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Home My WebLink About2001-12-06 Minutes• • • AIRPORT BOARD MEETING December 6, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Rick McKinney, Frank Burggraf, Frank Sperandeo, Mike Andrews, Dave Bowman, Otto Loewer STAFF PRESENT: Dale Frederick, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Sharla Bardin-The Morning News; Jarrett McFarlin-FAA FSDO Little Rock; John Kalagias-Ark. Air Museum; Wayne Jones -McClelland Consulting Engineers; Don Nelms -tenant; Terry Collier -tenant; Sarah Terry -NW Ark. Times; Greg McCoy -Ark. Aviation Technology Center WALLACE: ITEM #1: Call to Order Welcomed those attending in person and those attending by television, and also welcomed Mr. Mac McFarlin, FAA Safety Inspector from Little Rock FSDO. NICHOLSON: ITEM #2: Approval of the October 4, 2001 Minutes A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WAS APPROVED. ITEM #3: Approval of the November 1, 2001 Minutes A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WAS APPROVED. ITEM #4: Old Business Responding to questions on the Gate #10 repair (to the T -hangar complex), the office is receiving bids for a larger gate and gate controls. BOARD SUGGESTIONS: Recommended using an aluminum gate as a gate control was worn out on a previous gate several years ago. It was suggested to install a sensor so the gate won't close on vehicles. Is there a way to operate the gate with a power outage? WALLACE: NICHOLSON: Item 4(a) will be considered later in the agenda. b. FRO operations update. Presented graph of 2000/2001 aircraft operations and fuel sales. Operations dropped in September, but fuel sales climbed in September. Sales are steady at 20,000 gallons. The FBO is paying for itself and a slight venture into the black. We have plans to have -1- JONES: a full-time FBO manager that will take care of the FBO accounting and keep records. Reported he had E-mailed a digital photo of the airport to an international magazine doing stories on FBO's. c. Construction update. Reported a logistics meeting was conducted several weeks ago and they had discussed the displacement of Runway 34. When that happens the LDA and Localizer will be out of service. The weather has cooperated. The U. of A. ramp is repaired where it can be used. Taxiway A is complete and ready to install the lights. Top soil has been striped for the east apron. Rejuvenation has begun on the north 1800 ft of the runway. They will do the rest of the work on the runway in the spring. Said they would meet with the new manager to discuss the closing of the runway for the rest of the rejuvenation and re -striping. FREDERICK: Suggested there are various way to work it, you could close half of the runway at a time which would allow for most of the airport's operations. JONES: The contract has been awarded for the trench drains for the T- hangars and the pre -construction conference is scheduled for Tuesday. They should be completed in about 45 calendar days. BOWMAN: d. Airport Signage. Stated he had talked to Jonathan Barnett and he will take the request to the director of their committee and they may come up with a long type sign, such as used for gas. WALLACE: ITEM #6: Other Business. a. Hangar occupancy report. Said he wanted to get the word out to fill the hangars and wanted to add "T -hangars" to the "Now Leasing" sign on the fence. He also suggested changing the ad in "Fly Low" to reflect hangars are available. NICHOLSON: Responding to Mr. Sperandeo's question about the eastside restroom, a new epoxy finish is going to be applied to the floor. The FBO staff has now been instructed to check those restrooms on the weekends. FREDERICK: b. Marketing Report. The City's Legal Office saw no problem with the Forest Services' Draft Lease. It in now going through the Staff Review process at City Hall for comments and we hope to have it back by the January meeting. The Forest Service hopes to be operational by the 2002/2003 fire season. The tool show took place in the terminal. They had 2,650 sales, averaging $50 each. They paid the Airport $2,200 plus paid staffs overtime. BOWMAN: KALAGIAS: NICHOLSON: The MLS now belongs to the City of Fayetteville. The FAA requires 12 hours per year of maintenance on the equipment. Wings had put together a proposal, but has now lost the technician that would have worked on the MLS. Having the MLS will increase the Airport's operations. We are checking with the FAA to see if it could be turned on only for military training exercises. Reported he had attended the Arkansas Aeronautics Commission meeting to accept the Airport's grant for $135,678.00. They have been very helpful. Stated he had visited with two companies in Missouri. One company has a proto type aircraft and they plan to visit the airport this coming spring. The other company's possible relocation to Drake would depend on the first company's relocating to Drake Field. Two aircraft owners want to build a corporate type hangar with a long term leases A draft lease was prepared. He visited with the Director of Sales for a Lear Jet company located in Memphis, if they would expand their operation to Drake they would base one aircraft here. The Airport has done some Public Relations work in the community, the Four County Solid Waste Committee used our conference room for a meeting, the Museum held a Veterans Dance in the Museum, and the A & P school on the field held their graduation ceremony in the terminal. Commented that Chanel 5 and the Government Chanel had attended the graduation. Five of the school's graduates already have jobs. The Vet's dance brought people to the Airport that don't normally come here, about 360 people attended. Said they have had more inquires for social events since the dance. Stated the Airport had a request to use the terminal for an antique auction. They had used the Armory in the past and were charged $200. BOARD DISCUSSION: A discussion followed on allowing events in the terminal and that resulted in a motion for the Airport to establish a policy with rental amounts for functions. Later the motion was withdrawn. BOARD CONSENSUS: To not entertain any requests until the new manager is here. The Strategic Planning Meeting will be in January and then the new manager would have more information to base his decisions and to set policies. The planning meeting will cast a vision of what this Airport will be doing in the future. • • • • NELMS: Offered his opinion that if the terminal was to be the FBO, then it should remain an FBO and not have events in the terminal. BOWMAN: NELMS: Called attention to the construction of a new FBO and restaurant that Beaver Lake Aviation in putting in at the Rogers Airport, and that they would be in competition with our FBO. Stated he was interested in having a hangar at Drake and had found out that even though the Airport had advertised the cost of ground rental in brochures, the City and the Airport Board does not have it available. Said he had been at this Airport fifteen years and now is the time for corporate hangars, their aircraft will turn more fuel than what is based here now. The Airport has a plan, but does not have the infrastructure. In talking with Gary Dumas, he found that Mr. Dumas wants to have the Airport appraised. NICHOLSON: a. Financial Report for the Airport. Explained Gary Dumas had put together report in the agenda on the finances of the Airport. WALLACE: Following a discussion by the Board, he asked staff to provide the Board with the following information: (1) How much revenue is taken in; (2) What is the cost of the operations; (3) What is the difference between #1 and #2; and (4) What is the Airport's reserve in the bank? Responding to a request from Mr. Kalagias of the Air Museum, asking the City's FBO to provide 2000 gallons of aircraft fuel for Air Fest 2002 as the previous FBO had done in the past, Mr. Wallace asked that the request be placed on the February agenda. NICHOLSON: Mentioned there might be some legal issues with the City giving away fuel. WALLACE: BURGGRAF: WALLACE: Following a discussion by the Board, the date of the next Airport Board Meeting will be January 10`s and the date for the Strategic Planning Meeting will be January 17', from noon to 4:30 pm. Announced he would like to host a reception for the new manager, including staff and the mayors of Fayetteville and Greenland with the date to be determined later. Meeting adjourned. Frank Burggraf, Secretary Date -4-