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HomeMy Public PortalAboutAAC Minutes 1996 11/06THE CITY OF McCALL AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 6,1996 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Fereday at 12:15 p.m. in the Toothman-Orton Conference Room above McCall Air Taxi. Members present were Tucker, Anderson and Fereday. Absent: Colburn and Saleen Guests: Chuck Sundby, T-0, Duke Norfleet, USFS, Wayne Pickerill, State Aeronautics, and Pat Dorris, MATCO Staff: Points Minutes of the October 10, 1996 meeting were read and approved without any changes or additions. STAFF REPORTS: Chief Points informed the Committee that we let the FAA know that we are interested in the temporary tower and getting the trailer unit built, so our name is now on one. Chief Points informed the Committee that the Chris Lee lease is now complete. The lease is signed and the money is in. He took the last remaining small lot. Chief Points informed the Committee that the lights on the runway are fixed again. He explained to the Committee what a major project it is to find any problem areas with the lights. This time it took three days. Chief Points informed the Committee that all the snow stakes are put up. This lead into a discussion on some complaints about the way the airport is being plowed. Dale will speak to the City about these complaints. OLD BUSINESS: Chief Points reported to the Committee that the ASOS Preconstruction Meeting on the 30th went well. Everything is in order except we need to put a gate on the east side of the ASOS area for maintenance purposes. They want us to call them ahead of time for an update on the weather, so they can schedule the installation of the ASOS. Dale has on his calendar to call them the 15th of April for this update. Also Dale has planned to have the City plow the entire area early, so it will melt as early as possible. It takes about four days to complete the ground work and then in approximately 30-45 days ASMI will come in and do the actual installation of the equipment. It will be set up on 48" pedestals so it is up off the ground. Chief Points updated the Committee on the steps taken so far on AIP 6. On the 30th Dale mailed out the appraisal requests on the Ady property. Also on the 30th he received the draft scope of AIP 6 and on the 31st he mailed out the revised pre -applications to the FAA, Trujillo, Pickerill and a copy to Chuck. Dale has set up a meeting with Gill Walker, tomorrow afternoon, to be our independent consultant. Chuck Sunby then informed the Committee of some information that he was sure they were not aware of. The appropriation for funds, federal dollars, to the State of Idaho is significantly higher than anticipated. He stated that this is both good and bad, because with more federal money it will be difficult for Wayne to match. With more money available Chuck called Jerry Trujillo and asked if we could move the land ahead into AIP 6 and Jerry agreed with this. Dale is working on this now. We plan to put the entire acreage in AIP 6, but break it down into two parcels and see if the FAA will participate. Tom Kerr has been hired to do the surveying and split it by legal description. Chief Points updated the Committee on the AWOS repair. Church and Baird came up last Thursday and walked through it. They ordered the parts, but they cannot technically fix it until they have a signed reimbursable agreement, which they have tried to get but keep running into snags above them. Dale spoke to them this morning and this agreement is suppose to be on their desk tomorrow, so it will be brought up next week. We will get it signed and they will fix the AWOS while they are here. Tucker asked Dale what he has heard from Rickerson on the Master Plan. Dale informed him that at the moment they are playing phone tag. Chuck mentioned that he had received a concept list of facility requirements and tentative grouping by capital improvements by year. This draft was faxed to Chuck and Dale will be getting one in the mail. As soon as he does he will send out copies to be reviewed by the Committee members. Tucker also asked about numbers on the hangars. Dale stated that he was waiting to see what we do with the triangle area so the numbers will be in sequence. Anderson informed the Committee that rumor has it that Motel 8 is requiring three phase power and Idaho Power is running that underground on the east side of Hwy 55. This might be a good time to talk with Idaho Power about getting that across the street for further use at the Airport. A motion was made to ask Idaho Power to supply the airport with three phase power. This motion was seconded and the vote was unanimously in favor. Pat Dorris asked the Committee about McCall Air Taxi taking over the agreement on the unicom and the tie downs. Dale informed him that we are waiting on attorney's and we haven't seen anything yet. Right now there is a written agreement between the City and Pioneer. We have to have a written agreement to change that. This new agreement has to be approved by this Committee and then has to go before the City Council for approval. Nothing can be done until we have something in writing from their attorney. The Committee discussed some problems they are observing at the airport parking lot. Since the stop light was put in, people have been cutting through the parking lot to avoid the light and also the long term parking of cars with flat tires, etc. This is something we will have to address and solve. NEW BUSINESS: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm. Rick Fered Chairman