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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-05-13 MinutesMINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING May 13, 2004 MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Otto Loewer, Frank Sperandeo, Bob Nickle, David Hollman, Janice Stanesic MEMBERS ABSENT: Dave Bowman STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Judy Hammond -Ark. Air Museum, Bob Burgage-tenant, Terry Collier -tenant, Rick McKinney -tenant, Wayne Jones -McClelland Engineers, Chris Cheadle -Fayetteville Government Channel ITEM #1: Welcome, Charles Wallace. Thanked those watching on TV and those attending in the audience. ITEM #2: Receiving of Reports. • A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. Reported on the tenant Barbeque held last Saturday on the new patio at the Pilots Briefing Room, and recognition of Bill Corely's promotion to Captain status. Thanked Rick McKinney who helped organize the event. He told of the Airport Board's work in the Strategic Planning Meeting and information being gathered on Economic Development, Marketing, and the Capital Improvement Projects for the airport. The Board wants to increase the local awareness through community relationships to see the value of the airport. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Said the Forest Service will hold a pre-bid conference here for their project in early June and award the contracts on June 24. The airport has received written confirmation of a grant to construction Taxiway E and to extend Taxiway A. Said the new self -serve Av Gas facility is doing well and spoke of the Mo Gas tank going in. Mentioned the attachment to his report, an estimate of $13,500 per hangar for upgrading the electric in the T -Hangars, saying if any changes are made to the electric then all of the electric in the hangar(s) would have to be brought up to the current electrical code. Said he talked with Jeff Collins, Director of the U. of A. College of Business, and he advised to not do the economic impact study yet, but the cost would be about $26,000. Also in the agenda packet is a draft letter to the FAA requesting consideration of further reduction in the amount the airport will be required to pay. Spoke of the drainage problem at T -Hangar G that was brought to our attention last month. In part of the drainage the cement wasn't porous and isn't draining the water. McClelland Engineering tried drilling a pattern of holes in the cement and it still didn't drain. It involves 15 to 20% of the drainage project we installed several years ago. • Guttering was discussed by the Board, and Wayne Jones explained it wasn't feasible. Following further discussion by the Board, they asked Mr. Boudreaux to undertake the • project to correct the problem, starting giving the contractor an opportunity to correct the problem at their cost because it had been their mistake, rather than hiring him to correct the problem. Mr. Boudreaux continuing with his report, spoke of the Fayetteville Economic Development Council — FEDC. Said he had been working closely with the Mayor, Bill Stafford of the U. of A., the Chamber and Tom Deweese of SWEPCO to fill the director's position. He stated 25 resumes had been received. C. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. One T -Hangar tenant canceled his lease and we have one new tenant. All T -Hangars are rented. There are twelve people on the waiting list. In the FBO Hangar last month, there were seven short term tenants and six long term tenants. D. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. The chart reflects an increase in traffic and the tower has reported a lot of people are stopping in for the self serve fuel. The fuel sales are slightly ahead of last year. He said the base customers are using the self serve and there has been an increase in Av Gas sales. The average purchase is 30 to 35 gallons. C. Wallace asked a bulletin board be installed by the self serve fueling facility inviting people over to the terminal and Air Museum. Speaking of the Financial Report, he told of the repairs to the boilers, and did not have to replace them. He said he had taken the 60' x 60' hangar from the Capital projects and left in replacing the airport entrance. After reviewing the charts, C. Wallace said it looked like the more our revenue increased, the more we lose. C. Wallace stated the cost of fuel is exceeding the cost what we are selling it for at the self serve, saying that as a government entity we can't sell it for less than we buy it. The way to fix a deficit is to increase revenues or decrease expenses. He • asked that at the next Board Meeting a copy of the report be provided to the audience so that they can follow along as it is discussed. E. Wayne Jones, Construction Report. The work schedule will be provided next week for the Taxiway Project. The wintertime Stop Work didn't create any problems on the project. The U. of A. Hangar has steel going up. Their rolling door came in Monday. They are working on the roadway and parking lot. It should be completed by June or mid-July. The design work has begun on Taxiway A and E, it will be advertised on June 14`h and bid opening date around the end of June, with Council approval at end of July. It should be completed by the end of the year. He said he anticipated some night time closure of the Airport during the construction, but that has been done here before with no problems. F. Sperandeo handed out copies of an article telling large air tankers the Forest Service uses would be grounded. The article is attached as part of the minutes. R. Boudreaux explained he had already talked with the Forest Service at length and it will not affect their lease or plans to use this airport, they will use different aircraft and helicopters. F. Maintenance Report. The guys built the new patio for the Pilots Briefing Room, repaired Superior's door, Doc's storage unit has a new dam, the flood floated up an electric can and damaged the mower and the electrical system. The FAA Certification Inspection will be in August and had maintenance make a list. Again with flood there has been some erosion. A large sink hole developed damaging some electric on the airfield and that was fixed and the hole filled. They are working on the Mo Gas facility today. F. Sperandeo handed out copies of his score card on maintenance, and then . handed out a page titled "How Does Pilot Character Contribute to Accidents?" Both are attached as part of the minutes. 2 • ITEM #4: Old Business. None. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Contract for T -Hangar "H". C. Wallace said the bids came in over the estimate and Ray is looking at ways to build the hangar and still meet the building codes. W. Jones said all bids were rejected. R. Boudreaux stated that one way would be for the Airport to be its own general contractor, but if you figure in our time, the cost is just transferred to different accounts. McClelland Engineering could provide administrative work. W. Jones said they do have construction observers who can Stop Work if the work if it not acceptable, but they can not tell them how to do the work. The Board discussed having another Strategic Planning Meeting and would need more information on the proposed hangar. R. Boudreaux said it's not only the cost of the steel, but the contractors have more work than they can handle and they put premiums on the work. He said he had talked with John Knight of the State Aeronautics and he said if we turn down the grant and asked for it next year the grant money may not be available. Their grant money comes from a tax on fuel sales and fuel sales are down. C. Wallace said he would like it entered into the records that the contract we had hoped for, the bids were over an acceptable amount and we were not able to accept a bid and therefore we want to do more research before building a hangar. A motion was made by Bob Nicholson that staff be requested to gather more data • about the proposed hangar construction before another Board Meeting. The motion was seconded by Frank Sperandeo. The motion carried. B. United States Postal Service Lease Agreement. R. Boudreaux explained that he had been contacted about one year ago by the Postal Service about locating at Drake Field. They are interested in leasing the north end of the terminal and would build out the space to look like the postal facility on Joyce Street, they would have 200 mailboxes and it would be manned weekdays and Saturday mornings. He further explained there is a hallway running behind the office area and that was not included in the square footage, and makes the rent around $10.00 per sq. ft., rather than the normal $11.00 per sq. ft. B. Nickle expressed concerns about the airport paying the terminal's utilities and utilities will go up, also if something breaks down, who fixes it. O. Loewer stated he didn't believe we should subsidize the postal service, that they should pay the going rate. R. Boudreaux said the City Attorney has reviewed the lease. C. Wallace stated the Lease Data Page is for standard airport leases and this lease is not a standard lease, it's the governments' lease. An additional meeting was discussed and was decided that Bob Nickle, as he is in real estate, would review the lease and report back to the Board. A motion was made by Otto Loewer that the Board would approve the contract contingent on Bob Nickle's review and approval of the contract. The motion was seconded by Dave Hollman. • B. Nickle suggested all Board members to read the contract. 3 • The motion carried. CI LJ ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. J. Hammond spoke of the upcoming Air Show on June 19th and 201h . There will be wing -walkers and aerobatic acts, flying upside down cutting a ribbon, the Mig 17 will be back, a jet truck, an L-29, a Yak 52, the Trojan Phylers will be here, as well as the US Army Jump Team. We have a new sponsor, Dr. Pepper. F. Sperandeo said he wanted to compliment Judy, he had been in Boliver, Missouri and her name had come up as the nice lady that had helped them with their airshow. T. Collier said he had been in Russellville recently and they have two big open hangars and tie - downs. C. Wallace asked to be reminded that tie -downs and open hangars be placed on lists of items for the next Strategic Planning Meeting. R. Boudreaux said we do have tie downs and they are free, three are in use now. B. Items from the Airport Board. F. Sperandeo said he had a list on maintenance and he handed it out a page. The meeting adjourned at 3:41 p.m. 7�Y-O Dave Bowman; Secretary Date rd 0 New, air tanker fleet to cost $26 million WASHINGTON — The Forest Service said Tuesday that it will cost at least $26 million to replace large air tankers grounded this week because of safety concerns. Officials hope to offset the loss of 33 air tankers with heli- copters, single-engine tankers and military aircraft, said Mark Rey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary who directs forest policy. The decision to ground the tankers was "made with con- siderable sadness and regret," Rey said, but it was unavoid- able in the wake of an April 23 report by the National Trans- portation Safety Board that said the safety and airworthi- ness of the aging fleet could not be assured. The Forest Service will de- vise a new strategy to fight wildfires without use of the large tankers, Rey told the Senate Energy and Natural Re- sources Committee. "We will not be short-hand- ed. We will have to stretch to reconfigure, but we should be just fine," Rey said. 0 • Date of req. May 2002 July 2002 July 2002 July 2002 Sept 2002 Jan 2004 • 0 Drake Field Maintenance Requests Date Completed Landscaping of east side pilot's gate with bushes and trees as promised. Two rose bushes donated and planted. Hanger door ( units A, B, C, D, ) hinges need to be re -tightened. ( Jim Bell) Installation of mail boxes on hanger doors. Resume magnetic sweeping of all taxiways on east side on a bi-weekly basis. S.t-oq Light posts on east side ramp rusty, ( five) need to be painted. Damaged fence on Ernie Lancaster Rd, east of FAA tower gate needs to be repaired.. (mower damage) 5-I-04 Damaged barb wire fence bordering north creek. Needs to be repaired. (mower damage) I have a new `off' nozzle that Jan 2004 Fence lines from old DHL facility, north to Ernie Lancaster drive, to pilot's entrance gate needs to be policed for bottle and paper refuse on a regular basis. ( Fay. Jail mates?) 5-1-04 Feb. 2004 Hangers A, B, C, D, electric service needs to be up dated and rewired. March 2004 When mowing grass, light posts, mail boxes, and pilots/Wings Av. entrance needs to be trimmed also. 5-1-04 March 2004 Hanger G -S has been leaking since new drain has been installed. Drywall is deteriorating on north wall and mold is accumulating at bottom from excessive moisture. New water gutter/down spouts to be installed on hangers E, F, and G. March 2004 A new 5011 hose needs to be installed on end of hanger "F" ( I have a new `off' nozzle that I will donate) 5-1-04 HON DORS PILOT CHARACTER COMIRUTB TO ACCIDENTS?' • The topic of aviation safety covers more than the integrity of aircraft; it also delves Into the workings of .the pilot's brain. U.S. Air Force Capt. Roberta Russell has examined those workings and come .up with the psychological characteristics unique to aviators. To render a profile of the typical pilot. Russell compiled data from studies, made largely of male Air Force het pilots. She admits there is little data on female pilots but indications are they share many of their male counterparts' traits. What are those traits? According to Russell, they include the following: 1. Pilots are "controllers". They are self-assured and have considerable need to achieve. They have little tolerance for imperfections and often want to change their environment, rather than change themselves to adapt. 2. Being.systematic, pilots feel at home with checklists. They manage things sequentially, which means they like to complete one task before starting another. O 3. Pilots are team players. 4. A pilot is commonly the. first-born son in a family. He usually has close ties with his father, who often praises his son's achievements. • S. Pilots are very intelligent but not intellectual. They have more appreciation for the concrete and not the esoteric, and they are not often Introspective* 6. Almost without exception, pilots are heterosexual. 7.. Pilots tend to prefer uncomplicated .and rather distant personal relationships. They see emotional involvement as an obstacle to their quest for control. A typical pilot finds temporary separation from family acceptable, even sometimes desirable. Capt: Russell says there are advantages and disadvantages to these characteristics. The advantages include dependability, as ability to assimilate complex tasks, and a willingness to accept threatening situations. Focusing more on .the disadvantages, Russell says a 4 main problem is overconfidence. Pilots have difficulty saying "I can't". Along with the desire to achieve comes another problem, stress. The results may be physical, i.e. ulcers or heart disease. Being so methodical, pilots often rely too much on reflexes and learned behavior, and not enough on conscious thought. Finally, pilots are, according • to the Air Force captain, "prime candidates for marital problems at midlife".