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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6-20-11 Minutes Daniel Field General Aviation Commission General Aviation Commission The regular meeting of the General Aviation Commission was held at Daniel Field on Monday, June 20, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. There were present: Locke McKnight – Chairman Kay Roland – Vice Chairman Jojo Gardon Chip Fisher Bert Harbin Ashbury Lawton William Welsh Harold Engler Brian Prince Tim Martin Grady Smith Absent: David Young Betty Tyler Also Present: Reginald Weaver, WK Dickson Lauren Crosby, WK Dickson Becky Shealy, Airport Manager Steve Gay, Airport Manager Joe Hall, Pinnacle USA Construction Deryl Belser, Pinnacle USA Construction Allen Bragg, Pinnacle USA Construction Andrew MacKenzie, Augusta Law Department Kenneth Bray, Augusta Law Department Chairman McKnight called the meeting to order and asked for approval or amendments to the May 16, 2011 meeting minutes. Commissioner Lawton motioned to approve the minutes of the meeting held on May 16, 2011, to be accepted as submitted. Commissioner Gardon seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Chairman McKnight then introduced Mr. Tim Martin as the newest commissioner on the Daniel Field General Aviation Commission. Commissioner Martin is replacing Commissioner Reardon from District 7. Chairman McKnight invited Commissioner Martin to take a tour of the airport by calling Becky Shealy to set up a time. Manager Shealy addressed the Commission with a request from the Augusta Chronicle for the use of the field. The Chronicle is having a Man Show where vendors come in and show their wares. The items include such things as boats, trucks and 4-wheelers. The event is to be held over a 2 day weekend and is expecting to draw 2500 people per day. thth The dates requested are August 27 and 28. The rental rates of $500 per day would apply for the use of the tower side of the field. Vice-Chairman Roland stated that she sees this as a positive thing and would be good publicity for Daniel Field. Commissioner Prince made a motion to approve the use of the field to the Augusta Chronicle for the Man Show for the dates requested. Commissioner Welsh seconded the motion. The motion carried. Shealy then addressed the Commission about the use of the field for the Fear This group thst on July 30 and 31. With the recent teen car crash in the local area, interest has peaked for this defensive teen driving class to come back to Augusta. Shealy stated that she has a current Certificate of Insurance from Fear This. The tower side of the field is the area needed to conduct this class. Commissioner Prince made a motion to approve the use of the field for Fear This thst on July 30 and 31. Commissioner Harbin seconded the motion. The motion carried. Reg Weaver with WK Dickson gave an update on the terminal renovation. Weaver stated that the most recent change order requests include red oak flooring for upstairs, hose bibs for the 2 outside terraces and structural repairs. Weaver stated that we knew there were going to be some unknowns when dealing with a building of this age; however, the contractor has just about uncovered all of the surprises in the demolition stages. Weaver is keeping a running budget as to assure all the change orders do not put this project over budget. Weaver then stated that emails have been exchanged with some concerns. Weaver stated that he flew in for today’s meeting and was surprised to see plywood underlayment exposed on the roof. He was expecting to see black tar paper. As assessment of the building was set last Friday for today at 2 p.m. to address concerns. Chairman McKnight stated that the owner wants to be problem solvers, not problem makers. Manager Gay stated that he and Manager Shealy were not to have input on the project, but were to oversee the airport operations. However, Manager Gay came out to the airport after the storm passed Saturday night to check on the airport and walked onto the construction site. Gay then passed out pictures of what the building looked like at 11 p.m. on Saturday after the storm passed through the area and stated that this could not be left unaddressed. Chairman McKnight addressed the condition of the roofing tar now that it had been ripped from the roof during the storm. McKnight stressed the importance of the peel and stick roof felt. Had this been applied in the beginning, as McKnight had mentioned over and over again, the roof would not be a topic of discussion today. McKnight stated that even the superintendent said that the felt had been put up with staples. Manager Gay stated that the roofer was supposed to be on site last Friday, and he never showed. There has been an average of 3-5 workers on site each day. Manager Gay stated that the new air conditioner units were sitting in mud Saturday night. Gay stated that the condensers are not supposed to be exposed to moisture prior to installation. Joe Hall with Pinnacle Construction stated that he just got notice about the issues. He is here today to put an action plan in place. Hall stated that he is not trying to give sub-par work. He then stated that the roofer had been onsite to assess the wing walls. The roof cannot be warranted in its existing condition. Chairman McKnight stated that we have a mess. McKnight then stated that he wants the airport manager to write a letter to WK Dickson stating that the owner is not happy with the quality of work and that we need a corrective action plan. The current pay request will be held until we have a corrective action plan in place that is acceptable with this group. This project contains damaged product. McKnight then stated that he had been screaming for a month about the roof. Joe Hall then stated that we can work with this. Vice-Chairman Roland asked how long it would take. Hall replied that he can have an action plan in place by tomorrow. Hall will start assessing today. Commissioner Welsh asked if there were any penalties the contractor would incur. Weaver replied that there is a $300 a day penalty for not completing the project on time. Weaver suggested denying the current pay request and writing another pay request due to damaged materials onsite due to the storm. Manager Gay stated that this has nothing to do with the storm this past weekend. Gay then gave examples of the lifts left on the job site with the keys left in them. Gay also brought up the old floors upstairs. Pinnacle gave a quote to refinish the floors and now they are ruined due to the fact that those floors were not protected prior to the roof being installed. Hall replied that the floors were damaged due to the elements. Some of the issues were out of Pinnacle’s control. Vice-Chairman Roland stated that she wants to see some changes. She wants to see some improvements. Weaver stated that we will follow the letter of the contract. WK Dickson hired Virgo Gambill Architects, however, they are not here everyday. Weaver then stated that there is a 2 p.m. meeting today and at this time we will put together a corrective action plan. We will see what can be salvaged and what can be replaced with milestone dates. Manager Gay stated that the Foreign Object Damage (FOD) on the ramp this past weekend was life threatening. If this FOD had been sucked into an aircraft engine it could have been fatal. Chairman McKnight stated that the corrective action plan is to be emailed to the DNL GAC by Monday. If this isn’t complied with, then notify the bond company. Manager Gay suggested that if we cannot get this resolved then we need to hire an independent inspector to oversee this since WK Dickson is in Atlanta. Deryl Belser of Pinnacle Construction asked the DNL GAC to give them the chance to make this right. Commissioner Welsh stated that Pinnacle has to understand the cynicism of this committee. We hired the best we could and expect this to be done right. Commissioner Welsh made a motion to write a letter to deny the pay request to include defective products. The damage is to be assessed and a corrective action plan composed by Pinnacle Construction with approval from W.K. Dickson. Commissioner Prince seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Manager Gay gave an update on the Runway Rejuvenation Project. Gay allowed 30 days for David Rigsbee to respond to the request of GDOT. Rigsbee was unable to produce a letter acceptable to GDOT concerning EPA requirements. At this point, Managers Gay and Shealy involved the legal department downtown. Andrew MacKenzie and Kenneth Bray are here today from the law department. Manager Gay stated that GDOT is telling us we must contact the EPA. The City Legal Department says they should contact the EPA and GDOT on the airport’s behalf. MacKenzie from the Legal Department has been in contact with the attorney of the product manufacturer. MacKenzie is questioning why GDOT is taking this stance. MacKenzie’s goal is to have GDOT legal council work with his department and agree that it is not necessary to contact the EPA. MacKenzie stressed that he does not want to jeopardize the relationship with GDOT on behalf of Augusta. Manager Gay stated that there have been several open records requests from the competitor of the product in regards to a lawsuit against GDOT, the Augusta- Richmond County Procurement Department and the DNL GAC. Manager Gay then stated that pending today’s meeting, GDOT may notify the EPA if we do not. Weaver stated that 3 laboratories tested the product. GDOT is the one that accepted the product and now they are the ones deeming it non-compliant. Manager Gay stated that this very product is in the EPD parking lot. Commissioner Prince made a motion to turn this matter over to the Augusta- Richmond County Law Department. Commissioner Fisher seconded the motion. The motion carried. Manager Shealy requested approval of the quarterly statement and permission to reimburse downtown. Commissioner Lawton made a motion to approve the quarterly statement and write a check to reimburse the City for the items on the statement. Vice- Chairman Roland seconded the motion. The motion passed. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.