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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-05-09 Town of Nantucket NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT 14 Airport Road Nantucket Island, Massachusetts 02554 Alfred G. Peterson, Airport Manager Phone: (508) 325-5300 Fax: (508) 325-5306 ~ Commissioners E. Foley Vaughan, Chairman Sheila 0 'Brien Egan, Vice Chair Carl D. England, Jr. Peter Hull Dual A. Macintyre, Jr. NANTUCKET AIRPORT COMMISSIONS MEETING May 9, 2007 The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM by Chairman E. Foley Vaughan with the following Commissioners present: Vice Chair Sheila O'Brien Egan, Carl D. England, Jr., Dual A. Macintyre, Jr., and Peter Hull. Also present were Airport Manager AI Peterson, Airfield Supervisor Jeff Marks, Administrative Assistant to the Airport Manager Janine Torres, Environmental Coordinator Jack Wheeler, and Administrative Coordinator Yolanda Maxwell. d -..J The Commission unanimously M/SIP approval of the minutes from April 12, 2007 and A(l!iI19, 2007. The Commission unanimously MISIP approval of the Taxi Rules and Regulations amenament. :;~ N ...... Jacobs/Edwards and Kelcey J::: Edwards and Kelcey announced that they have merged with Jacobs Engineering. '-.0 N o Master Plan update Mr. Peterson reported the last Master Plan update was done in 2000. The FAA has encouraged us to update the Master Plan for future funding. Bill Richardson of Jacobs Edwards & Kelcey reported the new items to the Master Plan including improving the South apron including hangars, hangars off RW 24, new ARFF building, and in the Bunker area, new control tower and bulk fuel storage facility. Phase II will be the environmental studies and traffic projections. Commissioner Macintyre suggested including the bulk fuel project in the Master Plan environmental study. The first public meeting will be scheduled sometime after July 4th. CIP Review Mr. Peterson reported on the spending over the next five years in the current CIP projects. The FAA projected we would be getting around 2 million dollars per year based on our enplanments and freight. Mr. Peterson explained we have 5 million dollars that we have reserved for the terminal and we have a total of 9 million to spend over the next three years. The runway lights will cost $800,000.00 dollars which were going to be discretionary funds but because we haven't used the money it will have to come out of our AlP. The rest of the money will be the 9 million AlP for the terminal. This will use up our AlP through 2009 and at that point we will start working on the taxi way that will go down 15133. Mr. Peterson reported you can not get any discretionary money for any project that is not on your CIP so we have added the new ARFF Building to the CIP and removed the water rescue building. Terminal Update Ray Porfilio with Earth Tech has been working with Edwards & Kelcey and Skanska to look at how the terminal project can advance in a timeline as to when the money needs to be spent. Mr. Peterson inte~ected that MAC funding runs on a July to June fiscal year and it cannot be carried over. Mr. Porfilio explained three packages will be developed, a foundation package, a structural package and a finish package. Each will be timed to overlap the carry out stage of one and the planning stage of the other. There also needs to be a phased for the airport to stay in operation during the construction and while the new terminal is being built. We do not want to disrupt things more then once. Skanska has been asked to re-estimate construction cost according to the new package that they were given. If the numbers are right it will be recommended to move ahead with the project. Summer Plan Update Mr. Peterson reported the summer plan is near complete. The new passenger ramp has arrived for people who need help getting on and off the planes. TSA coming on the 19th to secure their lines and move their equipment. The Annex building will not be used this summer for any airlines we will use it for storage. The restaurant is coming along and hopes to have their equipment here on the 15th so they can start putting it together. Environmental Report Operations are down 6% from last month. 36,000 year to date. Enplanements through the end of March are up 16%. We have had 22 complaints in the month of April which is at .31% that puts us at 110 year to date. The combined total compliance for the month of April was 72.87%. Mr. Wheeler reported an incentive program for any airline that had a compliance of 85% in the early morning hours. Any airline who accomplished this goal would be entitled to a 5% rebate on their landing fees in addition to a trophy to display for the month. Chairman Vaughan made a presentation to Steve Corey from Cape Air/Nantucket Air for compliance of the noise abatement award. Operations . Mr. Peterson reported starting on Monday there will be Part 139 inspection. . Wildlife management session included in this years Part 139 inspection. . Mr. Peterson met with Senator Kennedy's and Senator Kerry's staff today and they will try and put us in the budget for 2008 for a new control tower. . Mr. Peterson met with FAA and TSA. They are coming out with a general aviation policy and it will include additional security. . The airport is sponsoring an ACE Camp this summer along with the FAA. We have received two grants the Wolf Aviation grant and a NATA grant. The camp is for 12 - 15 year olds. . Jeffs crew has been painting and getting everything ready for Part 139. . Cavalier Galleries approached us to see if we would like to put some bronze statues on the corner lot of Old South and Airport Road. The Commission agrees to put up 2 or 3 statues left up to Mr. Peterson. It was M1S/P by the following vote to adjourn at 6:04PM Chairman, E. Foley Vaughan - Aye Vice Chairman, Sheila O'Brien Egan - Aye Commissioner, Carl D. England, Jr. - Aye Commissioner, Dual A. Macintyre, Jr. - aye Commissioner, Peter Hull Respectfully Submitted, Yolanda J.