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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.11-04-2003AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES November 4, 2003 Osage Community Centre Members Present: William Dunn, Fred Eggley, John Geller, Gerry Keene, Kee Park, Fred Schmucker, Mark Seesing, Bo Shantz Members Absent: None Others Present: Bruce Loy, Airport Manager, Kristi Thurman, Project Assistant 1. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The meeting was called to order at 5:07 PM. Dr. Park made a motion to approve the minutes of the October 14, 2003 meeting with the addition of Mr. Fred Eggley being appointed as Vice -Chairman to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mrs. Trish Pauley. Mr. Eggley seconded the motion. The motion passed by unanimous vote. II. OLD BUSINESS A. Monthly Activity Report - Mn Loy presented an Airport Usage Report for October. Mr. Loy stated that enplanements were down for October from 749 to 693. Mr. Loy stated that effective November 0 the Airline will be changing their schedule and will monitor boarding increases or decreases due to the scheduling change. Air Traffic continues to be down due to the decreased Control Tower hours, B. Cape Aviation Report - Mr. Loy was unable to present a Cape Aviation Fuel Report for October due to the change in meeting dates. Mr. Loy did report that he had been told by Derrick Irwin, Lineman Supervisor, that October was a good month. C. American Connection Fourth Round Trip - Mr. Loy presented an update on the progress of establishing the fourth round trip. He said that he had spoken with Procter & Gamble about the "letter of intent" to use $100,000 of travel out of Cape Girardeau. Mr. Loy was told that anything short of a direct Flight from Cape Girardeau to Cincinnati would not be justifiable to make a guarantee. Mr. Lay and Ms. Beth Anderson asked Mr. Doug Caldwell with Corporate Airlines if the airline would look into the possibility of the direct Bight from CGI to Cincinnati. The flights would take place on Monday's and Thursday's. The "shuttle" would utilize all of the grant money and would only be able to do it for probably less than one year. If this option does not work the only other option to obtain the grant would be for the City to financially back American Connection. Whatever amount fell short of the $100,000.00, the City would cover and would receive ticket vouchers. Mr. Loy stated that in talking with Mr. Rick McLeod, Plant Manager of P & G, he was excited about the straight trip from Cape Girardeau to Cincinnati. Discussion was held regarding schedule for P & G and the Small Communities Grant with the Department of Transportation. D. Master Plan Update - Executive Summary - Mr. Loy presented the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Master Plan Executive Summary to board members. The Master Plan will be presented to Planning & 'Luning on November 12'". Mr. Neil Ralston with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT) will be on hand for any questions or comments. Mr. Loy stated that he has advised the Planning & Zoning Committee in the cover letter that the plan had already been approved the FAA and was ultimately looking for their endorsement. E. Update on Control Tower - Mr. Loy advised the Board that Mr. Dave Byers, our consultant with Quadrex has completed the report for the request of a new Benefit/Cost Ratio (B/CR) to be established for the Cape Girardeau Tower. The findings were that the tower should in fact have a B/C ratio of .53 as compared to .26. The report will be forwarded to the FAA for consideration. If accepted, it could be the end to Tower Personnel problems. With a BIC ratio of .53 the City would be responsible for 47% of costs of the tower. 'I'o contract the tower in the FAA Cost/Share program the City would pay $115,000, �- only $40,000 more than the City is paying now. Discussion was held regarding how the numbers are November 4, 2003 Page I obtained for the report and how the Airline would be affected if the Tower were to close down. There was also discussion held on the possibility of a Homeland Security Grant to help with the tower costs. F. T -hangar Construction - Mr. Loy reported that he had been working on the passibility of working out a deal with Mr. John Farquar and Mr. Dean Houseman on the construction of a row of T -Hangars. Mr. Loy stated that after meeting with City Manager, Mr. Doug Leslie and Finance Director, Mr. John Richbourg on the negotiations and financial aspect of the City to take on this project the deal has fallen through. The City would not be able to guarantee the purchase back of the T -Hangars on the five-year agreement. Mr. Loy stated that he will be working with the Engineering Department to put out for bid the cost of constructing T -Hangars. Mr. Loy stated that Air Evac has contacted him regarding the possibility of the City purchasing the Air Evac T -Hangars. Discussion followed. G. ARCH Kids Safe Halloween Party - Mr. Loz stated that ARCH Air Medical held the Kids Safe Halloween Party at the Airport on October 25 . There were approximately 300 - 400 in attendance. The weather wasn't that great - but the FAA were still able to fly some Young Eagle Flights. The event went extremely well. HI. NEW BUSINESS A. Airport Restaurant Committee Report - Mr. Geller stated that he, Mr. Loy and Mr. Dunn met the applicant for the Airport Restaurant. They felt that the meeting went very well and that the new owners seemed to be very easy to work with. The Committee reported that they would have another meeting with the new owners to finalize lease agreements. The tentative date for the opening will be December 1". B. Capital Improvement Projects 2004 - 2009 - Mr. Loy presented the Board Members a copy of the Proposed Projects for the Airport's Capital Improvement Proposed Projects for 2004 - 2009. Discussion was held on different items and the importance of the =telling funds for each project. 1� W. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:22 p.m. Minuls prepared by Kristi Thurman, Project Assistant Minq s Approve y: — Wtiliam-Gerry _ elll�� Chairman Aifport Advisory Board November 4, 2003 Page 2