Airport Advisory Committee Minutes April 26, 2001
M I N U T E S
Airport Advisory Committee Thursday, April 26, 2001 - 7:30 p.m.
Fullerton Council Chambers
303 W. Commonwealth Avenue
ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Rennie, FAPA/Gen. Use Aircraft Owner Acting Chair
Chuck Blumer, Cert. Aviation Mechanic
Nick David, Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Harris, N&S Representative
Denise Jennings, Fullerton 99s
Tom Polley, Fixed Base Operator MEMBERS ABSENT: Winnie Houston, Buena Park Pilot, Chair
Gene Baker, FAPA/Cert. Flight Instructor
David Malmad, Member-at-Large STAFF PRESENT: Rod Propst, Airport Manager
Suzie Benson, Admin. Secretary The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Acting Chair Brian Rennie. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: By Tom Polley, seconded by Nick David, to approve the minutes of the March 22, 2001, meeting as written. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS - MANAGER'S AIRPORT UPDATE
All bids for the South Ramp Project were rejected because the costs were too high. The City will redesign the project and re-issue the bids for a start date of July 2001. The City has been offered an FAA Grant to update the Airport Master Plan. City staff has interviewed three potential consultants and will begin the negotiations on price. Rod said we are waiting for Pacific Bell to finish installing DSL lines so that the Airport can have the security cameras' images on the web. Airport operations are at 90,000 per year. Rod is still talking to Dexter Savage on building hangars at the Airport. Rod said he will wait for awhile, but he plans to go to Council for guidance, if necessary, if no action is taken on beginning this project. - AIRPORT SECURITY - Gate Card Revalidation
The gate card numbers were updated and the system seems to be working, although there is a technical problem with the AFI gate. In response to a statement by Tom Polley, Rod said he would check again about the gates being opened by hand.
NEW BUSINESS - 3. KFI RESOLUTION
Rod reviewed the past discussions on this subject. Rod requested this Committee to approve the draft resolution which would be sent to KFI. After discussion, the following motion was made: MOTION: By Tom Polley, seconded by Denise Jennings, to approve the KFI resolution as written. Motion carried. A copy of this resolution is to be sent to the City Councils of Fullerton, Buena Park, and La Palma, the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), the Los Angeles County ALUC and the KFI Station Engineer.
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE Nick David asked to have the election of a new Chair and Vice Chair on the next agenda. Jeff Harris wants to see what we need to do to increase operations at the Airport. Rod noted the Airport Master Plan Update Committee will address this. Rod said a professional marketing strategy would cost an additional $20,000. Jeff suggested writing to Orange Coast College and other local collages to encourage practice approaches at Fullerton Airport. Nick David volunteered to get the Chamber of Commerce involved in this. Brian Rennie suggested we work with Buena Park to have some of the hotels post ads. This will be an item on the next agenda. Herman Beverberg from the audience suggested using the City web site for advertising. Rod said he would discuss this with the City's web site manager. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None. NEXT AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING May 24, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Recorded by: ________________________________
Suzie Benson, Admin. Secretary |
