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07-26-88 Parks Comm MinutesPARKS/PUBLIC LANDS/ANNEXATION/ZONING/AIRPORT MEETING OF JULY 26, 1986 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCIL MEMBER ABSENT: Chairman Noel Furlong Jim Atkinson Roger Hopkins John Gunnerson OTHERS PRESENT: Mayor Kennedy, Glen Neier, City Attorney, Mike Baker, Parks Director, Craig Kerzman, Acting Building Official, Ken Hammer, Public Works Director Chairman Furlong called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m., a change from the scheduled 5:00 p.m. All committee members were present. John Gunnerson was absent. AGENDA ITEM N0. 1 - LEGION BASEBALL LEASE: Chairman Furlong stated the lease is for a term of five (5) • years. Dan Johns said he would like a longer lease if possi- ble. Roger Hopkins asked Glen Neier why a 20 year lease would not be possible since the Golf Course has just negotia- ted one with the city? Glen Neier stated he had done checking and there is nothing in Montana law that requires the city to limit its leases to any particular amount of time. He felt that the leases could be given for as long as the council deems feasible. Jim Atkinson said that he felt personally there were extenuating circumstances for the Kalispell Golf Association lease, long term loans which were required, and statements made in regard to that. He felt it would be in the best interest of the city to stay with a five year lease just for general purposes as they do not know what will happen in five years. He felt the baseball people should still have it after five years and just review it then. He asked Dan Johns if he could foresee a need for a long term loan for more time? Dan Johns stated the five years was about as long as they felt they could go. Ideally, they would like it longer than five years. At this time they do not have any long term loans, only a renewable loan. Jim Atkinson stated the Kalispell Golf Association has much more of a loss if they do not have a longer lease. In comparison, with the Lakers there is not that great a loss 1 • if you are not able to renew the lease after five years. He did not see the need for the longer lease for the Lakers. Roger Hopkins felt the lease should be kept to a five year term. Mike Baker asked Bud Anderson, Laker board member if there has been any discussion on the development of the second field with respect to a long term loan? Bud Anderson said no, not in the last couple of meetings. He also stated one of the other considerations the board has is the grandstands which need to be finished for both the A state tournment next year and the double A state tournament the year after. One of the requirements is to have adequate bleachers in the grandstands so they anticipated working on the program this fall. Contributions of labor and material are not finalized as yet. Chairman Furlong stated he as a member would not support a lease longer than 5 years as all things and people would change in the city in 20 years. Chairman Furlong stated the Golf Course does not have a 20 year lease but a lease which is reviewed every 5 years and can be renegotiated - and has not yet been finalized. Dan Johns said they would be happy to have the 5 year lease if the board will recommend this to the council. MOTION: Jim Atkinson moved the committee recommend to the council that the Lakers have a 5 year lease as it is written commencing on the date hereinafter set forth and ending on the 31st day of December 1993 unless sooner terminated hereinafter provided. Roger Hopkins seconded the motion. ROLL CALL VOTE: Roll call vote was unanimously in favor, motion passed. The lease was discussed as follows: RENT: $500.00 due and payable on May lst of each calendar year except this year and after provided; there will be no rent for the calendar year of 1988 and no rent shall be due in any subsequent year of this lease provided the Lakers perform the covenants and conditions as set forth in this lease and further provide that the Lakers contribute in labor and/or materials towards maintenance, etc. MOTION: Jim Atkinson moved that the section on rent be adopted. Roger Hopkins seconded. DISCUSSION: 2 Roger Hopkins stated for consistency sake there could be a certain percentage of the gross receipts paid to the city. Chairman Furlong stated he would oppose the motion on a split two vote. He did not feel the $500 was enough and realizes this is not a money making item. He knew the Lakers would spend many times over the $500 amount but felt a lease should have an amount. Dan Johns said that $500 is a bigger impact than 1 or 2% is to the golf association. This year they are operating at a deficit and need to come up with additional sources of funds. Their budget is in the $30,000 to $3S,000 range. They are looking at having to complete the grandstands and the auxiliary field. This work will exceed the $500; but by putting the twice annual review in the lease it gives the city a chance to meet with us both going into the season and coming out of the season and review what was accomplished and what needs to be done. If you look at 1% of the season ticket sales and gate receipts, you would be looking at $100 to $200. This season has been bad; $500 is a large amount for the Lakers to pay. Chairman Furlong said that the season tickets would be a minor part of the Lakers income. Dan Johns said why would the Golf Course Association get a better lease than the Lakers when they have $300,000 to $400,000 more operating income budget? Bud Anderson stated of two dugouts (with donations and labor) -the retail value of those was $15,000, and the scoreboard was donated, value 010,000 with wiring 2,000 all of which was paid by the Lakers. There is also $6,000 worth of donated equipment in the concessions stands by the Lakers. These are improvements to city property; these were initiated and carried out by the Lakers organization. He felt they have done their fair share on the field. It did not take any city tax money to do this. When the city tells them to pay $500 per year and thank you for doing all of the work-$33,000 worth- it is like a slap in the face. Roger Hopkins asked what the Lakers would do with the season tickets profit? Bud Anderson said they would hope to pay back the loan they have had for four or five years. Mr. Hopkins asked what would be the Lakers anticipated revenue for a season including the tournaments? Bud • Anderson stated it is hard to determine, Whitefish has grossed -with the same tournament and functions along with it about $10,000. He did not know exactly. He noted it was gross. Dan Johns said they will have to use these funds for a loan to build the grandstands, and without the 3 • grandstands, they cannot even hold the tournaments. He said the two main sources of funds are ticket sales and concession stand. The rest they have to go out and raise. The Lakers operate the concession stand, not an outsider. Chairman Furlong stated he did know what the Lakers have contributed and it was appreciated. MOTION - ROLL CALL VOTE: Unanimous vote nay, motion denied. Roger Hopkins asked how the committee felt about 1% of gross receipts. Dan Johns replied but could not be heard on tape. Jim Atkinson stated he felt that in the next five years there will be a lot of renegotiation in regard to concessions up there and sees this as a probable loop hole. He felt it would be very important to get this cleaned up right away. If there is a possibility that the bookkeeping can be kept fairly accurately on the concessions he would definitely liked the city to be involved in this also. He felt the city should be able to grow with the baseball field. In down times the league would not be stuck with a set fee. Dan Johns stated they are in the process of completing one . field and starting another. Mayor Kennedy stated if he was correct the field was given to the city for a baseball purposes and is against charging the youth of our community for recreation. A lot of cities provide recreation facilities for their youth. Jim Atkinson said their intentions are good and this revenue will go back into the parks for redevelopment for the same_ people who, are paying the amount. Mayor Kennedy said he has no objection to the 0500.00 being paid for in Like services and will be providing more money than that being put into the field than that. He does not agree with any additional fees. Roger Hopkins said if they use percentage of gross it actually would be less than the $500.00 in his way of thinking. MOTION: Jim Atkinson moved that the entire two paragraphs with the change of the word $500.00 to read 1% of gross receipts of ticket sales, season tickets and concessions obtained during the Lakers games. Roger Hopkins seconded. Chairman Furlong stated the way the motion reads you are giving the Lakers a lease for nothing even though they will spend more money on the field in the long run. 4 • Jim Atkinson said if this takes off in the five year period there will be growth with the Lakers and the 1% may turn in- to cash at some point in time if baseball becomes popular. Jim Atkinson asked Mike Baker for his opinion. Mike Baker stated in this particular case with the Laker organization and as dedicated as they have been, the city could arbitrarily put down a $1,000- any amount and they will come up with that money in in -kind services. The city will not see any money, because they could get $500 cash and it goes into the park budget; we cannot match the $500 they can turn into about $2,000 in donations and labor and material. They can do more for the city than we can. They have already proved this and have good people coming up through the ranks with a quality class act. They will do nothing but make us proud of them. Dan Johns said an example of stretching the budget further than the city can is the $15,000..00 dugouts that they constructed this summer were bid to the city and we did them for $3,000.00. ROLI. CALL VOTE: Jim Atkinson, Roger Hopkins voted aye, Noel Furlong nay; motion passed. • ITEM NO, 1 OF LEASE - USE, COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, SIGNS: MOTION AND ROLL CALL VOTE: Jim Atkinson moved the passage of Item No. 1, Roger Hopkins seconded. Roll call vote unanimous, motion passed. ITEM NO. 2 - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS: _MOTION: Jim Atkinson moved the passage of item no. 2. Roger Hopkins seconded. DISCUSSION• Jim Atkinson asked Mike Baker if there was anything more that should be added to this? Mike Baker said he has the list they went through, but it sees to be taken care of at present. Chairman Furlong asked about page two, item 2 a. Dan Johns said the reason the wording is such on maintaining the field is the length of grass for a baseball field would be different than you would have on a football field, or soccer field - particularly on a baseball field where you are concerned with the roll of the ball. We are not saying there will not be other uses, but they would like to have the grass levels and everything maintained with the idea it is a baseball field. S Irrigation systems were discussed. Mike Baker said they maintain and have the expertise for doing this. Irrigation and maintenance cost was discussed all over the city with regard to parks. ROLI. CALL VOTE: Roll call vote was unanimous, motion passed. ITEM NO. 3 EXCLUSIVE USE: MOTION: Jim Atkinson moved acceptance of Item No. 3 Roger Hopkins seconded. DISCUSSION: Jim Atkinson said the situation of non-use can be handled by the statement, "Lease premise shall be only on the mutual consent by the city and the Lakers." It is important for the Lakers to say who will be using the field, and it is also important for the city.to have input. Roger Hopkins wanted to have a season put on this exclusive use, a date. This would leave it open to soccer, football, or other activities. Dan Johns stated he would sure hate to see football on this field, the turf on a rainy day would • be ruined and it would cost thousands of dollars to repair the turf. Bud Anderson said they need some protection for their invested dollars and time. There needs to be a use compatible with the baseball use. Exclusive use in the contract was discussed and the committee felt priority would be a better word. It was noted by Bud Anderson if this is entered into by mutual agreement, you are still receiving exclusive use of the field for that particular use and that is what the lease is for, otherwise there is no need for a lease. Chairman Furlong asked Bud Anderson to note the sub -lease paragraph, they may charge a fee and sub -lease it with all proceeds going to the Lakers. He asked if they were con- cerned with liability? Bud Anderson said yes. This would add to the cost of the insurance or they have to guarantee anyone who leases from them are covered by insurance if they sub -lease the field. He felt on this basis it is an exclusive Lakers lease. Chairman Furlong said exclusive use and exclusive lease are two different things. MOTION AMENDED: Jim Atkinson moved to amend the motion to read to strike the two words "exclusive" use in the first two uses and replace with the word "primary use." Roger Hopkins seconded. M u DISCUSSION: Ken Hammer said he had no problem with the field as it is, but if you do the same with the second field, enclosing it totally -with an irrigation system and everything else you have tied up almost 10 acres of land exclusively for the Lakers. The original plan was for the field to be an all - encompassing sports complex with all people contacted. The second item that came from the meeting was that the ballfield would be used for soccer, and if sometime in the future the high school would like to use the ballfields for practice or something, that could have been a possibility. The first ballfield was designed to have both a soccer field and a football field and that design remains the same at present. The way it was designed the second time around was to put two soccer fields in it and that way it would be in the outfield and not disturb the irrigation system. He cited South Meadows which is trying to promote 217 lots and yet the people do not have a park to go to. He felt if this was built the same way, with the second ballfield the Lakers may run into some problems. Kids like to play ball. Dan Johns said that is what the north side of the South Meadows is for -park purposes and miscellaneous uses, kites • picnics, etc. -passive uses. He felt if they are going to have baseball fields, you should have a baseball field. Dan Johns said they were not looking to lease the north side for these reasons. The south side was intended to be developed as a baseball field, and in discussions with the city it is primarily the responsibility of the Lakers Organization to develop it. It will be the Lakers expenditures that build it, and if we are going to put a lot of money in to it, yes the Lakers wish to control the use of that field instead of just opening it up to the public. It too, will be a very nice field. There can be tournaments and they will be able to have more than one game at a time going on. There has been some discussion of other leagues possibly using it. He is concerned putting $100,000 into that field and all of a sudden it cannot be controlled. ROLL CALL VOTE ON AMENDMENT TO MOTION: Roll call vote unanimous, motion passes. Chairman Furlong stated he agreed with the one field he calls Begg Park, the one that enclosed in the fence and $200,000 plus has been spent on it, it should be kept primarily for baseball. When it comes to the new • field he did not feel they could be that stringent. ROLL CALL VOTE : 7 • Jim Atkinson and Chairman Furlong voted aye, Roger Hopkins voted no. Motion passes. (Jim Atkinson left meeting at 5:30 p.m.) ITEM NO. 4 - ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MOTION: Roger Hopkins moved to pass Item No. 4 of the proposed lease. Chairman Furlong seconded. DISCUSSION: None. ROLL CALL VOTE: Roll call vote unanimous, motion passes. ITEM NO. 5 - UTILITIES: MOTION: Roger Hopkins moved the Lakers pay the cost of all the utility services as noted in Item No.5 of the lease. Chairman Furlong seconded. DISCUSSION• • Dan Johns asked who pays for the water and utility services in the parks in the city? Ken Hammer said no one pays for it, it is not budgeted for. Chairman Furlong asked about the utilities for the Hockaday and the Conrad Mansion? Ken Hammer said they both pay for their utilities. Chairman Furlong asked if this would be the exception? Ken Hammer said so far you have mentioned public buildings, not parks. The swimming pool has an income. Begg Park has an income. All of the other ballfields do not have an income other than concession stands. Dan Johns said the city has already agreed that they will be fertilizing the field and maintain the infield and outfield which means they will be down there watering. He did not look at this any different than any of the other parks. We are mentioning soccer and maybe something else, and the water is still on in the fall and the Lakers are still paying the bill. He did not feel the policy should be changed from what it has been in the past. He understood paying for the lights when they are using the field at nights. Mike Baker said that at present his budget will not allow for additional charges of water, sewage and garbage for what basically is the exclusive use by the Lakers. The Lakers have the authority to charge for the use of the water, bathrooms for cleaning them, garbage use from sub -leasing - these could all be built into the rental M • fee. As far as the watering goes, the Lakers are doing the watering and as far as he knew, would continue to do the watering up until the system is winterized. We have a lease with the Lakers and that is what differ- intiates what is going on at our other public parks. That is one of the responsibilities he feels the Lakers will have to take on. Andy Hyde said that probably the most comparable facility in the city would be the golf course. All of the water and sewer services that the city provides are billed directly to the golf course. It is all metered and charged just like a regular account. Ken Hammer said he has been calling up different cities in Montana and some cities have a miscellaneous line item for services such as these. Once the budget is approved in a couple of months there will probably be a public works meeting and the council needs to go over many of these accounts to get water, sewer and garbage established as policy - it never has been established. He is accumula- ting this information now. Mayor Kennedy said lie could see some multiple uses such as ice skating during the winter. He stated the Lakers • should only be billed for the time they are using the utilities. Roger Hopkins said then the lease should not read exclusive use and give them a time of exclusive use from May to September. If everyone is going to use it then the city should pay for it. He felt the lease has no consistency. If everyone will be using it then bill all parties concerned for the time they use it. Mike Baker asked Andy Hyde if there was a winter rate? Andy Hyde said yes, during the summer there is a sprinkling rate, and the domestic use at the higher rate. Chairman Furlong asked what happens if there is no use? If the account is on there will be a mini- mum charge. There should be a separate sprinkling meter down there because the bulk of it will be going for irrigation. A very small portion will be going for the use of the concession stand and the restrooms. Bud Anderson asked Andy Hyde if he knew what the cost might be for the utilities? Andy Hyde said he did not know. Dan Johns said he thought they had already agreed that the city will be maintaining this (a) at the top of page two. • ROLL CALL VOTE: Roger Hopkins and Chairman Furlong voted Z • aye. Motion passed. ITEM NO. 6 - PERSONAL PROPERTY: MOTION: Roger Hopkins moved that Item No. 6 of the lease be accepted. Chairman Furlong seconded. DISCUSSION: None. ROLh CALL VOTE: Roger Hopkins and Chairman Furlong voted aye. Motion passed. ITEM NO. 7 - INSURANCE: MOTION: Roger Hopkins moved that Item No. 7 of the lease be accepted. Chairman Furlong seconded. DISCUSSION: Roger Hopkins asked whose responsibility will the liability insurance be during the off-season? Dan Johns said their isinsurance is covered for the period of 6 months and during the rest of the year it falls under the city's general liability policy -(covering from April lst to the end of August). Roger Hopkins asked how this can be leased for an entire year when they will actually only be using it for a period of 6 months or so, however, they have control over what it can be used for the rest of the period? Chairman Furlong said it would not make any sense to force them to carry an additional 6 months that they would not be using the field. Roger Hopkins asked how much is the fire insurance? Chairman Furlong said he asked Don Halver and he was unable to break it down as it is a general policy. ROLL CALL VOTE: Roger Hopkins and Chairman Furlong voted aye. Motion passed. ITEM NO. 8 - DEFAULT AND TERMINATION: • MOTION: Roger Hopkins moved that Item No. 8 of the lease be accepted. Chairman Furlong seconded. DISCUSSION: None. 10 ROLL CALL VOTE: Roger Hopkins and Chairman Furlong voted aye. Motion passed. Chairman Furlong said it is the intent of the Parks Committee, unless he hears otherwise, the lease as amended and discussed here today will be presented to the city council with a "do pass" recommendation. The council will hear this as soon as the budgetary process has been completed it could be done the 6th of September, although he will be out of town. He asked the Lakers to keep in contact with the city to find out when it will be on the agenda and then attend the meeting so any questions can be answered. Dan Johns wanted the committee to know that they wish to confer with the other members of the committee who were not here today as to the changes in the lease. He asked if they could get some meter readings as to the cost on the sewer and water? It was mentioned that it will be available At the end of the season. Andy Hyde said this reading will not be a true picture of the Lakers maintenance • level. Dan Johns stated he would like someone to deal with if they intend to sub -lease (for non -baseball use) as there will not always be time to deal with the entire council for this permission. Chairman Furlong stated that his interpretation right now - it would the the Parks Director, Mike Baker. Other than that the first one would be the Mayor. Roger Hopkins wishes to go over the lease more, and is not comfortable with the liability insurance and lease time. Dan Johns said he would like to go over it again and do some changes on maintenance and care, etc. MOTION: Roger Hopkins moved that the lease agreement between the City of Kalispell and the Lakers be adopted as amended. Chairman Furlong seconded. DISCUSSION: None. ROLL CALL VOTE: Roger Hopkins and Chairman Furlong voted aye. Motion passed. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2 - ANNEXATIONS: • A. CITY OF KALISPELL - AIRPORT ROAD: David Greer stated this is primarily a status report. This 11 • will be heard at the Kalispell State County Planning Board in two weeks with the recommendation to the full city council and the city council can act on it in October, November or December if they wish. The recommendation will be coming from the Planning Board in the next two weeks. There is no action necessary at this time as it has to go through the Planning Board first. S. HIGH PLAINS PIZZA, INC.: David Greer stated this is also a status report to let the committee know it is in process. These come to the committee after the Planning Board acts upon them. C. MINOR L. BOND, APPLEWAY DRIVE: David Greer stated she has paid her connection fees to the city and is going through the process of being annexed into the city because she needs sewer service. D. FLATHEAD COUNTY FAIRGROUND SHOP & ANNEXATION OF ISLANDS: Chairman Furlong said he was told today that a goodly portion of the County Fair Ground is already annexed to the city, like everything south of Two Mile Drive. All said yes, all • the white area on the map is. Chairman Furlong stated the question that was posed to him was instead of just taking in the one building that they bought, why not annex all of the rest of them? What is the problem of doing it? Ken Hammer said you are not getting anything in return to annex it, it doesn't help to annex them and this has been council policy. Chairman Furlong said it does eliminate one island of contro- versy within the confines of the city. What do we do to let them know we do not want to do this piece meal and adopt the whole thing? Ken Hammer said he talked with one of the members of the Fair Ground, Butch Woolard said he did not know why the city would want to annex it, and he did not feel the county commissioners had a problem with annexing the entire piece. Chairman Furlong asked the staff present if they saw any problem with this being annexed? Andy Hyde said the only problem he could even envision relates to the city ordinances for livestock and he thought these stables were rented out on a monthly or yearly basis. • The city is getting complaints now on the horses. Ken Hammer confirmed this does violate the city ordinance. Andy Hyde stated the Fair Ground is exempt with the horse- 12 • racing, sheep, etc. during the fair. He thought they boarded horses there year round. Ken Hammer said they do. Craig Kerzman said it is a violation of the city ordinance to have livestock in the city. David Greer said there is a problem with the city ordinance. The zoning ordinance says if you are zoned R-1 you can have horses. There is another portion of the city ordinance that says you cannot have them, so there is a conflict in the ordinance. Craig Kerzman said the zoning ordinance, south of Sunnyside Drive, allows livestock in an R-1 zone. The Kalispell City Code says livestock shall not be kept. There is a conflict. David Greer said he did not feel there was a problem with annexing the whole portion. Glen Neier said there will be a staff meeting on this ordinance and they will make that recommendation. He noted they will also discuss the annexation of the islands at this meeting. • Roger Hopkins asked if there was more of a burden to the fire and police departments? The city does not get any support or taxation from annexing. Craig Kerzman said the area would most probably be patrolled by both city and county departments in a cooperative manner. The information will be available after a Thursday meeting. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3 - HELICOPTER/AIRPORT LEASES: Mayor Kennedy said Henry Galpin sold the Mountain West Helicopter services to a Mr. Larry Mendenhall in Utah with the understanding that the city would sub -contract out the lease agreement. Glen Neier drafted a new lease including some new items in April. The lease was sent with the items as accepted by the council. The Mayor wrote and asked if Mr. Mendhall would be interested in buying the land thinking it might help pay off the runway or something. Mr. Mendenhall wrote back and said he would like to address two issues. He stated he was very much interested in purchasing the property associated with the hangar facility provided the purchase price is reasonable and could be amortized over a period of time. "I suggest you consider a lease -purchase agreement for the property whereby we could purchase the right to buy the • property with an up front payment with the lease purchased from the city reflecting an amortization of the balance of the term of the lease." He is interested and this letter is from July 21st. The Mayor needs to provide Bank West with a 13 lease agreement that will satisfy them. Airport leases and property was discussed. Chairman Furlong said this is a concern of the city council as far as the sale. He was concerned about the poor return of monies from the airport leases. The Mayor said he felt there was a mistake on the part of the committee and they meant to increase it to 10-1/2 cents but was written into this lease as 2-1/2 cents making no increase over 7 cents times one and one-half. It was noted the city council has accepted this increase. Lease amounts were discussed. Mayor Kennedy noted all of these leases were done by the Airport Association. The rental amounts are as follows. There are five leases including the helicopter service: Devar Gardner is 20 years starting in 1986. (He pays $504.00 per year for 2 hangars) Alan Potts - 20 years starting in 1986. (He has 1 hangar) Jay Billmayer - 20 years starting in 1984. (He pays $611.52 except he has a credit for asphalt that runs through 1992 as he surveyed is the runway.) Alfred Noyes - 20 years starting in 1985. (He has a paving credit so that he does not owe the city until 2050. A total credit of $2,661.00 starting in 1967 the Mayor thought for 12-1/4 years.) Craig Kerzman asked if the lease includes the square footage of the hangar only or if the parking pad surrounding the building was included in the square footage to be paid? Chairman Furlong said the city should send the city surveyor and re -measure the hangars and land. Glen Neier said the original intent of the association in charging the 7-1/2 cents was to give the area of the building plus some area around the building for parking as well as access to the runway. Chairman Furlong said he felt the city should meet with the people who lease the airport hangars because month by month the debt is mounting. The debt at present is $184,000. and well over $40,000. of that is added interest. There is no way to pay the debt off with the fees that are being collected. He noted even if all of the fees were collected it would still be difficult to pay the operational costs. He said there must be about 50 planes out there now. 41 Roger Hopkins said it seems that the purpose of the ad hoc committee failed and the purpose was to find a way to retire the debt. That according to the latest budget is not 14 • the debt. That according to the latest budget is not happening. Chairman Furlong said the City has to sell some land to pay for it. Discussion followed. Devar Gardner was noted to be in default of his lease by not abiding by it. Jay Billmayer leases other spaces out. Mayor Kennedy noted that there about three other people who wish to build hangars, and this lease is holding up their building. It will be about $200 to $300 to the city. He noted he just received a report for the airport and it is $2,572 in the hole for the entire year. There was 6 months worth of income from 3, 3 out of 7 paid their $50.00 a month and these were billed in (April rent due from January to present). This was when the council adopted the fees. 3 have paid and 4 have not. Insurance is $2,700 for the airport. The airport was charged $650. for the appraisal. He - said if everyone pays who is supposed to pay the maintenance will be covered. Glen Neier said the airport is not operating on a pay as you go basis. The city has the choice of attempting again to make them pay with or without hangar leases. • If they will not pay then the city should look at closing the airport altogether. Chairman Furlong asked if Glen Neier could get some information from the Northwest Pilots Association and get back to the committee with some additional suggestions with regard to the rent charged. He said he would call. Mayor Kennedy said he will ask them to pay the airport fee or he will lock the doors. The committee agreed this should be done. The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 p.m. by Chairman Furlong. Respectfully Submitted, N ncy C� Lgg VIr Recording Secretary Noel Furlong Chairman 11 15