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Home My WebLink About2000-01-13 Airport Commission SummaryKENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION JANUARY 13, 2000 Kenai City Council Chambers 7:00 P.M. ***AGENDA*** ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL ITEM 2: ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ITEM 3: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - December 9, 1999 ITEM 5: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ao William E. Chord, Air Traffic Manager/Anchorage Terminal Hub* ITEM 6: OLD BUSINESS ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS ao ITEM 8: Discussion -- Automobile Rental Space Remodeling Plan/Airport Terminal/Gary Zimmerman (Avis Car Rental). AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT ITEM 9: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ITEM 10: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 11: INFORMATION ITEMS b, Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agendas for December 16 and January 5, 2000. 12/16/99 Mayor Williams letter to Tom Thibodeau informing him of Council's decision not to renew his appointment and thanking him for his service to the Kenai community. ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT *TIME WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE MEETING TO VISIT WITH THE NEW KENAI TOWER PERSONNEL. KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION JANUARY 13, 1999 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. HENRY KNACKSTEDT, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDING MINUTF~ ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Members Present' Ron Holloway, James Bielefeld, Henry Knackstedt, Lucy Lorenzen, Dan Van Zee, Bob Favretto Others Present: Airport Manager Rebecca Cronkhite, Assistant Airport Manager Keith Holland, Councilwoman Linda Swarner, Contract Secretary Barb Roper ITEM 2: ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MOTION: Bielefeld MOVED to nominate Henry Knackstedt as Chairman of the Airport Commission. Van Zee SECONDED the motion. VOTE: H olloway I Yes J Bielefeld IYes I Van Zee lYes I Favretto I Yes I Knackstedt Lorenzen Yes Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION: Bielefeld MOVED to nominate Van Zee as Vice Chairman of the Airport Commission. Motion SECONDED by Lorenzen. VOTE: H onoway IYes IBielefeld IYes Van Zee lYes I Favretto lYes Lorenzen Yes Knackstedt Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 3' AGENDA APPROVAL Cronkhite requested to add "Carpet Selection Committee" as Item A, Old Business. MOTION: Bielefeld MOVED to approve the agenda with the addition under Old Business. Motion SECONDED by Holloway. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES- December 9, 1999 MOTION: Holloway MOVED to approve the Minutes of December 9, 1999. Motion SECONDED by Bielefeld. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 4-a. William E. Chord, Air Traffic Manager/Anchorage Terminal Hub Chord introduCed the Kenai Contract Tower Manger, Joe Reynolds. Reynolds introduced his staff, Carrie Klinen, Justine Evans and Kevin Hubbard. Reynolds announced he would be transferring to Anchorage to work with Chord and Barry Beggs will assume his duties as Manager of the Kenai Contract Tower. It was noted, Beggs was currently serving as the Assistant Manager. Chord stated he had no agenda but would entertain any questions from the Commission. Favretto stated the City had recently done a study on expanding the Kenai Airport and asked Chord if he was involved in any of the discussions or had any thoughts on it. Chord replied the Airports Division would be the parties involved and that he would prefer not to, however, a project such as this would take approximately ten to 15 years to complete. Discussion took place on the growth in Anchorage and how long they could safely maintain. Chord stated, the market would dictate the growth and the FAA had an ongoing capacity study to determine what, if any, improvements needed to be made. Once complete, the information would be available for review. Discussion took place on the tower contract and Chord reported the contract was for three years and negotiations were underway for an additional three years. Chairman Knackstedt called for a 20-minute break so that the Commission could meet the contract tower personnel. BREAK TAKEN: 7:25 P.M. AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 13, 2000 PAGE 2 BACK TO ORDER: 7:50 P.M. ITEM 5: OLD BUSINF~S 5-a. Airport Terminal Carpet Selection Committee Cronkhite reported Councilwoman Swarner agreed to chair this committee and is looking for volunteers, preferably one or two from the Airport Commission, one from Council and one tenant from the terminal. Swarner pointed out she agreed to chair the committee but a selection would have to be approved by Council. VanZee volunteered from the Airport Commission. Cronkhite stated · she would get a tenant name to Swarner. ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS Discussion - Automobile Rental Space Remodeling Plan/Airport Terminal/Gary Zimmerman (Avis Car Rental) Zimmerman spoke on behalf of all car rental agencies at the Kenai Airport. Zimmerman stated they were presenting a proposal to the Airport Commission which would allow the car rental agencies to remodel the existing space at the terminal at their own expense. The proposal allowed each agency an equal amount of space and they felt it will be more aesthetically pleasing. Zimmerman handed out a copy of the proposed space revisions. Knackstedt asked if the City saw any conflict with the proposal. Cronkhite replied she and the City Manager reviewed the proposal and did not' see any conflict. Cronkhite also pointed out the current leases were being held pending City Council's decision on the proposed remodel. Knackstedt asked if the plan allowed the rental agencies to return the spaces baCk to its original layout at the end of five years. Cronkhite replied it did not. VanZee stated he would abstain from voting on the issue as he was a lessee of one of the spaces at the terminal. Van Zee pointed out the remodel would be at the expense of the car rental agencies and felt it would increase the value of those spaces. Van Zee added, the proposal limited the number of agencies at the airport to four for a five-year period. MOTION: Holloway MOVED to recommend that Council approve the proposed remodel of the car rental spaces at the Kenai Airport Terminal. Motion SECONDED by Bielefeld. AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 13, 2000 PAGE 3 VOTE: Hollowa¥ Van Zee Yes Abstain Bielefeld [Yes Favretto [ Yes [ Knackstedt MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Lorenzen Yes Yes ITEM 7: AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT Cronkhite reported she did not have a copy of the monthly enplanement report but if anyone wanted a copy they could call her office. She noted, Trans- Northern had been operating and was taking a similar share of the flights formerly taken by Yute. Cronkhite reported she worked on New Years Eve as required by FAA and all systems checked out okay; there were no Y2K glitches. ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS - None ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD Chris Copple, 1101 Inlet Woods Drive, Kenai, Alaska- Copple reported he had been a resident of Kenai since 1978 and was also a tenant at the airport; he has a plane and pays the tie-down fees. Copple stated wanted to bring to the attention of the Airport Commission his concerns with the increase in the personal property tax, which resulted in many tenants moving out of the Kenai Airport and going to other locations outside the City of Kenai. Copple stated he was instructed by a council person to address the Airport Commission to see if anything could be done. Cronkhite indicated nothing could be done immediately as the change could not be made until the new fiscal year. Swarner agreed that it was unlikely anything could be done fight now. Cronkhite stated she could include the issue on the agenda for the next meeting which will provide her with the time to compile a report for the Commission on what impact the personal property tax had on the Airport. She added, the report would also include the total number of tenants lost due to the tax increase. A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the personal property tax within the City of Kenai. Cronkhite noted the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Soldotna waived the first $100,000 of personal property tax but the City of Kenai did not. When asked where the money for the personal property tax went, Swarner reported it went into the General Fund. Cronkhite reported some tenants who pulled out had returned as the facilities are much nicer in Kenai. AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 13, 2000 PAGE 4 It was decided that City Finance Director Larry Semmens should be invited to the next meeting to explain the personal property tax issue so the Airport Commission could make a more informed recommendation to City Council. Cronkhite stated she would also contact aircraft owners to see why they left and also invite them to the next meeting. ITEM 10: INFORMATION ITEMS 10-a. 10-b. Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agendas of December 16, 1999 and January 5, 2000. 12 / 16 / 99 Mayor Williams letter to Tom Thibodeau informing him of Council's decision not to renew his appointment and thanking him for his service to the Kenai community. ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Holloway MOVED for adjournment. Motion SECONDED by Bielefeld. were no objections. SO ORDERED. There The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:45 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: B~ba~ra Roper, ~on~l~ac~ Secretary AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 13, 2000 PAGE 5