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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-11-02 MinutesMEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT. STAFF PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT: McKINNEY: • LITTLE: McKINNEY: BURGGRAF: • AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES November 2, 2000 Rick McKinney, Don Lyall, Frank Burggraf, Charles Wallace One position vacant as Truman Smith resigned as of October 12. Alett Little, Dale Frederick, Brenda Moss, Tonya Posey, Janet Johns, Louise Powers Ken Schossow-Wings Avionics Inc.; Rob Smith -Ark. Democrat Gazette; John Kalagias & George Moore -Ark Air Museum; Matt McGowan -NW Ark. Morning News; Harold Jones -Jones Transportation Service; John Mankin & Bobby Whiteaker-Ozark Charter and Tours; J. T. Lampler-Morning News; Matt Wagner -NW Ark. Times; Terry Collier -tenant; Barry West -tenant; Perrin Blount - Fayetteville Air Service Item #1: Call to order Item #26 Minutes of the October 5, 2000 meeting A motion to approve the minutes was made by Mr. Lyall and seconded by Mr. Wallace. The motion carried. Item #3: Old Business a Re-establishment of 3/4 mile visibility minimums on Localizer 16. As directed at the October Board Meeting a formal request has been sent to the FAA to lower the minimums, but had not received their response b. Airport Certification Inspection response. The inspector had questioned if there was a full 1,000 ft. in the safety over- run area McClelland Engineers verified it was 1,010 ft. and staff also measured the distance. The Airport is in good shape and it was a good report. Item #4: New Business a Letter - Truman Smith Explained that Mr Smith had resigned from the Airport Board because of family health problems. He commented on Mr. Smith's contribution to the Airport Board and that he was an asset to the community and the Airport. Mr. Smith has offered his support when, and where, he can. Suggested a Resolution from the Airport Board commending Mr. Smith for his service, and in appreciation of his service. • • • • • LITTLE: MANKIN: Explained the City had a Truman Smith Day several years ago. The Airport would be installing a commemoration plaque in the terminal that would list Airport Board Members and their terms. She suggested having the presentation ceremony at City Hall. Stated she had notified the City Clerk by letter that a position on the Airport Board needs to be filled. b. Ozark Charter and Tours Lease Introduced Mr. John Mankin and Mr. Bobby Whiteaker with Ozark Tours and Charter. Explained they had wanted to open an office in Northwest Arkansas and they would like to lease office space in the terminal. The standard rental rate of $11.00 per sq. ft. would be charged for an office with a counter and an adjoining office. They will have three buses here that will be parked in front of the terminal in the area marked for buses. They will be paying the same rental rate as Pat Ross. Explained he was familiar with Northwest Arkansas as he had worked for Stan Bedford several years. Bobby Whiteaker will be working in Northwest Arkansas to secure contracts and worked with the U. of A. Baseball Team and would be working with other teams to try to get them to fly into Drake Field. Said he thought this would be a good union. They attend lots of conventions to promote their business and could take airport materials along to hand out. They have a ten motor coach fleet. They have a tour coach that is handicap ADA assessable. There is only one other in Arkansas and Ozark Charter's is the only new one. Stating they were in the business to serve, anywhere. Their bus maintenance is provided at their service center in Greenwood. JONES: Said he had leased Ozark Charter before and it would save him money with them being located here. McKINNEY: A motion to approve the lease with Ozark Charters was made by Mr. Wallace and seconded by Mr. Burggra£ The motion carried. LITTLE: c. Review the Air Museum Lease Agreement/budget/maintenance. Commented several of the Air Museum board members were in attendance. Explained the Air Museum's lease needed to be cleaned up as it didn't reflect the current situation as to what funds are to be received from the airport to assist the Museum. For example, the Airport was to pay the utilities for just the first six months of the lease, but the Airport has been assisting for many years. Also, the Air Museum, after the first two years, was to make all necessary exterior and mechanical repairs. Last year the Airport budgeted $3,000 to assist in repairs, but spent at least $10,000. This year we budgeted $10,000 based upon our past experience. This year the Air Museum has -2- • • • • McKINNEY: KALAGIAS: McKINNEY: MOSS: LITTLE: McKINNEY: LYALL: SCHOSSOW: BURGGRAF: developed problems with the sprinkler system and one repair estimate was about $50,000 to replace the system. Asked if the Board wanted to think about how the lease should be amended? If you looked at the lease now you would see we aren't responsible for anything. Stated the Airport owned the Air Museum hangar and should be responsible for the sprinkler system because it is part of the building. Reported the hangar had been renovated in 1986 and the sprinkler system, if installed today, would not meet today's codes. Said the compressor is going out, it could go out at night and flood the system. The cost for the maintenance of the hangar, roof leaks etc., have been coming from the Airport. The museum is taking care of minor repairs. The Air Museum insures all the planes with Lords of London. They are insured provided they are in the hangar. The museum acts as a custodian of a lot of valuable property, it's a good point to look into a more modern system. Said he felt if there was a need for any heavy maintenance the Airport is responsible. The sprinkler company has suggested to wet the system to see what needs to be done. It would cost $450 to $500 to do the procedure. Stated the Airport had talked to the State Aeronautics about the grants that might be available towards repairs on hangar on the field, but not specifically about the Museum. Related there are state historic grants which have limitations on them. The Air Museum has already received all that is available from them Commented that if the Airport Board is recommending to pay for all the museum's utilities and maintenance, then she would not make that recommendation, saying there needs to be a maximum limit. Stated he wasn't in agreement there such be maximum limit. Suggested maybe the City Administration could contribute some for the upkeep of the museum. Commented on the historic value of the hangar for this area and suggested going out and asking for donations as an option, rather that letting the building deteriorate. Stated we need to be pro -active Suggested coming up with a program and then come up with a to finance it. -3- WALLACE: LITTLE: McKINNEY: LITTLE: McKINNEY: LITTLE: WALLACE: LITTLE: What does the Board need to do today to move forward? We need to look at the lease. Asked if she understand that the Airport Board wanted to pay for all utilities and all maintenance? There needs to be a maximum, $50,000 or $25, 000, a structure to use for the budget. Stated she recommended to keep our level of funding of $10,000, we agree to pay the utilities up to that amount, and beyond that we need to have additional discussions. We have not stuck with our own budget for expenditures for the museum's expenses, which isn't fair because the additional funds spent by the Airport had to come from the Airport's budget. We can't use federal funding for revenue generating facilities. Suggested checking with the FAA for any support/help with funding of repairs on the museum's hangar. A motion to go with the staffs recommendation was made by Charles Wallace and was seconded by Mr. Burggraf. The motion carried. Stated she would write to the FAA. d. "General Policies and Procedures for the Fayetteville, Arkansas Airport Board". Explained the Board had met once to review the policies and procedures and had met Jointly with the City Council to discuss the Airport Board being a Board of Authority. The committee to review proposed changes to the City's Ordinances will met on November 14 following the City Council Meeting. Suggested the Board attend that meeting. The information on the Board's proposed changes has been forwarded to the City Attorney and without their full review they had indicated there were some items inconsistent with the Mayor's authority. If there are substantial items that need to be addressed by the Airport Board, then the Ordinance Review Meeting is not the place for the Board to do their homework, saying the Board would be willing to have a short Special Meeting. Stated she would mail out the information to the Board. e. Restaurant Request for Proposals. A committee was formed to review the Requests for Proposals (RFPs) prior to publishing and mailing out the RFP. The RFP was published in last • • • Sunday's paper. If anything develops, it will come back before the Airport Board. Suggested if anyone knew of a good restaurant, to let staff know and a RFP will be mailed to them. We will be able to help some with their advertising. Commented that 22 restaurant opened in this area last year and 22 went out of business. HOLLENBECK: Inquired about the proposed location, stating most airport restaurants look out over the airfield, and that people like to come to airports. McKINNEY: LITTLE: FREDERICK: LITTLE: Item # 5: Other Business a Memorandum from the State of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics. Announced the State Aeronautics Department has made some revisions to their State Air Grant Program that are designed to help public owned airports. Iit will assist with hangar renovations and overlay projects. Our airport will stand to benefit from these changes. b. Staff work: Report on the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the extension of Ernest Lancaster Drive. Thanked the two Board members that attended, and expressed appreciation of Brenda Moss's work organizing the refreshments and Nancy Hendricks work from the Mayor's Office with the invitations and press release. Stated it was well attended by the press and one member of the State Aeronautics Commission had attended c. Staff work: Marketing Report Stated he had visited with two freight forwarding companies in Northwest Arkansas, had made a marketing trip to Kansas, and had visited the Cessna plant. He had also been making follow-up visits and phone calls to companies he had previously visited and called on some new companies. Commented she had attended the NBAA Conference in New Orleans and had worked the booth with the state's Economic Development Department. Two people had expressed a strong interest in what we plan for Drake Field. d. Article of interest on Philadelphia, PA Airport. Stated she thought the Board might enjoy reading about what some other airports were doing. McKINNEY: A motion to have all Fixed Base Operators that are operating on this field to be operating out of the terminal building by the end of March • • • 2001 was made by Don Lyall and seconded by Mr. McKinney. McKINNEY: Explained that he had been talking with Mark Courdin and Chuck Chadwick, and this would now involve Ken (Schossow of Wings Air, Inc.). He stated the terminal building gives a great presentation and it is a shame that so much of the use space in the terminal is being heated and cooled without occupancy. Stated Don Lyall and he felt it was time this presentation be given to the public as they fly in. Opened the discussion about some of the promises made to Fayetteville Air Service about remodeling an area in the terminal with some funding from the Airport. This is because of previous times we had opted and asked, and Fayetteville Air had opted, to allow the money for the renovation of part of the FBO building to go to the (new) fuel farm and to one other project. Said he thought it would be an important factor to utilized part of this building (terminal) as a main focus for general aviation on this part of the field. SCHOSSOW: Stated his plans are to move into the terminal by early next year, with or without a truck. McKINNEY: Said Ken would need a presence of a counter space in the terminal for fueling purposes. Stated he thought that would keep Chuck happier about the quality of services which Chuck had been voicing concerns of imbalance. Answering Mr. Hollenbeck, they would have signs out by the big airport sign, but not big billboard signs. Also the entryway would have to be accessible at night for phone calls. The phone would be restricted to local calls with a list of hotels and motels, transportation services, and the fuel call - out phone numbers. Related Chuck had concerns about leaving the building they are in now. Mr. McKinney stated he thought Dale wanted to tear down the FBO building and put a maintenance facility there, and he agreed that would be a good use. He further stated the Airport Board would restrict the use and not allow another FBO to go into that. Answering Mr. Burggraf, the Airport does own that building. BURGGRAF: Suggested locating a restaurant in the FBO building. Said it might be better than the terminal as it does face the airport. He asked why it was necessary to have a motion, especially as they were targeting a later date, and they were making progress? McKINNEY: Mr. McKinney and Mr. Lyall both agreed they didn't believe any progress was being made. Said the Board had been in conversations with Fayetteville Air Service over a year about moving to the terminal. Every time an obstacle • • • had been alleviated then another one comes up in his conversations with Chuck. He suggested that after they move to install FBO signs with arrows on the taxiways. WALLACE: Said this (building) was the best gateway to the airport. The advise he had been receiving for several months was to wait until after the City elections to do anything substantial. He questioned staff if is this the right time to put that (motion) forward? Is this within the purview of the present Airport Board charter? LITTLE: Said they are the body that makes the recommendations for what is suppose to happen here at the Airport. The lease would go to whatever level of authority for approval. It might require approval by the City Council, or it might not. LYALL: Answering Mr. Wallace, agreed it was a goal and the Airport Board's recommendation. McKINNEY: Called for the vote with Mr. Wallace and Mr. Lyall voting in favor of the motion. BURGGRAF: Stated he didn't think this was the appropriate time to do this, because they • are talking about reorganizing the Board. If they made the resolution as a new Board, it might have more weight. The idea is excellent, but thought they should postpone the decision until they have the authority to make it fly, whatever the outcome of the election was. He stated he would abstain from voting. • McKINNEY: Stated the motion had carried with two positive votes and one abstention. LITTLE: The USDA Forestry Service will be here on December 21 to consider leasing the ARFF building. We will give a presentation, answer any questions, provide lunch and tour the facility Several people have inquired about renting the terminal building for Christmas parties. Hotels charge about S400 and furnish the tables and chairs. She asked if this was something she should pursue and is $350 a reasonable amount to charge? Our cost is about $30 an hour. We would also need to think about the liability of the cars in the parking lot. After the FBOs are in the terminal this would not be feasible. Explained that if you are selling alcohol, and it's a one time event then you have to have a one time -7- event permit. If you are giving it away there is no permit required. There still is a liquor license for this building, but the City wouldn't be providing the liquor for the parties. BOARD CONSENSUS: The Christmas parties would generate a little income and would give them exposure to the airport. COLLIER: Asked about a newspaper article which quoted John Maguire as mentioning increasing hangar rental rates. Said he had called Springdale and they have four specific rates for closed hangars starting at $90 per month, $110 $130 and $135. Open T -hangars rent for $50. Russellville rents their closed hangars for $75, with $40 and $50 rates for open hangars. We need to entice people to come, not raise rates McKINNEY: Explained that he didn't think that Mr. Maguire knew that we had discussed that in the last sixty days and that we had determined that for competitive reasons, we were going the leave the rental rates alone for now. HOLLENBECK: Mentioned that all over the country there are airports with open hangars. McKINNEY: We have talked about putting up sunscreen on the north end of the ramp. SCHOSSOW: Suggested putting together some sort of an agreement to where you could put an aircraft in a closed hangar in bad weather for overnight. Said he though you could get $25 a night. LITTLE: Agreed, and said something would be prepared. It would be good customer service. 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SMITH - ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE FAYETTEVILLE — The city at- torney's office in the coming days will tweak the Fayetteville Air- port Board's proposal to increase its power. Airport Manager Alett Little told the board on Thursday after- noon that the city attorney's office expects to make revisions to the 10 -page resolu- tion that creat- ed the Airport Board in 1990. BUS COMPANY to The Airport fake space at air Board talked terminal. Page 7B. only briefly dur- ing the meeting about its desire to be a board of fi- nal authority. . Chairman Rick McKinney said' he believes the City Council and Mayor Fred Hanna will support the board's desire to be a deci- sion-making authority. Currently, most steps the Airport Board takes are only recommendations that must be approved by the City Council. BOARD REQUESTS more money for museum in airport budget Page 7B. • Continued from Page 1B keen on the idea, but he's not dead set against it We don't run a new planning director by the Planning Commis- sion; do we?" Hanna said. Among the other proposed changes is a provision that will al- lots': the board to be expanded f oM five to seven members. Rather than five-year terms, they ould serve seven years. Board member Frank Burggraf suggested there's irony in a change to the board's structure. burggraf, who • . .. i . i, The role of the Airport Board has shifted dramatically fYom ear- lier this year when the board vot- ed in February not to deactivate itself. The move was recommend- ed by former Airport Manager Dale Frederick after the airport shifted from a commercial airline location to a general aviation air- port. On Sept. 26, three Airport Board members met with the City Council and told aldermen they want more control over the air- port's activities. Once decisions are made by the board, people still would have the right to appeal decisions to the City Council, McKinney said. Hanna said he's read the Air- port Board's recommendations, but he's not decided what the im- plications of the changes might be. . !'I wanted to see what they pro- posed and see how much of a change it makes in the end," Han- na,said. "I decided I wouldn't spnd a lot of time worrying about that with the [mayor's election] campaign going on right now. "I don't know about the in- creased authority yet. I'm going to have to think about that" Board members were frustrat- ed in June when Hanna appointed Little as airport manager without consulting them. Among the changes to the board's provisions is that the board be consulted be- fore a new manager is hired. Hanna said Thursday he's not See BOARD, Page 78 Bus company to take FAYEITEVLLLE — A Fort Smith : bus company plans to open a branch operation at the Fayetteville Municipal Airport. Ozark Charter and Tours will locate in the terminal this year. John Nankin, the company's president, told the Fayetteville Airport Board on Thursday after- noon that his company plans to locate three of the company's red - space at air terminal and -white buses at the airport Lease terms call for the com- pany to pay $11 per square foot a year for 156 square feet of ter- minal space. Mankin said the company's business has increased in the Fayetteville area. The company often transports University of Arkansas athletic teams and their opponents, Mankin said Fayetteville to Winslow a year ago, suggested a change that residents who live outside Fay etteville to be on the board. Cur members to be qualified electors of Fayetteville. Burggraf said it's OK for him to remain on the board because he is registered to vote in Fayette- ville. City Attorney Jerry Rose dis- agreed when informed that Burggraf said he lives in Winslow, but votes in Fayetteville. "Oh, that's not good," Rose said. "It appears inappropriate. That's my opinion, but I'm not the city's policeman." Burggraf said he's likely to re- sign from the board if the provi- sion that would allow county resi- dents to be on the board doesn't stay i i