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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-01-19 Minutes• MINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING January 19, 2006 • • MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Dave Bowman, David Holtman, Janice Stanesic, Otto Loewer, Richard Greene MEMBERS ABSENT: Vaughn DeCoster STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Steve Reynolds -Government TV Chanel, Wayne Jones- McClelland Consulting Engineers, Terry Collier -tenant, Camron McAhren and Raelynn Rehn-Arkansas Helicopters, Christie King -Wittenberg Delony and Davidson ITEM #1: Welcome and Agenda Review -Chairman Bob Nickle. Introduced and welcomed the newest Airport Board Member Richard Greene. He is a tenant, has a plane hangared here, had a (FAA) Part 135 business, and had been an investment broker. R. Greene said he was happy to serve the community. Charles Wallace was introduced as the Air Boss of the AirFest the Airport's Fathers Day Event. He related work was progressing and explained they wanted more business and tenant participation, and asked for two volunteers from the Airport Board to work on the AirFest Committee. Richard Greene and Dave Bowman volunteered and by Board Consensus were appointed by the Board to the AirFest Committee. ITEM #2: Minutes of the December 8, 2005 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by David Hollman. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. Thanked Wayne for the photographs of the Airport. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Explained his report in the agenda is his Director's Annual Report. Commented that our self serve AvGas is $2.88 and Siloam Springs is $2.98, and thanked the FBO, as we buy the fuel from them. Mentioned the City's 2025 Plan and urged the Board Members to contact their City Council members and discuss the importance of their Municipal Airport with them. The Airport's Master Plan is progressing and at next month's meeting Kelly Maddoux of Barnard Dunkleberg will give a presentation. We have received a letter from the FAA to increase the amount the Airport pays towards the Control Tower services. We are working on the paper work to ask the FAA to consider a revision on the Cost Benefit. Barnard Dunkleberg advised contacting David Beyers, of Emery Riddle University, who wrote the formula used by the FAA. A contract with him is on the agenda for approval We Just began paying the Cost Benefit amount in March 2005, and we weren't suppose to have another review until the second year All we can figure is the FAA made a mistake in their calculations in our current Cost Benefit amount. We have been in touch with David Beyers and he believes applying our current information to the formula will reduce the new amount the FAA wants us to pay for the tower. The Board said they would like to know what factors make up the formula so 1 that we all could work towards bringing more of those items to the airport to keep the formula amount as low as possible. Director Boudreaux stated that at the last meeting the Board asked to begin including information on the Board and tenants on the field in the Tenant Letter. The Tenant Letter goes out in the monthly Invoices. This month it has a bio of Airport Board Chairman Bob Nickle. Each month we will put a different one in the letter. A copy of the Million Air credo has been provided for the Board. Staff is working on one for the Airport. Director Boudreaux introduced the new tenants in the terminal, Camron and Raelynn McAhren, of Arkansas Helicopters. C. McAhren explained they will be giving helicopter flight training and have ,lust hired a CFI. They have a Part 61 and Part 91. They have to be in business two years before filing for a Part 141 Flight Academy. They have a strong interest in development. Mentioned they had their Robinson Helicopter sitting Just outside the Conference Room and they would be available to give a tour of the helicopter after the meeting. They expect to add another helicopter in June and add another later on. They are the only helicopter flight training in the four state area. There is one in Kansas City and one in Mississippi. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. Announced staff now has power point capabilities and displayed the agenda charts for Operations, Fuel Sales and the Financial Reports on the new screen as he discussed the reports. Year 2005 by passed all previous years. Chairman Nickle told of the huge growth in operations from 2000 (21,761) to 2005 (46,776). O. Loewer said these kinds of charts help us understand and help others to understand. He suggested showing the dollar value of the gallons sold, not Just the gallons, those are economic numbers. He referred to the Cost Benefit Analysis, saying if we knew what the terms were we would know what is important to the Airport, it would be a huge marketing edge over other airports and could use it for more than the cost of the tower. Director Boudreaux explain some of the factors he had Just become aware, such as that military counts for ten more points if the Airport reaches a certain level of military operations, and the hull value of the airplanes based here counts in the formula. He advised he would get the formula to the Board shortly. J. Nicholson stated the report from Million Air shows the cost of fuel is back to where is had been in September 2005. The comparison of avgas to jet fuel sales still shows a ratio of 20/80. Fuel sales are better than last year. He reported the City Council had approved the Airport's Budget, explained the Financial Charts, saying the Fund Balance is shrinking. Board discussion followed. Chairman Nickle said if we could get rid of the City's Cost Allocations we would be in the black. He commented the tower cost shown in the report may change. Director Boudreaux told of attending the Arkansas State Aeronautics meeting last week and the Airport was awarded three grants. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All T -Hangars are rented and all storage units have been rented. We did have two small storage units available and the Forest Service has rented them beginning January lg. There are fifteen names on the single engine unit waiting list, there are six names on the twin, and eleven on the storage units lists. Director Boudreaux reported the Forest Service plans to use the units to store their slurry mix. We will be installing garage doors in each unit. They are still planning on being here in the spring. The Forest Service had representatives visiting here this week and also last month. E. Construction Report. Wayne Jones, speaking of the ramp and drive way construction said that based on a regular winter a Stop Work had been issued some time back. Said he would visit with the contractor about continuing work next month. An old septic tank was found and had to be removed. He has worked with the contractors to make the driveway entrance radius larger and has talked to the Highway Department about giving a permit for striping a turn lane. He had 2 • talked to Time Striping about seal coating the front parking lot and re -striping. His estimate for the work would be about $35,000 to $45,000, including striping the parking spaces. The parking lot could be done in pieces as needed There are roughly 400 parking spaces in the lot. • • Christie King of Wittenberg Delony and Davidson told of meetings she had with staff and Million Air and presented and explained the color chart, and the wood stain samples, telling where each color would be used. Red accent will be present in the wall murals, there are six in the project budget. Director Boudreaux explained the murals would be photos of basketball and football scenes, of Old Main, the clock tower downtown and other local scenes. We will have photos to choose from at the next meeting. A motion to approve the color scheme was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Richard Greene. Board discussion followed about where other red accents would appear, such as the canopy. Director Boudreaux explained all of the canopy will be removed except for the entrance to the terminal. O. Loewer said red looks washed out quickly. C. King said you would probably need to replace the photos every couple of years because of fading. R. Greene said pilots flying into Fayetteville that are customers of Million Air are going to look for Million Air's colors on the field. He gave example of when he flys to other airports where the logos of universities are very prominent, he feels he is in enemy tenitory and wants to get in and out quickly. O. Loewer said we are promoting the City, not a Razorback airfield, that the Razorbacks are a piece of the community, not all of it. Vote was called on the color scheme for inside the terminal, adding the Bright Cherry Wood stain as part of the selected colors. The motion carried. A motion to have the entrance canopy in Million Air's green was made by David Holtman and seconded by Dave Bowman. The motion carried. F. Maintenance Report. Director Boudreaux explained the report is in the agenda packet, and said the main thing is the south ramp now has lights. The poles were cut down and lights re- installed. Answering the Chairman, the sweeping schedule is once a month, unless it rains. If it rains we do it the next day. We are about finished with the Arkansas Air Museum's roofing project. ITEM #4: Old Business. None. ITEM #5: New Business. A. FAA Supplemental Agreement #2, for installation of PAPI on Runway 34. Director Boudreaux explained there is no cost associated with the Agreement, it is just a ground lease for FAA equipment to assist pilots. A motion to approve the Agreement was made by David Holtman and seconded by David Bowman. The motion carried. B. Approve contract with Quadrex Associaties, Inc., for a Benefit Cost Study for the control tower. Chairman Nickle said the contract is for $2,480.00 and the savings could be ten 3 • • • times that. Director Boudreaux explained Mr. David Beyers wrote the formula used by the FAA. The formula determines what the airports under the contract tower system would pay for their contract tower service. He is good at identifying information that would be helpful to present to the FAA for a new review of our Airport, that would help reduce the amount the FAA said would be our new payment for the contract tower. A motion to approve the contract was made by Dave Bowman and seconded by David Hollman. The motion carried. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Board. Director Boudreaux suggested having a Strategic Planning Meeting with the date to be decided later. MEETING ADJOURNED at 2:40 p.m. Dave Bowman, Secretary Date 4