Airport Advisory Commission

A G E N D A Airport Advisory Commission Executive Conference Room – 800 Municipal Drive June 9, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. ITEM 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes from the May 12, 2015 Airport Advisory 1 Commission Meeting 4. Operations Report (Mike Lewis) 4 5. Business From: Chairman Members Staff Floor 6. Adjournment For information regarding any item scheduled on this Agenda, please contact the Airport Manager’s Office at (505) 599-1394. ATTENTION PERSONS WITH DIABILITIES: The meeting room and facilities are fully accessible to persons with mobility disabilities. If you plan to attend the meeting and will need an auxiliary aid or service, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 599-1106 or 599-1101 prior to the meeting so that arrangements can be made.  AAC Draft Minutes 5‐12‐15 Page 1 of 3 M I N U T E S AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION The Airport Advisory Commission of the City of Farmington met on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 4:00 PM, in the Executive Conference Room in the Municipal Building, 800 Municipal Drive, Farmington, New Mexico. Members Present: Acting Chairman - John Arrington Teresa Pacheco Steve White Members Absent: Chairman Richard Neely Tony Bennett Wayne Mangum Staff Present: Bob Campbell Mike Lewis Dee Dee Moore Others Present: Jaade Plante Felicia Bekis Bart Sisson Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Acting Chairman Arrington, there being a quorum present; the following proceedings were duly had and taken. Approval of the May 12, 2015 Agenda Commissioner White made a motion to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Pacheco and passed unanimously by a vote of 3-0. Approval of the Minutes of the April 14, 2015 Regular Meeting of the AAC Commissioner Pacheco made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 14, 2015, regular meeting of the AAC. The motion was seconded by Commissioner White and passed unanimously by a vote of 3-0. Approval of the Minutes of the April 23, 2015 Special Meeting of the AAC Commissioner Pacheco made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 23, 2015, special meeting of the AAC. The motion was seconded by Commissioner White and passed unanimously by a vote of 3-0. 1  AAC Draft Minutes 5‐12‐15 Page 2 of 3 Recommendation for resolutions to be sent to CC Airport Manager Mike Lewis explained each of the grants that the Airport receives needs to have a resolution approved by the City Council. He briefly went over the six grants approved by the State and the Federal Government. Acting Chairman Arrington asked if the recommendations could be made all together. Mr. Lewis stated they could. Acting Chairman Arrington and Commissioners White and Pacheco indicated that they were in support of these projects and that the resolutions should be forwarded to City Council for approval. Commissioner White made a recommendation to forward the resolutions for each of the state/federal awarded grants to City Council for approval. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Pacheco and passed unanimously by a vote of 3-0. Operations Report Airport Manager Mike Lewis reported that legislation is being initiated to modify the 9-seat restriction affecting Great Lakes Airlines. In 2012 there were 19,000 enplanements, 2013, 15,600 but only 5,900 last year, and we will not meet the FAA 10,000 requirement this year either. Flight cancellations have been in the high 20’s each month and are all crew related. This decrease in flights is reflected in the fuel flowage being less that last year and is also shown in the ATC numbers, which are down about 8 flights on average per day. The restaurant at the airport, No Worries, has assumed the lease and will have a “Cabo – Tiki Theme”. There is a step up period that will reduce our current revenue until after September 2015. Acting Chairman Arrington felt that the 9-seat limitation is not helping to support a restaurant at the airport. Mr. Lewis shared that Great Lakes stated they were breaking even at this point. Mr. Bart Sisson shared that pilots are moving to larger airlines. Vernon Aviation is currently offering flights as a 135 Charter Business. These flights cost about $1,000 with addition cost for overnight pilot layovers. Business from the Chairman: Acting Chairman Arrington thought it might be a good idea to advertise at the Aztec and Durango Airports to get other pilots to fly down to Farmington. Jaade Plante of Atlantic Aviation stated she would work on advertising the event. He also asked about progress relating to Guidance Aviation. Mr. Lewis stated that there is a meeting scheduled for June 4th. Business from the Commissioners: There was no business from the Commissioners. Business from the Staff: Mr. Lewis shared that the Commemorative Air Force B-25 will be Farmington from August 24th through the 31th. More updates will be distributed as press information is received. Mr. Russell Frost, Deputy City Attorney was introduced to the Commission. Business from the Floor: Jaade Plante of Atlantic Aviation shared that Friday Hamburger Days will being on the last Friday of this month (29th). 2  AAC Draft Minutes 5‐12‐15 Page 3 of 3 Adjournment: There being no further business to come before the Commission the meeting was adjourned at 4:31 pm. _____________________________ ______________________________ John Arrington – Acting Chairman Dee Dee Moore – Administrative Aide 3 OPERATIONS REPORT May 2015 4 5 6 7 8