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Brookings Airport Board
Brookings, SD 57006
August 19, 2010
The Brookings Airport Board was called to order by Chair Jeff Boulware on
Thursday, August 19, 2010, at 4:30 PM in the Meeting Room at City Hall. Members
present were Jim Bailey, Judy McLaughlin, Orv Smidt, and Boulware. Lynn Riedesel
was absent. Also present were George and Marsha Skon, Paul Hanusa -
Pheasant’s Fury Aviation, Bob Babcock – Helms & Assoc. and Airport Manager
Mike Wilson.
Item #2 – (Smidt/McLaughlin) Motion to approve the minutes from the July 22,
2010, meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 – (Bailey/Smidt) Motion to approve the agenda skipping Item #4 until Bob
Babcock is present. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
New Business
Item #6 – FAA Certification/Safety Inspection – Airport Manager Mike Wilson said
the inspection went very well on August 4th. He said the inspector had concerns
with the following:
• Driver training must be given to all people driving on the airport. Everyone
that drives on the runways or taxiway must be trained. Boulware asked who
those individuals were. Wilson said all FAA personnel and any local people.
Boulware suggested Grey Tappan and Brian VanLiere be trained also. Wilson
said many are just escorted.
• Personnel training forms must be done separately for fireman and
operations.
• Additional stickers must be put on the fuel system directing people to the
emergency fuel shut-off.
Item #7 – SDML Airport Management Association Meeting – Wilson said this
meeting for airport managers will be held on October 8 in Rapid City. He asked the
board members for any items that they would like to see discussed. Wilson said to
please email him those requests. One item he would like to see discussed would
be more interaction with the Department of Transportation on airport related
items. Now most items go to the FAA first and then maybe go to the DOT. He
would like more interaction with the DOT before going to the FAA.
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Item #8 – Airport Manager’s Report –
• Wildlife Fence Project – Wilson said not much work is being done on the
project yet. He has not even seen any locates. Wilson said Rainbow Play
Systems will do some work during the fence project. They will be lowering
some ground to help with their drainage. They plan on grading the area
down to the airport ditch for better drainage. Rainbow will pay all costs, and
it will be their project as the City does not assume any liability. Therefore, it is
not a city project.
• Wilson said he is working on a new Airport Emergency Plan. It is to be much
more detailed and in-depth than the present plan. It must cover every
possible disaster/emergency scenario that could arise at the airport.
• Boulware asked Wilson if there were any break-up issues on the runways and
taxiways. Wilson said he has five (5) cracks he wants to fix on the crosswind
runway. He will work with the Street Department in getting that completed.
Old Business
Item #5 – Update on the Environmental Assessment – Bob Babcock from Helms
Associates reported that the EA is mostly completed. He, Wilson, City Engineer
Jackie Lanning, and City Manager Jeff Weldon met with the FAA personnel on
August 4th. There are some changes to be made, but they are down to the fine
tuning in the wording. Babcock said the legal review is completed. Wilson said
they would work with Dave Anderson tomorrow, hopefully, to get the draft done
and back to Patty at the FAA for a final review. She said she would return the draft
by August 27. Babcock said that after Labor Day, they should be able to start
scheduling meetings and the EA hearing. Wilson said he will check with the FAA,
and if it is legal for him to do so, he will post the EA on the City’s website when it is
complete. There will then be a 45 day comment period. Comments at this time
can only be made on the EA’s content and no other airport concerns. After the 45
day comment period, the EA is a finalized document. Then open house meetings
can be scheduled. All other comments may be made at these meetings. All
comments at the EA hearing must be documented and will become part of the
Environmental Assessment. Babcock said the FAA is going to make them do an
Administrative Record for this project. This Administrative Record contains all
correspondences dealing with the EA. McLaughlin asked who is responsible for
the Administrative Record. Babcock said Helms & Assoc. and HNTB will complete it
as they (HNTB) are the environmental specialists. Babcock said once the City
Council makes a decision, there will be a need for a new Airport Layout Plan.
Babcock distributed pictures of the fencing area between Sheldon’s hangar
and the terminal where culverts will be extended and the ground will be built up
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during the Wildlife Fence Project. Babcock also provided Wilson with an updated
Spill Prevention Countermeasure Control Plan (SPCC Plan).
Boulware asked if the on-site alternative is chosen, when the design phase
would begin. Wilson said first would be the Airport Layout Plan, followed by the
land purchases. He said that design is at least 1 to 1½ years in the future.
Construction wouldn’t begin until 2013. Bailey asked when the soonest would be
for the City Council to make a decision. Wilson said it would be November at the
very earliest. Wilson added that the City Council cannot vote on the issue until the
EA is totally and completely finished. Boulware asked if the schedule would be the
same if the off-site alternative were chosen. Wilson said he thought land
acquisition may take longer as may funding from the City. Babcock said it
depends on the FAA funding also. Babcock felt 2013 was optimistic for a start
date. Boulware thanked Bob Babcock and his firm for all the hard work they have
done for the city. Smidt asked how large the EA document would be. Babcock
said he hoped it was not too lengthy, but it is detailed. He added that the
Administrative Record will be huge because it must include all memos, emails, and
notes etc. that have taken place on this issue. He said the EA is about a 100 page
document. He added that the appendices will be 100 – 150 pages. Wilson said
changes have been made to make the document more understandable, but he
felt it was still not an easy document to read. It was discussed as to how long this
process has been going on. Babcock estimated that the very beginning was in
2002 or 2003.
Item #8 Airport Manager’s Report continued –
• Wilson said there are still deer on the airport. He asked Board members to let
him know if they spot any as they need to be removed.
• Boulware asked how long Wilson thought the runway would last. Wilson said
probably three years with maintenance. He added that there is no spalling
like there was before. He has the airport on an annual crack sealing
program for maintenance, and has also marked some bad cracks that will
be cut out and new asphalt put in.
Item 39 – FBO Report – Paul Hanusa reported that all is going well at the FBO.
Boulware asked what their price was for fuel. Hanusa said $4.95 for Avgas and
$4.40 for jet fuel. He said they have one tenant leaving at the end of September
and asked board members to direct any inquiries to them. Wilson said there have
been no complaints lately about the ASOS. Dakota Services had done some
welding to strengthen it, and it is working again.
Wilson said the Fite hangar will be moved to Volga. It will be dismantled,
moved, and reconstructed on its new site. It will start to come down this coming
weekend. Fite has until September 12 to remove it from the airport.
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The meeting was adjourned.
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Diane M. Spencer, Secretary Jeff Boulware, Chairperson