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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-01-19 - Minutes -FAYETTEVILLE — DRAKE FIELD Airport Board Minutes January 19, 2017 MEMBERS PRESENT: Darryl Riddell, Paul Algee, Marty Burggraf, Bill Corley, Rick Bailey, Lizzie Johnson, Todd Crane MEMBERS ABSENT: None OTHERS PRESENT: Terry Gulley/City, Summer Fallen/City, Dee McCoy/City, Ben Perea/Garver Engineers ITEM # 1: Call to Order, Darryl Riddell ITEM #2: Welcome to new board members Todd Crane and Lizzie Johnson -Darryl Riddell, Chair. • Darryl Riddell welcomed and introduced the boards newest members, Lizzie Johnson and Todd Crane. ITEM # 3: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the December 15, 2016 meeting • A motion to approve the December 15, 2016 minutes was made by Bill Corley and seconded by Paul Algee. The motion carried. ITEM # 4: Receiving of Reports: A. Director's Report —provided by Terry Gulley -Transportation Services Director: • Airport Activity: Tower operations in December were 1699, which is up over those from December 2015. December fuel sales were 24,024 bringing the year-end total to 368,382, which exceeds our fuel sales goal for the year. • Taxiway Lighting Project Update: This project is now complete. We're currently working with Garver to complete the closeout documentations that are to be submitted to the FAA. • Taxiway Widening Project Update: City Council has approved the request for Garver to start the design and engineering of the widening project. This item was moved up in our FAA CIP, with the construction beginning in 2018. • Roof Rehab Project: The bid opening for this project took place on 1/18, with the low bid coming in at $378,253. This item will go to council on February 7th. • Corporate Roof Rehab Project: We will be submitting a grant application to the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics in March for this project. If awarded, we will be moving forward with the roofs at Wings, South Delta, and Devol Aviation. • Terminal Space Remodel: Renovations have begun on the storage space located across from the terminal restrooms and should be complete by January 27th. A lease agreement for this space was approved by City Council on January 17th. B. Financial Report: provided by Summer Fallen -Financial Coordinator: • Tower operations were at 1,699 in December. • Fuel sales were 24,024. • FBO expenditures were $1,067.168.33 and the FBO revenue was at $1,324,026.09, with a total unaudited profit of $256,857.76. PAGE 1 OF 2 C. T -hangar Report - provided by Dee McCoy -Administrative Assistant: • The airport has four (4) vacant t -hangars. D. Museum Report— provided by Rick Bailey -Air Museum President: • The Museum Board voted to re-elect the Operating Officers that were currently serving the board. • The museum met with aircraft show schedulers and were promised from the Commemorative Airforce that at least one Bomber and four other aircraft will be here during Bikes, Blues and BBQ. The museum brings the aircraft in and receives part of what the Commemorative Airforce charges for rides. • A group of car enthusiasts are wanting to hold a car show on the museum's ramp and hangar on May 6th. Negotiations are in the works for that. • Negotiations are also in process for the Walmart Shareholders Meeting to display Sam Walton's first aircraft that is currently in the museum's hangar. Part of the negotiation is to get the group to come down to see the aircraft and the museum instead of transporting the aircraft to Bentonville. ITEM # 5: Old Business: None ITEM # 6: New Business: A. Taxiway B Widening Update -Ben Perea-Garver: Ben Perea stated that the airport does receive a lot of charter operations throughout the year. The largest come from 757-200 and 737-800, which is larger than the design group typically sees at the airport. Those aircraft require a 50 -ft. taxiway for them to land. They have to use taxiway A, on the east side of the airport and have to use judgmental oversteer.due to the size of the taxiway. Preliminary plans were submitted last year to the FAA to widen certain areas of the taxiway in addition to updating some of the taxiway geometry to meet the.current FAA standards. The project was scheduled to occur in 2019. In December, the FAA Regional Program Manager stated that our area had expected additional funds and wanted to use those funds in 2018 to build the taxiway. Since that project require discretionary funding, a preliminary engineering report has to be developed to formulate a better project cost. The City Council has approved for Garver Engineers to prepare the preliminary engineering report for the FAA to be submitted on March 30, 2017. Bidding for this project will occur spring of 2018, and construction will begin fall of 2018. ITEM # 7: Other Business: A. Items from the Airport Board: • Lizzie Johnson informed the board that she met with Summer Fallen and discussed what the airport might need from a development standpoint. Lizzie Johnson stated that saw Summer Fallen's biggest challenges being corporate hangars; cars, and the lack of a restaurant in the building. Lizzie Johnson offered to help Summer partner with some people at the University of Arkansas, possibly some hospitality students. Lizzie Johnson encouraged everyone to help Summer Fallen with connections that could benefit the airport. PAGE 2OF2 PFr 01 B. Items from the Public: None MEETING ADJOURNED at 2:20 P.M. Marty Burggraf, Secr-eTay Date PAGE 3OF2