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1997-08-12 Regular Meeting a lo(a~~q~ Airport Advisory Committee August 12, 1996 6:30 p.m. Borough Conference Room MIl~TUTES I. CALL TO ORDER The Airport Advisory Committee regular meeting of August 12, 1996, was called to order by Wayne Stevens, Chairman, at 6:34 p.m. in the borough conference room. II. ROLL CALL Present Absent Staff Stosh Anderson John Chya Rachael Miller Joe Brodman Michael Machulsky Wesley Campbell Cecil Ranney Wayne Stevens Richard Waddell Barry Wilson A quorum was established. III. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA The agenda was accepted unanimously as submitted. IV. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Guests Don Lawhead Lt. Cmdr. Gilbert Teal The May 1, 1996 meeting minutes were unanimously approved as submitted. V. ITEMS OF BUSINESS 1 Lieutenant Commander Gilbert Teal was present representing the Coast Guard and informed the committee about the status of the current lease negotiations. He indicated that there was currently an Amendment 10 that would be added to the current five-year lease extension language. He stated that the amendment provided for the inclusion of additional lease property which included the AUW complex and Building 480. He indicated that the State's use was contingent on remedial efforts. He explained that the lease extension extended the lease to 1/1/2021 which would address many of the financing concerns that had been voiced. Airport Advisory Committee Page 1 of 4 August 12, 1996 Stosh Anderson asked if the amendments had been previously discussed. Lt: Commander Teal indicated that they had been previously discussed. Discussion of transfer of airaort from the Coast Guard to the State Mr. Stevens asked Lt. Commander Teal if there had been any further discussion on the transfer of the airport. Lt. Commander Teal stated that when Amendment 10 is accepted, the boundaries of the property to be divested will be established. He stated that at that time discussions about the transfer could begin in earnest. He commented that there were still some issues surrounding the transfer including remediation, crash crew responsibility and law enforcement and protection. He stated that they were currently in a `wait and. see" period regarding the transfer. Mr. Stevens asked if the mutual aid agreement between the fire departments applied to State Airport. Lt. Commander Teal indicated that the agreement did apply. He stated that because the property was adjacent to the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard would certainly have an interest in protecting that area. Mr. Anderson asked where the discussions were regarding access to the Crash Basin travel path for float planes. The committee reviewed the map that was part of Amendment 10 that outlined the boundaries for the State Airport land to be divested. It was discovered that the Crash Basin area was not included in the boundaries established by Amendment 10. Mr. Stevens asked why the area had not been included. Mr. Campbell indicated that inclusion of the Crash Basin area had been part of the license discussion but had not been included in the discussions regarding the lease extension. Lt. Commander Teal suggested that the committee might want to bring the Crash Basin issue to Murph O'Brien's attention. The committee agreed that it would be necessary in the acquisition to have the Crash Basin area addressed. Lt. Commander Teal indicated he would bring the issue up to Mr. Van De Loo, the Real Property Specialist at the Coast Guazd Maintenance and Logistics Command in Alameda, California. Mr. Stevens indicated he would bring the issue up to Murph O'Brien, Chief of Leasing and Property Management, State of Alaska, Department of Transportation. Mr. Anderson made a motion to instruct the powers that be to investigate access and right of way at Crash Basin in the interim and in the final acquisition of the State Airport. Mr. Waddell seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved by the committee. Airport Advisory Committee .. Page 2 of 4 August 12, 1996 Airaort terminal acauisition discussion Mr. Wilson indicated that the committee had left this discussion at the last meeting with the recommendation that a letter be written to the Assembly regarding purchase of the terminal. Mr. Anderson indicated that Cecil Kenney, Wayne Stevens and Jerome Selby had gotten together to talk about the letter. The decision was to put the issue on hold until after the election. Mr. Anderson stated he thought the committee should pursue terminal acquisition for the reasons brought forward at the last meeting. He indicated that he thought it would take some education for the Assembly to see the benefits of acquisition. Mr. Stevens asked the committee if they wanted to send a note to the Mayor regarding their intentions. Mr. Wilson indicated he thought the committee should wait until after the election to address the issue. The committee decided to wait until after ~ the election to address the issue. VI. COMMENTS Don Lawhead indicated that the electronic gate was being installed at Municipal Airport. He stated that within two weeks, Lash was going to have removed the existing floats in the channel. He stated that by the end of September all traffic should be out of the channel. Mr. Lawhead said that he had used the Trident Basin area for a naval exercise and indicated it was nice to use. Mr. Lawhead also indicated that the angle of the ramp at Trident Basin had been modified so planes could get up on it. It was indicated that there were three ramps at Trident Basin that resulted in 14 tie downs. It was asked when the air taxi offices would move. Mr. Anderson stated that leases had been offered for public bid last Spring but only one person bid. He stated that the other air taxi operators had approached the City to buy the property. Mr. Anderson indicated that the building leases would probably not be renewed on the spit. He stated that the other issue was fuel and indicated there was a need to put in a system. He pointed out such a fuel system would be very expensive. Mr. Stevens asked if there would be fisher fencing at municipal. Mr. Lawhead stated that he did not think there was any extra money for further fencing at municipal. The next meeting date was set for October 28, 1996 at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Stevens indicated that part of the material from the Craig Campbell study on the airport terminal would be provided at the next meeting. Mr. Anderson commented that it would be worth it for the Borough to look into owning the terminal. He suggested that the Borough could contract out the entire management of Airport Advisory Committee Page 3 of 4 August 12,1996 the building. He stated that this would possibly alleviate some of the pubfic's concerns. He stated that many people had tried to pencil out private ownership but found that it just didn't work. He stated that the public could provide the funds to purchase the terminal and private business could operate it. Mr. Waddell commented on airport zoning, specifically the areas that were designated for heavy vs. light aircraft. He asked if the zoning could be changed upon the transfer of the airport. Mr. Stevens stated that he thought the Borough management team would handle zoning as part of a plan for the area. Mr. Stevens inquired about the timeframe for the divestiture. Lt. Commander Teal indicated he could not give a hard number but stated that five years would be a ballpark figure. He stated that the current lease extension negotiations might need a future amendment to include the Crash Basin area. VII. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:07 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: ~~~,~ c/ 02'~~ _ Rachael V. Miller Wayne Stevens, Chairman Secretary Airport Advisory Committee Pages 4 of 4 August 12, 1996