ASHLAND AIRPORT COMMISSION June 10, 2002 MINUTES MEMBERS PRESENT: CHAIRMAN PAUL ROSTYKUS, WILLIAM SKILLMAN, ANN SKY, DONALD FITCH, LINCOLN ZEVE, MARTY JACOBSON, ALAN DEBOER STAFF: BOB SKINNER, FBO, PAULA BROWN MEMBERS ABSENT: KENNETH EHLERS, BRENT THOMPSON 1. CALL TO ORDER: 11:30 AM 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: May 13Th minutes were approved as written. 3. OLD BUSINESS: A. CAP Lease Review As per Commission discussion sections 4.1 and 17 have been changed. Rostykus talked with Chris Adams, Ashland CAP, who will contact staff with contact names for the Wing Headquarters. Action: Skillman moved to send lease to CAP Headquarters as written for signatures. Fitch seconded the motion, passed unanimously. B. MSP/ SASO Requirement Review Staff prepared definition sheets for the Specialized Aviation Service Operations Requirements and the Mobile Service Provider. This gives Skinner Aviation and staff a written definition of each category, the fees required and permitting. SASO - Differences on the Generic SASO lease would be the term, size of hangar, location and scope of owner’s work. Other items are open to negotiations. The SASO annual fee would be calculated by multiplying the square footage of the hangar size by the current CPI amount multiplied by 1.6. (e.g. 1200 sq ft X .17= 2040 X 1.6= $3,264.00) MSP – Businesses doing business on the airport without owning a hangar. They have the choice of a obtaining a 90 day business license as a temporary operator or an annual business license. The Airport User Fee for the Mobile Service Provider would be $350 annually for the first two employees, plus $25 for any additional employee; the temporary MSP (90 day license) fee is $100. Skinner reviewed the explanatory documents and felt they were self-explanatory. This is a new procedure and will probably need refinement. Action: Staff will add the MSP and SASO rates to the rate sheet for Skinner. The insurance will be briefed up to a one page summary and attached to the explanation forms. C. Update on Superunicom and Entitlement Projects Skinner was contacted by ODA to research a new radio system called DigiWix. The company producing DigiWix is a well established company with other industry equipment. One major difference between the Digiwix and the SuperUnicom systems is the automated prompting. The SuperUnicom announces itself where the DigiWix needs to be activated by the pilot. Another Digiwix feature not available with Superunicom is a phone/computer link making it possible to call in to the computer from out of area for a weather update. The computer is part of the package. The DigiWix is still going through the FAA approval process but is being advertised at a substantially lower cost than the SuperUnicom. SuperUnicom’s cost is $50,000- $60,000 and the cost for the DigiWix system is less than $30,000. There is also a size difference between the two systems. DigiWix is a station set up and would be a larger unit, the SuperUnicom is a plug/play system that self automates itself. Commissioners discussed the differences and felt the autoprompting is an important feature, but also agreed that using the phone line/modem would be a benefit. The learning curve for the DigiWix prompting could be a hassle. Action: Zeve and Rostykus will do some researching on the systems. There are some operating in Canada. D. Overview of the Master Plan Development Timing on the AIP has been postponed. The priority has been set for the master plan update before the AIP projects scheduled for this year. The taxiway that would run behind the unbuilt corporate hangars was discussed. Burl Brim accepts that the building of this road is a requirement for his new hangar and is willing to carry the cost and then have future developers split the cost. Fitch presented three options for the road construction. A rough estimate from LTM on the cost of the road runs about $50/ foot. Option A shows the road heading to the northwest from the Airport Road to the back of the hangars, Option B shows a straight road to the taxiway extending width of the taxiway. Brown commented the road would require a twelve foot wide width, which could be widened if the standards require it, a fabric base, ¾ inch shale base. One lane should be adequate but there would be the question of whether or not there would need to be curb and gutter. Twelve feet is the standard alley width. Travel lanes could be increased to nineteen feet. Brown estimates the cost of the road being close to $35,000. Access roads are not covered by the AIP or other grants. Brown is against options that combine cars and planes on the same taxiway. Sky commented that they have already began to outgrow their current vicinity. They were hoping to request one of the areas for an additional 12,000 square foot hangar. They would be willing to share the cost of the access road. Sky and Brown both like the Option A where there were no vehicle aircraft conflicts. Skinner thought another benefit would be to have a vehicle road that ran behind the FBO building and along the taxiway to the existing Sky hangar. This would require moving the security trailer; there were few objections to this. Skinner will need to look into this option further. Action: Fitch and Skillman will continue to work on the road options and the cost estimates. 4. NEW BUSINESS: A. Commission Members and Conflicts of Interest Rostykus read the Oregon State Standards by title and encouraged all commission members to also read the manual. If there is a potential conflict of interest than the commission member must abstain from voting on the subject. B. AOPA Update on Airport Security Regulations Richard Hendrickson presented the proposed regulations for general aviation security measures. The American Association of Airport Executives developed the new security plan requiring more fencing, security gates and lighting be installed. This will be hard for smaller airports to accomplish. The initiation is not funded. There is no funding in place plan for these new requirements if they are accepted by the FAA. Action: Hendrickson recommended the Commission send a letter of concern to the AOPA to help raise a red flag on the cost to small general aviation airports. Zeve supported writing a letter not supporting these initiatives. Skillman will work with Hendrickson to write the letter. The commission will review the draft next month. 5. AIRPORT MANAGER REPORT/FBO REPORT/AIRPORT ASSOCIATION: A. Status of Airport, Financial Report, Review of Safety Reports Skinner asked if the tie-downs could be looked at. Some chains are missing or are in disrepair. The phone needs to be installed soon. Staff has been working on this and it should be up and running soon. Skinner asked to make sure that the 911 and 800 numbers will work. Skinner sent a letter to Brown discussing various concerns he has regarding the construction of new hangars, fee collections and other topics. Brown will be responding to the letter. The lease negotiations will probably start in the fall as the lease renewal is due in February 2003. 6. AIRPORT ASSOCIATION: Kudos for Airport Day! Chilly, but fun! 9. NEXT MEETING DATE: AUGUST 12TH, 11:30 AM Items to discuss include: § Long Range Plan and Financial Implications ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at 1:00 PM