HomeMy Public PortalAboutAAC Minutes 1992 07/01City of _McCall
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
BOX 1065
MCCALL, IDAHO 83638
TO: Airport Advisory Committee Members
FROM: City Administrator
RE: July 1 meeting cancellation
I have no items for your consideration on Wednesday. I am
hereby arbitrarily cancelling that meeting. Presumably
this is good news for most of you.
The attached letter from the Weather service concludes our
discussion with them for the time being. We believe this
will work satisfactorily.
If I get leases or other items, I will ask for a special
meeting as necessary.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Weather Service Forecast Office
3905 Vista Avenue
Boise, Idaho 83705-0126
(208) 334-9860
June 23, 1992 WSFO:JAJ
1302-01-06-04
Mr. Arthur (Bud) J. Schmidt,
City Administrator/Airport Manager
City of McCall
Office of the Clerk, Box 1065
McCall, ID 83638
Dear Bud:
This letter is to follow-up our telephone discussion of Thursday,
June 18, 1992. Due to the lack of accessibility of cabling to
Pioneer Aviation from the alternative sites for the National
Weather Service's (NWS) RAMOS weather instrument package, we will
remove the RAMOS from the McCall Airport. In order to continue to
support the Paid -A observation program at McCall, we will have the
observers supplement the AWOS I instrument readings for the
observation, and have the observation relayed to us via telephone
calls.
Obviously, this solution will be more labor intensive, regarding
dissemination, for both Pioneer Aviation and the National Weather
Service. I am still open to alternatives, which could be
implemented at some later date. Conversations with Chuck Sundby of
Toothman Orton Engineering Company, indicate that the City of
McCall could make inquiry to the FAA about upgrading the AWOS I to
an AWOS III configuration. I am interested in learning the
possibilities of such an upgrade and the costs involved. The NWS
might be able to financially support such an effort if the AWOS
observation was disseminated long -line, and our costs were offset
by elimination of the Paid -A program. Please let me know if this
option is exrlored in the future.
Thank you for your patience with us. I look forward to working
with you to provide the best possible service to McCall.
Sincerely,
John A.nuzzi`-
Area Manager/Meteorologist-in-Charge