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Airport Advisory Committee
September 1st2005 — Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 1207 local with members Gordon Eccles, Jerry
McCauley, Dan Scott, Frankie Romero and Chairman John Seevers present. Additional
persons attending were Rick Harvey (Airport Manager), and Toothman-Orton consulting
engineer Kevin Bissell. About 20 concerned airport users were in attendance.
Minutes from the August meeting were reviewed. A detail from the August meeting
appeared to be missing. With this correction made to the August minutes, Mr. Seevers
moved to have the minutes approved, it was seconded and the minutes were approved.
John Seevers then voiced his concerns on keeping opinions expressed before the
committee brief — roughly 3 minutes, since so much material had to be covered and to
prevent the meeting from running too long.
Public Comment:
➢ Mr. Mike DeBoer, McCall, inquired about the possibility of the city planting trees
along the backside of the hangar row in an attempt to shield the view of the
hangars from highway 55. The airport manager said he would look into the
possibility of any available tree grants. (note: shortly after the meeting, the
airport manager inquired with the city's grant writer to see if this was possible. A
similar request was made about 3 years ago and denied because the airport
property line was too far from the highway. In the meantime, other possibilities
are being explored including reapplying for the same grant)
Airport Manager's Report:
➢ New consultant's contract - $900/month — what it provides us.
➢ Tentative Airport Budget — to accommodate consultant expenses
➢ October AAC Meeting — Airport Manager will be at a conference during the first
Thursday of October — AAC agreed to hold the meeting on the 13th of October at
12:00 noon at the Fire Station (Legion Hall not available)
➢ Parking Lot — The Airport Manager recommended the AAC delay any decisions
on this until October. An airport urban renewal district has been suggested with
that meeting being the 13th of September. The emphasis among the AAC member
attending the workshop will be the parking lot.
➢ Runway pavement markings repainting — Paint will be purchase through airport
budget with painting being conducted by the public works department.
➢ Windsocks will be replaced this fall after snow plow operator is employed.
Department will rent a "cherry picker." Manager already has new windsocks.
➢ Airport runway lighting update — spare lamps for all fixtures have been ordered.
When snow flags are installed in October, each fixture will be checked and re-
lamped with the correct wattage bulb as required. Sign board lamps will all be
replaced. An electrical contractor will be hired for the serious problems we have.
Problems will be ongoing since most of the receptacle wells are full of water
(little or no drainage — installation contract was not properly conducted).
➢ PAPI Runway 16 is operating and was calibration checked (3.25 degrees). The
PAPI was flight checked by some AAC members and they recommended that it
remain at this angle (July agenda item).
➢ Asphalt repairs, parallel taxiway — contacted 3 contractors and received 2 bids
(Valley Paving and Boswell), not awarded as of yet. Asphalt mix of ITD specs
were approved by Seattle ADO.
➢ Fencing contract — received 3 bids (Anvil, Cascade and Lake Fork Fence) Lake
Fork had the lowest proposal, $24,000 (later changed to $26,000 due to a FAA
specification requirement). AAC awarded bid to Lake Fork Fence. Old fence
line was cleared out by city public works. Requested grant agreement through
Seattle ADO.
➢ Assessment of Snow Removal Equipment — Three different products of
equivalent capability were reviewed (Cat, Komatsu, John Deere) and the John
Deere salesman was present and gave a presentation. The AAC was most
impressed with John Deere and their price. In the meantime the manager is
working with the FAA and the State Aeronautics on a possible "piggy back" order
or ordering through GSA. The actual order will not be possible until FAA money
becomes available in March 2006.
➢ CIP Development — The AAC reviewed the five year priorities for capital
improvements. The airport manager will refine this list and work with Toothman-
Orton on estimating cost. The possible list was the following:
➢
• Crack sealing — 2005 (reimbursement)
• Airport Parking Lot - 2005
• Master Plan - 2006
• Fencing — 2006
• Taxiway asphalt repair — 2006
• Snow removal equipment — 2006
• Land acquisition — 2007(?)
• Snow broom — 2007(?)
• North triangle parking paving — 2007(?)
• North east ramp repave — 2008(?)
• Taxiway realignment — 2008(?)
• Move hill south of runway — 2009(?)
• Move Deinhard (again) — 2010(?)
• Lengthen runway — 2010(?)
• Land Acquisition Update — FAA says that if the city can buy land (ie; any
means of raising capital) the sooner the better. If the city follows the
procedures outlined in AC 150/5100-17 then they are eligible for future
reimbursement if the funds are available (FAA will not commit to this)
and the land is eligible for AIP grants. Several mean of raising capital
have since been reviewed by the city attorney and will be presented at the
next AAC meeting.
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