HomeMy Public PortalAboutAAC Minutes 05-19-05CITY OF MCCALL
AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
May 19, 2005
The meeting was called to order at 1205 with members Gordon Eccles, Jerry McCauley,
Frank Romero, Dan Scott, and John Seevers present. Additional persons attending were:
Rick Harvey (Airport Manager), Lindley Kirkpatrick (City Manager), Bill Robertson
(City Council representative), Armstrong Engineering's Kieth Koler and two associates,
Rik and Kathy Poston, and Bill Nikkel.
Minutes from meetings after January 6th were not available yet for review and will be
submitted at a later AAC meeting.
Public Comment
Public comment was received throughout the meeting as items were discussed.
Rick Harvey, the new airport manager, was introduced and welcomed.
There was discussion about the recent towing of cars from the airport. Apparently three
cars were towed from the ramp area from spaces that were not current with their tie down
payments. Everybody agreed that this was handled very poorly by the police and should
not have happened. The public relations mess this type of action creates is unacceptable.
The new airport manager has taken a leadership position to try to mitigate the damage
with apologizes and financial restitution. Policies, procedures and diplomacy need to be
a priority as we want to welcome visitors to our aviation community.
The need for improved communication regarding the time, location, and a detailed
agenda along with advanced copies of relevant documents was stated. The committee
agreed and said this should be done in the future. This should help make the committee
meetings more time efficient and more productive.
Selection of a new chair for the AAC
During the discussion for the selection of a replacement chair, Dan Scott voiced concern
over the lack of distributed documents reflecting the responsibilities, authority, policies
and procedures governing the committee as well as the duties of the members. It was
decided that the following documents would be distributed to all members of the AAC
and available to the public: 1) AAC Charter, 2) Idaho Open Meeting Law Manual, and 3)
other documents relevant to the conduct of committee meetings. The airport manager
was charged with carrying out this distribution.
In light of the above concerns, Lindley recommended the committee delay selecting the
chair until the next meeting and a majority of the committee agreed.
Armstrong Consultants
Kieth Koler of Armstrong gave a short informal discussion of the status of the McCall
airport projects. The only on -going item is the completion of the security fence and
associated gates. He stated that his firm was responsible for the design of the system
including conformance with FAA and other standards and establishing the specifications
for the project. He then said that the city of McCall was responsible for selecting the
contractor and insuring that the work was accomplished according to the specifications.
Kieth stated that the system was operational and has been so since about November and
that all that was required to finish was final FAA approval which needed a site map of the
airport as it is today. His personnel were going to gather the required information that
day to prepare the site map which should be sent to the FAA within a couple of weeks.
Installation and operating manuals would be sent to the airport manager in the next
couple of days.
Rik Poston raised the question of the suitability of the "Salmon Air" key pad expressing
that it was very awkward to use. Kieth said it had already been redone once, but that he
would inspect it later that day.
Dan Scott pointed out that the entry gate at McCall Aviation was not hooked up as there
were just wires coming out of the wall in his building.
There was additional discussion about the duration of Armstrong's existing consulting
contract and the renewal time frame. There was also discussion about the procedures and
timing of land acquisition. There did not appear to be any factual differences from the
Idaho Aeronautics board presentation except the casual statements regarding the
complexity of the undertaking and Kieth's opinion of a shorter time frame.
New Business
Jerry McCauley reintroduced discussion about the selection of the AAC chair and
expressed that the members of the committee were well enough informed on the matters
that the selection of the chair should proceed in order to initiate the conducting of
business of the committee. After discussion, he moved and John Seevers seconded a
motion to proceed with the selection of the chair at this time. By a vote of three yes, one
no and one abstention the motion carried. Jerry then nominated John Seevers and Frank
seconded. Nominations were closed, and Gordon moved that John be chair by
acclimation. It was seconded, and all AAC members voted yes.
John then asked all members of the aviation community to submit items for the
committee's agenda so that the broadest possible base could be represented. In particular,
specific tasks, topics, and projects were solicited so that they can be discussed and
prioritized at the next AAC meeting scheduled for June 2.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:05PM.
AAC Chairman John Seevers