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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Aviation Advisory Commission - Meeting Date: 4/20/20220 Glendale A R I Z O N A MINUTES AVIATION ADVISORY COMMISSION GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 6801 N. GLEN HARBOR BLVD. GLENDALE, ARIZONA 86307 AIRPORT CONFERENCE ROOM APRIL 20, 2022 6:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: Chair Larry Rovey Vice Chair Quentin Tolby Commissioner Terry Aramian Commissioner Bill Eikost Commissioner Mike Portik Commissioner Bud Zomok Absent: None Staff present: Joe Husband, Transportation Department Others present: Carmen Rose, Dibble Engineering Sandy Kukla, DWL Architects Mr. Husband announced Commissioner Tim Topliff resigned from the Commission as he has moved out of Glendale. Mr. Husband read aloud the resignation email from Commissioner Topliff expressing appreciation for the opportunity to serve on the Commission. Present: Chair Larry Rovey Vice Chair Quentin Tolby Commissioner Terry Aramian Commissioner Bill Eikost Commissioner Michael Portik projects at the Airport. He said Mr. Newman did a great job of starting and shepherding the Design Standards project. He said a final draft of the document should be ready and to the Commission within the next couple of months. Chair Rovey asked who was on the City's Design Review Board. Mr. Husband did not have that information at hand and will follow up on the question. He surmised Mr. Jamsheed Mehta of Development Services and his team would be involved, but would obtain specifics. Ms. Rose said every project on the Airport would still have to go through the development review process. The agenda item was concluded. 6. STAFF REPORTS a. Mr. Husband provided the staff report. Highlights included the following: AIRPORT FINANCIAL UPDATE — 75% OF FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH MARCH 2022 . Airport projected Annual Revenue - $1,067,592 o Revenue YTD — $615,425.47, which is 57.0% of budget o Expenses YTD - $828,096.68, which is 70.0% of budget AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS UPDATE o February 2022 Aircraft Operations: 8,618 o Approximately 22% above February 2021 o March 2022 Aircraft Operations: 8,601 o Approximately level with March 2021 Chair Rovey asked if the Chinese flight schools were still at the Airport. Mr. Husband said AirGo Flight Academy has had terminal space since 2017 however, during the pandemic, they had no students at the Airport. Mr. Husband said AirGo expects to start bringing students back in again. Commissioner Aramian requested information on the annual revenues projected from the City and what percentage the Airport receives from the revenues. Mr. Husband said at a minimum $115,000 has been made via budget transfers this fiscal year. He will include the information on the staff report. Chair Rovey noted the City always funded the Airport's annual shortfall. Mr. Husband said about two years ago, the Airport budget was about $750,000 or $800,000, went to $1 million, and now there is a proposed increase for the next fiscal year in the current budget review process. He said the City has always been and continues to be very supportive of the Airport. He will send the Commissioners the Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study, which provides the economic impact for each airport in the state. GENERAL AIRPORT UPDATES . Airport Projects and Outreach o Taxiway Alpha Phase I renovation is complete and the final close-out phase is underway. Phase I I has been bid and staff is waiting for the FAA to issue the construction grant for this phase. o Work on the Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) is near completion and the project should be closed out by the end of June 2022. o The Airport Business Plan is nearly complete. A Rates and Charges Study was added at no additional cost to the City. All of the Airport's rates and fees will be reviewed and compared to other airports in the metropolitan area as well as to cities in other states as appropriate. o Year End Projects: Crack repair on the runway, minor office upgrades, expansion of weed control program, minor tower repairs and equipment replacement, new controller hardware and software update to all Airport access gates and new computer for the gates. Parking lot rehabilitation design has begun. . FAA and ADOT Grants and Actions o Potential grant from ADOT for south apron rehabilitation, which would be completed in the next fiscal year. o ACIP letters have gone out from FAA and ADOT for the annual planning meetings to be held in May or June 2022. . Airport Issues and Events o There were two noise complaints received since the February meeting. o Mr. Newman is out on medical leave and Ms. Roxanne Alexander has resigned as she moved to Prescott. Interviews were conducted last Thursday to replace Ms. Alexander's position. Final interviews will be conducted this Friday. There is one vacancy for an Airport Service Worker for which the recruitment had not yet begun. o There are still two vacant 60'x60' squares for hangars. Interest has been expressed and therefore another RFP may be published for one or both. There has been soft interest in the eastside development. 7. LUKE AIR FORCE BASE OPERATIONS No report. 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS None 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 10. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Aviation Advisory Commission will be held on 18 May 2022 at 6:00 p.m., in the Airport terminal building, 6801 N. Glen Harbor Blvd., Glendale, Arizona, 85307. 11, ADJOURNMENT Chair Rovey adjourned the meeting at 7:26 p.m.