09-10-03 Airport MinutesCity of Kalispell
AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes —September 10, 2003
The meeting began at 3:00 p.m. Present were:
Airport Advisory Board Members
City of Kalispell Staff
Guests
Scott Richardson Dan Snyder
Pati Heath
Art Thompson Bob Alm
Keith Robinson Shannon Nalty
Chris Kukulski
Chris Young Phil Porrini
Tom Webber
P. J. Sorensen
John Talmage
John Gesselbrecht
Kevin Kasperson
1. Pati called the meeting to order.
2. Address the Board:
a. Kevin Kasperson discussed plans for the Civil Air Patrols Space Day 2004. It will be May I or 8 and will
mostly be held at the armory, with helecoptors, parachutist, free flights, and possibly hot air balloons. Traffic
patrol will be provided by the CAP. More to come.
b. Bob Alm discussed his planned flight from Seaside,Oregon to Kitty Hawk in December to celebrate 100 years
of flight and to raise money for cancer research. Bob has been contacted by several national media groups for
coverage.
3. P. J. filled the group in on the meeting with Phil Porrini regarding establishing a zone of influence. Phil will be
providing maps and P. J. will involve the county to help with the project.
4. On September 6, the Airport Advisory Board sponsored a clean-up day at the airport. Approximately 30 volunteers,
comprised of board members, pilots, Civil Air Patrol members, and other volunteers spent the day doing much needed
work to improve the safety and overall looks of the airport property.
Chris Kukulski did a great job on the weed wacker! Crib Bissell, at Aero Inn, provided a rest station, including donuts
and coffee. Tom co-ordinated Super 1, Albertson's, Smith's, and Tidyman's, who provided bottled water and the
fixin's for a BBQ cooked up by the folks at Red Eagle Aviation. Pati Heath baked a huge batch of oatmeal chocolate
chip cookies. A big thank you goes out to all who participated. Pati will send out thank you notes.
5. September 181" was set as a final date for fencing at Diamond Aire. Arrangements need to be made at the Southwest
end of the airport. It appears we will need some temporary easements near Big R and those businesses along the ditch.
6. Pati advised the Board that she had a letter from Doc Dahlquist indicating that his use of the airport is for personal
transportation and not operating commercially from the business. The Board agreed there should not be a commercial
fee. A letter has been sent to the Soaring Club and they have verbally responded that they are a non-profit
organization. They have agreed to validate that information in writing.
7. The hangar committee has met and is gathering information. Shannon provided material from the Livermore CA
airport that may be of value. Shannon also indicated he would call a meeting with Tom Seabase from the Polson
airport.
8. There has been little progress on the business case, however, Shannon, Scott & Pati felt they will be able to work on it
more this month. More to come.
9. The City Council workshop date has been set for October 27. More details will be worked out at the next meeting.
10. Dan provided an update of his discussions with John Stokes regarding the value of KGEZ-AM. Phil indicated that we
should have the appraisal back by mid -September and then the final review should be complete by month end.
11. The meeting adjourned at 5 PM. Next meeting is scheduled on October 8, 2003, from 3-5 PM.