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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-09-2005 Regular MeetingFairhope Airport Authority Page 1 of 4 August 9, 2005 The Airport Authority of the City of Fairhope met Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at the City Administration Building, 161 N. Section Street at 8:OOAM Present: Colton Coile, Chairman; Mike Ford, Charles Zunk, Mike Baugh, Jim Garrett, Ken Knutsen, Betty Rivenbark, Secretary. Absent: Joe McEnerney The minutes of the July 19, 2005 meeting were duly considered and approved on motion by Chuck Zunk, 2"d by Jim Garrett and unanimously carried. The dinner and plaque for Sue Mason were discussed. It was agreed to present the plaque at the August 22"d city council meeting and suggested that the dinner be held on a different date because the council meetings run so long. A date of August 25th was suggested. The secretary to talk to Sue, city council members and Allen Thames of Barge, Waggoner. to see if they are available. Chuck Zunk gave a report on the current construction - he said that Esfeller has finished almost everything on the runway but he has not talked to Ken to see if completed. That the landscaping is in being done. He said Ken Cross, site foreman of Barge Waggoner will do a punch list for Esfeller and then will call us. He said a final bill will be sent by Esfeller to Barge Waggoner who will forward to us, but liquidated damages will be assessed due to the overrun in days on the project. Chuck said further Will Schuller of FAA indicated to him they expect us to assess liquidated damages and any other delay -related charges against Esfeller. On Phase II of the construction Colton reported that a different contractor, Mobile Asphalt, is handling the project and it has started, but he has already had a couple of weather days and we are monitoring the progress with Natalie Hobbs of Barge, Waggoner. It is projected that it will take to the end of February, 190 calendar days. Jim Garrett mentioned the debris asphalt and the hazard it is causing. Colton said he had already contacted Mobile Asphalt about this and it should no longer be a problem. A discussion followed on the drainage situation and Chuck Zunk reported that he had met with Barge, Waggoner and representatives from the Alabama Aeronautics Bureau, the purpose being to review with AAB the proposal to resolve the drainage issues, possible look to FAA for help. He said the recommendation from Barge Waggoner is to acquire some property from Mason McGowin on the west side, some 60 acres for a detention pond. He said there are a lot of engineering reasons why we have to fix upstream rather than downstream. He said further in review with the AAB, they agreed in principle that it is a justifiable issue and resolve in that manner. Dr Eagerton has to review, and an in-house engineer has to review and audit Fairhope Airport Authority Page 2 of 4 August 9, 2005 Barge Waggoner. Dr. Eagerton has to agree. Allen Thames is handling this process. Mike Ford interjected that Mason did not want to sell such a small area. The process of getting three appraisers to look at the McGowin property and then possibly approaching FAA on funding was talked about. Mason would select his appraiser, a 2"d appraiser would be sought and then a review appraiser would be the 3rd one and then we would have a starting point with Mr. McGowin. Mike Ford said Mason would finance for a 5 year period, this involving 120+- acres on the west side with 60 being condemned for detention pond. Mason McGowin owns 40 acres on the NE side also. Mike Ford said he is in favor. Colton Coile said we could possibly get 95% funding from FAA for the 60 acres needed for detention, but not for the rest of the acreage that could be developed for industrial use. Mike Ford said Mason wants to work with us and if we treat him fairly there will be no problem. A possible meeting with Mason and the Mayor was suggested. Mike Ford said he will talk to the mayor and call Mason. The proposed public safety hangar was talked about and Jim Garrett reported that we are in trouble with this as we have bid it two times and no one will give a bid on it. We will lose the $320,000 from the FAA if we don't have figures to present to them by August 19th. It was determined that this is 80 X 80 building, 6400 sq ft, bare bones building. There is just so much work going on plus the FAA paperwork involved is a factor holding bidders back. The Mayor was asked to join the meeting so we could inform him of what going on with this project. In turn the Mayor called Perry Rocquemore at the Alabama League of Municipalities and Perry informed him that the city, since it had been advertised two times with no bidders, could act as contractor and we could sub -contract the work. It was stressed we had to have a bid to submit to FAA by August 19th. The Mayor asked if the state would pay part of the 5% we would have to come up with and no one knew at this point. Natalie Hobbs is supposed to be handling this with Barge Waggoner. Plans are for bare bones building and Chris Browning indicated when proposed that he had some drug money that would do plumbing and electrical. The Mayor said he will start trying to find a contractor from the list we had and if we get that we can contract with Barge, Waggoner to handle the paperwork. Colton Coile reported he and Charlie Bassett, of the Industrial Board, had recently talked with Air Inc. and they had told him of their plans. He said they told him that they would like to go to the immediate south and put in two t-hangars and a 25,000 sq ft hangar and having the 7, 000 sq ft public service hangar in this would not be a problem. Lance LaCour led Colton to believe that Baldwin Economic Development could give some money to this project. He said he was surprised at this plan. Ken Knutsen asked if there was a way to do this and incorporate it into the project. Chuck Zunk said he Fairhope Airport Authority August 9, 2005 Page 3 of 4 could run the idea pass Allen Thames when he talks to him. Colton made sure no one had any objection to Air Inc going forward with these plans. Mike Ford asked what would we get from this deal and Colton said ground lease money, they would operate under Special FBO status. It was suggested going to FAA and asking their help in how best to make something like this happen, give them our idea and tell us best how to make it work in their standards, draft contract. Jim said Andalusia has the same thing, possibly get a copy of their contract. Ken and Jim will start work on this and then contact Chuck and he will go to FAA. Ken Knutsen reported on his meeting with Crestview. He said he had met with Chuck Shanklin and Ann Shields. He said he did not realize how they had grown and now have doubled in size. He said they are definitely interested in doing some C130 work here at Fairhope airport and asked about the possibility of paving the end of runway 70 sq ft to his property, maybe work out a deal. He said they have plans to build a hangar in Florida but he asked if they would consider doing it in Fairhope and he said yes. It was decided that we need to see where we stand, Ken had some paperwork on a through the fence operation that he passed out. We need to talk to the FAA and see if this is feasible. Chuck reported on ILS status and said he needed to talk to Natalie Hobbs with Barge, Waggoner, that they are doing paperwork on it and he will review it with Colton when filled out and then submit back to FAA. On the Safety and Security Plan Colton said he and Chuck met with AAB and they are interested in all airports having a safety and security plan and we are ahead of the game as we already have one in place. He said in review some things are being done as they should and some are not. A security and safety sub committee was suggested and , motion made by Chuck Zunk and 2"d by Jim Garrett, to have this, motion carried unanimously. Chuck Zunk and Jim Garrett were appointed to serve and Chief Browning will serve as an ex-officio member. A possible long term plan was talked about and Ken was asked to work on this and get back with us at the September meeting with something. Jim asked if we are running out of space at airport and was told there is very little now to work with. Chuck discussed the Teledyne Continental lease saying that the lease expires in November and they only have one five year renewal option left. Amendment five to their current lease was never signed by them. Mike Baugh said we should consider Amendment five null and void. Chuck said he had talked to Ron Humphrey and conveyed that we would consider an exemption in the lease to them requiring pilot training, aircraft sales and Fairhope Airport Authority Page 4 of 4 August 9, 2005 aircraft rental. In return their space would be reduced the T-hangar pad. He said further that Bryan Lewis has this proposal and specific language should be incorporated in the lease. Mike Ford said the city has already approved this plan. Colton Coile brought up for discussion the plan to transfer airport assets to the Airport Authority. Discussion followed on what this entails. Generally we would collect the revenue generated at the airport and do maintenance and upkeep. Colton said he had met with Geniece and she told him the budget for the next year is $14,000. We already get $7,000 from Teledyne for their lease and possible ground lease from Crestview in future. Discussion followed on pros and cons of being on our own. Mike Baugh said he remembers a time when there was not money coming in and said what if Teledyne goes away will the city underwrite this. Colton said if this happened it would be a case of us making decisions, that manufacturers are scared of municipalities. Colton said he and Ken will investigate further and report at the next meeting. Under new business, the authority wanted the minutes to reflect appreciation to Tyron Hoskins for the great job she did on taking the minutes at the last meeting. The NBAA Conference in New Orleans was talked about and the members were asked who would like to attend. It was decided that it would be beneficial to all as we rotate responsibilities on the authority. Colton said he will find out dates and see who wants to attend. Meeting was duly adjourned at 10:10 A.M.