Municipal Airport Commission

MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD A regular meeting of the Moses Lake Airport Advisory Board was held at the Airport Operations Building, Friday, noon, 12, April, 2019. The meeting was called to order by Richard Pearce. P = Present E = Excused A = Absent C = Canceled Name Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov. Dec Tom Dent P E E E Finley Grant P P P P Darrin Jackson P E P P Richard Pearce E P P P Tim Prickett P P P P BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT/ABSENT/EXCUSED: Present: Richard Pearce, Finley Grant, Tim Prickett and Darrin Jackson. Excused: A motion was made by Tim to excuse Tom Dent and was seconded by Finley. The motion was approved unanimously. OTHERS PRESENT: Mike Moro, Public Works Superintendent; Tracey Law, Public Works Clerk; Darel Fuller, Ron Piercy and Justin Good. MINUTES: A motion was made by Darrin to accept the minutes from March 8, 2019. The motion was seconded by Tim and unanimously approved. CORRESPONDENCE: Chad Nordberg is interested in renting a hangar and wondered if there was a list to get on. Richard told him that there is no list, the hangars are privately owned. AIRPORT INSPECTION: The April inspection was done by Finley. The May inspection will be done by Tim. Finley reported a runway light was out. Darel Fuller will replace it. OLD BUSINESS: A. AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANUAL & SECURITY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN: Mike Moro reported that the Airport Operations Manual & Security and Emergency Response Plan was adopted by City Council. Copies of the Manual and Plan will be distributed by the Public Works Clerk. B. LEASES: There was no new information from the City on the leases. There was some discussion by Board Members about their concerns with the current leases. Tim felt that the Advisory Board and the City Council needed to have a study session to discuss the leases. Richard asked Darel Fuller to talk to the Mayor and see if that could be set up for next month. C. WEED CONTROL: Tim spent two days spraying sterilant and Darrin also sprayed around the Wind T and some of the signs. D. GOPHER CONTROL: Board Members have started using gopher gassers. Darrin has a supply of them if anyone needs some. Darrin also spotted a badger hole on the airport grounds. E. FILL IN SW CORNER: Richard asked Mike if the dirt that is piled up by the Operations Complex could be used to fill in the hole along the fence line. Mike said that was not available for the airport's use. If Board Members know where there is other dirt they could use they should contact Mike to discuss it. F. LOCAL INFORMATION STATION IN OPS BLDG.: Richard brought in information on slatwall panels and containers to put up inside the Operations Building to display local information. He would like to have areas for food, lodging, attractions and transportation. Richard thinks a 4 foot by 4 foot panel would work well. He would also like to have an 8-10 inch wide shelf under the panel to place the passport stamp for pilots to use in their log books. Darrin made a motion to purchase some slatwall, brackets and containers. Tim seconded it. The motion was approved unanimously. G. EXTERIOR PAINTING OF OPS BLDG.: No new information on painting the exterior of the Operations Building. Fred has been informed of the request. NEW BUSINESS: A GRAVEL AND IMPROVEMENTS ON MUNICIPAL HANGAR RD.: Tim felt the Municipal Hangar Road needs to be graded and graveled. Tim made a motion to gravel the west side of Municipal Hangar Road. The motion was seconded by Darrin and passed unanimously. There was also some discussion on getting the road straightened out. Darrin made a motion to have Engineering straighten the road. It was seconded by Tim and passed unanimously. B. VOLUNTEER TIME: Volunteer timesheets were turned in by Finley, Richard, Tim, Darrin and Darel Fuller. C. OTHER: Richard was contacted by Trey Dail regarding the grant money for the fence. He told Trey to go ahead and request it for this year. The request needs to be into the State sometime in May. The hole needs to be filled before the fence can go up. If the money is not used this year the airport can give it back to the State and try again next year. The Board Members felt for security reasons they need to have the fence. Darrin has purchased some paint for the Wind T. He and Finley will paint it. The PUD has their new poles on Road 3. Darrin felt now is the time to contact the PUD about lighting poles 9 and 10. He wondered if the City had contacted the PUD. Mike said he had checked with them on permits but not about lighting the poles. The Board Members felt the poles were a safety issue, especially at night, if they are not lit or painted. Darrin wondered about lifting and setting up the concrete bolyards that are on the airport grounds. He felt it would make the airport look better. There was some discussion about safety if they were set any higher than they are now. Darrin asked about cleaning up the area around the Wind T. Darrin said Fred told him the City would rent a dumpster for them to use. Tim made a motion to proceed with rehabilitation of the Wind T area. It was seconded by Finley and passed unanimously. Darrin received a request from the Moses Lake AirShow to use the airport for overflow for overnight camping and parking. The AirShow is June 14 and 15. Finley made a motion to allowthe Moses Lake Air Show to use the airport for overflow overnight camping and parking. It was seconded by Darrin and passed unanimously. Darel Fuller asked about the sprinklers. Mike said the Parks Department would take care of them when they are through with some of their other projects. Finley made a motion to adjourn the meeting it was seconded byTim. The meeting was adjourned by Richard at 12:49 p.m. Xou^r Tracey Law, Pubnc Works Clerk