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05-14-03 Airport MinutesCity of Kalispell AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD Minutes —May 14, 2003 The meeting began at 3:00 p.m.. Present were: Airport Advisory Board Members City of Kalispell Staff Guests Scott Richardson Torn Webber P J Sorensen Glen Smith Keith Robinson Gib Bissell Pati Heath Phil Porrini Mike Manion Shannon Nalty Charlie Harb all Dave I Io erner Dan Snyder John Talmage 1. Minutes of April 9 meeting were approved with no changes. 2. New Board Members The Board welcomed new members Dan Snyder, Tom Webber, & Shannon Naty. Scott, Gib, and Keith provided a little history of the airport and agreed suggested a tour of the airport that is scheduled for May 21 at 5 PM. 3. Additional agenda items Added items included: • New rules allowing Public to speak at Board meetings. ® Parks & Rec. and Street Dept. impacts to budget. • Tents on Airport grounds. • Collections activity for 3 airport users. 4. Budget--Pati provided the updated budget (through May). She wanted to be sure that all understood that the revenue figures for this year are higher than usual due to the interest that has been provided from the land sale of several years ago. Other items that were addressed included: ® John Talmage has refused to sign the contract for $2,500 for back user and commercial fees that were owed. A verbal agreement had been made by him with the City Attorney & City Manager to pay approximately 50% of the $5,000+ that was owed. He was to sign the contract and make payment by May 15. He advised Charlie on May 13 he would not sign or pay. This led to a further conversation regarding the need to get a fence in place in order to prevent Talmage from using the airport. Mr. Talmage said he thought the fence was to secure the airport based on homeland security. He was advised that there are two reasons for fencing the airport. The first is airport security based on homeland security recommendations and the second is that his area is becoming one of the first areas this year due to his lack of payments. Other areas had been fenced in previous years and we will continue to fence during the next several years. Arrangements will be made to fence the area around Diamond Aire as soon as possible. Quite a bit of time was spent determining how best to lay out the fencing. * Concept 360, which is located on the same property as Talmage has not paid the user fee for two years. He received notice for the commercial fees in January. No payment has been made. Pati expressed concern regarding maintenance by the Street & Parks Dept. In the past, these departments have not billed for all of the work they have provided. The Parks Dept indicated that with the budget cuts that they have had, they may not be able to provide services in the future. The Street Dept has agreed to continue with plowing and working on the lighting. Scott, Gib, and Mike will work through looking for a contractor and getting bids for mowing. Pati indicated she had checked on the truck (Blazer) and front-end plow mentioned at the last meeting. Parks & Rec are storing them and Mike Baker indicated that they are used very rarely. Pati investigated the possibility of Board members using them at any time to do work at the airport. Volunteers must be covered by workman's comp. and insurance. 5. Phil Porrini provided an update on the next steps. He provided a list of appraisers including their qualifications and asked for input (see attached list). He indicated that the top priority at this point is to move forward with the appraisal of the towers. There was also discussion of the location of new hangars. Phil then met separately with Red Eagle Aviation, Diamond Aire, and Charlie Harbaii to review with the FBOs the plans that have been drawn out to date. 6. Pati mentioned that a new piece of legislation will require the public to be recognized at Advisory Board meetings beginning in October. Although we have generally recognized those wishing to address the Board in the past, a more formal process should be put in place. Pati agreed to get more information as things become available. 7. Meeting adjourned at 5:05 PM.