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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-07-10 Minutes• MINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING July 10, 2003 • MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Frank Sperandeo, Mike Andrews, Dave Bowman, Otto Loewer MEMBERS ABSENT: Rick McKinney, Bob Nickle STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Amy Wolfe -Fayetteville Government Channel; David Hollman- Flying Investments; Frank Burggraf-Airport Historian/former Airport Board Member; Billy Stillwell -AR Group LLC; Leonard McCandless -Ozark Military Museum; Emily Hughes -NW Ark. Times; Anthony Children- Morning News; Wayne Jones -McClelland Consulting Engineers; Judy Hammond -Ark. Air Museum; Christina Crouse -Airport Hair Salon, Tony Beringer -Clear Channel Radio; Cheri Boudreaux -citizen ITEM #1: Welcome. Chairman Charles Wallace. Welcomed all those attending, including Frank Burggraf, former Airport Board Member, now our Airport Historian. ITEM #2: Minutes of the June 12, 2003 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Frank Sperandeo and seconded by Mike Andrews. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. Reported someone at a marina told him he watched the Board meetings regularly and asked how long Mr. Wallace would be on the Board. C. Wallace said he was glad that people are watching the meeting and taking an interest. He thanked all those that volunteer their time for the Board meetings and for other things involving aviation, such as AIRFEST. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. He introduced Tony Beringer of Clear Channel Radio, and T. Beringer announced that the main event for Clear Channel's Free Listeners Concert will be Steve Warner with Bachman Turner Overdrive opening for them. Gates will open at 2:00 p.m. He said he had met several times with Ray and walked the property, and will be meeting with the Police Department. Tickets are free, but you must go to one of the sponsors to pick up the tickets. There will be a fee for parking. R. Boudreaux said they were already working on getting the Blue Angels for the air show next year. Air show dates will be June 19 and 20, 2004. He and Wayne met with the Forest Service last Thursday and finalized plans. The government announced in the newspaper they will be giving us the grant for the taxiway extension. He told of meeting with several different businesses looking at doing business at the airport. We have been working hard on closing out five separate grants involved with the FBO hangar and the • • corporate ramp. There was a lot of paperwork involved. We received the first check at a Check Presentation Ceremony with a representative from the Govemor's office and John Knight of the State Aeronautics Department. He thanked Wayne Jones and James for their work on closing out those grants. Next we will be working on filling in the grassy area at the north. end of the terminal ramp. The money is already in our budget. The City has started working on the 2004 budget process and the Airport Board will need to approve the CIP list. F. Sperandeo told of visiting an airport in Kansas that advertises nationally their self - serve fueling for $1.84 and he had been jealous as there were five planes lined up for fuel. He commented, that Siloam Springs' pnce is lower than us and we needed a marketing plan to get people going cross-country to stop here. R. Boudreaux explained that the Board approved a formula to set fuel prices and we are maintaining the same pricing margin. He reminded everyone that getting self -serve fueling is a project that staff is working on, and Air -Nay has some nice comments about our airport. He also explained that assoon as we change a fuel price, we also put the new price out on Air- Nav and other websites. C. Wallace stated marketing the fuel is something the Board could work on at a Strategic Planning Meeting. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. He reviewed the financial reports in the agenda. He stated they had worked out revenue projections for the rest of the year. The biggest change was due to the air show and the fencing by the Museum. He commented we didn't make money on fuel sales during the first half of the year, but now the margins have been established we can make better predictions. R. Boudreaux answering Mr. Sperandeo's questions about the new ramp project, said we saved a significant amount of money on the runway/taxiway project and the FAA agreed we can spend the money on the safety project which is filling in the grassyisland north of the terminal ramp and will extend the ramp to the north. As we widen the taxiway, we will be loosing some of the terminal ramp to the taxiway and this project will replace ramp we will lose. W. Jones explained the project is a safety project and will be funded by a 90% federal grant, 5% State grant and 5% airport funding. If Drake Field doesn't spend the money on a grant project the FAA will send the funds to another airport. C. Wallace said the island/ramp project Wayne is working on has been on the books to do for some time. C. Wallace said it was good to see this year's deficit down some. He suggested having a Strategic Planning Meeting to discuss the airport's revenues, budget, and expenses. We want to keep one million dollars in reserve. R. Boudreaux reported the office plans to apply for several State Aeronautics grants at their August meeting, the self -serve fueling facility, the U. of A. hangar, and the 60' x 60' hangar, as well as the eastside Taxiway Alpha extension. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All the T -Hangars are rented, as well as all T - Hangar storage end units. We have five names on each list, the single engine size and the twin engine size. Some of the names are the same on both lists, they are waiting for the first available hangar. We have two names on the 60' x' 60' list. We have one name on the storage unit list. The FBO hangar has had two long term tenants all month, the U. of A. and someone waiting on a T -Hangar. There were seven ovemights and during the air • show, we provided hangar protection for 17 air show planes. Responding to C. Wallace question, nobody moved from the T -Hangars to the FBO Hangar. • • E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. He stated there were some minor items relating to the ramp project that need to be finished. On the north end of the ramp the new project will bring the ramp back to the edge of the fence. R. Boudreaux said this will make all the taxiways 50' wide, widening the taxiway in front of the terminal from 40' to 50'. He expressed his appreciation to the FAA's Project Manager Don Harris for allowing us to use the funds left over in the grant. The FAA could have taken back the amount. W. Jones told of meeting with the Forest Service last week and he has already seen some changes from their engineer. Their ramp will be a heavy weight ramp. He commented he had the Forest Service plans and they would be available for viewing after the meeting. The U. of A. hangar project has been turned over to their drafting, it will be similar in appearance as the FBO hangar. It will have an office, a private office, restroom, and lounge on the south side of the facility. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreauax. Staff has installed an automatic security gate and they have been mowing like crazy with the new double bat-wing. They are able to mow in two days what did take four days. That will give them time now to do some weed -eating and more thorough cleaning. ITEM #4: Old Business. None. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Proposal to operate a restaurant in the terminal. R. Boudreaux explained Wally's Smokeshack is closing and the day after we received their cancellation notice we had someone new interested in opening a restaurant in the terminal. He reviewed the Lease Term Workpaper for AR Group LLC. The lease is the same except the option to renew has an increase in rent. Kevin Johnson, his wife, and Billy Stillwell have been working on the plans for the new restaurant. They had previously looked at the area for a restaurant several years ago. They plan a full service restaurant and plan to open in September if approved. B. Stillwell explained they plan.to serve breakfast and be open from 6 until 10 p.m. weekdays and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. He further explained that Kevin Johnson has lived in the area all of his life can bring a lot to the airport, and they plan to be big on advertising, with radio, newspaper and TV, and also a restaurant sign on the highway signs on I-540. B. Request for office space in the terminal. R. Boudreaux stated he had a request from Vernaci Construction to locate an office in the terminal. Their company will be doing the ground and earth work for the new Lowe's store on Highway 62. They need a permanent presence in Fayetteville and have been flying three different planes here regularly. They will have a couple of people in the office all day. A motion to approve the Lease and forward on through the City's Contract Review process was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by Mike Andrews. The motion carried, with four members voting 3 • • "for" and there were no votes "against" (Otto Loewer had left early for another meeting, and Rick McKinney and Bob Nickle were absent from the meeting). C. Airport's Capital Improvement Projects. B. Boudreaux and Board discussed the projects. Boudreaux explained staff still had additional paperwork to prepare for the City on each of the items, three forms, photo, and a justification. All this goes to the. City's Budget Review Committee which is made up of all the City's Directors and the Finance Office staff. All the City's projects are then put into a booklet that is presented to the City Council for approval. F. Spreandeo requested putting the T -Hangar back into 2003's budget. R. Boudreaux reminded him the Board had agreed to take it out of 2003's budget because of the airport's financial situation, it could be added back in, or we can move the T -Hangar from year 2005 to 2004. The ALP (Airport Layout Plan) is in the budget as the FAA requires airports to have an ALP to get FAA grants. A Strategic Planning Meeting has been set for Tuesday, July 15th, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Staff will need to arrange for lunch for the meeting. R. Boudreaux thanked the Board for helping make these difficult decisions. A motion to recommend the Airport's Capital Improvement Projects on to the City's Budget Review Committee and to forward it on to the City Council for approval was made by Mike Andrews and seconded by Frank Sperandeo. The motion carried with with four members voting " for" and there were no votes "against" (Otto Loewer had left early for another meeting, and Rick McKinney and Bob Nickle were absent from the meeting). ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Board. None. B. Items from the Public. J. Hammond thanked the Board, the airport staff and the City of Fayetteville personnel, and everyone that attended the Air show. Meeting Adjourned at 3:52. c-P-76-(4-nry'_ /7- 03 Dave Bowman, Secretary Date