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Aviation Advisory Board Minutes - 05/28/2008MINUTES AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD MAY 28, 2008 PRESENT Sid Gills, Chairman Board Members Kenneth Armstrong Cy Mills Glen Barham Brad Altman Steve Smith Curtis Harrelson John Rivkin John Burrus City Staff Penny Whitley Lynn Leibowitz Airport Financial Consultant I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Sid Gills at approximately 12:00 noon. II. ROLL CALL Members were asked to sign the attendance sheet. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the January 17, 2008 meeting were presented. Mr. Harrelson made a motion and Mr. Mills seconded for approval of the minutes. All were in favor. Minutes of the March 20, 2008 meeting were presented. Mr. Armstrong made a motion and Capt. Smith seconded for approval of the minutes. All were in favor. IV. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Municipal Airport AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD MAY 28. 2008 • Lynn Leibowitz, airport financial consultant, reported on how the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) would be used for capital development for the City by charging a maximum of $4.50. Ms. Leibowitz gave a short presentation on the history of PFC's, and she gave a list of airports across the state of Texas that charge PFC's. Notices have been sent to the airlines regarding the projects that the PFC revenue will be spent, and the ability for public comment on the PFC application has been posted on the airport webpage. In addition, such items as "seed" money for terminal upgrades were discussed. According to Ms. Leibowitz, this first PFC will be set until 2017, and it is expected to generate $1.6 million in additional revenue. Questions were brought up on various issues. For example, military charter aircraft would not be affected by this charge and $0.11 would go to the airline to process the PFC at the time of ticket collection. All were in favor of a recommendation to the city council for the application and implementation of Passenger Facility Charges. • Mr. Burrus is working on the "small community air service aevelopment" grant. It is a competitive process with other airports across the United States, and a resolution will be taken to the June 3`d City Council meeting asking for support for the local application. If support is received, Mr. Burrus will forward the grant application to the Department of Transportation. • A. response has not been made as of yet regarding the Joint Use document. 2. Kickapoo Downtown Airport • Nis. Morris has been working with TxDOT on the funding for the T- hangar project. The check for the City's portion of the project has been sent to Austin. Construction will be for a six T- hangar complex designed to handle small twin engine aircraft. TxDOT will soon bid this project, and work is anticipated to begin in mid - summer. • The projects for 2008 AIP Funding are 1) Taxiway "A" lighting, 2) A -4 connection /extension, and 3) security fencing along Hatton Road and Echo Drive. Mr. Burrus s -oted that a second gate will be installed along Echo that provides for direct access to the new ramp. This item has AVIATION ADVJ',01Zy !3OAR[) NIA) ?8. 2008 1) been formally bid, and it will go to City Council on the June 3 d meeting for final approval. Once approval has been received, a pre- construction meeting will be held. Mr. Burrus anticipated that work would begin by late June. 3. Other Aviation Items • The news media will be interviewing Ms. Morris regarding American Airline changes. Specifically, staff discovered that the existing SAAB aircraft that service Wichita Falls will be replaced by ATR -72 aircraft serving other hubs. While the number of flights may be reduced from seven to five, Wichita Falls may gain an additional 110 seats per day from American Eagle. The advantages of using larger aircraft were discussed, as well as the opportunity to improve American Eagle's reliability. It was also noted that Ms. Morris has a second interview tomorrow concerning fuel sales at Kickapoo. V. ITEMS OF CONCERN FOR BOARD MEMBERS Members had questions regarding the fuel farm and why there was not a self service pump. They would like to see one installed for convenience and to keep others from flying to other local airports to fuel. While the Board members understood the need to generate revenue for the various construction projects, examples were given of facilities that offered both full line service and self - service. In an example given, the difference in the price of fuel at one airport was only $0.20 between the two options. The Aviation Advisory Board asked staff to consider this option for future discussion. The Board believed that this would create additional demand for fuel and Kickapoo, further increasing overall fuel sales. A question was raised about the develops -nent on the property located east of the airport. It was noted that the BCi had been in contact with Joe Best, the owner of one of the parcels, with interest of that land being used for an aviation business. Mr. Burrus noted that 4A economic funds do allow for construction of "business parks" adjacent to airfieids, but it was added that it was not known what the BCI had in mind for that development. Bobby Teague is interested In buiiding a hangar. VI. ADJOURN AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD MAY 2S. 2_008 3 Sid Gills adjourned the meeting. Steve Smith will be leaving June 6, 2008. Brandon Brown will be the replacement. The meeting was adjourned at 12-45 p.m. ATTEST: Monica J. .orris, Airports Administrator AVIAHONADVIYW� ROARD VA) _100 -.,Ir 74,4,) 7 0 0 Date Date RE "ENED IN CITY GLERK'S OFFICE Date XUL By TimeT 4 .P