MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SANFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2005, 8:30 A.M.
PRESENT: William R. Miller, Chairman
Clyde H. Robertson, Jr., Vice Chairman
G. Geoffrey Longstaff, Secretary/Treasurer
Whitey Eckstein
Tim Donihi
Lon K. Howell
Brindley B. Pieters
Airport Counsel
ABSENT: Colonel Charles H. Gibson
John Williams
STAFF PRESENT: Larry A. Dale, President & CEO
Bryant W. Garrett, Vice President of Finance
Jack Dow, Vice President of Operations & Maintenance
Diane Crews, Vice President of Administration
Ann Gifford, Executive Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT: Bill McGrew, PBS&J
Andrew VanGaale, SAA
Doug Norman, HTA
Annabelle Dicarlo, AVCON
Jack Reynolds, JRA, Inc
Debbie Coover
Marty Sinker, StarPort
Jack Dow, SAA
Kevin Spolski
Bryant Garrett, SAA
Krysty Kress, Southeast Ramp
1. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS AND CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 8:40 a.m.
Chairman Miller welcomed Mayor Kuhn.
2. ADVERTISEMENT OF MONTHLY MEETING
Copy attached.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005, AND MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE NOISE COMPATIBILITY PROGRAM (NCP) THAT UPDATES THE 2001 NOISE EXPOSURE MAP (NEM) TO THE NEW 2004 NOISE EXPOSURE MAP HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005.
Motion by Board Member Longstaff, seconded by Board Member Robertson, to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on Wednesday, July 6, 2005.
Motion Passed.
Motion by Board Member Howell, seconded by Board Member Longstaff, to approve the minutes of the Public Hearing to allow public comment on the amendment to the Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) that updates the 2001noise Exposure Map (NEM) to the new 2004 Noise Exposure Map held on Wednesday, July 6, 2005.
Chairman Miller read the minutes of the Public Hearing into the minutes.
MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING
TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE NOISE COMPATIBILITY PROGRAM (NCP) THAT UPDATES THE 2001 NOISE EXPOSURE MAP (NEM) TO THE NEW 2004 NOISE EXPOSURE MAP
SANFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SANFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING
PRESENT: William R. Miller, Chairman
Clyde H. Robertson, Jr., Vice Chairman
G. Geoffrey Longstaff, Secretary/Treasurer
Whitey Eckstein
Colonel Charles H. Gibson
Earnest DeLoach, Airport Counsel
ABSENT: Tim Donihi
Lon K. Howell
Brindley B. Pieters
John Williams
STAFF PRESENT: Larry A. Dale, President & CEO
Bryant W. Garrett, Vice President of Finance
Diane Crews, Vice President of Administration
Jackie Cockerham, Executive Secretary
Ann Gifford, Executive Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT: Kevin Spolski
Krysty Kress, SE Ramp
Jack Reynolds, JRA, Inc.
Mike Alberts, Environmental Science Associates
The Public Hearing to allow public comment on the Amendment to the Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) that updates the 2001 Noise Exposure Map (NEM) to the new 2004 Noise Exposure Map was called to order by Chairman Miller at 11:01 a.m.
Mike Alberts, Environmental Science Associates, briefed the Board and the Public on the Amendment to the Noise Compatibility Program that updates the 2001 Noise Exposure Map to the new 2004 Noise Exposure Map.
Chairman Miller asked for public comment.
There was no public comment.
President Dale advised the hearing had been advertised and documents are available for review by the public in the executive offices of the Sanford Airport Authority during normal business hours.
Motion by Board Member Longstaff, seconded by Board Member Gibson, to approve Amendment to the Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) that updates the 2001 Noise Exposure Map (NEM) to the new 2004 Noise Exposure Map.
Motion passed.
There being no further business, the Public Hearing was adjourned at 11:07 a.m.
Motion passed.
4. PRESIDENT’S REPORT
President Dale reported on the following:
1) 84 Lumber
President Dale advised he had briefed the Board prematurely on the 84 Lumber Lease. Staff has not reached agreement and the lease is not ready to bring before the Board. It looks like we will not reach an agreement.
2) Senate Appropriations Bill for 2006
President Dale advised good news, both the Senate and the House passed the Appropriations Bill for 2006. We had $500,000 in the house bill and $400,000 in the Senate bill. So we are getting $400,000 for our landscaping at the entrance road. FDOT has already called to see what it is all about. We’ve been waiting for two years to do this project.
3) Sanford Chamber Event
President Dale advised the Chamber is sponsoring “Bikefest 2005—Thunder in the Streets” and requested participation of the Airport. The Airport Authority would like to sponsor the event with a $3,500 donation, of which OSI will pay half. The cost to SAA would be $1,750.00. The City has agreed to participate with funding. The sponsorship includes radio advertisements, featured in Success in Seminole Magazine, logo on all advertisement materials, airport name on wide screen at event and banner at street party, ten by ten booth space at event and an added bonus of $6,000 worth of advertising space on the website for 1 year, both home page and on airport link.
President Dale recommended approval to participate in the amount of $1,750.00.
Board Member Howell advised he would not support giving this money to the Chamber. First of all the Chamber gets $35,000 from the City of Sanford. They only do three or four events a year. The lady raises the money ahead of time for these events to pay salaries. People go in and ask to use the bathroom and they are denied. Half the time the organization is closed. It is not a good organization any more.
Briefing by Diane Crews. The sponsorship includes radio advertisements, featured in Success in Seminole Magazine, logo on all advertisement materials, airport name on wide screen at event and banner at street party, ten by ten booth space at event and an added bonus of $6,000 worth of advertising space on the website for 1 year, both home page and on airport link.
Discussion by Mayor Kuhn. At issue here is whether you would continue to support the Chamber. This is an event you are being asked to support.
Board Member Longstaff advised it seemed to him if you did not agree with the way an organization was being run, the way to solve it is to get involved and cause something to happen, not take away the funding.
Chairman Miller advised that he would remind the Board that the Authority had participated with this Chamber in the past with different events so precedent has been set.
Chairman Miller asked that the Board address what is before the Board and that is the event.
Board Member Pieters advised the Airport needed to be a good corporate citizen, and he supported participation in the event. He asked if the President of TBI supported participation.
President Gouldthorpe advised we need to be good corporate citizens.
Board Member Eckstein advised the Airport had given money to the NAACP at the request of City Commissioner Velma Williams. That is a good example. He advised the Airport has no business giving money to the NAACP. He thought it was wrong. We are in a business and need to run this Airport like a business. He further advised we do not have much cash flow, and he would be voting against participation by the Authority in this Chamber event.
Discussion continued.
Board Member Donihi advised we are all business people and you have to advertise to be in business. Motorcycles are not the vehicles they used to be. Here is one way to advertise the Airport and do it cheaply. There are many doctors, lawyers and other business people who are involved in motorcycling. This is an ideal opportunity to advertise the Airport.
Discussion continued regarding support for the event, not the Chamber.
Motion by Board Member Howell, seconded by Board Member Eckstein, to deny the request to participate in “Bikefest 2005—Thunder in the Streets”.
Discussion by Board Member Robertson advising that he is very disappointed in the Sanford Chamber. There is dollar value in advertising to be received in this. The City has supported this Chamber greatly. He advised that he disagreed about cutting the money off. He found with his children that if you cut the money off, it changes behavior. He advised that he did not think we should not support this event. No one at this Chamber is running the organization in a business like fashion. He advised for the record that there was a rumor going around that is true. He had told people that he wanted the lady’s job of running the Chamber. He advised that he had cut the money off from his little business to the Chamber because at some point in time the money is used unwisely. The question is, “Do we want to continue to support something that is not run properly?” This event may help them in some way.
Motion failed.
Discussion continued.
Motion by Board Member Donihii, seconded by Board Longstaff, to approve Airport participation in the “Streets of Thunder” event in the amount of $1,750.00.
Motion passed by show of hands 4 to 3.
Board Member Howell and Board Member Eckstein voted no.
Board Member Robertson did not make a show of hands.
Board Member Eckstein advised for the record people serving on this Board are smart enough to realize the NAACP is a political organization. How can the Board support funding to them?
President Dale advised Diane has a marketing budget and we sponsored a table at the event. It was not brought to the Board for approval.
President Dale advised in the future he would bring items like this to the Board for approval.
4) Quarterly Financial Report
President Dale asked CFO Bryant Garrett to brief the Board on the Third Quarter Financials ended June 30, 2005.
Bryant Garrett briefed the Board on the Third Quarter Financials ended June 30, 2005.
Discussion ensued.
Discussion regarding general aviation landing fees.
Board Member Donihi advised he would like to be involved in any discussions regarding placement of general aviation landing fees.
President Dale advised the Chairman could appoint a committee to study general aviation landing fees and Mr. Donihi could be on that committee.
5) President Dale advised he had thought we would have the lease for the hotel site today. There were several items he would like to discuss with Counsel before bringing it to the Board for approval.
President Dale requested Items E and F be taken off the Consent Agenda for discussion at this time.
Item E
Consider authorization of application for a grant anticipation loan to extend the Airport’s entrance road to Airline Avenue in conjunction with the parking garage project.
President Dale advised the FDOT has approved the SAA’s donation of SR 46 right-of-way as the Airport’s 25% match for the $3.1 million Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Grant for continuation of the Airport’s entrance road to Airline Avenue.
Staff recommended authorization of application for a grant anticipation loan to extend the Airport’s entrance road (Red Cleveland Boulevard) to Airline Avenue in conjunction with the parking garage project.
President Dale advised there is good news on the SIS Grant. He had discussions with Secretary Gilhooley several times. There is a new source of funding (Growth Management Bill passed and signed by the Governor) almost $3 million that will help us with our capital projects. The right of way land should appraise right at $1 million and we would have $90,000 for our twenty-five percent contribution for the grant for our project. FDOT has agreed that the granting of right of way by SAA will count as the Airport’s twenty-five percent project contribution and we could go ahead and get our grant anticipation loan.
President Dale requested the Board ratify that the Authority will give the right of way on State Road 46, subject to FAA approval that requires that we receive fair market value for the land, and allow Staff to seek a grant anticipation loan.
Discussion ensued.
Motion by Board Member Donihi, seconded by Board Member Longstaff, to ratify that the Authority will give the right of way on State Road 46, subject to FAA approval that we will receive fair market value for the land , and allow Bryant Garrett, CFO, to seek a grant anticipation loan.
Motion passed.
Item F
Consider approval of Resolution Number 2005-06, renaming Lake Golden Park, the “Don Knight Park at Lake Golden” as a memorial to former SAA Board Member Don Knight, and to commemorate the occasion with a ceremony at the Park in September.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2005-06
MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES DONALD KNIGHT
Whereas, CHARLES DONALD “DON” KNIGHT served the City of Sanford and the Orlando Sanford International Airport with distinction and honor as a Board Member of the Sanford Airport Authority; and
Whereas, DON KNIGHT further served the Central Florida aviation community as a commanding officer in the Civil Air Patrol, South Seminole Squadron and as a flight instructor at the Airport; and
Whereas, DON KNIGHT is remembered with great respect and a deep and abiding affection by the Sanford Airport Authority; and
Whereas, the Sanford Airport Authority wishes to pay tribute to the exemplary dedication, personal integrity and exceptional life of DON KNIGHT.
Now therefore, be it resolved on this second day of August 2005 that,
1) The Sanford Airport Authority does publicly recognize the contributions of DON KNIGHT – aviator, flight instructor, board member, beloved friend and community servant.
2) The Park at Lake Golden is now and forevermore changed to the
“DON KNIGHT PARK AT LAKE GOLDEN”
said designation and tribute to be commemorated with a plaque permanently affixed to the park pavilion.
So resolved and executed this second day of August 2005.
President Dale advised pursuant to SAA Board direction at the July 6, 2005 meeting, Staff has considered the various options for a suitable memorial at the Airport for Don Knight. Lake Golden Park was introduced as a possibility since it is a highly visible and popular community landmark that is booked for private events throughout the year, and was in fact, used by Don himself and many of his generation. Renovation of the park was recently completed following substantial damage sustained in last year’s hurricanes; thus, the renaming of the park would appropriately coincide with the facility’s improvement.
Discussion ensued.
President Dale advised the park is a community asset and would probably be there in perpetuity.
Board Member Eckstein advised we have several more original members of this Board, Rosemond, Mercer, Schilke and Schumacher, who are in their 70’s. Naming the park for Don Knight is great, but maybe we should put aside an area of the park for some other names.
Discussion continued.
Board Member Howell advised he thought the park should then be a memorial park. He further advised he had a problem with discussing it with Mrs. Knight before discussing it with the Board. If you wanted to vote against it, how could you.