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Friday Harbor Port Commission
Regular Meeting
May 8, 2002
Minutes
These are the minutes of the May 8, 2002 Port Commission Regular Meeting at
the San Juan Island Yacht Club.
Port Commissioners attending were Mike Ahrenius, Brian Calvert and Greg Hertel.
Staff attending were Port Director Steve Simpson, Auditor Marilyn O'Connor,
Harbormasters Tami Hayes and Ed Barrett, and Airport Operations Manager Pat
Mayo.
The meeting was called to order at 4:06 pm.
1. Approve the minutes of the previous meeting: Brian Calvert moved to
approve the minutes of the April 24, 2002 regular meeting. Mike Ahrenius
seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
2. Citizen Comments: None
3. Public Hearings: None
4. Consent Agenda: None
5. Commission Action Issues:
A. Resolution #02-009 in support of Waterway Cleanup Program. Brian Calvert
moved to approve Resolution #02-009 supporting Nick Nash's proposal to
remove floating and beached trash from island waters. Mike Ahrenius
seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
B. Temcov Foundation donation to the Port of Friday Harbor. Greg Hertel
moved to approve Resolution #02-009 regarding the receipt and disposition of
the $1,000 contribution from the Temcov Foundation for a "Popeye the Seal"
commemoration and directing staff to deposit the contribution into the
appropriate account, and to sign a card extending the Port Commission's
thanks for the donation. Brian Calvert seconded and the motion passed
unanimously.
6. Commission Discussion Issues:
A. Discussion regarding public relations and promotional hosting. The Port
has never written a formal policy for promotional hosting which is for
entertainment to attract business to the area. The state auditor advised
that the Port create policy to cover expenditures in the more general
category of community and visitor promotions. The Port Commission asked
staff to bring the policy back in the form of a resolution.
B. Report for Citizens Airport Advisory Committee. Dane Armstrong of the
CAAC and Port Director Steve Simpson met and discussed thresholds on a per
day basis and per month basis the Monday preceding the meeting. The
Commission would like the Technical Advisory Committee to take a look at the
SATOs and add any suggestions they might have. Commissioner Hertel asked
staff to have a policy prepared before the beginning of the summer season.
C. Discussion of Wi-Fi capability for the marina: The Port received a
proposal from a company named TRES to install a Wi-Fe network in the marina.
This is a method of wirelessly connecting computers to the internet.
Laptops on boats have become a common part of the family vacation. This
system would allow guests or permanent customers to use their laptops
without a wire connection. TRES also made a proposal to install an internet
kiosk, all of this at no charge to the Port. TREST makes its money from the
customers who use the service by issuing prepaid cards for use of their
service. The Port Commission requested staff to investigate the offer
further and come back with any new information.
7. Staff Reports and Project Reports:
A. Auditor Marilyn O'Connor reported that the state audit is complete and
went fairly smoothly. Things the auditors looked at were FAA grants at the
Airport. They looked at Airport cash handling and made a few suggestions.
They are still having problems with the end of the year awards banquet.
Staff will continue to work with the auditor to come to a solution.
B. Airport Manager Pay Mayo reported that he attended the Washington Airport
Managers' Association meeting. The two main topics were security and
transportation. There are new Snoopy directional signs on both sides of the
warm-up pad at the north end tiedown area. Mr. Mayo also reported that
during the Opalco planned outage the surge protector did not work, so when
the power came back on the ASOS was not working.
C. Harbormaster Ed Barrett reported that the new fuel floats had been
replaced. Good planning by the maintenance team made the project run quite
smoothly. This week the installation of a new ramp took place along with
taking the old SSL ramp and replacing the 'A" ramp on the Port's main pier.
Mr. Barrett also spoke with Chinmayo regarding this year's summer music
program. The Snow Goose will take a group of grade schoolers out on a
science expedition again this year. They provide this service free of
charge and ask that the Port Commission waive the passenger fees.
Greg Hertel made a motion to waive the passenger fees for the Snow Goose,
which is donating time to the science excursion for the grade schoolers.
Brian Calvert seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Harbormaster Tami Hayes reported that Mike Bey has been chosen to replace
retiring security officer Dave Stier. Training with Mr. Bey will begin
tomorrow. Ms. Hayes also reported that Mark Goodman of Island Shuttle
Express is unable to meet the deadline of May 10 to pay off his past due
landing fees from last summer. He requests that he have until the end of
August, since he will be conducting business in Bellingham this summer. The
Port Commission agreed as long as he doesn't miss any of the monthly
payments. If a payment is missed, it will automatically go to collection.
D. Port Director Steve Simpson said that at the Town Council meeting on May
23 there will be a discussion of annexing the Airport. Next week Mr.
Simpson and Ms. O'Connor will be attending the WPPA Spring Conference in
Skamania. Mr. Simpson also reported that Washington State Ferries will be
undergoing a major renovation in 2004 which may impede on the customers on
the south side of Spring Street Landing. Gary Bolster is interested in
building another group of hangars at the south end of the Airport just south
of the helipad.
Greg Hertel made a motion to pay vouchers G20227-20264 in the amount of
$25,586.66 and vouchers C20025-20200 in the amount of $34,105.29.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 pm.
Minutes for April 24 2002 Friday Harbor Port Commission Meeting
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