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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-11-12 - Agendas - Final • AGENDA MEETING OF THE AIRPORT BOARD FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT 1 :30 p.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Airport Conference Room 11 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 September 18, 2008 meeting, 3. Receiving of Reports. A. Chairman Nickle. B. Director Boudreaux, report on airport activity. C. Financial Coordinator Nicholson, report on FBO and Budget. D. Senior Secretary Powers, report on T-Hangar Leases. E. Engineer Wayne Jones, report on construction projects. F. Director Boudreaux, report on maintenance activity. G. Museum reports. 4, Old Business. A. Reconsideration of Task Order #15 with McClelland Engineers. Action Required: Board approval and submit to City Council. 5, New Business. A. Lease Amendment: Woolsey Aviation, Inc., dba Million Air, Fayetteville. Action Required: Board approval and submit through City's Contract Review. B. Discussion: Request from Parenti, Inc. (A Fare to Remember). 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 10, 2008 v MINUTES OF AIRPORT BOARD MEETING FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT • October 8, 2008 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Janice Stanesic, Otto Loewer, David Hollman, Vaughn DeCoster, Tim McCarley MEMBERS ABSENT: Richard Greene STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux and James Nicholson OTHERS PRESENT: Wayne Jones and Daniel Barnes-McClelland Engineers; Blaise Sharkey-Million Air Fayetteville; Terry Lawson-Fayetteville Fire Department; Carl Brooks-ATCT Tower ITEM #1 : Welcome — Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Please turn off all cell phones. B. Comments from the public on items on the agenda. None. ITEM #2: Minutes oft he September 18, 2008 Meetine. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Tim McCarley. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. G. Museum Report-Warren Jones. The museum report was moved up because Warren needed to leave early. Announced Kite Fest would be on October 18'", by the Washington Fair Grounds. One hundred and fifty pre-made kikes are ready for children four to five years old, and the older children • will have assistance making their kites. Cost is $5.00 for a family and they will receive one kite, additional kites will be $2.00. A. Chairman Nickle. Thanked McClelland Engineers for the cookout that day, cooking was good. B. Director Boudreaux, report on airport activity. Reported the City had dropped the work on the terminal's HVAC from their energy saving project because it would be so costly, the pay back would take 400 years. The lights are still included in that project. All items have been completed from the FAA Certification Inspection and have received a letter from the FAA closing the inspection. "A Fare to Remember" is now open for lunch in the terminal. Flying Investments has their new hangar construction started; they have iron in the air. Discussed the location of the Aviation Tech Park, reporting FEMA has given a report that half of the property is now in the flood plain, also the report affected numerous homes in Fayetteville. Home owners have been notified they now need Flood Insurance. Insurance costs have gone up all over Northwest Arkansas. There has been some confusion about the elevations. We have met with FEMA and City engineers. Wayne Jones commented that FEMA said to do a new report would be costly, and a lot depends on whether the City will spend the money or leave it up to the Airport to support a new report. FEMA contracted with national firm to do the studies. C. Financial Coordinator Nicholson, report on FBO and Budget. Presented power point charts from the agenda. Flight operations are up, but are 7% less than last year same time. This says a lot for Million Air's efforts to bring in more traffic. There is some increase due to the ballgame traffic. We are ranked in the middle of the local fuel prices. Million Air does offer discounted prices on quantity purchases. Reported there had been some serious problems with the self-serve, some were with its computer, others were with Multi Service cards. We did not lose any sales. We have received a $64,000.00 grant reimbursement, which is reflected in the increase in the cash balance. Director • Boudreaux reported Florida fans brought in three 737's. One of their buses ran into our south gate and it has been repaired. Regarding the finances we have done very well holding down the expenses. D. T-Hangar Report. Director Boudreaux reported all hangars are rented, although yesterday a cancellation was turned in for the end of the month. We have already called someone on the waiting list and will hear back from them tomorrow. 1 Id E. Engineer Wayne Jones, report on construction projects. Stated the environmental assessment is still ongoing; the draft should be finished and to the FAA late this month and in December possibly have a public meeting or public hearing. • F. Director Boudreaux, report on maintenance activity. Spitfire's hangar door came off the track and that took three days on that repair. They've been working on fences, lights, circuit breakers, gate the bus hit, work on the self-serve. Rain will probably cause another moving of the grounds. ITEM #4: Old Business. None. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Discussion: Terminal HVAC. Director Boudreaux said we have had complaints from tenants that they are freezing, or they are hot. The HVAC system works by either being on, or off. The HVAC system has been left out of the City's Engergy Saving Project and we've had several people look at the system with several different remedies. We have a Task Order with McClelland's for Board's approval and to forward through the City's Contract Review for a $5,000.00 study to see what needs to be done to 5x the HVAC. Wayne is working with mechanical engineers to see what needs to happen; then it can go out for bids for all the same thing, for a more uniform heating system. A recommendation should be ready by the next meeting. A motion to approve the Task Order with McClelland to study the HVAC system and forward through the City's Contract Review was made by Vaughn DeCoster and was seconded by Tim McCarley. The motion carried. B. Discussion: T-Hangar Rent Increase. Director Boudreaux led a discussion on T-Hangar rent and a possible increase. A motion to keep the rent at the same rate for 2009 and review the rent again in October 2009 was made by Vaughn DeCoster. Discussion followed. An amended motion was presented by Vaughn DeCoster to not consider new rent for 2009 for the • T-Hangar tenants at this meeting, and to allow the Board the right to consider an increase sometime in 2009, giving one month's notification to the T-Hangar tenants of the date of the Board Meeting that a decision will be made on the rent. The amended motion was seconded by Otto Loewer. The motion carried. C. New Airport Zoning Ordinance. Director Boudreaux stated a new zoning ordinance is needed because the Airport's Master Plan has included an additional 1 ,000 feet to the south in the Airport's Planning Area. There was discussion on the correct building heights, Director Boudreaux thought it was a typo and Wayne Jones agreed that it should be 25 ft., not 75ft. A motion was made to approve the proposed Ordinance and forward to the City Council for approval was made by Tim McCarley and was seconded by Janice Stanesic. The motion carried. Wayne Jones stated the last Airport Zoning Map was approved in 1981 . Director Boudreaux said this will protect the approaches to the Airport. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. None. Meeting adjourned. • David Hollman, Secretary Date 2 Tayve ee ARKANSAS AVIATION 8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT • DRAKE FIELD November 5, 2008 MONTHLY REPORT Aviation and Economic Development Department Fayetteville, Arkansas October, 2008 AVIATION: • ACTIVITY: Operations are holding where they have been as are fuel sales. We may have reached the bottom of our slide with the trend line continuing with a minute upward slant. Fuel prices have been falling and we should be able to reduce the price of our self serve soon. Since we don't sell that much, we first have to get rid of the higher priced supply before we can see a dramatic reduction. Our prices remain very competitive with our neighbors. • RUNWAY 16 RSA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: We are treading water waiting for the FAA funding to be finalized. We met with Don Harris at the Fall • FAA Conference and he invited us to apply, then called and asked us to wait until the money was received from the Congress with authorization to spend it. The Continuing Resolution was passed with only 33% of entitlements available. We are using our Non-Primary Entitlement funding to do the planning for the project. We expect the first allocation November 24, 2008, but are needing the . full amount to complete the plans and specifications to be ready to award around May 11 2009. The project remains in the funding line for $2.2M in 2009 and the remainder in 2010. The project has a very high priority with the FAA as it is a Safety Improvement Project. We remain certain that the funding will be there but must be ready to receive it. There is talk in the FAA that the funding may be released early with the new administration as part of an economic incentive to keep people working. Things are very uncertain until the congress meets later this month. Task Order 15 with MCE was approved by the City Council with the stipulation that we receive funding before awarding the contract. We have prepared an item for the Council to allow us to award the contract with the first allocation. • NEW INSTRUMENT APPROACH STATUS: The new RNAV approaches will be publishes November 201h as planned. We have removed the only GQS (Glidepath Qualification Surface) obstacle to Runway 16 but will not get the LPV approach until sometime next year. We will work on the GQS obstacles to Runway 34 over the winter months. All are trees well south of the runway. GPS approaches are not offset like the LDA and are along the runway centerline thus • the new obstacles. • AIRPORT BLOOD DRIVE: They will be at the Airport Terminal November 226eefrom � �8f:�000�quntil Cnoon. � � Arkansas ,�Physical Health and Rehab will be providing 4500 SZSCITN SCHOUr:'AVENUEa9A2F-NX1k(M Y 441 tMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479.718.7642 • 479.718.7646 FAX • www.accessfayetteville.org/govemmenUaviation airport—economic—development@ci.fayetteville.ar.us J • A FARE TO REMEMBER: The airport restaurant is now open for lunch in the • new caf6 space. The menu has changed to include Pizza. Their cafe customer base is increasing every day. They report a packed calendar for the holiday season. If you need a caterer, you need to book soon. • CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION: Our prospect for the former school hangar is waiting on financing, but chomping at the bit to relocate their business to Fayetteville Drake Field. We need a signed lease before we can take action to fix the building. • NWACC AVIATION ADVISORY -BOARD : The NWACC has decided to discontinue the Aviation Technician Training Program which they relocated from the airport into the West Campus near Ramay Junior High School. They report lack of interest, lack of funding and lack of a viable facility. The Fayetteville School District will move back into the West Campus buildings, which they had been leasing to NWACC, after the end of the current school year (June 2009). • FAA FAASTEAM WINGS SEMINARS SCHEDULED: SkyVenture Aviation Inc. announced that they will sponsor two Wings Seminars in December. The first to be held December 0 is "The Chart Maker and The Pilot." This two hour session features Richard Neher of the FAA and includes an overview of Aeronautical Charts and publications. The second session will be held on December 16`h and will feature Mac McFarlin and Mark Frankum and is the first in an eight session CFI workshop series over two years. Completion of all eight sessions qualifies attendees to renew their CFI Certificate. For more information • on the upcoming Wings Seminars check the faasafety.gov website. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PROJECT: We participated in the planning meetings where about 100 community , leaders offered their suggestions on our economic development future and the strategy the City should take to insure job creation for our citizens. The consultant for the sessions has a vaned resume including many similar projects in University towns. A report on the recommendations will be presented later in the year. • AVIATION AND TECHNOLOGY PARK PROJECT: We are rewriting the project concept to present to the SBA in Little Rock We had an opportunity to meet with one of the SBA Project Managers who offered to introduce us to the EDA representative from Austin to see if there is potential funding for this development project. Our concept is to virtually develop the property so that it can be marketed as an Aviation and Technology Park. We have several potential clients that could use a new technology park with Industrial zoning. aly Submitted, • Ray M. Boudreaux, Dir ctor • a e tnine ARKANSAS Airport Progress Report TO: Fayetteville Executive Airport Board THRU : Ray M . Boudreaux, Director FROM : James Nicholson , Financial Coordinator DATE : November 12, 2008 Tower Operations: OPERATIONS - MONTHLY 2000 - 2008 a JAN Pan MAR APR M ^V JUN JUL AVO Gap 0�� No,w Qlff� a2ma %2613 %736 B 4 21355 }.00, 4396 3.844 ]:933 3.350 em20C)2 2.165 ;��= 2033 3.122 2.370 _ ,a; 2364 6 3.350 ] ]A)1 4,370 _ 3,451 OF 7GD4 31443 31606 4330 6)0 335 a.>O 4.333 825 2.700 AM 2.729 E2006 3,932 030) 2361 3350) 2.373 2,706 3.048 3,ne 3.102 0.81 J.oW >.eee 3155 3473) 1023 IF 2000 21100 2.629 OPERATIONS - CUMULATIVE 2000 - 2008 00 50 40 50 20 10rm l FEBAN JUL AVO BBP OCT 03000 Vee 3.001 8.305 MAY OA< ".078 M.O}) f2t78103561 3?65 •,665 3,306 O.]]1 3].001 34pH >3,}6>= 2602 2.155 •A21 H3}2 04100 Opt] 23.521 ED 2 2003 >.Q} 5,501 BA00 1%7a1 Slptl SO..85 33.704 37 ]3\ 40.415 43.0062 04 3.443 7Bl 11401 0.071 20A06 }6.600 20A31 3).544 404"o 13.608 005 330} 4.561 6A0a p5)] Ope. 33,323 28.003 0.073 35030 .]305 46.772612000 0743 0.764 n35e ]0.503 06 4>A43 45,7612007 3?75 2.00 6308 lt]a4 Mp70 37338 34,670 0,048 V.306 36333 30.5)3 ATCT OPERATIONS 2007-2008 4,000 3,500 3.000 2,500 2,000 1 ,500 1 ,000 • 500 4 FBO Fuel Sales Charts: FUEL SALES - MONTHLY 2001 - 2008 80 m 0 60 � I m 40 IL 20 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 812001 9,028 D,457 9A5 9,285 D,530 D,530 9.530 5,807 20,493 25,14 22,382 28$66 02002 29,321 28$64 ",908 23,949 MAW 4154 9285 20,400 39,385 29,447 24,570 2185 02003 31522 28,484 34,48 30,293 27,200 32,305 21855 30298 27.482 51528 25$92 28,792 02004 38,843 28,837 28,99 35,084 29.59 28,176 21234 31334 43,730 36,51 22,480 30.033 02005 42A36 29,583 32,48 28,253 28,19 38,58 22,233 28,468 33,47 46,837 38255 31298 02006 4134 39.899 50,869 38,505 58253 81495 33,797 41490 53,338 47,98 52,882 !0,281 02007 41704 39.663 61271 48944 43.650 37.852 32,704 37,985 50,706 5OR39 43,371 29,033 02008 41058 5OA20 39,089 41265 37,567 3OA37 32,M4 35,827 47,059 52,329 FUEL 5ALE5 - CUMULATIVE 2001 - 2008 600 •`o a a 400 s 200 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 012001 5,028 28,485 47,300 60,585 77,15 87,645 98,175 10,782 134,275 59,387 51749 208,05 02002 29,321 56,805 70,511 94,480 99,352 SOA64 99,%9 99,549 228,9% 258,361 282.831 304,547 02003 31522 59,988 94,1" 44,407 51807 93,94 205,577 235,875 283,387 3%,895 340,187 388,979 02004 38,643 05,480 93,589 48,873 58,93 9BA59 207,593 238,927 282.657 31BA38 341328 371381 02005 42,938 72,499 94,877 32A30 91043 197,231 29,464 247,930 28197 327" 380,99 397,497 02006 4134 81033 31)02 90,407 228,880 290,55 323.852 365,442 45,780 465976 515,888 559,%9 02007 41704 81387 32,038 99582 223.232 261084 293,788 331773 382,479 433,49 478,789 505,822 02008 41058 91378 30,467 91732 209,39 240,58 272270 308,097 355,56 407A85 Survey of Fuel Prices : Fuel prices within 50 miles of FYV as of 11 /12/2008 Ident FBO Name Jet FS 10OLL FS 10OLL SS 87 MoGas FSM TAC Air 4.52 4 . 18 3.63 FYV Million Air Fayetteville ! City SS 4.77 4 .80 4 .25 2 .71 SLG City of Siloam Springs 4 . 14 4 .76 . 4 .26 TOH City of Tahlequah (both selfserv) 4 .19 4 .49 • VBT Summit Aviation 4.65 5 . 10 4 .95 XNA Regional Jet Center 4.67 5 .42 ROG Beaver Lake Aviation 4 .67 5.42 ASG Pinnacle Air Services 4 .66 4 .80 rt n • a M1 FBO Statistics: October 2008 Million Air Category Gallons % Category % TOTAL Jet Fuel sold to FYV-based customers 17 ,914 43.2% 34 . 1 % Jet Fuel sold to itinerant customers 23 ,569 56.8% 44 .9% Total Jet Fuel Sold 41 ,483 82.7% 78 .9% 100LL sold to FYV-based customers 31273 37 .6% 6 .2% 100LL sold to itinerant customers 5 ,428 62 .4% 10 .3% Total 100LL Sold 8 ,701 17 .3% 16 .6% TOTAL ALL: 50, 184 95 .5% City Category 100LL sold Self-Serve 21145 90 .8% 4 . 1 % 91 Octane MoGas sold Self Serve 219 9 .2% 0 .4% TOTAL ALL: 21363 4 . 1 % 10OLL • 100LL sold self-serve 2 , 145 19.8% 4 . 1 % 100LL sold Million Air FBO 81701 80.2% 16.6% TOTAL ALL: 101846 20 .6% 2MCuff tlallw/dg Feel Sakaby Pam allype Fuel Sake by MMO MW m ae®.Er.esit b I9 10 IaHi111f.Q. B��1mLa11l pia IaHi1M1031 0 1AIL .µ RB Y11a Na MY AN JLL MA � IX.T NJ/ � • EXECOITVEAIRPORT OPERATING SUMMARY MONTH ENDING 10/31/2008 AIRPORT BOARD OPERATING ACTIVITIES 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 Actual Budget Actual Budget Budget YTD Actual YTD REVENUE Rents & Leases 439,690 471,600 430,259 470,000 391,667 392,891 Aviation Fuel 191,314 217,000 153,478 166,000 138,333 103,883 Contract FBO 45,500 54,500 72,966 110,000 91,667 98,703 Miscellaneous 19,089 10,700 5,121 3,000 2,500 12,669 INCOME RECEIVED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 695,592 753,800 661,824 749,000 624,167 608,146 EXPENSES Personnel 291,066 319,648 301 ,229 314,262 261,885 264,319 Materials & Supplies 16,537 20,019 20,276 22,852 19,043 21 ,720 Aviation Fuel Purchases 129,680 157,100 86,174 110,000 91 ,667 58,305 Services & Charges 194,671 194,175 178,146 164,308 136,923 135,790 Cost Allocation to General Fund 132,684 115,908 115,908 65,976 54,980 54,980 Maintenance 68,938 59,390 67,446 55,950 46,625 25,144 ATC Tower Costs 23,337 21 ,790 23,127 24,341 20,284 - Interest on West GA Hangars Loan (accrued) - - 17,500 35,000 29,167 29,167 INCOME USED FOR OPERATING ACTIVITIES 856,914 888,020 809,806 792,689 660,574 589,425 NET INCOME FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES - GAIN / (LOSS) (161,321) (134,220) (147,982) (43,689) (38,408) 18,721 INVESTING ACTIVITIES 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 Actual Budget Actual Budget Actual YTD NON-OPERATING INCOME Interest on Investments 28,899 22,000 21 ,867 Other - Mise 207 - - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS EXPENSE 05029 AIP #33 Master Plan Update 6,137 05034 AIP #34/35 W GA Apron 4,940 05046 AIP #21 Airport E>mans Equip (Airband Radios) - 2,677 06020 SkyVenture Improvements Rebate 12,000 8,000 5,000 06021 Airfield Markings - Repaint 77,873 06023 West GA Hangars 1,380,624 07024 Runvvay Approach Obstruction Study 12,219 32,781 32,781 07039 AIP #36 Correct Runway 16 Safety Area Deficiency - 157,900 68,025 08055 Replace Airport Fence - Flood Damage - 9,200 08074 Airport HVAC Improvements (Terminal) 5,600 USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES - - 1,464,687 198,681 117,683 FINANCING ACTIVITIES LOANS Principe! on West GA Hangars Loan 700,000 - - Payments on Loan Principal (accrued) (23,333) (46,667) (38,889) GRANTS STATE / FEDERAL Received from Dept Aero - W GA Hangars 600,000 - - Received from Dept Aero - ReStriping - - 73,448 Received from Dept Aero - Obstruction Study - - 45,000 Rud State Grants on Fed Projects 62,741 - - Due from State Grants on Fed Projects - - - Received from AIP #33 Master Plan 5,830 - Received from AIP #34/35 W GA Ramp 136,054 - - Due from AIP #34/35West GARamp - - - Received from AIP #36 Correct RW16 RSA - - 64,623 Due from AIP #36 Correct RW 16 RSA - 150,005 - NET INCOME FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES - - 1,481,292 103,338 144,182 AIRPORT CASH BALANCE 708,280 576,904 437,872 622,124 RENT ENCUMBRANCES (CAPITAL) MCE TASK ORDER #3 - Engineering AIP#36 89,875 MCE TASK - HVAC Assessment 5,600 LONG TERM LIABILITIES Hangar Loan Principal 614,444 AIRPORT CASH MINUS LIABILITIES (87,795) c N 'o 'O L L d d U LL c > V V (`p O N N N N tl� co E L C c y 9 L — N N � • N U N d 0 6 C a1°i � rvv T 0 o m m c d o o > C N (� '0 co j L L L ZC C y O O O O p d D O N VU O N O C _ Y N N d it O � o C • W °° y Ir OO. 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At present time, Million Air charges the City of Fayetteville $. 15 per gallon but in reality it drops down to only $.05 after we remit our flow fee of $. 10 per gallon. I am requesting that we change the delivered price to $.25 per gallon and continue to pay the flow fee on the gallons pumped into your storage tank. Thank you, l Blaise Sharkey General Manager Million Air FYV • DRAKE FIELD 4500 S. Stmooi. AN'ExUE • F.xvin^rPNILLE, AR 72701. 479/443-4343 • F X 479/387-9330 Idou 12 • Board of Directors Fayetteville Municipal Airport, Drake Field c/o Mr. Ray Boudreau, Airport Director 4500 South School Avenue, Suite F Fayetteville, AR 72701 Dear Members of the Board: Please accept the following explanations of charges to clients, (those who are seeking to have events in our Banquet Center as well as some off-site charges we issue). Attached, see a copy of our Facility charges/policies posted on our website and given to clients Some items the facility charges cover: Staff needed for Set Up, Break Down Cleaning Services (Floors, Bathrooms, Supplies, etc.) Kitchen Staff (& Dishwasher) Table Linens Rental or Laundry charges Linen Napkins (Rental or Laundry charges) Dishware Flatware (Utensils) Glassware/Stemware Service Pieces (Chafing Dishes, Platters, etc.) Rental or Purchase/Upkeep Table & Banquet Room Decor (Candles/Upkeep) Facility Charges for our Banquet Center are in place to cover the above and any other necessary items we need to offer our clients a suitable space for their events. We do not always charge this (such as some smaller events, some non-profit groups — who supply their own volunteers to help with set up, etc. and some Drake Field events). Rental Charges for items we take off-site are also in place to provide for rental pieces, extra staff to transport, additional pieces rented by AFR, etc. Facility, Rental, Personnel (Wait-Staff/Attendants/Bartenders) Off-Site Set Up/Break Down Fees arc not "taxable income" as we don't make "income" from these fees (they are in place only to cover our expenses for these services), therefore, we do not think we should be required to pay 10% on these fees — only on actual Gross "profit" items. We were confident of our understanding on this but apparently need the Board to clarify. Respectfully yours, Paul & Jayn Parenti Parenti Incorporated DBA A Fare To Remember . • IIUt1.1 I W W W .alw CLUJ Vilw11111G11m G.G V11 V VUJ1U1 VA1U1u Facility Rental Fees Main Banquet Room (with outside patio) can accommodate • • up to 300 Guests Buffet/Cocktail Style(Buffet/Appetizer Stations with some seating) With Dance Floor • up to 200 Guests Banquet Style (Full served by wait staff) Without Dance Floor Monday-Thursday Friday — Sunday (Four-hour block) (Four-hour block) • 50 Guests $250.00 $300.00 • 51 -75 Guests $335.00 $400.00 • 76-100 Guests $420.00 $500.00 • 100- I50 Guests $520.00 $625.00 • 150+ Guests $600.00 $720.00 Holidays We are typically closed for events on major Holidays, however if an event is accepted, the weekend rate will be in effect with an additional 20% charge. Facility Rental Includes: • Banquet Tables (60" Rounds) and Banquet Chairs • House Black or White Linen Table Cloths & Napkins (Other Colors and styles available at an additional charge) • House white China Dishware (Other Colors and styles available at an additional • charge) • Flatware Table Settings • Glassware/Stemware • House Centerpieces (various styles) Candlelight available • Draped Buffet/Pub Tables as needed for Buffet Service Facilityfee does not include personnel for Wait Staff, Buffet Attendants, Bartenders, Bar Backs and other staffing requirements. These fees are included in each estimate, and are typically a similar fee to the facility cost. • 1 of 1 9/24/2008 2:54 PM • AMENDMENT TO RESTAURANT LEASE AGREEMENT Al1G MArvr� i Amendment to the Restaurant Lease between Parenti, Inc., dba: A Fare to Remember, and the City of Fayetteville. This Amendment to the Agreement will specify the new terms of the additional rental location, as shown on Exhibit B, and the additional rental terms. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Fayetteville and Parenti, Inc., dba A Fare to Remember, agree as follows: Lease Item 1 is amended to reflect total rental area in the terminal building on Exhibit "B", attached hereto and made a part hereof. Lease Item 4, paragraph 1 , is amended to.reflect the addition of rental space and rentals due to run concurrent with the existing lease term, of one year beginning May 1 , 2008 through April 30, 2009. Rental space is amended from 4,226 sq. ft. to 4,972 sq. ft. (746 sq. ft. new area). Additionalsbase rent for the new area is $250,00 per month, making the restaurant's amended base rent $750.00 per month, plus 10 percent (10%) of the Gross Sales of Parenti, Inc: to be reported and paid monthly. A spreadsheet and a copy of Parenti, Inc. monthly Arkansas Sales and Use Tax filing form #ET-400 (submitted to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Sales and Use Tax Section), both signed by the owner, shall be submitted with Parenti, Inc. monthly payment. The initial • Base Rent only, of $250.00 for the additional area, shall be waived for three months, September, October, and November 2008, to off-set Parenti's modifications to the new rental area. Lease Item 4, paragraph 4, shall be amended as follows: Base rent shall increase IAW Lease Item 4, Paragraph 4 of the lease to a total of $ 1 ,500.00 per month for the first renewal period and to $2,000.00 per month for the second renewal period. Maximum rent for the prime term shall be equal to $ 11 .00 per sq. ft. per year, including the 10 percent (10%) Gross Sales remitted on a monthly basis, which shall be $54,692.00 per year, or $4,557.67 per month. An audit shall be conducted by the Airport Administration Office at the end of the prime term and renewal terms, or at intervals agreeable to both parties, to insure that the annual rent amount is not exceeded. Should that amount be exceeded, a refund shall be made in the form of paid- up rent. Renewal maximum amounts shall periodically be adjusted at the rate of the increase of the CPT, IAW with Lease Attachment Number One. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this day, . 2008. CITY OF F YETTE ILLE: By: E Dan Coody, Mayor i • PARE I, IAC By: Pau and Jayn Parenti, 7 rs �� AI l ' 1 N 66 NO 0 a . : v, k Y • Y J yi: ,i I ON THE WEB: www.nwanews.com ♦ 'w W.arkansasonHne.com I • ' - - - -- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER /VRI 2, 2008 IV ww Qj �+^§ h y h r 0 dP "' �`6'">a ;'Ae^,.,4. 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II • . 1 • " I . • • • • ' • • . • • • " •1 . 1 . 1 • • I I • • � 1 • 1 • 1 1 I • • • • 11 1 • • 1 I 1 • • 1 1 • • • 1 • •II 1 . 1 • • J • II11 • II ' • " A Letter From Jeff Lee; Chairman, NBAA Board of Directors Page 1 of 2 Ray Boudreaux - NBAA News Announcement: TSA Grants NBAA and AOPA Joint Request for LASP Comment Extension • From: < info@NBAA.ORG > To: <INFO@AIRMAIL.NBAA.ORG > Date: 11/10/2008 5 : 19 PM Subject: NBAA News Announcement : TSA Grants NBAA and AOPA Joint Request for LASP Comment Extension NBAA NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT NB-RR TSA Grants NBAA and AOPA Request for LASP Comment Extension Contact Patrick Dunne at (202) 783-9163 or pdunne@nbaa,org WASHINGTON, DC, November 10, 2008 - Acting on a joint request from the National Business • Aviation Association (NBAA) and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the Transportation Security Administration today extended the time period for public comment on the agency's Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) proposal by an additional 60 days. As a result of the extension, the new deadline for public comment is February 27, 2009. On October 30, NBAA and AOPA jointly requested additional time to comment on the LASP, which increases security requirements for all aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds. Review a copy of the joint letter at web. nbaa.ora/publicZaovUletters/200810301asp.pdf. "Granting our request will provide much needed time for analysis, community education and feedback," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. "This is a very important development and we look forward to effectively using the additional time." In October, the TSA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to amend the Twelve Five Standard Security Program and Private Charter Standard Security Program, and apply new security requirements to all aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds. In addition, the TSA proposes that airports serving large aircraft adopt mandatory security requirements. For more information on the TSA's LASP, including a detailed analysis of the plan, a list of major concerns NBAA and industry have raised about the proposal, a list of questions the TSA has asked industry (so Members can provide answers to the agency in their comments), and a direct link for Members to submit comments to the government's public docket, visit www.nbaa:o_rg/lase. Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. • (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The Association represents more than 8,000 companies and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention, the world's largest civil aviation trade show. Learn more about NBAA at www.nbaa_qrg. fileWCADocuments and Settings\rboudreaux\Local Settings\Temp\XPgrpwise\49186D2D. .. 11 /12/2008 s ON THE WEB: www.nwanews.com ♦ wwvi.arkan5asonime.cam . n - - . d'FRIOAY, OCTOBER 3t 2008 e � K i If � v ® ® e ® w ® n . . • • • • • • • t =5"s • • . • - Pi I J Ray Boudreaux, director of avis- ."The burden of proof of any Museum "Apparently he Was a tion and economic development claim in. science is to prove for the city of Fayetteville, said [Positive], not someone to prove • Continued from Page 1B benign kind Of Spirit he's unaware of any fatal incident a negative. You do not have .to. and a light blue shirt. He looked inside the hangar or at the field Prove there are no leprechauns,"., handsome, in an 'unremarkable because he didn't hesaid. `Themostcommonban- itself— that is grist for the ghost mark of the paranormal is logic War frighten me, and I story mill. that says 7f we don't know what I don't have anyidea why, but I think he was someone from the .. Wasn't frightened BELIEVING AND PROVING it is therefore it's a ghost:;Its a 1940s. I have nothing tobase that » "It's nonsense. Ghosts and ' 1°gtcalfallacycalledaiguutgfi°m on," Jones said. "Apparently.he. afterward. ghost detection — it's a cultural ignorance. No scientist would was a benign kind of spirit be. It's been with us since we ever make that argument = Jeanne Jones fig• Marshall said'hfs gigirp re- .cause he didn't frighten`me ,and were kicked out of trees," said, mains open to either possibility 1 wasn't frightened afterward." University of Arkansasprofessor Far from disbelieving'his year the 106-aircraft Mid-Amer- Jeff Lohr, who "studies manufac- the fiance-oi:noriexistence wife's story, the executive direr- ica Air Museum in Liberal; Katt, turgid anxiety'and psetido-science of supernatural phenomena = for was disappointed he,hasn'topened its hangar doors last in the application of psychoiogy and has set about to.collodevi- had a 'similar experience::He's week to a team of paianormal 'Better we should make up sto-: Bence adhering as much as pos- e familiar with the less ambiguous investigaton and the general ries to make the world look more Bible to th precepts of science. ghost story now several,years public — who spent the night predictable and controllable than The air museum might Be old of a museum employee,con-_ l stening closely for the things to not have those stones, [which 'looking for publicit} but we also t have private cases - people who: . fronted by a man standW' just'a - that go bump, said restoration would leave] us very very fright- few feet away -. 1 techmcian,Andrew Invato Last ened if not actively depressed think there's something going on The similarities are striking. year, the museum charged V a ' There are ghost trappers. in then house," he said: "These ' In both cases the apparition is head regular admission — and"' Then there are those who would people aren't looking for money tallislr slender white male generated a few hundred dollars ensnare the trappers. _ fame These people have some dark hair who s wearing a .Coincidentally, Lovato said the Lohr said the Atnhent N.Y.-: : thing going on in their houses e top'In both cases tfie figure par anormal investigation team based Committee on Skeptical, that they want determined. Is my is not a ghost-so much as a man from Wichita is "convinced" the Inquiry is the closest thing to.thei house haunted?" who vanrshes.as suddenly as he . 'space is haunted and will likely application of science to the para- In the case.of the air museum, appeared Ine.ither cas­1 .1e is the return tier t,year for further in- normal. Serdor•research fellow Jeanne Jones said her ghost sight- witness frightelied vestiganoti Joe Nickell is its chief debtmku , mg paired with an earlier expen- On Nov &the hangar will Lay. Nearby Tulsa Air and Space There's a disturbing COuinier .- ' ence in her Savannah, Ga, home bare iu secrets = whatever they. IvitLseum — the institution War-. cultural trend in this country of has left her with "definite feelitrgs may be to the group'Paranor-• ren Jones;looks to for guidance; parano researchgainingtrac about ghosts." Museum greeter mal Ozarks ;Investigations Its directingFayetteville'sgrowing . tion andpopu]arity. Nickell'said Joanllickersonal.sosazdshe'sfelt leader, Rick Marshall of Spring operation has has its own hoary "It's really very discouraging that uncomfortable in the Restoration dale, said his team got one of its . record of human-spirit interac- in the United States of America Shop, long before Jones saw in best hits at the museum last year tions in the 21st century such supersti- apparition there,'but she.admit= — an inexplicably cold tempera- "When you're alone of nig64 tion is becoming commonplace _ "ted that feeling has pa3sed: But tum reading and a muffled voice we too have noises, voices, foot- it's a growing superstition." she doesn't count herself among captured by digital recorder steps upstairs, what you could He predicted ,correctly the the ranks of the. nonbeGevers. though he admits the hangar swear are footsteps, small items paranormal group set-to inves- Tm still expectitng something is,among the state's second-tier; move and noi one %essiag up to tigate the museum will rely on at the museum:' ghost"haunts. moving them," says curator Kim infrared digital cameras, digital "I would say it's not as big Jones Anywhere that you have sound recorders and electromag- as the •Booneville sarrftarium. old.artifacts, I'm sure that .you neiic field meters Rick Marshall I would say it would be in the could get the same response from confirmed that arsenal. Nickell middle. You can definitely:catch museum workem! said the equipment is not de- some good things there, but you The two museums share signed to detect ghosts but will also can come up empty" something larger in common — . prove conveniently ambiguous in COMMON PHENOMENA being historically and arehitectur the hands of the untrained. And . any significant hangars. Both are very few scientists have signed Despite their attention to produ&s of the armament that on to paranormal research technology science and man's. marked the years of World War est of the sky air museums H. 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Alice Walton when The GuruIt's like a person saying asked them to name XNAs we're going to use taxpay- best friend ere money to grow bananas It made sense. in Alaska," Williams told Walton, the daughter of The Guru. "You are grow- Wal-Mart Stores Inc founder ing bananas and can say how Sam Walton, plopped down a wonderful the project is, but few million bucks to help XNA there's a huge cost to hav- get started ing the bananas. You use evil too: Wh • means produce a good The Guru asked the oppo-site question, Who's XNAs thing. You take taxes from a enemy? He correctly predicted janitor here and a hotel house the bosses would pick ABC keeper there, and use it for an News broadcaster John Stos- airport in Arkansas. It's un- sel for his hard look on 2420 seemly if not evil" a few months before the fust Evil? That's harsh plane took off Nov. 11 1998. Northwestern University . The Guru's column last economist Robert J. Gordon, week about the airport's 10th who told 2GW that Wal-Mart anniversary reminded Rogers and Tyson should build the resident Dick Smith of Stos- airport if it's such a good idea, secs report. didn't appreciate The Guru's Stossel did a "hatchet job" e-mail or call. He mumbled on Feb. 21, 1997, and concluded something about going to Eu- XNA was "a $70 million boon- rope and then hung up. doggle railroaded through the Stossel didn't return an e- FAA by Tyson and Wal-Mart, mail or call seeking comment and regarding them as free- It's clear now that Stos- loaders," Smith writes. set got it wrong, although his "Wouldh't it be satisfying to doubts were logical at the time. see now the shadow of their Airlines flying from Fay- bias in contrast to the success etteviDe's Drake Field hadn't of XNA, and hold him ac- agreed to move to XNA. countable for his faulty prog- Economists like Williams and nostications of a bridge to Gordon weren't hopeful that nowhere airport in Arkansas? XMA would do well Smith writes. In retrospect, XNA lets ven- The Guru last week aimed dors reach Wal-Mart, Tyson to talk with Stossel and the and other businesses. It gets economists who appeared on Arkansans to New York, CIA- 20/20 He had little luck cago, Los Angeles and other The Federal Aviation Ad- cities fast ministration granted $69 mil- Stossel's boondoggle ended lion to the$107 million airport up a boon for Arkansas. , .That's lots of cheese, and it's . Robert J. Smith's column about ripe to suggest former Presi- people on the move in North- dent Clinton, Springdale's Ty- mst Arkansas appears each son Foods, Bentornille's Wal- Wnday. He can be reached at Mart and Alice Walton used rsmith®arkansasonline.com. their swagger to get FAA help. ` fd 2 P5 � • Crime report Home Into, NORTHWEST ARKANSAS -B Into, andy eaten. p:a • Teen lazpiulixW atter driving Into river. P0.ff m - - - • .A:A Arkansas Dernocretl�if4azMte �,:,.ean."..e .k. 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UESOAY,'OCTOBEB28,20086. IA PM • V • A fiDoi ` t �lq j 75�� rmm {Y t � i f I poll, 11 I XL �� t •s a <e /� ( t d •Y • ; . . 6v"+.I3� [N� �-, ..3 Z � ':..tic ..Ste£. . a.fs ., . ..Jw.. . 1 NIINUI L 1 • Continued from Page 1 B �tM commercial air service before the regional,airport opened Many thought the comple- tion omple tion of the Highfill in airport Hi P B .�,.Z,,. iF.. ,`f' , Aw t41fi Y¢a �e'r , ,tix ,yszyyr- '�•yy „fr `; -.c. 'y . would be the death knell for Dr"Eke. verybody was really at a 1 . •srf�qly ' ` ,. f r` �, f'� loss as to what to do, includingse the airport board," said James Nicholson, Drake Field's ftnan- cial coordinatgr. ..` Some.proposals after the 1999 •'a'. ...1-� exodus included turning the air• t port into a drag strip, com maze +or hockey rink. But the Federal Aviation Adnutustration had too much invested in the 631-acre facility. So, the commercial airport e it d became a general aviation air- port. The number of flights in . and out of Drake Field dropped from 55,778.in 1998 to 21,761 in 2000, but was back up to 48,042 in 2006. Flights dipped to 36,802 - mer Owriudm43a11090B CCLE n in 2007 as the economy hit tur- Brandon Morris, a line technician at Pinnacle Air Service,fuels a plane at Springdale Municipal Airport on bulence and companies cutback . Monday.The opening of Northwest.Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill In 1999 had little.bng-term effect on charter service. Through .on the Springdale airport;'officials Said. September of this year, the air- port had 26,222 flights. '8 Bentopville primarily serves Today, it's more than just an Vrake Fleld flights Wal Mart vendors and local 7 - pilots. It's;only two miles from airport. Number oftakeoffs and landings In Fayetteville since 1998, when Wal-Mart's headquarters, and '-1.. Nicholson de- Northtvesf Adansas Heplond Airport opened in Highfill. the air tihffic over Bentonville Drake Field as 55,778 isn't nearly as heavy m it is " scribes the new - i .at "4'j'. "a community," _ 45 b746,7M�. - Highfill. don't need a tower; said +rr" a mixed-use re- r;F ' 43,866 5 development Mike Bender, public works di- P 40000 �«' 36,802 rector for the oCBentonvWa , ,� ` f complete with -'' t 30 557 3160972.601 `; P ' city two not-for 30 o0p rt� 1 - `Were'a real small general avia- } N profit museums, 1,761 `9, 1 i non airport. We serve a different the Arkansas Air 20,000 '' . g oche We don't have big planes, Nicholson Muuum and the - sr' i. just.your small Cessnas — four Ozark Military Museum. 10000 n 1 '6¢ - six-seat planes that kind of it's -a landmark year for t ,. ,, " ' • Drake Field also known as Fay 0 - - - Tludeu,Field won't pay for etteville Executive Airport. For 1898 1889 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2007 itself We use city funds to help,* . the fust nine months of 2008, awnsss ormorrnCarNr Bender said. The airport's net Drake Field had operating rev- - operating loss has grown from enue of$529,224 and expenses of fuel sales. $186,815. . $5,649 in 2000 to $40,426 in 2007, of$518,997, for a gain of$10,227. The 6,006-foot runway can "We.kept adding hangars, so said Denise Land, Bento_nville's Nicholson said he expects the accommodate a Boeing 737 and that pushed the hangar revenue finance director. profitable trend to continue often does when charter flights up," said Wyman Morgan, ad- When asked how many flights through year's end come into town for Razorback ministrator and financial ser- come into and out of the Bemon- "That's the fust year we've .football gamm vices director for Sprmi gdale. ville airport,Dave Powell, owner actually been above the line in "We've still got a long ways to Also,. Morgan noted, the of Summit Aviation LLC, the our operating revenue and ex. go," Boudreaux said."Having an number of flights coming into airport's fixed-based operator, peases since the airlines left," airport m your community has and out of the Springdale air- - said, "We're an airport without Nicholson said, "so we're mak- a huge economic impact. It's a Port hasincreazed from 24,994 a tower. Who's¢ountingl" ing progress." wonderful asset for us." to 27,439 since 1999. In 1998, the last year five SPRINGOALE AIRPORTROGERS AIRPORT commercial airlines operated - - from Drake Field, the airport James Smith, manager of As far as I am aware, XNA had a net profit of $974,570. Springdale Municipal.Airyort, has not had a major-impact on That year, the parking lot was said the opening of the regional Rogers," said David Krutsch, . the primary revenue generator, airport "didn't really affect us." manager of Rogers Municipal bringing in $763,002. A year Since then, some business has Airpom Carter Field "We have later, the parking lot brought in migrated from the Springdale a different niche and market that only $39,682. airport to Highfill; but the air- we're serving with our corporate , When the airlines left in port seems to have been more general aviation services." 1999, Drake Field had about affected by an increase in oper- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the $5 million in savings. The city ating expenses;becauseitwent world's largest retailer, keeps a bas used that money for capital from part-time tofull-time con- fleet of 30-35 jets at Carter Field, improvements, such as hangar .trol tower operations. said Jerry H ren T Raged chief construction. Nicholson said Some freight businesses, financial port of entry The amr traffic also about $617,000 of that savings including Federal Express and is a port identry for ea traffic remains. United Parcel Service, moved Flighfrom outside the United States: "Since it was a commercial from the 166-acre Springdale America from Europe, Asia, South airport, it really didn't need to airport to Highfill amond 2003, landatand Canada regularly have any of those facilities," Smith said. Tyson Inc. moved said. at Carter Field, Krutsch Nicholson said As a general avi- some of its charter flight busi- The airport had an operat- ation airport, Drake Field needs ness to Highfill, but rival poul- mil loss of $83,810 last year, but hangars that can be rented. try company George's Inc. still Hudlow said that's because the • Now, most of Drake's revenue keeps its fleet based in Spring- city has to put up some money to comes from hangar rental. Pro- dale. receive state and federal grants jections for 2009 show revenue Bottom-line operating income that pay for things like runway. of $173,329 for rental of the 80 has declined slightly over the construction, units in eight T-hangars, $160,532 past nine years. The Springdale "We can stand to lose $80,000 for corporate hangar rental and airport had operating income of a year to get $20 million," Hud- $67,290 for rental of the terminal $34,221 in 1998. Last year, it had low said referring to the amount building, Nicholson said. The a net operating loss of $9,960. of money the airport has re- fixed-base operator, Million Air, During that time, operating ex- ceived in grants over the past will pay about $100,000 to rent penses jumped by 50 percent decade. two large corporate hangars and from $191,492 to $288,189. But gENTONVILLE AIRPORT terminal space, as well as pay- hangar revenue also increased, ing a'Sout $40,000 as a postion by 45 percent from $128,615 to The municipal airport. in NORTHWEST ARKANSAS I . B ArltansasDell0aat*0AXWC • • cape a ease.u..e owoora.s.p ON THE WEB: www.nwanews.com www.arkansasonline.com MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008 TRAVELE V CHECK Now the number is $23.29. Irwin, who fretted about R0 ITH monA��a=tXMtA o� rials have talked mmairtentty 4.7 million over three years w th Afle giant Air about new servitt. The airline, which serves have passed the Springfield Mo, airport, does most of its flying to Las Vegas, but it also makes trips XNA gates ' from Spxw¢ield to Orlando pia, pshp and Clearwater. The Northwest Arkan- Fla sas onal Airport heads 11, mom people: Acton � Erik Estrada, Dome shaving rhelped 47 million pas- Jean-Claude Van Dam and m et mewhere. Barry Williams have been to I shouso aid reach 5 million talk Yes, the Barry Williams passengers in May if The of Brady Bunch who puffed in • Gum has done his math and the airports smoking lounge projections right (he has). back when there was one. But what's a good number? Customer service: Lens Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jack-. of airport employees get son International Airport, training each year, but the the nation's busiest, churns shuttle car driven didn't get out 4.7 million passengers in any until June. RNA paid a little less than six weeks. $1,950 to Airport Ground XMA will never outfly Atlanta Thmportation to teach driv- and the big boys. e s about better customer XNA, in fact, is the service. Nineteen driven at- 113th busiest airport, which tended. Driver No. 20 takes wouldn't be an acceptable The Gum home. ranking (or the University of The rt Arkansas football team but itself has 58 emplo)eu (38 are is good as airports go. There full time). The airlines, the are 575 commercial airports in American Eagle maintenance the U.S. facility, ren car a»mpantes, It boards more people than regional jet center and other Baton Rouge, Lexington, Ky, businesses have 654 workers.. and TIallahassee, Fla. TheyYear eooess road opean re susound biggen That would be 2013 under The Gum sets out today to what XNA's Chief Executive share other facts people ought Off-icer Scott Van Laningham to know about the airport that calla the bestrew scrtixno, opened Nov. 1, 199E The $BO million toll road parkbig yeas The would lead from Interstate airport's most important rev- 540 to the south end of the enue source isn't airlines; it's airport. . parking. Inst years $2.9 mil- Worst atrlloe deci Don from parking was down don Continental Airlines from previous years because started service to Cleveland the airport opened more in April 2004 and it lasted economy p (54 a day). eight months. 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