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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-02-12 MinutesMINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING • February 12, 2004 MEMBERS PRESENT: Otto Loewer, Frank Sperandeo, Dave Bowman, Bob Nickle, Janice Stanesic MEMBERS ABSENT: Charles Wallace, David Hollman STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Terry Collier -tenant; Judy Hammond -Ark. Air Museum; Wayne Jones -McClelland Engineers; Bob Burbage-Superior Industries; Chris Cheadle - Government Channel TV ITEM #1: Welcome. Otto Loewer, Vice Chairman. Welcomed the viewing audience and explained he was filling in for Chairman, Charles Wallace, whose mother had died in Texas at the age on 94. ITEM #2: Minutes of the January 8, 2004 meeting. Minutes were approved by unanimous consent. • ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Reviewed the report in the agenda. He invited the Board to visit the self -serve fueling facility after the Board Meeting. Stated he and Wayne Jones attended the Arkansas Aeronautics Meeting yesterday and received approval of a $100,000 grant towards the new T -Hangar. The terminal heating system is not working properly and we are working on bids, and the Air Museum's heater has failed. The contract for hangar door maintenance was approved for Jim Bell and door repair is underway for the cold storage hangar. B. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. He reported the fuel sales were good in January and January had better fuel sales than the last four Januarys. Operations have continued to grow. R. Boudreaux commented that the price of fuel had gone up 20 cents since the Board had discussed the price for self serve fuel. F. Sperandeo said he felt the airport needed an aggressive ad campaign for the self -serve facility. B. Nickle stated a close eye needs to be kept on the fuel prices and asked that the cost of fuel be reviewed at the next Airport Board Meeting. R. Boudreaux said it could be reviewed at every meeting. The Board discussed the percentage of fuel purchased by on -field tenants and transient customers and compared the amount of fuel sold, jet and Av-gas. The Board discussed the Financial Report in the agenda. C. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All T -Hangars and storage units are rented. The FBO hangar had thirteen overnights, and seven long term (monthly) of which three are on the waiting list. We also have one hangar tenant using tie -downs for his second plane • and he is on the waiting list. R. Boudreaux said he had eight Letters of Intent for the new hangar and presented them to the Arkansas Aeronautics Commission Meeting yesterday when they applied for the hangar grant. B. Nickle asked if the rent would be higher for • tenants in the new hangar, stating that with new rental buildings you would charge higher rent than you would for older buildings. Board discussion followed on how rent should be established, whether to raise the rent or keep the rent the same, to do an "add -alter" in the bid to provide more electric for each T -Hangar unit, for each unit to have its own electric, and the possibility of updating the electric in some of the older T -Hangars. The requirement of fire walls was questioned and R. Boudreaux said staff and the engineers are investigating the requirement. The Board and Staff agreed these were discussion items for the next Strategic Planning Meeting. D. Construction Report. W. Jones said there wasn't much happening due to the weather. Some work on the roadway pad for the U. of A. hangar had begun and some work started for the U. of A. hangar. E. Maintenance Report. R. Boudreaux said staff had been working on several projects, the self -serve facility, an FBO hangar leak, and they are building a new doorway from the south lobby into the hallway to the south office area for better access and to free up another area for office space. He said they were reviewing estimates to replace or repair the terminal boiler. A new boiler would be more efficient, but repairing the old one would be less expensive. One contractor said the payback on the investment for a new boiler would be two years. Answering B. Nickle, he said there isn't a replacement reserve in the budget. D. Bowman suggested possibly using solar, which would be a benefit for the community. ITEM #4: Old Business. A. Mo -gas self -serve system discussion. R. Boudreaux said the cost to install the Mo - Gas tank and credit card reader would be $17,000. He stated the airport received a 50/50 State Aeronautics Grant on the aviation self -serve facility, but the Mo -Gas equipment would not be eligible for a grant. Board discussion followed on the length of time for payback of the investment, and that adding the tank would be for safety issues, no more five gallon fuel cans in vehicles and hangars, or cans being carried up ladders. A motion to install a Mo -Gas tank and credit card reader at the self - serve fueling facility, following the City's purchasing policies, with fees to not exceed $18,000, plus taxes, was made by Bob Nickle and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. ITEM #5: New Business. A. T -Hangar Presentation. W. Jones stated the new hangar would have eight units. They would be using the plans for T -Hangar "G" and modifying them to meet the updated building and electrical codes. The plans will be changed for the grading and the hangars will have the proper slope in the hangars. Said he and Ray had been discussing ways to try and cut costs. R. Boudreaux said the estimated cost is $260,000, and the Aeronautics Grant was for $100,000. He said he had eight Letters of Intent for renting the hangar. F. Sperandeo listed several things that he would like to see happen with the new hangar: The drainage would be okay; A Mercury vapor light installed; Delete the explosion -proof fixtures and install three outlets along the wall in each unit. R. Boudreaux said the City person that interrupts the code had required the explosion -proof • outlet, saying the airport wants to be safe, but also economical. 2 Nor A motion to forward to the City Council Task Order #3 to McClelland • Engineers' contract asking for approval of the design, engineering and construction over -site, application to the Arkansas Aeronautics' Commission for a grant and acceptance of the State Aeronautics Grant for a new T -Hangar. The motion was seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. B. Fayetteville Flight Club. R. Boudreaux explained that DHL had moved out of their location at the north end of the field and a new organization has requested to rent the facility for their flight club. It will be by membership only, $1,000, plus a monthly fee, and they will provide a place for their meetings and a commons area. This is a group of young pilots and they will have one plane to start, and possibly a second one later. Their rent monthly rent will be $458.33. A motion to approve the lease was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Bob Nickle. Board discussion followed. Five gentlemen have put their $1,000, the membership is patterned after the club at the Camden Airport. Tom Marden, one of our fuelers is part of this group, his father is the Camden Airport Manager, and Tom's mother is an accountant and has put together the corporation papers. They already have insurance. The group's goal is to foster an interest in aviation. They are building a kit airplane and can use the facility's garage bays to build the plane. • The motion carried. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. J. Hammond spoke of the 2004 Air Show. It will be on June 19`h and 20`h and will have wing walkers and military demonstration teams. The Air Museum is also sponsoring a summer Aviation Summer Day Camp for a week for children ages 10 through 15 and would possibly like to get the Flight Club involved. We are looking at the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to draw attendance to the Day Camp. This is a pilot program and if it works well we may expand it to several weeks the next year. On October 2"d there will be a Fly In of light aircraft and experimental aircraft. She said their goal is to educate citizens about the airport and the museum. B. Items from the Airport Board. F. Sperandeo reported that most of the pilots were enjoying the Beaver Sanctuary and hoped it wouldn't be torn down because of an increase in bird activity in the flight path. Said he had seen a Blue Heron there. R. Boudreaux said they fly low. D. Bowman reminded everyone of the "Gathering of Eagles Dinner" which is for anyone interested in aviation. The guest speaker will be the Vice President of Flight Operations for Federal Express. Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m. • \ Y- V�-Q Dave Bowman, Secretary Date 3