Airport Advisory Commission Meeting

CITY OF LOS BANOS AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JUNE 15, 2021 ACTION MINUTES – These minutes are prepared to depict action taken for agenda items presented to the Airport Advisory Commission. Special Note – This meeting was held by teleconference due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Anderson called the Airport Advisory Commission Meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Blevins led the pledge of allegiance. ROLL CALL – MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION PRESENT: Anderson, Blevins, King, Leonardo; Reed arrived at 5:20pm. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Public Works Operations Manager Via, Administrative Coordinator de Melo. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Leonardo, seconded by Blevins to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present; Reed absent. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ACTION MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 18, 2021: Motion by Leonardo, seconded by King to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present; Reed absent. PUBLIC FORUM: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY; INCLUDES AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO A FIVE (5) MINUTE PRESENTATION. DETAILED GUIDELINES ARE POSTED ON THE COUNCIL CHAMBER INFORMATIONAL TABLE. Secretary de Melo stated that no comments were received and the public forum was therefore closed. AIRPORT 2021 FUEL SALES REVIEW. Operations Manager reported JetA has been raisied to 3.29/gallon. 100LL is now $4.99/gallon. In a 50-mile radius, are currently cheapest in price for JetA fuel and mid-range for the 100LL. In April 2021, we sold $15,586.85, compared to $24,437.17 in April 2020. AIRPORT 2020/20121 REVENUE/EXPENDITURE UPDATE. Operations Manager Via reported we have one hangar currently vacant. We have already exceeded our projected revenues for this fiscal year, due to our rental occupancy. We recently purchased 6,000 gallons of JetA fuel. The new budget will be going before City Council for approval on June 16, 2021. We have budgeted to purchase an orchard blower, that should help with the FOD. We have also budgeted to procure an FAA approved aviation engineer to design the runway overlay project. PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS REPORT. Operations Manager Via reported that we raised the fuel prices to reflect a more accurate price that we paid for the fuel load. We discovered the PAPI lights were set to too high of a voltage, therefore they kept burning out. We have since corrected the issue. We no longer spray the weeds with Roundup, but we continue to stay on top of the weed abatement efforts at the airport. COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS. BLEVINS: No report. KING: Asked for clarification on the runway overlay project that will be budgeted next fiscal year. Operations Manager Via replied we would like to resurface the runways with new pavement. It’s been a while since it’s been done. The FAA has deemed it as acceptable, but it is showing some wear. There is an area by the fuel tanks that has a bit of cracking that we would like to address. LEONARDO: There are a few pilots that have mentioned concern for little rocks getting into the jet engines near the fueling station, so he appreciates that area being addressed. REED: No report. ANDERSON: Thanked Vice-Chairperson Leonardo for stepping in and finishing the meeting when he had technical difficulties during the last meeting. Thanked staff for their hard work and updates. Asked about the status of the tour of the airport. Operations Manager Via said we are waiting for the City to release guidelines with the next lift of the mask mandate. Also recommended waiting for cooler weather, as we are headed into triple digit heat forcast. ADJOURNMENT: Chairperson Anderson adjourned the meeting at the hour of 5:22 p.m. APPROVED: ________________________ Chairperson Anderson ATTEST: _____________________ Jelene de Melo, Secretary