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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08251982SEBASTIAN AIRPORT COMMITTEE - AUGUST 25, 1982 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY ED PALUCH, CHAIRMAN, AT 4:00 P.M. PRESENT: BARRY GORDON, ROBERT THOMAS, FRANK DEJOIA, PAT FLOOD, CiTY REPRESENT- ATIVE , JOHN VAN ANTWERP, ADVISOR AND ED PALUCH , CHAIRMAN ED PALUCH STATED THIS MEETING WAS CALLED TO DISCUSS A REQUEST MADE BY ATTORNEY RENE VAN DE VOORDE AND THAT A GENERAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE AIRPORT WOULD FOLLOW. ATTORNEY RENE VAN DE VOORDE STATED THAT HE WAS REPRESENTING MR. JOE SPIEDEL, TENANT, AT THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT AND REQUESTED THE COMMITTEE'S FEELING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 24' X 60' OPEN TYPE SPAN BUILDING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STORAGE AND LIVING QUARTERS. HE EXPLAINED THAT HIS CLIENT HAS INTENTIONS OF ADDING ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO HIS PRE- SENT OPERATION AND FELT HE WOULD NEED SOMEONE LIVING OUT THERE TO PROVIDE SECURITY UN- TIL SUCH TIM THE AIRPORT CAN SUPPLY THE NECESSARY SECURITY. ED PALUCH REMARKED THAT THIS IS BECOMING THE PRESENT TREND, TO ALLOW LIVING QUARTERS ON COUNTY AND CITY PROPERTIES AND THAT WE ARE PRESENTLY ALLOWING A RESIDENCE ON THE CITY GOLF COURSE TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND ALSO TEMPORARY TRAILER PERMITS ARE BEING ISSUED TO THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO LIVE ON THEIR PROPERTY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR RESIDENCE. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH THIS PROPOSAL UNTIL SUCH TIME THE AIRPORT CAN SUPPLY THE NECESSARY SECURITY. FRANK DEJOIA~.WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THIS WOULD START A PRESIDENCE FOR OTHERS WHO LEASE PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT AND FELT IT WOULD CREATE A PROBLEM. HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOOD POLICY TO MIX RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MAYOR FLOOD STATED THAT THE ZONING AT THE AIRPORT IS INDUSTRIAL AND THAT RESIDENTIAL IS ALLOWED, PROVIDING THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS BEING USED AS INDUSTRIAL. BARRY GORDON FELT THAT SOME GUIDELINES SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS FAR AS LIVING QUARTERS AND THAT POSSIBLY A PLANNING AND POSITIONING OF BUILDINGS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED ON A MASTER PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. HE ALSO FELT THERE MAY BE SOME SAFE~Y HAZARDS INVOLVED, SUCH AS CHILDREN LIVING OUT THERE AND POSSIBLY AN ACCUMULATION OF JUNK CARS OR OTHER DEBRIS. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, ED PALUCH , EXPLAINED THAT THSE TYPE OF SAFETY HAZARDS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL LEASE AND SUGGESTED THAT WE MAKE IT A CONDITION OF THIS APPROVAL THAT THE RESIDENCE BE CHECKED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. BARRY GORDON WAS IN AGREE- WITH THIS AND FELT BASED ON THIS HE WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH APPROVING THE RESIDENCE. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, REGARDING CERTAIN STIPULATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS APPROVAL, ATTORNEY VAN DE VOORDE SUGGESTED THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESIDENCE BE BASED ON TWO YEARS AND AUTOMATICALLY RENEWABLE, UNLESS THE COMMITTEE OBJECTS TO IT. ED REMARKED THAT THE RESIDENCY SHOULD NOT CONTINUE IF SECURITY IS NOT REQUIRED. ATTORNEY VAN DE VOORDE STATED THAT HE WOULD DRAW UP A LEASE FOR THE COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL AND THAT HE WOULD PRESENT IT WITH THE FINAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BUILDING. ED PALUCH STATED THAT THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 8, 1982, AT 4:00 P.M., TO RE- VIEW AND DISCUSS THE LEASE AND BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS PRESENTED BY ATTORNEY VAN DE VOORDE. HE ALSO STATED THAT IF THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READY THAT IT WOULD BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. - 1 - SEBASTIAN AIRPORT COMMITTEE - AUGUST 25, 1982 IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE SET A REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE AND AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE WOULD MEET ON THE LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 4:00 P.M., BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 28, 1982. FRANK DE JOIA NOMINATED ROBERT THOMAS AS CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, NOMINATION SECONDED BY BARRY GORDON. MOTION BY FRANK DE JOIA, SECONDED BY BARRY GORDON, THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT COMMITTEE. THAT ROBERT THOMAS BE CO-CHAIRMAN OF MOTION CARRIED. MAYOR FLOOD REMARKED THAT THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD AND THAT THERE IS A POSITION OPEN AT THE PRESENT TIME. ED PLAUCH RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS REGARDING WHAT IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE AIRPORT TO ENCOURAGE AND ATTRACT TENANTS AND THAT HOPEFULLY AFTER SOME REVIEW THESE SUGGESTIONS CAN BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT ALL MONIES TAKEN IN BY THE AIRPORT STAYS IN THE AIRPORT FUND AUTOMATICALLY BY CONGRESSIONAL LAW. SOME DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE RUNWAY BEING HERBICIDED. MAYOR FLOOD REMARKED THAT FLORIDA AQUATIC WEED CONTROL IS PRESENTLY CONDUCTING SOME EXPERIMENT WORK THROUGH- OUT THE SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS AND THAT HE WOULD CONTACT THEM AS TO WHAT CHEMICALS CAN BE USED AT THE AIRPORT. A VERY LENGTHLY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE PROCEDURE OF ISSUING DECALS TO AUTHO- RIZED VEHICLES ON THE AIRPORT. JOHN VAN ANTWERP, AIRPORT MANAGER, REMARKED THAT EACH TENANT LEASING PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT IS REQUIRED TO CARRY PREMISES LIABILITY AND FIRE INSURANCE ON THEIR HANGARS. HE FELT ONCE THE CITY ISSUES AN AUTHORIZATION DECAL THE CITY THEN BECOMES LIABLE FOR THOSE PERSONS DRIVING ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. ED PALUCH EXPLAINED THAT THESE AUTHORIZATION DECALS WERE TO BE USED MAINLY TO ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONTROLLING PERSONS ON THE AIRPORT. BARRY GORDON SUGGESTED THAT THE GATES BE LOCKED AND THAT A KEY BE ISSUED WITH AN AUTHOR- IZATION DECAL. ED PALUCH STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCK AND KEY SITUATION AND THAT NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK. JOHN VAN ANTWERP EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE THREE TENANTS ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE AIRPORT WHO FEEL THEY NEED ACCESS TO THE TAXIWAY. HE MENTIONED THAT HE HAS URGED ALL TENANTS TO SECURE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY, BUT THAT THE COOPERATION HAS BEEN POOR. SINCE THE AIRPORT HAS BECOME MORE THAN JUST A SMALL COMMUNITY AIRPORT, JOHN VAN ANTWERP SUGGESTED THAT COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES BE ALLOCATED INTO THIS YEARS BUDGET FOR HIM. HE FELT ADDITIONAL TIME WAS NEEDED TO CHECK INTO ALL REQUIRED INSURANCE BY THE TEN- ANTS, CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS AND TO COLLECT ALL PROPER TIE DOWN FEES DUE. HE.ALSO STATED THAT HE WOULD ATTEND MONTHLY MEETINGS AND PREPARE A MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE. - 2 - SEBASTIAN AIRPORT COMMITTEE AUGUST 25, 1982 MOTION BY ROBERT THOMAS, SECONDED BY FRANK DE."JOIA, THAT WE PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL A PLAN FOR SALARY FOR THE AIRPORT MANAGER, OF $200.00 PER MONTH, FOR HIS TIME EXPENDED IN AIRPORT DUTIES. MOTION CARRIED. ED PALUCH STATED THAT HE WOULD PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR SCHEDULED WORKSHOP MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1982. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD PREPARE A TENTATIVE AIRPORT BUDGET AT THE MEETING SCHEDU_LED FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 1982. ED PALUCH REQUESTED THAT EACH AIRPORT TENANT OR REPRESENTATIVE BE NOTIFIED OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THAT THEY BE INVITED TO ATTEND AND ENCOURAGE THEIR INPUT. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MOTION BY BARRY GORDON, SECONDED BY FRANK DE JOIA, TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING: 5:25 P.M. - 3 -