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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-10-1992 Regular Meeting13 The Airport Board of the City of Fairhope met Monday, February 10, 1992 at 8:00 A.M. at the City Administration Building, 161 N. Section St. Present: Chairman Sue Mason: members Robert Colling. Mike Baugh, +eanette Puckett, Andy Huggins , Betty Rivenbark, Secretary The minutes were approved as written and a financial report was handed out. Mrs. Mason recognized Mason McGowin, gob-O Cunningham and Sam Irby who were here to discuss a proposal. Mr. McGowin said he had sold a piece of land to Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Cunningham wished to build a private hangar on this and at this time they were asking the board if he could build an access to the runway. He said the location of the hangar would be at the southern end of the field adjacent to Rohr land and the access to the taxiway will not constitute an unaccepta - ble hazard to airport operations. Mr. Ack Moore was also present as engineer on the project. They produced maps and showed the board exactly where they were talking about. Mrs. Puckett remarked that we had done a similar arrangement for Mr. Jack Boykin, who did not follow through with plans. Discussion by the board revealed that no one had a problem with what proposed just that FAA waiver had to be sought and compliance with all FAA requirements necessary, Mr. McGowin said they saw no problem with that , in discussion Mr. McGowin did men- tion he had another parcel next to this one that he would love to sell the City. Mr. Moore said they would be putting the hangar at the back of the lot, will have to bring in some fill. Mr. Clark was asked how he felt about this and responded he had no problem, would welcome him. All questions answered satisfactory } Jeanette Puckett moved that the Board consider request and recommend same to City Council subject to FAA waiver received. Robert Colling 2nd and motion carried unanimously. The board discussed the possibility of adding 8 additional T-hangars at the airport, With the closing of Teledyne at Brookley we are getting swamped with requests. The cost of the last T-hangars was around $100,000 and that we can probably get good interest on financing now. It is felt we could rent other 8 today if available. A motion was made to ask the Council to authorize the Ma or and Chairman to initiate the process of seeking bids for another seT of 8 T-hangars, motion by Mike Baugh, seconded by Jeanette Puckett and unanimously carried. Pete Douglas had written a letter to the Board requesting that his lease be amended and that he now operate as a General Fixed Base Operator. He now wishes to operate and sell av gas as well as Let fuel. Ms. Mason asked in return what would he be offering the C;.y. . He said that as he sees it the City stands to benefit from his operation and if he defaults and leaves we would receive the buildings and all improvements and that he does notAiincreasing his rent. Ms. Mason said that our Masterplan does include 2 FBO operations . Again, Ms. Mason asked Mr. Clark what he thought of idea and he said that he would welcome him, competition is good. Sue asked at this time when he proposes to start as he has not, sought his building permits or broken any dirt so far. and that she is inclined to put a time limit on getting him going that he has really been dragging this out. He said that he had been waiting to see the outcome of the FBO, 14 that surely we could not fault him for that. He said he is ready to proceed Sue asked him what we are looking at. He said 6 months. She said she would like to clear one thing up that she had heard it said that he plans to get dirt from some other area on the airport. He replied that was not true he would not be getting dirt other than the area where he has leased property. Sue reminded him that he would need to obtain building permits, get an engineer- ing study to Bob Lunsford and get with Tom Odom on fuel installation and fire codes. Mr. Douglas said he wuld like to promise he would be in operation sooner btJt'he is dealing with other contractors and does not know what he is facing. Further discussion led to a motion by Andy Huggins to forward to the City Council the request for full FBO with our recommendation. Motion died for lack of second. Mike Baugh made a motion that we reqeust that lease De modified and in addition we ask the council to stipulate he has his licenses and site preparation done in 90 days and total construction within 6 months and subject to review at that time. Jeanette Puckett seconded and motion passed unanimously. Mrs. Mason said she is going to look further into grant money, that what seems to be available at this time is perimeter security, electronics. and fire money. She said there is also some state money available in match- ing funds. Mike Baugh brought up that he thought it is time to re -do the sign out there and volunteered to get in touch with George Prudhomme to see what we can do. There being no further business, meeting was duly adjourned. r