Weekly Airport Management Meeting Minutes

 

To:                  All Members

From:              Pease Development Authority, Airport Management Department 

Date:               October 12, 2006

 

I.          Date Held:                 October 12, 2006

 

II.        Place Held:                Airport Management Conference Room

 

III.       Chairperson:            Andrew Pomeroy, PDA-Airport

 

IV.       Members Present:     Bill Hopper, PDA-Airport

                                                Jim Jackson, T-Hangars

                                                Harold Shaw, TSA

                                                Beth Demaine, PDA-Airport

                                                Russ Jester, Boston-Maine Airways

                                                Tony Reagan, NHANG

                                                Steve Shea, T-Hangars

                                                Jonathan Searles, PDA-Airport

                                                Roger Scott, T-Hangars

                                                                       

V.        The following items were discussed or actions proposed or taken as indicated:

            A.   Expected FBO traffic (especially Part 139):

 

       1.     Port City Air (PCA):  PCA will be handling corporate traffic this week in addition to some military charters.

           

 2.   Pan Am Services (PAS): PAS will be handling corporate traffic this week.

 

B.      NHANG HHQ Operations:       

            Aircraft                       Arrival                        Departure                              

            C-35                            10/12 @ 12:00             10/12 @ 13:00

            F-16                            10/12 @ 14:00             10/15 @ 10:00

            C-130                          10/13 @ 08:45             10/13 @ 10:15

            F-18 (2)                       10/13 @ 15:00             10/15 @ 10:00

            C-130                          10/13 @ 18:30             10/14 @ 10:00

           

The Vermont Air National Guard will temporarily operate at Pease Air National Guard Base through October due to scheduled runway repairs at South Burlington VT Base.  They will have 12 F-16’s flying training missions Tues- Fri mornings with no weekend flying and only one week of night flying with missions completed by 9pm.  They are committed to complying with all noise abatement procedures. 

 

C.  CY06 Construction:

 

1.      BCA Work:  URS will be conducting ground water sampling near the VOR.  Additionally they will be doing some work at the intersection of Alpha and Lima which may require some wingspan restrictions.  Most testing will take place off of the movement area.

 

2.      General Aviation Apron Reconstruction/ Taxiway A OFA: Phases 4A is reopened.  Drainage swale repair and repaving by Taxiway N was added to the project to eliminate ponding in that area.  Concrete blocks in the corporate throat were removed and that area is being repaved as well.  The T-Hangar project is down to some punch list items.  A T-Hangar tenant/Contractor meeting will be scheduled for late this month or early next month in order to go over issues from this project so far. T-Hangar tenants and owners will receive an email or posted invitation to this meeting which will also be attended by Pike, Pike’s insurance representative, HTA, and representatives of Pease Development Authority. The meeting will be held at 360 Corporate Drive in the evening at a date yet to be determined. The project will be continued in the spring of 2007.

 

The Taxiway A OFA project is currently in the final phase with some minor punch list items remaining including sealing around the Txwy lights. Some items have been added to this project including hold lines in order to meet FAA requirements.

 

3.   Runway Pavement Repair: On Tuesday October 10 the “hump” in the runway was milled out and repaved.  Lines will be painted next week and another short closure may be required for joint saw and seal.  Until painting is completed there will be a NOTAM out regarding non-standard markings.

 

4.   Sound Insulation Project: Construction on the 10 structures in Phase 2 is expected to start up on October 23 but still expected to be completed by Thanksgiving. Not all of the materials are available yet as much of the items are custom made, but work will be done simultaneously on many structures. Phase 3 homes have been identified and designed and are currently awaiting funding approval. The third phase should go out to bid in early 2007. 

 

5.   FMQ-19: The FMQ-19 weather equipment has been installed and accepted locally.  FAA maintenance and weather observer training is scheduled for the weekend of the 16th.  The FMQ-19 should be completely operational by the end of October.  This automatic sensing device will go on the airfield and the information will be sent to the weather observer to be validated and released. There will be a phone line in addition to the ATIS, but the information provided there will not be “official.”

 

6.  Air Service Development Project:  The FAA is funding the New England Regional Airport System Plan.  Its purpose is to determine a plan for serving the New England region’s aviation needs.

 

D.  Airport Maintenance:  Airfield painting is underway. They will continue painting taxiway and center lines in addition to mowing.

 

E. Wildlife:  There were no strikes this week. The turkeys are still being tracked around the airfield.  

 

F. Security:  The threat level remains at Orange.

    Please continue to challenge and be observant and report anything suspicious to Airport Operations. Ground Vehicle Procedures training classes will continue to be held in the Airport Management Conference Room, 36 Airline Ave. Please remember to call ahead to register for a class, or for any badge, vehicle sticker, fingerprinting, or other airfield access issues.

                  Security and Ground Vehicle Procedures Class Schedule:

                         Oct 17             Security @ 09:00                     GVP @ 10:30

                         Oct 24                                                             GVP @ 09:00& 10:30

                         Oct 31             Security @ 09:00                     GVP @ 10:30

 

 

H.    Meetings: (All meetings are open to the public unless otherwise noted.)

 

1.      The next Quarterly Wildlife Meeting will be held Wednesday 10/18/2006 @ 10 AM in the Airport Conference Room.

 

2.      The next PDA Board of Directors Meeting will be held Thursday 10/19/06 @ 8:30AM in the PDA Boardroom.

 

3.      The next AOB Meeting will be held Thursday 10/19/06 @ 1:30 PM at Battlestaff.

 

4.      The next SOF Meeting will be held Thursday 10/19/06 at the BAP following the AOB Meeting.

 

5.      The next Quarterly Security Meeting will be held Thursday, 12/14/06 @ 1:00PM in the Airport Management Conference Room.*

 

6.      The next Noise Compatibility Committee Meeting will be held Thursday, 12/14/2006 @ 7:00PM in the PDA Boardroom.

 

7.      The next Users Group Meeting will be held in March 2007 (date to be determined) at the new ARFF Station.

 

* Not open to the public due to security sensitive subject matter.