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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-03-16 Airport Commission SummaryKENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION MARCH 16, 2006 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY -- February 9, 2006 YTEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5: OLD BUSYNESS ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion -- Airport Regulations/Recommended Changes ITEM 1: REPORT a. Cornmission Chair b. Airport Manager c. City Council Liaison ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 10: INFORMATION YTEMS a. Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agendas for February 15 and March 1, 2006. b. 2/28/06 Airport Manager Report c. 2/ 16/06 U.S. Coast Guard letter of commendation. d. 2/06 Kenai Municipal Airport Enplanement Report ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT KENA% AYRPORT MARCH 16, 2006 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS T:00 P.M. CHAIR HENRY KNACKSTEDT, PRESYDING MEETING SUMMARY ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Knackstedt called the meeting to order at appro~mately 7:04 p.m. Roll was confirmed as follows: Commissioners present: J. Bielefeld, H. Knackstedt, E. Mayer, D. Haralson Commissioners absent: J. Zirul, C. Versaw, L. Porter Others present: ERA Aviation Station Manager J. Davis, Wince-Corthell- Bryson Consulting Engineers representative C. Madden, Airport Manager R. Cronkhite and Council Member C. Massie A quorum was present. ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL The Commission was requested to add Airport Projects to Item 5, Old Business and to add Julie Davis, ERA Aviation to Item 4, Persons Scheduled to Be Heard. MOTION: Commissioner Bielefeld MOVED to approve the agenda with the additions and Commissioner Haralson SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3: APPRO~/AL OF MEETING SUMMARY -- February 9, 2006 MOTION: Commissioner Bielefeld MOVED to approve the meeting summary of February 9, 2006 as presented and Commissioner Haralson SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: PERSON6 SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 4-a Julie Davis, ERA Aviation Statson Manager -- Davis reported on ERA activities in support of the Arctic Winter Games (AWG). She provided a statement to be included in the Council packet. YTEM 5: OLD BUSINESS 5-a Casey Madden, Wince-Cortheli-Bryson, Consulting Engineers -- Madden reviewed plans for runway improvements namely safety areas pavement and lighting. He also provided plans and a letter outlining the project and timeline. ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS 6-a. Discussion -- Airport Regulations/Recommended Changes The Commission will review the airport regulations during the next three weeks and forward comrnents to the Airport Manager. The regulations and comments will be in the next packet for further review by the Commission. ITEM ?: REPORT 7-a. Commission Chair -- Chair Knackstedt noted that aircraft arrivals for the AWG were very quiet. '7-b. Airport Manager -- Airport Manager Cronkhite called attention to the reports in the packet. 7-c. City Council Liaison -- Council Member Massie noted the Council is also working on code changes. ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS Commissioner Haralson gave kudos to the whole airport crew, baggage handlers and everyone who helped with the Arctic Winter Games. Haralson asked if the SEA-TAC migratory water foul fencing would be appropriate for Kenai. ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None. dTEM 10: YNFORMATION ITEMS 10-a. Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agendas for February 15 and March 1, 2006. 10-b. 2/28/06 Airport Manager Report 10-c. 2/ 16/06 U.S. Coast Guard letter of commendation. 10-d. 2/06 Kenai Municipal Airport Enplanement Report YTEM 11: ADJOURNMENT AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MARCH 16, 2006 PAGE2 MOT%ON: Commission Haralson MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Bielefeld SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting adjourned at appro~mately 8:25 p.m. Meeting Summary prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MARCFT 16, 2006 PAGE3 Hello. ~![y name is Julie Davis. I have been the Station Manager for L~ra Aviation in Homer for tliirteen years. This past week I managed and coordinated the airiine inbound and outbound passen~er and baggage movements for AWG2006 aiong with Cindi Parsons who is currently on assignment in Bethei. Weekend-one we seivicec~ 17-inboti~ncl flights into the Ops Center and 2-inbomld flights into the Era Terminal for a total of 1,676-inbound AWG passengers. ~ Weekend-two we seiviced the 7-venues, plus the Ops Center, for passenger and baggage check-in, 16- otiitbound flights at the O}~s Center and 3-outbotulct llights at the Era Tenninal for a tot~l of 1,608- outbound AWG passengers. We sezvie~ed 13-73Ts a~nd 1-big red 757 of which the only hitch in the whole program was an air s4air on ai-rival far Air Greenland. However, an industrious Era-Kenai ramp agent flew to Anchorage, tall.ed with a personal contact at United Airlines and saved the day by securing~ an air stair far tlir Greenlaud's deparfure. We also serviced 1-ATR42, and 3-D8's. Era employees clocked over 762 hours of overtime. ll-awesoine employees from ADQ, ANC and HOM assisted E~A's incredibly hard-working crew. Inbound 73Ts were off-loaded in less than 10-minutes. We had a short learniilg curve on the first few outbound flights but quickly recovered and ended launchit~g our final fligl~t 20-minutes early. The final flighf was piloted by the CEO of Air Noith who was very impressed by ow- operation. After weekend-one we received rave accolades from the major carriers: Air North, "Great.7ob! Very impvessed by Che organization andspeed to which o~ur airc~^aft were handled. bnp~^essed Co see our aircrafts baclc in Whitehorse eaYZy. " Air Greeniand, "Well Done! No probZems what so ever regarding the han~dling. I~aYnz hospitality frorn all the pe~~so~2~ael in Phe airport " Canadian North, "Fan~tastic service. You handlecl the turns li7se an Indy pit crew (very speecly). It was like arrivirr~g at a new cou~zlry in the Amazing Race. " E~-a Aviation was very pleased to have played a role n1 the success of the Aretic Wniter Games. In addition fo the services pei~fonned during the games, we also had to run our own airline! Era was a major sponsor wiCh $100,000 in ciirect ~nd in-kind donations in the months leading up to the Games. Pd personally Iilce to acknowledge the efforts of all Era employees who had to keep khe airline rumiing smootl~ly, and also thank the numerous other volunteers and all the ICenai Aispart~ staff- especially Rebecca Cronkite for all her efforts. Era Aviation has provided scheduied airline service to Kenai for twenty-two and a Ixalf yeavs. Era looks forward to working with Kenai Peninsula commmuties on similar events for ~nany years into the future -- We all benefit by working c]osely together. Thank you for the opportunity to address the Kenai Airport Commission, and I would be happy to answer any questions you might have regarding the AWGs. ~ But, before I answer questions I would like to express my suiecre appreciation to the AWG staff that 'stood in the Ops Center last Sunday at 415pm and gave a rousing hand of applause to Tea~n Bra for a job ~~~~~ ~ well done!