SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE AIRPORT  - April 24, 2018
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
Councillor William Saltzman Antechamber - Room 213 - City Hall
AGENDA

1. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Morad and Oliveira, requesting that Airport Manager Scot Servis be asked to provide the Special Committee on the Airport with updates regarding the New Bedford Regional Airport 139FAA Certification process and the TSA Security Plan and further how these new regulations will affect operations at the airport and the Fixed Based Operators. (Ref’d 3/9/17) (5/8/17-Recommend that the City Council request an update from the Mayor on the 75’ airport runway improvements and who authorized and made the decision on the payments issued for the consulting work done on the runway; Tabled) (6/13/17-returned unsigned by the Mayor)

 

INVITEES: Scot Servis, Director, New Bedford Regional Airport

 

2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Markey and Morad, requesting that Airport Manager Scot Servis provide the Special Committee for the Airport with a update of daily operations, upcoming airport projects, status of TSA certification and expanded airline service with Elite Airlines and other potential carriers.  (To be Referred to the Special Committee for the Airport.) (Ref’d 3/8/18)

 

INVITEES: Scot Servis, Director, New Bedford Regional Airport

 

Chair Suggests 'No Further Action' and 'Report Out to the Full City Council'

 

3. COMMUNICATION, Rick Kidder, President and CEO, New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce, to the Special Committee on the Airport, regarding the Chamber’s support of the Airport’s planned expansion. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 5/11/17)


4. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of an email from Mr. Lee Morse, President, MIKALIX Aviation Group, to Mayor Mitchell, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


5. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of an email from Mr. Greg Bongiorno, Captain – Safety Officer, C-FOQA Gatekeeper, CVS Health Flight Department, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


6. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of a letter from Mr. Scott Martin, Chief Operating Officer – Brahmin Leather Works, Inc. to Mayor Mitchell, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


7. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of a letter from Mr. John Wood, Jr., Concord, MA, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


8. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of an email from Mr. Elin-Mari Heggland, Chief Pilot CSL 340 Corp Inc., to Mayor Mitchell, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


9. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of a letter from Mr. Thomas F. Martin, Jr., Chief Pilot, Sea & Air Inc., regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


10. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of a letter from Dustin Enge, Chief Pilot, Kalahari Management Company, LLC, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


11. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of a letter from Eli Mejia, Pilot, Challenger 605 regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on the Airport.) (Ref’d 6/8/17)


12. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a copy of a letter from Mr. David S. Drake, Office Manager/Captain, ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, to Mayor Mitchell, regarding the safety concerns with narrowing of Runway 14/32. (Ref’d 6/8/17)


 

 

 

 

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