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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01251983MINUTES OF MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD -JANUARY 25,1983 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH AT 4:00 P.M. PRESENT: CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH, VICE CHAIRMAN ROBERT THOMAS, JOSEPH BARBOLINEr FRANK DE JOIA, KENNETH MEGUIN, DEBORAH PALMER, RENE VAN DE VOORDE, MICHAEL KENNEY, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS JOHN VAN ANTWERP, EARL MASTELLER. MOTION BY MR. DE JOIA, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOLINE, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 17, 1982. CARRIED. MR. VAN ANTWERP REPORTED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO FAA REGARDING THE HENDRY LEASE. THEY INDICATED THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN AVIATION-ORIENTED BUSINESS. RUNWAY LIGHTS HAVE BEEN FIXED AGAIN. HAVE NOT YET DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACCESS ROAD OR SPRAYING HERBICIDE. MR. BARBOLINE SUGGESTED THAT LINES BE DRAWN AND MORE LIGHTS INSTALLED. MR. VAN ANTWERP REMARKED THAT THE RUNWAY LIGHTING IS ADEQUATE. THERE ARE ALSO CENTER LINES AND SIDE LINES, BUT NOT ON THE TAXIWAY. MR. SWIGER ADDED THAT THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON THE TAXIWAY. MR. VAN ANTWERP AGREED IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE MONEY WERE AVAILABLE. MR. KENNEY SAID IN LOOKING OVER THE FINANCIAL REPORT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR CAME UP WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF $10,000. FOR THE SEWER PLANT, BUT THAT $10,000. COULD GO TOWARDS LIGHTING AND STRIPPING. MR. PALUCH EXPLAINED THE FINANCIAL REPORT: $10,000. UNDER REVENUE IS OFF-SET BY $10,000. UNDER EXPENDI- TURES FOR SEWER PLANT. THIS WAS THE WAY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL DEVELOP- MENT CORPORATION DECIDED TO PUT THIS DOWN. IT WAS A $10,000. DONATION TO THE CITY IN THE FORM OF THE SEWER PLANT. IT COST THE AIRPORT AN EXPENDITURE OF $990. TO MOVE IT FROM GDC TO THE AIRPORT. THE CASH POSITION IS $24,481.08. MR. KENNEY WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IF THERE IS A MONEY PROBLEM PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO STRIPPING THE TAXIWAYS AND DIRECTION SIGNS. MR. VAN ANTWERP SAID THAT VICE MAYOR GASS IS LOOKING INTO ERECTING 3 MORE SECURITY LIGHTS IN LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL REPORT, MR. SWIGER QUESTIONED THE MANAGEMENT FEE OF $600. AND MR. PALUCH STATED THAT APPARENTLY THIS WAS AN ACCUMULATIVE STATE- MENT. MR. SWIGER POINTED OUT THAT GAS COMMISSIONS WERE $96.19 AND ELECTRICITY ONLY $19.08 WHICH WOULD SEEM TO BE A MONTHLY EXPENDITURE RATHER THAN ACCUMULATIVE. MR. LANCASTER WAS REQUESTED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. HE EXPLAINED THAT THIS REPORT COVERED THE FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER. THE ELECTRICITY RUNS ABOUT $8.00 A MONTH. MR. SWIGER REQUESTED FROM MR. VAN ANTWERP A STATUS REPORT ON APPLICATIONS MADE ON INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AND VASI LIGHTING. MR. VAN ANTWERP REPLIED THAT THE VASI LIGHTING IS IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ARRANGEMENT, NOT INCLUDED IN PRSENT FISCAL YEAR. ONLY THING IN PRSENT FISCAL YEAR IS FENCE. MR. SWIGER REQUESTED THE BOARD TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT IS ENTAILED IN PUTTING IN VASI AND REQUESTING STATE OR GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION. SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE FIVE YEARS. MR. VAN ANTWERP REMARKED THAT THE VASI LIGHTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT EXPENS- IVE. THE POWER SOURCE WOULD BE. MR. VAN ANTWERP HAS MADE TWO APPLICATIONS TO FAA FOR INSTRUMENT APPROACHES, BUT HAS HAD NO RESPONSE. HE WILL CHECK INTO. PLACEMENT OF SEWER PLANT - THIS MATTER WAS TABLED FROM THE LAST MEETING SO THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COULD CHECK ITS PRESENT LOCATION. CHAIRMAN PALUCH ASKED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE PLACEMENT. HE ASKED THE BOARD TO BEAR IN MIND THAT IT WILL COST ANOTHER $990. TO MOVE IT. MOTION BY MR. KENNEY , SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS, THAT WE FIND A PLACE WHERE THE SEWER PLANT WILL BE PUT INTO THE GROUND EVENTUALLY, MOVE IT TO THAT LOCATION, AND THEN WHEN IT IS FUNDED TO PUT IN THE GROUND, PUT IT IN THE GROUND. THERE FOLLOWED A LENGTHY DISCUSSION. MR. THOMAS WITHDREW HIS SECOND TO THE MOTION. MR. KENNEY WITHDREW HIS MOTION. MOTION BY MR. KENNEY, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOLINE, TO EXPEND THE FUNDS TO MOVE THE SEWER PLANT FROM ITS EXISTING LOCATION TO A LOCATION BASICALLY TO THE NORTH OF MR. VAN ANTWERP'S OPERATION. MR. VAN DE VOORDE REMAi~KED THAT HE HESITATED TO APPROVE AN OPEN ENDED MOTION WITH REGARD TO EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. SHOULD HAVE A PROPOSAL OF SOME SORT, EITHER A FLAT FEE OR ON AN HOURLY BASIS. MR. MASTELLER STATED THAT THE MOST VIABLE WAY HE SEES IS THAT A POTENTIAL LESSEE WILL COME ALONG, DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE' VE HAD, WHO WILL NEED SEWER. WE COULD THEN WORK OUT A PLAN WHERE HE PUTS UP FRONT MONEY OR PART OF THE INSTALLATION COST AND PUT THE PLANT RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE HE IS GOING TO BE. JUST TO PUT A PLANT IN AND SAY HERE IT IS ISN° T GOING TO FLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES YOU HAVE TO SPREAD OUT. A RATE TO ESTABLISH, AND IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS YOU HAVE A USER WH.Q_ I~ GOING TO .NEED IT AND TAKE UP A GOOD P£RT OF ITS CAPACITY. MR. VAN DE VOORDE SUGGESTED THAT MR. VAN ANTWERP LOOK INTO THE COST OF PUTTING UP A FENCE AROUND THE PLANT AFTER IT IS MOVED. MR. BARBOLINE WITHDREW HIS SECOND TO THE MOTION. MR. KENNEY WITHDREW HIS MOTION. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON A COMMITTE TO LOOK INTO ALTERNATE LOCATIONS FOR PLACEMENT OF THE SEWER PLANT: MR. BARBOLINE, MRS. PALMER, MR. KENNEY, MR. VAN ANTWERP. THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. MR. SWIGER POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THE WIND TEE WAS INSTALLED IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHTED. IT IS NOT. SHOULD LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING ELECTRICITY. MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED THAT IF TEE IS CONNECTED TO THE RUNWAY LIGHTING, YOU WILL LOSE SOME BRILLIANCE IN THE RUNWAY LIGHTING. TO DO IT PROPERLY STEPPED UP TRANSFORMERS WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED TO INCREASE THE VOLTAGE. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS THE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY COULD MAKE A FEASIBILITY STUDY. POLICY DECISIONS ~ AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AND ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION - MR. VAN DE VOORDE STATED THE BASIC QUESTION IS: DOES THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE POWER OVER AIRPORT LAND? MR. MASTELLER DIDN'T SEE WHY BOTH BOARD COULDN'T BE PROCESSING SOMETHING SIMULTANEOUSLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OWN PARTICULAR AREAS. MR. VAN DE VOORDE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT SOME MEMBERS OF ZONING AND PLANNING FEEL THEY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ALL LAND INCLUDING THE AIRPORT. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD BE CONSULTED. A LIST SHOULD BE MADE OF THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED. SINCE THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION DID NOT APPROVE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF CAROL AND JAMES HENDRY, MR. HENDRY PRESENTED ANOTHER PLAN FOR 3 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED JUST RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE FROM ROSELAND ROAD. MR. VAN ANTWERP RECOM- MENDED THAT A RIGHT OF WAY PUT ALONG SIDE THE PRESENT LEASE IN ORDER TO MAIN- TAIN ACCESS. FAA WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS PARCEL BEING CLEARED BETWEEN HIM AND THE REST OF THE AIRPORT AND YOU COULD EVEN USE FOR PARKING, BUT SHOULD BE ON A SHORT TERM LEASE. MR. HENDRY TOOK A COPY OF THE LEASE TO HIS LAWYER WHO RECOMMENDED SEVERAL CHANGES, BUT FOR EXPEDIENCY THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHANGE MR. HENDRY ASKED FOR. HE WANTED A SENTENCE ADDED STATING THAT LANDLORD MAY NOT WITHHOLD OR REFUSE TO GRANT SUCH CONSENT WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE OR GROUNDS THEREOF. (OUR STANDARD LEASE STATES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN RE- FUSE A REQUEST TO SELL.) MOTION BY MRS. PALMER, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT OF A RESTAURANT ON 3 ACRES OF LAND AT A PRICE OF $300. ~ 1ST 5 YEARS; $400. ~ 2ND 5 YEARS; $~00. ~ 3RD 5 YEARS; $600. - 4TH 5 YEARS; AND INCLUDE IN THE LEASE A CLAUSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT REASONABLY REFUSE PERMISSION TO SELL. MOTION CARRIED. ALL MEMBERS VOTED AYE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR..BARBOLINE, WHO VOTED NAY. DISCUSSION WAS CONTINUED RELATIVE TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. MR. VAN DE VOORDE WAS APPOINTED TO CHAIR A COMMITTEE TO WRITE PROCEDURES FOR LEASE APPLICATIONS. MR. PALUCH AND MR. VAN ANTWERP WERE SELECTED TO ASSIST HIM. THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1982, WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN. MOTION BY MRS. PALMER, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOLINE, TO REJECT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. CARRIED. MOTION BY MRS. PALMER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT A MONTHLY STATEMENT BE RECEIVED SHOWING EXACTLY WHAT HAS COME IN THAT MONTH AND WHAT HAS GONE OUT - A RUNNING TOTAL AND INDIVIDUAL MONTHLY STATEMENT. CARRIED. MRS. PALMER AGREED TO TALK TO MR. LANCASTER ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS WANTED. MR. KENNEY SUGGESTED THAT EXPENDITURE FOR THE RUNWAY STRIPS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED - MAYBE UP TO $2000. ALSO SHOULD LOOK INTO VASI. CHAIRMAN PALUCH SUGGESTED COSTS SHOULD BE OBTAINED AND BRING TO NEXT MEETING. ~ A VASI SYSTEM, RUNWAY LIGHTING, ,POTENTIAL TRANSFORMER SYSTEM TO GO TO TAXI LIGHTS. MR. VAN ANTWERP SUGGESTED HIRING AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN AIRPORTS TO GIVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO COST. NOBODY IS GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS FREE. WE CAN PAINT RUNWAYS AND BUY SIGNS WITHOUT SPECS, BUT NOT MAJOR ELECTRICAt WORK WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A BID PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. HE WILL TALK TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT. MR. ROBERT DAVENPORT PRESENTED PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS PROPOSING TO PUT UP A SMALL HANGAR ON ONE ACRE OF GROUND. HE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE A SMALL APART- MENT AND LIVE THERE. HE INTENDS TO BUILD AN EXPERIMENTAL PLANE - NOT A BUSINESS. MOTION BY MRS. PALMER, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOLINE, THAT WE APPROVE MR. DAVEN- PORT TO COME IN AND BUILDING HIS AIRPLANE AND LIVE THERE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: MRS. PALMER, MR. BARBOLINE, MR. DE JOIA NAYS: MR. PALUCH, MR. THOMAS, MR. MEGUIN TIE VOTE THE MAIN OBJECTION TO MR. DAVENPORT'S PROPOSAL WAS THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. MR. VAN ANTWERP WILL CONTACT THE FAA TO GET THEIR OPINION ON WHETHER A NON-AVIATION RESIDENTIAL AREA COULD BE ESTAB- LISHED ON THE AIRPORT AND REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:05 P.M.