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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-06-13 MinutesFAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES June 13, 2013 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Josh Mahony, Bill Corley, Rick Bailey, Marty Burggraf, Ken Haxel, Mike Gibbs MEMBERS ABSENT: None OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Young -tenant; Jeffry Gates -Arkansas A&M Museum, Mauro Campos -Fayetteville Fire Department; Wayne Jones-MCE; Kate Ward -NWA Times; Mike Bowman -Tower; Rick McKinney -Tenant; Warren Jones -Arkansas A&M Museum; James Nicholson -Financial Coordinator; Lauren Treat -Administrative Assistant ITEM #I: Welcome. Chairman Nickle. ITEM #2: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the May 9, 2013 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Rick Bailey, and seconded by Marty BurggraL The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Director Boudreaux, Aviation Director. Airport activity remained about average though slightly less than may of last year. Boudreaux reported that the DLA inspector initially found problems with our water defense system. However, we underwent re -inspection about a month ago which proved to be satisfactory. More discussion of the DLA followed. Boudreaux said we will novate as soon as Roger Woolsey signs the agreement. He said the airport is currently holding about 530,000.00 in military sales which cannot be processed until we are either into - wing agent or the contractor. Once we receive Woolsey's signature, there should be no problem and we can finally process those sales. Another resolution is needed that contains the total project amount for NFlight. Boudreaux predicted the City Council will approve the new resolution with the entire amount. Boudreaux mentioned that IT is working on their new data services building and he said we are still waiting on Loomacres to finish the Wildlife Hazard Assessment. Brief discussion of annual FAA Certification Inspection followed. Lights were our only error. B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson, Budget Report. Nicholson reported operations were still better than last year but they did seem to dip down in May as did fuel sales. Nicholson discussed contract fuel sales. He said it is beneficial to attract customers with our contract fuel prices; however it drives down our margin. Boudreaux said the revised AvFuel margins are still very good and below retail. Nicholson said we can make the adjustments that are necessary within the marketplace. The key is to maximize net but stay within market place. Nicholson said everyone has been busy getting the FBO running smoothly and organizing how to conduct the FBO business. He said there are 7,500+ gallons of DLA fuel that we have tickets for which have not been processed, and a similar situation is occurring with the contract fuel. Nicholson said there are no changes in capital projects; however, the construction on the corporate hangar will begin soon. Nickle said operations exceed the last five years and fuel sales exceed the last two years, so even with a down month in May, we are still ahead of the ball game. Rick McKinney said he perceives military flights are down. Boudreaux agreed that they are. Nicholson said he discussed this matter with Pete Mastroianni (former GM of Million Air) who said many bases have cut down or eliminated their out and backs and/or limited their training flights do to the sequestration. Brief discussion of delinquent payments followed. C. Administrative Assistant, Lauren Treat, T -Hangar Report. Reported that all T -Hangars are full and five are rented for storage. D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, Construction Report. Wayne said we are waiting for the City Council's approval the following Tuesday night. He announced the pre -construction meeting will be held the next week. Wayne said he will have more progress to report at future board meetings once the project has actually begun. Bailey pointed out that some of the drainage ditches around the field look silted up after the safety area improvements. Wayne said that channel has been there for a while but maybe a little back hoe work could clear it up. Wayne said he will check it out and give advice on what to do before maintenance starts working on it. E. Museum Executive Director Warren Jones, Museum Report. Warren discussed the Air Race Classic. He pointed out that even though the cable and tie downs were purchased and installed for the ARC, they will be of future benefit to the airport during football games and other times of high volume transient aircraft. He discussed events that will occur during the ARC weekend including the party in the hangar featuring the Jack Mitchell Big Band. Warren talked about using the museum's Stinson Junior to give rides to provide a little revenue for the air museum. Warren said they intend to give rides at the Springdale airport to generate some revenue. Warren mentioned the B-17 will arrive on Monday, June 24. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday people will be allowed to tour the aircraft and even take a flight in the plane. The aircraft will leave on Thursday. Nickle encouraged everyone to volunteer and contact the museum to sign up and get to work. F. Marketing Committee Chairman Bill Corley, Marketing Report. Corley said the main challenges facing the marketing committee are the FBO branding and visual identity scheme. The airport has the option to go with the City of Fayetteville logo or create a more "own -able" brand. The committee elected to go with the branding route, however the Mayor's office wishes the airport would go the City of Fayetteville route. Corley said he has obtained the COF logo scheme — which the Community Outreach Coordinator (Dede Peters) predicts to change in the near future. For now, Corley said we will use the COF logo with "Flight Support" or "Aviation Services", etc. written underneath. Corley said he will create the graphic file and tum it over to whoever makes signage and uniforms. Boudreaux said the interim uniform patch will be the first name — Fayetteville logo — and aviation underneath it. Patches are easy to change out so it won't be a big deal if things need to be changed as the City logo is updated in the future. ITEM #4: Old Business. Update: SkyVenture Aviation Lease. Nickle said he does not understand why Frankum is still delaying signing the lease because everything within the lease was agreed upon by both parties. Though the airport has not received an official written notice yet, Nickle told the board to prepare for SkyVenture's potential departure from Drake Field. Boudreaux said the airport board has done a good job of partnering with SkyVenture over the years. Bailey said we enjoy having them here; they are an asset and the airport would hate to see them leave, but we can't make their business decisions for them. ITEM #5: New Business. Nickle said both items of new business were discussed earlier in the meeting (Boudreaux discussed FAA cert inspection and Warren already covered the ARC). ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. Nickle said he will be unable to attend a board meeting next month so he recommended the board only meet if necessary. Boudreaux may call a meeting if necessary; otherwise the board will meet again in August.