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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-14 - Agendas - Final AGENDA • FAYETTEVIL.LE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DRAKE FIELD Meeting of the Airport Board 1 :30 pm, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Airport Terminal Conference Room 1 . Welcome — Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Please tum off all cell phones. B. Comments from the public on items on the agenda. 2. Minutes of the October 17, 2007 meeting. 3 . Receiving of Reports. A. Chairman Nickle. B. Director Boudreaux report on airport activity. C. Financial Coordinator Nicholson report on budget and FBO. D. Senior Secretary Powers report on T-Hangar Leases. E. Engineer Wayne Jones' report on construction projects. F. Director Boudreaux report on maintenance activity. 4. Old Business. None. • 5. New Business. A Discussion Item: Airport Restaurant potential client. B. Discussion Item: AATC Building proposal. C. Task Order with McClelland Engineers for North End Safety Area. 6. Other Business. A. Items from the Public. B. Items from the Airport Board. 7. Meeting Adjourned. Note: Next Strategic Planning Meeting Next Airport Board Meeting December 12. 2007 • FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD MEETING • October 17, 2007 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, David Hollman, Vaughn DeCoster, Tim McCarley MEMBERS ABSENT: Janice Stanesic, Richard Greene STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Tyrone Rogers-Fayetteville Government Channel, Warren Jones-Arkansas Air Museum, Paul Milam-Flying Investments, Trish Hollenbeck-Northwest Arkansas Times, Wayne Jones- McClelland Engineers ITEM #1 : Welcome — Chairman Bob Nickle. Welcomed Vaughn DeCoster back from Iraq, we appreciate your service for our country. Director Boudreaux invited everyone to stay after the meeting for cake for Vaughn. A. Please turn off all cell phones. B. Comments from the public on items on the agenda. None. ITEM #2: Minutes of the September 12, 2007 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Tim McCarley and seconded by David Hollman. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Chairman Nickle. Complimented Warren Jones on the Snowbird Air Show. • B. Director Boudreaux Report on Airport Activity. Walker Properties canceled their ground lease, but will remain on the airport and use the FBO, they are satisfied with their service. We have someone interested in leasing that lot, and their lease is on the agenda. We have worked the close-out on the corporate hangars. The owner of Norco Door came today to look at the hangar door problem. He believes it is a power problem and will be sending a new sensor for each door. The Runway Survey is almost complete. Time Striping won the bid for the runway/taxiway markings and should have it completed by the end of the month. Painting the hangar floor has almost been completed and will have a five year warranty. We have met with the Mayor of Greenland twice and discussed the Airport's and Greenland's growth. He would like to see park area south of the airport. Discussed some untruths that had been published recently on the internet about the airport, and handed out a fact sheet about the airport. The Economic Impact Study on the Airport conducted by the State Aeronautics Department said the Airport's economic impact is $34,000,000.00 to the community. The City Council recently approved the Airport's new Mission Statement. The FAA conducted their Safety Seminar here last night. Mark Frankum of SkyVenture Aviation had a heart attack, had a stint installed, and is coming along. C. Financial Coordinator Nicholson report on budget and FBO. Stated we are facing a situation of less aircraft operations; showing a chart with a survey of the local airports. The commercial airports are doing well, but the smaller airports are all in about the same condition. Million Air has sustained their fuel sales month to month. Our fuel price is in the middle range of the other local airports. Million Air's 100 LL sales have been mostly to their itinerate customers. Reporting on the Financial Report, said Million Air is behind about $18,000 paying their flowage fees. Painting the FBO hangar floor was expensed from the maintenance line item; and $7,400 was spent on repairing the HVAC in the terminal. Revenues are still down because Tech School building is still empty. Director Boudreaux said he had let the Community College know the building was still available and we would like to have their Tech School back on the airport. The airfield striping project will be totally funded by the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics. The State Aeronautics people let us know there have been a lot more funding requests than they had anticipated. We are working on our next State Grant, the • security project, with cameras and gates. We should be able to finish that project before year-end. We had a recent report of a Missouri airport where twenty GPS's were stolen from planes; if they were locked they took a hammer to get in. 1 D. Senior Secretary Powers report on T-Hangar Leases. All T-Hangars and storage units are rented. There are ten names on the single engine waiting list, and six on the twin list. Some of the names are on both lists, • some are in the larger hangars wanting a smaller hangar. E. Engineer Wayne Jones' report on maintenance activity. We had the final meeting on the corporate hangars this morning, with minor issues to be finished. The Runway Obstruction Survey has been flown and the control plan will be submitted to Ray and the FAA. Locating some permanent survey monuments on the airfield will save some money on the project. F. Directory Boudreaux report on Maintenance activity. The catwalk around the fuel farm has been installed. The overflow protection has been rewired. Grass is still growing, they are still mowing. The bat-wing mower has broken down again, third time, due to fox and armadillo holes. Parking lot lights have been replaced. Had complaints about the self-serve pump, someone has been draining the hose and when the next person uses the pump it registers two gallons before fuel comes out the hose. They changed the grounding cable at the self-serve, the rubber coated one became unpopular; it kept getting kinks in it. V. DeCoster said he would look around at different airports and see what they have. G. Report on Snowbird Event. Warren Jones stated it was successful even though it happened mid-week. It was profitable, and thanked the Airport Board for their help. The Snowbirds would like to come back next year for a two day event and plans are being made towards that. The Snowbirds were unable to arrive a day early because Memphis Center was closed down due to severe weather. They missed the celebration for them that the Historical Society sponsored the night before the show. The Snowbirds' flight requirements set the time for their performance which happened about the same time everyone was getting off from work. ITEM # 4. Old Business. None. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Ground Lease with Bayyari Construction, Inc. to lease ground for a hangar. Discussed a few editing changes in the lease, also moving the hangar further east so a larger hangar could be built to the west. The ground rent of twenty cents per square foot was established by the Board last year. • A motion to approve the Ground Lease with Bayyari Construction with editing changes was made by Tim McCarley and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. B. Letter from Senator Mark Pryor. Chairman Nickle read parts of the letter supporting improvements to the Runway 16 Safety Area, stating this was great news from Senator Pryor, key for any runway expansion in the future. He explained that several of the Board Members and the pilots that flew them visited with the FAA in Fort Worth and discussed the proposed north end safety area project. They FAA bought into it but not with the time frame we had wanted, but it is do-able. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. Director Boudreaux handed out the Department of Aeronautics Newsletter and called attention the cover story of the recent US News magazine: "Ten Best Places to Retire". Fayetteville was listed as one of the ten places. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:30 pm. • David Holtman, Secretary Date 2 • Tayve ee A R K A N S A S AVIATION 8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT • DRAKE FIELD November 9, 2007 MONTHLY REPORT Aviation and Economic Development Department Fayetteville, Arkansas October 2007 AVIATION: -- 1- Operations were more than any-other-month this year and -were more-than last-- October. ast_October. We still have a long way to go to make up the downturn. As the price of fuel continues to go up, operations will probably stay flat. Interestingly, Million Air sold more than 50,000 gallons for the second month in a row. Most of it was in jet fuel. 2 John Knight, Director Arkansas Department of Aeronautics flew into the airport to present the check to Mayor Dan Coody for the two corporate hangars. The buildings are complete but are still under warranty for defects. Jon Moran, Governor Beebe's Special Assistant for Agency and Legislative Affairs actually . presented the check. All but one of the Airport Board members attended. 3 The Airfield Marking project was awarded to Time Striping. We had to make a change order to the project as the specifications were incorrect. Type three beads are applied at 10 pounds per gallon. The specifications specified 7 pounds per gallon. The change order added $7,500.00 to the project as three pounds of beads for every gallon of paint at $2.60 per pound of beads adds up quickly. We have issued a Notice to Proceed and expect the contractor to begin work November 11 , 2007. 4 The Runway Approach Obstruction Survey project continues. The process had to be approved by the FAA' and is expected any time. The photos have been taken and most of the survey work completed. Wayne reports that the project should be complete by end of December. 5 Wilma Walker of Wilma's Restaurant has told us she will close after the holidays. We have talked with "A Fare To Remember," and the owner of "Los Reyes" in Greenland. Both are very interested. Los Rius had a fire and has been closed for a while. Dave Hollman has talked with Paul Milam who now lives in Fayetteville and has been in the restaurant business. Our location needs an established business. We will continue to work it hard. 6 The State held a Wings Safety meeting sponsored by SkyVenture Aviation in the Airport Conference Room. Due to extenuating circumstances it was late getting on the calendar but it was very well attended. The crowd was great and very appreciative. Thanks to SkyVenture for their continued support of the pilot • community. 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F • AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479.718.7642 • 479.718.7646 FAX • www.accessfayetteville.org/govemment/aviation airport_emnomic_development@ci.fayetteville.ar.us 7 We attended the FAA Fall Partnership Conference in Ft. Worth and were able to • meet with our Program Manager, Don Harris and Ron Sanders the Instrument Approach Chief. Our project is still in the program and we will meet with Don early in November to flesh out the schedule and the money. Ron reported that our new approaches will be operational in the fall of 2008. 8 Don Harris met with Wayne Jones, James and me to discuss the phasing for the North end Safety Area Improvement Project. The FAA has put $2.2 Million in the budget for 2009 for the final plans, bidding and land acquisition, and earth work and realignment of Ernest Lancaster Rd. portion of the project. We included an estimate of approximately $250,000.00 for 2008 to do the preliminary design, Environmental Assessment and AHTD coordination and approval. Final work will occur in 2010 for an estimated $2.0 Million. The actual number is not _ ____i_n t_he budget for 2010 since it will_not_ be_known_until_early _2009. e_ It_ will_b _ added in at that time. Staff is working on the timeline for this multi year project. All of the work is scheduled to meet a May 1 , 2009 grant application date. The entire project must be designed, approved, bid and awarded by May 1 , 2009. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: 1 . The Arkansas Economic Development Commission visited Fayetteville • for two days hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Bill Ramsey and Steve Rust squired them around for briefings from several Chamber committees and the U of A. I met them for dinner and had a chance to visit with Maria Hailey and several friends on the commission and to talk about the needs of Fayetteville. 2. I was asked to serve on the Arkansas Air Museum Board of Directors and was approved by the Board. I was asked to serve as Vice President and have accepted that nomination. The nomination must be approved by the full Board. Hugh Brewer was nominated for President. 3. We attended the ribbon cutting of the newly finished Van Ache which is a new route into the Mall area from Greg Street. We worked on the project early to coordinate the partnership with the Steel Crossing owners and developers for half the construction cost. The road opens up their land for development and provides the new access for the citizens. A win-win situation. IT was great to see the project completed. Respectfully Submitted, Ray M. Boudreaux, D" ctor • aeeVle • ARKANSAS Airport Progress Report TO: Fayetteville Municipal Airport Board THRU: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director FROM: James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator DATE: November 14, 2007 Tower Operations: OPERATIONS - MONTHLY 2000 - 2007 e a 4 t 41 O 0 6 F i 4 2JAN i 1a2000 1200 1735 I �te6R t8D it 72 2.251 1658 ! 245 202 '51 1,92 DEC�9 1 1112001 2355 2310 2821 2,83{ 2,901 4,293 3,549 3,741 2371 2,770 2,182 I 2,356 !e2002 2,85 2268 228 2282 2.304 3,487 2,264 2,920 3,628 388 3282 2.830 02003 3,42 2,379 2,908 3,380 3,39 5,378 9347 3874 4,279 4.567 3,084 3,451 ■_2001 3,N3 3,888 4,270 6$70 4,325 5,312 4323 3,985 3628 2,796 2,88 2,729 X02006 2.282 2702 3.D4 3505 681 6.088 4583 4888 4,088 4,682 3,577 3,474 IM 2006 3,932 1 2,88 3.051 3,297 ! 4,87 6.934 838 15280 4,387 1 2,907 ! 2,739 1 2261 1 102007 2,375 1 2,785 3,048 I 3,96 j 3,95 1 3,81 1 3,004 1 3.689 1 3288 1 3,797 OPEKATION5 - CUMULATIVE 2000 - 2007 60 50 - 0 40 I 30 20 10 ---- s - � I tlI � II 4 Ili II II IIr � JAN FEB MAR APR MAV j JUN JUL AUG SEP j OCT NOV DEC 102000 1.205 3,001 4.882 8295 7.767 0,08 1(878 14,027 ' 8.89 9,10 20282 , 21.761 02001 2,366 1 4,686 1 7506 D,%0 0041 9331 20,883 24624 27,001 29,771 32,263 34,609 1 1020021` 285 J} 4A21 7 6838 Il aAB 4 8$22 8709 -I 8,973 9893 23521 26889 29871 I 32801 • 102003 342 5,501 8409 11]69 8,088 20484 24,8 18485 32)64 3]331+4048 -4-3.8-65 -11.5 ■ 20041 303 7131 11901 I 8871 20,290 25608 28,837 33.715 37544 40340 42508 1 15,237 102005 2.262 ; 4,964 j 8,068 1 11,573 1 8,254 22322 1 26,905 30,973 35.039 1 39,721 ! 43,298 1 46,772 102008 3,032 8793 -9,794 13,011 9,259 2402 130508 35,76890,135 93,042 45,]81 48,092 02007 . 2,375 5.80 1 8,208 1 11.384 8,579 9,780 ! 20,784 ! 24,453 ? 27,741 3t538 ! - - • F80 Fuel Sales Charts: FUEL 5ALE5 - MONTHLY 2001 - 2007 0 60 0 60 40 - 20 IN . -it, JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 02001 8028 D,457 9A15 9285 9530 D= 0,530 15,807 20,493 25,12 22352 28288 02002 29,321 26294 4005 23,949 MA92 4154 8285 20AM 39365 29.447 24,570 2188 02003 31522 28,484 34,48 302M 27.200 32.305 21865 30298 27,492 51528 25292 28,792 02004 38,843 28,937 28,99 35OU 29.59 28.48 21231 31334 43,730 38,81 __R490 2,490 30,903 02005 42.936 29,983 32,48 28253 28.10 38.88 22233 28AN 33,47 46,837 38255 31298 02005 4184 39,999 5OA69 385M 58253 eU95 33.792 41490 53,938 47.96 52,892 40281 02007 41704 39A83 51271 46.944 43.650 37A52 32.704 37A85 50,705 50.939 FUEL 5ALE5 - CUMULATIVE 2001 - 2007 600 • 400 L 0 200 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ■2001 18,928 28AM 47,300 WAN 77,78 87,845 98.175 83.782 134.275 159,387 81749 205.08 02032 29.321 55,905 7O.5R 94.480 99.352 8OA84 89.039 SDA49 228.99 258.381 282"1 3O4A47 02033 31522 58085 94,74 44,407 81807 83.94 205577 235A75 293.387 3MA95 340,87 356.979 92034 3SA43 85.480 93AN 48.073 88.183 88,359 207,993 236027 282,657 316A38 341328 371381 02035 42AM 72.499 D4AT7 132A3O 13UM3 197.231 29.484 247030 28197 327,944 385.99 397.497 O 2MB 41734 81033 13VM 170.407 228.880 290.155 3MR52 385,442 413,780 485078 518JM 559,%9 02007 41.704 81387 132,938 99582 223232 281034 293.788 331,773 3KA79 433.48 - - Survey of Fuel Prices: Fuel prices within 50 miles of FYV as of 11/14/2007 Ident FBO Name Jet FS 10OLL FS 100LL SS 87 MoGas TQH City of Tahlequah (both selfserv) 3 .69 3.89 SLG City of Siloam Springs 4 .61 4 .50 3.99 VBT Summit Aviation 4 .30 4 .45 4 .20 • ASG Pinnacle Air Services 4 .65 4 .53 4 .43 FYV Million Air Fayetteville / City SS 4.84 4 .79 4.44 3.49 FSM TAC Air 5.23 5 .13 4 .58 ROG Beaver Lake Aviation 4 .56 4.47 XNA Regional Jet Center 433 5 .02 FBO Statistics: October 2007 Million Air Category Gallons % Category % TOTAL Jet Fuel sold to FVY-based customers 20 ,347 50 .2% 39.9% Jet Fuel sold to itinerant customers 20 ,218 49.8% 39 .7% Total Jet Fuel Sold 40 ,565 83 .6% 79 .6% 100LL sold to FYV-based customers 3 ,251 41 .0% 6 .4% 100LL sold to itinerant customers 4 ,683 59 .0% 9 .2% Total 100LL Sold 70934 16 .4% 15 .6% TOTAL ALL: 481499 95 . 1 % City Category 10OLL sold Self-Serve 21440 98 .3% 4 .8% 87 Octane MoGas sold Self Serve 41 1 .7% 0 . 1 % TOTAL ALL: 2,481 4 .9% 10OLL • 10OLL sold self-serve 2,440 23 .5% 4 .8% 10OLL sold Million Air FBO 7 ,934 76 .5% 15 .6% TOTAL ALL: 10 ,374 20 .3% aowcamtae`erelse�eseyP4oetta�yPe RdSAwbvM6 MMM s 6 B1�.Q 8016 �Fj O — O a — — ga - 20 u B1�1U14flVK fl�Ma 5 _ — nlBiJlIIU 357% BN6 0 YJ! 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Ifh.•.:r... - E`t6 g� e € Zgl ♦ # F -r z x 1 rO's I 2 of She recatted how she did training facilities in January Instead of going into tnat �c I l ' impending tell everybody about her 1942 to increase its supply of type of work, McClelland got ;A, pending solo flight that pilots during World War 11. married, became a mother day. She didn't want to worry Civilian female pilots were and ran a business. ontinued from Al her parents. employed to fly military air- Her father owned Wash- "My daddy was against craft under the direction ington Transfer and Storage me because I'd never had flying," she said. "He did fly, of the U.S. Army Air Forces Co., which later became Red any such things in school." but he didn't think I should during World War II. Each of Ball Transfer and Storage Co. It was the first Civil Aero- be doing that", the female pilots freed up a She ran the business for 17 nautics Authority's CivilianEven though her then- male pilot for combat ser- years. Pilot Training Program in boyfriend and eventual vice and duties. These pilots Her husband was an 1939-40. husband, J.E: McClelland, worked for Women Airforce engineer and started his McClelland's dream offly- ; who passed way in 2000, Service Pilots (a merging of own company, McClelland ing with the birds — alonewas there to watch, some of the Women's Flying Train- Consulting Engineers, in came true on Jan. 17, ; her friends thought she was ing Detachment and the 1963. The couple. had three 94Q offer just eight hours! crazy. Womeds Auxiliary Ferrying children. )im is now chair- and 15 minutes of flying- She might not have got- Squadron). man of the company, which time instruction. tgn a chance to fly had it not "I could have gone on," has offices in Fayetteville It was 8:40 a.m. and cold. Jjeen for the ambitions of McClelland said. "I would and Little Rock. Raymond S`he had not known it wouldern- McClelland operates a pack- a pre-World War II govern get letters from the gov be the day for her solo flight, ment eager to boost interest ment asking me to fly." age mail company in Neo- Sbe said. in flight and other areas of She didn't have time to be the aviation field. The pro- afraid. She got into the Piper gram was open to men and J-3 Cub, took off and went women between the ages. f I 11 around a few times just to of 18 and 25. Trainees were U 1 spoor the experience, maybe given college credit for the gine time too many for some ground school and flight IWnxious people waiting on time while in the program. e ground. The University of Arkan- "Itwasgreat. Itreallywas, sas was .just one of more shesaid. "You felt great about than 400 colleges and uini- it, just you and the sky." versities .across the U.S. to After she landed, McClel- hold the primary contract land was the first female for the program. The uni- pilot to receive her wings versity was responsible for during the first civilian pilot operation of the ground class at Drake Field. I school, while the flight Ned Williams, an instruc- phase was run b Fort Smith Cor at the school, presented i ying Service through Phil- her with a tiny solid gold lips Flying Service. gmblemfor fliers, something Everybody inMcClelland's he had in his possession for class won wings. many years:He did riot want "They all brought their her to wait on the regulation planes down right. We were kgs very lucky," McClelland said. Now 87 and living in her The program ended in comfortable, elegant apart- Fayetteville and the rest of ment at Butterfield Trall Vil- the country when the Japa- Cage in Fayetteville, McClel- nese bombed Pearl Har- tpd recalls how she felt that bot. When the program had day I ended in Fayetteville, 122 She proudly displays the students had earned their '*er tificate she received for wings, five of them women ng alongside a photo of , (McClelland, Mary Sue ANTHONY REYES Northwe ArkaneazTiMs son, Jim, with President McMurtry, Emma Whitting- Maurice Ash McClelland is seen trying to start the engine of the 11j11 Clinton and a photo I ton, Cissy Moll and Margaret piper Cub she flew while training for her wingi with the Civil 01 het with Hillary Clinton French). Aeronautics Authority's Civilian Pilot Training Program through taken a few months ago in The Waz Department later the University of Arkansas. little Rock took over all of the, Civil- _ ian Aeronautics Authority's L A. �.iIlk, 411 k,,.t t5P �3rt biz 1�xt dx ,�y r �A'-� F _ '� r� i� � h-t �' x ,. . t xy. fia-e 7 � - � . llrp ,Il 3 u L �Ix • u 3-? a 4 'k -� x• a x . 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"Of that porate customers. in this part of the country" amount, $4.2 million was through the The grant from the state was matched Ray Boudreaux, director of the air- FAA improvement program, $2.2 mil- by the city of Fayetteville, which owns port, said the airport built two hangars lion came from the state, and the rest and operates the airport. for corporate use on the last available came from the city." John Knight, director of the' Arkan- building lots on the executive apron, Additional state support was given sas Department of Aeronautics, said which was completed in 2003. The _ to the terminal rehabilitation project, the state has invested $3 million in the apron provides maneuvering and park- he said. All money spent was. derived Fayetteville airport over the past 10 ing room for plans at the airport. from aviation activity. years, one-third of which was matched Over the nine years, the city of Fay- "It's so important to receive these with funding from the Federal Aviation etteville has worked to convert the air- grants," Boudreaux said. "It makes it pos- Administration. port from commercial service to 'gen- sible for smaller airports to improve and "There was a big question about eral aviation service. With the help of provide service to the flying public." • 4 Vol � nwH omo` � w £ yS. .a omti £ o� m am • a w " av 5 no w � w 00 w" ' O 0 m w o 0 �. < 0 P n `< F MC aw ^ onw. a mPn °a° w Pv H wx °.°° moN m m ww7• 0 mw0 16,a .< .^. w. mnaa . m F m w ^" m :'oo ^'< 0 . •em w C.. m Nnm y a w m ° O y. W P n Vo w A m K 'a o '+ Po as � m v am ' N 0 • m m �^ m n m 0.. ° 3: ^_ keyw omymn a N y 0 . °: a 00 .. 00 n a SC 9 m H m w � N Cl a°ay.. oyamoa yPwa owasaa3 n OECnPEwv0ya6Pa. 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