Port Authority Board Approves Replacement Of St. Croix Airport Roof

ST. THOMAS — During a board meeting at Sub Base on Wednesday, the Virgin Islands Port Authority board took several actions during the board’s monthly meeting, among them a standout: a contract to replace the roof of the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix, including the single-ply membrane and metal standing system.

The contract to replace the roof was awarded to Lemartec. It will cost $8.8 million and will take nine months to complete, according to the board. Funding for the project will be secured through insurance dollars.

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The airport’s roof was badly damaged by Hurricane Maria, forcing officials to shutdown its commercial flights operation for weeks following the storm.

In other action, the board:

• Ratified poll vote to renew VIPA’s property insurance with payments to be made in installments.
• Authorized staff to enter negotiations with Morgan Franklin to provide fixed asset expertise necessary to meet the June 30, 2018 deadline of issued audit financials required by VIPA’s bond covenant.
• Approved the transfer of all Crown Bay Center leases to the VIPA Legal and Property Management Department.
• Approved a new lease for Mr. Wilfred Turnbull at Parcel No. 17 and 191 Crown Bay to sell local food items produced from coconuts, local spices and drinks. Tenant will lease 1,200 s/f of semiimproved land for 5 years with a 3-year option to renew at $5 per s/f ($6,000 per annum). Three months’ rent security and insurance required as per staff summary. Improvements return to VIPA at expiration of lease.
• Approved request for additional lease language to be added to proposed lease at the Cyril E. King Airport Terminal to include: 100 s/f of kiosk space located in arrivals; kiosk space in baggage claim; and space to store baggage carts in baggage claim to provide porter services to arriving and departing travelers and to use common areas. Lease term will be 3 years at $416.67 per month for office space, and $17,040 & $1,420 per month for kiosk spaces. Three months’ rent and insurance required per staff summary.
• Authorized staff to enter into a $1,879,800 contract with custom buildersto design and install four (4) new, energy efficient 200-ton chillers at the CEKA Terminal. Funded via PFC revenues.
• Approved Task Order No. 4 with Lemartec, Inc. for complete replacement of VIPA Administrative Building’s roof to include the single-ply membrane and metal standing system. Project will cost $1,123,592 and will take five months to complete. Funded via insurance monies.