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07-09-03 Airport MinutesCity of ]Kalispell AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD Minutes —July 9, 2003 The meeting began at 3:00 p.m. Present were: Airport Advisory Board Members City of Kalispell Staff Guests Scott Richardson Dan Snyder Chris Kukulskl Glen Smith John Talmage Keith Robinson Mike Manion Pati Heath Steve Eckel Bob Alm Shannon Nalty Mike Baker Claris Young Art Thompson 1. Pati called the meeting to order. 2. Steve Eckel addressed the Board regarding noise from the airport. .He lives on 2nd Avenue west and indicated that some of the planes are very noisy. He said that the last 2 weeks have been better. He had talked to Gib Bissell & Pati Heath suggesting that the flight path be changed, particularly taking off to the South. 3. Bob Alm addressed the Board indicating that he recognized a need to ease expenses and maintain the airport in a better manner. He suggest that volunteers be used to clean up the area and that he would be willing to lead the effort. He also mentioned that at other airports that he has belonged to large areas of the airport at not mowed to save on expenses, but that paths around taxiways & buildings are kept trimmed. 4. The Board assured both Steve & Bob that they are concerned about the issues that they have brought forward and that they are on the agenda or will be added to ensure they are addressed. 5. Pati indicated that by moving through the task list, she felt that many of the agenda items would be covered. Discussion could be initiated from each task. The following was completed or discussed. a. Item 2, move to closed list. b. Item. 3, and combining Item.. 14, 23, & 26. There was much discussion regarding the need to develop a business case. A vote of 4 to 1 was taken in favor or moving forward with a business case. Scott & Shannon will take the lead. This also nroMDted discussion regarding: i. weeds there an ordinance indicating that weeds may not exceed 12 inches. ii. Fire season prompts fuel usage. Usage was down last year because there were no fires. This needs to be addressed due to it's revenue importance. iii. Need to find the old business plan which was part of a Morrison & Maierle package. c. Item 9, move to closed list. d. Item. 10. Many options were discussed and covered. The final decision will come down to how the city wants to address the property line. Pati will get with Chris, who had to leave for a few minutes, to determine the final decisions. options include boundary line adjustments, the city requiring Talmage to move the pumps and tanks, the city purchasing the tanks and pumps and leasing them back to Talmage. e. Item 12. This item prompted discussion of defining an FBO. Discussion included requiring the FBO to be located on airport property, the FAA discourages through the fence operations, and the possibility of using the FBO as the Airport Manager. In the end, the FAA description was offered up and voted 4-0 as the definition the city would use. It states, an FBO is "An individual or firm operating at an airport and providing general aircraft services such as maintenance, storage, and ground and flight instruction." It is taken from.. FAA Advisory Circular 150/5190--5 dated 6/10/2002, Change 1, Appendix 1. Pati agreed to get with Chris Kukulski to determine next steps. Shannon and Chris Young offered help in drafting the bid requirements. f. Item 13, move to closed list. g. Item 153 not addressed. h. Item 16, eliminated. i. Item. 17, move to closed list. j . Item 19, no update. k. Item 20, not addressed. 6. Added a new task to determine how to use volunteers. Shannon agreed to investigate this issue further. 7. Budgets are being finalized and a decision was made to increase the maintenance budgets for parks and public works to $5,000 each, due to the new estimates we have received and the past experience of costs. In addition, a budget item will be added to include $25,000 for a part-time airport manager. Although this may not be done for several months, it will be better to anticipate it now than try to amend the budget at a later time. Pati & Chris will work with Finance to increase the budget numbers. 8. Due to the large number of agenda items and the need to work through issues, as well as bring new members of the board up to date, a meeting has been scheduled for August 6 from. 1-5 PM (hopefully, we can be done sooner). This will be in addition to the regularly scheduled meeting of August 13 at 3 PM. 9. Adjournment at 5:30 PM.