HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-17 MinutesFAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD MEETING
October 17, 2007
• MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, David Hollman, Vaughn DeCoster, Tim McCarley
MEMBERS ABSENT: Otto Loewer, 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 closeout 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 intemet 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.
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.
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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.
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David Hallman, Secretary Date