July 7, 2005

A meeting of the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport Board of Directors was held on Thursday, July 7, 2005, at 5:30 p.m. at the Auburn-Lewiston Airport, Conference Room, 80 Airport Drive, Auburn, Maine  04210.

Present:  Chairman Plourde; Messrs. Metivier, Lunt, Paradis, Wolf and Ms. Finnigan and Rowell.

Also Present:  Airport Manager, John McGonagill. 

Chairman Plourde called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m.    

Chairman Plourde stated at the request of the Airport Manager, K & K Lease will be discussed at the August meeting due to the lease review by the attorneys and Mr. Steve Langlais, Dufresne-Henry, will be added to discuss Christian Hill 34:1.

ON MOTION BY MR. PARADIS SECONDED BY MR. LUNT IT WAS VOTED (1) TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF JUNE 2, 2005 AND PLACE THEM ON FILE.

 VOTE:  7:0

TREASURER’S REPORT

Mr. Metivier reviewed the treasurer’s report with the board, 102% of revenues have been collected to date and expenditures are at 92% spent.  Mr. Metivier informed the board although the report dates June 30, there are still some outstanding expenditure to be recorded. during the month of July.  The CIP items requested last month by the Airport Manager will also be carried forward to the new budget.      

ON MOTION BY MR. WOLF SECONDED BY MR. PARADIS IT WAS VOTED (2) TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER’S REPORT AS PRESENTED.

 VOTE:  7:0

OLD BUSINESS

TCAS TEMPORARY TRAILER REQUEST

The Airport Manager contacted Mr. Humphrey for the FAA Form 7460-1 Proposed Construction and it is still being completed.  Once the form is received, the Airport Manager will file it with the FAA and the process will begin for the temporary facility for 180 days.

NEW BUSINESS

AIRPORT USER FEE

It was recommended to amend the airport user fees, in the Airport Minimum Standards Exhibit “B”, to include a monthly overnight parking rate of $60 for jets.  Currently a jet lands ($10 fee) and parks overnight ($25 fee per night).  Monthly rates were established years ago for single and twin engines but never for jets.  The board felt with the amount of limited space the airport has for parking, and the amount of area needed for accommodating overnight jets, the $25 fee seemed very reasonable.  The board also requested the Airport Manager to research the idea of charging by weight due to the various kinds of jets. 

LANDING STRIP CAFÉ

The Landing Strip Café rent payment plan provided in their lease has fallen behind due to renegotiation during some periods.  They are currently at the end of the payment installments (year wise) but have not reached the final dollar amount.  The Airport Manager negotiated with the owner and agreed to an increase of $25/month for the period of July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 if this was acceptable to the Board.

ON MOTION BY MR. WOLF SECONDED BY MR. PARADIS IT WAS VOTED (3) TO INCREASE THE LANDING STRIP CAFÉ RENTAL PAYMENTS $25 PER MONTH FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2005 TO JULY 1, 2006.

 VOTE:  7:0

 REPORT OF THE AIRPORT MANAGER

AVIATION CAMP

The aviation camp was a great success, zero injuries, catering kids from 8 to 15 years.  It truly was much more work than anticipated and special thanks go out to the volunteers who gave of their many hours/days for this event to happen.  During their week the kids saw assorted aircrafts, owners demonstrated and displayed their aircraft, hot air balloon was on site, several field trips were scheduled to Portland Tower, Owls Head Museum and Brunswick; rockets were built and launched, computers were provided by St. Dom’s for flight simulator, and tours of the airport facilities were provided.  Sun/Journal provided great coverage of the event.

CRACK SEALING

Crack sealing of up to 50,000 liner feet has been completed on various sections of the airfield.  This was a state grant project and reimbursable at 90%.  H.W. Dow, the company who completed this project stated he was willing to come back this fall and test some products at no charge.

PAPI ACCESS ROAD

The PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) project is finally complete, paving the road being the last phase.  This entire project was funded through the FAA.  The airport did have to close the runway 4/22 for most of the day while the paving was being conducted.

EAST RAMP

Delays have occurred due to an injury with one of Mr. Pohl’s employees.  The ramp is moving forward, the fence has been relocated and the gate reinstalled.  K & K has provided fill for this project as needed.

OSHKOSH BOOTH

Just a reminder, the airport is one of four airports that will be represented at Oshkosh this year with over 2,400 exhibitors.  The airport has received the trade show display booth from AVCOG, handouts from Downeast Magazine, Pinetree Foreign Trade Zone, and the local chamber will all be displayed.  A few volunteers from the airport will be flying in and will donate some time to our booth. 

PAC COMMITTEE

Letters were sent out to all board, city officials, tenants, FAA, MDOT, and abutting neighbors.  Few responded and a second notice in August will be sent again requesting members to be part of this Airport Master Plan Update team effort.

CHRISTIAN HILL 34:1

Mr. Steve Langlais, Dufresne-Henry, was here to update the board.  Surveys to shoot Christian Hill for about one mile, are still currently it is at 6 points.  A couple of blasts to get rid of the points identified as penetrating, and we should be able to send a new  stamped survey of 34:1 to the FAA.  K & K will be blasting Friday, July 8, and Mr. Langlais stated he will be out to see exactly where and mark the location so the blasts is in the location needed to bring the points down, no penetration, then Dufresne-Henry’s surveyor will stamp the paperwork and send it to the FAA.  The new lease with K & K  currently being negotiated with the board is based on this 34:1. 

ON MOTION BY MR. LUNT, SECONDED BY MS. FINNIGAN IT WAS VOTED (8) TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:45 P.M.

 VOTE: 7:0