Weekly Airport Management Meeting Minutes

 

To:                  All Members

From:              Pease Development Authority, Airport Management Department 

Date:               October 19, 2006

 

I.          Date Held:                 October 19, 2006

 

II.        Place Held:                Airport Management Conference Room

 

III.       Chairperson:            Amber Goodspeed, PDA-Airport

 

IV.       Members Present:     Jim Jackson, T-Hangars

                                                Shawn O’Connell, ARFF

                                                Harold Shaw, TSA

                                                Beth Demaine, PDA-Airport

                                                Russ Jester, Boston-Maine Airways

                                                Tony Reagan, NHANG

                                                Hazel Baribeault, NHANG

                                                Richard Peatfield, ATCS

                                                Brian Corliss, TSA

                                                Andrew Pomeroy, PDA-Airport

                                                                       

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 military charter flights.        

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

 

B.      NHANG HHQ Operations:       

            Aircraft                       Arrival                        Departure                              

            KC-10                         26 Oct @ 9:00             27 Oct @ 8:00

           

The Vermont Air National Guard will temporarily operate at Pease Air National Guard Base until this weekend 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.  They are committed to complying with all noise abatement procedures. 

 

C.  CY06 Construction:

 

1.      BCA Work:  URS is conducting ground water sampling near the VOR. 

2.      General Aviation Apron Reconstruction/ Taxiway A OFA: Drainage swale repair and repaving by Taxiway N was completed to eliminate ponding in that area.  Concrete blocks in the corporate throat were removed and that area was repaved as well.  The T-Hangar project is down to some punch list items. Phase 6 has begun outside the fence with prep work for the apron extension.  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, new markings and signage on both ends in order to meet FAA requirements, and possibly runway and sensor scan systems.

 

3.   Runway Pavement Repair: On Tuesday October 10 the “hump” in the runway was milled out and repaved.  Lines will be painted this week and joint saw and seal may not get done until next spring.  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 will begin on October 23 and 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 but a glitch on the resistance on the grounding grid was discovered. Civil Engineers will attempt to fix the resistance.  FAA maintenance and weather observer training has also been completed. This automatic sensing device will go on the airfield and the information will be sent to the weather observer to be validated and released. Once the project is completed the weather observers will be moved to the ATC tower. 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.  They have published a report and will present it next week in Burlington.

 

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

 

E. Wildlife:  There were no strikes this week. Yesterday the quarterly wildlife meeting was held. Last quarter was the heaviest quarter for bird strikes, but less than the same quarter last year. Non-military reports of strikes were received and appreciated. There was discussion regarding the success of this past season’s mowing practices and monitoring of upland sandpipers. This year we mowed earlier to discourage wildlife.  Turkeys in the area continue to be monitored and more turkeys will be trapped and collared this winter in order to monitor them as well. A meeting will be held immediately following the next quarterly wildlife meeting in January to discuss the plan for the 2007 monitoring and mowing season.

 

F. Security:  The threat level remains at Orange. The new ADASP program requires new random screening aimed at employees and badges individuals.  Signs will be placed on all entrances to the area indicating that anyone in that area is subject to search. The focus of the searches will be on bombs, firearms and incendiaries, not cutting tools, or liquids and lotions.

      In addition to the TSA’s ADASP, a new Security Directive was also issued requiring Airport Operations and Security Agents to conduct random checks and inspections of vehicles in the secured area. 

      There have been bomb threats at airports in our general area and these were determined to be hoaxes.  If anyone hears or receives any such threats do not blow them off.  Notify airport management and TSA immediately.  Preserve the evidence carefully: if it was by letter, do not touch the envelope or paper, if by Email, do not delete.

      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 24                                                             GVP @ 09:00& 10:30

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

 

 

H.    Other: The annual FAA certification inspection will take place November 13-15th.  Invitations will go out for the Nov 13th in-briefing and the out-brief on November 15th.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

3.      The 2006-7 Snow Meeting will be held on Thursday 11/9/06 @ 1:00PM at 360 Corporate Drive in the PDA Boardroom.

 

4.      The next PDA Board of Directors Meeting will be held Thursday 11/16/06 @ 8:30AM in the PDA Boardroom

 

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 Quarterly Wildlife Meeting  will be held Tuesday , 1/23/07 @ 1:00PM in the Airport Management Conference Room, immediately followed by a 2007 Upland Sandpipers and Mowing Management Meeting.

 

8.      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.