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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-07 Minutes• • MINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING December 7, 2000 MEMBERS ATTENDING: MEMBERS ABSENT: STAFF ATTENDING: OTHERS ATTENDING: Rick McKinney, Don Lyall, Frank Sperandeo, Charles Wallace One position vacant Alett Little, Dale Frederick, Brenda Moss, Tonya Posey, Louise Powers Terry Collier -tenant; John Kalagias-Ark Air Museum; Frank Sperandeo-tenant; K. R. Schossow-Wings Avionics, Inc., Art Hollenbeck-tenant; Barry West -tenant; Matt McGowan -Morning News; Rob Smith -Ark. Democrat Gazette, Arthur Miller -adjoining property owner; Johnny Quinn -McClelland Engineers; Matthew Wagner -NW Ark. Times. McICINNEY: Item #1: Call to Order. Item #2: Minutes of the November 2 meeting. A motion was made to approve the minutes as written was made by Mr. Lyall and seconded by Mr. McKinney. The motion carried. LITTLE: Item #3: Old Business: a. Re-establishment of 3/4 mile visibility nummums on Localizer 16. Reported she hadn't received a fast result of her letter to the FAA. She had pressed for a schedule, but this is not #1 on their list of priorities. The FAA has promised to keep in touch and she thought it best to allow it to follow its course for another month. WALLACE: Suggested sending a letter to the FAA, respectfully suggesting the Airport Board could help with this by furnishing the FAA a copy of an old approach plate that showed the information. Said he would call Jeppson to try to locate " before and after" plates showing the approach had been changed. LITTLE: b. Discussion of the Airport Board's Policies and Procedures Handed out a copy of the "Revitalized Airport Board Proposed Major Points" to the Airport Board's Policies and Procedures (attached as part of the minutes). WALLACE: Explained they had asked for help from the City Attorney's Office to help write the changes the Board is proposing, and read the proposed changes. One of the changes they propose is to increase the number of Board members • from five to seven. Announced that Frank Sperandeo, who is one of the hangar tenants, had been appointed to the Airport Board. Stated the Mayor - elect said anytime the Board wants to come and met with him, he'd be there. One change is the Mayor is to consult about staff decisions and job descriptions. If the changes are adopted, a quorum will be four members instead of three. SRERANDEO: Stated he hoped to be an asset to the Airport. He asked if the Board felt comfortable with the balance of control and responsibility, having more say in the control of the Airport? Suggested having a female on the Board, possibly someone from airline booking -someone that would take in the total consideration of aviation in Northwest Arkansas. WALLACE: He responded that he had talked to as many of tenants as possible and said the Board would need to develop an arena of trust, and would also need the same relationship with the staff. Said they propose to have two active pilots with aeronautical experience or interest, one in business, and one from the University. If the changes are approved, he then estimated advertisements for two additional members could take place by January 21, with interviews taking place within two weeks, and the new members appointed by the March Board Meeting. • BOARD CONSENSUS: To approve of the proposed changes to the Airport Board's Policies and Procedures. • LITTLE: Stated she would take the Board's recommendation, along with the City Attorney's comments to the Ordinance Meeting on Tuesday, January 9. McKINNEY: c. Conceptual Land Use Plan. LITTLE: Stated it was an excellent plan, which had incorporated several of the Board's ideas. Staff has had several working sessions with the consultants, and the plan has changed quite a bit since October. The plan is still flexible. Said the plan shows a wide apron in front of the larger buildings, rather than having a taxiway. The apron could handle a very large aircraft. The Airport's Layout Plan was completed in 1999 and the Airport has almost completed what was planned on the Airport Layout Plan. Responding to Mr. McKinney, they would have to weigh airport industry as to a grass runway. If serious industrial development happens, the grass runway would have to be moved. Responding to Mr. Schossow, they had talked of reconfiguring the fenceline to allow access to Wings and other proposed development without them having to use the security gate with access through the hangar complex. • McKINNEY: A motion to approve the Conceptual Land Use Plan was made by Mr. Wallace and seconded by Mr. McKinney. The motion carried. LITTLE: McKINNEY: LITTLE: • • Item #4: New Business. a Ernest Lancaster Drive. Change Order #1 to the contract with Harrison Davis Construction for the construction of Ernest Lancaster Drive for the amount of $23,838. The Change Order involves a little more engineering to draining the runoff back on to the Airport property, rather than onto the adjoining neighbor. This will involve installing a concrete ditch which will help with the individual drives into each of the proposed facilities. This will put the water into the Airport's main tributary system on the Airport property. A motion to approve Change Order #1 to the Harrison Davis contract was made by Mr. Burggraf and seconded by Mr. Wallace. The motion carried. Stated she wanted to speak about the next items on the agenda. A turbine company located in Berryville is near the point of signing a Letter of Intent within the next couple of weeks. Mr. Schossow had introduced them to our Airport. One of the buildings in Item 4-b is for Kelner Turbine. If Kelner doesn't develop into be project for the Airport then we won't go ahead with the building now. Task Order #3 is the Large Scale Development Plan which goes through all City departments, engineering, water and sewer, and all utilities for each of the items under Item 4-b. When the last Large Scale Development Plan was approved, it approved for three hangars to be built if they were built within one year, if the time exceeded one year you would have to take the project back before the Large Scale Development Committee. Superior Industries has purchased a new aircraft that is larger and won't fit in their present hangar. It is being temporarily stored in the A & P school's hangar. Superior has requested a new hangar and we plan to build a hangar south of the old Tyson hangar. Next, Kelner's facility needs to be changed to allow for expansion. Brenda has done all the work to get the Task Orders together, and the City Council will have a thick package. The clients don't like the uncertainty of when the facilities would be completed. We are seeking a tenant for the Superior Industries hangar. • SCHOSSOW: Commented that having a business of this type on the field would help bring other businesses to the field. He thought they were serious about relocating. McKINNEY: b. Engineering contract with McClelland Engineers to extend their contract an additional year; Task Orders #3, #4, #5, and #6, and associated Budget Adjustment for $143,664. c. Letter of Intent: Kelner Turbine, Inc. McKINNEY: A motion to move forward with both Items 4-b and 4-c was made by Mr. Lyall and seconded by Mr. Wallace. The motion carried. FREDERICK: Kelner has concerns about the ad valorem tax, which would be their responsibility. Lease would be for thirty years with two extensions, extending the lease to fifty years. If we build the facility the Airport would receive nine percent of the cost of the facility for the Airport's rent, or if they get Act 9 Bonds to build the facility the Airport would only charge ground rent. LITTLE: Kelner wants to use the sound barrier. Under our ordinance, it is only for use at night. The facility is available for use. McKINNEY: d. Election of officers. • LYALL: McKINNEY: McKINNEY: Charles Wallace was nominated for Chairperman of the Airport Board by Mr. Burggraf and Mr. McKinney seconded the motion. Mr. Burggraf moved to cease nominations. The motion carried. Asked if the Board could modify the nominations and let the Chairman choose the Vice Chairman after the new Airport Board members are in attendance at the next meting? He withdrew his suggestion after some discussion by the Airport Board. Opened the floor for nominations for Vice Chairman. Mr. McKinney was nominated for Vice Chairman and Mr. Burggraf was nominated for Secretary by Mr. Wallace. Mr. Lyall seconded the nominations of both the Vice Chairman and Secretary and moved to cease the nominations. The motion carried. Item #5: Other Business: a Staff Work: Tenant Appreciation Open House is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 14'h in the terminal lobby. FREDERICK: b. Staff Work: Marketing Report. • • • • LITTLE: Spent a lot of the time this month with the engineers and consultants, and made a lot of call backs. We are working on a ground lease for a possible tenant, working with an incubation business that may work into a business for the airport. Hope to have more information about our plans for the airport next month. Explained staff had met with the US Forest Service, Fire Chief Mickey Jackson and other City and Fire Department personnel, and thanked everyone that had helped with the meetings. She said she thought it had been successful presentation and meeting. The U. S Forest Service personal will not make a decision until January. Reported the two new T -hangars were not scheduled to be completed until January 2001 and T -hangar "G" is already open with tenants. FREDERICK: Compared the tower operations to previous months. WALLACE: LYALL: McKINNEY: McKINNEY: Answering Mr. Burggraf, staff is still working to get the military to locate a temporary MLS on the airfield. Responding to Mr. Wallace's comment that the Conceptual Land Use Plan was a valuable tool, stated staff had been working with the consults for a year, and although staff's efforts may not be apparent, a lot of progress had been made. Suggested advertising the hangars to the south of Fayetteville. Announced this meeting would be his last meeting as his term had ended, thanked the fellow Board members and staff and stated he felt bad about leaving, and he wanted the Mayor -elect to know that he thought it would be a bad mistake to replace Alett. Stated there was one bad element on the airport and that was the FBO. Said Mr. Lyall had gotten ahead of him, and expressed his appreciation of Mr. Lyall's time and service to the Airport and of his membership on the Airport Board and suggested that maybe he would come back later. He also thanked each of the Airport and Economic Development Office staff, stating they had seen a lot of transition at the Airport and were doing a good job and that Alett has some good ideas. c. Fort Smith ATC Tower Letter to Airmen No. 00-01.' • • • The Fort Smith ATCT/Razorback Approach is proposing to establish Class C airspace for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport because of their increasing passenger traffic. Three informational meetings will be conducted starting on January 11'I' at the Rogers Airport, January 16th at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport and on January 18th at Springdale City Hall. SCHOSSOW: Reported plans for their FBO (Wings) is on fast-track. The environmental testing will begin on Monday, adding he had submitted a request for space in the terminal. KALAGIAS: Stated the pump had been repaired and the leak has stopped and thanked the Board and staff for their help. McKINNEY: Meeting adjourned. • Frank Burggraf, Secretary Date •