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, September 13, 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 C P E P E Finley Grant P P P P C P P P P Darrin Jackson P E P P C P P P P Richard Pearce E P P P C P P P P Tim Prickett P P P P C P E P P BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT/ABSENT/EXCUSED: Present: Richard Pearce, Tim Prickett, Finley Grant, and Darrin Jackson. Tim made a motion to excuse Tom Dent, it was seconded by Darrin and passed unanimously. OTHERS PRESENT: Darel Fuller, Jerry Richardson, Council Member Daryl Jackson, Mike Mora, Public Works Superintendent; Fred Snoderly, Municipal Services Director; and Tracey Law, Public Works Clerk. MINUTES: A motion was made by Darrin to accept the minutes from August 9, 2019. The motion was seconded by Tim and unanimously approved. AIRPORT INSPECTION: The September inspection was done by Darrin. The October inspection will be done by Tim. OLD BUSINESS: A. LEASES: Council Member Daryl Jackson reported a committee was formed to address the leases. The committee consists of himself, Richard Peace, the Interim City Manager, and the City Attorney. Four items of interest are: 1. Terms of the lease - 20 plus 20 with 5 years after the first 20. This would help lessee secure financing. 2. The dollar figure for leases would stay the same. 3. The insurance requirement for auto insurance would go away. 4. A buy-back clause should the airport close for any reason. There was some discussion on how the appraised value of the buildings would be done. Richard is working on getting information from GrantCounty. There was also discussion on who should carrythe insurance when hangarsare subleased. Daryl Jackson said they were trying to get new leases by January 1, 2020. B. SCHOOL PROPERTY ACQUISITION: Darrin reported that the City Council voted unanimously not to support the School District building a school on Don Turner's old property. The City Council offered to have the School District help work on the Comprehensive Plan to identify future school zoning. C. WEED CONTROL FOR FALL SEASON: The Board determined it was necessary to spray again and more chemical would need to be purchased. Darrin made a motion to purchase residual herbicide for fall application. Finley seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously. D. EXTERIOR PAINTING OF OPERATIONS BUILDING: Richard reported that the exterior painting of the Operations Building looked nice and that a good job was done. E. MUNICIPAL HANGAR ROAD: Mike Moro stated that the curbing at Tom Dent's hangar will not be coming out. The Water Department will be moving the first hydrant past the pavement. The Board will talk to Fred again about graveling the road for dust control. F. WIND "T": Reflective tape was purchased from Signs Now. Finley and Darrin will be putting it on the "T". It should be done by next week. G. FUEL STATION: Darrin will meet with Freeman's the first part of the month to discuss each other's needs. There was discussion of the possibility of Tom giving the Airport a tank that is on his property. H. HELICOPTER LANDING AREA: Darrin reported that the Airport already has a landing area between Fred Meise's and Lee Gerber's property. The area has three tie downs but needs some work to rehab it. Tim made a motion to have the City clean up the helicopter parking spot, put down 1 % inch or 1 % inch rock around the edge, and to paint an "H" on it. Darrin seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: A. AIRPORT FINANCES: Fred asked that the Board review the budget report and let him know if there were any amounts they wanted to increase. The Board requested from the Public Works Clerk detailed reports on each object number. Richard will discuss suggested changes with Fred. B. COMMUNITY AIRPORT MEETING IN OCTOBER: Richard will be attending the conference. C. AIRPORT CLEANUP: Darrin spoke to the Sheriffs Department about getting convict labor to clean up the borrow pit and fence line by the canal. Darrin would have to supervise convicts. Richard reported Ron Piercy has made an effort to clean up his area. Darrin reported there are still some items that need to be moved back on Ron's property. D. VOLUNTEER TIME:Volunteer timesheets were turned in by Richard, Darrin, Finley, Tim and Darel Fuller. E. OTHER: Fred reported that T-0 Engineers will be the Airport engineers. A contract with them should be done in a couple of week. Finley wondered if gassingthe gophers was reallyworking. He thought a vibrating roller might be more effective. Darrin said he spoke to Fred and the airport could rent the vibrating roller if there was someone experienced to drive it. Finley has experience. It was decided to do the infield but not the lawn. Tim made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion was seconded by Finley and passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 1:09 p.m. Tracey Law, Public Works Clerk