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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-04-09 Airport Commission SummaryKENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION April 9, 1987 7'00 ~.m. Kenai City Hall Ron Malston, Chairman AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL a. Roll Call b. Swearin~ in of Commissioners Miller and Vierra 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD a. Representative from Air National Guard 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5. MANAGER'S REPORT 6. OLD BUSINESS a. Continued Review of Airport Facilities and Programs 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Review of Tie-down Master Plan 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS 9. ADJOURNMENT ****Please bring your information manual to the meeting**** KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION April 9, 1987, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Held, Kenai City Council Chambers Minutes, Regular Meeting Presiding: Ron Malston, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL Present Ron Malston Tom Irwin Josh Knopper Tim Miller Frank Stevison Bill Toppe Dr. Les Vierra Absent In Attendance: Randy Ernst, Airport Manager Mayor John Williams Bill Brighten,-City Manager Councilwoman Sally Bailie, Council Representative Councilman John Wise Councilman Art McComsey Mayor Williams welcomed the Commissioners and introduced Colonel Lindermuth from Alaska Air National Guard. a. Roll Call. Ail Commissioners were present. b. Swearing In of Airport Commissioners. The following were sworn in as Airport Commissioner by Kenai City Mayor Williams: Mr. Ron Malston Mr. Tim Miller Dr. Les Vierra 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD a. Air National Guard -Colonel Lindermuth. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION April 9, 1987 page -2- Chairman Malston introduced Colonel Lindermuth. Mayor Williams explained to the Commissioners the reason he invited Colonel Lindermuth to speak in Kenai at the Airport Commission meeting. Mayor Williams indicated the possibility of an Air Rescue group moving from Elemendorf, and in conversations with Senator Stevens, thought there may be some considerations in having an Air Guard Wing brought into the City of Kenai. Mayor Williams contacted Colonel Lindermuth's office after some research and inquiry, and invited the Colonel to speak to the Airport Commissioners for the purpose of gathering information and learn more about th is unit. Colonel Lindermuth relayed apologies sent by Mr. Borg of the Adjutant General's Office, who had to be. in Juneau at this time. Colonel Lindermuth explained the functions of the Air Rescue and Air National. Guard, and elaborated on the requirements and what would be necessary to comply with having such units look at the City of Kenai and the airport for-the future. One of the most important issues would be a substantial area of land for use at the airport. Chairman Malston asked what the City of Kenai and this Commission could .do? Colonel Lindermuth suggested to keep in contact with the Adjutant General's Office and let him know of your support and ask his support in this effort. Also, to show your willingness to make plans, to show what facilities and land are available, and what the capabilities are, to show there Councilman Wise asked how much aviation space is needed and access to taxi ways? .... Colonel Lindermuth responded by saying, it would depend on the type of unit, but, it. would have to be something big enOugh to park three 130's and four to six helicopgers. Also, a place to put a hanger that a 130 ~w'6-u'id "fit into. Colonel Lindermuth said it would not have to be right next to a runway, but the important thing was to have access to the runway so an airplane can taxi into it. from the runway. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION April 9, 1987 page -3- Councilman Wise thought he might be willing to earmark a sufficient track of land for a Guard unit. Colonel Lindermuth said he would be willing to have his Civil Engineer come to Kenai to sit down and show what is basically needed. The Commissioners and the Colonel continued in a general discussion regarding aircraft and units in Alaska. Mayor Williams asked if there was a decision made and planes were to move to Kenai in the future, who becomes responsible for the construction of the new ramp and taxi way. Colonel Lindermuth indicated the National Guard Unit. Land would have to be acquisitioned or leased, for example a ninety-nine year lease for a dollar a year, something like that. Mayor Williams asked of Mr. Brighten, the City Manager, if an agreement were entered into with the National Guard to lease them airport lands, would Kenai still be tied to the same restrictions of leasing at market value? Mr. Brighten thought probably not, when dealing with the Military, they're not under the same restraints. Colonel Lindermuth explained on the air side, that all was one hundred percent Federally funded, complete construction and once everything is built, the State has a contract with the Federal Government to operate and maintain the buildings. The Federal Government then pays about 95% and the State 5%. . ~ ~ Mayor Williams asked hypothetically for the sake of numbers, if three C-130's wore based in Kenai, how many full time positions and how many part-time positions? Colonel Lindermuth thought approximately, and if helicopters were part of the unit of C-130's, probably full time would be between 150 and 200 people, and thought weekend manning would be close to 400 or 500. · KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION Apr il 9, 1987 page -4- Commissioner Irwin added the rescue unit operates on a twenty-four hour basis, so ~here is a stand-by crew. Colonel Lindermuth said there is a lot more crew members on the rescue unit, for instance; paramedics, scanner/radio operators. There is more to it than just the airplanes, which would be a rescue communications center which operates the whole system throughout the State. Councilwoman Bailie asked if the 150 to 200 full time people the Colonel was speaking about, if this would be people who would re-locate from another area to Kenai, if this should take place? Colonel Lindermuth indicated that it would. Commissioner Stevison gave an example of a city that wanted an Air Force Base; come up with the land, went to the Government to say they wanted a base built there, here's the land, and they got the base. The Coast Guard was brought into the discussion and the Mayor thought this was a good point to make when contact was made wi th Senator Stevens. Ail thanked Colonel Lindermuth for his time in coming to Kenai talk to the Commission. Councilwoman Bailie suggested a joint meeting and work session with the City Council members and the Commission. Colonel Lindermuth gave the commission his thanks for the opportunity to come to Kenai to speak and invited them to call anytime if they had any further questions. MOTION Commissioner Irwin moved for the Commission to pursue the action through the administration in contacting Senator Stevens and General Schaffer and have the Civil Engineer come down and take a look at the land and survey the possibilities. The motion was seconded and passed by unanimous consent. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION Apr il 9, 1987 page -5- Mayor Williams suggested that the Council could draft the basic letter and expand on it from there. It was determined that time was essential. Mayor Williams will be talking with Congressman Young on Monday and would like to enlighten the Congressman on the direction Kenai is taking. On Tuesday a letter will be drafted to Senator Stevens and General Schaffer, with perhaps a copy of those letters sent to Senator Murkowski and Congressman Young. Mayor Williams would like to keep as a separate issue, but at the same time, have the Civil Engineer come to Kenai as soon as possible to establish reserve land. The land reserve would have to go before the Council before any action at all could be taken. Not sure how soon Council would want to act, perhaps after correspondence comes back from Senator Stevens office. Council would probably consider at that time the land reserve, if response was in a positive manner from Senator Stevens. The FAA was brought into the discussion by Commissioner Stevison, as it has established a type of communications hub, that would be perfect for search and rescue. Mayor Williams pointed out also, that the building is here and completed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes were approved as presented. 5. MANAGER' S REPORT Mr. Ernst added the schematic of the new aircraft tie down ramp to the manuals and gave a copy to each Commissioner. Mr. Ernst went on to explain that Council would like the Commissioners to review it and see if they wanted to make any changes, then it would be taken back to Council for final approval. The Commissioners who were not present at the first meeting were given a manual by Mr. Ernst and brought up to date. Mr. Ernst will call Colonel Lindermuth on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. to arrange a time for the engineer to come to Kenai. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION Apr il 9, 1987 page -6- Councilwoman Bailie asked if there was a problem with the wind in the area of the new tie down and if some type of wind break would be needed. Mr. Ernst said he did not foresee a problem. The basic tie down configuration is faced north and south. Mayor Williams asked Mr. Ernst if there was wind damage to aircraft during the last winds in Kenai. Mr. Ernst reported he had only heard of one slight damage at the Aviation Services area, with an aircraft that had landed and tried to make a turn onto "Bravo" and caught a wing tip when the wind caught it. For the 'amount of wind, there was no damage at all. 6. OLD BUSINESS ~ , a. Review of Airport Facilities and Programs. Mr. Ernst asked the Commissioners to look in their manuals under "Projects" in which he gives an overview of the projects in the working. The main apron extension to the North is complete. The final pay estimate on that was 1.8 million. The master plan update: FAA has reported their comments on the master plan, those comments have gone to the two different consultants, (one in California, who send their answers to the FAA letters to the main consultant, which is Alaska Transportation Consultants) . They (Alaska Transportation Consultants) combine everything and then once more, it will have to go to the FAA for the final approval. Mr. Ernst reported the land acquisition is complete as far as owning the land through condemnation, however, the Master of the Court has not yet determined what the cost will be. Mr. Ernst does not anticipate receiving a figure amount any time soon. The safety zone and general aviation ramp and taxi way tie down area was shown to the Commissioners by Mr. Ernst using a photograph to display the area being completed. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION Apr il 9, 1987 page -7- The float plane basin plan was shown to the Commissioners and Mr. Ernst explained a proposed change for vehicle access to solve a potential traffic problem. The proposal involves a taxi way straight into the basin with a large ramp to alleviate some of the problem with vehicular access. This would limit a confrontation with the vehicles and aircraft. Mayor Williams asked if there would be water and sewer or rest room facilities? Mr. Ernst indicated at this point, the plan was to design a minimum facility. b. Establish Commission Meeting Dates. Chairman Malston asked the Commissioners to decide on meeting dates. It was suggested to meet twice a month for the next couple of months and perhaps cut it down to one meeting a month in the future. The meeting nights will be the 2nd and fourth Thursday of the month and Commissioner Vierra will have an excused absence for 'the 2nd Thursday of each month as there is a conflict with his job. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Review of Tie-down Master Plan. Mr. Ernst wanted the Commissioners to familiarize themselves with the plan. Chairman Malston asked about the charges for the tie-down space. Mr. Ernst explained this was one of Councils' concerns. Mr. Ernst had set the charge at $40.00 per space, plus tax, which would make it $42.00. The thinking was not to be in direct competition with the airport. Mr. Ernst explained that one FBO charges $36.00 plus tax, which makes it $38.00. Mayor Williams brought into discussion the possibility of a marketing survey and getting a report for the float plane basin. KENAI April page · AIRPORT COMMISSION 9, 1987 -8- There was general discussion Ernst, Council members present marketing study. Chairman Malston asked Mr. agenda for the next meeting. with and COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS Ernst The commission's next meeting April 23rd. 9 . ADJOURNMENT __ , will The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m. the the to be Commissioners, Mr. Mayor regarding a include this on the held on Thursday, Ni~a A'"' Aburto ..... dba/Niva's Clerical Services for the City of Kenai