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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-09-28 Airport Commission SummaryKENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 - 7-00 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Bob Summers Presiding i~l~ E N D E D AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL , · , APPROVAL OF AGENDA PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF June 15, 1989 5. OLD BUSINESS , , . · a, Report from Budget Committee- Josh Knopper Report on Industrial Display - Randy Ernst Public Relations Committee - Dean & Ames Possible Training Seminar - Randy Ernst November Open House for Airport Terminal (Bill Toppa Heads a New Committee - Report & Update) NEW BUSINESS a. Airport Fueling b. New Members AIRPORT MANAGER' S REPORT COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS ADJOURNMENT KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 - 7-00 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Bob Summers Presiding 1. ROLL CALL Present- Summers, Ames, Garnett, Knopper, Shackleton, Toppa Absent- Dean (excused) Also Present' Councilwoman O'Reill¥, Airport Manager Ernst, Secretary Loper 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION- Commissioner Knopper moved approval of amended agenda, seconded by Commissioner Shackleton VOTE- Motion passed by unanimous consent 3. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None . APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF June 15, 1989 MOTION- Commissioner Knopper moved approval of the minutes as submitted, seconded by Commissioner Ames VOTE- Motion passed by Unanimous Consent 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Report from Budget Committee- Josh Knopper Chairman Summers reported that we have received an allocation of approximately $15,000 from the Council for use by the Commission. We have established two committees; budget and public relations. The first report will be from the Chair of that Committee, Josh Knopper. Commissioner Knopper reported that, without the actual figures, about half of the $10,000 has been spent. Part of that was $1700 for the July 4th celebration and part was for advertising for the float plane basin which leaves approximately $5,000 for advertising and travel. I believe that the remaining $5,000 was earmarked for advertising and the terminal open house in November. Manager Ernst agreed. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 Page 2 Manager Ernst reported that Bill Nelson did some aerial photography of the two approaches to the basin. He will be blowing up the photos to make one large one at a cost of $300 each. Mr. Nelson will be donating some of the cost. Chairman Smmuers asked for some concrete numbers. Manager Ernst stated he will be able to provide those at the next meeting. Commissioner Toppa of the Public Relations Committee felt that a meeting of the budget Committee and his Committee would be in order probably prior to that time. Note- Mayor Williams entered at this time. b. Re~ort on Industrial Display - Rand~ Ernst Manager Ernst reported that Marathon will have the display available the first week of October. It comes in several crates. The Marathon technicians will come in and assemble it. We will probably need to look at housing it by putting a glass case around it or something similar. This will probably have to come out of our budget. It is 8' wide by 12' long by 8' high. It will be an attractive display and there will be the temptation by the travelling public to pull pieces off of it. The model is worth approximately $200,000. Mayor Williams suggested a nice plaque for the display giving details and indicating it was donated from Marathon Oil Company. Manager Ernst will make the arrangement for the plaque. Commissioner Garnett asked if any arrangements had been made as yet to get a glass enclosure as the model will be here next week. Manager Ernst answered that we need to have some kind of idea of what it's going to take to cover it before proceeding. Commissioner Toppa asked if it could be covered as it is 8' tall. Manager Ernst stated that the glass would have to be at least 8' tall. Mayor Williams stated that he has had quite a bit of experience with models and recommended a floor to ceiling air tight enclosure. This model is so intricate that dust will become a factor over time. Also, as the walls are put together, one panel should be movable and locking so that entrance could be gained if necessary. The problem with plexiglass is that people can get into them and take pieces. This is larger than any model he has dealt with in the past. If..it isn't floor- to-ceiling people can throw beer cans and trash over the top. Commissioner Garnett asked where the money would come from, Mayor Williams answered from the Airport fund. Manager Ernst stated that it would have to go to Council as it will surely be over $1,000 and is not a budgeted item. MOTION: Commissioner Garnett moved that we recommend to City Council that plans be initiated as soon as possible to enclose that model to protect it, seconded by Commissioner Toppa Councilwoman O'Reilly asked if an estimate can be available by the next Council meeting. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 Page 3 VOTE: Motion passed unanimously Chairman Summers asked how soon the model was scheduled to be placed in the terminal. Manager Ernst answered that it was scheduled for the first week in October, however, he would contact Marathon and get more exact dimensions and get started on construction and a cost estimate. Randy's Glass might be a good company to contact. Commissioner Toppa suggested that Marathon be asked to hold it a bit longer until the enclosure is ready. Manager Ernst agreed and will contact Marathon. C, Public Relations Committee - Dean & Ames Chairman Summers reported that the Chairman, Jim Dean had expressed his wish to step down due to time constraints. Bill Toppa has agreed to head the Committee and work with both short term advertising and the open house for the terminal along with Mr. Ames. Commissioners Toppa and Knopper will be getting together to come up with figures. These two gentlemen will be calling on the Commissioners for help as the project moves ahead. d, Possible Trainin~ Seminar - Rand~ Ernst Manager Ernst reported that a book had been given to Chairman Summers. The speaker is willing to come to Kenai from Los Angeles for the cost of the air fare only. It will be a one day seminar. Keeping in mind that the commissions she is familiar with are elected officials, she speaks to commissions working with administration, pubti.c, and management to accomplish the goals you set out. Manager Ernst will get the cost of the air fare, meals, and lodging. MOTION: Commissioner Garnett moved that the Commission requests such a seminar with Manager Ernst's speaker to be invited, and that the air fare, lodging and meals be paid by the City, seconded by Commissioner Toppa VOTE: Motion passed by Unanimous Consent Councilwoman O'Reilly asked if the seminar could be conducted on a Saturday. Chairman Summers suggested that the Council might be interested as well. Commissioner Garnett suggested that since the subject was commissions working with administration and the community, the rest of the commissions would benefit as well. Mayor Williams reported on a recent training seminar held at the City Hall with about 42 people attending, Soldotna city and borough included. Manager Ernst will talk to the speaker and ask if she is comfortable with a large group, what type of group would benefit most, and dates and times. Commissioner Garnett suggested that, depending on what the speaker answers, at the least, all Kenai commission chairmen would benefit as well as "feathering relationships" with Soldotna they could be included also. Mayor Williams suggested that if the seminar were large enough the Senior Center could be used. Dependent upon the answer from the speaker, Soldotna will be invited. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 Page 4 e. November O~en House for Air~ort Terminal Commissioner Toppa stated that time is growing short to get something together by November 19th. Manager Ernst stated that the concessions are still pending on the bar and restaurant. The first time around there were no bids, however, a bid was received later by Mr. Schilling which the Council will be considering at their next meeting, October 4th. If the November date is not hard and fast, it may be better to delay the open house. It would be better to have the concessions in place at the time of the open house. Mr. Schilling has made it known that he may not open the restaurant until May. If it does remain closed and you want the open house sooner, you may be able to cater something in the restaurant area. Commissioner Toppa agreed. The need for figures and costs may take longer than the November date. Mayor Williams also agreed. The AML conference is going to take place the prior week and should there be any difficulty with getting in or out of Juneau, the Council stands a chance of not being able to attend. "My ideas for the open house were to get people involved who were in tourism, even down to guides and travel agents who might be interested in coming in and seeing the airport, tying it in with plans with the upcoming tourist season. Beyond that, tying it in with the 1991 celebration. We need a lot of public relations in getting the travelling public aware of what we have here. That date was not set in concrete so you can decide a date as long as it is not too close to spring." Commissioner Toppa suggested choosing a date at the next meeting. Chairman Summers agreed, and with the next Council meeting'.we may have a better idea of what to expect. The next scheduled meeting will be October 12th. The Co~ission will decide on a new date for the open house at that meeting. The Commission agreed. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Airport Fuelinq Chairman Summers reported that the scheduled meeting regarding the fueling was cancelled for various reasons. Mayor Williams explained that he had some knowledge of the present services such as underground piping, storage tanks, etc. There had been some discussion from the present fuel supplier who would be unhappy if the airport were to have a fueling terminal. It is unknown at this point if the proposed terminal would conflict with his operation. The proposal was for cargo carriers and Tesoro expanding their markets for such a facility. At the present time fuel is hauled from Fairbanks by truck and then shipping it by cargo carrier to such places as Port Alsworth. It would appear that Tesoro could become competitive by building a terminal at the airport. However, I do not want to put the present supplier out of business for his type of operation. Commissioner Garnett stated that this was discussed about 15 years ago. At that time Tesoro was very interested in bringing a line in from the refinery for all types of aviation fuel through an underground system. That is why there is presently an underground system, however, it was never KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 Page 5 completed. If I'm not mistaken you only have one FBO that is fueling anyone at this time. At that point the person who is fueling the airport would have the concession on that fuel. In Other words they would make whatever profit on their fuel but so would Tesoro and would the City by reason of the fuel concessions you have out here. I'm still convinced that Tesoro would go a long with it if they could see any way they could get any gallonage out of it at all. Mayor Williams agreed. In preliminary discussions with Councilman Measles and Mr. Necessary of Tesoro a few weeks ago there were indications of interest. It certainly would open up a whole new market and Tesoro is a home operation. If it can be trucked from Fairbanks to such places as Port Alsworth and still make a profit, it should be considered. Mayor Williams will keep the Co~ission informed. The meeting will be rescheduled. b. New Members Chairman Summers explained that nothing formal has been taken place with Commissioner Irwin. In speaking with him, he expressed the desire to be placed in some sort of ad hoc position. Chairman Summers stated his agreement with that suggestion in that the Commission could benefit from his military contacts and expertise. MOTION: ~issioner Knopper moved to reco~end the City Council accept Tom Irwin's verbal resignation and appoint him to an Ad Hoc position on military affairs, seconded by Co~kissioner Toppa · VOTE: Motion passed unanimously Mayor Williams reported on a project pertaining to the helicopter cold water recovery school. The funding has passed the U.S. Senate and conditions are favorable for continued passage. Mr. Irwin has and will play an important part in this program. 7. AIRPORT MANAGER' S REPORT a. Projects Update The written report is attached. Following are some of the comments made. There will be approximately $16,000 in costs the City will be picking up in relation to the former lessee of the bar. Commissioner Garnett asked if there were some way vendors could make the City aware that there are these kinds of high bills pending to keep this from happening in the future. This was the same situation that happened with the Katmai a few years ago. Manager Ernst answered that the attorney is handling the lease. Manager Ernst took possession of the registration building. It is on skids and can be moved if necessary. The phone will be hooked up inside the building and should be in place. There was some vandalism reported to the aircraft in the long term slips plus incidents of drag racing and brodies. This is an isolated spot and attractive to the young. There will KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 28, 1989 Page 6 . be a fence put up near slip 10 to cut off access to the long term slips except by those authorized to enter. This should cut down on some of the occurrences. Commissioner Shackleton asked if the police could increase patrols, Manager Ernst answered that they have been made aware of the situation and have increased patrols. Commissioner Ames suggested an alternative access through Gate 14 and discussion followed. The Commission discussed security of the airport and locking the fences. There were no decisions made or pending. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS Commissioner Knopper asked if anything has happened regarding those persons wanting to move from floats to wheels in the basin area. Manager Ernst answered that there were only one or two who objected, we never heard from the rest. I suppose we could send them all a letter. I think they wanted to take a wait and see approach. Commissioner Shackleton stated that we are the only full service instrument airport in the area and we do not have a compass rose so operators can make compass swings. Also, I don't know if we have a surveyed VOR receiver transformer for operators to check the accuracy of their navigational aids. Is there some way we could have a couple of small items like that taken care of without having to go to Soldotna. Manager Ernst agreed and stated he will implement those ideas. It will be in the next budget. We had the "99's" come in and paint the sign "Kenai" and the next year they were supposed to do a compass rose, however, that has been quite a while back. The FAA has an ILS check point at the mouth of "Charlie" but we need to get it on the ramp. Commissioner Shackleton stated that there used to be one, in fact the LeConte has been parked over it. Probably the paint isn't even legible any more. Manager Ernst stated he believed it had been "ramped over". Chairman Sunders asked Secretary Loper to ensure that the action items were sent along to Council. The list prepared at the meeting will be sent to the Council for their next meeting. Councilwoman O'Reilly volunteered to work on the open house festivities. Chairman Summers expressed the belief that the celebration will be fun as well as productive. 9. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9'00 P.M. The next regular meeting will be ~hursda¥, October 12, 1989. Janet A. Loper, Planning Specialist Secretary to the Commission