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City of McCall
Airport Advisory Committee
Monthly Meeting Minutes
January 6, 2011
1. Opened at 12:03 p.m. by Chairman, Walt Lee. In attendance were John Anderson,
Airport Manager, and Rick Fereday, Dan Scott, Rik Poston, and Matt Shaddle,
committee members. Mike Anderson (Hangar Solutions), and Kevin Bissell
(Toothman-Orton Engineers) were also in attendance.
2. Minutes from the December 2nd monthly meeting were approved unanimously.
3. Public Comment: Dan, as a member of the State Aeronautics Board, solicited
comments from the committee’s members and public to be taken back to the board.
John Anderson offered two points:
• There are no airport representatives on the Board any longer with airport
concerns being represented by staff.
• FAA is using discretionary grants for more general aviation airport projects
around the state. This is good because critical needs are funded sooner.
However, the State does not match discretionary grants, but will match State
Apportionment grants. It was suggested that the Board should review and
consider awarding more money to individual airports where those discretionary
funds are going.
4. Committee issues to be presented to the City Council on January 27 were
discussed. A draft of the presentation will be sent to the committee for comments
and approval ASAP, highlighting the following programs and issues:
2010:
• “Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities.”
• “Rules and Regulations.”
2011:
• Connecting existing holding tanks to the sewer (a long-term DEQ issue).
• Finishing the public restroom at the East Hangar Project.
• Re-constructing Runway 16-34, using Taxiway “A” as a temporary runway.
• Constructing a new Snow Removal Equipment (SRE) storage building.
• Finalizing the environmental assessment for Taxiway “A.”
• Beginning the process to negotiate with several property owners and appraise
property to be acquired for taxiway relocation and possibly development-land.
• Finding another funding source to assist in matching grants for land acquisition.
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5. Five-Year Capital Improvement Program: Discussed. Note that $500,000 is
needed to match the grants for the period 2011-2015 if we are awarded grants to
purchase the development land to the south of the existing hangars. In addition, the
following programs may be added for 2016:
• Replacing the rotating beacon with an energy-efficient one as the cost for the
existing beacon is more than $200 per month for electricity.
• Snow blower to replace the Oshkosh.
• Airport Layout Plan update (planning function).
• Applying a slurry seal on the runway (life extension), plus painting the runway.
• C-II runway improvements, if we have reached the C-II threshold.
7. Joe Scott Lease Extension: informational only; no recommendation possible by
the Committee.
8. SRE Building Update: The new layout, as recommended by the Committee, has
been submitted to Design Review.
9. AAC Term Expirations: Reviewed.
10. Runway Reconstruction:
• Work has stopped until Spring.
• The contractor has completed the crushing of aggregate for the reconstruction.
11. Airport Code Amendments: No further action is anticipated until late January, and
the earliest possible date for the Planning and Zoning review is the March meeting.
12. Closed: The meeting was closed at 1:30 p.m., with the next monthly meeting
scheduled for February 3, 2011, 12 noon, at Legion Hall.
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