Airport Advisory Commission Meeting

CITY OF LOS BANOS AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES APRIL 19, 2022 ACTION MINUTES – These minutes are prepared to depict action taken for agenda items presented to the Airport Advisory Commission. CALL TO ORDER: Commissioner Anderson called the Airport Advisory Commission Meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner King led the pledge of allegiance. ROLL CALL – MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION PRESENT: Anderson, King, Leonardo, Reed. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Public Works Director/City Engineer Than, Public Works Operations Manager Via, Administrative Coordinator de Melo. NOMINATION AND SELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR 2022: Motion by Reed, seconded by King to select Larry Leonardo as Chairperson for 2022. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present. Motion by Reed, seconded by Leonardo to select David King as Vice Chairperson for 2022. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present. Chairperson Leonardo took over running the meeting. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Anderson, seconded by Reed to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ACTION MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 16, 2021: Motion by Reed, seconded by Anderson to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present. 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. No comments were received and the public forum was closed. AIRPORT 2022 MONTHLY FUEL SALES REVIEW. Public Works Operations Manager Via reported fuel sales have been steady. Fuel prices are still about mid range in a 50 mile radius. JetA is currently priced at $5.46/gallon and 100LL is $5.65/gallon. AIRPORT 2021/2022 REVENUE/EXPENDITURE UPDATE. Public Works Operations Manager Via reported that fuel sales revenues are up do to the cost of gas, causing sales to be higher. The rest of the revenues and expenditures are on track at this time. PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS MANAGER’S REPORT. Manager Via stated we just completed an update to our storm prevention plan for the airport. We recently had a Caltrans inspection in March. We have not received the formal report yet. We plan on overlaying near the fueling apron, to be done by City staff. COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS. KING: Glad to see everyone face to face. This is his first meeting in-person. LEONARDO: Happy to be back in-person. Thanked staff for all that they do. REED: Any plans to hire a consultant again? Operations Manager Via said we have a consultant on board that is collecting wind data. ANDERSON: Nice to be back in-person. Asked if we seal the airport asphalt on a regular basis. Operations Manager said we do not, but we plan on contracting an Airport Engineer to design some overlay work, so that we can bid it out. We will need to apply for grants to pay for some of the overlay work. ADJOURNMENT: Chairperson Leonardo adjourned the meeting at the hour of 5:25 p.m. APPROVED: ________________________ Chairperson Leonardo ATTEST: _____________________ Jelene de Melo, Secretary