Okay, I'll open the meeting at 5:35 on July 2nd. Uh we do not have a quorum. Um so you'll approve that, right? It's 5:35.
Yep. And we can uh and as of now no quorum the uh the minutes will have to I'll hold
for May June rather June 11th and we will cover that in the next meeting if we don't get quum get quum we can vote on Otherwise, we can um You want to go through? Sure. What
you got and then we can Absolutely. Hopefully it'll be it'll be pretty um quick. Yeah. Um everyone has a copy of the Okay. So, the runway project, we're getting close to the end. Um I know the 18B survey um was
complete. That was the aerial survey. Um the the FAA closeout has been completed and submitted. They have confirmed receipt of that. However, uh the mass DOT portion of that project um we still have not received the payment voucher
input forms or confirmation of the state. Um I know it is coming. Sometimes it just takes for some reason a while for them to put all the paperwork together. It's their year end. I'm expecting um I'm expecting I I was
thinking it might happen this week, but might maybe not until next week at this point. Um but once I get that payment voucher input form, um I can prepare all the mass DOT paperwork that's required so that the city can get reimbursed for
the the state um the state share of the project um under that 180. So that's just on hold um right now. just until I get that and then once I get that button that up and that'll be um that portion of the project will be good. From the submission of the form to the payment,
how long approximately does that take? Oh, the submission forms to the payment. Um months it it could usually it's within a month, but I don't want to make any promises on Mass's behalf. It's really I
mean all I can do is on my end pull everything together as quickly as possible. I mean I should be able to um within days of receiving the form turn that around for um you know signatures and submission. So, um, you know, I
would I would hope that I would hope that if we receive it mid July that the airport or the city would be paid by mid August, but I I that's a welcome. Sorry, I can't give you a
definitive answer. If it was me, I would do it right away. I understand. Um, so another piece of this project was um the storm water pollution prevention plan. So that um I know we we talked a little bit um before this meeting um Jim
and Isabelle about that plan and um the approval. So the notice of intent um which basically is the document that we use to submit the storm water pollution prevention plan to EPA and get it approved and get an active permit. Um that was approved as of May 1st. So, um,
before this meeting, Jim, Isabelle, and I sat down and reviewed the monitoring, um, testing and visual inspection requirements. Um, I provided a second hard copy, um, in a binder that will stay at the airport. That way, any
completed forms and checklist and logs can easily be inserted. There's a section of the SWIP where those I'll make copies and stick them back in there. Okay. and and I'll get um and Jim, I know you had requested that copy for yourself. I will put that together for you and um you know it should by the
next meeting I'll bring it to um so that so that's completely fine. Um and then I know Jim you have one hard copy with you as I said before um we met before the meeting. Any questions that you have for me about the visual inspections, about
the indicator monitoring, about uh the impaired water monitoring, just give me a call. I'm always available to you. If the DPW um ends up getting involved in helping the airport with, you know, these requirements, if they have any questions at all, I am happy to take
their call. Just let me know. I'm interested to also hear about what they have to say and how they do it. And we tried to arrange something today. they can pay for it. We'll do it at the same time they do their get the estimates and stuff like that too. Just Yeah. And just
let me know what you need from me. Again, if if you want to jump on a team call if the DPW person wants to call me directly, totally fine. Whatever you need. Okay. Um so then moving on, I know there was um an issue with the um
greater than one and a half inch drop off the edge of the pavement. Um is that still there? So I know that it was three and a half inches. That's why I complained. So they were very careful to lay it all out and then sure enough it rained. It got
washed out. They put a lot of grass in the ground which got washed away. And what didn't get washed away the geese ate. So now we have back to about an inch that just in some spots. It's not everywhere but you know. Yep. Let me
just You just got to switch everybody over to Thunder T. Okay, I'm going to report that um to Mark when I get back to the office. Just letting him know that. So, a lot of that um top soil and seed did get washed
away. It's not their fault. It's just this this year, you know, it's really we have to put some test, you know. Yeah, that's a lot of turf. They spent a lot a lot of time doing it.
They were very careful and then it just rained. Did they put any straw on it? No. No. But there is grass growing on top of it now. Some of it if you go out there on the far side of the runway, there is actual grass right close the runway. So, it did take some of that.
It's It's gradually getting better. The weeds are doing a lot to help hold stuff, but there are certain areas where it's just a slight change in elevation and it washes that out. Yeah. And the clover, I think, is helping to keep stuff together. All the invasive stuff
that comes in. So, you know, well, I will I will at least let Mark know what happens. It is what it is. I like I said, the only concern I have about all the crossovers and the way the pipes go
through on the you I'm both in and out. Had the rocks put in the granite chunks and they're all just kind of level with dirt and grass and everything else. So, I don't know if that's going to be a
a problem or not, but we'll see. Yeah. I mean, they don't want to do anything with it. I know that they didn't go in there to that take it all out to grass in there. There's grass in the pipe with the silt. So,
it's not entirely fault. Just a lot of bad luck and bad weather. Um, well, keep us keep us updated with the situation and let us know. I think I think that this CPA report I was just going to say some kind of an
effect if it doesn't flow through where that grass is to come out to that spot where we take the it's different than that. But yeah, we just after this maintenance that has to be done. I've got some solutions in it.
Anyway, um you want to keep going on the report? Okay. Um I know there was a question I believe the last meeting that I attended about the navigational aids and the results of that flight check. So the the navigational aids did pass the flight
check. So that's good. Um those and they are working. Okay, good. I came I was down here one night. I checked them. Perfect. Perfect. Well, they were working when the FAA was here, so that's great news. And they should because they check both the reals and the murals.
Yeah. Yep. Um Yep. So that um so that's all set. I know um Andrew and Mark were pulling together all of the closeout paperwork. Um and so you know, basically that that takes some time to assemble
because there are a lot of different requirements with that, but they're pulling that together. I'm not sure when they anticipate finishing it. I think Andrew was pretty close with the draft for review. Um so once that's finalized and circulated, um you know, the project
will be closed out. Um final reimbursements can be submitted to the agencies and then uh the the city can get fully re reimbursed for it. Yeah. and we we um I've spoken to rain makers and got their invoices and um they'd
like to be paid too. So um and then as far as actions requested the commission, I know I'm being a dead horse at this point, but um you know just just coordinate with the city uh for the swift testing and reporting and what needs to happen as part of that. So
again, call me, please call me. Um if if anything comes up say if I I was hoping to get it done today get something set up so that we have want to talk about yeah that's that's okay just just let me know let me know when when the person you know the representative from GPW is
available and we'll um and maybe he'll want to coordinate with the monitoring company I would call week so yeah they're only open till noon tomorrow so as a close friend.
Um, any other questions, comments, concerns about the runway project? We're getting there. One step at a time. One step at a time. Yeah, we're close. We're very close. Yes. No, I like I say, that's my only concern is what's down there.
And I know the state raised the question. It is what it is. And is that off the 36 end you're talking about? Mostly. Yeah. Yeah. That's down. It's everything down. Well, it's the two
taxi ways plus everything. Okay. So, I'll move on um to the next project. master plan update. Just wanted um to let everyone know that Gail has received final payment from the safe and master plan. So, that project is completely closed out. Um and we'll be
just removing that from the update moving forward. So, no action required. Good. That was um it was a pleasure working with all of you on that. I thank you for your input um and your efforts and everything. Hopefully it's a product that I had
nightmares on it, but no, we're fine now. It was a very, very large project. I was happy to be involved in it. It's interesting. I'm trying to think 20 years up the before and after.
It's like driving a car with rarity. Any questions? Um, move on to the wildlife hazard study visit. Um really the update is on page 40. Um so Jim and Isabelle were here for the kickoff which took place on May 30th. Um and then the
survey, you know, took place immediately after that. Um all of that information um Stacy Grove, the wildlife biologist, h has that all um has that all documented. The last piece of the documentation that needs to take place
is the wildlife hazard um stakeholder survey which I know um Jim I had sent that out to you on June 20th and I believe you I forwarded it to Isabelle. Yeah, I'm working on that. So you want it back by July 7th and and if you if I
need to extend it so that um you know so to to give people more time but um Andy was kind enough to call me. Um, we had a great conversation about what he's experienced and seen. So, that was incredibly helpful. Um, and and you're
the only response I've got so far. Um, I have a few, but they just they don't they don't do forms. They don't do computers. They they would rather just talk, but I can I'll fill out this thing. Yeah, that's that's fine. Or if you want to have them call me, please
have them call me. I can extend if if you want to extend the survey um to to the end of next week, we can do that, too. Do you want to do that? You can. I sure I'll find out. Um I actually just last week I saw that uh coyote that I
want to tell you about too. Okay. Good size one. Okay. And u Yeah. So, yes. Okay. So, Friday. Yeah. So, so Friday, that's totally fine. Um just I would rather give everyone the time that they need to get it done and and spend a couple extra days if if we think that'll
you know result in a few more responses. Okay. Um so so yeah let's let's do that. Um so once we provide all of those responses to the wildlife biologist um she'll compile the wildlife hazard site visit report which will give you um
all of those different you know a summary of the wildlife that were observed um evidence of wildlife any sort of wildlife attractants and then um you know some recommendations for uh ways to minimize you know reduce the presence of wildlife and things like
that around the airfield. I This is what I forwarded to you. Yeah, I'm working on it. And this did not get forwarded to like their code was bad. They're not going to fill out all these questions, but just just so you know,
they can call they can call me. I will try to get the information from them. They can absolutely. There's there's no too many questions where they have too many staff too many questions. But we have to um they can and any questions if
they if they don't have responses I mean don't don't get bogged down by I just want to make sure just skip them just that's totally fine just let them know Isabelle if they don't have an answer for something just that's totally fine if they I would rather have you know I
would rather have 10 people respond to six questions each than one person respond to all exactly So, so anything if it's too much, just have them skip it. Totally fine. Okay. Because they can walk. I tell you a funny story. Years ago, there was a
group in town. They wanted to stop feeasants down here and do hunting. I'm serious. Yeah. Richie, I don't know if that surprises me to be honest. and uh looking at and like uh Stacy said, he
said, you know, I said we're talking about the birds and the bigger the little birds, the nest attract bigger birds and the the life cycle goes on and uh boy, everything's been moving. There's been a lot of stuff moving. I
talked to the guys that fly the airplanes this morning down here and uh I gave that to them too and so they may you may hear some stuff cuz they see a lot of stuff and they were talking about some of the stuff they had seen and uh
yeah I think it's a real good thing that uh as much as we can get it out and get them to look at it because if we don't have to handle it about Yeah. They can they can email me, they can
call me. The the Google The two guys that I talked to said that they uh Well, yeah, we can do email. Okay. Okay. They wrote it down and I gave it to them. Yeah. Okay. And and again, if it's easier to call, anyone is welcome to call. Yep. Okay. Okay. We're
good. Um Okay. So, that's really it for now until we get that um stapled to survey. just um remind people to respond to that's the only action requesting. I'm on it. I'm on it. Thank you. Thank you. Um the environmental assessment
project, I have very good news. Um all the updates are on page four, by the way. Um so the grant agreement between the FAA and the city has been executed. I started pulling together Gail's contract and I was reading through um
some of the information in the grant agreement that FAA had prepared and I found a typo. Um, so, so I re I I reached out to FAA and and and actually the typo was on what the
what the FAA the percentage of the share that FAA had committed to. The dollar amount was correct, but they yes, the dollar amount was correct, but they had written that they were covering 90% instead of 95%. I know it's a typo. I
just want to make sure that that's a lot of money to the city and I just want to make sure that like there is no question as to how much the city is paying for it. So before I move on anything I'm going to get that
corrected. Um I don't know what will happen exactly. I'm waiting for a response now. Um it may just be a revision to the one page and people sign off on it. I don't know if they'll have to recirculate it, but but anyway, I just didn't I was like, we can't get
going on this until we It's a silly little zero instead of a five, but that that could stop could stop. Yeah. Oh. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. So, we did um we did get a response also from the city auditor and confirmed that the
local share of $5673 is available for the project. So, that was actually just yesterday. I think it was yesterday or Monday, I forget. Um, but we didn't want to move on anything. Even though we knew that everyone had signed the grant. We just wanted to confirm with the city that yes, in fact,
the local chair is available and that there were no issues, we didn't want to move on it because I know we had said, you know, we would we would pause until we had confirmation. So, we did that. We waited. We got the confirmation. And um so once that grant agreement is revised,
I will put together um Gail Associates contract between you know the the city and Gail. Yeah. Um so so the grant agreement is the agreement between FAA and uh the city that basically just says here's how
much FA is spending on the project. You're accepting these funds. Here are the terms you agree to. And then Gail will after that is, you know, put to bed, Gail will circulate our contract for the actual work order to do the work. And then we could start talking
about kickoff meetings and public involvement, what needs to happen as part of that. But I'm not going to get bogged down in that. I won't get bogged down. I was surprised at the areas that they highlighted because it was not what I thought as far as obstructions and uh
so it'll be interesting to see. Yeah. So I'm I'm curious to help. So So yeah, just to give you I guess a little bit of a little bit of the plan moving forward is the first piece that needs to happen as Jim is referring to is the obstruction evaluation. So we're going to take all the obstruction data that we
were provided as part of that survey. We got point data and we're going to analyze the approach surfaces um for the airport and let you know exactly where these trees are located. Um are they on airport property? Are they in private property? How many private property? I
don't think there's anything on a property. Well, we'll we will we will find out. Um and that will be step one because we can't get into evaluating anything from an environmental standpoint until we know where the trees
are, how you know, not how many individual trees, but how many acre acres of clearing need to happen um and things like that. So, um that's all to be determined. So, the actual environmental assessment piece probably won't kick off until I'm guessing
sometime closer to middle to late fall just because we'll want to get that obstruction evaluation done. We'll want to pass it before the commission, we'll pass it before Isabelle, we'll pass it before FA, Mass and just let everybody know what's going on and then we can, you know, jump into actual environmental
stuff. Yeah. Good. So, um, no action required on the environmental assessment. Just, you know, stay tuned as far as I'll let you know as soon as I get an answer from FAA on what has to happen with that silly typo. And, um,
and and that's it. Um, I did provide a copy. I know everybody already has it and it's just overkill. I'll send it out. I did I provided a copy of the um of the questions. Some people aren't even around, but I'll I'll get it to them. Okay. I'll get it to them and then
I'll call them and and have and have them Yeah. Have them call me too. I mean, I'm You don't need to collect all this information on your own as well. That's not not the expectation. I want to make it as easy. Um it's just a lot of questions and they
just sometimes they like that. Yeah. They just don't I don't tell them throw it. They're very smart. And I mean I mean And you can probably test this. I mean, how long? We took 10 minutes on the phone, maybe to go over it at most.
Yeah, it didn't take long. No, it gave you guys. Okay. Okay, that's all I have. Um, anything that you need from me that you're missing from me or um No, I think I'm pretty well set right
now. Okay, good. We'll see. Let me know next. Yeah, let me know what comes up. Let me know how I can help you. That's interesting. Very interesting. Yeah, I like it. Um, okay. So, for me, I don't have too much. I've been mowing constantly, constantly, constantly. I'm
trying to beat down the the weeds, and there is some grass growing. It actually looks good once it's mowed. Um, a lot of those weeds are part of the mix that they put down to keep the soil in place. And it is sort of working with the
exception of the two sides of the uh runway and the taxi way. And they did they you know they did their best effort to to keep it along the side sides of the taxi way and runway just it's not it's not their fault. It just uh just
washed washed away. Uh right now I'm mowing across on the far side and um that's the part that they flattened and they completely dug up and flattened and um now there's there's some nice grass out there now. So I'm I'm mowing that
over there. I've mowed over there. The birds are finally gone. Uh I've mowed outside. Um I can't mow across the street. There's um so many uh tire tracks from
people. The big mole goes right over. Yeah. Yeah. It's just it's deadly in the small. What's going to happen? Uh when they have the fireworks over there. No fireworks for last week. Oh yeah. Yep. They pack out there. Yep.
We have about 75 right in the edge. Right on the edge. I was here. I came down when they started coming in. Yeah. And uh or I got there about 8:00 and uh half the cars were gone when I left, but they were just
running shovel mostly just there were only a few people that just outside the fence and up by Kevin's parking area inside his fence. They jumped over the wire and they cut the thing off and they put blankets out. I'm not sure how much they saw, but you know, cuz that's kind
of behind the trees, but there were was good crop bigger like twice as many as we had last year. So, eventually we'll have to get to a point where we put out a donation can. See what we can get. That's right.
Uh I'm keeping uh Kevin's area mowed as well. And I mowed the far end along where the retaining wall is. Got that all mowed this week. So, all in all, I think it looks pretty good. Um, I still have some to mow in the middle there,
and I can't mow it because the birds were out there now. The birds are gone. Uh, that mower's been um used a lot. It's going to be greased this weekend and um the hydraulic
steering is going to be um fixed. it gets a little out of out of alignment after a while, but it's definitely needs to be greased because it's been used so much. We're going to do that this weekend. Um, but you know, um, I know we don't have the large mower
right now, but it's going it's going well and I've got most of it pretty well mowed. Uh, in the back, um, I've mowed that as well. The birds were also out there, so I hadn't moved it. And it was pretty getting pretty thick, but I I did
did get that around Phil's hanger out to the fence. I didn't get all the way back along that fence over there, but I I will. And then down the uh down the road there. So, the birds are gone. The birds
are gone as far as I know. Uh, I haven't seen any today cuz the uh Yeah, the guy said they saw some turtles this year too earlier. Mhm. I haven't seen any. Yes, I've seen lots of turtles. Um, the ground is very soft
with all the rain we've been having. So, I wouldn't do the tractor with those, you know, lug wheels. That'll just make bumps and they'll make it hard to even harder to mow. But, um, it it looks pretty good so far. We have to put the
roller on and roll it. We can. It would be nice to be rolled. You know what? They use across the street. Would be nice to be roll. We just got a roller. Yeah, we got the roller. Question is what you use to pull it. Track. Which
one? Whatever one you can find. You got the green one or you got the loader. It wasn't the loader. Okay. That was all I need. We didn't use the loader for that. have to figure out how to think. I'm not sure we got a uh what they call
a hitch. It's just a It's just a draw bar, isn't it? It's a draw bar with a ring. So, you need the hitch that clamps down. The track the the loader's got one, but I don't The tractor does that. Do we have a threepoint hitch adapter that goes on
that you can I've never seen one, but I'll ask around. I'll fill and that would be really nice. See, you know what I'm talking about. That rules. Yep. I got a quick hitch on my tracker and I just back up this stuff and
Yeah, this one requires a little fancy doing it. No worry about that. That would be really nice to get that jam across the street there and then I can Well, that that happened last year. The only guy
came in was pick a truck. Philar philos pickup truck got license plate because uh it's a kid doing thorns out there. Yeah, he'd come up here and whip around and then just go out there
not quietly. So yeah, we can but it may be firming up too quick. It would be a lot of sand but uh that's what I've been Yeah. But just proof the thought. Yep. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. I've never done
anything like that, but we can try. Yeah. Well, we used to roll over there. Yeah. Fully intended to do that. Yeah, they did a pretty good job um smoothing that out over there. There aren't any bumps. There are some some where the water
went. They had the uh marsh. Yeah, it's pretty. But the uh Yeah, it's still But it's got to be solid. I don't know. I'd like to be able to talk somebody into cutting the trees back a little bit. Yeah. I used to come in early morning when the
grass was wet with the helios with skis on it and land in the grass. Nice. And then when we're taking off, we put little dollies underneath the skis and then we only use about 60 ft of the runway. Nice. Yeah.
Yeah. Um, and then the final thing is I'm going to go uh fill up the 55gallon drum with diesel. It's not empty empty, but the filler tube is um doesn't go all the way down to the bottom. It's up at about uh 5 in. Should be able to pull
that down. Really? Um cuz that that's when you push it in. If it's pulled out, you pull it down. It's full length. It should go all the way down to the bottom. Okay. I'm not sure, but maybe they I mean, put
some more in one more and then I was going to go fill it up again. And that's it. Oh yeah. Um reporting for wildlife hazard. I don't I haven't heard anybody talk about a bird
strike here. No, but uh the amount of birds we have around here. I was telling Jack, I chase them off the ground. I don't know if you remember this one though. We had a cap airplane doing touch and go and they hit a Canadian goose through the windshield.
Yep. Oh, and instead of landing, they flew to Fitsburg. And I wouldn't take a goose would go being a lap probably through a windshield. That's I don't know if he came through the windshield or just broke the windshield. Yeah, he probably
went through the prop first. Oh, bad. My dog has been chasing them away because they're big and they poop, but I haven't seen them at all this week. Well, they're kind of seasonal, but
they're right over here in this one. Oh, we have to I don't know. They one of the things that they did mention in the Swift report was daily weather logging daily weather. Yeah, I don't think anything has to be tracked
daily. It was just what the weather is on the day I would say all the time. and they wanted to if you keep writing, you know, I I don't know. It was they they said that there's a there's a a long book that can be kept and then where where
was it in the write up that I did? I apologize. Not what you Well, it was in the book. It in was it in the storm water sampling? Let me take a look and we'll take a look at the guide because because again the the storm water sampling guide doesn't mean you have to
do it's not do everything that's in the EPA stom sampling guide. That is just a reference for how you take the samples what type of equipment to have on hand. It doesn't do what's in the swip. Don't do every single thing in that guide.
It's just a guide as a reference. Okay. Maybe we could do it just on the day of the Well, I I don't I'm just not It's at the at the It's not to the top of my mind of where that specifically is written. If there was something in the
Take me a minute to find it. So, yeah. Yeah. Let me I mean, can I flip through the copy that I just trying to find? I know what I was going to ask you, Isabelle. Thank you, Isabelle. I just had one thing. We got to take
down the notice for fireworks on the 4th of July. Okay. Because they were plastic. Okay. I text. I put them put it in. Somebody did.
There's a note for fireworks airport. Wasn't me. I'll call him right now. No, it was you know. Oh, okay. But I just Yeah, I didn't I didn't put it in. No, neither did I. The only thing I can think of is that um
that's one of the reasons why I came down. Yeah. And it could have been them. What's the number on it? Okay. Um, anything else? And anything we have to vote on, we'll
have to uh have to wait. Have to wait. And uh let's see what else we got. That's about it. Okay. Join the meeting at 611. 611. Was it B1RD? This one. All right.