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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_AIRAB_05.16.2011Notice of Meeting of the Airport Advisory Board City of Georgetown, Texas Monday, May 16, 2011 The Airport Advisory Board will meet on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 07:00 PM in the Georgetown Fire Station No. 4, located at 4200 Airport Road, Georgetown, Texas. If you need accommodations for a disability, please notify the city in advance. Airport Advisory Members: Dennis Morgan, Gary Hamilton, George Brown, Howard B. Landry, L.E. Williams, Milton Ritter, Patrick McCaslin Airport Advisory Board meets every third Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.unless otherwise specified. Call to Order at 07:00 PM REGULAR SESSION 1. Call to Order. 2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of April 18, 2011 meeting. 3. Public wishing to address the Board a. Keith Peshak regarding an “opportunity” 4. Airport Manager’s Reports: a. April 2011 Monthly Income and Expense Reports b. Report on Council Actions related to Airport Advisory Board recommendations 5. Discuss way to encourage EAA to pursue their educational/recreational activities in Georgetown. 6. Consideration and possible action for setting Agenda Items for the June 20, 2011, meeting. 7. Adjourn. Certificate of Posting I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the _____ day of _________________, 2011, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. __________________________________ Jessica Brettle, City Secretary Minutes of the Meeting of the Airport Advisory Board City of Georgetown, Texas Monday, May 16, 2011 The Airport Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Monday , May 16, 2011. Members Present: Gary Hamilton, George Brown, Howard B. Landry, L.E. Williams, Milton Ritter Members Absent: Dennis Morgan, Patrick McCaslin Staff Present: Travis McLain Minutes Regular Meeting 1. Call to order. Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. 2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of April 18, 2011, meeting. Buz Landry: I make the motion to approve the minutes of April 18, 2011. Gary Hamilton: I second the motion. Motion approved 5-0. 3. Public wishing to address the Board A. Keith Peshak regarding an “opportunity” George Brown: Keith wishes to address the Board and I’d like to note that the members of the Board have copies of Keith’s email messages of May 2 & April 29, 2011, regarding the topic he wishes to present tonight. Keith you have the floor for three minutes to make your presentation. Keith Peshak: (Citizen) Thank you Sir. It came to my attention, somebody told me to talk to the Airport Advisory Board that I thought I could show some opportunities to the Airport Advisory Board for policy sake of the airport. First of all it might make improvements to the community and second, for the taxpayer’s wealth. We have a couple of handouts here; I’m going to split between two known pilots. One of these is a FAA NOTAM that says the first LightSquared tower will fire up within the next eleven days and do not trust GPS within 115 mile radius around where that cell tower is. The one I gave to Buz is a person who reports to the Governor of Mexico where the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) invited fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars to see what happens when they quick flash the LightSquared tower and he reported back that none of them worked. I heard that the Board wanted to shut down the NDB at this airport. So here is an opportunity gentlemen; this is the only approach to landing that we have that works. The opportunity might be to suggest to City Council that we keep this thing turned on. Another opportunity that occurs to me is in the Century Plan. We got this thing about charging taxpayers a whole lot of money to build a parallel taxiway to taxiway alp ha (A). I looked into this document and it is because two jets that (two City Council members wanted) can’t get through all the parked aircraft on taxiway alpha (A). There’s an opportunity for the Board to save a lot of money for the taxpayers and go back to the City Council and request that this item be pulled out of the Century Plan and let ’s find another place to park those airplanes that are so close to the taxiway. This is an opportunity for tax savings. Now, here ’s an opportunity for fairness; I set up a freedom of information act request a while back and I was informed by the City that gas prices here depend on who you are. Businesses get a certain amount per gallon off and individuals get a certain amount per gallon off the price of gas. So here’s an opportunity for fairness. Why doesn’t the Airport Board provide a policy and then publish it on the Airport website, ‘because that would be fair. Another inaccessibility is the run- up ramp to runway 18. There seems to be a B-25 parked there a lot of times and an opportunity for accessibility that belongs to the pilots for run-up. Here’s an opportunity for safety: I knew about two pulleys/hangar doors that fell down and both could have killed somebody. While I was in the process of explaining this to someone, the Airport Manager interrupted and said no one has ever been endangered by falling doors. Maybe this is an opportunity for maintenance. George Brown: Thank you Keith. 4. Airport Manager’s Report: A. April 2011 Monthly Income and Expense Reports Travis McLain: There were three pay periods in April 2011. Avgas prices went to $5.25 per gallon on April 29, 2011. (See reports) B. Report on Council Actions Travis McLain: 1) City Council approved the new contract for fuel to AvFuel Corporation for a period of two years, with three, one year options, effective July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013. 2) Hangar A&B repairs will be completed this week, total cost of $44,966.00. TxDOT will reimburse the City 50%. 5. Discuss way to encourage EAA to pursue their educational/recreational activities in Georgetown. Gary Hamilton: The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is very important to the aviation community providing services of education and recreation to general aviation pilots. They also introduce aviation to a lot of young people, in particular, the Young Eagles Program. There is a presence of chapters at different airports in the U.S. that provide hangar space for chapter museums, etc. I would like to find ways to encourage the EAA in Austin to look at Georgetown seriously for that opportunity. We have members of the EAA here tonight and would like to hear from them. Anthony Plattsmier: (EAA Chapter #187, President) We have been working on this project for quite some time and I have two members who have done quite a bit of research on finding locations for our chapter. The biggest support that experimental aircraft brings is getting youth excited about aviation. We are one of the top ten chapters in the United States and we are unusual in that we do not have a chapter facility as do 90% of the other chapters. We feel we can expand our program if we have a permanent location. In addition we have approval from the State District museum (who celebrated 100 years of Aviation in Texas) to pull in some of their resources such as space suit to a full size Corsair. Tim Willis: (EAA Chapter #187 Member) We are on the Building/Hangar Committee and have decided that we want a meeting room on the airport and GTU is our first choice. The lot we are interested in is at the intersection of Terminal Drive and S. Hangar Drive. We would need help, first of all; with licenses, access and utility connections fees, inspections and maybe $4,000.00 to $88,000.00. So we would like to get recommendation. Secondly, we are looking at the lease rate subsidy. We are a non-profit organization and we do good work in particularly community air -related activities. The last thing we would try to get a grant for matching monies to help build. Barry Gould: (EAA Chapter #187 Member) We are considering a 2400 square foot steel building. Austin Executive (new airport) is also offering available space. George Brown: Gary Hamilton has agreed as a member of the board, to shepherd this project. 6. Consideration and possible action for setting Agenda Items for the June 20, 2011, meeting. Agenda item(s) for the June 20, 2011 meeting: A. Approve revised Airport Advisory Boar d Bylaws B. Discuss Airport Rules & Regulations 7. Adjourn. Buz Landry: I make the motion that we adjourn. L.E. Williams: I second the motion. Motion approved 5-0. Adjourned: 7:32 P.M.