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Home My WebLink About2003-04-10 - Agendas - Final • AGENDA FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING April 10, 2003 1 :30 p.m. Airport Conference Room 4500 S. School Avenue 1 . Welcome, Chairman Charles Wallace. 2. Minutes of the February 13, 2003 meeting. 3. Receiving of Reports. A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. C. James Nicholson, Finance Coordinator. D. Louise Powers, Secretary, T-Hangar Report. E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreaux. • 4. Old Business. A. Survey Analysis Report, Bill Corley 5. New Business, A. Capital Improvement Projects for 2004 Discussion. B. U. of A. Hangar Project. C. 2003 Capital Projects (3 bay to 2 bay). D. Change Order for Runway Rehabilitation Project AIP Grant #29. E. Grand Opening Schedule for FBO Hangar. 6. Other Business, A. Items from the Board. B. Items from the Public. 7. Meeting Adjourned. NOTE : The Airport Board will have an informal "chat" session at 11 :00 a.m. • and discuss Bill Corley's survey analysis prior to presentation at. the Board Meetine. • MINUTES OF AIRPORT BOARD MEETING March 13, 2003 MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Rick McKinney, Frank Sperandeo, Dave Bowman, Otto Lower, Bill Nickle MEMBERS ABSENT: Mike Andrews STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nickolson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Frank Burggraf-former Airport Board Member, David Hollman- Flying Investments, Amy Wolfe-Fayetteville Government Channel, Robert Dean-AMP Services, Mike Kratchmer-AATC, Wayne Jones-McClelland Consulting Engineers, Judy Hammond-Ark. Air Museum, Terry Collier-tenant, Christina Crouse-Hair Salon ITEM #1 : Welcome, Chairman Charles Wallace. Welcomed those attending the meeting, in person or by television, and expressed his appreciation of the businesses from the airfield in attendance. He explained one Board member, Mike Andrews, was on vacation. ITEM #2: Minutes of the February 13, 2003 meeting. • A motion to approve the minutes was made by Frank Sperandeo and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. Announced he was pleased and proud of the Airport Board's presentation at the City Council Meeting. Comments he had received was that the presentation was well received. He expressed his thanks to Frank Burggraf for the written report and thanked James for the slide/powerpoint presentation. He welcomed the new Airport Board Member, Bob Nickle. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. 1) Monthly Report. Reported the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the FBO hangar has been delayed and hope to have it next month with the Airport Board Meeting. We plan to have music, James and his band, and McClelland Engineers have agreed to provide some eats. We have a punch list for the hangar re-skin project and their people are taking care of the items today. The State Aeronautics will be glad to have the project finished. Steel is up on the Ozark Military Museum. . The large plane owned by the A & P School has been removed in preparation for something new, and will let the school tell about that later. Said he gave tours of the airfield to our new Board member, and a new City Council member. The new restaurant in the terminal has opened and believed this will increase business around the airport. They have plans to add breakfast to their menu. Our new aircraft maintenance shop, Aircraft Maintenance Professionals, is • seeing a lot of business. Jim Bell has completed the first set of inspections and 1 • repairs on the T-Hangar doors. The office has taken delivery of a "Mule" which is an all terrain maintenance vehicle. The office had budgeted $7,000.00 for a small pickup and by getting the Mule we have saved $2,000.00. The City's Selection Committee choose McClelland Consulting Engineers from four companies that submitted documents to the Request for Qualifications. The contract is being developed under the new format required by the City Attorney. 2) Air Show. Spoke briefly on the Airshow and explained that Judy Hammond has worked very hard on the event. J. Hammond reported that military support is still in the process and a lot will depend on our world situation, and that she had talked with the recruiting office trying to get a military band. A media day is planned one month in advance of the show, and Bobby Younkin will fly. C. James Nicholson, Finance Coordinator. Spoke briefly summarizing the charts in the reports, commenting the report was conservative as the taxiway servicing the Forest Service has not been funded by the FAA. R. Boudreaux reported that while attending the FAA Conference, a meeting had been scheduled here for next week with the Forest Service engineer, FAA Project Manager, and Airport staff. J. Nicholson commented on the Capital Improvement Projects list for 2003 in the report, saying not all of the projects have been approved, but if the airport does perform all the projects listed, then the Projected Year End Reserve Fund will be $570,651 . C. Wallace said the Board's recommendation has been not to go below one million, and some adjustments probably need to be made in some projects and not do some projects. R. Boudreaux said the T- hangar are listed for 2003, but haven't been approved to begin. The self-serve fuel farm and the three corporate hangars are on the list, they were projects recommended by the • Airport Board, and both were approved at the last City Council Meeting. J. Nicholson stated the wholesale fuel prices have been increasing dramatically and some airports are making fuel price changes. We have remained the same price for the last two months. He commented on the chart showing the attendance at the Air Museum for the last three years with peak attendance during the Airfest in June each year. D. Louise Powers, T-Hangar Report. Reported there were two T-Hangar cancellations during the month and each had been rented within a few days. A small waiting list does exist, but most of those on the list aren't ready to rent and want to wait until later. E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. Thanked the Selection Committee for selecting McClelland Engineers for another three years as the Airport's engineers. He reported the contractor has submitted the Final Payment Estimates on the Pavement Rehab Project. The warranty items will betaken care of now that we have warmer weather. Speaking of the corporate ramp project, there are some under-drains to be done. The City conducted a test on one area and reported there was not a leak in the force sewer main. The contractors are ready to put in the sidewalks for the roadway north of the new hangars. The pump for the pump station will be delivered today or Monday. We are working to get the electric installed. We are waiting on the Gas Company to set a meter. Both hangars should be completed about the same time, around the first of April. Commenting on the Forest Service, Ray and he got a fairly firm commitment from the FAA ADO District Manager (at the FAA Conference) that funding would be forthcoming for the taxiway. Funds should be available about June 151. Hopefully the Forest Service funding will be available about the same time. The Task Order was approved at the last City • Council Meeting for the preliminary design work on the corporate hangars. The new 2 • engineering contract won't have specific projects listed, the projects will be done by Task Orders. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreaux, Director. Maintenance staff had given him a very long list of projects completed. Wiring was completed to install two wall mounted TV's in the FBO/Lobby areas. Staff worked on drains in the restaurant area that had not been used since the previous deli was in business. Trash on the land and air side was picked up. During all this two of the maintenance staff were out three days with illnesses. ITEM # 4: Old Business. None. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Pricing Policy for Aircraft Fuel. C. Wallace reported staff has been working on a complex process of fuel pricing. Ray and staff will present a formula that does not set a specific price. R. Boudreaux commented that there are several things that are involved in the fuel pricing: FET taxes and charges, cost of sales, equipment/leasing, point of sales leased machine, personnel, insurance-Hangars Keepers, advertising in publications, then decide on the amount of markup. The formula works as the price of fuel goes up, the selling price goes up, and the same if the price goes down. (Note: A copy of the Fuel Pricing Policy is attached as part of the minutes-Memo dated 3-12-03). A motion to approve the formula, shown in the agenda, for establishing the FBO selling price of Jet-A and AV-fuel was made by • Rick McKinney and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Board. D. Bowman reported on the dinner held at the Air Museum and thanked Judy Hammond for her help. Fifty aviation-minded people were in attendance. R. Boudreaux mentioned the news article in the agenda packet and he reported the airport had been mentioned in the Appropriations Bill, ". . .directs priority will be given to applications involving the further development of the following airports. . .Drake Field Airport in Fayetteville. for assistance in changing from a regional airport to a general airport . . .... R. Boudreaux answering F. Sperandeo, explained an ELT emergency transmitter had gone off on the field today, staff has the equipment to locate the ELT. The transmitter was turned off shortly after it went off, it was not an emergency. B. Items from the Public. M. Kratchmer reported the big airplane was gone and it had been almost as much fun to watch them cut it up as it was to watch the plane arrive. The good news is FedEx has donated a 727 to the school that is fully operational. They will deliver it to the school on March 2151 with all the manuals, and extra engine, and extra GPU. We will disable the igniter, the plane will not be able to fly. We will have a ceremony for the arrival. The plane will be towable, so it can be moved around. The FedEx logo will come off and it will be painted in the school's colors. D. Bowman reported that Greg McCoy, the former director of the NW Arkansas Tech Center, was offered and had accepted a job, to start an airframe and power plant school. The new • school would buy their curriculum from the Tech Center to start their school. NW. 3 • Arkansas is leading the way. Now with the federal funding available the Tech Center will get more students. M. Kratachmer confirmed he is working as the Interium Director for the school and he had been Wichita several times in the last month and it had been refreshing to hear Fayetteville (airport) mentioned. J. Nicholson responding to T. Collier, said Drake Aviation which operates at the Springdale Airport, is now selling fuel and that could be part of the decrease in 100 low lead fuel sales. R. Boudreaux said the 60 ft. x 60 ft. hangar will hold four or five aircraft so we may not build the T-Hangar this year. Taxiway Bravo Extension will be constructed in three phases, as FAA funding is available. W. Jones commented that the FAA wants to fund potential runway incursion projects. F. Sperandeo asked W. Jones to have a layout of the proposed taxiway projects at the next Board Meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m. • Dave Bowman, Secretary Date • 4 FAYETTEVILLE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS DAN COODY, MAYOR MEMORANDUM TO: Chairman Charles Wallace Airport Board Members FROM: Ray M. Boudreaux DATE: March 12, 2003 SUBJECT: Fuel Pricing Policy Due to the drastic changes being experienced in the delivered price of fuel, it is imperative we decide on a procedure for the setting of retail prices. I recommend that we decide on a markup over the cost of sales or overhead. I will use 29,992 gallons per month average sales to • determine the cost of sales. This is the average monthly sales for the first two months of 2003 . Cost of Sales: Jet A Av Gas Truck Lease: 0367 .2065 POS 0013 .0013 Personnel 2907 .2907 Insurance 0292 .0292 Advertising 0203 .0203 Total Cost of Sales: .3782 .548 Aviation and Economic Development Department 4500 South School, Suite F Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 • (479) 718-7642 Ray M. Boudreaux, Director rboudreaux@ci.fayetteville.ar.us The delivered cost of fuel has been increasing steadily. We will use the cost of fuel for the last deliveries in 2003 . We have purchased 8 loads of Jet and 1 load of AvGas. Delivered cost of fuel Wholesale 1 .251 1 .5446 FET .219 .194 Environmental fee 002 .002 Total Delivered Cost of Fuel 1.472 1 .7406 Total cost of Fuel 1 .8502 2.2886 Margin 1 .30 .06 Total Retail price 2.1502 2.3489 Sales Tax 1612 .1799 • Total Cash Price to customer 2.31 2.53 RECOMMENDATION: Due to the volatility of the cost of aviation fuel, it is imperative that we establish a pricing policy that allows us to maintain a margin that produces the revenue required to operate and maintain the airport. We have two revenue streams, rent and sales. Recommend that we use the following formula to establish the retail price of fuel. Jet A: Cost of fuel + Cost of Sales + .30 + Sales Tax = Total Retail Cash Price* Av Gas: Cost of Fuel + Cost of Sales + .06 + Sales Tax = Total Retail Cash Price* *Credit Card fee = 2.5% Aviation and Economic Development Department 4500 South School, Suite F Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 (479) 718-7642 • Ray M. Boudreaux, Director rboudrcaux@ci.fayettcville.ar.us FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE HE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS 1 MONTHLY REPORT Director, Aviation and Economic Development Fayetteville, Arkansas March 2003 We are nearing the end of the construction on the new FBO Hangar. The Ribbon Cutting is now planned for April 16 at 3 :30 with the ribbon to be cut at 4:00. We will start the initial punch list on Friday the 11 ` . We re-inspected the hangar re-skin project and agreed on a final punch list. Hopefully, the contractor will have the discrepancies corrected by the Board Meeting in April. The Ozark Military Museum has their doors on and the building "dried in." It won't be long before they are laying asphalt in front of the doors to allow access. Fencing will be installed before Airfest 2003 . • AATC took delivery on a 727 training aircraft from FedEx. It is a fully functioning aircraft. It is parked in front of their main hangar but will be moved once the engines are changed. The green engines will be replaced with fully functioning red lined engines to be used for training purposes. AirFest 2003 is shaping up nicely. We received official confirmation the East Coast A- 10 Demonstration Team will be at the show. They will make a very nice addition to the line-up. To date the line-up looks like: Bobby Younkin in his Learjet Bobby Younkin in Goliath Neal Darnell in Flash Fire Jet Truck Swift Magic Formation Team War Birds Reg Urschler and Doug Jackson Parachute Flag Jump with Falling Stars East Coast A- 10 Demonstration Team Heritage Flight We worked very hard with the U. of A. to take care of their hangar needs. We have solved the problem, but will need to build them a hangar in the new executive ramp area. They have selected the southwest corner of the area nearest the highway. This will be good for them and great for us. • 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F • AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE. AR 72701 PHONE 501 -718.7640 Ext. 5 • FAX 501 .718-7646 r • We may need to limit"the size of the initial 60 X 60 small corporate hangar development to two instead of three in order to stay in budget. The limit on State money is $ 100,000 per building. Wayne Jones and I attended the FAA Partners' Conference in Ft. Worth. There we had time to meet extensively with our FAA manager. The results of that meeting were that we will initiate a Change Order to complete the `B" Taxiway widening north of"E" Taxiway. With this widening, we will be able to fill in the unpaved area north of the terminal ramp. This area has been in planning for several years but has not been funded. With the taxiway widening project coming in under budget it was possible to use the remaining funds for this project. We held a meeting with Forest Service engineers from Atlanta and Don Hams of the FAA to finalize a schedule for the east side "A" Taxiway construction project. We agreed on the schedule and who is responsible for what. NICE is designing the entire ramp and we will advertise and award the project with the FAA paying for the airport part and the Forest Service paying for their part. FAA has reserved the money for the project and Forest Service has reserved their funding. We will attempt to get a ground breaking early summer. The Mayor and Council held meeting with Lyle Sumek to develop new goals for the City. The Directors were then asked to meet with Mr. Sumek and the results were excellent. We are in concert with the goals established by the Council. The Mayor assigned me to the Board of the NWA Certified Development Company. They fund • special programs for job seekers. They have an office in Fayetteville. I will attend a meeting each quarter. On the night of March 20th an aircraft en route to Fayetteville from Wichita, Kansas, went down 5. 1 miles south of the airfield on the instrument approach. Leon Kichline and I responded and attempted to locate the aircraft along with Fire Departments, Police Departments, FAA personnel, and Rescue Units from several communities in the area, as well as the Washington County Sheriffs Deputy. Leon successfully located the downed aircraft in a ravine and called in rescue personnel. Respe fully Submitted, Ray M. Boudreaux Director • 1 FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE -THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS Z MONTHLY REPORT Director, Aviation and Economic Development Fayetteville, Arkansas March 2003 We are nearing the end of the construction on the new FBO Hangar. The Ribbon Cutting is now planned for April 16 at 3 :30 with the ribbon to be cut at 4:00. We will start the initial punch list on Friday the i l th. We re-inspected the hangar re-skin project and agreed on a final punch list. Hopefully, the contractor will have the discrepancies corrected by the Board Meeting in April. The Ozark Military Museum has their doors on and the building "dried in." It won't be long before they are laying asphalt in front of the doors to allow access. Fencing will be installed before Airfest 2003 . • AATC took delivery on a 727 training aircraft from FedEx. It is a fully functioning aircraft. It is parked in front of their main hangar but will be moved once the engines are changed. The green engines will be replaced with fully functioning red lined engines to be used for training purposes. AirFest 2003 is shaping up nicely. We received official confirmation the East Coast A- 10 Demonstration Team will be at the show. They will make a very nice addition to the line-up. To date the line-up looks like: Bobby Younkin in his Learjet Bobby Younkin in Goliath Neal Darnell in Flash Fire Jet Truck Swift Magic Formation Team War Birds Reg Urschler and Doug Jackson Parachute Flag Jump with Falling Stars East Coast A- 10 Demonstration Team Heritage Flight We worked very hard with the U. of A. to take care of their hangar needs. We have solved the problem, but will need to build them a hangar in the new executive ramp area. They have selected the southwest comer of the area nearest the highway. This will be good for them and great for us. • 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F • AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701 PHONE 501 .718-7640 Ezt. 5 • FAX 501 -718-7646 i 1 po . • We may need to limit the size of the initial 60 X 60 small corporate hangar development to two instead of three in order to stay in budget. The limit on State money is $ 100,000 per building. Wayne Jones and I attended the FAA Partners' Conference in Ft. Worth. There we had time to meet extensively with our FAA manager. The results of that meeting were that we will initiate a Change Order to complete the `B" Taxiway widening north of"E" Taxiway. With this widening, we will be able to fill in the unpaved area north of the terminal ramp. This area has been in planning for several years but has not been funded. With the taxiway widening project coming in under budget it was possible to use the remaining funds for this project. We held a meeting with Forest Service engineers from Atlanta and Don Hams of the FAA to finalize a schedule for the east side "A" Taxiway construction project. We agreed on the schedule and who is responsible for what. MCE is designing the entire ramp and we will advertise and award the project with the FAA paying for the airport part and the Forest Service paying for their part. FAA has reserved the money for the project and Forest Service has reserved their funding. We will attempt to get a ground breaking early summer. The Mayor and Council held meeting with Lyle Sumek to develop new goals for the City. The Directors were then asked to meet with Mr. Sumek and the results were excellent. We are in concert with the goals established by the Council. The Mayor assigned me to the Board of the NWA Certified Development Company. They fund • special programs for job seekers. They have an office in Fayetteville. I will attend a meeting each quarter. On the night of March 20th an aircraft en route to Fayetteville from Wichita, Kansas, went down 5. 1 miles south of the airfield on the instrument approach. Leon Kichline and I responded and attempted to locate the aircraft along with Fire Departments, Police Departments, FAA personnel, and Rescue Units from several communities in the area, as well as the Washington County Sheriff's Deputy. Leon successfully located the downed aircraft in a ravine and called in rescue personnel. Respe fully Submitted, Ray M. Boudreaux Director • FAYETTEVILLE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS •DAN DOODY. MAYOR 4500 School Ave., Suite F Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.719.7642 AVIATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RAY M. BOUDREAUX. DIRECTOR TO: Airport Advisory Board M ber THRU : Ray M. Boudreaux, Dire for , ,�► , FROM: James Nicholson , FinJA a ial Co Ina r \/ } DATE: April 10, 2003 (1// SUBJECT: FBO Report Tower Operations Graph: Below is a graph which depicts monthly aircraft operations as counted by the Fayetteville Municipal Airport ATC Tower. This graph compares monthly totals of aircraft operations for the past two years. ATC Tower Operations Count 5000 4500 t? 4000 O 05W 2500 • 2000 E — I E 1500 — 200tro2 ! z' taoo —zoozroa Soo 0 March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nn/ Deo Jen Feb March Month FBO Fuel Sales: As can be seen in the graph below, fuel sales volume for the month of March increased 19. 9% compared to the previous month's sales. The March sales level is approximately 125% of the FBO's monthly average volume of 27, 346 gallons. Fuel Sales Comparison 45000 40000 35000 c 30000 25000 0 20000 15000 10000 Aupuet 2001 2001Aero7ech _ • dlyAmmeeF80 5000 zaovwCity FBO - 0 Mer0g02 April May June July Aug 5epl Oct Nov Dec Jan'OV'03 Feb March l Month • Local Area Data: Retail fuel price increases continued in March, then stabilized as wholesale prices dropped at the end of the month. Interestingly, Jet fuel retail prices decreased at the end March while 100LL continued to climb. Following is a comparison of regional retail fuel prices as of 4/9/03: Regional Jet Center (XNA) Avgas: 3.08 Jet-A: 2.65 Pinnacle Air (ASG) 2.74 2.20 Executive Air (ASG) 2.55 2 .40 Beaver Lake (Rogers) 2.78 2.47 Hughes Aviation (Bentonville) 2.70 (SS-2.35) 2.50 Siloam Springs (City-run) 2.35 (SS-1 .99) 2.45 Fayetteville Municipal 2.55 2.07 Regional Jet Center provides discounts on Jet-A; . 10 @ 500 gals+, .20 @ 1 ,000 gals + The Graph below illustrates wholesale fuel price increase trend since January 151, 2003. Wholesale Fuel Price Trend 30% _ % Chg Jet 25% a 20% % Chg Av • 15% 10% m 5% 0% -5% a -10% -15% 1-Jan 8-Jan 15-Jan 22-Jan 29-Jan 5-Feb 12-Feb 19-Feb 26-Feb 5-F&r 12-ktr 19-khr 2&Wr 2-Apr 9-Apr Week 2003 FYV Fuel Ops Facts: Average monthly fuel sales: 27,346 gals March 2003 fuel sales: 28,217 Jet . 82.7% 5.911 Avgas - 17.3% ' 34, 128 Total Jet-A sold to FYV-based customers in March: 14,895 - 52.8% Jet-A sold to transient aircraft customers in March: 13,322 - 47.2% Avgas sold to FYV- based customers in March : 21425 - 41 .0% Avgas sold to transient aircraft customers in March: 31486 - 59.0% • NUMBER OF PEOPLE co O O O OO O O O O O O O O ca It L T m D y� b 3 o •� D z � = z s C • � m c n � m z ° z 1 n z m 0 0 n N O N O 00 N 00 N p W N N • M O (U N N N N Qd C n O O O n J O N Q L Ec O LL d d O N LL U U c c c U 3 5 D W O � N 00 O . O O ! 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Their aviation department requires this new hangar to support their new aircraft, a King Air 200 and a Beech Jet 400. This is an excellent location for the university and for the Fayetteville Municipal Airport. It provides great visibility for the U. of A. and • it starts the development of the south side of the new executive ramp, thus continuing the momentum that we are trying to build in the redevelopment of our airport as the premiere general aviation airport in the region. The University officials have asked for a long term agreement to be prepared to be presented to their Budget Officer for funding. The following are the provisions of the lease: 1 . Term: 20 years 2. Payment: $2,500.00 per month (approximate depending on cost) 3. Tenant responsibilities: all utilities and system maintenance 4. Airport responsibilities: roof, structure, and system repair and replacement The airport does not have funds available, or budgeted, for 2003, to handle the construction of the hangar and would need to borrow the money to build the building. Apayment of $2500.00 per month would support a 20 year mortgage at 4.5%. The estimated cost of construction is slightly more than $400,000.00. (9600 SF @ 38.50 =369,600 plus office space of 500 SF @ $75 .00 = $37,500 for a total of $406,500.000) Aviation and Economic Development Department 4500 South School, Suite F Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 ' • (479) 718-7642 Ray M. Boudreaux, Director rboudrcaux@ci.fayetteville.ar.us NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMES =•yea. � �: gas" r ,fir z WEDNESDAY - April 2, 200T 00 if _ in clear mountainlakes, little--- crime ittle=crime and one of- the lowest. they always want to come -. costs of riving in'the.nation.__".-- home.- Mayor ome Mayor Dan Coody said Cities were judged on these are things the residents availability of jobs, affordable of Fayetteville were already housing, culture and enter- tainment, outdoor recre- well aware of, but it's great ation, safety the presence of that other people are begin- a college or university, sense 1. ning to recognize it. . - - of .community, health care, >" ho1eisturiwERN0rd.^.6u;wim'T1 _ft B.G. Hendrix, an executive public schools and ease of- -_ council-memberof the AARP B.G. Hendrbc, an exednW cound i ,member ofsthe AARP,:,:, y Fayetteville ranked high in announces that Fayetteville has been listed Irtthe organlia- .,% said it means a lot to be rec- affordable housing, availabd- don's natbnal magazlne as one of the top 151 ' places In ognized by such a large ity of jobs (with a 2 percent the country for, reddng_baby boomers during'apress.con- i. , organization. The Arkansas unemployment rate) and ferenceTuesdAYatthefayettevlIle TownCenterFayetteville Chapter of AARP has more safety ranked fifthortthellst' than 38,000 members, while The top place to retire, Fo-+r 3, s '^+,' • c nation-wide membership is according to AARP is Love- ayet. I I e n'a med " more than 35 million. land/Fort ._Collins, Colo., yi; ',rtoT ai�'tv'�'u ', '{ �, << x .? ,. rr5�.t -s<`.fi `•k7 aa'�ts. Fayetteville Chamber of scoring high in outdoor ' z recreat o -_ - - Commerce- Presiden[ -Bdf- i 4,:university. prox_ _ fifth - es plme : }' Ramsey said the key" factoYimRy and j� availabtht} �t- ' people look for when consid- Bellingham, Wash.; retire bl � � Q aZ � ne eringamoveisqualityOflifer Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Y .7 "This is just another page Hill, N.C.; and Sarasota, Fla., ' - in that long list of quality-of- came in at second-, third- BY SUSANNANPATfON The article, istitled "Thewt? life issues in Fayetteville," he and fourth-best, respectively. is.best places, to4:reh— iav, said. "We educate folks here "Fayetteville your life" andffiiir k fiWC and they leave the state but on th slist but its No.Noin A national, magazine 'on that list )s;FayettevlIle ! Y-} our hearts," Marilyn Johnson, has. included•,'Fayetteville ' scoring higher than dues ,. director of convention and in its top.15 dreaat'towns such as Charleston;.;S C'; : ' visitor development for the rretiriiigbaby boomers. Ashevllle, N.C.;'Sen.DIego;', :. city of Fayetteville, said. 'Baby , boomers are San Antonio; and saniiro ' :13 a redefining retirement and N.M. leading the move to a new Fayetteville Is describedo;; , generation , of dream asa "dnyritdeAu"-,Mth%; towns, an 'article. In the "bright b1i foliage bishiA' 77 May/June' Issue of• AARP The Magazine says See RE11RE, page U' IL March 2003 • city Biz City of Fayetteville Employee Newsletter Dan Coody, Mayor Fayetteville Municipal Airport Drake Field Submitted by Ray Boudreaux, Director Aviation and Economic Development, Airport I continue to get the question: "What are they going to do out there?" My first answer to that question is: "Who are they?" I guess they are us, and I can tell you that we are working very hard to make Fayetteville Municipal Airport, Drake Field the premiere general aviation airport in the region. You might ask, "What is the difference between a commercial service airport and a general aviation airport?" All that is required to service scheduled airlines, in addition to being classified as a FAA Part 139 category airport, is a place to park an airliner, a place to process passengers, and a place for the passengers to park. A general aviation airport must have an area for crews to wait for passengers, hangars for based and transient aircraft, a flight planning area,. and areas for passengers to wait and park, and a place for many different kinds of aircraft to park while waiting for passengers. We have re-marked our aircraft parking ramp to accommodate various types and sizes of aircraft. We have remodeled our service area to better serve our general aviation crews. We have created a pilot lounge for our crews and redesigned our passenger waiting area. • We are in construction of a new full service hangar that will accommodate 20 small aircraft and large aircraft up to a Gulf Stream 5, which is the same size as a short body 727. We are recruiting aviation related business to locate on the airport. Flying Investments is the first of what we hope to be many aviation businesses. They will perform heavy aircraft maintenance and FAA required modifications to Falcon 20 aircraft. Their first aircraft will come out of maintenance by the end of March. The company is also constructing a large hangar for their operation. There are 80 plus aircraft based at the airfield, and housed in airport hangar facilities. We will build the first of several mini-corporate hangars on the east ramp this summer. They will be used for small corporate aircraft or up to four small single engine aircraft. The new hangars will give us the flexibility that we need to make our operation the best in the area. The US Forest Service will build a base for fire fighting aircraft this summer. We are already in design for the taxiways needed for aircraft to access the area. Wally's Smokeshack and Catering recently opened a new restaurant in the terminal building. Stop in for lunch and some of the best smoked meats in the area. We have a hair salon in the terminal building and our resident instructor, Pat Ross, conducts individualized flight training from offices in the terminal. I 'm sure you have seen the box-like aircraft flying into and out of Fayetteville, Drake. . It is a Shorts cargo aircraft contracted to DHL Worldwide. Wings Avionics perforans installation and maintenance of aircraft electronic equipment. We have a new maintenance shop, Aviation Maintenance Professionals, which has just opened and has asked for more space—we are already full ! The University aircraft is • based in Fayetteville and they have grown to two aircraft. They need more space too. 4V Page 2 City Biz March 2003 • And don't forget the Arkansas Air Museum and the Ozark Military Museum, both at the airport. We also have Northwest Arkansas Technology Center (airframe and powerplant school). If you are interested in your airport and what' s happening and what is planned for the future, please stop by. Any of the airport staff would be happy to show you around. Out & About in Your Own Backyard Now that warmer weather is not just a far away dream for quite a few of us, many people are more than ready to venture out and about. So why not explore some of our own backyard? And would you like to know something really nice? There are several places nearby that can be enjoyed for only the cost of gas and the time it takes to get there. Here are several ideas that can help to cure a bout of boredom or fulfill the desire to experience something different from a usual day without putting a large dent in the family budget. 1 ) For the sports enthusiast, on the University of Arkansas campus in .Fayetteville, • the Tommy Boyer Hall of Champions Museum in Bud Walton Arena and the Jerry Jones/Jim Lindsey Hall of Champions Museum in the Frank Broyles Center display a century of Arkansas sports memories. (479) 575-2000. 2) Glance back in history at the National Cemetery, which was established in Fayetteville in 1867 to lay to rest the remains of Union soldiers killed in the region. The Confederate Cemetery is located just a few blocks away. (479) 521 - 1710; www.fayettevillear.com . 3) Take a relaxing drive along the Boston Mountain Scenic Loop. From Fayetteville, take curve-hugging U.S. Hwy. 71 over Mt. Gaylor past small gift shops and mountaintop lodging to Alma. From Alma, take Interstate 540 through the rolling hills of a pastoral countryside and a tunnel through a mountain back to Fayetteville. 4) Enjoy ice skating, swimming, the gymnasium, and numerous other activities at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale. (479) 756-8090; www.ionesnet.org 5) Enjoy a self-guided driving tour or walk the one-mile Battlefield Trail at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. (479) 846-2990; www.ArkansasStateParks.com 6) At Devil's Den State Park hiking and backpacking trails lead to backcountry areas where you can explore caves, crevices, and bluff overlooks. (479) 761 -3325; www.ArkansasStateParks.com 7) Located 10 miles east of Rogers on AR 12, Beaver Lake State Park is within Hobbs State Management Area, covering 11 ,750 acres along the southern shore of Beaver Lake. In its initial development, the state park currently offers nature study and undeveloped access to the 28,000-acre lake. (479) 789-2380; www.ArkansasStateParks.com 8) Cradled by the bluffs of the War Eagle River in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, Withrow • Springs State Park near Huntsville is a peaceful setting for exploring nature. (479) 559-2593; www.ArkansasStateParks.com • • I I I r . . 0 r n Irk Ilk A. Ilk k If Of k Ilk • • � • vIlk jr • I - • ' p , t I Ilk kkC k Ilk c: lk. - s Ilk . y le JIT IIIII.Ok" k, a lk. 1....s . 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' The"Homan said the three emergency beacon, on the air- valley and I was within 300 wereBylugftom Wichita, Kan, plane. yards and one of the guys to visit relatives in Bentonville. He said they were the fust hollered, 'Help." ,. She declined further comment to reach the site. The other injured man war Officlils from Drake OH duty at the time, he re- standing beside a tree aria Field/Fayetteville Municipal turned to his office at the air- called out a ide a tree am Airport called Fayetteville poll _ port to retrieve the device that here.' lice at 71 p. 8 m. to say they'd r"� picks up transmissions from lost -• tontaet Jwith the Cessna airplanes' emergency locator The firefighters descf&d rn 183 about f irFailles south of transmitters. the location to crews vi tti< a. _ e a ipori- _; x !' / , ,` A good, hard landingcan makeshift command c.A Er, `Mout an hourlate; Roesler �Y� .i 1 :�+ set thm off sometimebut and � �n reached - - -_ - �'a- "tilled 9111rom his cell phone, thaes what theyre designed for almost anhour later _ . vra poEce Chief Rich Hoyt said. Leon Kichline — to send out a sigoa4' he said Teams of six to sever; '(sto ' " Fayetteville police , ilia- Kichline and Ray Pie took turns carryings - patcher Jay Bell and Lt. Mike asking Roesler to listen for Boudreaux, Fayetteville's di- injured Mand Cuelladi] .. - _ ` • - - "'^ Reycoldi'alternatelyy spoke to sirens and watch for spotlights rector of aviation and eco- out over steep slopes. -- =� Roesler;trying�to determine of searchers combing venous nomic development. drove to- Civil Air Patrol mepyben - - - —^ ttie pine's Ixatioa locations in about a 25-mile ra- ward the rough coordinates stood along the path withgash• - - '� ��Ou ettpe`rbeording of the dius. of the plime's last radar contact lights so rescue workeri could - - pphom call obtained by the Ar- But Roesler tells the two he with the airport tower. find their way back up.t . - --• - - ksnsas�Democrat-Gazette, can't hear or see anything. He Them they plotted a triangle WashingtonRegionibded- - "-Roesler tells Bell that he and +rya has getting co ld. in which the sound emanated ical Center spokesman Aubrey his'two'passeagers are con- Cueilaes moans turn to sib- the strongest signal. Carrington said Love win In - • ' scious. Bell says he sees the bing. •I was getting a real good stable but guarded cogdltlgn • -- side ofa-hW and trees. They're on their waysignal from where 1 was and I and Roesler was expecfld to .- 7No landmarks; Roesler Roesler tells Cuellar. decided that I wanted to get to be treated and released:;& ,* :says-in a calm, almost flat Hoyt• who listened to the these people as soon u possi- Love told Reynolds hhaq$- . voice... . tape Friday. ;said Love eventu- blea said. 01 told my su- eats are Mike and Nancy Love Cuellar moans intermit- ally took the phone from pervisor, 'I'm taking off over of Bentonville. . • tentI in.the.background. Roesler. the hill whether they go with A woman who aasweted it After Roesler says he'd "Move] was conscious and me or not" the residence on Friday sa{dshe heard a train whistle earlier, alert, but frustrated and in Kichline asked three fire- was Kenneth Love's sistea.but . . . - . - police contact the train's con- Pain." Hoyt said. fighters to accompany him so she wouldn't give her name. -•-ductor, who backtracks to "He would ask the pilot their radios could eommuni- Carl Myers, who ownskQy- • sound the whistle again. questions• and the pilot would tate with searchers at the ers Apartments where CCC Parl - • - But Roesler says he can't give him answers, but it would house. The team headed into lived at 1701 N. Lewis Abe.xee- - - 6eu It. according to the tspe. take hiss a while Ito answer•" the woods near Mineral member her u a good tenant _ - • _ , ,._.Reynolds and Bell take turns Hoyt said. Springs Road. She'd lived then since Atiolt. Before the phone went dead, Meanwhile, around 75 vol- -She was very nisi and Love tried to find another cell unteen and emergency work- seemed like a serious student•' phone on board but couldn't. en combed the nearby hills. Myers sold _ Hoyt said. Jeff Walters, 37, who lives a I got the impressiou.that We even called the second few miles off of Green Plastics she phone; Hoyt said. Road, said he and three se was close to her loth or four S e t. "They could hear it ringing neighbors started searching the parents. She said they treated but couldn't ¢et to it because valley on four-wheelers about her like a daughter." . -- -- _ of their injuries and the dark- 1030 p.m. _. Myers said sheriff's deputies We'd go a little ways and contacted him Thursday night - ' -• .-- The crash site was only a stop and yell — hoping some- in an effort to reach CugBar's - - • - half-mile from the nearest one would hear us; he said. Parents in BOlivia. , home• but thick fog and rocky "Last night it was miserable. slopes slowed rescuers. The clouds were on top of the "It couldn't have crashed in trees." a worse spot; said Mark Dun- Fearing the device's battery can, 31, whose red farm house would die. Klchline's four-per- and our-perand driveway turned into the son mew would walk 10 to 15 command post for emergency minute; then stop and tum on crews and volunteer searches the device to make sure they Hoyt said police tried to lo- were headed In the right di- cate the cell phone through rection. global Positioning• which is a Every few minutes, the men new, limited capability of would stand still to try to hen . Washington County's 911 sys- calls for help. tem. But the late-model cell Boudreauz said one search phone wasn't equipped to in- crew scanned the valley in an • 1 - ; \� . , {I. t T ! . 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The single-engine four- seater private airplane with • three people on board was approaching Drake Field for landing when the airport's ANDY SNUPE Northwest Arkansas Times communication tower lost contact with it. Airport per- Drake Field Airport Manager Ray Boudreaux, center right, speaks sonnel notified police of the with members of the Strickler Volunteer Fire Department and situation at about 7:20 p.m. Leon Kichline, at center left, a city of Fayetteville employee who and noted that contact with works at Drake Field, as they employ a radio receiver while search- ing for a distress beacon during Thursday night's search for a the aircraft had last been downed plane along Arkansas 170 south of West Fork. The plane made about five miles and its passengers were located early Friday morning. Kichline southeast of Drake Field. was the first to find the wreckage of the plane. The pilot, 23-year-old Barrie Roester of Wichita, ble but guarded condition ers he could hear the faint Kan:, called 911 around 8:30 Friday,aftemoon. sound of a police siren. The p.m. from his cellular phone Roester attempted to officers then congregated telling dispatchers the plane direct police officers and around the area of Green had crashed into the side of firefighters from numerous Plastics Road east of West a mountain. The crash site communities throughout Fork, but Roesler's cell was located shortly before 2 southern Washington Coun- phone died soon afterward, a.m. Friday. ty to the crash scene, but had leaving emergency respon- One passenger, 22-year- no idea where he was. Offi- dei's with one remaining old Ana Maria Cueller was cers drove up and down option — locating the crash ' killed in the accident. county roads, taking turns site via the emergency loca- Roester, 24, and a second running their lights and for beacon in the aircraft. passenger, Kenneth Love, 23, sirens in hopes that Roester Leon Kichline, a city of • were taken to Washington could see or hear the signals Fayetteville employee who Regional Medical Center. and direct crews to the area. works at Drake Field, was the Roester was expected to be The efforts were unsuc- fust to find the crash site. released from the hospital cessful until about 10 p.m. Friday. love was listed in sta- when Roester told dispatch- See TRAGEDY, page A6 Tragedy The accident is being Employees Flying Club. investigated by the National "It's' a way the company Continued from Al Transportation Safety Board encourages employees to _ --- -- -- --- which will look into the cir- learn to fly." Richwine said cumstances surrounding the about the club. "R makes Officers located the aircraft crash and determine if them more valuable as on property belonging to weather may have con- employees to be able to iden- Mark Duncan and his wife tributed to the accident. An tify with issues or the pleas. Amy Matthews off Green investigator from Fort Worth, ure of flying and they are able Road. Texas, arrived Friday after- to learn to fly at a much. "I didn't hear a thing." noon and will be assisted by a reduced rate." Duncan said Friday atter- member of the Federal Avia- Richwine expressed Cess- noon. 01 only knew some- tion Administration as well na's sympathy to Cueller's thing was happening when as the Cessna Aircraft Com- the rescue people started pany, where Love and family and stressed that the showing up. I heard about Roester work flight school has a safe track the crash on the news, but I Marilyn Richwine, vice record. didn't think it was nearby and president of corporate corn- "We try very hard to instill • then people started showing munications for Cessna, said safety in everything we do," up.- Friday that Roester was flying Richwine said. ..... 11 appears The search for the crash the group to Fayetteville so as if the weather issue at least played a pan in this. As far as site was adversely affected by Cueller could return to the I can recall — and I've been light rain and thick fog University of Arkansas where with Cessna for over 30 years Thursday night. Radio com- she is a student. She said — this is the first fatality acci- munication revealed officers Roester and Love were both dent with a Cessna club air- and firefighters often had vis. airframe- and power plane- plane. So our safety record is ibility of only 4 feet on road. licensed mechanics. All she ways. knew of the association of The crash site is about a the group was that Love and half mile from Duncan's front Cueller were friends. Roester, door. The path is a twisted who is an instrument-rated up-and-down route, dense pilot, has worked for the with trees, leading to the side company for over a year. of a mountain that holds Richwine was unsure of what little remains of the air. Love's time with Cessna, but craft. Duncan said some res. believed he has not worked cuers stayed behind and there very long. An instru. jumped in to carry the sur. ment-rated pilot has the abil. vivors during the last leg of iry to use instruments as a the trek. Roester. Love and means to fly at night, Rich- Cueller were carried from the wine said. The airplane . scene on stretchers. belonged to the Cessna • 4 Yt �i i Jd d • .r-•-•-..M:P6*!A^i^s T'^M x{ , i Ai':': Sly _� .. i F i r 4 f` 4 i ~ i lx S �) " i• I in k . _ ♦ • I • : Y NORTHWEST ARKANSAs Tiivs Saturday, March 22, 2003 Gift from above a Atli kr i. BOBBIE HAMMER Northwest Arkansas 71m Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody shades his eyes as he watches a retired Boeing 727-100 freighter make a landing at Drake Field Friday morning. The airplane was donated by FedEx to Arkansas Aviation Technologies Center to be used for hands-on train- Ing for its students. • THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2003 L O C A L F THE MORNING NEWS 3A FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Opens To Applause Cafe EXPANSION ALREADY BEING . � ;. . CONSIDERED ss By Krtstal L DearkV Muoivra NEWS- mcwc@xxuorUa FAYErrEVILLE — It's been three years since patrons of the Fayet- teville Municipal Airport could _ ? :y-� rpl eat at a restaurant there, and dging by the response, three '' ears was too long. Wally's Smokeshack has been ' open at the airport for only two ° weeks• but its operators already are considering expanding the . :. .L.. cafes hours and services. "Business has been good so far, and our lunches have been pretty busy." said chef Brad - Smith, also known as "Wally-" "It has great potential her. and . . customers have been saying SPFlM TKY • nE MORNraG rows they need a breakfast, so we're The Meager at Walt's Smokeshxck at the Fayetteville Municipal Airport, who goes only by the name working on it." of Tae. works on dinner displays at the restaurant Smith, one of four employees at the cafe, also cooks for own- So the airport cafe would ing for breakfast in as little as potential to serve-the pilots and - ers Richard and Ruby 1-edbet- need to have a stove. griddle two months, he added people coming in and out of this ter's other restaurants. Wally's and accompanying exhaust sys- Richard Ledbetter has said airport," he said. "We have al- Smokeshack and Catering in tem — which can run anywhere that a breakfast menu would be ready done some catering for Elkins and 'Paco Place on Sixth from $15.000 to $50.000 if pur- similar to the one at Taco Place; pilots" Street in Fayetteville. chased new. it includes eggs, bacon, ham, Airport Director Ray The airport cafe, open from "We're in the process now of omelettes, pancakes, breakfast Boudreaux said last week that 10 am to 8 p.m, already serves looking for an exhaust system sandwiches and Mexican break- he and other airport officials barbecue and other sandwich- and griddle and everything," fast items such as burritos. were pleased as punch at the es and soup. But a breakfast Smith said. "We're hoping to The airport cafe is averaging new food service. menu would be more compli- buy them used and sort of piece about 50 customers a day, Smith "They are filling up for lunch, cated, since the hot breakfast the kitchen together to save said, mostly local folks but in- just from hearing about it food can't be prepared ahead of money." creasingly more pilots and thew through word-of-mouth;' he time at the proprietors' other If the equipment can be passengers- said. "It's really good food, and restaurants. found the cafe could start open- "We really think there is good we're so glad to have them." •