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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.05-13-20037 AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES May 13, 2003 Osage Community Centre Members Present Fred Eggley, John Geller, Gerry Keene, Kee Park, Trish Pauley, Fred Schmucker Members Absent: William Dunn, Mark Seesing, Bo Shantz Others Present: Bruce Loy, Airport Manager, Kristi Thurman. Project Assistant, Mike Miller, City Manager I. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The meeting was called to order at 5:03 PM. Mr. Eggley made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 15, 2003 meeting and Mr. Geller seconded the motion. The motion passed by unanimous vote. H. OLD BUSINESS A. Monthly Activity Report — Mr. Loy presented an Airport Usage Report for April. Mr. Loy stated that while enplanements were down again for April, they do seem to be making a rebound and coming up as of the middle of May. Mr. Loy indicated that boardings are down throughout the airline industry due to the war. B. Cape Aviation Report — Mr. Loy presented a Cape Aviation Fuel Report for April. Fuel sales by the gallon were up for the month of April for Jet A and down in AvGas as compared to 2002. Mr. Loy indicated that this past weekend was great with a B-737 and two Marine helicopters visiting and purchasing fuel. C. American Connection Fourth Round Trip — Mr. Loy presented an update on the progress of 1%W American Connection and establishing a fourth round trip. Mr. Loy indicated that he and Beth Anderson with the consulting firm, Sabre has been visiting area businesses and have received some verbal acknowledgements. Mr. Loy stated that he is trying to relay to businesses that regardless of the size of their travel budget they can and should still participate in the program — it all adds up. D. Update on 2003 Air Festival — Mr. Loy gave a report on the status of the 2003 Air Festival. He indicated that everything is going very well. The performers and vendors have been lined up and include the 82' Airborne All-American Free Fall Team, F-18 and a F-16 demo team. To date, we have around $30,000 confirmed in sponsorships with a goal of $40,000. If the additional sponsorships are not obtained then some of the pyrotechnics may be taken out. Mr. Loy stated that new this year is the Plane Pull to benefit the United Way and Special Olympics. The process includes teams of 20 being put together with a donation of $500.00. The teams then pull the plane a distance of 12 feet and awards are given based on different categories. E. Report on Pancake Breakfast — Mr. Loy presented a report on the Pancake Breakfast The breakfast was held on May 3`". Mr. Loy indicated that approximately 400 people were served pancakes, sausage and bacon. He stated that there were some technical difficulties in that one of the grills went out and people had to wait for a while for their food. Mr. Loy stated that the FAA gave out over 60 plane rides. Mr. Loy stated that the event was successful and projected estimates are that $750.00 was raised for the 2003 Air Festival. F. Control Tower Operations — Mr. Loy discussed the issue regarding the Air Traffic Control Tower. He indicated that hours for the tower have been reduced to 7:00 AM — 5:00 PM, which constitutes as a 10 -hour shift for control tower personnel. While the reduced hours has alleviated some stress, it is a short -teen fix. The Missouri Department of Transportation has May 13, 2003 Page 1 t- offered to give us $150,000 rather than $125,000 — but the problem is that we would not get the money until next year. A discussion was held regarding the Benefit/Cost Ratio. G. Transportation Security Administration Permanent Lease — Mr. Loy reported on the status Vr of the TSA Permanent Lease. The TSA has requested the area in the Cape Aviation building for use in constructing offices. Mr. Loy indicated that this would he good for the Airport, as the improvements made would be permanent in the building. The TSA Lease will be on the next City Council Agenda. H. Paul Fisher Lease — Mr. Loy reported on the status of Paul Fisher's Lease. The land lease is very near final. He stated that conversations have been taken place between Mr. Fisher's lawyer and our lawyer over terms and conversion clauses. II. NEW BUSINESS A. Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Contract — Mr. Loy reported that he is working on an agreement through CMT to contract with Gregory Construction for the hangar reconstruction project. The contract was bid out in August of 2002 and Gregory Construction has agreed to hold their original bid. The asphalt in front of the t -hangers is ineligible. B. Contract with Cape Police Department on LEO'S - Mr. Loy reported that TSA has indicated to the City that they no longer require the service of the LED's as of the end of May. Mr. Loy stated that there is a problem with the response time that is expected for the Police Department in case of need. The TSA is asking for a response time of less than 20 minutes — but Mr. Loy and the Police Department have indicated that although they will strive to meet that time — they cannot guarantee it and will not put it in writing. C. Agreement with Quadrex regarding Control Tower Benefit/Cost Ratio — Mr. Loy reported that there is a Company, Quadrex, that is being looked at to assess the B/C Ratio for the Airport. The Company has experience in this matter and may help give ideas of how to increase our numbers. L D. Land Lease for Construction of T-Haugars — Mr. Loy introduced Mr. John Farquar and Mr. Dean Houseman of Midstates as guests to the board meeting. He indicated that they want Board approval to construct a row of T -Hangars. Mr. Loy stated that it would be very beneficial to the Airport to have new hangars. Mr. Schmucker made a motion for the Airport Manager to proceed with negotiating a Lease with Mr. Farquar and Mr. Houseman on a land lease. Mr. Eggley seconded the motion. The motion passed with no objections. FENT-11raTrPT01311951 The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m. Minutes prepared by Kristi Thurman, Project Assistant Minutes Approved By: William Gerry Keene HI Chairman Airport Advisory Board May 13, 2003 Page 2