HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-19-2013 Regular MeetingMinutes of the Fairhope Airport Authority
November 19, 2013
The Fairhope Airport Authority met Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 4:30pm in the Delchamps Room,
City Building, 161 N Section Street.
Present: Charles Zunk, Chairman. Members: Charlie Bassett, Pamela Caudill, Howard Hadley, and Rod
Platt, Jack Burrell, Council President; also James Gillespie and David Bagwell, Lawyer. Jennifer Olmstead
took the minutes. Absent: Joe McEnerney.
The minutes of the October 15, 2013 meeting were considered and approved on a motion by Rod Platt,
second by Pamela Caudill, and unanimously carried.
Update on "The Academy at Fairhope" — Charlie Bassett provided an update to the group, stating the
civil site work had been completed and we are waiting on the sewage lift station to be completed. The
City had completed the necessary taps. The General Contractor on the building will be JF Pate. They are
ready to start as soon as contract has been signed. The school board approved the contract with the
latest completion date of June 3, 2014 with a total value of $1,960,000.00 on the building contract.
Update on Advantage Sites Program — Rod Platt provided an update to the group, stating that the first
stage of the project had been approved by Montgomery to move forward for completion of phase two
with another review for approval that should be obtained by February 2014. A better definition of the
area covered -under this program is needed so as not to conflict with the Wetland/Stream Mitigation.
Update on Wetland/Stream Mitigation Bank Project — Howard Hadley provided an update, stating that
the market will probably be better at a future date with a better offer to possibly come.
Update on Alabama Aerospace Alliance — Pam Caudill provided the update stating it was formed in
2009 with the states involved being Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, with Georgia looking to
join. This alliance will allow our states to become more competitive on an international scale and to
grow in this economic sector.
An update on Airbus was given. They plan to start with production of 4 planes a month and work up to
8 planes per month. The first planes will be going to Jetblue and Worldwide. They have approximately
1,600 orders on the books. Everything looks to be on schedule for open date.
Presentation on Site Selectors might tie into the Alabama Advantage Site Program and should be looked
into.
There might be a commercial opportunity for smaller airports to house Un-manned area vehicles
(DRONES).
This alliance has a lot of political support from each of the states. The Commerce Secretaries from each
state except Louisiana were in attendance along with numerous Utility and Engineering Companies. A
great opportunity for our airport in regards to obtaining contacts.
Update on repairing storm damage to AWOS — Chuck Zunk updated the board stating that a few costly
proposals from Volkert had been rejected. Volkert will be engaged to complete the engineering using a
platform provided by the contractor who is doing the site work for the Academy. A list will be
configured on what the contractor will need to be bid on for completion. The Airport Authority will
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purchase the AWOS replacement equipment directly from Viasala; there is a 6-8 week lead time after
order placement. Volkert will manage project. The repair completion date should be three months
from the start date. The insurance compensation does not completely cover the replacement.
Update on repair of drainage problem close to runway and on initiation of survey of storm water
drainage for the entire airport — Charlie Bassett stated that the hole that incurred due to storm water
should be bulk -headed and back filled per Asphalt Services. Volkert will provide the engineering services
for the repair. In addition, we are authorizing Volkert to prepare specs to bore -scope the entire runway
to insure there are no other issues that might occur. If any other problems are found we will look for
grant money to help fund the repairs over a period of time as long as they are FAA -approved repairs.
Update on Pre -Applications for FY2014 AIP Projects — Chuck Zunk asked for a motion to be introduced
that the Airport Authority gives its approval to authorize its chairman, Charles Zunk to make application
for funds at 5% amounting to $63,000 for project costs for airport improvement funding assistance from
ALDOT for the purpose of undertaking our fiscal 2014 AIP Project and further authorize him as chairman
to sign any related forms or documents for this project on behalf of the Airport Authority and as
chairman to enter in to any contracts, either with the state or any other agency and/or engineer and/or
contractor to fully execute the project; and that if the Fairhope Airport Authority receives the grant it
will allocate the needed funds of 5% ($63,000) that we have in our construction account, ALDOT will
fund 5% (63,000) and the FAA will fund the 90% ($1,134,000.00) balance. The motion was made 1st by
Charlie Bassett and 2"d by Pam Caudill: unanimously carried.
Treasurer's Report — Charles Zunk provided the treasure's report to the Airport Authority being that Joe
McEnerney is absent. There was discussion among the group regarding accounting procedures for
revenue and expenses regarding the Academy project. The City's outside audit firm will provide
assistance and direction on the best procedure to adopt.
Observation Point Conversation - Joe Hill, guest, spoke about the need for an observation point. He
provided a sketch of the Airport grounds noting a couple of possible areas for an observation point.
Chuck Zunk and Howard Hadley were in accord upon the need for an observation point. Jack Burrell
questioned who all could be involved in the planning or suggestions that could be done to obtain an
observation point.
tastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization — Pam Caudill spoke about adding our Capital
Projects for 2014 be added to their list for their long range transportation improvement plans. County
Roads 32 and 13 have been upgraded to minor arterials. A copy of the flow chart on how the projects
move thru the various lists within the organization was distributed.
Motion to fund the West Side parking — A motion to fund no more than $5,000 for a 10' crushed stone
parking area along the west side of access road to South of the last curve to the end of the road was
reviewed and approved, 1st motion by Howard Hadley, 2"d motion by Charlie Bassett and Rod Platt and
carried unanimously.
Motion to move South section of chain link fence —A motion to move the south section of 135' of 6'
chain link fence and re -install 80' with one walk gate relocated and to install 20' back to existing building
for a cost of $1,700 based on the estimate given by Consolidated Fence Company on 11/19/2013 was
reviewed and approved, 1st motion by Howard Hadley, 2"d motion by Charlie Bassett and rnrripd
unanimously.
There was discussion about general hangar repairs and lighting issues with follow up in
occur.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:30pm�