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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-09-10 Airport Commission Summary KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION September 10, 1992 City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Bill Toppa *****AMENDED AGENDA***** 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD Elaine Wood - Glenda Pilgrim- Floatplane Basin Advertising 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 14, 1992 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Recap- Drainage/Safety Zone Project b. Float Plane Fueling Facility c. Windrows/VOR Checkpoint d. Runway Crack Sealing & Painting Project 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Floatplane Basin Advertisement 7. AIRPORT MANAGER' S REPORT 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS · INFORMATION ITEMS 10. ADJOURNMENT Please contact Loretta Harvey (283-7933) or Randy Ernst (283-7951) if you are unable to attend so we can establish a quorum. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION City Hall Council Chambers Phil Ames, Vice-Chairman September 10, 1992 1. ROLL CALL; The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Ames at 7'10 p.m. Commissioners present were' Ames, Koerber, Scott and Werner-Quade. Also present were Airport Manager Ernst and Elaina Wood from Pilgrim Advertising Agency. 2. APPROVAL., OF AGENDA: HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA WAS APPROVED. 3. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: Elaina Wood Ernst introduced Elaina Wood from Pilgrim Advertising Agency.. She presented a proposed advertising campaign to market the float plane basin. She took a survey to see what magazines pilots are reading and first on the list was AOPA with a circulation over 3,900 with Plane and Pilot being second. The advertising campaign would use target both of these magazines along with the Anchorage Daily News. She advised quarter-page ads to get best e~fect. Commission might also consider a logo for the basin to help people to identify with it. A booth a the Sport Show was suggested to target many different people. Ernst proposed a campaign where the first 35 people could get ~ree slips for a couple of months. Ames had a chance to look at the float plane basin in Fairbanks and noted there were over 80 tie-down spaces with most of them being gravity-fed systems into their own tie-down space. Scott noted that requirements handed down from the EPA and the local fire department state that type of system is illegal which is why the Kenai basin started the automated fuel system. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Koerber advised there was a meeting in June and noted the minutes in the packet were from May. SCOTT MOVED TO POSTPONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES UNTIL THE JUNE MINUTES ARE BEFORE THEM. KOERBER SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. AIRPORT COMMI SS ION September 10, 1992 - 2 - 5. OLD BUSINESS' a. Drainage and Safety Zone Project. Ernst reported the project is nearing completion. The last 1,000 feet of the runway is due to open the end o~ September. b. Float Plane Fueling Facility. An easement to get power to the station has run into a few snags due to adjacent property being in probate but the right-of-way is being worked on and should be obtainable soon. The fueling tank has arrived, and the accounts have been set up. Discussion o~ whether to run the fuel system by the City or got out to bid with local vendors. c. Wind Rose/VOR Check Point. The paint is arriving wi thin the week. Ernst will meet wi th Brian Shackleton to discuss the best location for the compass rose. He will also meet with the Ninety-Niners on September 17th to do the work. d. Runway Crack/Sealing Project. One bid came back too high and another bid was non-responsive. The City will re-bid the project sometime next June and will look into using a rubberized sealant instead of one with an asphalt base. 6. NEW BUSINESS: A. Advertising campaign covered with Pilgrim Advertising Agency presentation by El aina Woods. 7. AIRPORT MANAGER' S REPORT: Manager Ernst discussed the small mailout Pilgrim Advertising did before hunting season started. He discussed the overrun on the drainage and safety zone project which cut into the three AIP funding projects which consisted of the electric gate, rehabilitation'o~ Alpha One, and the grader/loader project. Due to this overrun, only money ~or the gates is available. Now bids will have to go out on the gates, however, this project will not be completed until Spring so it looks like another winter of chasing moose off the runway. October is the beginning of the ~iscal year for FAA so new AIP ~unding will be available. At that time, he will submit for the rehabilitation of Alpha One, and put in ~or a loader, grader, snow blower and sander truck equipment. AIRPORT COMMISSION September 10, 1992 - 3 - Manager Ernst discussed security for the Kenai Airport and Resolution 92-56 passed by the Council. Guardian Security was hired to do security checks between 1'30 a.m. and 4'30 a.m. on a three-month trial basis. Manager Ernst discussed the parking receipts received ~rom July 1 through September 9, 1992, and the monthly enplanement report ~rom January through July and gave a yearly composite of enplanements ~rom 1983 through 1991. Ernst reported Ward's Landscaping was given a ~ive-year contract to plant Timothy Hay in some sections of the airport. They will begin within the next three weeks. 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS' Werner-Quade complimented Elaina Wood on her presentation. Prior to spending a large amount for advertising, she was interested in the Commission doing some type of survey to find out what pilots want from a float plane basin and whether it would meet their needs. Mayor Williams dropped by and discussed the recent float plane basin mailout and the "All-American City" celebration which took place last week. Ames discussed a small park that Fairbanks had for people who arrived by airplane and would like to see something similar near the registration 5uilding. 9. ADJOURNMENT' WERNER-QUADE MOVED TO ADJOURN AND KOERBER SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. Chairman Ames adjourned the meeting at 8'35 p.m. Respectful ly~gbmitted, E'-arlene Ree~d, Re~ord'ing for the tit7 of Kena5 Secretary