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Aviation Advisory Board Minutes - 03/22/2007MINUTES AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD March 22, 2007 PRESENT: Sid Gills, Chairman Dana Mills Elizabeth O'Malley Jim McElvain Kenneth Armstrong Curtis Harrelson Jim Ginnings John Burrus Monica Morris Kevin Hynes I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Sid Gills at 5:35 p.m. II. ROLL CALL RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Date 7 zo DI BY _�� Time Board Members City Council Liaison City Staff Local Pilot F 1 J Members were asked to make sure that they had signed in for the meeting. Chairman Gills ask everyone to introduce themselves and their position in aviation or roll on the advisory board. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes from the January 18, 2007 meeting were presented. Mr. Armstrong made and Mr. Harrelson seconded the motion to approve the minutes. All were in favor. AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD January 18, 2007 Page I of 5 V. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Municipal Airport • Taxiway "C" Rehabilitation — Ms. Morris reported that Tex Schmidt has completed a preliminary set of plans for the Taxiway C rehabilitation project and that they have a meeting with Sheppard AFB representatives to go over the plans to ensure their approval of the plans. Ms. Morris also reported that Guillermo Villalobos, our Program Manager with the FAA, has given us permission to proceed with the advertising of the project as soon as we are ready. Military Airports Program Grant — 2007 application update — Ms. Morris reported that we have not received any information on our grant application. However, she had spoken with the airport manager from Killeen at the FAA conference. Killeen had also applied and one of their consultants had reported to them that there were only six applications submitted and six slots were open. However, Ms. Morris also reported that under the FAA's new proposed funding structure, the MAP program would be eliminated. Tenants Meeting scheduled for May 7, 2007 — Ms. Morris reported that she has scheduled a meeting of the Municipal Airport tenants for Monday, May 7th. This meeting will be the first since a tenant meeting held in November 2005. The purpose of the meeting will be to keep tenants informed of airport activities including that planned Taxiway C rehabilitation and security related responsibilities. Specifically, Ms. Morris wanted to make members aware that she has been notified by the TSA that they will soon be implementing the ASADP program at Municipal Airport. Preliminary information is that this program will subject any persons with access through the walk through and drive through gates or to the sterile area of the airport to random screenings of person and belongings by the TSA. This would include pilots and passengers accessing their general aviation aircraft. Ms. Morris wanted to make members aware of this program as this has the potential of being a sensitive topic with the private pilots. Mr. McElvain suggested that staff obtain guidelines from the TSA regarding the program. 2. Kickapoo Downtown Airport • Status of Construction Projects — Ms. Morris reported on the status of four airport projects: a. Hangar Area Improvement Project — This project is behind schedule due to weather and contractor problems. AUI released their subcontractor and significant progress was made when they brought up their own crew and equipment. A test strip was placed AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD January 18, 2007 Page 2 of 5 on March 22nd with planned final paving on March 26th with tenants returned to their hangars by March 31St Ms. Morris reported that Phase I is also still not complete as we are still waiting for the placement of the gabions and the final dress up and seeding of the walls of the detention pond. She also reported that the contractor is proposing the combining of Phases III and IV which he said would help them catch up three weeks. Ms. Morris explained to the board on the design plans how the combining would work and how it could be done in order to keep the airport accessible by vehicles. She just explained that the combination will result in the entrance road being one -way longer than anticipated but that this may be a reasonable sacrifice to assist in getting the project completed in a timely manner. b. AWOS — The AWOS equipment is here with the exception of the tower. Vaisala is scheduled to be at Kickapoo the week of April 2nd for installation with FAA commissioning planned for no later than April 16tH c. Taxiway B — The City Council awarded the bid to Hi -Lite markings for the application of Rejuvaseal to Taxiway B. This project is funded with 50% TOOT Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) funds. The contractor should be contacting Ms. Morris very soon to schedule the work. d. T- hangar project — Ms. Morris reported that Mr. Schmidt is also finishing the design work on the T- hangar project that will be funded with TxDOT NPE funds. Ms. Morris and Mr. Schmidt visited briefly with Megan Caffall with TxDOT at the FAA conference and will work with her to get the items we need to obtain the funds from TOOT. • Update of Minimum Standards Project — Ms. Morris reported that this is one of the items that she needs to get back to working on as it is a critical item for the TxDOT funding. Ms. Morris apologized for her delay in getting back to committee and will make this project a priority. 3. Other Aviation Items: • Information on FAA's proposed changes to the AIP and PFC programs — Ms. Morris wanted to make members aware of the FAA's new funding proposal which they submitted to Congress. This was a very controversial topic at the local FAA conference. The funding structure as proposed has the potential of increasing the AIP funds which will be available to Kickapoo as well as increasing the maximum dollar amount of Passenger Facility AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD January 18, 2007 Page 3 of 5 Charges which we have discussed implementing at Municipal Airport. However, the proposal significantly affects general aviation, including fuel taxes, which could have a negative affect. Mr. Harrelson reported that the Airport Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is being vocal about their disagreement with the proposal. Ms. Morris just wanted members to be aware of it as it is a controversial subject which may be in the media and the spotlight for a while. • Ms. Morris also wanted to report that during his last visit, Mr. Villalobos with the FAA mentioned his desire to recommend Kickapoo Downtown Airport to Mike Nicely with the FAA for consideration for their 2008 general aviation airport of the year award. This would be a great honor to the airport and we appreciate Mr. Villalobos recommendation. • Finally, Ms. Morris reported that they had just received word that Mr. Bob Seabury's idea for a WWI museum at Kickapoo with a Curtis Jenny aircraft as the main attraction is coming to fruition. The aircraft should be arriving within 60 days and they will make arrangements for the relocation of the current tenant as soon as possible. VI. ITEMS OF CONCERN TO BOARD MEMBERS • Mr. Armstrong inquired about the status of the lease with Sheppard AFB base. Mr. Burrus stated that he had a meeting with City Manager Darron Leiker to discuss the city's position on the lease. He then hoped to meet with his point of contact at Sheppard AFB the following week. • Mr. Hynes requested to the board and airport staff that whenever we are discussing airport projects, etc with the local media, that we be sure to always include the fact that the projects are funding entirely through aviation generated funds and that no local tax dollars are used. • Mr. Harrelson inquired if Ms. Morris was aware of the recent "prowler" at the airport. Ms. Morris was aware of part of the incident but was unaware of the entire incident. Mr. Harrelson reported that Bob Sturges was working in Mr. Harrelson's hangar when an unknown individual wandered in, claiming to be out of gas. Mr. Sturges ran him off but he apparently made his way to the terminal where he asked for his gas can to be filled and then left without paying for it (approximately $20). It was later believed that the individual used to work at the airport. Ms. Morris will remind staff and tenants to be on the look out for unfamiliar or suspicious people or activities at the airport. • Mr. Harrelson also requested that staff consider the placement of additional lighting in the back 2 rows of hangars. AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD January 18, 2007 Page 4 of 5 • Ms. Morris gave an additional report on a proposed new cell phone tower to be located east of Alley's Generator shop on Jacksboro Highway. The proposed tower will be 78 feet and falls within tolerances of the city's Airport Zoning Ordinance and has also received a "Determination of No Hazard" by the FAA. Mr. Hynes suggested we touch base with FAA approach to ensure no impacts to the instrument approach. • Finally, Mr. Burrus wanted to thank and recognize Major O'Malley for her service on the Aviation Advisory Board. Maj. O'Malley reported that she is expecting and will be separating from the Air Force and that this may be her last meeting. She will still be at Sheppard for several months yet but will be replaced on the Board by Capt. Steven Smith. The board thanked her for her service and wished her well. VII. ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m. S� -07 Mr. Sid ills, Chairm Date ATTEST: u 5 i7 O Monica J. orris, Airports Administrator Date AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD January 18, 2007 Page 5 of 5