[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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GLAD YOU'RE HERE. AND WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO, OKAY, IT BRINGS US DOWN TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ANYBODY SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 13TH? I GUESS IT WAS.NOPE. NO, I READ THEM AND I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
DID YOU GET TO LOOK AT THEM? YES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING TO ADD.
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. APRIL.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
[INAUDIBLE]. LENNY KRIEGER 1313 HICKORY FERNANDINA BEACH.I WANT TO TAKE A WITHIN MY THREE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE SOLAR PROPOSAL THAT WAS CAME UP AND HOW SOMEHOW THE WAY IT TRANSPIRED WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OF YOU ALL WHO ARE THE AIRCRAFT AIRPORT ADVISORY WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSULTANT PASSARO.
SO ON THE 16TH OF MAY, AN AGENDA ITEM WAS INITIALLY ON THERE FOR THE APPROVAL WAS AN ACTION ITEM TO EXTEND OR TO MODIFY THE LEASE OF THE GOLF COURSE TO INCLUDE A SOLAR FARM OF 36 ACRES.
AND THEY ALSO HAD SOME WORDING IN THERE ABOUT SOME AERONAUTICAL HANGAR STUFF.
SO THE DISCUSSION ITEM AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PUBLIC THE PUBLIC IS CERTAINLY OPPOSED TO IT.
I WAS THERE. I AM OPPOSED TO IT.
I'M OPPOSED TO IT FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
AND THE REASONS I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO THE CITY AND TO FPU THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU TO DO 36 ACRES.
THE FIRST CRITERIA THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET WAS THAT THE CITY HAS TO MAINTAIN 37% TREE CANOPY AND THAT WE WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT. AND I'LL TELL YOU, PRETTY SURE WE'RE BELOW THAT.
THEN THEY HAVE TO WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE FAA REQUIREMENTS FOR SURE.
THERE WOULD BE ENDANGERED, IMPERILED SPECIES ITEMS AND GOES ON AND ON.
THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN DOES ENCOURAGE AND SPEAKS OF SOLAR AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
SO AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OPPOSING IT.
IT WAS DEAD AS OF THE OTHER DAY, BUT I WOULDN'T BET ON IT.
AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THE CHAIRMAN THIS.
YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WANT.
IT'S EMAILS THAT I SENT FOR YOU WITH SOME RESPONSES AND THE CITY SUGGESTING THAT THE CITY THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT WE WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP WHICH WOULD INCLUDE YOU GUYS AT THE AIRPORT AND FOR THAT AREA.
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36 ACRES OF CLEAR CUT.SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD ACTUALLY HURT.
BUT FPU WAS PUSHING ON IT SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
SO I HAVE I CAN'T SAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, BUT I THINK WITH YOU, I WANT TO MAKE A POINT.
THANKS. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN SHARE THAT.
REMEMBER THAT THIS CAME UP ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, FOUR YEARS AGO.
WHAT HAPPENED THEN? BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY MUCH WELL, IT SORT OF WENT DEAD IN THE WATER.
THEN THERE WERE SOME ONE OF THE ISSUES BECAME A PROPERTY TAX ISSUE, WHICH IS SORT OF BEEN RESOLVED.
SO IF THEY WENT IN THERE AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS AT THE AIRPORT THEY HAD LOOKED AT AND, YOU KNOW, THE REFLECTIVE STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE A LITTLE PHOTOVOLTAIC AT THE SEWAGE PLANT OUT THERE.
SO IT JUST WASN'T ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM.
FPU WAS GETTING PUSHED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RENEWAL EFFORT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, FPU PROVIDES ENERGY ONLY TO A MILL ISLAND.
AND I THINK MARIANNA, FLORIDA AND QUINCY, FLORIDA, THERE ARE A LITTLE BITTY COMPANY.
SO THEY'RE JUST I THINK THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE.
THEY FEEL THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE TO TO DO PHOTOVOLTAIC OR RENEWABLE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THERE I'VE SUGGESTED 6 OR 7 OTHER LOCATIONS.
THERE'S NOT 36 ACRES ANYWHERE ON THIS ISLAND.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR IT IS THE POINT.
SO BUT THAT ONE THERE WERE PROPERTY TAX ISSUES AND SUBJECT WAS THREE MINUTES.
YOU PROMISED THREE MINUTES OVER HERE.
AND I THINK THAT PROPOSAL HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS, WHETHER THE FAA WOULD ALLOW IT WITHOUT DOING A NEW LEASE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE OTHER LEASE AND AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT'S BEEN TABLED FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO COME BACK OR NOT.
PROPERTY APPRAISAL WAS ANOTHER THING.
GOOD EVENING, ED DEMCHUK 4414.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE AIRPLANE NOISE, THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR REALLY BAD IN THE LAST YEAR. AS YOU ALL KNOW.
I FEEL BAD ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S A DUMPSTER FIRE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
IT'S ALL HAPPY TALK, HAPPY TALK PROPOSALS.
WHERE ARE THE PROPOSALS? THEY JUST FLY OFF INTO THE AIR.
MR. SHERMAN'S BEEN HERE PROBABLY 30 TIMES.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS PROPOSAL? NOTHING. NOW, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHY NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
THERE IS A NOISE ISSUE WHICH RELATES TO A HEALTH ISSUE.
THESE AIRPLANES ARE SPEWING OUT LEADED FUEL EXHAUST, AND THE EPA SAYS ANY EXPOSURE TO LEAD IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN.
LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN HAVE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
I THINK THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW WHY.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW HANGARS AND HOW HAPPY YOU ARE, HOW EVERYTHING LOOKS NICE, BUT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER UNDER THIS CATASTROPHE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HEARD THE GUY LAST NIGHT? RAISE YOUR HAND. DO YOU LIVE ON AMELIA ISLAND? I LIVE HERE. DID YOU HEAR THE PLANE BETWEEN 9 AND 10:00? YOU MUST HAVE YOUR TV UP TO NUMBER TEN.
OR DO YOU WEAR EARPHONES? UP TO 10:00.
A GUY IS DOING RACETRACKS AROUND THE ISLAND.
THEY'RE NOT OBSERVING ALL THE GUIDELINES.
LOOK AT THE LOOK AT YOUR FLIGHT AWARE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SPAGHETTI BOWL.
THEY'RE GOING OVER HOUSES CONTINUOUSLY.
615 IN THE MORNING A FEW WEEKS AGO.
IS THAT A GUIDELINE? IS THAT FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINE GUIDELINES ARE REQUEST, BY THE WAY, SIR.
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RIGHT. THIS REQUEST, YES.THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT EVEN ABIDING BY THAT.
THIS FLIGHT SCHOOL IS NOT BEING MANAGED BY THE AIRPORT.
THEY'RE DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT, WHENEVER THEY WANT, HOWEVER THEY WANT.
IT COULD BE A FLIGHT SCHOOL. NOT AT THIS AIRPORT.
IT COULD BE A FLIGHT SCHOOL FROM SOME OTHER AREA.
FROM SOME OTHER AIRPORT? YES, FROM CRAIG.
IT'S NOT OURS. YEAH, FROM CRAIG.
WHY ARE THEY COMING UP FROM CRAIG? WHY NOT? ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
YEAH, THAT'S THREE MINUTES, SIR.
WELL, YOU LIVE NEAR AN AIRPORT.
WELL, IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE ISLAND.
SO IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE JUST AROUND THE AIRPORT.
WELL, YOU DRIVE A CAR, DON'T YOU? WELL, THAT'S ALL I SEE.
EXCEPT MY CAR DOESN'T HAVE UNLEADED.
MY CAR HAS UNLEADED FUEL, AND I DON'T DRIVE UP AND DOWN MY STREET FOR 5 OR 6 HOURS.
THE OTHER RESPONSE, IF IT REALLY FEELS BAD, YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT IT, WHY DON'T YOU CALL ONE OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS DOWN THERE? I HAVE TO. THE RESIDENT, NOT THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU, SIR. THE OTHER THING.
I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT MY PROPERTY VALUE RESPONSE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS SELL YOUR HOUSE.
YOU COULD ALWAYS SELL YOUR HOUSE.
IT'S LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE? YOU DON'T LIKE IT? I CALLED HOLIDAY AVIATION JUST A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
YEAH, I CALLED HOLIDAY AVIATION, TALK TO THE OWNER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID? YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID? SHE HUNG UP ON ME.
WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
WELL, WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
I'M SORRY. YOU MADE A POOR CHOICE IN BUYING YOUR HOME NEAR THE AIRPORT.
THANKS, SIR. ANY MORE, COME TO THE AIRPORT.
TIME'S UP. NO, NO MORE HAPPY TALK.
THANK YOU. TOO MUCH HAPPY TALK.
I HOPE YOUR HANGARS LOOK NICE.
SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO.
FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, MOST OF THESE FLIGHT SCHOOLS ARE COMPLIANT WITH OUR REQUEST.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? MORE HAPPY TALK? OKAY.
AIRPORT DIRECTOR AND STAFF REPORTS INTRODUCING OUR NEW AIRPORT
[6.1 Introduction of Airport Director Sam Carver]
MANAGER. HOW YOU DOING? WELCOME, SAM. THANK YOU, SAM.I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN JUST MORE THAN KIND AND WELCOMING TO ME.
I JUST MOVED FROM FROM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ONE OF THE NICEST COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA, STUART, FLORIDA.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I MOVED HERE.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND.
I JUST MOVED FROM STUART, FLORIDA, WHERE I WAS THE AIRPORT MANAGER OF MARTIN COUNTY AIRPORT.
IT'S IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THIS AIRPORT, BUT MUCH, MUCH BUSIER.
SAME ACREAGE, SAME DIAGRAM, JUST THAT THEY HAVE A CONTROL TOWER AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE AIRPORT NOISE DOWN. THEY HAVE A LOT MORE AIRPORT NOISE THAN MARTIN COUNTY, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE QUIETEST AIRPORTS IN FLORIDA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THE ENIPEUS.
EVERY THERE'S 3000 GA AIRPORTS IN THE IN THE COUNTRY.
AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS A HAS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT HAPPY WITH THE AIRPORT.
BUT AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BACKGROUND.
I WENT TO COLLEGE IN 1994 TO DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
IT'S HOME OF THE FIGHTING OVER.
THAT'S A REAL THAT'S A REAL MASCOT.
THOUGHT I WANTED TO BE A PILOT, BUT KEPT GETTING LOST.
SO I CHANGED MY MAJOR TO AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE.
AND I'VE WORKED AT A LOT OF GREAT AIRPORTS WITH A LOT OF A LOT OF GREAT AIRPORT PEOPLE.
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I'VE WORKED AT GULFPORT, BILOXI REGIONAL.I WAS AIRSIDE SUPERVISOR AT FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL.
I WORKED AT TALLAHASSEE, JACKSON AND THEN MARTIN COUNTY AND HERE.
BUT SO I LIKE TO THINK I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF GOOD PRACTICES FROM A LOT OF GOOD AIRPORTS, AND I'M EXCITED TO BRING THAT HERE AND TRY TO HELP MAKE THIS AN AIRPORT EVERYBODY'S PROUD OF.
AND JUST KIND OF MY MANAGEMENT FOCUS WHEN IT COMES TO AIRPORT, IT'S ALWAYS SAFETY.
EVERYTHING I DO IS TO MAKE THIS A SAFER AIRPORT.
I DON'T COMPROMISE SAFETY ON ANY ASPECT, BUT I WANT IT TO BE A FIRST.
SO SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHY I'M HERE.
AND AND THE PREVIOUS STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.
IT'S TO GET THE AIRPORT WHERE IT IS.
I JUST HOPE I CAN CONTINUE THAT AND MAKE IT A GREAT AIRPORT FOR YOU GUYS.
WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.
UNDER REPORTS, I DID JOT DOWN SOME THINGS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT.
I AM DRINKING FROM A FIRE HYDRANT RIGHT NOW, BUT, YEAH, I PICKED UP A FEW THINGS.
TWO THINGS HAPPENED THIS WEEK AT THE CITY COMMISSION.
THERE'S APPROVAL OF AN FAA GRANT FOR THE DESIGN OF TAXIWAY ALPHA THAT WAS ACCEPTED.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, THERE WAS A WORK ORDER FOR PISCITELLO ENGINEERING TO DO THE DESIGN FOR THAT AND ENGINEERING FOR THE BID PHASE AND THE BID PHASE AND A DB PLAN FOR THAT TAXIWAY ALPHA PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING TO GET PAST.
I'VE BEEN ASKED THIS, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY AN AIRPORT PROJECT, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW AIRPORT FIRE STATION ON AIRPORT PROPERTY IS UNDERWAY. AND I ASKED ABOUT THIS TODAY.
THEY ANTICIPATE THAT BEING COMPLETE BY AUGUST THIS YEAR.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT.
FHB AIRCRAFT HANGARS LLC HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION ON HANGARS ON ITS LEASED PARCEL ADJACENT TO HANGAR B, SO THAT'S THAT'S UNDERWAY AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF TO A GOOD START.
AND THEN I LOOKED UP THE YEAR TO DATE AIRPORT OPERATIONS FOR THE AIRPORT FROM JANUARY TO MAY.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD 20,000 OPERATIONS.
THIS YEAR, THE SAME TIME FROM JANUARY TO MAY, WE'VE HAD 27,000 OPERATIONS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR AIRPORT REPORT FOR JANUARY THROUGH MAY, JANUARY, FIVE MONTHS.
THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT AUGUST, AUGUST.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT ME TO JUMP TO NEW BUSINESS, YEAH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT TO NEW BUSINESS.
[7.1 Driving Dynamics Facilities Use Agreement]
THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE.THERE IS A COMPANY CALLED DRIVING DYNAMICS, INC.
WE DRAFTED A USER AGREEMENT WITH THEM, FIND IT HERE.
AND THEY WILL PAY US A SUM OF $1,000 FOR USING THAT APRON FOR THE DAY.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET YOUR AGREEMENT THE AND THEN PASS THAT ON THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS.
AND THIS IS THE SAME ONE WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
YEAH. AND THAT WAS ON AUGUST 6TH.
FIFTH? ON A SATURDAY FROM 8 TO 6 P.M.
MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE FACILITIES, USE AGREEMENT WITH DRIVING DYNAMICS.
SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY.
IT BRINGS US DOWN TO COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS.
[8. COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS]
HERE, YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS? NO. OKAY.TO THE AIRPORT. WE DO HAVE A GREAT AIRPORT HERE.
YOU'RE YOU'RE KIND OF WATCHING, WALKING INTO A GOOD SITUATION WITH THE PREVIOUS AIRPORT MANAGER.
KIND OF GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND AND GET A GOOD STAFF TO START OUT WITH.
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SO THINGS IN PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES.JUST WANT TO KEEP IT AT GOING IN A POSITIVE MOTION.
AND WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE GENTLEMAN ABOUT THE AIRPORT NOISE.
AND YOU PROBABLY AWARE THAT WE DID DO SPENT ALMOST A YEAR ON NOISE ABATEMENT.
IT DOES LIST THE QUIET HOURS FOR THE AIRPORT.
SO AND LIKE DOUG SAID, HERE IS A PUBLIC USE AIRPORT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT PILOTS ARE DOING TRAINING.
SO I THINK THE AIRPORT'S DONE A GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZEN.
THEY'RE NOT SERIOUS, ARE YOU? YES, I AM. YEAH.
CAN I? SO REALLY, THEY REALLY HAVE TRIED.
I KNOW OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE THAT.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT? I CAN ANSWER THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS TALKING.
I WOULD BE COMPLETELY OPEN TO THAT IF.
IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO TALK? YEAH. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE AT OTHER AIRPORTS.
AT MARTIN COUNTY, WE WE HAD AN AIRPORT NOISE COMPLAINT LINE THAT WE LOGGED AND KEPT THAT FOR PEOPLE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. SO THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER.
YES. THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU HAVEN'T.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY? I DO, YEAH. I THINK TO.
OH, I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED YOUR FLOW, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO REINFORCE THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM.
I'M GOING TO INTERJECT BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
NO, I ASKED. I HAVE PERMISSION.
THEY GAVE ME PERMISSION. YEAH, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
YEAH, OKAY, WELL, THEY DID, BUT I'M A POSITIVE.
I DON'T LIKE TO COME BACK IN AND TRY TO COME HOME AND GET ALL NERVOUS BECAUSE THERE'S SIX AIRPLANES IN THE PATTERN AND HALF OF THEM ARE STUDENTS AND THEY'RE NOT ANNOUNCING POSITIONS LIKE THEY SHOULD.
I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A CONCERN.
I AGREE. BUT THESE PEOPLE AND AND AND THE PREVIOUS MANAGER, YOU REALLY DID HIM A DISSERVICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRIED THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN CONTROL AND NOW IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.
BUT NO, NO, NO. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WORK ON FACTS.
WE HAVE TO KNOW IF IT'S AFFECTING A SMALL PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY OR A LARGE PART PORTION.
SO YOU CAN SO YOU HAVE TO ACT ON THAT.
I CAN GIVE YOU SOME SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.
SO WHAT THE FAA WILL SUPPORT IS WHAT'S CALLED A NOISE EXPOSURE MAP UNDER PART 150.
AND THEY WILL HELP FUND ASSESSING THE NOISE AROUND AN AIRPORT IF IT'S JUSTIFIED.
AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN MARTIN COUNTY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, THE FAA WOULD NOT COME NEAR THIS AIRPORT WITH ANY FUNDING.
AND THIS AIRPORT DOES ABOUT 47,000 OPERATIONS.
WHAT WOULD YOU, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THINK OF THE AIR QUALITY AROUND? I HAVE NO OPINION ON THE AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE TO MONITOR THE AIR QUALITY.
I GUESS MY OPINION IS THAT THAT IS ALL REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S NOISE, OPERATIONS, EVERYTHING.
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COULD COULD I INTERJECT A COMMENT? I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ED BECAUSE I'VE JUST MET HIM ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.BUT FROM MY PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE NORMAL EVERYDAY USE OF THE AIRPORT WHERE A PLANE COMES IN, THEY LAND, PEOPLE DISEMBARK, THEY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, THEY GET BACK IN THEIR PLANE AND THEY FLY AWAY AND I'VE THESE PEOPLE.
I THINK WHAT THE ISSUE IS CURRENTLY, AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT THE LAST THREE YEARS IS THE I'LL CHARACTERIZE IT AS THE OVERUSE OF THE AIRPORT BY FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL.
HONESTLY, IF YOU TOOK THE CUMMINGS THE NORMAL COMINGS AND GOINGS OF THE AIRPORT, PEOPLE COMING IN, LANDING, GETTING OUT, DOING THEIR BUSINESS AND GETTING BACK IN THEIR PLANE, FLYING AWAY, IF YOU TRIPLED THAT TRAFFIC, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE FOR ME.
I LIVE QUITE NEAR THE AIRPORT.
I LIVE UNDERNEATH MOST OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOL TRAFFIC PATTERN STUFF.
AND THE FLIGHT SCHOOL STUFF BECOMES UNBEARABLE WHEN THERE ARE FOUR PLANES IN THE PATTERN.
THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I'VE MADE IN THAT REGARD IS THAT THE FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO ME FROM FROM A LAYMAN'S VIEWPOINT, TO BE THE OLDEST AND THE LOUDEST ON AVERAGE OF ALL THE THE PLANES IN THE AIR USING THE FERNANDINA BEACH AIRPORT.
I THINK THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE.
NONE OF US WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE.
I THINK THAT THE POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY REASONABLE ABOUT IT IN THE PAST, IS THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS WAY TOO MUCH.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A PLANE CRASH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK IT'S ACROSS THE STREET AND THREE DOORS DOWN FROM ME, A PLANE CRASHED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.
YEAH, IT WAS. IT WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE WE MOVED HERE.
SO THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY TO PEOPLE, TO SAY TO THE FOLKS THAT COME HERE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS, OH, WELL, IT'S AN FAA ISSUE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
IT'S JUST LIKE THE FEDERAL INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
SO WE YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THIS, BUT THESE FOLKS ARE.
I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR PROBABLY CLOSE TO THREE YEARS NOW, CERTAINLY OVER TWO YEARS.
SO I'M PRETTY AWARE OF OF ALL OF THAT.
AND I THINK IN THE EXCHANGE THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, I THINK I THINK I'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL OF THAT AND RESPECTFUL OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU ALL CONFRONT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH.
IT GETS TO BE. WELL, LET ME LET ME ADDRESS THIS.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO I'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY VERY LONG TIME.
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AND I WAS JUST GOING, OKAY, OKAY, WELL, IT FINALLY GOT HERE AND THERE'S A HUGE PILOT SHORTAGE ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD.IT'S NOT JUST AMELIA ISLAND, IT'S NOT FLORIDA.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PILOT TRAINING GOING ON.
AND 20% OF ALL TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES HAPPENS IN FLORIDA.
SO IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING HERE.
THIS IS AT EVERY AIRPORT IN FLORIDA GOING ON IS BUSY.
WE HAD ABOUT 100 STUDENT PILOTS IN MARTIN COUNTY.
SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S COMING FROM JACKSONVILLE.
THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE WHOLE STATE.
YEAH. NO, NO, NONE OF THAT IS NEW NEWS TO ME.
IN FACT, IT'S BASICALLY COVID PRECIPITATED THE PILOT SHORTAGE BECAUSE NOW IT'S THE AIRLINES TOOK THE MONEY INCENTIVE.
THEY'RE. NO. YOU'RE GETTING OFF BASE NOW.
GETTING OFF BASE. NO, LET'S MOVE ON.
OKAY. SO NOW THE COMING PILOT SHORTAGE CAME.
YEAH, THAT THAT'S ALL GREAT BUT THAT TO, TO GO BACK AND REITERATE THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERSONALLY I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF THE AIRPORT FOR COMING AND GOING.
RIGHT BUT YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE IF YOU TRIPLE THAT TRAINING, TRAFFIC IS REGULAR USE OF THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? YEAH, IT IS. AND IT'S NOT.
IT IS. IT WASN'T, BUT IT IS NOW.
IS THERE AN AGENDA? ARE WE DONE? YEAH, WE'RE DONE WITH.
HAS ANY OF THAT BEEN DONE? SORRY AGAIN. PLEASE SAY IT AGAIN.
RIGHT. AND IT SAID FOR WE WERE GOING TO ASK ABOUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT GETTING A ROOF.
A NEXT PHASE IS TO GET BIDS ON A NEW ROOF.
IS THAT STILL IN THERE? IS THAT THE PHASE WE'RE AT IN BIDS FOR A NEW ROOF? I HAVEN'T GOT THEM YET. OKAY.
STAGE ONE WAS THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD ROOF.
RIGHT. WE GOT THAT DONE, BUT I HAVEN'T GOT ANY NEW BIDS YET.
OKAY, SO THAT'S. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF IT'S A SLOW PROCESS.
THAT'S FINE. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? YEAH. WHAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BALL FIELD, THE HANGARS THAT WAS GOING TO GO OVER THERE AND THE SOCCER FIELD IS IS ANYTHING GOING ON THERE. IS THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S CHIP.
ASK CHIP ASK MR. ROSS. I'M CHIP ROSS 210 NORTH THIRD STREET, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, TO MAKE A REALLY STRONG, SHORT, LONG STORY SHORT, THERE WILL BE A CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP ON THAT VERY SUBJECT.
I THINK IT'S THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
SO IS THAT TUESDAY OR A WEEK FROM TUESDAY, I BELIEVE.
PLEASE. WE JUST HAD ONE ON TUESDAY.
IT'S THE SECOND AND THIRD, SECOND THE FIRST AND THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
OKAY. AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
SO IN THAT ONE, ARE THEY CONSIDERING THE FBOS PROPOSAL ON IT OR IS IT JUST A DISCUSSION, OPEN DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION? BUT DID YOU SAY, IS THIS BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING OR 5:00? 5:00? RIGHT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND THANK YOU.
WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU, CHIP.
NEXT MEETING DATE IN AUGUST, AUGUST 10TH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS?
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I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT THEIR EMAIL AND APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
THANKS. THANKS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.