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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-04-12 Minutes• MINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING April 12, 2006 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Otto Loewer, Vaughn DeCoster, David Hollman, Janice Stanesic, Richard Greene MEMBERS ABSENT: Dave Bowman STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Terry Collier -tenant, Derald Linn -Ark. Air Museum, Mike Kratchmer- NW Ark. Technology Center NWACC, Susannah Patton -NW Ark. Times, Wayne Jones - McClelland Consulting Engineers, Frank Sperandeo-tenant, Steve Runnels -Government Channel, Charles Wallace-tenant/AirFest ITEM #1: Welcome and Agenda Review — Chairman Bob Nickle. Welcomed all and noted there were quite a few in attendance MaryKatherine Floyd, Customer Service Manager for Million Air Fayetteville was introduced and said she was looking forward to working here. A. Comments from the Public on Items on the Agenda. None. • ITEM #2 and #3: Minutes of the March 8`h and March 27th Special Meetings. A motion to approve both sets of minutes was made by Otto Loewer and seconded by David Hollman. The motion carried. ITEM #4: Receiving of Reports. A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. Stated he was glad to see a full house at the meeting. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Noted the Quarterly Report and his trip report from the FAA Conference were in the packet. The FAA had stressed the system/safety related priority items over nice -to -have items. Regarding the tower, the FAA agreed to the reduced Benefit Cost of 93%. The information we provided the FAA showed strong growth. Our new monthly fee will be about $1,800.00. Kinco Construction is remodeling the south lobby for SkyVenture Aviation and expects to be finished in 45 calendar days. The Forest Service moved some of their equipment here last month. Had a good meeting with people from Barnard Dunkleberg and Wayne at the FAA Conference. Proposed pictures for the terminal lobby displays were shown. Some of the pictures were from Sells Clark through the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Committee and the finished product would be high resolution. The Board agreed that they should have a Buffalo River shot, maybe War Eagle shot, although these were not the best they had seen, same with the Square and the Farmer's Market shots. The Lights of the Ozarks was okay. Maybe for the Old Mairi, V. DeCoster said the Alumi magazine had a good shot and would investigate using it. Plane at the Air Museum okay or a similar shot -shot of the end of the Air Museum with the Museum's doors open showing planes. Court House and statue was a maybe. A picture of the U of A stadium with the band on the field in shape of an "A" was okay, and the picture of the Hog mascot was okay. Pictures of physical things, like buildings, were okay. It was decided to work more on the pictures at a Strategic Planning Meeting. Ray is to email a some different pictures to the Board. 1 • • • • B. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. Said the aircraft operations are ahead of last year's accumulative totals. The fuel sales continue to grow. Million Air had a record monthly sales of over 50,000 gallons. They are ahead of same time last year by 27,000 gallons. Discussing area fuel prices, fuel is still lowest here. The breakout on fuel sales is 80% jet and 20% Avgas. Speaking of the Financial Report, the Lease revenues are ahead of what was budgeted. He estimated the reserve fund to be $300,000 at year end. The Capital projects will be almost all paid for by the FAA and the State Aeronautics. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All T -Hangars and storage units are rented. There are about eighteen names on the waiting list for a hangar. There are more names on the single engine list. The Board discussed taking an inventory of the hangars. A motion was made by Vaughn DeCoster that hangars without a plane should pay twice the rent, and to give that tenant a ninety day notice of the increase. The motion was seconded. O. Loewer suggested more work before setting a policy, we don't want to be hardnosed, but be more agressive. What about hangars where tenant is building a plane, or the plane is in parts with no where else to storage an old plane? The Board asked Ray to give a report of who doesn't have a plane in their hangar at the next meeting. V. DeCoster said the hangars are fairly priced, and maybe under the market. There were suggestions to build sunscreens and more corporate hangars. The motion was withdrawn. E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. The FAA has funded the second phase of the west ramp, so we will move forward. The concrete for the new entrance is in, but we can't open the driveway until the new striping on the highway for the turn lane is complete and the old turn lane removed. We are waiting for approval from the Highway Department. Kelly of Barnard Dunkleberg plans to meet in May or June to go over projects, to decide ten, fifteen and twenty year projects, and then Ray will set a date for them to meet with the Board. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreaux. The crew has been getting the new office ready for Arkansas Helicopters. They moved to another location to accommodate SkyVenture's request for rental space. The crew has started the summer mowing. V. DeCoster asked about tracking, recording significant maintenance tasks and omitting routine issues such as minor plumbing repairs. He noted hangar repair, siting his own experience, and asked that maintenance leave a note that they had been there and when the job was completed. G. Mike Kratchmer, Director, Aviation Technology Center of NWACC. Said he didn't have anything specific to report. They are working out how to report the spending of the grant. They are working on way to connect the Tech Center to NWACC. That will allow the Tech students to access their information without having to drive up to Rogers. They will be able to enroll and take their assessment tests at the Tech Center. The flight training at NWACC has been discontinued for one year, but the program is still there for those working for a degree in aviation. ITEM #4: Old Business. A. AirFest Update. Charles Wallace reported the event will be on Father's Day weekend and there will be more family oriented events this year, Young Eagles in the mornings and a family carnival. Richard Greene, Ken Schossow, and Janice Stanesic are developing the funding and hope to have much of the show paid for before the event starts. R. Greene told of the banquet on 2 • • • • Friday night before the show. Two aviation pioneers will be speakers, Brian Binnie, the first civilian to fly a commercial spacecraft into space, and Dick Rutan who was the first person to fly non-stop around the world and held the record until just recently. Chairman Nickle thanked all that are involved in the air show stated he hope the air show would be well advertised. B. Sells Clark — photos for lobby. This was previously discussed during the meeting. C. Discussion: Airport Board's presentation to the City Council on April 18`h. Director Boudreaux will email information to the Board members. He hoped all of the Board would be able to attend. It is first on the agenda and will have about five minutes, and Chairman Nickle can also tell of the FAA's Arkansas Airport of Year Award. There were 1,000 people at the award banquet. Chairman Nickle and the Mayor were unable to attend because of the weather, but had Don Hams our FAA representative and Wayne Jones stand up for the award, too. The award is for everybody's efforts. C. Wallace stated it had only been six years since the City wanted to have a race track, a hockey rink, a flea market, or condominiums at the airport, a lot has happened in six years. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Spitfire Aviation Services, LLC lease. Director Boudreaux explained Spitfire had wanted a land lease, but when Phoenix Rising gave notice of cancellation, Spitfire wanted their hangar. He will be paying full price for the rent for two years, Phoenix's rent was discounted for improvements. He has two planes and shopping for two more. We now have others on the waiting list for a larger hangar. A motion to approve the lease for the hangar and forward through the City's Contract Review process was made by Otto Loewer and seconded by Rickard Greene. Discussion followed about the availability and the need for larger hangars at the Airport, and possibly increasing the rent for the existing hangar. Chairman Nickle said these are items to discuss at the next Strategic Planning Meeting. The motion carried with two voting against, Vaughn DeCoster and Janice Stanesic. B. Airfield Striping Project, Task Order #13 with McClelland Engineers. W. Jones reported the cost will be about $70,000. Priority is placed on airfield striping as part of the Airport's Certification inspection process. The project should be ready to go out for bids in 30 days. A motion to approve Task Order #13 and forward through the City's Contract Review process was made by Otto Loewer and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. C. Hangar buildings for the west side GA Apron, Task Order #14 with McClelland Engineers. Director Boudreaux explained that because of the interest in hangars, he had asked the Mayor about the availability of funds and a meeting has been scheduled for Friday. We will also apply for assistance from the State Aeronautics before their year end at their June meeting, and apply again in July at the beginning of their next fiscal year. We have three prospects and need Letters of Intent from them, Million Air, Executive Aviation Services, and a company he could not disclose their name, from another town. 3 A motion to approve Task Order #14 and submit to the City Council was made by Otto Loewer and seconded by Richard Greene. Discussion followed regarding financing. R. Greene said the grant money needs to be included in the financing and said he felt everything on the Airport is too cheap, and said there will come a time that the Revenues and Expenditures won't match. The Board was reminded that in November the Board reviews all rents. A comment was made that the rent being charged Spitfire was a fair price for that hangar, it's not all that plush. The Board needs to target aviation businesses. Height restrictions were discussed, as well as locations for larger hangars. Chairman Nickle suggested taking these issues to the Strategic Planning Meeting, and reminded the Board that the hangars won't be built until the Board votes to build it, sizes can be changed later. W. Jones said part of what they were discussing would be in the Master Plan. The motion carried. D. Pavement Management System, Task Order #15 with McClelland Engineers. Director Boudreaux said the FAA says we must have this plan, it was last done in 1997. Since then we've had the taxiways overlayed, widened and strengthened. Core samples and testing will be done to determine when to do what type of repairs. The project will wait until funding from the FAA. A motion to approve Task Order #15 was made by Richard Greene and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. E. Engineering contract for the Airport. Director Boudreaux explained there had been a delay in Purchasing in getting the RFQ advertised, so we are requesting a sixty day extension to McClelland's current contract. A motion to approve and submit the extension to the City Council for approval was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Richard Greene. The motion carried. F. Discussion: Twenty year anniversary of Fayetteville Municipal Airport Drake Field Tower. Director Boudreaux said the current tower was commissioned in April 1986. We will have a small reception in appreciation of the controllers on April 28th in the Conference Room. R. Greene they are a great asset to this airport. G. FAA Arkansas Airport of the Year presentation. Previously discussed in meeting. ITEM # 6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. None. ADJOURN. Dave Bowman, '.ecretary Date 4