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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-05-12 Minutes• MINUTES OF THE MAY 12, 2005 AIRPORT BOARD MEETING • MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Otto Loewer, David Hollman, Vaughn DeCoster, Dave Bowman, Janice Stanesic MEMBERS ABSENT: Frank Sperandeo STAFF ATTENDING: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS ATTENDING: Terry Collier -Tenant, Steve Odom -Government Channel, Mike Kratchmer-Ark. Aviation Tech Center, Rick McKinney -Tenant, Derald Linn -Ark. Air Museum, Warren Peck -Tenant, Brandon Rufe Fox -Sweet Shows Auto Events, Wayne Jones -McClelland Engineers, Cherie Boudreaux -citizen ITEM #1: Welcome and Agenda Review -Chairman Bob Nickle A. Comments from the public. R. McKinney asked to give an Air Show Presentation at the next meeting. ITEM #2: Minutes of the April 14, 2005 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Dave Bowman and was seconded by David Hollman. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of the Reports. A. Chairman Nickle gave his time for the Car Show Report. B. Fox named the advertising they are using. There will be helicopter rides at the Car Show. O. Loewer expressed concern that there were many things happening in Fayetteville that weekend. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. A copy of the FBO lease has been forwarded to the City Attorney for review. Expressed thanks to Betty Loewer's class for their terminal building presentation. He asked the Board to review their plans and respond back at the Strategic Planning Meeting on features they liked. The explosion proof switches for the new hangar are in. Every seam on AMP's roof has been taped and a second and third coat of the Elastomeric applied, with no leaks so far. Garver Engineer's plans for Phase I for the Forest Service are being advertised. Our Internal Audit should be coming out before long. He thanked Camilla Smith and the Ninety -Nines for painting the Compass Ross on the ramp last Saturday. Our gardens at the terminal's ramp entrance have been redone and will be part of Fayetteville In Bloom. We have received approval from the FAA to sell the Snow Blower. We anticipate receiving at Least $100,000 from the sale to use to purchase a front end loader and dump truck. The Purchasing Department has put it out for bids, and also, the fire sprinkler at the Air Museum. A revised Airport Certification Manual for the FAA is due June 9`h. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. The operations continue to be down compared to last year. Answering Chairman Nickle, M. Kratchmer stated he could assist locating the national FAA report on operations. J. Nicholson explained new information had been included in the report, prices of fuel at airports similar to ours, municipal owned airports in college towns. The revenues are ahead on rents and leases for the year. If we proceed with the Capital projects we have scheduled, we will have $600,000 remaining in 1 • • reserve at year end. Director Boudreaux encouraged contractors to bid on the T -Hangar re -wiring project. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All T -hangars and storage units are rented. One tenant left and had one replacement. The new T -hangar will be filled when it opens, some tenants will be moving to the new hangar and we will be getting some new tenants. For April there were 12 monthly tenants in the FBO hangar. E. Construction Report. W. Jones reported all documents had been submitted to the FAA and the project is almost closed for the Taxiway A Extension, closing out two of the three grants. We did save some on the project and that will go into the west side ramp grant project. The electric switches for T -Hangar H are in. They are making some adjustments on the hangar doors and cleaning along the fire walls. We have received tentative allocation from Don Harris, FAA, for the west side ramp and hope to get the work placed on the July 21s' City Council meeting. The entry redesign will be included with the west ramp project and the FAA will help pay for the new entry. F. Maintenance Report. Bob Nickle said he was pleased with the format and everyone could understand what work is performed by the maintenance personnel. Answering V. DeCoster, the fuel farm filters are changed once a year and the new FBO will take over that duty. ITEM #4: Old Business. A. T -Hangars "A" through "D" Electric Rehabilitation Update. Purchasing Department said the project will be advertised this weekend and they will send it out to their list of contractors. B. FBO RFP Update. Director Boudreaux asked the Board to respond to the Draft Lease at the Strategic Planning Meeting. Chairman Nickle explained the FBO would be a company owned FBO, not a franchise. They offered the best opportunity to take growth to the next level. Their financial strength was significantly more than the others, it's not going to be an instant profit center, and we will need someone that can handle that. They have a national presence and a greater chance for success. Their training program was impressive. Director Boudreaux said they complied completely to the request of the RFP. Contract negotiations of the contact will begin. The east side self serve fueling will remain under the City's control. The Airport will receive a 10 cent fuel flowing fee for every gallon of fuel delivered to the Airport. We will buy fuel for the self serve from Million Air and pay them 15 cents to deliver the fuel to the self serve facility. It was suggested a review of the pricing formula may be needed. C. Compass Rose Update. Previously discussed. D. U. of A. Interior Design Class Presentation Update. Chairman Nickle said the presentation was very professional and we are grateful for their help. O. Loewer said it was a good match of the University and the community, and now those students will become ambassadors for the Airport. It was a nice reception. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Task Order # 9 with McClelland Consulting Engineers for Terminal Re -Use Plan, not to exceed $8,000.00. W. Jones explained they will use Richard Alderman of Wittenburg Delony Davidson as the architectural part of their team to work on the terminal project, they have worked on four other terminal projects for the airport. They • will use information from the students and information from the Board to see what works best. They will do a study, gather ideas, good and bad, have the Board decide what they want to do first and then they will come back with plans to renovate. Copies of the students' plans will be copied for the Board and then compile comments on one set. A motion to approve Task Order #9 with McClelland Engineers and forward to the City Council was made by David Holtman and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. B. Set date for Strategic Planning Meeting to review terminal building re -use plans. Tuesday, May 17th was the date set for the meeting. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. Car Show this weekend, and Air Fest in June. B. Items from the Airport Board. Dave Bowman stated the Young Eagle Program is scheduled for May 2151 for children ages 8 through 17, and the event is sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association. The Children's Aviation Summer Camp will be held in June at the Arkansas Air Museum with enrollment of $50.00. Contract them for more information. Director Boudreaux reported there is trouble with the FAA budget in Washington DC, with them not having enough money to fund the Contract Tower Program. We had contacted Congressman Boozman and he had supported funding the Contract Tower Program Meeting Adjourned at 2:53. 111X)erotilv•-fir Dave Bowma , Secretary Date