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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirMinutes_2006_12_21Brookings Airport Board December 21, 2006 Brookings, SD 57006 A meeting of the Brookings Airport Board was called to order by Chairperson Robb Sexauer at 3:30 PM on Thursday, December 21, 2006, in the Meeting Room of City Hall. Members present were Harry Forsyth, Jeff Boulware, Harry Thompson, James Bailey and Sexauer. Also present was City Engineer Jackie Lanning. Airport Manager Patrick Dame was absent. Item #2 – (Bailey/Thompson) Motion to approve the minutes from the November 20, 2006 meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #3 – (Forsyth/Boulware) Motion to adopt the agenda. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #4 – The next meeting is scheduled for January 18, 2007. Item #5 – Old Business - None Item #6 – New Business Hangar Leases Renewal – Renewals for CAPITALINE LLC, (Gordon Ommen), Lynn Riedesel, LaDell Swiden and Wayne Ulvestad. Sexauer questioned whether all of the leases could be renewed all together or if they needed to be renewed separately, and how often did the leases come up for renewal? Lanning replied that the leases could be renewed all together since the board has a set rate for the square footage and the leases come up for renewal every 5 years, unless there is a rate change and it is for bookkeeping purposes. (Forsyth/Boulware) Motion to approve the lease renewals. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. The Committee discussed the Ommen hangar. Forsyth mentioned that 10 years ago even grain was stored in the hangars and was told by Tom Schauer that only airplanes could be stored in hangars. How could Ommen have a garage for storage? Lanning mentioned that the garage was part of the commercial operation and Tom Schauer is aware of it. Bailey questioned Ommen’s building permit for the garage addition because the Board was never informed about the permit. He felt that the Board should have been made aware of the building permit when it was issued. He also felt that the process approval for the building permit should have been more formal. Lanning thought Dame may have mentioned the garage a few months ago at a board meeting. There has been so much activity going on that it may have not been mentioned. C:\Documents and Settings\bfoster\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKBC\air-2006-12.doc 1 Thompson was concerned about a fire hazard because the addition looked too crowded and so close to another hangar? Asked if that had ever been discussed as how close it was to another building? Lanning mentioned it was a steel building and the setback requirements were different for a steel building. Addendum to the Airport Agriculture Contract – Sublease from SD Foundation Seed to Lyle Johnson – Lanning wanted to inform the Board that SD Foundation Seed has the City contract for the Airport Agriculture hay/crop land and wants to sublease the hay portion to Lyle Johnson of Brookings. Bailey commented that if it was in the best interest of the City to sublease the contract to Johnson. Sexauer asked what was kind of crop was going to be planted in the cropland? Lanning mentioned winter wheat. There was some concern about the height of the winter wheat and where it was located? Lanning stated that Dame had looked into how tall winter wheat grows and felt that it shouldn’t be a problem for the airport. Sexauer asked that the board get a copy of the cropland layout. (Bailey/ Boulware) Motion to approve the addendum. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Approval of the Five Year Capital Improvement Plan – In the absence of the Airport Manager, Lanning explained to the Board the five-year capital plan that the state has for Brookings. She explained some of the categories and the dollar amounts to the board members. She also stated that Brookings received this money with the help of Tom Schauer, Certification Office and the State. She also mentioned that in 2008, money was set for Entitlement that the amount could change before 2008, but it shows that the state will pay $500,000 and Forsyth asked if that was a sure thing. Lanning said that the State would come up with the $500,000. In 2009, there is money set aside for a new runway. Bailey asked if the FAA would pay for any snow removal equipment for the airport. Lanning stated the entitlement funds from the FAA have already been spent. Boulware asked if snow removal equipment for the airport is bought with city funds – is the equipment only used for the airport then? Lanning replied that if the City buys the equipment then it could be used other than the airport. The money will be borrowed from the landfill with a low interest. (Forsyth/Thompson) Motion to approve the equipment purchase. All voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #7 – Airport Manager’s Report – Snow Removal Equipment Purchase for 2007 - In Dame’s absence, Lanning stated that Brookings Farmers Implement dealer submitted good bid prices for the Airport snow removal equipment and colored pictures of the Holland tractor equipment were included in the board’s packet, along with a copy of the bid. The City also received one other bid from Sioux Falls but was a higher bid. C:\Documents and Settings\bfoster\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKBC\air-2006-12.doc 2 Bailey wondered why the airport received an additional blade along with the equipment. Lanning mentioned that it is costly to hire a contractor to do the blading – it was cheaper to buy a blade in the long run. The new broom doubles the width of the old broom. The equipment will help keep the airport to be self-sufficient. The airport will also be able to sand the runways with the dump truck. We just need to buy the sand and store it in the heated white shed. We will have the new equipment paid off in 4 years. Boulware asked if the City would keep the smaller broom. No it would be traded in. Sexauer asked about the lease agreement impact with the City and Lanning said that the City Council approved this leasing agreement with the budget. (Forsyth/Boulware) Motion to approve the whole bid on the equipment purchase. All voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Update from HNTB – Dual track meeting was held on December 14, which turned out to be a good meeting. Committee discussed the different sites and narrowed it down to one site. The City will be sending out letters after Christmas to the landowners by Elkton. Lanning mentioned that the Volga site had too many obstacles such as the bean plant, golf course and a few other objects in the way. Phase 1 will be to present a report and narrow down the landowners to be notified. The Dual Track Committee will hold a meeting in January. February is proposed for the open house to invite the council members and citizens. Lanning also mentioned that the City Clerk will be putting the information on the city website with HNTB updates, which is cityofbrookings.org. Forsyth said the proposed site was east of the Interstate 127 mile marker/Elkton exit – south side and was wondering how big of an area would be notified. Lanning stated that the mailing list would encompass as many landowners as possible, but not the entire parcel. Item #8 – FBO Report There was no representative available from Big Sioux Aviation. Item #9 – TSA Report – No representative was available from the TSA. Item #10 Air Carrier Report – No one was available from Great Lakes Airlines. Sexauer asked if the AWOS was up and running. Lanning said it was up and running. Bailey felt that there could be more publicity for our airlines from our local businesses. Bailey mentioned that in the Rules and Regulations draft handout there were to be some changes in Sections 6.6 and 6.7. C:\Documents and Settings\bfoster\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKBC\air-2006-12.doc 3 The meeting was adjourned at 4:45. ____________________________ ___________________________ Barb M. Wiehr, Acting Secretary Robb Sexauer, Chairperson C:\Documents and Settings\bfoster\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKBC\air-2006-12.doc 4