Aviation Advisory Board Minutes - 05/18/2006MINUTES CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD Date tou -
May 18, 2006 By Time
PRESENT:
Vernon Nesmith, Chairman Board Members
Curtis Harrelson
Sid Gills
Capt. Elizabeth O'Malley
Brad Altman
Martha Harvey
Jon J. Rivkin
Monica Morris City Staff
John Burrus
Tex Schmidt URS Corporation
Leslie Sagar Leslie Sagar & Associates
Mario Gonzales SAFB
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Nesmith at 5:40pm.
II. ROLL CALL
Members were asked to make sure they signed in for the meeting.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the April 13, 2006 minutes were made available for all members to
review. With no changes being made, the minutes were approved as presented.
IV. REGULAR AGENDA
Municipal Airport Update
• Military Airports Program grant application update — Airport Staff was
contacted by the staff member in Congressman Thornberry's office last
week but they did not have any updated information on our grant
application. They did advise that the announcement would come from the
office of the Secretary of Transportation. Capt 0' Malley informed the
Board that Congressman Thornberry's would be visiting Sheppard AFB at
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the end of June and they May and they would try to visit with him about it,
if they had the opportunity.
• Information on Passenger Facility Charges — Mr. Burrus discussed
information on and the process of applying for passenger facility charges
for Municipal Airport. He discussed what projects at Municipal could be
funded at Municipal and their importance for the improvement and
development of the airport, including being able to attract an additional air
carrier. Based on current passenger enplanements of 48,000, PFC's
could yield the airport up to $211,000 per year. City staff plans to begin
working on a PFC application and Mr. Burrus wanted the advisory board
to be informed on how they worked and what their planned use would be.
2. Kickapoo Downtown Airport
• Discussion of Kickapoo Airport Master Plan and vote on
recommendation to City Council — At the last advisory board meeting,
members were given a draft copy of the Master Plan for Kickapoo
Downtown Airport and ask to review the draft and bring any concerns
or suggestions to this meeting. Ms. Morris had reviewed the draft plan
and had provided Mr. Schmidt and Ms. Sagar with her suggested
changes, none of which were of great significance. Of most
importance was the decision on which of the three suggested Terminal
Layout Plans the board and staff agreed was most favored. The
primary difference among the three being the proposed location of t-
hangars, helicopter parking and aircraft parking. After much
discussion, it was suggested that Alternative 2 should be the
recommended TLP. This alternative provided for t- hangars to the west
of the terminal building, which was suggested by Tex Schmidt to be the
best location for the first set of hangars as it required very little site
work. This alternative also provided for the helicopter parking just to
the east of the terminal next to Taxiway A. It was suggested that if
after construction this helicopter parking area proved to be
problematic, it could be moved to the proposed location in Alternative
1. Mr. Burrus also discussed the proposed location of the new fuel
farm. As this location is closer to the residential areas and will result in
fuel trucks moving on Ditto Lane, he stated that such changes would
not be made in a vacuum and the city would solicit the input of the EPA
and the local neighborhood. A motion was made by Curtis Harrelson
and seconded by Brad Altman that the draft copy of the Master Plan be
approved with Alternative 2 as the recommended TLP and
recommended to the City Council. The motion carried with all in favor.
Tex Schmidt gave the board an update on the upcoming bid projects
for the AWOS and the Hangar Area Improvements. The results of
those bids should be available at the next board meeting.
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• Wings Safety Program /Open House date and plans — Ms. Morris has
been working with Curtis Harrelson, Bud Beaty and Jim McElvain on
the organization of a Wings Safety Program and Open House to be
held at Kickapoo. The date was set for Saturday, June 17th with the
pilot's safety briefing to be held in the morning followed by lunch and
an open house for the public from 1:00- 3:00pm. It has been quite
sometime since a safety program has been held in Wichita Falls. And
staff wanted to use the opportunity to hold an open house for the public
to educate visitors on the recent and upcoming improvements.
3. Other Aviation Items
• Set meeting date for Public Meeting on the Master Plan — A public
workshop on the Master Plan for Kickapoo Downtown Airport was
scheduled for Tuesday, June 20, 2006 in the terminal building at
Kickapoo. The workshop will run from 4:00pm until 7:00pm. It will be a
"come and go" format where the public will be presented a summary of the
Master Plan on presentation boards as well as the full document being
available for viewing. Comment forms will be available which the public
can complete at the workshop and leave with staff or can take with them
and mail back in. The Master Plan will then be presented to City Council
with the recommendation of the Advisory Board as well as public comment
for final approval in July.
• Set advisory board meeting schedule for 2006 — It was recommended by
Ms. Harvey and Mr. Altman that meetings be every other month, rather
than quarterly. All thought that was a good recommendation and the third
Thursday seemed to be a good with everyone's schedules. Therefore the
meeting dates for the remainder of 2006 are as follows:
Thursday, July 20th
Thursday, September 21st
Thursday, November 16th
All meeting times are at 5:30pm in the conference room of the Central
Services Complex at 2100 Seymour Highway.
V. ITEMS OF CONCERN FOR BOARD MEMBERS — There we none.
VI. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm.
Dr. Vernon Nesmith, Chairman
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ATTEST:
John A. BLJ*us, Director of Aviation, Traffic and Transportation
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