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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/22/2017 - Minutes616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 Renton Airport Advisory Committee Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 5:30 pm Meeting called to order by Marleen Mandt, RAAC Chair 5:33 pm Introduction of Gregg Zimmerman, PW Administrator, and Ruth Perez, Councilmember 5:34 pm Review of June 13, 2017 minutes; unanimously approved 5:37 pm Neighborhood communications -South Renton Neighborhood - south departures from airport are lower than 1000 feet -Communication opportunities -Membership applications process 5:40 pm Old Business •Airport Lines of Business – Update presented by Harry Barrett, Airport Manager (see pages 4 – 9) •Shoreline Mitigation Project is nearing start •Runway Restriping is complete •National Aviation Day coordination lessons learned •Emergency Notification System •Online Gate Vehicle Operator Rules training possibilities •Airport Master Plan - Update •Forecast Chapter FAA comments •Moving forward with next steps •Class D3 airport (larger business jet, 737 and 757) 616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 5:45 pm New Business - •List of Action Items •Benson Hill neighborhood addition •Neighborhood map • Community and Economic Development has • Distribute to members • Position Vacancies • Interested citizens or airport users fill out a committee volunteer application online through the City’s website, www.rentonwa.gov. • Action Item – send link to volunteer application to members • Applications are received by the Mayor’s office and forwarded to the Airport office • Airport makes a recommendation to Council to approve memberships • Recommendation is submitted to the Transportation/Aviation Committee for approval by Council • RAAC Accomplishments Database •Retiring RAAC Members • Thank You letter to outgoing members • Chamber of Commerce Building • Preparing Request for Interest • Has received some interest from education organizations • 70th Anniversary of City Ownership of Airport • Communicate with Council • National Aviation Day • Marleen complimented the FBOs on the success of their event •Distribute to members 6:13 PM New Business •Role and Function of the RAAC – Open Discussion presented by Gregg Zimmerman, PW Administrator • Adding Benson Hill neighborhood requires a city code change • Membership votes on the recommendation and if approved, is sent to Council for approval • Original purpose of committee is to act in an advisory capacity with referrals from the Council • Suggestion to revise the code to include that the committee has the ability to make recommendations to Council • There is an informal process already established to make recommendations for Council approval 616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 • Gregg Zimmerman will send out Word version of Chapter 17 of the City Code to the members to provide their edits • Action Item - Written process for Airport Advisory Committee processes • Airport Reorganization • Improve staffing coverage • Business Coordinator • Leasing • Grants • Operation Maintenance Manager • Meeting Standards • Wildlife Management • Personnel Supervisor • Personnel liason • Minimum Standards Update discuss by Harry • Final pages have been updated • Sub-committee will be formed • National Plan of Integrated Airports System • Federal level assignment of importance of airports for grant funding • As general aviation airport compete with other GA airports • 4th busiest airport in the state • Create new designation of “industrial airport” • Benefit is to receive higher importance rating with federal funding • Google “industrial airports” • Discussion – Rosewear – Q: does reclassification change GA operations?; Harry – A: no direct impact to GA; Bob Ingersoll Q: military operations included? • Forward airport-related questions to Airport staff for speedy and accurate response 6:59pm Meeting Process Check - •Next meeting date: November 14, 2017 7:00pm Meeting adjourned RAAC Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 4 Airport Update for RAAC Airport Business Management Airport Master Plan Update - In Progress What:Update of the Airport’s existing 1997 Master Plan. A Master Plan is a comprehensive study of an Airport that identifies the short, medium, and long term development alternatives to meet future aviation demand. Why:Master Plans are typically updated every 20 years. The last Master Plan was completed in 1997. The Airport completed an Airport Layout Plan update in 2009. How:FAA grant funded at 90%. Airport revenues will cover 10% of the project costs. The Airport has contracted with Mead and Hunt to assist in completing the project. The cost to complete this project is $837,705. Status:The Airport submitted an updated Forecast Chapter to the FAA in December of 2016. The Forecast chapter was reviewed at the ADO and forwarded to FAA HQ. The document is being revised. Airport aerial survey has been mostly completed. The draft Inventory chapter has been completed and discussed at the November 2014 RAAC meeting. The Forecast draft chapter was discussed at the February 2015 RAAC meeting. The Capacity Analysis and Facility Requirements Chapter was presented at the May 2015 meeting. The initial Alternatives discussion was presented at the August 2015 meeting. The FAA is again reviewing the Forecast and Airport staff are discussing with them the Critical Aircraft designation. Once those variables are known, alternatives can be better planned. 608 West Perimeter Road Building Lease (PSE Hangar) - In Progress What:Transitioning the 608 West Perimeter Road building from a month-to-month to a term lease. This building is occupied by Northwest Seaplanes for their maintenance operation. Why:Term leases provide more certainty about the building’s ongoing occupancy. How:Draft lease documents are with City Attorney for approval. RAAC Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 5 Status:The market rents study is now complete. Airport staff have prepared a draft lease document for this building. That lease document is under initial review by the City’s legal staff. 622 West Perimeter Road Building Lease (NW Seaplanes Maintenance) - In Progress What:Transitioning the 622 West Perimeter Road building from a month-to-month to a term lease. This building is occupied by Puget Sound Energy for their corporate airplane. Why:Term leases provide more certainty about the building’s ongoing occupancy. How:Airport staff will create new lease documents. Status:Draft lease documents are with City Attorney for approval. Boeing Lease Rate Adjustment - In Progress What:The Boeing Company is due for a rate adjustment on their long term lease. Why:Lease adjustments at certain time intervals were identified in the 2010 master lease with Boeing. How:Lease adjustments will be made via an appraisal process. Status:Boeing has secured an appraiser to conduct a second appraisal of their facilities. Boeing and the City are working together to ensure a fair negotiated rate. Rules and Minimum Standards Update – In Progress What:Re-write to the current airport Rules and Minimum Standards. Why:The Rules and Minimum Standards have not be updated since 2010. Over the past several months, there have been many FAA rulings which impact much of the language in the current Rules and Minimum Standards that the airport plans to address in the update. How:The Assistant Airport Manager is expected to begin reviewing/editing the document in December and will send for legal review in early spring of 2017. Once the final language has been adjudicated, the Airport Manager plans to present the document to the RAAC for a vote. RAAC Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 6 Status:In progress RAAC Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 7 Airport Operations and Maintenance Runway and Vehicle Drive Lane Striping – Will be done by 8/22/2017 What:Maintenance project to stripe the runway centerline and the vehicle drive lane located on the west side of the airport. Why:The runway centerline is currently out of compliance. The northern 1000 feet of the runway was striped as an add-on to the Boeing north bridge project leaving the southern 2/3 of the runway with faded and obscured markings. The vehicle drive lane is significantly faded the full length of the airport. How:The airport is in the process of soliciting quotes for the proposed scope of work. Any work completed for these projects are considered routine maintenance and would be paid from the major maintenance line item of the airport budget. Status:The airport was able to contract with a vendors to stripe the runway and vehicle drive lane. The work is slated for completion in the summer of 2017. Safety Self-Inspection/Lease Management Program – In Progress What:Project to transition airfield safety inspection, maintenance management and lease administration functions to contracted IT-based resource program. Why:Currently the airport is managing all safety and lease functions via paper based means. As operations have grown, this has created inefficiencies related to airfield maintenance workflows and inter-agency coordination/reporting. How:The airport is has secured a license to access City Works which will be the platform used to develop an in-house self-inspection and maintenance workflow program. Status:The Assistant Airport Manager has started working with a third party vendor from AECOM to assist with the transition. The development and testing process is expected to take up to 10-months to complete before roll-out into the field. Airport Capital Program Shoreline Enhancement – In Progress RAAC Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 8 What:As part of the permitting for the Maintenance Dredge project at the Seaplane Base, the Airport will make improvements to the shoreline north of the Runway. The project will remove concrete rubble and replace with rock to prevent erosion. Why:This project is driven by permits issued for the seaplane base maintenance project that was completed early this year. How:The Airport will fund this project. The contract for the design work with Hatch Mott McDonald is $58,312. Status:Project is at 90%. Cedar River Hangar Building Electrical Upgrades– Building Electrical Upgrades – On Hold What:The Airport will update the electrical system in the hangars over the next four years. Why:The electrical system in the Cedar River Hangars is outdated and insufficient for tenant needs. How:The Airport will fund the electrical upgrades. URS prepared construction plans for the project. The design for electrical project is complete and the permit is ready to be picked up. The estimated cost to complete this project is $75,000. Status:The Airport will be seeking bids to construct the improvements and narrow the cost estimate during 2017. Control Tower Seismic Upgrades and First Floor Remodel Project – In Progress What:Seismic upgrades to the whole structure and a remodel of the first floor of the Control Tower building. Why:The Control Tower is not seismically sound and is subject to massive failure during an earthquake. The first floor is being remodeled to improve the functionality of the floor plan layout and optimize operations for current and future Airport staff. How:Airport generated revenue will be used to fund this project. The current cost estimate to complete this work is $2 million. Status:KPG has submitted their final draft of the pre-design report. The Airport has reviewed this document. The Airport has asked KPG to create a scope and fee to take design to 100%. The City has received the scope and fee from KPG and is seeking to execute a contract with KPG for the design. That contract will go to Council on May 9. The Airport RAAC Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 2017 9 expects to issue the Notice-to-Proceed for KPG by the end of May. Design should be complete in 2016 and construction is expected in 2017. Extension of Bike and Pedestrian Trail - In Progress What:Construction of a bicycle and pedestrian trail from Logan Avenue, around to Airport Way, and then northbound on Rainier Avenue. Why:This project will move bicyclists and pedestrians off East and West Perimeter Roads by connecting the existing trail end just before the Logan Avenue Bridge to the bicycle route on Rainier Avenue via Airport Way South. How:Project is funded via federal grants and City general fund tax revenues. No Airport revenues are being put toward this project with the exception of property acquisition of the Car Shop at the corner of Logan Avenue and Airport Way South on the southeast corner of the Airport. The project is estimated to cost $2 million. Status:Project is at 60% design. Installation of Fiber or Cable – On Hold What:Addition of fiber or cable on Airport property for better connectivity. Why:Requested by tenants in the southeast corner for high speed internet and television. This is also a good infrastructure improvement for the remaining tenants. How:Design and construction costs covered by provider. Status:Comcast staff continues to design their conduit runs around the Airport after receiving Airport feedback on the design. The agreement has been in Comcast’s hands for several months. No change since last RAAC meeting. Airport has recently been talking with Wave broadband about bringing service into the southeast corner of the Airport. No movement on this issue in recent months.