Airport To Seek Bids On Lease
April 12, 2017 at 8:51 p.m.
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At the Board of Aviation Commissioners Tuesday, Airport Manager Nick King reminded the board that at a prior meeting he brought up that the airport was coming up to the end of its three-year lease at the end of this year with Tom Farms.
“And I wanted to go out for bid sooner rather than later,” King said, noting the board did want to go back out to bid instead of extending the lease with Tom Farms.
Bid specifications are not changing.
“It’s the same lease. I just changed the dates so this lease would go into effect Jan. 1, 2018, and end Dec. 31, 2020,” King said. “The other addition, since we did purchase that additional parcel of land to the east of the airport, I had (NGC Aviation Consultants engineer) Ken (Ross) draw this up. It’s roughly 81.66 plus or minus acres in that new parcel that we will be going out to lease, so that should increase our cash farm land lease from year to year.”
The other two parcels are 62.23 acres on the north side of the airport along the north end, and 43.38 acres just on the east side of CR 100.
King explained the process for bidding out the farm land for leasing begins with an advertisement in the newspaper. It’s a sealed bid process, with the bids opened at the May 9 board meeting at 5:15 p.m.
“Other than that, it’s the exact same farm land lease we had previously, just with the addition of the new parcel,” King said.
The leases would be for a three-year term.
Board President Jay Rigdon asked, “Are we inviting bids for each of the three separate parcels, or does the farmer have to take all three parcels?”
King said the way it was set up previously was that each parcel on the bid selection sheet can be bid individually, but if a farmer only bids on one parcel and another farmer bids on all three, the higher bidder will be selected. He said the board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to negotiate with persons interested in farming the property.
There’s also some area owned by the airport where farmers will come in and mow it for hay. The board directed King to look into bidding that out, too. That’s never been taken out to bid before, he said.
In other matters, King discussed the needed repairs for the terminal roof.
“As we were installing ... the AV system, I noticed a few small water spots on the top of the tiles ... and there are quite a few large water spots in the tiles in the tower where the guys sit,” King said.
Back in 2013, he said a sealed coating was put on the roof and the contractor said another layer couldn’t be put on the roof because there already was two layers to the roof and state code prohibits a third. The contractor said the second layer could be repaired and a membrane could be added. That was done at $5,000 to $6,000, and King said he was told that would get the roof another five or six years. That time is coming up next year.
King contacted City Engineer James Emans who inspected the roof. Emans then contacted the Garland Roof Co., which the city used to do the police department’s roof.
King said the board first needs to decide how much longer the terminal building is going to be used.
“We are looking at replacing this building in the future, whether it’s five years, 10 years or 50 years. That will vastly change the recommendation,” he said.
Garland Roof provided three different options for the roof, including general estimates. Option one is a roof restoration, with a 10- to 15-year warranty, for $30,000 to $40,000. Option two is a roof replacement, with a 30-year warranty, for $60,000 to $80,000.
The last option would be to completely change the way the building would look, King said. The structure would remain the same, the roof would stay put, but a standing seem metal roof with a slope would be added on top of the building. A cost estimate for option three would be $70,000 to $90,000.
King said the roof wasn’t an emergency, but the board needs to begin budgeting for whatever decision it makes now. The building is in fairly good condition.
Rigdon told King to put a committee together to look into the options.
The next board meeting is at 5:15 p.m. May 9.
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At the Board of Aviation Commissioners Tuesday, Airport Manager Nick King reminded the board that at a prior meeting he brought up that the airport was coming up to the end of its three-year lease at the end of this year with Tom Farms.
“And I wanted to go out for bid sooner rather than later,” King said, noting the board did want to go back out to bid instead of extending the lease with Tom Farms.
Bid specifications are not changing.
“It’s the same lease. I just changed the dates so this lease would go into effect Jan. 1, 2018, and end Dec. 31, 2020,” King said. “The other addition, since we did purchase that additional parcel of land to the east of the airport, I had (NGC Aviation Consultants engineer) Ken (Ross) draw this up. It’s roughly 81.66 plus or minus acres in that new parcel that we will be going out to lease, so that should increase our cash farm land lease from year to year.”
The other two parcels are 62.23 acres on the north side of the airport along the north end, and 43.38 acres just on the east side of CR 100.
King explained the process for bidding out the farm land for leasing begins with an advertisement in the newspaper. It’s a sealed bid process, with the bids opened at the May 9 board meeting at 5:15 p.m.
“Other than that, it’s the exact same farm land lease we had previously, just with the addition of the new parcel,” King said.
The leases would be for a three-year term.
Board President Jay Rigdon asked, “Are we inviting bids for each of the three separate parcels, or does the farmer have to take all three parcels?”
King said the way it was set up previously was that each parcel on the bid selection sheet can be bid individually, but if a farmer only bids on one parcel and another farmer bids on all three, the higher bidder will be selected. He said the board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to negotiate with persons interested in farming the property.
There’s also some area owned by the airport where farmers will come in and mow it for hay. The board directed King to look into bidding that out, too. That’s never been taken out to bid before, he said.
In other matters, King discussed the needed repairs for the terminal roof.
“As we were installing ... the AV system, I noticed a few small water spots on the top of the tiles ... and there are quite a few large water spots in the tiles in the tower where the guys sit,” King said.
Back in 2013, he said a sealed coating was put on the roof and the contractor said another layer couldn’t be put on the roof because there already was two layers to the roof and state code prohibits a third. The contractor said the second layer could be repaired and a membrane could be added. That was done at $5,000 to $6,000, and King said he was told that would get the roof another five or six years. That time is coming up next year.
King contacted City Engineer James Emans who inspected the roof. Emans then contacted the Garland Roof Co., which the city used to do the police department’s roof.
King said the board first needs to decide how much longer the terminal building is going to be used.
“We are looking at replacing this building in the future, whether it’s five years, 10 years or 50 years. That will vastly change the recommendation,” he said.
Garland Roof provided three different options for the roof, including general estimates. Option one is a roof restoration, with a 10- to 15-year warranty, for $30,000 to $40,000. Option two is a roof replacement, with a 30-year warranty, for $60,000 to $80,000.
The last option would be to completely change the way the building would look, King said. The structure would remain the same, the roof would stay put, but a standing seem metal roof with a slope would be added on top of the building. A cost estimate for option three would be $70,000 to $90,000.
King said the roof wasn’t an emergency, but the board needs to begin budgeting for whatever decision it makes now. The building is in fairly good condition.
Rigdon told King to put a committee together to look into the options.
The next board meeting is at 5:15 p.m. May 9.
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