the new rate for Loan 2 is 2.71%. There is a dif­fer­ence in the rates because loans were exe­cut­ed at dif­fer­ent times, reflect­ing dif­fer­ent rate pre­mi­ums based on dif­fer­ing project fea­tures, tenors, prin­ci­pal amounts, and cash flow char­ac­ter­is­tics, and the new inter­est rates reflect an adjust­ment to the trea­sury/risk-free com­po­nent of the all-in inter­est rates only.

The effec­tive date of the new rate will be August 1, 2021, pend­ing Board Approval of the Amendments.

The approval of the Sec­ond Amend­ments for Loan 1 and Loan 2 will result in a sav­ings of $4,355,728 and $2,642,036, respec­tive­ly over the life of the loans. The total sav­ings for the Dis­trict for both loans will be $6,997,764. There will be a sav­ings of $131,407 in FY21, $475,357 per year in years 2 – 15, and $211,362 in year 16. 

Staff rec­om­mend­ed Board approval of the Sec­ond Amend­ment to each of the two Flori­da Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion State Infra­struc­ture Bank Loans.

Mr. Cramer made a motion to approved the Sec­ond Amend­ment to each of the two FDOT State Infra­struc­ture Bank Loans, and May­or Shel­don sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

1. b. Approve Extend­ed War­ran­ty Agree­ment – Schindler Ele­va­tor Corporation

This Item pro­vid­ed for Board approval of a Sole Source extend­ed war­ran­ty agree­ment for war­ran­ty ser­vices of three (3) esca­la­tors and nine (9) ele­va­tors locat­ed at the Airport. 

The Air­port owns and oper­ates three (3) Schindler esca­la­tors and nine (9) ele­va­tors at the Air­port (these

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esca­la­tors and ele­va­tors have been in con­tin­u­ous ser­vice in the Ter­mi­nal Build­ing since 2010). The Air­port main­tains an extend­ed war­ran­ty agree­ment with Schindler Ele­va­tor Cor­po­ra­tion. Under the extend­ed war­ran­ty agree­ment Schindler, at Schindler’s expense, cor­rects any defects and work­man­ship and mate­ri­als occur­ring for the 5‑year term of the extend­ed war­ran­ty pro­vid­ed the war­ran­ty agree­ment is extend­ed and main­tained in affect. 

In accor­dance with State of Flori­da statute, a notice of intend­ed Sole-Source pur­chase was pub­licly post­ed twice to deter­mine if any oth­er ven­dors were avail­able to per­form the elevator/​escalator extend­ed war­ran­ty ser­vices. No respons­es or com­ments were received.

Costs for this agree­ment are includ­ed in the Airport’s annu­al Air­port Oper­at­ing & Cap­i­tal bud­get. First year annu­al cost is $34,560 ($2,880/month) with pro­vi­sions for adjust­ments con­tained with­in the Extend­ed War­ran­ty Agree­ment. Annu­al agree­ment costs will be includ­ed in future Air­port bud­gets in accor­dance with approved Air­port fis­cal policy.

Staff rec­om­mend­ed approval of the sole source extend­ed war­ran­ty agree­ment from Schindler Ele­va­tor Cor­po­ra­tion USA, Inc. for elevator/​escalator extend­ed war­ran­ty ser­vices in a first-year amount of $34,560 ($2,880/month).

May­or Shel­don made a motion to extend the war­ran­ty agree­ment with Schindler Ele­va­tor Cor­po­ra­tion, and Mr. McFat­ter sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

1. Approve Sole Source Pur­chase and Instal­la­tion of UV LED Anti-bac­te­ri­al/An­ti-viral Esca­la­tor Devices – Schindler Ele­va­tor Corporation

This Item pro­vid­ed for Board approval of a sole source pur­chase for acqui­si­tion and instal­la­tion of UV LED anti-bac­te­ri­al/an­ti-viral esca­la­tor devices on each of the Airport’s six esca­la­tor handrails in the Ter­mi­nal Building. 

In efforts to pro­vide a safe trans­porta­tion envi­ron­ment for pas­sen­gers and oth­er users of facil­i­ties, the Air­port has imple­ment­ed sev­er­al ini­tia­tives. One such ini­tia­tive is to reduce the pres­ence of bac­te­ria and virus­es on high touch points through­out the Ter­mi­nal. One of the most com­mon­ly touched and con­tact­ed areas are the esca­la­tor handrails. To assist in the reduc­tion of poten­tial bac­te­ria and virus­es, Ultra Vio­let LED light­ing devices are to be installed on each of the Airport’s six esca­la­tor handrails. The Air­port owns and oper­ates three Schindler esca­la­tors. Each esca­la­tor has two handrails. The Air­port is procur­ing a man­u­fac­ture-pro­vid­ed UV device designed to be inte­grat­ed into Schindler brand escalators.

In accor­dance with State of Flori­da statute, a notice of intend­ed Sole-Source pur­chase will be pub­licly post­ed twice to deter­mine if any oth­er ven­dors are avail­able to per­form the replacement/​overhaul services.

This pur­chase will be bud­get neu­tral and will not impact the Airport’s cur­rent Oper­at­ing & Cap­i­tal bud­get. This pur­chase will be fund­ed at 100% par­tic­i­pa­tion from one of the Airport’s cur­rent Fed­er­al Cares Act grants. 

Staff rec­om­mend­ed approval of the sole source pur­chase from Schindler Ele­va­tor Cor­po­ra­tion USA, Inc. for acqui­si­tion and instal­la­tion of UV LED anti-bac­te­ri­al/an­ti-viral devices in an amount not to exceed $36,000.

May­or Shel­don made a motion to approve the sole source pur­chase and instal­la­tion of UV LED anti-bac­te­ri­al/an­ti-viral esca­la­tor devices from Schindler Ele­va­tor Cor­po­ra­tion, and Mr. Cut­shaw sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

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1. Approve Air­port Mas­ter Plan Update 

This Item pro­vid­ed for con­di­tion­al Board approval of the Air­port Mas­ter Plan Update for sub­mis­sion to FAA and FDOT for review/​acceptance/​approval.

On Sep­tem­ber 26, 2018, the Board autho­rized the award of an Air­port Mas­ter Plan Update to CHA Con­sult­ing, Inc. The Con­sul­tant Team, in part­ner­ship with Staff, Air­port Gen­er­al Con­sul­tant, and Plan­ning Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee, began work­ing on an update to the Airport’s 2015 Mas­ter Plan. Dur­ing ini­tial update activ­i­ties it was deter­mined rather than using year-based mile­stones as devel­op­ment trig­gers the use of plan­ning hori­zons ​“Plan­ning Activ­i­ty Lev­els (PAL)” would be uti­lized to pro­vide the Air­port with a more valu­able, demand-based, plan­ning tool.

The Mas­ter Plan Update Pre­sen­ta­tion is an Exec­u­tive Sum­ma­ry of the results of the plan­ning effort and as such will be use­ful to the Board and Staff for future plan­ning efforts as well as a guide for future development.

The Approval Process for the Mas­ter Plan Update by the FAA and FDOT has already begun with the sub­mis­sion of the draft activ­i­ty and devel­op­ment doc­u­ments. The for­mal review and com­ment por­tion of the final approval process now begins with Board Approval of the Final Mas­ter Plan Update. Upon approval by the Board, Staff will noti­fy both FAA and FDOT and they will per­form the final review and accep­tance process. Upon accep­tance by both FDOT and FAA, the Air­port Mas­ter Plan Update will be approved. The antic­i­pat­ed acceptance/​approval date from both FAA and FDOT is approx­i­mate­ly 120 – 180 days from submittal.

Mr. McClel­lan invit­ed CHA’s Paul Puck­li to present the final Mas­ter Plan Update con­cepts to the Board. Mr. Puck­li briefed the Board begin­ning with Air­field Recommendations.

Mr. Puck­li announced that we are just short of jus­ti­fy­ing the Cross­wind Run­way for FAA fund­ing after the lat­est wind and weath­er analy­sis aris­ing from a com­ment that an out­side source took to Wash­ing­ton ask­ing for an addi­tion­al analy­sis. Mr. Puck­li explained when using the FAA data pro­vid­ed pri­or to the addi­tion­al analy­sis, we were at 94%, which would have jus­ti­fied the Run­way. But because this new addi­tion­al analy­sis looked at the wind and weath­er and air­craft activ­i­ty hourly, and even at incre­ments with­in those hours, it went the oppo­site way. He said the FAA thresh­old for finan­cial par­tic­i­pa­tion is 95% and the new data shows 95.3%. He said it will still be includ­ed in the Air­port Lay­out Plan and the FAA can still con­di­tion­al­ly approve the Air­port Lay­out Plan with­out the Cross­wind Run­way while ask­ing for addi­tion­al stud­ies to be con­duct­ed – and poten­tial­ly approv­ing to fund it – in the future. He said by keep­ing it in the Air­port Lay­out Plan, we can pro­tect the land and air­space for the future when we will meet the require­ments to jus­ti­fy fed­er­al fund­ing. He rec­om­mend­ed a bi-annu­al wind analy­sis to deter­mine any changes since the ten-year data sub­mit­ted to the FAA includes 2 years from the ​“old” air­port (PFN).

He clar­i­fied, how­ev­er, that while using only 10 years of ECP data is sus­pect­ed to increase the per­cent­age mak­ing it more dif­fi­cult to jus­ti­fy the Cross­wind Run­way – because our Pri­ma­ry Run­way is per­fect­ly aligned for wind direc­tion, and the land sur­round­ing the Air­port is an open swampy area – struc­tures being built near the Air­port can change wind pat­terns in our favor, as can changes in weath­er. Mr. Puck­li added that the only oth­er way the FAA would con­sid­er it for the Air­port Lay­out Plan fed­er­al fund­ing would be if we had capac­i­ty con­cerns, but that we are no way near that.

May­or Shel­don asked what it would cost to build the Cross­wind Run­way if we had no fed­er­al fund­ing, and how much of that cost would be paid by the Air­lines. Mr. Puck­li said that with Mrs. Gordon’s help, he can pro­vide those fig­ures to the Board at the next meet­ing. Mr. McClel­lan explained that there are oth­er avenues we can pur­sue for fund­ing – that this is just the Mas­ter Plan part of it with FAA, for now.

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With no fur­ther dis­cus­sion on the Cross­wind Run­way, Mr. Puck­li described the oth­er Mas­ter Plan rec­om­men­da­tions: Gen­er­al Avi­a­tion & Sup­port Facil­i­ties (addi­tion­al aprons, hangars, devel­op­ment of the Avi­a­tion Cen­ter of Excel­lence; expan­sion of the Main­te­nance build­ing, fed­er­al inspec­tion build­ing, stor­age facil­i­ties and fuel farm area); Ter­mi­nal Rec­om­men­da­tions using four Plan­ning Activ­i­ty Lev­els (PAL) which could span 20 years or less if our pas­sen­ger activ­i­ty increas­es faster, to include a new Con­course added to the north, expand­ed Bag­gage Claim, a grad­ual addi­tion (over the four plan­ning lev­els) of a total of 12 Gates, larg­er hol­d­rooms to hold more pas­sen­gers, expand­ed admin­is­tra­tive office space and tick­et coun­ters, expand­ed con­ces­sion areas); Land­side Rec­om­men­da­tions (park­ing and road­ways), also using four PAL plans; the ACIP Sum­ma­ry and Fund­ing Sources; and the Ter­mi­nal rec­om­men­da­tions for the future, beyond this PAL 4 plan­ning period. 

A dis­cus­sion ensued regard­ing the log­ic of wait­ing to build expand­ed park­ing clos­er to the Ter­mi­nal, and Mr. Puck­li said it was from a secu­ri­ty stand­point not need­ed since 911, and esthet­ic rea­sons, but that if the Board want­ed to move the time­line up it was cer­tain­ly doable; as well as con­sid­er­ing a park­ing garage which would require a cost ben­e­fit analy­sis due to the large expense using rental car CFC funds.

Staff rec­om­mend­ed that the Board con­di­tion­al­ly approve the Mas­ter Plan Update for sub­mis­sion to FAA and FDOT and upon their acceptance/​approval, approve the Air­port Mas­ter Plan as submitted.

May­or Shel­don made a motion to approve the Air­port Mas­ter Plan Update and Mr. Cramer sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

The meet­ing con­tin­ued after a short recess.

1. Approve ZHA Task Order #49C for Bag Make-Up Facil­i­ty Expan­sion Design Services

This Item pro­vid­ed for the Board’s approval of Task Order #49C to ZHA for Bag Make-Up Facil­i­ty Expan­sion Design Services.

As part of the recent Mas­ter Plan Update, devel­op­ment projects were iden­ti­fied to meet the increas­ing demand at the Air­port. The thresh­olds for devel­op­ment are called Pas­sen­ger Activ­i­ty Lev­els (PAL). The Bag Make-Up Area is the area ​“behind the cur­tain” where the bags are screened and locat­ed onto carts to go out to the air­craft. The present Bag Make-Up Area is con­gest­ed and at peak times there is lit­tle to no room to oper­ate. In order to accom­mo­date new air car­ri­ers and the pro­ject­ed increase in traf­fic based on the Region’s recent suc­cess with pan­dem­ic, this area must be expanded. 

A study was con­duct­ed that includ­ed air car­ri­er input, air­port oper­a­tions eval­u­a­tions, and options avail­able based on the lim­i­ta­tions of build­ing expan­sion in the cur­rent area. The study also deter­mined the lim­its of poten­tial build­ing con­struc­tion area. 

Ser­vices in this task order will include the fol­low­ing: the design of a 9,650 sf addi­tion to the west side of the exist­ing bag make-up facil­i­ty; the design of a new addi­tion­al bag make-up carousel; and mod­i­fi­ca­tions to the exist­ing carousel and sort­ing equip­ment. Sur­vey and geot­ech­ni­cal ser­vices will also be per­formed to allow for the engi­neer­ing of the build­ing and site. Addi­tion­al­ly, the design ser­vices will include devel­op­ment of sys­tem spec­i­fi­ca­tions to ensure com­pat­i­ble bag­gage han­dling sys­tem modification.

The over­all cost of this Task Order is not to exceed $572,100 and will be fund­ing uti­liz­ing an exist­ing FDOT Grant and Dis­trict funds approved in the FY21 Bud­get. Staff rec­om­mend­ed Board approval.

Mr. McClel­lan invit­ed ZHA’s Rick Mellin to fur­ther describe how this Task Order fits in with the Mas­ter Plan Update. Mr. Mellin explained how this expan­sion does what the Mas­ter Plan sug­gests we do. He said this sec­ond bag make-up carousel should take us out 17 years in terms of the pro­ject­ed need, mov­ing it to the west.

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• May­or Shel­don made a motion to approve this ZHA Task Order #49C for the Bag Make-Up 

Facil­i­ty Expan­sion Design Ser­vices and Mr. Cut­shaw sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously. 

1. ZHA Task Order #55A – North Ter­mi­nal Con­course Expan­sion – Design Services

This Item pro­vid­ed for the Board’s approval of ZHA Task Order #55A for North Ter­mi­nal Con­course Expan­sion – Design Services.

As part of the recent Mas­ter Plan Update, devel­op­ment projects were iden­ti­fied to meet the increas­ing demand at the Air­port. The thresh­olds for devel­op­ment are called Pas­sen­ger Activ­i­ty Lev­els (PAL).

The demand for the cur­rent Ter­mi­nal Build­ing, pri­mar­i­ly the Con­course, is con­strained at peak times through­out the year. To address these con­straints and pro­vide addi­tion­al hol­d­room, restrooms and con­ces­sion areas, it has been deter­mined the exist­ing shell space locat­ed on the north­side of the Ter­mi­nal is the pre­ferred location.

This Task Order pro­vides for ser­vices to include the design of: demo­li­tion and ren­o­va­tion of rough­ly 12,500 sf of exist­ing shell and fin­ished space; a small por­tion of new struc­ture con­struc­tion required in both inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or loca­tions; and a ramp to the expand­ed North Ter­mi­nal Apron. A phas­ing plan will be devel­oped for con­struct­ing the build­out area with­out any major impacts to the facil­i­ty oper­a­tion. After com­ple­tion of those mod­i­fi­ca­tions, addi­tion­al con­struc­tion and demo­li­tion in the exist­ing Ter­mi­nal will be sequenced, as required, to com­plete the work and adjust exist­ing facil­i­ty flow of traffic.

Addi­tion­al­ly, the design ser­vices will include the inte­gra­tion of the Mas­ter Plan con­cept of the future North Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion includ­ing ver­ti­cal trans­porta­tion and bag claim and check­point modifications.

The Task Order pro­vides for the detailed design require­ments which are in com­pli­ance with fed­er­al, state and local require­ments. The over­all cost of this Task Order is not to exceed $462,000 and will be fund­ing uti­liz­ing an exist­ing FDOT grant and Dis­trict funds approved in the FY21 Bud­get. Staff rec­om­mend­ed Board approval.

Mr. McClel­lan explained how the pre­vi­ous Mas­ter Plan of five years ago planned for space for the Fed­er­al Inspec­tion Sta­tion (FIS), but that those require­ments for pro­cess­ing inter­na­tion­al pas­sen­gers have since changed and that space (“The Great Hall”) is now bet­ter suit­ed for Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion. Mr. McClel­lan invit­ed ZHA’s Rick Mellin to fur­ther describe this Task Order. Mr. Mellin explained how the cur­rent shell can be uti­lized in Phase 1 of the Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion with­out hav­ing to take out Gate 2.

May­or Shel­don made a motion to ZHA Task Order #55A – North Ter­mi­nal Con­course Expan­sion Design Ser­vices and Mr. Cramer sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously. 

1. Approve ZHA Task Order #55B – North Ter­mi­nal Apron Expan­sion – Design Services

This Item pro­vid­ed for the Board’s approval of Task Order #55B to ZHA for North Ter­mi­nal Apron Expan­sion – Design Services.

As part of the recent Mas­ter Plan Update, devel­op­ment projects were iden­ti­fied to meet the increas­ing demand at the Air­port. The thresh­olds for devel­op­ment are called Pas­sen­ger Activ­i­ty Lev­els (PAL).

The Ter­mi­nal Air­craft Park­ing Apron is a project that will be key for future North Ter­mi­nal Con­course devel­op­ment and capac­i­ty enhance­ment. This project will expand the ramp to the north to allow for air­craft park­ing and the future gate area. This Task Order pro­vides for the design of approx­i­mate­ly 23,300 square yards of PCC con­crete, designed to accom­mo­date all clas­si­fi­ca­tions of aircraft. 

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The Task Order pro­vides for the detailed design require­ments and com­pli­ance with fed­er­al, state and local requirements. 

The over­all cost of this Task Order is not to exceed $356,300 and will be fund­ing uti­liz­ing an exist­ing FDOT Grant and Dis­trict funds approved in the FY21 Bud­get. Staff rec­om­mend­ed Board approval of this Task Order for the North Ter­mi­nal Apron Expan­sion – Design Services. 

Mr. McFat­ter made a motion to approve ZHA’s Task Order #55B for North Ter­mi­nal Apron Expan­sion Design Ser­vices and Mr. Cramer sec­ond­ed the motion. The vote was tak­en and the motion passed unanimously.

Con­struc­tion Update (infor­ma­tion only):

1. Air­craft Park­ing Apron Expansion

Mr. Richard McConnell report­ed the Tran­sient Apron Phase 1 Expan­sion is sub­stan­tial­ly com­plete as of June 30. He said we are fin­ish­ing some punch list items and we made a few changes to allow for future infra­struc­ture expan­sion – drainage pipe, pri­mar­i­ly – which is being installed and then that project will be com­plete. He said the Apron has been well uti­lized already this sea­son for both Sheltair and the Air­port tran­sient air­craft parking.

1. Air­port Entrance Round­about and State Road (SR) 388 Realignment

Mr. McConnell report­ed the SR 388/​Airport Entrance Round­about is expand­ing. He said the grading/​curb and gut­ter work is being done to pre­pare for the change in the traf­fic pat­tern to allow for the Round­about con­struc­tion to begin. He said a dia­gram and details should be forth­com­ing in the next cou­ple of weeks, and the project is expect­ed to be com­plete in the first or sec­ond quar­ter of 2023.

Bay EDA Update:

Bay EDA Pres­i­dent Ms. Bec­ca Hardin report­ed that there is a new road design for Ven­ture Cross­ings: the T‑road behind the for­mer GKN facil­i­ty will con­nect to SR 388 so there will not be truck traf­fic com­ing onto West Bay Pkwy, and it will become the main entrance to Ven­ture Crossings.

Ms. Hardin said that the Air­port Author­i­ty and Ven­ture Cross­ings (owned by St. Joe Com­pa­ny) prop­er­ties have a total of nine projects that range from 50 employ­ees to 550 employ­ees, with a cap­i­tal invest­ment of $12M to $450M.

She said that with trav­el open­ing up, Bay EDA will be attend­ing the Nation­al Busi­ness Avi­a­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (NBAA) tradeshow in Vegas in Octo­ber, and the Main­te­nance, Repair and Over­haul (MRO) Europe Show in Ams­ter­dam, as well as sev­er­al oth­er events, in addi­tion to host­ing oth­er prospects.

The Moore Agency Update:

Due to the length of the meet­ing, and because Board mem­bers were already pro­vid­ed with The Moore Agency’s June Mar­ket­ing update in their Board pack­ets, Chair John­son asked that Ms. Katie Spill­man defer her Report for this meeting. 

Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Report:

Mr. McClel­lan addressed the Board by rec­og­niz­ing the Air­port man­age­ment staff who have been work­ing six days a week and at least two or three Sat­ur­days due to the increase in pas­sen­ger num­bers. He said 

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Staff and our con­sul­tants con­tin­ue to do a lot of plan­ning; the Bud­get will be sub­mit­ted to the Air­lines lat­er this week and back to the Board at the Bud­get Work­shop Sep­tem­ber 1; the Air­lines have the lat­est Agree­ment ver­sion for their legal review (the cur­rent Agree­ment ends the end of Sep­tem­ber); and there are many con­tracts in the pipeline.

Pub­lic Comments:

There were no Pub­lic Comments.

Recess:

The meet­ing recessed at 10:40 a.m. and recon­vened at 10:57 a.m. for the manda­to­ry Ethics Training. 

Ethics Train­ing:

Air­port Author­i­ty legal coun­sel Franklin Har­ri­son and Nick Ben­i­nate pre­sent­ed the Ethics Train­ing. The Board Mem­bers present includ­ed: Mr. James John­son, Mr. Will Cramer, Mr. Jason Cut­shaw, and Mr. Les McFat­ter. Staff present includ­ed: Mr. Park­er McClel­lan, Mr. Richard McConnell, Mrs. Dar­lene Gor­don, Mr. Mark Adams, Police Lieu­tenant Tom McCarthy, Fire Chief Jer­ry Swearin­gen, and Main­te­nance Dept. Head Lar­ry Hightower.

Adjourn­ment:

The Ethics Train­ings was adjourned at approx­i­mate­ly 3:00 p.m.

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Kathy Gilmore, Exec­u­tive Assis­tant Glen McDon­ald, Chair