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FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING
September 9, 2009
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, David Hollman, Mim McCarley, Janice Stanesic, Otto
Loewer
MEMBERS ABSENT: Vaughn DeCoster, Richard Greene
STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers
OTHERS PRESENT: Wayne Jones -McClelland Consulting Engineers; Tyrone Rogers -
Fayetteville Government Channel; Blaise Sharkey and MaryKathryn Floyd -Million Air
Fayetteville; Rick Bailey -tenant; Bob Burbage-Superior Industries/tenant; Terry Lawson -
Fayetteville Fire Department; Lindsley Smith, Don Marr, and Terry Gulley -City of Fayetteville
ITEM #1: Welcome —Chairman.
ITEM #2: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the August 12, 2009 meeting.
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Tim McCarley.
The motion carried.
ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports.
A. Director Boudreaux, report on Airport Activity. Aircraft and fuel sales are down.
Contractors have started on the box culvert on Ernest Lancaster Road. Said he has been working
on the Offers and Acceptance for the Kearney and Coulson Oil properties. Kearney's owns the
property and Cooper Industries owns the building, with Cooper having an option to buy the
property. Coulson's and Standard Register have agreed to the purchase. We are waiting on the
Highway Department's approval and issuance of a permit. The Forest, Service had a study
prepared on their P2 aircraft and they need the 1,000 ft. runway extension, on a hot day they
can't carry enough fuel leaving our airport. We are beginning to track the number of aircraft that
would use the airport in a year; we need 250 departures a year for the FAA to justify a runway
extension project. Contractors are tweaking the controls for the HVAC project. The prospective
client for the tech school building is still working with a bank for financing; now have changed
to the ARVEST bank. We are still looking for a tenant for the replacement hangar, need a tenant
to sign a lease before applying for the State Grant. Reminded everyone they can view the
meetings on Access Fayetteville. One of the T -Hangar doors mal -functioned and crashed to the
ground, asked the tenants to please be careful -and don't stand under the bi-fold doors, and please
report any door problems. Hangar door inspections are done annually.
He introduced Lindsley Smith, the City of Fayetteville's new Communications, Marketing and
Volunteer Services Director; and recognized Don Marr and Terry Gulley who also attended the
meeting.
B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson report on FBO and Budget. Reported the
monthly average flight operations for the last twelve months was 2,836, for the same period in
the previous year was 2,964. Last month we had 2,868 aircraft operations. He explained the
new chart: Aircraft operations by category. Local operations are aircraft that remain in the
airport approach pattern, the decline may represent local pilots doing less practice and touch and
go patterns. Military operations has a small number but very important factor in the formula for
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the Tower's cost -share. Gallons of fuel sold in August were 25,018, about 1,000 gallons less
than last month. The fuel prices are holding steady, with only two or three of the eight airports
surveyed changing the fuel prices. Reviewed the financial chart, saying we are continuing to
hold down our operational expenses.
C. Louise Powers report on T -Hangars. Happy to report all T -hangars are rented. We have
four or five names on each waiting list and they continually asked to be moved to the bottom of
the list, they are not ready to rent or haven't purchased their plane.
D. Engineer Wayne Jones report on construction projects. Referencing the highway
relocation, two weeks ago, we sent Final Plans to the Arkansas Highway Department, they have
just yesterday forwarded them to their Little Rock office. Appears they have some problem
transferring the Right -of -Way, as it was a Court Ordered Right -of -Way in the 1930's, it may
require two processes, Highway Department to the City and they the City back to the Highway
Department. It may require getting the City Attorney and the County involved to get a clear title
to the land.
E. Museum reports. Verl Thompson's estate has offered his Tri -pacer to the museum. The B-
17 will be here a couple of days, October 26 -29th, selling rides on the plane. It was here in 2003
and is quite a trill to ride in the plane.
F. Maintenance report. The question was brought up about getting back-up generators for the
Airport, Don Marr said the City had only purchased nine and they were for the City's waste
water system. Director Boudreaux did mention it was hard to operate an airport without electric.
ITEM #4: Old Business.
A. Discussion: Replacement of hangar. It is still contingent on someone signing a lease; it
would be built on the new ramp north of the terminal building. We have had two interested
parties, one is a current tenant.
B. Discussion: Airport budget. James answering a question from the last meeting, said the
loan on the hangars south of the terminal was $700,000.00 for 15 years at five percent. It was
suggested the Airport needs to renegotiate the interest rate with the City, as the interest rates
have gone down.
C. Discussion: Strategic Planning Meeting. Need to discuss how to grow more business,
more activity. Decided to have the Strategic Planning Meeting in the fall when all members can
attend. Otto Loewer brought up the Chamber is now handling Economic Development, how
could they help grow the airport, the contract states "City", it doesn't say "Airport". Director
Boudreaux said Steve Clark at the Chamber is very pro -active the airport, and he knows airports
are a benefit to a city; and that he (Ray) attends the Chamber's Transportation Meetings.
ITEM #5: New Business. None.
ITEM #6: Other Business.
A. Items from the Public. None.
B. Items from the Airport Board. None.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:10 p.m.
David Holtman, Secretary
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