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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11-2006 Regular MeetingThe Fairhope Airport Authority met Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 8:OOAM at the City Administration Building, 161 N. Section Street. Present: Colton Coile, Chairman; Chuck Zunk, Jim Garrett, Ken Knutsen, Mike Ford, members. Betty Rivenbark, Secretary, Dan McCrory, Fairhope Fire Dept., Ann Shields, Crestview Aerospace. Absent: Mike Baugh, Joe McEnerery The minutes of the November meeting were considered and stand approved as written. Runway construction update — Chuck gave an update on the runway construction and said by the end of January all should be finished and in operation, that all construction should be finished by the end of March, first of April and that Barge, Waggoner would be in within contract obligations. Colton interjected his talk with TURPS guy regarding GPS approaches. He also said that even though he had talked with Sonny Callahan the status of the ILS is still up in the air. It is in the F & E Budget and nothing concrete. He also said he talked with John Eagerton with the State and we would have to do an obstacle survey before we get ILS and that the state may be willing to do it. If not possibly do under the AIP. Crash Truck Issue — Dan McCrory was present representing the fire department to talk to the authority about the need for a new crash truck. He said the current one is now down and can't be fixed, they can't get parts and the company who sold it has gone out of business. He said that the fire department had started looking for a replacement and he had brought with him a printout of an E-one Tital HPR Crash Truck that is available in Texas and they are recommending we acquire it. He said that the price is $250,000. He said further that it is in use now and nothing is wrong with it. He was asked why they are getting rid of it and explained that after so long a period of time that they replace ones they have. Dan said to build one it would take 6-9 months as it is now it will take 2-3 weeks to get. Further discussion led to a motion by Jim Garrett to have Mike Ford recommend to the Mayor that we purchase this truck immediately as it is a safety of flight issue and that this be declared an emergency situation. Ken Knutsen 2"d the motion and it carried unanimously. Discussion of runway construction drainage issues — Mike Ford reported he had talked with Mason McGowin about the purchase of 80 acres of his property on the east side and that Mason is in favor of working with us. Mason expressed that he is upset with Barge, Waggoner. It was pointed out that these property owners, Austin Beasley, Clarence Bishop and Mason McGowin, only wanted someone to talk to them and tell them what going on and how they will fix problems that Barge, Waggoner created and they have not done this. Mike said Mason was going to call Allen personally. Ken asked if Barge, Waggoner recognized it as their fault, and is there anything we need to do. Colton said he and Chuck have talked with Allen and they recognize problems and that they created them. Everyone felt that Barge Waggoner should come down and spend a day talking to each one of the affected property owners individually. The plan is once we get the acreage that a retention pond would be built to hold water runoff. Status of the Public Safety Hanger and lease with ADPS - Colton reported that the building should be here and ready to put in 6-8 weeks, less than three months away from having finished. A ground lease of $285 a month was suggested. Crestview status — Ann Shields was present and said everything going fine even though they did not get the army contract. They had their ribbon cutting yesterday. They still plan to build the heli-pad. They plan to bid on other contracts as they come available. She said they have hired 37 people, they had a job fair and 200 people came with 90% of them being qualified for the jobs. They feel the job force is here. Mike told her that we are glad to have them here and let us know if they need anything. Ken did not have anything to add. T-hangar report — Colton reported on talking with a new group about putting up T-hangars. He said they wished to put up a corporate hangar and 10 T-hangar buildings but realistically the property they are talking about(southwest corner) would not hold as many as they think. He said he met with them yesterday. Discussion was held on ground rent to charge and Jim Garrett suggested no less than 35.00 a month as tie down fee, that is what is charged in other places. Safety and Security Plan — Chuck reported on conference he attended and as a result ALDOT expects every airport to have a plan and conform to TSA format. He said anyone who receives funds from the state will have to have a plan and that he thinks they will be lenient but need to have in place by the spring. He said it really is not that hard, fill in the blanks with basic emergency numbers and plan. We already have 95% . He said he would send Jim copies of everything. Financial base of Airport Authority. Colton said he suggested Chuck and Joe together on this maybe have something for February meeting. Mike Ford said he is not sure he is ready to do this until we get everything worked out. Ken Knutsen said he might agree with this. Colton said he envisions the city leasing to the authority but we can't do anything until we get the numbers. Jim Garrett asked if we got the gate problem fixed and Chuck said we changed vendors, now at least now their cards work Meeting was duly adjourned at 9:15 AM.