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Home My WebLink About2007-11-14 Minutes.y • MINUTE OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING November 14, 2007 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, David Hollman, Janice Stanesic, Otto Loewer, Vaughn DeCoster, Richard Greene, Tim McCarley STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Leonard McCandless -Ozark Military Museum, Hugh Brewer and Warren Jones -Ark. Air Museum, Tim Conklin and Karen Minkel -City of Fayetteville's Planning Dept., Wayne Jones -McClelland Engineers, ITEM #1: Welcome — Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Turn off all cells phones. B. Comments from the public on items on the agenda. None. ITEM #2: Minutes of the October 17. 2007 meeting. O. Loewer asked that his name be placed under those not present at the meeting. A motion to approve the minutes with the one correction was made by Tim • McCarley and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Chairman Nickle. Thanked Ray for arranging the grant check presentation. It was well attended and nice things were said about the airport. B. Director Boudreaux: Report on Airport Activity. The Governor's representative and the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics presented the City with a $600,000.00 grant check for their part of the two new corporate hangars. A Change Order on the Striping Project was the result of correcting the amount of required beads in the paint. That will be approved by the City Council at their next meeting. Wilma's Restaurant will be leaving after the Holidays and we have two interested parties. The FAA and SkyVenture Aviation had a Wings Safety Seminar in the terminal. Don Harris visited here and worked out the schedule and funding to complete the North End Safety Area. The project must be designed, bid, and ready to award the bid by May 1, 2008. It will take 4 million to complete the project. Chairman Nickle thanked Ray for arranging the trip to visit the FAA. C. Financial Coordinator Nicholson: Report on the Budget and FBO. Stated the operations were increasing and displayed the operations and fuel charts. Million Air sold over 50,000 gallons of fuel in October, and this last month was the first time we've seen fuel selling locally for $5.00. Director Boudreaux explained the numbers of operations are tied directly to the cost of operating the tower. Currently we are paying 3%; fewer operations would mean we would have to pay more. All the local GA airports are facing a decline in operations so the FAA might adjust their formula. Two new VLJ (Very • Light Jets) aircraft stopped in Fayetteville for fuel; they were being ferried to Florida. r • Director Boudreaux said Fayetteville would be a good service area to base six, it would take abut forty-five minutes to an hour to pick up the customer. James displayed the Financial Report and said the department had done a fairly good job staying within the budget, although there were some unexpected costs. D. Senior Secretary Powers' report on T -Hangar Leases. All units are rented. The waiting list for the single engine hangars has nine names, and the twin has ten names. E. Engineer Wayne Jones' report on construction projects. The final inspection on the two corporate hangars took place yesterday. Runway incursions have become a big problem on airports and the FAA has issued new regulations for the design of signs and markings on runways and taxiways and that project is in the works. The FAA has laid out the steps to accomplish relocating the highway to the west at the north end of the runway; steps have been established to get to bidding the project in February or March 2009. McClelland Engineers does have the staff to work the project, having worked Right of Ways' for five different airports. The project may involve the acquisition of 11.5 acres. The Obstruction Survey has been sent to the FAA, and we have not heard back from them. F. Director Boudreaux's report of maintenance activity. Mowing of grass has slowed down, staff has been working on the cables on some of the hangars, particularly Wings. The lights are now all working on the outside of the building. They have worked on the self -serve fueling station. ITEM #4: Old Business. None. • ITEM #5: New Business. A. Discussion Item: Airport Restaurant potential client. Chairman Nickle .announced that Wilma's Restaurant said they were leaving after the holiday, and mentioned the possibility of re -configuring the restaurant space, tum part of it into office space. Director Boudreaux told of two interested parties, Los Reyes Mexican Restaurant and A Fare to Remember. B. Discussion Item: AATC Building proposal. Director Boudreaux reported that Elite Collision Repair, a company that does limited repairs and painting of aircraft has looked at locating here. If there were no planes in the shop, they could paint cars. The facility was previously a paint shop and could be converted back, and wanted to present it to the Board before pursuing it further. Chairman Nickle mentioned that NWACC has given Notice to Vacate the West Campus facilities. Director Boudreaux said he had invited their Dean to come visit the airport and he hasn't responded. Mr. Loewer asked that it be confirmed that NWACC would or would not be willing to relocate part of their school at Drake Field, and Ray said he would call Dave Bowman and the Dean. Mr. DeCoster said the closest aircraft paint shop is in Ozark, and the next is in Mena. C. Task Order with McClelland Engineers for North End Safety Area. Director Boudreaux asked for Board approval to submit the Task Order for planning tasks associated with the Runway 16 Safety Area Improvement Project with McClelland Engineers to the City Council for approval. • A motion was made to submit the Task Order to the City Council for approval by David Hollman and was seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. • D. Establishment of an Ordinance District. Tim Conklin, City Planning Director presented the possibility of creating a Historic Local Ordinance District for the Arkansas Air Museum. The hangar was built in the 1940's using wood braces when metal was not available during the war. The hangar was designed by a City employee. Karen Minkle, City Long Range Planner related there are fourteen Cities in Arkansas that have local ordinance districts. The Museum would become eligible for thousands of dollars in grant money. Every addition to the building would be reviewed by a seven member committee, which would be appointed by the Mayor. The Museum would be able to apply yearly for restoration funding. There have been significant changes made to the hangar through the years. Museum tourism would benefit from the restoration projects to the Musem. Chairman Nickle asked staff to check with the FAA as to whether the FAA would need to be involved? Director Boudreaux said he would get a letter from the FAA to protect the relationship and asked the Board to approve forming the district, pending approval from the FAA. Warren Jones said the Museum didn't see a down side to forming the local ordinance district. The Museum will be applying to the Smithsonian as an affiliate and this will go a long way towards the Smithsonian's acceptance. There have been Mystery Tours conducted in Northwest Arkansas with stops at the hangar. Architects appreciate the uniqueness of the hangar, so anything the Board can do will help. A motion to pursue the Local Ordinance District, pending approval by the FAA, . was made by Otto Loewer and seconded by Janice Stanesic. The motion carried. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. V. Decoster asked the Board to consider at the next meeting renaming the airport; dropping "Municipal" and replacing it with "Executive" to become Fayetteville Executive Airport. It was decided to cancel the December Airport Board Meeting as Director Boudreaux would be attending the Arkansas Aeronautics and AAOA meetings in Little Rock on the scheduled Airport Board Meeting date. Attention was called to the article from the Times about the first female pilot to receive her license at Drake Field on January 17, 1940: Maurice Ash McClelland. Director Boudreaux asked if anyone knows someone from the past that has an aviation related story about Drake Field, let's get it to the press before these stories are forgotten and lost. 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