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Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board Meeting - Minutes
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board held their regular meeting on February 11,
2020, at 11:30am at the Cape Aviation Conference Room,
Board Members Present:
Ryan Dewrock, Chairman
Mark Welker, Vice Chairman
Jeff Brune, Board Member
Justin Davidson, Board Member
Richard Knote, Board Member
Mike Marshall, Board Member
Brian Ozark, Board Member
Joe Uzoaru, Board Member
Stacy Kinder, Council Liaison
Absent:
Mark Seesing
I. Call to Order/Approval of Minutes
Staff Present:
Katrina Amos, Airport Manager
Derrick Irwin, Flight Line Supervisor
Audrey Lorch, Airport Support Specialist
Special Appearance(s):
Prescott Dean, MDC Property
The meeting was called to order at 11:31am. Mr. Dewrock moved and Mr. Knote
seconded the motion to approve the minutes from the January 14, 2020 meeting. The
motion was approved with unanimous vote.
II. Appearances
Prescott Dean, a representative with MDC Property of Lenexa, KS — attending to gain
insight on upcoming airport development.
III. Old Business
A. Airport Activity Report — Ms. Amos presented the January 2020 Airport Usage
Report. Year-to-date enplanement numbers were respectable. The load factor was
up compared to last; 19% v5 26%. Overall traffic count was down 31%; most likely
due to weather and low ceiling days.
Ms. Amos and Chris Johnson, SkyWest general manager, met with the International
Village at Southeast Missouri State University to promote the direct flights to ORD.
Ms. Amos reported the meeting was a success with the Village director stating he
will add information about CGI flights to the recruitment package for international
students.
B. Cape Aviation Report — Mr. Irwin reported the new airline schedule is
advantageous with regards to fuel sales as well as being at optimal times that work
with normal operating hours.
Mr. Irwin noted the FBO is currently short staffed with a full-time lineman and
several part-time positions vacant. He discussed the difficulty with finding qualified
candidates. He also reported he has tracked the trend of the FBO fuel sales and
activity during evening hours, stating it has decreased substantially in recent years.
Based on this information, Mr. Irwin recommends airport and city management
consider reducing the hours of operation. Ms. Amos noted she is aware of the
issues currently being experienced and has asked Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly, Inc.
to expedite the Cape Aviation hours of operation study to assist in making this
decision. Discussion continued on the topic.
C. Projects —
• Terminal Area Master Plan (TAMP) — Ms. Amos reported the process is still
ongoing for the Passenger intercept survey, as well as other data collection.
Representatives from CMT were on site February 3-4, taking inventory of the
facilities as well as surveying departing and arriving passenger characteristics
on several subjects pertaining to the airport. They met with TSA,
United/SkyWest personnel, and Cape Aviation staff. CMT intends to meet
with all stakeholders within the FBO. CMT plans to present their findings to
us during their next visit.
• Wildlife Perimeter Fence —Ms. Amos informed the Board the Archaeological
Research Center of St. Louis, Inc. was onsite to conduct a search and study in
the areas the perimeter fence will be installed. During their exploration
several artifacts were found including arrowheads and working tools. Due to
this discovery, the State Historic Preservation Office will mostly likely require
additional exploration of the sites found; this will add an additional $15-16K
to the cost of the project. At this time, this process has not slowed down the
project, which is scheduled to be bid out by late April.
• Airport Lease Update— Ms. Amos reported the Ozark Aircraft Maintenance
lease has been completed. More leases will be updated in the next few
months.
• Drury Hangar Construction Update— Mr. Davidson reported DSW is still
waiting for final permits from the City to begin construction. He noted it
took several weeks to receive comments from Development services on the
plans submitted. Ms. Amos noted she was informed the digital plan review
was down due to the January 18, 2020 cyberattack, which slowed down
City's services. Mr. Davidson was hopeful to receive permits within the next
week.
IV. New Business
A. Airport Restaurant Lease —Ms. Amos reported Sandy's Place Restaurant is officially
moving to a new location; an official termination letter was received stating June 30,
2020 would be their last day in the terminal. Ms. Amos is exploring all options and
has spoken with several interested parties. She intends to have a tenant soon after
Sandy's Place exit.
B. 2020-2023 FAA CIP— Ms. Amos informed the Board that with CGI's recent
benchmark of becoming a primary airport, the FAA has asked staff to submit
projects for the 2020-2023 Airport Capital Improvement Program funded by the
FAA. Ms. Amos is working with CMT, Inc. and will have the projects submitting prior
to the February 15" deadline.
V. Non-Agenda—
A. Bruce Loy Retirement Party -Ms. Amos thanked the Board for their support and
assistance with planning Bruce's retirement party. Mr. Loy was extremely happy
with the party, therefore making it a success!
B. T -Hangar Development — Ms. Amos noted Prescott Dean's company MDC Property,
was one of the interested parties when the City advertised a Request for Expression
of Interest to build t -hangars using a public/private partnership model. While Mr.
Dean's company did not submit a proposal prior to the deadline, he noted his
company is still interested in CGI and future development opportunities. Several
.. ideas were presented by Board members to help with hangar development. Mr.
Brune suggested securing funding via the airport foundation an option. Ms. Amos
agreed to explore further with the city attorney. Mr. Uzoaru noted possibly utilizing
other capital funds for various projects and expenses at the airport to free up
operational dollars that could be used for t -hangar development. Discussion
continued on the topic.
VI. Adjournment:
There being no other business Mr. Knote moved to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Dewrock
seconded the motion. All were in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 12:38pm.
Minutes prepared by:
Audrey Lorch
Airport Support Specialist