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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-01-10 Minutes:/ MINUTES OF THE FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD • January 10, 2007 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Dave Hollman, Janice Stanesic, Otto Loewer, Richard Greene, Tim McCarley MEMBERS ABSENT: Vaughn DeCoster STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Dave Bowman -former Board Member, Warren Jones -Ark. Air Museum, Shane Crawford -The Ride Magazine, John P. Ross -Ross Executive Aviation, Inc., Wayne Jones - McClelland Engineers, Tyrone Rogers -Government Channel ITEM # 1: Welcome and Agenda Review — Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Announcement: Request all cell phones be turned off. B. Welcome new Airport Board Member Tim McCarley. He stated he is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley and would like to visit with each member. C. Recognize Dave Bowman, retiring Board Member, for his involvement and support of the Airport, the Air Museum and Young Eagles program. D. Welcome Otto Loewer, reappointment to the Airport Board. E. Welcome Warren Jones, Director Arkansas Air Museum. He said he was excited to be here, was a pilot, and had retired two years ago from Altell. The museum will be a challenge, and he has exciting plans for the Museum. F. Comments from the public on items on the agenda. None. ITEM #2: Minutes of the December 13.2006 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes with the correction of Janice Stanesic's name on page three was made by Tim McCarley and seconded by Dave Hollman. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Election of Officers. Richard Greene made a motion to nominate Bob Nickle for Chairman, Janice Stanesic for Vice Chair and David Hollman for Secretary, and Otto Loewer seconded the nomination of all three nominees. Greene moved to cease nominations. The vote carried by Board acclamation for those nominated for the two year officer terms: Bob Nickle, Chairman Janice Stanesic, Vice Chair David Hollman, Secretary ITEM #4: Receiving of Reports A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. None. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Reviewed the Airport's Quarterly Report to the City. Million Air sold over 50,000 gallons of fuel in December and 560,000 gallons for the year. We received nine bids on the corporate hangars and Bell -Corley Construction was selected. The Pre -Construction Conference is scheduled for next week. The hangars are for Million Air and SkyVenture Aviation. Bell -Corley has 180 days for construction. The PAPPI is complete waiting for FAA flight check. ft FAA Wings Safety Seminar is scheduled for February 6`h in the terminal building. SkyVenture is a • sponsor. Airport presentations were made at the Chamber of Commerce Transportation and Government Relations Committees, the Rotary, the Lions and the Optimist Clubs, discussing runway safety areas which would involve relocating part of US Highway 71 at the north end of the runway,. We are preparing white papers for the City's lobbist to take to Washington DC to promote that project. Chairman Nickle said he and Ray plan to visit with Jonathan Barnett of the Arkansas Highway Commission. Discussion followed on the lower aircraft operations count. O. Loewer suggested checking on the reporting, for three months they have been lower, maybe there is someone new reporting, they are counting differently, or one shift at the tower, maybe the last shift, their count has been left off the report. Fuel sales are up and operations are down. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. J. Nicholson reported the operations for the year are ahead of the last five years, showing a 3% growth. Million Air's fuel prices are at the top of the range locally, but their discounts are good, that is part of their marketing strategy. Director Boudreaux said Million Air is selling larger amounts of fuel, their goal for 2007 is 750,000 gallons. O. Loewer and Chairman Nickle suggested tracking the yearly amounts/annual figures, rather than monthly figures. J. Nicholson reviewed the Financial Report. It was noted that the interest earned on the Airport Fund will decrease as the Airport Fund goes away. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All storage units are rented, all single engine units are rented and there are four twin units empty. We did have one call today from someone seeing our advertisement. E. Construction Report. Wayne Jones reporting on the new ramp, said there had been one Change Order to finish the fence around the fuel farm, and the final project total came in $10,000 below the contract amount. We have signed contracts with the City for construction of two corporate hangars. Contractors are applying for Building Permits and the start date is January 291h. • The metal buildings have already been ordered. Completing the project by the State Aeronautics' deadline, rather than the contractor's 180 days, was stressed. W. Jones said completion is also subject to weather, but it is to their benefit to finish as soon as possible. F. Maintenance Report. Director Boudreaux said the crew's biggest project had been clearing the underbrush on the east side of the airport, that helps to eliminate wildlife on the airfield. They replaced lights on the obstruction light lanes, replaced the windsock, reported the gate is now working, but if it starts acting up we will have to replace it and it isn't in the budget. When checking for lights left on in the T -Hangars, seven were on the first time and five were on the next time. Said he left his business card in the hangar with a note on the back explaining the lights have been turned off to help save electricity. ITEM #5: Old Business. A. Report from Shane Crawford on the Ride -N -Boogie event. Said his magazine, "The Ride", put on the motorcycle event at the airport in October and for the most part it was successful. All the vendors but one said they would come back. Stated he would like to do things a little different next time and would bring a proposal to a later meeting, possibly having a campground on the east side of the airport, many people had asked for a campground. He would have to provide a shower trailer which is costly. Safety around the T -Hangar complex was discussed. Director Boudreaux stated they had wonderful security for the October event, about thirty people, plus the Fire Department set at the ropes the whole time, and there were police in cars, on bikes and on foot. O. Loewer spoke of the Airport's Master Plan, of taking advantage of the resources we have, first the runway, second the buildings, third focus on other airport areas. Speaking of future events, the • Board could discuss that at a Strategic Planning Meeting, look at how many events we've had, and what was the attendance for those events. The Airport could become pro -active as an event place, make a little money. We are mostly re -active to requests for events. If we had a standard plan, it could be a resource for the people of Fayetteville. S. Crawford answering questions, said he had 2 talked to the Bikes Blues and BBQ people and they seemed to think his group was trying to steal their show, that it was a compete issue, but his major focus was promoting his magazine. O. • Loewer said if we had the `right' security we could say we could handle groups from `this size' to `this size', and pro -actively seek events, it is a different mind set. Mr. Crawford was asked to put together a proposal and bring it back to the Board. It is to the Airport's benefit to see what the Airport's place would be in future events. ITEM #6: New Business A. Terminal Rental Lease with Wilma J. Walker to operate a restaurant. Director Boudreaux explained a Nickle Hill Realty agent brought Ms. Walker to us. She has signed a contract to pay $500.00 per month plus 10% of the gross for the first year. The amount goes up each year, but not above $11.00 per sq. ft. per year. They will pay their own gas and electric for a restaurant with tablecloths. She has two locations in Little Rock and will be closing one location. Stated his brother in Little Rock was familiar with her place in the mall. Chairman Nickle said he thought she had the knowledge and experience to operate a restaurant. A motion to approve the lease for the restaurant was made by Richard Greene and seconded by David Hollman. The motion carried. B. Ground Lease with Walker Properties II, L.P. Director Boudreaux said they want to build a hangar on the northwest comer of the new ramp, 120' x 145' lot, with the hangar size 120' x 85'. When this was discussed and approved at a previous meeting, we changed the land lease rate. The Walkers agreed to the new amount. Our City Attorney said this will need to go before the City Council for approval. Chairman Nickle said they are purchasing a plane and will buy fuel. • A motion to approve and forward to the City Council was made by David Hollman and seconded by Janice Stanesic. The motion carried. ITEM #7: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. R. Greene told of watching the video "One Six Right", it is about the Van Nuys Airport in California, in the Los Angles area, how they went about revitalizing their airport, and what an airport means to a community. Some people thought it would be better as a housing development. When an airport shuts down, it is gone forever. He suggested purchasing enough copies for each City Council member and the Mayor and give them to the Council so they can watch it before our presentation to the Council, they would have a better understanding of what an airport means to the community. He said the video is wonderful public relations tool to put in the hands of people who make decisions about the airport. It was suggested to schedule a showing for all the City Council in the Million Air Media Room and order a copy for the Public Library and to have copies in the office to loan out. Board Consensus was to buy 10 copies of the video. A Strategic Planning Meeting for the Board was scheduled for January 31" at 3:00 in the Conference Room. The next Airport Board Meeting will be on February 14'n at 1:30. Meeting David— HHo lman, Secretary Date [t]