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HomeMy Public PortalAboutAAC Minutes 1996 06/05THE CITY OF McCALL AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF JUNE 5 , 1 9 9 6 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tucker at 12:08 p.m. in the Legion Hall in the basement of City Hall. Members present were Tucker, Anderson, Fereday and Colburn. George Dorris and Kevin Bissel were guests. Staff: Points Minutes of the May 1, 1996 were read and approved with one change, that the motion to present the G & S Aviation proposal to the City Council was not unanimous by the Committee, Fereday had a descending vote of no. STAFF REPORTS: Chief Points informed the Committee that last week Chuck came up and they spent about 2 hours going over the bid specs for the AWOS. Copies of this were handed out to everyone to look at. Chief Points also informed the Committee that we received the grant from the State in the amount of $25,000. Since we did receive this and with the money in the budget they decided, while they were at it, to ask for submission of separate bids for 1. additional system components in addition to base bid for lightening and thunderstorm reporting capabilities which would make it an AWOS IIIT. 2. additional system components in addition to base bid for precipitation identification and thunder and lightening capabilities, which would make it an AWOS This would give us the prices and more informa ion about these additional systems. Completed packets will be mailed out on Monday, June 10. Chief Points informed the Committee that all 3 air socks are brand new and all lights have been changed. Points has made arrangements with the golf course supervisor to have a licensed applicator, for herbicides, spray every crack at the airport with a weed in it. OLD BUSINESS: Chief Points informed the Committee that the airport crash truck is in the station, full of foam and water, and operational. Two new proximity suites will be put in it on Saturday. We have to put preconnects on it and we have to order special 1 3/4" line so we get a large volume. Points explained to the Committee that a proximity suit is like tin foil, it allows a person to go into an extremely hot fire for a short period of time for rescue purposes. Also ordered is a piercing pole, which is about 8' long, hook a 1 3/4" hose on to it and hook it into the side of a plane and you can fill the inside with foam in a matter of minutes to shut everything down. The fire department has made application to send 4 firemen to go to a certified school in Moses Lake, Washington. 6 firemen have already been through airport crash and rescue training programs through the State. We want to get them certified through these other agencies to meet FAA criteria. The Committee looked over a reduced copy of the hangar space configuration. Tom Tucker brought up the subject of snow storage during the winter months. Chief Points has already spoken to Bill Keating about this matter and the city will use the area down past the Southcoast Lumber hangar. Jim Newcomb does most all the rest of the snow removal, so he will have to coordinate with the City. This lead into a discussion on long range hangar configuration on land no one seems to what to lease and also amending AIP 97 for a new taxi way. WPb-►t Chief Points showed the Committee two bids for tie down markings. Alert was $3,647.00 and Eterna-Line was $4,763.00. Committee selected to go with Alert. Committee instructed us to prepare a contract with Alert for the work. Take it to the council for their approval and contract with Alert to do the work as soon as possible. Bill Keating had agreed to sweep and clean the area in advance of the work being done. Chief Points informed the Committee that a special meeting has been set for June 13th at 3:30 pm in the basement of City Hall. Meeting has been advertised for two consecutive weeks in the local publication inviting the public to participate and update the public on the status of the Master Plan. Dave Rickerson from Transportation Solutions will make the presentation and also in attendance will be Kayla Morgan with the FAA and Wayne Pickerall with State Aviation. All Committee members were encouraged to attend. NEW BUSINESS: The Committee discussed the new General Aviation Lease format. Tom Tucker expressed some concerns with the wording in relationship to snow plowing, who does what and when. He felt the wording should include the exact requirements for the plowing to be done by tenants as well as exactly what the City will be responsible for plowing. He also felt that snow storage areas should be defined as to use by the City and private contractors. In addition, he felt the word fixture as used throughout the lease agreement was improperly used. Gordon Colburn had a concern that the City was not properly protected from a possible hazardous materials incident caused by tenants. He suggested some kind of wording to better protect the City. General discussion centered on how in depth, how often and by whom tests should be conducted. Chief Points was instructed to look into the parameters of tests, costs and frequency that are reasonable. Gordon also suggested in light of the negotiations we had finished recently that some sort of non-refundable deposit be required from those persons expressing an interest in leasing. The Committee reviewed a contract as proposed by Frank Vetch to the City Council which asks that he be allowed to work on the NDB and AWOS under the City's liability policy and not be required to carry his own insurance. Gordon Colburn moved and Mike Anderson seconded a motion that the City not enter into a contract with Mr. Vetch under these terms. Motion passed unanimously. Chief Points informed the Committee that the negotiations with the City for use of the old jumped ready room as a main fire station was under way. Chief Points presented to the Committee the lease rate study as asked for by the City Council concerning rate of various airports as closely suited to our airport as possible. General consensus was that we were within the going market price for the service we have to offer to the fly -in public. There being no further business, the meeting as adjorned at 1:47 pm Tom Tucker Chairman