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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-12-11 MinutesMINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING • December 11, 2003 MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Rick McKinney, Dave Bowman, and Bob Nickle MEMBERS ABSENT: Frank Sperandeo and Otto Loewer STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, and Louise Powers OTHER PRESENT: David Hollman-Flying Investments; Judy Hammond -Ark. Air Museum; Terry Collier -tenant; Wayne Jones -McClelland Engineers; John P. Ross -Ross Executive Aviation; K. R. Schossow-Wings Avionics; Cherie Boudreaux -public ITEM #1: Welcome Chairman Charles Wallace. Welcomed all those attending in person and by television. ITEM #2: Minutes of the November 13 2003 meetin . A motion to approve the minutes was made by Bob Nickle and seconded by Rick McKinney. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Renortc • A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. He announced at the January meeting, the Board would be thanking Rick McKinney for his work on the Board, this is his last meeting, and they would also be thanking Mike Andrews who has resigned from the Board. He stated the City's Nominating Committee completed their interviews yesterday and will make their recommendations to the City Council. Although not official, the two persons nominated were Dave Hollman of Flying Investments and Janice Stanesic of the business community. January will be their first meeting, and we will also elect a Vic meeting. e Chairman at the January B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Briefed the Board on his Monthly Report in the agenda packet. Announced we have two new Line Tech employees: Lance Laubach, who is a U. of A. student, is a pilot and has his own aircraft; and Tom Marden, whose father is the Airport Manager in Camden, has been around aviation all his life, is a pilot, and has won several Young Pilot of the Year Awards. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. Reported there had been a dramatic increase in our air traffic, although our fuel sales were down in November. D. Bowman stated the graphs were very nice. J. Nicholson commenting on the Finance Report said the deficient is reduced from last year's amount. C. Wallace said if the trend continued, 2004 would be below the 2002 and 2003 amounts. R. Boudreaux answering B. Nickle, said yes, we have to pay the City the Cost Allocations listed for us. J. Nicholson noted a correction was needed on the report, the 60 x 60 hangar needs to be moved to 2004, and the design Portion needs to be moved to 2003. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All the T -Hangars are rented and all the storage . units are rented. There are about twelve names total on the T -Hangar lists. There were six overnights in the FBO Hangar and seven full time tenants. Part of the seven are on our T - Hangar waiting lists. E• Construction Report, Wayne Jones.. A Stop Work Order was placed on the Taxiway Alpha construction due to the weather, and hopefully work will start again in March. The Notice to Proceed has been issued for the U. of A. Hangar. They have submitted plans to the City for the Building Permit. The comers of the hangar have been staked. Record Drawings on the FBO hangar have been submitted to Ray. Stated he had been working with Ray on getting funding from the FAA to connect Taxiway A to Taxiway Asked they submit if there were any changes needed to the Airport Layout Plan before they suit to the FAA? F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreaux. Staff installed four tie -downs, put up the Christmas tree, staffed the FBO two days until we hired new FBO personnel, helped train the two new guys, worked on the tug, worked on the fuel farm, Parking lot, and various other buildings and grounds maintenance. fixed the lights in the ITEM #4: Old Business. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Airport's Minimum Standards for Public Comment. C. Wallace stated that they will now recess the Board Meeting and go into the Public Comment session of the meeting. C. Wallace said he would hear comments on the Minimum Standards, but the Board would not discuss the public comments during the Hearing. Then we will go back into the Airport Board Meeting and take action. He stated he appreciated those who read and had already given comments on the Minimum Standards. Most were wordsmith, not for context. K. Schossow stated he would like Page 8 to be changed to allow people who had businesses on the field to be able to contact the tower by means other than the stated two-way radio communications when they needed to cross the Runway. He also said Page 9 doesn't address how you must be in contact with the tower. Referring back to Page 8, he thought there was a need for vehicle parking for guests to be identified on the east side hangar ramp. He stated tie -downs on the east side hangar ramp would be helpful. Said there had been some discussion of the airport providing auto fuel and there are some planes that are designed and rated SDC for auto fuel, and a Provision should be made for them. P. Ross commented that the previous Minimum requirements for Standards spelled out the anyone operating on the airport, now the new Standards have changed and an office is not required to operate a flight school. He asked about fees, what they would be, and how we would charge those without an office? Said everyone should play on a level playing field. If they are not buying fuel, not renting any space, and just using the airport for their business, they need to pay to play. I Nicholson stated Page 145 Section 8, e. covered "pay a fee or shall lease space" from the Airport. • K. Schossow bought up another item from Page 11, about businesses that accumulate boxes, in or about, hangars. Their business uses boxes to ship items out, so they have boxes stored for that use. C. Wallace went over the items that had been brought to their attention to make sure the Board understood the requests. He then declared the Public Comment session over. C. Wallace declared the Air ort Board was now back in session C. Wallace spoke of the request to change the requirement for two-way radio contact with the tower, to be changed to be in contact with the tower when crossing the Runway. R. Boudreaux commented on a new FAA CertAlert and said he would need to make sure of its requirements. C. Wallace said the Minimum Standards could be changed to say have voice communications with the tower, unless the CertAlert specifies differently. the tower. R. Boudreaux said research on auto fuel for aircraft is being conducted, and for now we will remain silent on the restriction. J. Nicholson suggested using the terminology for boxes, as "Refuse such as" and then go back to the list in the Minimum Standards. C. Wallace said the Board had worked hard on how to enforce fees for a business and thought it had been addressed on Page 14 e., and had backed it up with Page 16 h. and j, thinking if the person went that far, they would want to have a presence on the field. B. Nickle suggested saying, "shall pay a fee, and or, lease space", adding the Board does want to keep it a level playing field. C. Wallace stated that on Page 7 it should be added, 'WO unrestrained pets, or animals, will be permitted in the AOA". A motion to include all the above mentioned changes be made to the Airport's Minimum Standards and forward them on to the City Council for approval was made by Rick McKinney and seconded by Dave Bowman, B. Nickle asked that a final document be made available to the tenants before being sent to the City Council. R. Boudreaux said it should be ready by the end of the week and can be • picked up or e-mailed out. The motion carried. B. Fuel Price Policy for Self Serve Fuel Station, C. Wallace stated the self serve fueling • is at the request of tenants. He suggested a fixed price of $1.95 until the April meeting, and at the April meeting reconsider the fuel pricing policy for the self serve fuel station. Checking then to see if there had been enough activity to keep the price fixed or to let the price float as the other fueling (FBO) is handled. The self serve purchases will be a credit card purchase. • A motion to put the self serve fueling price at $1.95 until the April Airport Board Meeting, when a review of the activity and fuel pricing Policy will be conducted, was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by Rick McVjnney. The motion carried. C. Survey of Interest in Auto Fuel on the Airfield. C. Wallace said there are a small number of people on the field that have shown an interest in using auto fuel in their aircraft. It may be possible to add an auto fuel tank to the self serve station, which would eliminate buying fuel, bringing it on the field, which could involve possible dangerous handling of fuel. He stated that Frank Sperandeo was going to organize a survey team to determine how many planes have SDC to burn auto fuel. Staff is investigating the safety issue. We will wait to hear from the survey team and staff. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. T. Collier stated he would like to find a way to get the attention of other tenant on the field to get them to come to meetings regarding the airport. B. Items from the Airport Board. None. ITEM #7: EAA Demonstration b Scott Mus rave. C. Wallace introduced Scott Musgrave and stated he owns a "Glassair Super II", and is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). S. Musgrave said it took him six years to build his plane, with 2,200 hours of work, and he is still not finished. The FAA has inspected the plane and he must fly it 25 hours before the FAA will sign off on the plane. Said he enjoyed building the plane. Most people don't realize how the time it will take. Answering J. Nickolson, he got started by attending the local chapterof the EAA, someone took him up in their Glassair and he. knew that was what he wanted and bought a kit. There are several benefits, because you don't have to have an A & P to work on your plane, you do the work, and you have technical advisors. He invited everyone to the ramp to look at his plane. D. Bowman stated next week on Dec. 17`h the Ozark Military Museum would be having a celebration of the first flight at 9:30 a.m. Mayor Coody will read a Proclamation, and invited everyone to attend. Meeting Adjourned, Dave Bowman, Secretary 0 i-F—bel Date