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Home My WebLink About03311987April 29, 1987 TO: FROM: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ELIZABETH REID~"~ ~ For your information attached is copy of Minutes of the Special Airport Advisory Board Meeting with City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission Members held on March 31. Also attached is amendment to the Minutes as requested by Mr. Cooper. The Minutes as amended were unanimously approved by the Airport Advisory Board. MINUTES OF SPECIAL AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS - MARCH 31~ 1987 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN ROBERT MORROW AT 4:22 P.M. PRESENT: AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD - KENNETH MEGUIN, EDWARD PALUCH, EARL MASTELLER, ROGER COOPER, MICHAEL KENNEY, RENE VAN DE VOORDE, CHAIRMAN ROBERT MORROW, EX-OFFICIO MEMBER JOHN VAN ANTWERP. CITY COUNCIL - MAYOR GENE HARRIS, VICE MAYOR KENNETH ROTH, COUNCILMAN ROBERT McCARTHY, COUNCILMAN GEORGE METCALF, COUNCILMAN PETER VALLONE. PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION -'MAYME TAYLOR, ROBERT FULLERTON, JEWELL THOMPSON. CITY ATTORNEY THOMAS PALMER. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE LARGE AUDIENCE IN ATTENDANCE, CHAIRMAN MORROW EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS DEEDED TO THE CITY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 1959 WITH THE PROVISO THAT IT BE MAINTAINED FOR THE USE OF THE FLYING PUBLIC AND THERE ARE CERTAIN STIPULATIONS THE CITY HAS TO LIVE UP TO. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS TO APPROVE ANY NON-AVIATION USE. CHAIRMAN MORROW STATED THAT HE, MAYOR HARRIS, COUNCIL- MAN McCARTHY, MR. MASTELLER AND ATTORNEY PALMER MET WITH THE FAA IN ORLANDO RECENTLY, WHICH WAS QUITE INFORMATIVE. THERE FOLLOWED A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THE NEED FOR A 600' EXTENSION, 2 PARALLEL RUNWAYS, LIGHTS, TERMINAL BUILDING, AS PROPOSED IN PHASE I. MAYOR HARRIS POINTED OUT WE ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE. NOTHING HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE FAA. ATTORNEY PALMER ADDED THAT ONCE THE PLAN IS A.PPROVED, WE STILL DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH UNLESS WE ACCEPT MONEY, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR THOSE DOLLARS. MR. MASTELLER FELT THAT WE SHOULD WRITE THE PLAN EXACTLY AS WE WANT IT. MAYOR HARRIS SAID THE FAA STATED THIS IS THE CITY'S PLAN, WHETHER WE DO OURSEL. VES OR HIRE SOMEONE TO DO. ONE RUNWAY WOULD QUALIFY FOR FUNDING PROVIDING IT MET ALL CRITERIA. THE RUNWAY WHICH IS CLOSED DOES NOT MEET THE WIND ROSE. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE 600' EXTENSION. IT IS UP TO US IF WE WANT iT FOR THE FUTURE. THEY WILL NOT PAY 'FOR MOVING A BUILDING. WE WOULD ~HAVE TO PROVE THAT ONE RUNWAY WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.~ . FIGURE. S ARE ALWAYS BLOWN UP, BUT THAT'S A GAME THAT'S PLAYED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN FUNDING. MR. VAN DE VOORDE REMARKED THAT THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IT iS NOW UP TO THE COUNCIL. MR. MASTELLER STATED WE SHOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY. WE NEED TO GET RUNWAYS PAVED, LIGHTS FIXED, DON'T NEED A BIG TERMINAL, VAST:PARKING AREA, 600' EXTENSION, JET FUEL STORAGE. IF WE TELL MR. GOFF TO CHANGE THE PLAN TO ~.EFLECT WHAT WE WANT, THEN WE COULD SEND TO THE FAA. MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROVIDES GRANTS'UNDER AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS WOULD BE MATCHING FUNDS. THE FAA WILL ALLOW SPENDING OF AIRPORT MONEY AS LONG AS THE MONIES COME BACK TO THE~.AIRPORT, BUT UNTIL YOU GET A LAY-OUT PLAN THE FAA WILL NOT APPROVE A NON-AVIATION LEASE. ATTORNEY PALMER REMARKED THAT THE FAA SAID THAT 1836 COULD NOT BE USED AS A RUNWAY, BUT COULD BE USED AS A SECONDARY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONE RUNWAY WOULD SUFFICE WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE 422. THE 600' EXTENSION IS PURELY OPTIONAL. AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IS WHAT MIGHT BE LEFT OVERFOR NON-AVIATION RELATED ACTIVITIES. ONCE THE CITY GIVES NUMBERS THAT ARE ACCEPTED BY THE FAA, THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIE-DOWN AREA, PARKING AREA, FBO SPACE. THE LARGER THE NUMBERS, THE LESS AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE FOR NON-AVIATION USE. THEY WILL INSIST THAT ENOUGH LAND AREA IS SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE PROJECTED AVIATION ACTIVITY. THE CITY CAN DO AS IT PLEASES WITH WHAT IS LEFT OVER FOR OTHER USES INCLUDING RECREATION.. THE HIGHER THE NUMBERS, THE MORE CHANCE THERE IS TO GET FUNDING FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT iT CUTS DOWN ON FUTURE NON-AVIATION POSSIBILITIES. THE CITY CANNOT MANDATE A CERTAIN CLASS OF AIRCRAFT UTILIZING THE AIRPORT BUT YOU CAN DESIGN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY LENGTH AND WIDTH IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD LIMIT THE AIRCRAFT. MAYOR HARRIS ADDED THAT WHEN ASKED IF WE COULD BUY THE GOLF COURSE PORTION, THE FAA RESPONDED THAT THE CITY ACTS IN A STEWARDSHIP CAPACITY AND MUST MAINTAIN AS AVIATION INDUSTRY. WE CANNOT DENY A FIXED BASE OPERATOR THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH BUSINESS FOR AVIATION PURPOSES. WE COULD BUY THE GOLF COURSE LAND AT A FAIR MARKET VALUE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE 600' EXTENSION BE DROPPED, DEVELOP THE EXISTING RUNWAYS, TAKE THE 72,000 FIGURE AND BRING EVERYTHING IN THE PLAN DOWN TO THAT SCALE. MR. VAN ANTWERP INTERJECTED THAT THE CONSULTANT HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS BY THE COUNCIL AND IF HE HAS FAILED TO DO SO, HE CAN BE SO INSTRUCTED AGAIN. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:39 P.M. - 2 - Amendment to Minutes o£ Special Meeting of Airport Advisory Board with City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission Members held on March 31, 1987 MR. COOPER READ EXCERPT FROM THE QUIT CLAIM DEED GRANTING THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (See Page 5, Paragraph 2 attached). HE STATED A CASE COULD BE MADE THAT THE CITY HAS NOT FULFILLED ITS CONTRACTURAL OBLIGATIONS SINCE THE AIRPORT HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED IN GOOD AND SERVICEABLE CONDITION. OFFICIAL RECORD ~:~ .: .:',: "a.i.-'po~*t" -ha.~ be deemed 'to :J.nc~td~ at :l.e&st euch ~d-, · tructures; ~ovemente and equipment. (2) That, except aa provided in subparagraph (6) of the next succsedi~ paro~raph~ the entire /a~din~ arsa) &,:t defined ~n GSA 2-I-102,01 a,ll, dated December 19Si, a~d all s~ructuros, improvemente~ facilities and equipment in which this inst~um~nt t~anafers a~y interest ~hall be maintained for the uae a~d..l~e£~$ ,£ th~ pub .1~o ~t. all in go~d and serviceabl~ co~ltion~ to assur~ its o£ficient p~ovldsd~ howeve~ that such maia$enance ~nall b~ required &-- to remain~e~ of their estimated ~Lfa~ aa deto~minod b~ the of the Fedora1 Av~t~on A~eac~ o~ h~a succeeder. Zn tho event are reqmtred to roh~bi~'Ltate ox' repu~tr c8~at~ of the aforomontio~od -.tructureej lmprovemonts~ £acl~L%/~s Or equipmont~ they ma~ b~ prOCUred transferred hersb~ and ~ocated on tho above land M~tch h~ve outltved t~mir uae aa airport prop~.'f,7- in t,~ opinion of l~e A~4~trator of the Federal Av~t~on A~oncy or his ~uccs~or. ~Y the acceptance of th~.a dced 9r any rleht~ hsr~under~ said party of ~ ~econd par~ for itself, 2ts successors ~ld alas assumes ~he obligate'on of, covenant to abic~ by and agree to, and this transfer ia ma~ ~ubject to~ ~e fol~ re~at~ons ~ rem~lc$- ~tlc~ ~, S. ct~n 3, C~. 2 of ~ ~t~tut~n of ~o U~tod S~te~ off ~ri~; t~ S~ ~erty Act of 2~; ae ~d, ~deral erty ~d A~ative Se~lco~ Act of 1~9, a~ ~od; ~d app~cab~ ~los, regu~t~n~ ~ or~r~. , ur o~o~i~o miti~at~ o~ot~ ai~ort ha~ ~ by preventl~ MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD - MARCH 31, 1987 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN ROBERT MORROW AT 4:00 P.M. PRESENT: KENNETH MEGUIN, EDWARD PALUCH, EARL MASTELLER, ROGER COOPER, MICHAEL KENNEY, CHAIRMAN ROBERT MORROW, EX-OFFICIO MEMBER JOHN VAN ANTWERP. ABSENT: RENE VAN DE VOORDE (ARRIVED AT END OF MEETING) MOTION BY MR. PALUCH, SECONDED BY MR. COOPER, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24. CARRIED. MR. VAN ANTWERP REPORTED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE HERBICIDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. ROAD WORK ON HOLD BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER. THERE FOLLOWED A DISCUSSION RE HAZARD CAUSED BY STONES BEING KICKED UP INTO PROPELLERS AND THE POOR CONDITION OF THE ROADWAYS AND RUNWAYS IN GENERAL. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ANY ACTUAL WORK WAS DONE AT THE AIRPORT UNDER THE MASTER PLAN AND SOME- THING SHOULD BE DONE NOW. THE AIRPORT MANAGER WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHECK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF RENTING A SWEEPER FOR A TRIAL RUN. THERE WAS NO COMMENT ON THE OPERATING STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28. MR. MASTELLER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT AIRPORT MONEY IS TO BE USED FOR. MR. VAN ANTWERP EXPLAINED HAVE $30,000. IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR LIGHTS AND OVER-LAYING RUNWAYS. SHOULD ESTABLISH AN ON-GOING TYPE OF MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. MOTION BY MR. PALUCH, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO ACCEPT WITH REGRET THE RESIGNATION OF GEORGE METCALF. CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. MEGUIN, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT ROGER COOPER BE APPOINTED A REGULAR MEMBER. CARRIED. MR. PALUCH NOMINATED ROGER COOPER AS VICE CHAIRMAN. MOTION BY MR. PALUCH, SECONDED BY MR. MEGUIN, TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: MR. MEGUIN MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:19 MR. PALUCH MR. MASTELLER CHAIRMAN MORROW P.M. MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD MARCH 31~ 1987 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVE MINUTES OF MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24 OPERATING STATEMENT FOR PERIOD ENDED 2/28/87 OLD BUSINESS: AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT NEW BUSINESS: ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF GEORGE METCALF RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT'~OF ROGER COOPER AS REGULAR MEMBER ELECTION OF VICE cHAIRMAN ADJOURN SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD CITY COUNCIL PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MARCH 31, 1987 - 4:00 P.M. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OLD BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: DISCUSSION - AIRPORT MASTER PLAN ADJOURN