Airport Advisory Commission

A G E N D A Airport Advisory Commission Executive Conference Room – 800 Municipal Drive April 12, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. ITEM 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes from the March 8, 2016 Airport Advisory 1 Commission Meeting 4. Approval of the Annual Open Meeting Resolution 3 5. Operations Report 5 6. Business From: Chairman Members Staff Floor 7. 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.  Draft Minutes – AAC 3‐8‐16 Mtg Page 1 of 2 M I N U T E S AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION March 8, 2016 The Airport Advisory Commission of the City of Farmington met on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 4:00 PM, in the Executive Conference Room in the Municipal Building, 800 Municipal Drive, Farmington, New Mexico. Members Present: Chairman Richard Neely John Arrington Wayne Mangum Steve White Teresa Pacheco (alt) Members Absent: Tony Bennett Staff Present: Bob Campbell Russel Frost Mike Lewis Others Present: Felicia Bekis– Atlantic Aviation Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:08 p.m. by Chairman Neely, there being a quorum present; the following proceedings were duly had and taken. Approval of the March 8, 2016 Agenda A motion was made and second to approve the agenda and passed unanimously by a vote of 5- 0. Approval of the Minutes of the February 9, 2016 Regular Meeting of the AAC A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the February 9, 2016, regular meeting of the Airport Advisory Commission and passed unanimously by a vote of 5-0. Operations Report Airport Manager Mike Lewis reported that Great Lakes Airlines is currently only flying direct to Denver and had 90 passengers this month. He added that Mr. Doug Voss of Great Lakes Airlines spoke with him this morning and shared that they had not yet heard back on the exemption, but are committed to Farmington through April. There was also 25 crew related cancellations. The ATF Operations are up over everything on the board, even over 2013 when things started to pick back up again. There are a lot of transient traffic and military flights. Mr. Lewis stated that there is a new regulation that required UAV to call the tower at the beginning and ending of their flights (Radio Controlled Aircraft and also Drones). He added that there was also a laser incident reported by Air Care Helicopter directly to the cops, who made contact with the person. 1  Draft Minutes – AAC 3‐8‐16 Mtg Page 2 of 2 Fuel Flowage was pretty close to February of last year and that is even with the reductions of Great Lakes flights. It appears it may be due to the increase in military air traffic. Mr. Lewis stated that there should be some restaurant numbers available at the next meeting. He shared a conversation that he had this morning with Boutique Air and they are saying they are interested in what Farmington has to offer. A project to reduce the population of prairie dogs is in progress using a percussion type explosion, and will be ongoing as weather permits. Current project for the reconstruction of E, F&G Taxiways will be on the consent agenda for City Council. The estimated cost is 3.1 Million, with the City’s cost being $98,000. Public Works Director David Sypher is still working on the right-of-way to access through the north side of the airport. Additionally he had crews fill in a portion where run-off had started to erode the hill providing a location for his cleanup and used to our advantage, it was a win-win for all. Mr. Lewis shared that Atlantic Aviation and Vernon Aviation have expressed interest in the vacated Hangar 9. Staff has chosen not to lease it to another FBO at this time and would like to try to keep it open for a new entity. Business from the Floor: There was no business from the floor. Business from the Chairman: There was no business from the Chairman Business from the Commissioners: There was no business from the Commissioners. Business from the Staff: There was no business from Staff. Adjournment: There being no further business to come before the Commission the meeting was adjourned at 4:22 pm. _____________________________ ______________________________ Richard Neely - Chairman Dee Dee Moore – Administrative Aide 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9