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Airport Advisory Board
April 20, 1981
The Airport Advisory Board met on Monday, April 20, 1981 , in the office of the
Airport Manager. The following were in attendance: Hayden Head, chairman;
is Bowers, Pete Corona, and Pauline Glasson, members--Clarence Priour was
absent due to illness) ; Terry of Eastern Air Lines; Nancy Harrington,
Southwest Airlines; James Lontos, Assistant it Manager; William D. Wilder,
Airport Manager; and John Pinson, Assistant Airport Manager. Mr. Head called
the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
Mr. Head requested that the minutes of the previous meeting be changed in regard
to the motion approving Chaparral Aviation's hangar request. He said that the
statement "approved subject to the recommendation of the Board of Adjustment"
should be removed and "approved in accordance with the recommendation of the
Board of Building Code of Appeals" be inserted, and that any reference made to
the "Board of Adjustment" be changed to "Board of Building Code of Appeals. "
Mr. Corona made the motion, seconded by Mr. Bowers, that the minutes be approved
as corrected. The motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Wilder reported that the work on the loop road and parking lot is progressing
although there is a good deal of work to be done. Mr. Lontos estimated that all
the work on the entrance road, loop road, and parking lot should be completed in
approximately 2 months. Mr. Head stated that over the past few years persons
using the facilities on the west side of the field"have requested a direct access
road from the west hangar road to the main entrance road and asked if there were
any possibility this project might be undertaken. Mr. Wilder stated that safety
reasons could be given as one justification for the road is not all people
obey the one-way sign. Mr. Lontos said that this road was discussed at the be-
ginning of the entrance road project but was eliminated because of money. He
stated that this road might possibly be constructed if there are funds remaining
after the other projects are completed.
Mr. Wilder reported that at the last meeting Trailways had presented a request
to move it operation to the airport. He said that Trailways does not have
the funds to provide improvements in the Terminal Building and was requesting
the City to provide these funds. The request had been turned over to the City
Planning Division and Ralph Burke Associates, airport consultants. A written
reply was received from the City Planning Division in is they stated that the
concept of combining bus service and air travel had some it that should be
studied, but they do have some concerns. Burke Associates stated in conver-
sation that they were concerned as to whether the Terminal Building would con-
tinue to serve airline space needs and recommended that Trailways be placed in
the far west end of the building. Mr. Wilder stated that bus space and fuel
storage requirements should not present a problem. Mr. Lontos, stated that it
was difficult to make plans without all the facts, and that more study needed
to be made on this request. Mr. Wilder recommended that this request be given
further study. It was the consensus of the board that Trailways' request be
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given further study, is is estimated to take from 60 to 90 days; that
Trailways should not be encouraged by the willingness of the board to further
study their proposal ; and if Trailways needs to move soon they should not wait
on a decision from the board.
Mr. Wilder reported that American Airlines had verbally requested an airfield
use agreement and a lease of Terminal Building space. American is proposing to
it office and counter space adjacent to the mechanical room where the present
newsstand is located. They would be leasing approximately 700 to 800 square
feet which would amount to around $8,000 a year in space rental . Three flights
per day of B727 equipment would come to around $98,000 in landing fees.
Mr. Wilder stated that American understands that this would be an interim
solution and that a reassignment of airline space might be a future possibility.
Mr. Wilder recommended that American's request be granted. The airlines repre-
sented stated that they could see no other solution at the present time.
Mr. Corona made the motion, seconded by Mr. Bowers, that the board recommend to
the City Council that American Airlines request for terminal space and an air-
field use agreement be granted. The motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Wilder stated that he out like to get the opinion of the board on the
latest time they of need to have the material being presented at a board
meeting. It was the consensus of the board that material being presented to
the board should be in their hands on Thursday prior to the Monday meeting.
Mr. Head stated that emergency items could be placed on the agenda by a majori-
ty vote of the board.
Mr. Bowers said that the intersection of Highway 44 and the Airport Entrance
Road was a major traffic hazard due to increased traffic, and that when the new
part of the entrance road is opened the problem will worsen. He felt that the
City should study this intersection to see if a traffic signal other than a
caution light would be required. Mr. Lonto s said that he would have the
problem studied and report the findings to the board.
The meeting was adjourned at 4: 15 p.m.
William 0. Wilder, AAE
Airport Manager
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