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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-08-24 Minutes• T4 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED AIRPORT BOARD MEETING • August 24, 2000 • • MEMBERS PRESENT: Rick McKinney, Don Lyall, Frank Burggraf, Charles Wallace MEMBERS ABSENT: Truman Smith STAFF PRESENT: Alett Little, Brenda Moss, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Johnathon Williams -Morning News; Matthew P. Wagner- NW Arkansas Times McKINNEY: Item #1, Meeting called to Order. Item #2, Acceptance of low bid from Harrison Davis Construction for the amount of $243,473.00 to extend Ernest Lancaster Drive. LITTLE- McKINNEY: Commented there had been a good response in the number of bids turned in. Harrison Davis had the low bid. When all items in each bid had been totaled, Les Rogers actually had a higher bid. All bids were in line with the engineer's estimate. Project funding would be assisted by a 90% FAA grant, and the Airport will apply for a 5% State grant, and the remaining 5% would be from Airport funds. With the Airport Board's approval this will be on the September 5th City Council agenda. The item is already in the Staff Review process, contingent upon Airport Board's recommendation. The project will extend Ernest Lancaster Drive further along the north side and curve to the south. The apron will need to be extended. Staff has been working with Don Harris, our FAA Project Manager, and he sees no problem there. Brenda has been working with the contractor to make sure they met their DBE requirements and Mr. Rankin from McClelland Engineer's checked other requirements with the contractor. Answering Mr. Lyall, she said the Tulsa consulting firm would be using this information for their project. They are working with McClelland Engineers. She said Dale had visited with Barnard and Dunkelberg yesterday in Tulsa. A motion to accept the low bid from Harrison Davis for $243,473.00 to extend Ernest Lancaster Drive was made by Mr. Wallace and seconded by Mr. Burggraf. The motion carried. Don g adjourned at 12:32 p.m. ry / Date Minutes prepared by Louise Powers • • • Friday, August 25, 2000 Northwest Arkansas TIMES A3 Airport Board recommends low bid for road extension F om stall reports Vehicles may be accessing Drake Field's undeve oped east side by the end of the year if the Fayetteville City Council approves a low bid for the extension of Earnest Lancaster Drive as recommended by the Airport Board Thursday. During a noon -hour special meeting, board members reviewed a bid tabulation sheet provided to them by Economic Development Director Alett Little, who said the street extension project elicited a good response from area construction contractors. "We were really worried we wouldn't get but one or two (bids)." she said. Harrison Davis Construction of Fayetteville submitted a low bid of $243,473 with a 15 - percent contingency. The project will entail extending the street an additional 2,000 feet to the airfield's east side, where the city hopes to build private aircraft hangars and market the available property for industrial development, Little said. "We re kind of working with a couple of clients." she said. Ninety percent of the extension project will be funded with Federal Aviation Administration grant money, and the remaining 10 percent will be divided evenly between the state and the city. Little said. • The board unanimously recommended the bid to the council, which will consider the expenditure at its Sept. 5 meeting. If approved. the project should be completed by year's end. Little added.