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Home My WebLink About2009-04-20 MinutesMINUTES OF THE FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT April 20, 2009 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Vaughn DeCoster, Richard Greene, Tim McCarley BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Otto Loewer, Janice Stanesic STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Tyrone Rogers -Fayetteville Government Channel; Blaise Sharkey - Million Air Fayetteville; Wayne Jones -McClelland Consulting Engineers; Robin Mero- Northwest Arkansas Times ITEM #l: Welcome — Chairman Bob Nickle. A. Comments from the public on items on the agenda. None. ITEM #2: Introduction: John Doughtery, FAA Airport Certification Safety Inspector. Mr. Doughtery did not attend, was conducting the Airport Inspection. • ITEM #3: Minutes of the March 18. 2009 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Tim McCarley and seconded by Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried. ITEM #4: Minutes of the April 8, 2009 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Richard Greene and seconded by Tim McCarley. The motion carried. ITEM #5: Receiving of Reports. A. Chairman Nickle. Reported on a trip to Washington DC where he visited with Congressman Bozeman, who has done an excellent job helping the airport. B. Director Boudreaux, report of airport activity. Airport operations are down, fuel sales were bad for April, having only four or five days below minimums. Mentioned several days in May we have had a full ramp. Regarding the Runway 16 Improvement Project, the Environmental Impact has been approved by the FAA and they have issued the FONSI (Findings of No Significant Impact) which was the key to go ahead and go out for bids. Sweetser Construction was the low bid, but we can't award the bid until the grant funding has been announced. Reporting on the Runway Obstruction removal, the close -in trees marked as obstructions have been removed, others further out are scheduled to be removed. The Blood Drive is scheduled for July 10`h at the Airport. Still getting responses from the client interested in the Tech school building, they are still interested, still working to get their loan and lease. We have had several other businesses look at the building, some aviation related, some not. Hawker • Beechcraft wants to store aircraft here, 900's, 800's, and 700's. On May 30`h the FAA will conduct an all -day Safety Seminar in the Conference Room. The HVAC control system for the terminal is well on the way, and will be finished on time. There was one Change Order for $5,000.00. Reporting on the April 181h hangar fire, it was a tragic event, lost two aircraft, and 1 • there are four insurance companies involved, and all have their investigators, as well as the City's. We hope to have the okay to clean up in about two weeks. He offered many thanks to the Fayetteville Fire Fighters for their work protecting the other hangars. The Air Museum has rescheduled the Kite Festival for June. The Air Museum is also hosting the USO dance on Saturday; tickets are $45.00 per couple and he has tickets to sell. They are also sponsoring the Veteran's Troop Train event on Monday. The train leaves Springdale at 8:00 a.m., they ride the train to Chester and lay a wreath on a veteran's grave, stop back at the Air Museum for a meal. The train trip is free for Veterans' and half-price to their family members. C. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson. Gave slide presentation of charts and graphs in the agenda. Five solid weeks of rain hindered airport activity, operations and fuel sales. He called attention to the rental fees that will be lost due to the burned hangar, about $14,000.00 for the rest of the year. D. Senior Secretary Powers, report of T -Hangars. We have one hangar coming open at the end of May. We have four names on both waiting lists, most are the same names. E. Engineer Wayne Jones, report on construction projects. The bids received for the Runway Safety Area Project were good, low bid was Sweetser. We expect to be able to award the bid at the June 5a' City Council Meeting. We are still dealing with the Highway Department, and expect some minor changes from them on the project. We are preparing applications for the FAA grant, and working on the draft Environmental Due Diligence, which must be completed before contacting the property owners for purchase of properties. Director Boudreaux said it was required before hiring an appraiser. W. Jones talked of rebuilding the destroyed hangar, saying it was 78' x 102' and the Airport is considering replacing it with a slightly smaller hangar because • of the Building Code requirements now for the distance to the buildings on each side. Fire walls may be required and will make the hangar cost more. The City's insurance said if there is a Code requirement, because a change in the code, there could be more insurance money. The existing floor will have to be removed. D. Hollman mentioned a holding tank under the floor of the burned hangar, he knew of the tank from when he had previously rented the hangar. He asked if the grade up to the hangar door would be changed as it was steep. Director Boudreaux said the airport could apply for a State Aeronautics 50/50 grant up to $300,000.00, but the insurance money has to be used first. W. Jones suggested having one grant for demolition and another grant to build the hangar. F. Museum reports. Director Boudreaux mentioned he had tickets for sale for the USO dance at the Air Museum. G. Maintenance report. Director Boudreaux related that staff had been getting ready for the Airport Certification Inspection which is under way now. Runway cracks were sealed by the City's Street Department. W. Jones said the last overlay was in 1986, and the re-juvaseal in 2002 is holding up well. There is one area that will need attention in the next few years and then re-juvaseal in about five years. We will try to schedule a walk -the -runway inspection once a year. V. DeCoster stated staff does a good job of keeping rocks off the east ramp. Director Boudreaux reported staff have been busy removing all the screws that have washed off the T - Hangar roofs onto the ramp Chairman Nickle said we are fortunate to have our maintenance staff. ITEM #6: Old Business. • A. Discussion: Letter from Roger Woolsey, Million Air. 2 1� • Chairman Nickle reminded the Board they had voted to reduce the rent for Million Air and SkyVenture by $500.00 per month starting in April for the balance of the year provided they stayed current. The impact to our budget is about $9,000.00. He indicated a reluctance to grant further reductions as our revenue is already reduced again with the hangar having burned. R. Greene said he was glad to have Million Air here, they present a good image for Fayetteville planes are parked in a professional way, however, business is tough for everybody. Our rents will be down with what we have already given to Million Air and SkyVenture. Director Boudreaux said Million Air's rent is now current, we had thought they were one month off but have found the accounting error. Director Boudreaux suggested leaving the item on the agenda each month so it can be revisited. Director Boudreaux explained the City is revising his job description, removing the Economic Development part out of the description and will have to take a salary cut, or the salary will all have to come out of the Airport's budget, or he would quit and they could hire someone for less money. Budget paperwork starts in July for Budget Year beginning in January 2010. There is a lot we don't have control over, payments to the shop for vehicles, cost of fuel, its not an easy process. Board Consensus: To have a Budget Discussion item on the agenda each month for the balance of the year. Director Boudreaux commented that Million Air had added two planes to their hangar yesterday and they have been added to our based aircraft count, which was given today to the FAA Inspector for our FAA 5010 Form. ITEM #7: New Business. None ITEM #8: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. B. Items from the Airport Board. Director spoke of the FAA Certification Inspection taking place this week, saying the firefighters met their response time, there was a small leak at the fuel farm which Blaise has already fixed, and a sign was not black enough. V. DeCoster said the firefighters have been very courteous in their fire training at the airport. The next Airport Board Meeting will be on June 10`n MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:32, David Hollman, Secretary • 3 Date