HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020-12-07 minutesDecember 7, 2020
MINUTES
Airport Advisory Committee
John G. Christy Building, Boone/Bancroft Room
Monday, December 7, 2020
COMMITTEE MEMBERS (present)
Frank Rycyk-in person
Grant Shorthose-Webex
Trey Propes-Webex
Jeff Naught-Webex
Dennis Bening-Webex
COMMITTEE MEMBER (absent)
John Abbott
Jason Thurnau
COUNCIL LIASON
Councilman Ron Fitzwater-Webex
STAFF
Eric Bowers, Airport Manager-in person
Lisa Dittmer, Public Works-in person
Britt Smith, Operations Division Director-in person
GUEST
Tom Dowse and Dave Hadel with Burns and McDonnell, and Terry Rackers; all visitors
via Webex.
1. Introductions:
Chairman Rycyk called the meeting to order at 10:37 a.m., and a quorum was
present.
2. Adoption of the agenda:
The agenda was adopted and all members were in favor.
3. Approval of the minutes:
A motion was made by Mr. Shorthose to approve the minutes and was
seconded by Mr. Propes. All were in favor and the minutes were approved.
4. Public Comment Opportunity:
5. Invited Guest:
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Mr. Dowse with Burns and McDonnell appreciates all of the work going on at
the airport and will have more work in the future with the CIP update that just
happened.
6. Scheduled Reports:
a) Airport Manager’s Report
Mr. Bowers advised the CIP was recently submitted. The tower was
recently reevaluated for funding and is on the way to be 100% federally
funded. Parking lot work will begin December 14th, 2021. The new airport
building is still on track to be completed March 1st, 2021. The emergency
plan is still going thru the final review process and Mr. Bowers hopes to
have something published within the next month. Traffic counts are down
with COVID, but are holding steady.
Mr. Bowers discussed the proposed revised fee structure to add
definitions to each fee and eliminate ones that were overlapping each
other. The only fee that will go up is the abandoned aircraft fee that was
previously referred to as a dead storage fee. The fee was previously
$4.00/month; the proposed fee increase is $100.00/month. The definition
of the abandoned aircraft fee was updated to any aircraft whose owner
cannot be contacted and/or is out of annual inspection that is parked
outside for longer than two weeks. The only other fee change is to split
the Aircraft sales and service permit fee to two separate fees: Aircraft
sales permit and Aircraft service and maintenance permit, both will remain
$27.00/month.
Mr. Rycyk made a motion for these recommendations to be adopted, Mr.
Shorthose seconded the motion. After answering questions from
committee members, all members were in favor. The proposed changes
will be forwarded to the City Council for approval.
b) FBO Report
Mr. Shorthose advised the fuel sale numbers have been less than
anticipated. Corporate flying is down; hopefully jet traffic will be up again
in the spring. Mr. Bowers added jet traffic has been down 30-40% due to
COVID. Flight School is still producing good numbers, maintenance and
avionics shops are still busy. Mr. Shorthose advised he appreciated
working with Mr. Bowers on the revised fee structure and wanted to
compliment the city on how the airport has been conducting business.
c) Staff Liaison Report
Mr. Smith advised the Airport Administrative Offices project is ongoing and
expected to be completed March 1, 2021. The Airport Parking lot project
will start December 14, 2020. The ramp rehabilitation project is currently
under design with Burns and McDonnell, a seal coat of the pavement will
be completed after the ramp repairs project is complete. The ramp project
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will repair the asphalt transition between the main ramp and the north
ramp and remarking of the taxi lane. The plan is to advertise the ramp
project in January 2021.
The emergency lighting project will repair all the lights that were damaged
by the flood. This project received a 100% grant from MoDOT and goes to
City Council tonight December 7, 2020. City staff has been working with
Senator Blunt’s office regarding the control tower. The FAA contracts with
Midwest ATC to provide the personnel to run the tower for the airport.
Currently, the FAA would pay 82% of the cost for the tower, the city is
responsible for 18% of the cost; MoDOT gives the city a grant for half (9%)
of that. Our cost benefit has been revised, we are now considered a 112%
tower, and will no longer have to pay the 9% cost. The benefit the tower
provides far exceeds the cost of providing the services; therefore the FAA
will pay 100% of the cost. Senator Blunt’s office is also assisting us in
having a site study done on the control tower at no cost to the city. This
study would be done thru Airway Facilities Tower Integration Laboratory
(AFTIL), an organization within the FAA. Mr. Smith advised he is now a
liaison for the Columbia Airport Advisory Board.
d) City Council Report
Councilman Fitzwater does not anticipate any problems with voting on the
Airport emergency lighting project tonight at the City Council meeting and
appreciates all of the work that has been done at the airport.
7. Old Business
Chairman Rycyk asked for more details about the new restaurant at the
airport. Mr. Shorthose advised the owner is Bobby Drainer and the restaurant
will be called “The Landing Zone.”
Mr. Shorthose inquired about any updates on the four state levee study. Mr.
Smith advised the city is communicating with Department of Natural
Resources and the Corp of Engineers about what improvements would be
best for the city and property owners. Mr. Smith discussed future
improvements and the proposed priorities:
• Raise the existing Capitol View Levee to the maximum extent possible
(ideally protection to 34’ flood stage or higher) while closely
maintaining current footprint.
• Strengthen the levee in areas of repeated previous failures.
• Construct so that if the levee is over top in the future the “fill” point is
on the downstream side and protected as overtopping occurs.
• Availability for flood buyout funds for properties subject to river flooding
and tributary flash flooding.
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• Close dike “notches” where riverbank erosion is occurring and provide
funding assistance where improvements have been required to protect
high value infrastructure.
The proposed priorities listed have been acted on by City Council and the
Levee District and has been sent to the Corp of Engineers. Mr. Shorthose
asked for Mr. Smith to keep the committee updated on any future updates
regarding the levee.
Mr. Smith advised there is no retirement reception scheduled at this time for
retired Airport Manager Ron Craft, but we hope to be able to schedule one
sometime in the future.
8. New Business
9. Other Business
Mr. Rycyk made a motion to approve the meeting dates for 2021. Mr.
Shorthose seconded the motion, all members were in favor.
10. Next Meeting Date
Next scheduled meeting is Monday, March 1, 2021
11. Adjourn
Mr. Shorthose moved to adjourn the meeting at 11:20 a.m., seconded by Mr.
Propes. All were in favor. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lisa Dittmer