AIRPORT COMMISSION
WEDNESDAY,
Members Present: Heath Gatlin, Michael Leger, Steven Page,
Steve Tait, and Michael Valenti (arr. 5:10p).
Members Absent: None
Others: Michael
Garrity, Russ Kimball, Butch Lisenby,
and
Roger Putnam
MEETING AGENDA
The meeting was called to order at
MINUTES
Motion: Accept the minutes of the
October 10th meeting as written.
Motion: Steve Tait Seconded:
Heath Gatlin Vote: 4-0-0.
REPORTS
Handicap Access – Terminal Door Update
We’re just waiting for
completion of the project; just the mechanism will be replaced. We’re currently waiting for a date and only
the front door will be done.
Airport Pay
Phone Update
Heath G. has done an extraordinary amount of research
for this project. There are quite a few
options but they all have problems – monetary or otherwise. The most accommodating system would be a
$36/month landline for unlimited local calling (meaning
Butch said he has a call in to the company called Mr.
Telephone in
Next the talk turned to enclosing the phone. Many of the weatherproof boxes that you can
buy for telephones gingerly suggest “water resistant” and not waterproof.
When Mr. Telephone comes down Butch will explore all
options with them. Butch ruminated that
even though a regular phone might only cost $25 and last for 6
months............. why not go that route and replace phone every 6 months or
so.
Bottom Line: Butch will have met with “Mr. Telephone” by
the next meeting and will have all the answers to the myriad of questions
presented tonight.
Two big concerns are the location of the phone and
making sure it’s handicapped accessible.
The biggest
Access Gate to Aircraft Parking Ramp Update
The problems have been many and the solution is now
viewed as a change in the whole board of the access gate. Roger P. said that its working seems to be on
a whim; Butch says there’s no rhyme or reason to its malfunctioning. It was put in 2002 – maybe spiking in power
is the problem – maybe it’s just a bad board – but – at any rate – a
replacement board should hopefully eliminate the frustration with the
gate. Butch really feels the problems
are weather related.
OLD BUSINESS
EA/FEIR/DRI
Update
Mike Garrity said
that he didn’t have a whole lot to report.
He had sat down with the FAA and tried to get some back up information
from them. They reported that they’ve
had no more progress with the National Park Service (NPS). Sharon Lynn called Michael Leger and asked if
he would go with her up to a meeting with George Price. It was Michael L.’s feeling that there has
been a bit of mis-communication between the NPS and the Town.
Michael G. is
trying to get the NPS to know about the improvements that have been both requested
and made - and the reasons for them. He
also said that the letter from George Price was in response to the draft which
had already been approved. As far as the
environmental assessment portion is concerned – the FAA and the NPS want to
work this out. The Massachusetts
Environmental Protection Agency (MEPA) hasn’t responded either.
Mike G. said he’s
working very closely with the Cape Cod Commission (CCC) to see what they’re
willing to exempt. Everyone will be
working closely with the FAA.
Butch said that
the NPS has floated an idea about doing a controlled burn to get rid of the
dead reeds in the neighborhood of
Terminal Ramp
Reconstruction Update
Butch said that he
had had a pre-design meeting with the FAA and they have no issues with the
terminal ramp reconstruction. There is
also a lot of information in the computers and hopefully this will keep the
cost down a bit. Butch said that the
only way we can do this project is to not change anything – just refurbish.
LEO Contract
Update
Butch said that
our last meeting we said that we had received a grant and it wasn’t enough
money. This coming Thursday there will
be a meeting on flexible response and the flexible response timing is something
that has to be decided upon in the future.
It will be based on what Acting Police Chief Tobias decides is a
reasonable number. Butch doesn’t know if
we’ll walk away with an agreement.
In prior discussions it sounded like flexible response would be feasible
in the winter and full time in the summer but nothing is set in stone. Butch said that we would like a good idea of
an agreement so that we can figure out our budget. One
possibility may be a hard detail in the morning from
Roger Putnam said
that since there is mutual aid between
Landing Fee
Termination Update
Butch is still
waiting to hear from Vector. It looks
like they are currently busy with contracts with
Michael L. reported that the
NEW BUSINESS
Steve Tait said that we
probably need a meeting since the budget is due on the 28th. Butch would like to put in a line item for
security just in case we wind up short on our plans. At least it will let people know that we do have problems waiting in the wings. Butch continued by saying that he is concerned
that if we don’t use this grant, we’ll lose it.
We all know how TSA operates
but if we never use it – it is possible that they’ll take it away. On Monday or Tuesday of next week we will meet
on the budget.
Also the Provincetown
Business Summit will be meeting on the 28th.
Heath G. wondered about the
runway approach path cutting. Butch said
that he is going to try to stretch it through the winter. The FAA did arrive and right now there’s no
official “gotta get it done” directive so we will try to do it in the spring.
Heath G. asked if the
cameras on the light poles are functioning.
Butch said that when the DSL got put in - it disturbed the whole
system. He’s trying to get someone down
here and look at the security cameras; Butch doesn’t even know if the cameras
still work. When functioning - two of
them pan and the others are stationary.
Butch is anxious to interact with the group at the Monument to possibly
get a repeater to send the cameras signal to the police station. The current photo
system records to a hard drive for a day and a half or so. He would like to increase memory for 30 days
or so.
PAYMENT VOUCHERS
1. S. V. Raleigh hangar
door – rewired, etc. $1,824.
Motion: Approve payment to S.V. Raleigh for $1,824.
Motion: Steve Tait Seconded: Heath Gatlin Vote:
5-0-0.
2. Kenyon Wheeler light bulbs, etc.
$960.
Motion: Approve payment to Kenyon Wheeler in the
amount of $960.
Motion: Michael Leger Seconded:
Steve Tait Vote: 5-0-0.
NEXT TWO MEETING DATES (BOTH AT
DECEMBER 11TH and JANUARY 8TH BOTH ON TUESDAYS.
After
the January 8th meeting date, all future meetings of the Airport
Commissioners will take place on the first Tuesday of the month at
Adjournment
happened at
Respectfully
submitted,
APPROVED: DEC 11, 2007