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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12171982MINUTES OF MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD - DECEMBER 17, 1982 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH AT 4:15 P.M. PRESENT: CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH, RENE VAN DE VOORDE, JOSEPH BARBOLINE, KENNETH MEGUIN, FRANK DE JOIA, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS JOHN VAN ANTWERP, EARL MASTELLER. ALSO PRESENT: EDWIN SCHMUCKER, CAROL HENDRY. ABSENT: ROBERT THOMAS, DEBORAH PALMER, MICHAEL KENNEY. MOTION BY MR. MEGUIN, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 23, 1982. CARRIED. IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY CHAIRMAN PALUCH, MR. VAN DE VOORDE WILL BRING IN FOR THE RECORDS A COPY OF THE CORPORATE NAME CHANGE FOR JACOBSON AIR-AG TO GOLDEN HORN AVIATION, INC. MR. MASTELLER ADVISED THAT THE CULVERT HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND WILL BE INSTALLED EARLY NEXT WEEK - 15", $275. HE CHECKED WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE REGARDING HERBI- CIDE, WHO IN TURN REFERRED HIM TO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. THEY HAVE NO REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF PARAQUAT. CHAIRMAN PALUCH POINTED OUT THAT THE GOLF COURSE EMPLOYS A LICENSED HERBICIDE MAN WHOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. CHAIRMAN PALUCH MENTIONED THAT THE CITY ENGINEER HAS ACQUIRED A SEWER PLANT WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED AT THE AIRPORT - A 15,000 GALLON STEEL PLANT VALUED AT ABOUT $10,000., ACQUIRED FROM GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. COST OF MOVING, PAID OUT OF AIRPORT FUNDS, WAS $990. EVENTUALLY SOME EQUIPMENT WILL HAVE TO BE PUR- CHASED TO PUT IT IN OPERATION. MOTION WAS REQUESTED BY CHAIRMAN PALUCH TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF THE SEWER PLANT AT THE AIRPORT FOR STORAGE PURPOSES. SINCE MOST OF THE MEMBERS FELT THEY WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT THE SITE FIRST, THIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. A FINANCIAL REPORT WAS SUBMITTED AS OF NOVEMBER 30. MOTION BY MR. MEGUIN, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF NOVEMBER 30, 1982. CARRIED. PRIOR TO DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING BY GOLDEN HORN AVIATION, INC., MR. VAN DE VOORDE ADVISED THAT SINCE HE HAD SERVED AS THEIR ATTORNEY BEFORE APPOINTMENT TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD, HE WOULD ABSTAIN EROM VOTING AND HAD FILED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM. MR. VAN DE VOORDE PRESENTED AN AMEND- MENT TO THE EXISTING LEASE SHOWING PROPOSED CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE THE NON- DISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PLANS FOR THE STRUCTURE WITH CERTAIN PRO- VISIONS AND AS SOON AS THE~E PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED ON THE PLAN, THEY WILL BE FINALLY APPROVED BY ZONING AND PLANNING, AT WHICH TIME THE WHOLE PACKAGE WILL BE SENT TO FAA FOR THEIR APPROVAL. MR. VAN DE VOORDE ADDED THAT ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD GAVE HIS APPROVAL ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT TOO KEEN ON ANY RESIDENTIAL USE AT THE AIRPORT. ALSO, THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY-SO AS TO THE USE OF PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT IS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW TO MAKE SUCH DECISIONS REGARDING AIRPORT USE, AND THEY AGREED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS WHOLE SUBJECT OF POLICY MAKING WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING. BASICALLY THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE IN THE PLAN IS IN REGARD TO DRAINAGE. MOTION BY MR. DE JOIA, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOLINE, TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AND THE STRUCTURE INDICATED ON THE SITE PLAN WITH THE CORRECTIONS RECOM- MENDED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AND THAT APPROVED SITE PLAN, CONSISTING OF 5 SHEETS, BE ATTACHED. CARRIED. (MR. VAN DE VOORDE ABSTAINED FROM VOTING.) CHAIRMAN PALUCH INSTRUCTED THE BOARD SECRETARY TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THAT NO BUILDING PERMIT BE ISSUED TO GOLDEN HORN AVIATION UNTIL THE AIRPORT MANAGER INFORMS THEM TO DO SO. CHAIRMAN PALUCH INTRODUCED CAROL HENDRY, WHO IS INTERESTED IN OPENING A RESTAU- RANT AT THE AIRPORT. SHE PRESENTED A DRAWING OF AN OLD HOUSE WHICH S~ WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ONTO THE SITE. EVENTUALLY SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ERECT A COUPLE OF SHOPS (CANDLE, GOURMET). THERE FOLLOWED A VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSION DURING WHICH IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A BETTER CHANCE OF FAA APPROVAL IF TIE- DOWN SPACES WERE PROVIDED FOR AIRCRAFT. ALSO, MRS. HENDRY INDICATED SHE WOUL~i~ LIKE TO LEASE 6 ACRES, WHICH CHAIRMAN PALUCH THOUGHT WAS TOO MUCH AREA FOR WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE PLAN. HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH 4 AND WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SURETY THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO START TO MATERIALIZE WITHIN TWO YEARS. ALSO, THE BUILDING SHOULD BE MOVED BACK AT LEAST 50' FROM THE TAXIWAY. MR. VAN ANTWERP VOLUNTEERED TO TALK TO THE FAA AND SOUND THEM OUT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. MR. VAN DE VOORDE STATED THAT A DETERMINATION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE FIRST OF ALL AS TO WHETHER A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE WOULD BE APPROVED IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO MRS. HENDRY THAT PLANS BE RE-DRAWN SHOWING PARKING FACILITIES FOR PLANES AND FORGET THE CONCEPT OF A SHOPPING AREA FOR THE TIME BEING. MR. VAN ANTWERP WAS ASKED TO ASSIST HER. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:50 P.M. - 2 - MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD DECEMBER 17, 1982 AGENDA ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF NOVEMBER 23, 1.)82 OLD BUSINESS: AIRPORT MANAGER's REPORT NEW BUSINESS: RENE VAN DE VOORDE - EDWIN SCHMUCKER - JOSEPH SPEIDEL JAMES AND CAROL HENDRY FINANCIAL REPORT ADJOURN