Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-09-11 Minutes• • • MINUTES FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING September 11, 2003 MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Rick McKinney, Frank Sperandeo, Otto Loewer, Bob Nickle MEMBERS ABSENT: Mike Andrews STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: David Hollman-Flying Investments; Terry Collier -tenant; Wayne Jones -McClelland Engineers; Judy Hammond -Arkansas Air Museum; AdamWallworth- NWA Times; Leonard McCandless -Ozark Military Museum, Dan Craft -Morning News; Chris Cheadle-Peg/FGC TV; Cherie Boudreaux -citizen ITEM #1: Welcome, Chairman Charles Wallace. Welcomed all attending and announced he was changing the agenda line up as some of the members will have to leave. He reflected on September 11`h, to remember those who had lost their lives, those closest to them, and those doing wherever they could to help. ITEM #6: New Business. A. Self Serve System Brief. C. Wallace explained a pilot would be able to fuel his own aircraft without having to go through the FBO for fueling. It was approved at the last meeting for a not -to -exceed amount of 525,000. J. Nicholson said staff had attended the bid opening. The bid was to supply and install the tank and the dispensing unit. There were three bidders. Crusen Equipment of Little Rock had the low bid of $32,384.83. R. Boudreaux said the Airport will apply for assistance from the Arkansas State Aeronautics Commission. The State has expressed an interest in assisting in a 50/50 grant. The pad will be additional and the work will be done in-house. A motion to approve the award of the bid to Crusen for $32,384.83 for the self serve fueling system, provided the State Aeronautics approves the grant, and to approve applying for the State Aeronautics grant was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by Frank Sperandeo. The motion carried. 13. New Lease Action: 1. Executive Air Lease: R. Boudreaux referred to the Lease Data Sheet in the agenda, saying this company is a 135 charter company. They have a King Air and a Navajo. They also have a contract with the U. of A. to fly their planes. They will house their aircraft in the FBO hangar and pay hangar rent. The one year lease for office space in the terminal has that rent waived for one year. They have eight pilots. A motion to approve the lease was made by Rick McKinney and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. 1 2. AR Group Lease. R. Boudreaux said they would like to rent the four offices at the north end of the terminal for several of their related businesses and also rent the old car wash building and the land around it for their Agricat business. They will fence the area. T. Johnson explained they would use the offices north of the restaurant for the restaurant's office, they waterproofing business and for their publishing business. They believed their additional businesses on the airport would increase traffic to the restaurant. R. Boudreaux stated the Agricat business is a nationwide company and AR Group is a main distributor for them. They will do the financing for the tractors and will also do financing for aircraft. F. Sperandeo expressed his concerns that approving the lease was not following the Airport Board's mission to lease to aviation businesses and that the grounds area would look like a used car lot. B. Nickle said he considered the existing car wash building an eye sore now and unattractive. Brand new equipment that is bright and shinny will be an improvement. T. Johnson said they plan to repaint the building. The only vehicles will be trade-ins not earlier than 1999. They will also have people flying in to visit their Agricat business. O. Loewer stated he saw this as a grey zone, it is a family owned business, several businesses, supporting the local community. Their businesses will feed off each other, and will create activity on the airport. He said when we rent to non -aviation businesses, we want to make sure the rent is comparative to aviation related businesses. A motion to approve the lease was made by Rick McKinney and seconded by Frank Sperandeo. The motion carried. R. Boudreaux mentioned the restaurant's Expo had gone well and said their vendors had been high quality. 3. Blackman Auctions Lease. R. Boudreaux said the City's Fleet Department had approached the Airport for a location. They will auction some of the City's equipment and equipment from other municipalities. We probably will get $3,000. The location would be the last two rows of the parking lot and along the grass It would last 15 days, with 5 days to set up. Approving the lease would be in the spirit of being in partnership with the City. There would be a clean up clause in the lease. A motion to approve the lease was made by Rick McKinney and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. C. New FBO Hangar Tenants. 1. COENCO Inc. KA 90. R. Boudreaux explained that this item and the next item did. not require a vote, but were informational items to inform the Board of new tenants in the FBO hangar. 2. Executive Air, KA 200. New tenant in the FBO hangar. ITEM #2: Minutes of the July 10, 2003 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Rick McKinney and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. 2 • • ITEM #3: Minutes of the August 14, 2003 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by Frank Sperandeo. The motion carried. ITEM #4: Receiving of Reports. A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. Explained the Airport Board had been working hard on the revisions of the Airport's Minimum Standards, which are the rules businesses on the Airport must comply. Once all the revisions have been completed, they will be published for review. Copies may be picked up in the Airport Administration Office A public meeting will be held and finally it will go to the City Council for approval. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. R. Boudreaux told of the FAA Certification Inspection and some runway markings that were to be corrected and enhanced. Those will be fixed shortly. The first Airshow 2004 planning meeting will be next Tuesday. He told of attending the Arkansas Economic Development Council meeting and a trip report is in the agenda packet. Bids were opened for the taxiway extension for the Forest Service, the bid was under the engineers' estimate. W. Jones stated the bid was 6% under budget. R. Boudreaux stated a meeting is scheduled for Friday to discuss the final design of the U. of A. hangar. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. J. Nicholson discussed the charts in the agenda. Operations are up because of the June Airshow. Fuel sales shows a 23% growth over the last 12 months. The FBO began its 3id year on August ls`. Troy was able to buy fuel before the fuel went up and Just bought fuel again after it went down. He stated we have been able to keep our fuel prices at the low end of the prices being charged by area airports. He expressed "Thanks' to our Airport folks that burn turbine fuel. O. Lower commented that color on the charts added a lot in presentation. He suggested adding to the charts, how the last 12 months compared to the previous 12 months. F. Sperandeo said a good marketing plan was needed to draw in the transient customers, suggesting that to be competitive the Airport needed creative financing. R. McKinney stated some airport tenants were not buying fuel here. J. Nicholson explained the Airport Budget is going through the preliminary review at City Hall. He stated we need to take a hard look at the Capital Projects, if we really want to prolong the solvency of the Airport Fund. Some of the projections have changed as we bought the hood for the grill at the restaurant and need to buy a forklift. We had to borrow a forklift to load 12 pallets of aluminum wheels on a charter. They bought 600 to 700 gallons each trip. He spoke of the line item for the control tower cost. We haven't had to begin paying the Airport share. R. Boudreaux stated we were concerned, and had contacted to contract tower people and they said the FAA is still paying them and had not authorized them to start collecting from us. Our share would be 70% of the cost to operate the tower. The formula is based on several things including different types of operations, GA, military operations, airline operations, and charter operations. J. Nicholson reported the Airport has had several new tenants since the budget was submitted and those tenants will increase the Airport's revenue. R. Boudreaux said the Capital Improvement Project's Plan is just a plan, the projects have to be voted on before they actually happen. 3 • • • D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All the T -Hangars and storage units are rented. We have four to five on each list for the T -Hangars, several for the storage units, and two for the 60' x 60' hangar. We had about 20 that overnighted in the FBO hangar, and have six long term tenants, and the charter service has two planes in the FBO hangar. E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. The bids for the new project at the north end of the terminal ramp came in $54.00 short of the budget. The pre -construction conference is scheduled for next week and work will begin on the next Monday. Plans for the U. of A. hangar are ready for the final review and will be ready to advertise next week. Following that, design work will continue on the 60' x 60' hangars. Funding level will decide whether to build one or two. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreaux. August was a major grass growing month. Staff also worked on getting the restaurant area ready. Today they are working on the roof. ITEM #7: Other Business. A. Items from the Airport Board. F. Sperandeo shared a newspaper article that had been mailed to him of an airport in a similar situation as Fayetteville Municipal Airport. B. Items from the Public. L. McCandless said the Ozark Military Museum had opened up and was going good. They are looking for more items to be donated. R. Boudreaux said they had presented a design for a sign and it was under review. J. Hammond reported the Air Museum had two bus loads of tourist, they had rode the Arkansas Missouri train. She reported they are working with the Aviatior's Grill and the small planes hanging from the ceiling are on loan to them from the Air Musuem. The date for the Airfest 2004 has been set for June 19' and 20th and asked for volunteers. She reported she would be attending the ICAS Convention to view different air show acts and they are already signing up acts for next year. ITEM #8: Discussion Items. C. Wallace said he would communicate with the Board to set the date for the Strategic Planning Meeting. R. Boudreaux reported that Judy Hammond's job had changed. She had come to work at the Air Museum as almost a volunteer. She has been at the Museum for one year and has now been named a full-time director with and annual salary and benefits. She is doing an excellent job. C. Wallace asked Terry Collier to pass along the word about the work on the Airport's Minimum Standards. Meeting Adjourned at 3:23. '3 Dave Bowman, S2fCretary Date 4