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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-07-07 - Agendas - Final 60 • AGENDA FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING 1 :30 pm, July 7, 2005 . 4500 S. School Avenue Airport Conference Room 1 . Welcome and Agenda Review — Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Comments from the Public. 2. Minutes of the June 9th meeting and June 22°d Special Called Meeting. 3. Receiving of the Reports. A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. D. Louise Powers, T-Hangar Report. E. Construction Report. F. Maintenance Report. 4. Old Business, A. Review Architectural Layout of Terminal by Richard Alderman. . B. Status of Arkansas Aviation Technology Center's Request. __ . 5. New Business. None, 6. Other Business. A. Items from the Public. B. Items from the Airport Board. 7. Adjourn. Note: Strategic Planning Meeting: Next Airport Board Meeting; • • MINUTES OF THE FAYETTEVILE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD Meeting of June 9, 2005 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Dave Bowman, David Hollman, Janice Stanesic MEMBERS ABSENT: Frank Sperandeo, Otto Loewer STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Mike Kratchmer-Arkansas Aviation Tech. Center, Shane Crawford-Bike Show, Michael Woods-Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Jeffery Collins-U. of A., Terry Collier-tenant, Rick McKinney-tenant ITEM #1 : Welcome and Agenda Review-Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Comments from the Public. Jeff Collins reported on the progress of the Economic Impact Study for the Airport. It should be completed by June 301° , and they welcomed any questions. R. McKinney asked that in the future that tenants be notified of Special Board Meetings. ITEM #2: Minutes of the May 12, 2005 meeting. V. DeCoster asked for several changes to the June 2, 2005 minutes (the June 2nd minutes were not listed on the agenda but the Board reviewed both sets of the minutes). Changes noted: Add his name under "Members Absent": and under #2, add although V. DeCoster had not attended the meeting, he had reviewed the contract and submitted his comments • regarding the contract. A motion to approve the May 12, 2005 minutes and the June 2, 2005 minutes with the revisions as noted, was made by David Bowman and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of the Reports. A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. Explained the air conditioning is on the blink. We have the doors open and have aircraft noise. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Stated he had met with the new FBO people and discussed building improvements; had the final inspection on T-Hangar H; we will be closing out several State Aeronautics grants meeting their fiscal year deadline. Brandon Fox with the car show has agreed to send us a check. Betty Loewer's students had their presentation in the lobby; had a student shadow; the Airport's Certification Inspection took place in early June with one discrepancy, the signs on the new taxiway were on the wrong side. The City preformed an audit on the Airport and most of the comments were FBO related, a copy is in the agenda. We will ask the FAA about a 1 ,000 ft. overrun for the runway. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. Director Boudreaux explained he give the report as James was out today. He referenced the charts in the report. The tower operations are better than May last year. Fuel sales are down 2,000 gallons from last month, but better than May last year. T. Collier reminded everyone that by using an AOPA credit card for the self serve fueling you get a 5% rebate on your card. It was mentioned that Springdale Airport has self serve fuel and that Drake Aviation is now operating in Bentonville. Director Boudreaux said the first five months the expense statement was in the black. We sold more fuel than the projected amount. We have been working hard to keep expenses down. He said the state will help some with the terminal rehabilitation. If we do all the projects for this year we will have $600,000 in reserve. D. Louise Powers, T-Hangar Report. All T-Hangars and storage units are rented. The new T-Hangar was filled when it opened and we still have people on the waiting lists. There were five full time planes in the FBO hangar last month and two part-timers and there were four overnights in May. 1 . E. ' Construction Report. Director Boudreaux stated all construction is completed and we are waiting on designs for new construction-the west ramp and highway entrance, and the terminal rehabilitation. F. Maintenance Report. Director Boudreaux highlighting some items from the report said the fuel farm filters had been changed; Superior's hangar no longer has birds; took care of the roof leak at AMP. The flower beds at the ramp entrance have been refurbished. V. DeCoster commented there had been rrocks on the runway/taxiway this morning. Director Boudreaux said staff checks them every morning, but they had also mowed this morning. We are using the old nozzle at the self serve fueling because the new nozzle hasn't come in. G. Air Show Report-Air Museum. D. Bowman reported the Air Museum had a Kids Aviation Boot Camp with ten graduates, all got to fly, and they toured many of the aviation businesses on the field. They will have a second camp in July for ages 10-14 and cost is $50 per person. R. McKinney said the Air Show will be on Father's Day Weekend. There is a great four hour lineup. There will be venders, no coolers or back packs. There is a discount on advance tickets. Item #4: Old Business. A. T-Hangars A-D Electric Rewire Update. Bids are due in June 14". Contractors are invited to bid, you can look it up on: accessfayetteville.org. B. Self Serve Fueling Facility Power Reel Update. Discussed previously. Item #5: New Business. A. Motorcycle Show during Bikes Blues and BBQ. Shane Crawford was introduced, and stated he had been at the Car Show here and thought the Airport would be a good place for a Motorcycle Show. He would like to have it during the Bikes Blues and BBQ, but not to competing with them. It would be a great place to do time trials and bring in a music headliner, a beer garden in a fenced tent, food venders, • and other venders that sell leathers, all clean venders. They would like to have a jet truck and parachute jumping. The event is in October and he would like to start planning and start promoting now. For a first time event he wasn't sure of the traffic. He commented at any motorcycle event they need a camp ground and would like to use the area across the highway, they would have twenty-four hour security. He would like to get the Museum involved, and would talk to the City police and the Washington County for help. They would like to get Bikes Blues and BBQ to donate part of their money towards the event. The insurance he would coordinate with the Airport. Would proposed paying the Airport $2,000 guaranteed --and then-2% of the net income. -Chairman Nickle said they would-like more information,- a-more specific written proposal and more time to consider the event before voting, saying he saw red flags, airport and alcohol. He said they needed more specific locations. S. Crawford said if they couldn't have the alcohol then they might as well not have it here. J. Stanesic said the concept was good, the draw is already here. Discussion followed with these items to be considered: effect on the aviation community, the effect on the community, the FAA, and the effect on Million Air. Director Boudreaux stated that when we had the concert it had worked well and it was a great way to get people out to the Airport. B. Arkansas Aviation Technology's Request for Rent Abatement. M. Kratchmer stated they are seeking secondary accreditation and they must have a balanced budget, or show no loss for two years, so he was requesting assistance from the Airport in the form of rent abatement. Discussion followed with Board's consensus was that the Board supported the school's need, but support in the form of rent abatement should not come out of the Airport's Budget. M. Kratachmer stated a lot of their students stay in NW Arkansas. Two thirds of American Eagles' maintenance workers are graduates of AATC, four are at Beaver Lake Aviation, and one at RIC at XNA. A suggestion was made they should seek support from XNA Airport as some of the school's graduates go to work at XNA. B. Nickle stated the Airport's orders from the City are to get the Airport's funds in the black. He stated the Board needed to look at AATC's financial numbers for the last 12 months. It was suggested the school could possibly get the money from the City. 2 . A motion was made stating the Airport Board supports the AATC's need for support for the next 18 month while pursuit of accreditation through Council on Occupational Education (COE), AATC is a 501C(3) organization and is eligible for tax deductible contributions. The motion was made by V. DeCoster and seconded by David Holman. Discussion followed with the suggestion that the school should get someone to write grant requests, and try to get funds through contributions from corporations and philanthropic organizations. The motion carried. Item #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. V. DeCoster asked for an email list for the tenants. Chairman Nickle said after reviewing the Maintenance List, we realize just how much it takes to operate the Airport. Meeting Adjourned. Dave Bowman, Secretary Date 3 • SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD Wednesday, June 22, 2005 (following the Strategic Planning Meeting/approximate time 3:00 pm,) Members Present: Bob Nickle, Otto Loewer, David Hollman, Janice Stanesic, Vaughn DeCoster, Dave Bowman Member Absent: Frank Sperandeo Staff Present: Ray Boudreaux, Louise Powers Others Present: Richard Alderman and Christie King -Wittenburg Delony Davidson, Shane Crawford-The Ride, Ron Young-RTU, Steve Odom-Fayetteville Government Channel Item # 1 : T-Hangar Rewire Bid Chairman Nickle said he knew Frank Sperandeo was unhappy he couldn't be here, but he is pleased. Director Boudreaux said three bids were received and engineer's recommendation was to contract with Lightning Electric for the amount of $ 120,300. . A motion to forward the contract to the City Council for approval was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by Dave Hollman. The motion carried. Director Boudreaux said it will go before the City Council on July 5`h Item #2 : Snow Blower Bid Director Boudreaux said the bid opening was June 17`h and three bids were received. The recommendation is to sell the snow blower to Abbotsford International Airport, British Columbia, Canada for $ 172,000. We plan to use the money from the sale to acquire equipment for snow removal that would have flexible use all year. A motion to forward the sale of the snow blower to the City Council for approval was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. A motion to add a third item to the agenda, a Temporary Use Agreement with Shane Crawford to hold a motorcycle event, was made by David Hollman and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. 1 . Item #3 : A Temporary Use Aereement with Shane Crawford foe a motorcycle event. Chairman Nickle said based on a letter from Mr. Crawford he thought an agreement could be reached for the event on September 29`h and 30'h and on October I " in conjunction with Bikes Blues and BBQ. Discussion followed. A motion to approve a Temporary Use Agreement with Shane Crawford, with Ray to dress up the agreement, and to forward the agreement to City Council for approval was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. In discussion the following provisions to be taken: A minimum fee of $5,000 or 5% of gross revenues, whichever is greater will be charged; there will be no time trials; a fenced and secured beer garden placed in a designated area; a day before and one day after the event will be designated for set up and clean up, there will be a $500 deposit for cleanup; discuss with Million Air, to know that it won't effect their business. The motion carried. Meeting Adjourned Dave Bowman, Secretary Date • 2 FAY ETTEV ILLE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS July 1, 2005 QUARTERLY REPORT 2nd QUARTER 2005 Director, Aviation and Economic Development Fayetteville, Arkansas April, May, June 2005 AVIATION: Aircraft operations remained flat for the second quarter with the fust half of the year down 13% from the same period last year. Interestingly, we had more operations than XNA for the month of June. Fuel sales are up though very slightly, reflecting a 5.4% increase over last year. All believe that the cost of fuel remains the single most critical factor to the decrease in the number of operations. While this might be the easy answer, there are many folks that fly in the local area for fun, and will reduce the number of flights due to the increase in the cost. Those who must fly for business will fly anyway, most of the time. The fuel and line service Fixed Base Operator Selection Committee selected Woolsey Aviation Inc., DBA Million Air of Fayetteville, as the best response to the RFP. We negotiated a contract and • presented it to the Airport Board where it was approved and forwarded for City Council Approval. City Council approved the contract at the June 16, 2005 council meeting. We have been working with Million Air to complete all items on the transfer checklist and to make agreements on the transfer of assets. Million Air sent a team of consultants to inspect the fuel farm. Several items need to be upgraded before the transfer to Million Air for maintenance and operation. Students from Professor Betty Loewer's Interior Design Class of the University of Arkansas presented their designs to members of the Airport Board and City Council. The Mayor expressed his appreciation as did Chairman Bob Nickle. The designs were universally exceptional as were the renderings of what the space might look like should the suggestions be implemented. A Task Order was issued to McClelland Consulting Engineers for architectural drawings and design documents to redesign the lobby and FBO areas. Richard Alderman is the architect who will take the suggestions from the Airport Board, the staff, the U of A students and the new FBO contractor to change the terminal from a commercial facility designed to move hundreds of people from their ground transportation to commercial aircraft, to a facility designed for ladies and gentlemen arriving and departing by private and corporate aircraft. The new interior will look more like a hotel lobby not a train station. The project was programmed for this year and with the new FBO, the project has gained new importance and a sense of urgency. Million Air is wishing to have the project completed by September • 1 , 2005, the date they take over the operation. The T-Hangar "H" construction project is complete. Final inspection was conducted with only minor issues to be corrected. Tenants have moved in and have been very complimentary of the building. After the first tenants took possession, it was determined that the electrical system required further 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F • AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701 PHONE 50 1 -718-7640 Ext. 5 • FAX 50 1 -718-7646 J ; refinement. We still had a problem with running air compressors when the lights were on. For less than $ 1 ,000.00 we separated the lights and the sockets on to separate breakers. Problem solved and we used • the information to further refine the rewiring project for T Hangars A, B, C, and D. The T Hangar A, B, C and D electric rewire bids were received June 14. The low bid was $ 120,300.00 from Lightning Electric, Inc. At their June 22, 2005 Special Meeting, the Airport Board approved the bid to be forwarded to the City Council for approval. The City Council will consider the project at the July 5, 2005 meeting. As in T Hangar H the lights and receptacles will be on separate breakers in all hangar bays. We will apply for Department of Aeronautics support at the July meeting of the Commissioners. James Nicholson, our Financial Coordinator, worked very hard to close out all of the open State Grant projects before the end of the State fiscal year June 30, 2005. John Knight, Director of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics, sent his assistant, Jerry Chism to Fayetteville during Air Fest 2005 to personally present the check. A check for $580,551 .00 was presented by Jerry Chism to the Airport Director who presented it to Mayor Dan Coody. The money represented the state share of several projects on the airport including the taxiway extensions and parking ramp for the Forest service, the U of A Hangar, parking lot and access road, and the T Hangar H project. Air Fest 2005 was terrific, the very best ever! The Arkansas Air Museum hired the very best in the business to fly the show. Bobby Younkin, Jim Leroy, Mary Dilda, Jimmy and Kyle Franklin, Doug Jackson, BGen Reg Urshler, Doe Baldwin the Falling Stars, Les Shockley and the West Coast A- 10 Demonstration Team. The attendance was about the same as last year, so revenue was not quite equal to expenses, but the show was clearly the best I have ever seen at a small airport. The Masters of Disaster • act near the end of the show featured three flying acts and the jet truck all at the same time. WOW! The first of two Aviation summer camps conducted by the Arkansas Air Museum was conducted in June. There will be another in July. Dave Bowman, an Airport Board Member, is the primary instructor. -- The FAA granted permission for the airport to sell the 1997 Oshkosh Snow Blower, which the FAA purchased for the airport to ensure clear runways for the scheduled commercial service operating out of Fayetteville. It is no longer necessary to have such a piece of equipment resting in the garage when the value could be used to purchase more flexible equipment. We received bids June 17, 2005. The high bidder was Abbotsford International Airport, British Columbia for $ 172,000.00. We will use the proceeds to purchase a dump truck with a plow, a front end loader/back hoe and a skid steer with a brush attachment. The new equipment will be used for snow removal and other grounds maintenance needs throughout the year. The USDA Forest Service broke ground the week of June 13, 2005 on the rest oftheir Fire Base project. The local engineering firm of Garver Engineers is working with the design-build contractor from Oklahoma. This stage of the project includes the dirt work, drainage, foundations and the construction of a portable mixing plant parking area with dike. As money becomes available, they will build the office building, mixing plant and warehouse plus a parking lot and access road. • Our FAA Certification Inspector was here June 2, 2005 and conducted our annual inspection. We received the report citing the signage on the new Forest Service Taxiway. The signs are on the incorrect side of the taxiway. He also determined that the taxiway should not be named Taxiway "A" since there is a jog in the taxiway due to the instrument approach alignment from the south. The engineers have agreed to correct the signs at no cost to the airport. We will change out the taxiway name signs once it , is determined that the change needs to be made. Parallel taxiways are typically named the same from end to end but normally do not have a jog. Since we are a-typical, we are looking into the problem. . The internal Auditor presented her final Performance Audit June 9 and we responded to all findings and recommendations. The audit was presented to the Airport Board and the City Council. Administrative findings included the need to have tenants sign for their copy of the Airport Minimum Standards and to require tenants to provide a copy of their insurance for the file. Actions have already been taken to correct these discrepancies. Other discrepancies relate to the City FBO operation. These will be corrected with the new contract with Woolsey Aviation DBA Million Air of Fayetteville. That contract was approved by the City Council at the June 16, 2005 meeting. The U of A Center for Business and Economic Research presented a preliminary report on the findings of the economic impact study. We should get the final report next quarter. Responding to our request for a pilot assist landing aid for the south end of the field, the FAA has scheduled installation of a VASI, Visual Approach Slope Indicator. Meetings will be held in July to arrange for the installation. It will improve the approach from the south which is the primary direction of landing at our airport. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: We continue to meet with the local FEDC support group, the Work-R —Bees that provide support and council to the FEDC President and CEO. The group includes the City, the Chamber, the U of A, the CVB and Downtown Partners. • I represented the Mayor at the NWAEDD meeting and attended the NWACDC meeting, both held in Harrison, AR. The Arkansas Aviation Technology Center has requested relief from paying rent and utilities to the airport. This is due to a fall off of students and due to the expenses associated with accreditation. ———————A achieved profitability, they could lose financial aid for their students. The Airport Board addressed their request and while they approved the support of the school, they were reluctant to not collect the rent and utilities. We will submit request to help fund their rent and utilities through other means. Submitted, R;y ;oudreaux, D ector Tayve olvilile ARKANSAS *FBO Report TO: Fayetteville Municipal Airport Board THRU: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director FROM: James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator DATE: July 7, 2005 SUBJECT: FBO Status Update Tower Operations: This graph compares monthly totals of aircraft operations since January 2000. Although cumulative operations for this year are down, the operations count in June is 14.2% greater compared to June in the previous year. Overall cumulative decline in operations compared to the first six months of 2004 is -12.8%. OPERATIONS - CUMULATIVE 2000 - 2005 50 q0 O 2000 O 200 30 m 2002 rri ❑ 2003 W 2004 2D 02005 10 1 A € w 0 FBO Fuel Sales Charts: An additional chart in this month's report shows a month to month comparison of sales volume from this and previous years. FUEL SALES - CUMULATIVE 2001 - 2005 400 - 550, 00 350 XO �.2 0 .: 200 150 f 10050 C� Vol FUEL SALES - MONTHLY 2001 - 2005 J027015 1 60 �ypgp 50 F 40 30 - 20 O • �1T' Q� t' ,�1� qF' sy � 6 111 "'" Ott' Local Prices: Following is a comparison of regional retail fuel prices as of 717/05: Regional Jet Center (XNA) Avgas: 3.98 Jet-A: 3.65 Mogas Pinnacle Air (ASG) 3.67 3.60 Beaver Lake (Rogers) 3.68 3.49 Hughes Aviation (Bentonville) 3.25 (SS-3.15) 2.99 Siloam Springs (City-run) 3. 17 (SS-2.77) 3.31 Fayetteville Municipal 3.42 (SS-2.92) 3.48 2.21 The Graph below illustrates wholesale fuel price fluctuation since January 1 , 2005. 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Fayetteville was selected from a field of five other airports as the.favored Forest Service location for this installation. • The base had outgrown its current facilities at Fort Smith and the USDA began looking for a new home during the height of last year's forest fires in June and July. Dave Broadnax, aviation officer for the Forest Service in Atlanta, stated that only the base would move and that firefighters will continue to use charter flights from Fort Smith airport for transportation. Mayor Coody stated, "We are glad to have the Forest Service _- , . recognize the potential of Drake Field. Our redevelopment efforts it will continue, and this project is certainly a welcome addition. „ The Air Tanker Base is a part Of Q7130 Air Tankers can"provide direct support to firefighters on the ground by dropping 4` the forest fire fighting capability of several thousand gallons of water or chemical retardenton a fire. the Forest Service, and it will be constructed as one of three new Air Tanker Base operation provides Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, bases in the southeast. The base is fast-response, initial attack aerial and Texas. Johnny Lindsey, tended to dispatch fire fighting firefighting capabilities for the USDA aviation officer for the Forest Manes to any part of the United Forest Service, as well as for other 7.States where there is a need for state and federal land management airborne fire fighting. Primarily, the agencies in Arkansas, Louisiana, See Forest Service on page 2 Airports • Bridges • Buildings • Construction Engineering • Drainage/Hydrology • Environmental Permitting • Highways & Streets • Industrial Plants Landscape Architecture • Marine & Rail Facilities • Mechanical & Electrical Design • Automation & Controls • Surveying • Traffic Engineering • Water & Wastewater 1� . J The Garver Engineer Building Your Future with Integrity and Trust Forest Service Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Forest Service that Fayetteville continued from page 1 station (another Garver project). should become their new home. ,. The Fayetteville Fire Department The Forest Service stressed safety and the Forest Service both foresee in their analysis. The presence of Service in Russellville, Arkansas, opportunities for joint training as the ARFF protection, a 6,006-foot . explained "There is a very close City continues to develop the runway and various landing aids working relationship between the training center as a part of Drake contributed to the high marks Forest Service and other agencies. Field's ARFF readiness program. assigned to Fayetteville. Also, she We work really well with the The ARFF station is manned on a said, "Information flow was the key. Arkansas Forestry Commission and notification basis and houses a The City's Geographic Information Oklahoma Forestry Services." state-of-the-art Air Crash Rescue System is a tremendous economic The base at Fayetteville has been Vehicle. development tool. We were able to Ankfunded by the USDA, and the Alert Little, Economic transmit almost all of the information design phase for the project is Development Director for that the Forest Service needed in underway. Construction of the base Fayetteville, credited a team of digital format—rather immediately— is not expected to begin June 2005. professionals gathered last using the intemet." The site for the base is on the east November with presenting the key side of Drake Field near the Aircraft information that convinced the Q 4