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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06281983MINUTES OF MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD - JUNE 28, 1983 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH AT 4:00 P.M. PRESENT: CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH, FRANK DE JOIA, DEBORAH PALMER, MICHAEL KENNEY, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS JOHN VAN ANTWERP AND EARL MASTELLER. ABSENT: ROBERT THOMAS/JOSEPH BARBOLINE, KENNETH MEGUIN (EXCUSED); RENE VAN DE VOORDE. REFERRING TO THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 31 AND ALSO THE SPECIAL COM- MITTEE MEETING ON MAY 23, MR. KENNEY THOUGHT THERE SHOULD BE SOME INDICATION OF THE AMOUNT OF RENT WE COULD EXPECT FROM THE GOLF COURSE EACH YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE FORMULA AGREED ON WAS $10,000. PLUS 50% OF THE NET PROFITS UNTIL THE AGREED LEASE FIGURE IS REACHED. BASED ON 154 ACRES AT AN APPRAISED VALUE OF $2500. PER ACRE, A QUICK COMPUTATION WORKED OUT TO $38,500. CHAIR- MAN PALUCH EXPLAINED THAT $10,000. WOULDBE A BUDGETED ITEM EACH YEAR. IF 50% OF THE NET PROFIT FALLS SHORT OF THIS IT WOULD BE A DEBT CARRIED OVER. ALSO, IN-KIND SERVICES WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. MR. VAN ANTWERP ADVISED THAT HE HAS REQUESTED THE GOLF COURSE TO GIVE HIM A LIST OF ALL IN-KIND SERVICES PERFORMED THUS FAR, AS WELL AS A LIST FROM THE STREET DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT AN ON-GOING DEBT SINCE THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSISTS THAT A PAYMENT BE MADE. RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S A LEDGER THING, THAT'S FINE. THEY DON'T CARE THAT CASH HAS NOT CHANGED HANDS, BUT ANYTIME AN AIRPORT PROJECT NEEDS MONEY FOR MATCHING FUNDS, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE BOOK- KEEPING IS CAUGHT UP. HE DOESN'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THIS CAN'T RUN ON FOR A YEAR OR TWO UNTIL THE GOLF COURSE IS IN A BETTER POSITION AND THEN DEMAND PAYMENT. MR. KENNEY'S MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A VALID CONTRACT SPELLING EVERYTHING OUT, AND MRS. PALMER CONCURRED WITH THIS. SHE ASKED IF THERE WAS A SIGNED LEASE. MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED THAT ORIGINALLY A LEASE WAS DRAWN UP AND SUBMITTED TO FAA, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. HE SUBMITTED ANOTHER LEASE WHICH WAS TURNED OVER TO CITY HALL. HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE ATTORNEY OR NOT, BUT WILL PURSUE THE MATTER WITH HIM. MOTION BY MR. DE JOIA, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 31, 1983. CARRIED. MR. VAN ANTWERP REPORTED THAT COMPLETE HOMES HAS PAID THEIR RENT. HE HAS TALKED TO MR. HENDERSON AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION WHO GAVE HIM A PRICE OF $6500. TO PAINT AND STRIPE THE AIRPORT. MR. HENDERSON SATD HE WOULD TRY TO CUT IT DOWN TO $5000. THE CITY COUNCIL NEVER PUT THIS OUT TO BID, PENDING WORD FROM MR. HENDERSON. MR. KENNEY ADVISED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DID THE STRIPING ON MAIN STREET AND HE SAID HE COULD DO IT FOR $2000.-2400., BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE WITH ANY REFLECTORIZED PAINT. MR. VAN ANTWERP SAID IF THE BOARD SO DESIRED HE WOULD TALK TO THE MAN. HOWEVER, IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PAINT ON MAIN STREET IS BEGINNING TO WEAR ALREADY. THE LAST TIME THE AIRPORT WAS PAINTED WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. 200 GALLONS OF PAINT WERE USED WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO AT LEAST $2,000. AND HE THOUGHT IF THE DOT WAS GOING TO DO IT FOR $3000. FOR THE PAINT AND $3000. FOR LABOR, THAT WOULD BE THE BETTER WAY TO GO. IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PUT OUT TO BID IF THEY DID IT. MR. MASTELLER CONCURRED WITH THIS ADDING THAT THE DOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH DOING THE WORK AND HAD ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT. DOT STATED THEY COULD PROBABLY START WITHIN 3-5 WEEKS. MOTION BY MR. KENNEY, SECONDED BY MRS. PALMER, TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAT DOT PAINT AND STRIPE THE AIRPORT. CARRIED. MR. VAN ANTWERP TALKED TO COMPLETE HOMES ABOUT MAINTAINING THEIR ROAD, BUT HAS HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THEM. OUR AGREEMENT STATES THAT IF THEY DO NOT KEEP UP TO STANDARDS, WE WILL DO AND BILL THEM FOR IT. THE ROAD IS TORN UP W~ERE ~EIR TRUCKS TURN. HE WILL APPROACH THEM AGAIN. MR. VAN ANTWERP IS MAKING NO PROGRESS WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT REGARDING THE VASI SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THIS IS IN THE 1984-85 BUDGET. ~HAIRMAN PALUCH RECOMMENDED THAT A LETTER BE WRITTEN TO THEM REQUESTING ACTION AND ADVISING THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY ATTORNEY IF NOTHING IS FORTHCOMING. MOTION BY MR. KENNEY, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 8 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MAY 31. CARRIED. MR.JOHN DREW, FLY FLORIDA INC., INTRODUCED MR. MANFRED ROZHON FROM AUSTRIA. MR. ROZHON PROPOSES TO SUB-LEASE MR. DREW'S OPERATION FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS. HE IS CURRENTLY OPERATING A FLIGHT SCHOOL, "FLORIDA SKYWAYS", IN NORTH PERRY. HE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY T~ACHES AUSTRIAN NATIONALISTS. MR. ROZHON EXPECTS TO SELL GASOLINE AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE CITY THEIR 2¢ PER GALLON. ANY OTHER PROBLEMS THAT COME UP, INCLUDING RENT PAYMENTS, WILL BE MR. DREW'S RESPONSIBILITY. MR. DREW WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LEASE ANOTHER ACRE ADJACENT TO HIS PROPERTY TO PUT UP ANOTHER BUILDING FOR HIS OWN AIRCRAFT SALES. HE WANTS TO SUB-LEASE BECAUSE HE IS INVOLVED WITH TWO OTHER CORPORATIONS UP NORTH AND HE EXPECTS TO BE OUT OF TOWN OFF AND ON. MR. DREW IS HAVING AN AGREEMENT DRAWN BY MR. VAN DE VOORDE. THERE WILL BE 4-6 INSTRUCTORS AND THEY AND THE STUDENTS WILL BE HOUSED IN THIS AREA, IN MOTELS, OR WHATEVER. IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 3 WEEKS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. MR. ROZHON HAS BEEN RUNNING THIS TYPE OF OPERATION. FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS AND HAS THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO BRING THESE STUDENTS INTO THE COUNTRY. MOTION BY MRS. PALMER, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, THAT THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT THAT AS LONG AS THE PAPER WORK, DOCUMENTATION, ETC. IS IN ORDER FOR THE SUB-LEASING OF MR. DREW'S FACILITIES FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY ~.~IL. APPROV~__AN~___~Q~T THE SECRETARY TO WRITE A LETTER TO THAT EFFECT. CARRIED. MR. ROZHON UNDERSTANDS THAT HE MUST HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR INSURANCE POLICY TO COVER FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS. MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED THAT AS AN AIRPORT TENANT HIS LEASE SPECIFIES THAT ANY TIME THAT MORE THAN 49% OF THE STOCK IN MY CORPORATION CHANGES HANDS, IT IS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CORPORATION WAS OWNED LEGALLY BY HIM AND HIS EX-WIFE. IT IS NOW 100% IN HIS NAME AND HE RE- QUESTED THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVE THIS TRANSFER OF STOCK. MOTION BY MR. DE JOIA, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS 100% TRANSFER OF STOCK TO JOHN VAN ANTWERP. CARRIED. MR. DREW REMARKED THAT HE HAD A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR SITUATION. HIS LEASE IS THE SAME AS MR. VAN ANTWERP'S. WHILE HE OWNS 49% OF THE STOCK, THE OTHER SHARES HAVE CHANGED HANDS FROM TIME TO TIME, ALTHOUGH IT HAS NEVER AMOUNTED TO ~0%. AT ONE TIME GIL SWIGER WAS GOING TO HAVE ~0%, BUT HE NO LONGER HAS ANY INTEREST IN FLY FLORIDA. CHAIRMAN PALUCH THOUGHT A LETTER TO THE BOARPD WOULD SUFFICE BECAUSE IT IS MORE OR LESS OF A COURTESY. WITH REGARD TO MR. DREW'S PROPOSED NEW BUILDING, HE STATED THAT ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE FOR AIRCRAFT SALES, BUT HIS CORPORATION IS CONSIDERING USING PART OF THE BUILDING AS A SHIPPING CENTER FOR A STEERING DEVICE THAT THEY MANUFACTURE. THIS WOULD BE A SECONDARY USE. MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A LITTLE GROUNDWORK DONE, BECAUSE FAA DOES NOT LIKE TO SEE NON-AVIATION USE. CHAIRMAN PALUCH FELT THE BOARD COULD GO ALONG WITH THE SECONDARY USEr TIMES BEING AS HARD AS THEY ARE. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:06 MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD JUNE 28~ 1983 AGENDA ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF MAY 31, 1983 OLD BUSINESS: AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT NEW BUSINESS: FINANCIAL REPORT ADJOURN