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Town of Nantucket
NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT
14 Airport Road
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts 02554
Thomas M. Rafter, Airport Manager Commissioners
Phone: (508) 325-5300 Daniel W. Drake, Chairman
Fax: (508) 325-5306 Arthur D. Gasbarro, Vice Chair
David C. Gray, Sr.
Sonny Raichlen
Jeannette Topham
AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING
June 7, 2013
The meeting was called to order at 10:20 AM by Chairman Daniel W. Drake with the following
Commissioners present, David C. Gray, Sr., and Jeanette Topham.
Vice Chair Arthur D. Gasbarro and Commissioner Sonny Raichlen was absent.
The meeting took place in the meeting room at the Snow Removal Equipment Building, 13 New
South Road.
Mr. Drake announced the meeting was being recorded.
Airport employees present were Thomas M. Rafter, Airport Manager, Ashley Christ, Business
Manager, David Sylvia, Training and Compliance Officer, Blaine Buckley, Operations
Supervisor, Preston Harimon, Operations Supervisor, John Grangrade, Maintenance Supervisor
and Janine Torres, Office Manager.
Also present was Patrick Topham, FAA Air Traffic Control Tower Chief.
Mary Walsh, FAA New England Regional Administrator and Laurie Dragonas, FAA Lead
Certification Inspector joined the meeting at 10:30 AM.
The Commission M/S/P Unanimously approval of the Agenda with Mr. Drake noting Agenda
item #2 would be discussed first to allow the FAA representatives additional time before joining
the meeting.
022613-2 Master Plan & Sustainability Program Update – Mr. Rafter provided both the
advantages and disadvantages of putting the Master Plan Scope out as an RFP.
Mr. Rafter also provided a revised Fee Estimate from Jacobs reducing the project cost to $949K,
down from $1.3M, indicating working closely with Jacobs in trimming down hours associated
with several tasks.
Mr. Rafter acknowledged if there were more time prior to the Grant Application filing deadline in
July, he would still recommend an RFP, however, given the time constraints, would like the
Commission to reconsider using Jacobs.
After brief discussion, the Commission M/S/P Unanimously to retain Jacobs Engineering as the
consultant to oversee the Master Plan & Sustainability Project.
6.7.13 Airport Commission Minutes Page 2 of 2
FAA Part 139 Certification Inspection De-Brief – Ms. Dragonas gave her debrief on the
Airport’s Part 139 Inspection which took place over the previous two days concluding just prior
to this meeting.
Ms. Dragonas said overall, the airfield is in great condition and the inspection went well with no
major discrepancies. Closeout letter of Correction will be forwarded next week. Some notable
comments were:
Operations personnel Fred Wellington and Addison Falconer both did extremely well in
airfield inspection tour.
An organization chart is needed to avoid confusion between roles
A few instances of non-standard airfield markings.
RW threshold lights currently are higher than recently revised standard. Advised leaving
for now as standard may change again.
Runway side striping on RW 15/33 should be 36” wide. Noted this will be addressed in
the fall with the TW Delta project.
Recommends REILS/PAPI’s for runway 33 for safety enhancement.
Recommends supplemental windsock for RW 33 approach
Ruts were found in the RW 24 safety area greater than 3” deep noting this has already
been corrected.
Concerned over red paint fading to pink on surface “Hold” markings. Paint
manufacturer has been contacted.
State Contractor doing a poor job on runway painting. MassDOT has been invited to
inspect.
Radio didn’t work well after switching to CTAK procedures after tower closed. Need to
rectify.
Found fuel truck records indicating truck should have been taken out of service.
Two staff members fire training was a month later than the 12 months required by the
rules. Recommends scheduling twice-a-year staff training to ensure compliance
Recommend digital NOTAM system
Ms. Dragonas, Mr. Sylvia, Mr. Grangrade, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Harimon, Mr. Topham left the
meeting at 11:22 AM.
Ms. Walsh updated the Commission and Mr. Rafter on the ATCT study, indicating the final
report with the FAA’s recommendation regarding the feasibility of raising the tower should be
completed by the end of June.
Ms. Walsh indicated navigational aids (NAVAIDS) may be an option should there be
discretionary funds.
On June 17, 2013 MassDOT will join Ms. Walsh in Washington to report on the Carbon Neutral
Program.
Having no other business, the Commission M/S/P Unanimously to adjourn at 11:55 AM.
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Janine M. Torres, Recorder
Master List of Documents
6/7/13 Agenda
Advantages/Disadvantages of Master Plan RFP
Jacobs revised Fee Estimate dtd 5/22/13