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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-11-06 Enterprise Operations Committee MinutesENTERPRISE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE A meeting of the Enterprise operations Committee was held on Monday, November -6, 1989 at 9:30 PM at the City Council Chambers. Present were. Arthur Tilley, Chairman 'William Shubert Jane SaXI Mary Sullivan Tom Sawyer Richard Stone Patricia Blanchette Robert Farrar John Frawley Peter D'Errico Ren Gibb John Lord Robert Miller John Murphy Ralph Mishou David Pellegrino James Ring Edward Barrett Absent: William England Item kl - Proposal f /OEST for additional DEP Application Work at B.I.A. Ken Gibb, Director of Community s Economic Development, explained to the Committee that every project at the airport has to go through a site plan approval from DEP. DEP has stated they would like to review all development at the airport since 1970 that was subject to DEP review. Don Buffington, Economic Development Officer, who could not be present at this meeting, has solicited from HTA/GEST, a quote to provide DEP with the post 1970 improvement information that they want. The proposed fee for this would be $5000 and would be attached to. the modification of the Bangor Industrial Airport Commercial/Industrial Subdivision (Minutes continued) which ETA/GEST is currently preparing. Mr. Gibb stated that it is anticipated that after reviewing this post 1970 information that as a project arises at the airport, we can submit that without re -review of historical ongoings. In anticipation of doing a parking lot in 1990, it is important that we either submit to DEP that which they want, or actively pursue the determination that all of Bangor Int'l. Airport is not subject to DEP approval. It is the staff's recommend- ation that $5,000 be taken from airport funds and the information required by DEP be prepared so as not to delay any subsequent projects in 1990. The Committee unanimously voted to accept the proposal from NTA/OEST for this DEP application work at BIA. Item #2 - Bar Harbor Airwa s d/b/a Continental Express - New Leases - Building 96 and Hangars 461 and 463. The Airport Manager received a letter from Continental Express requesting amendments to their leases on Bldg. 96 (their corporate headquarters) and Hangars #461 and #463. He explained that as the leases read, Bar Harbor Airways can, upon 30 days notice, be out of all 3 of the leases. The lease on Bldg. 96 expires in February 1990 and there is an option to renew for 5 years and the company would like to renew for one year. Hangar buildings #461 and #463 are contained in one lease document and the company is requesting individual leases for each hangar. Bar Harbor Airways would like to extend these leases for one year in order to have the flexibility to determine what their next Course of action will be. Mr. Richard Rushmore, Senior Vice President of BHA, attended the meeting and discussed with the Committee the company's reasons for these lease amendments. He added that (Minutes continued) 3 BHA biggest concern is the hangar facilities as they have leasehold improvement of approximately $250,000 in these hangars and most recently an additional $300,000 or $400,000 in Hangar 461 for renovations. He also confirmed that a considerable portion of their maintenance will be done in Allentown, PA. Upon the Airport Manager's recommendation, the Committee approved the extension of the Bar Harbor Airways leases. Item R3 - Parking Garage Update. Ken Gibb updated the Committee, both financially and operationally, on the new parking garage. He reported that during the month of October 240 parking permits were sold and approximately 75 to 100 transient customers are using the facility per day which is generating about $1500 per month. He stated there are areas that need to be improved upon such as marketing and working with the Downtown Merchants in the validation program. He continued to say that most of the work has been completed in the garage and the landscaping of the island and Pickering Square will be done next spring; traffic circulation has been working quite well to date andthatthe city is very happy with the management firm that was selected to operate the garage. He raised the question to the Committee whether the top level of the garage should be plow this winter and will need a decision on that soon and whether the city should go out to bid for a sweeper for the garage which would cost between $16,000 and $17,000 which would be taken out of the Parking Reserve Fund. Another approach to this would be for the city to go to a rental equipment company where the city would guarantee a set amount of use to make it (Minutes continued) attractive for the lessor to purchase versus the city owning it outright. The Committee did approve the bidding process for the sweeper but to investigate the other options first. In summary, upon Mr. Gibbs recommendation, the Committee approved the following: 1. the annual operating budget was amended to $101,716 2. additional advertising expense of $700 to Tyson & Partners, (the Public Relations Consultants for the garage) which expense would be taken out of the Operating Budget of the garage. 3. $1500 to be given the Garage Manager in order to give him the flexibility to advertise with the Downtown Merchants Association when deemed necessary as this .will alleviate coming before the Committee each time for approval. Item 44 -. Authorizing Staff to negotiate a draft contract with C112M-HILL Final Design of Secondary Treatment Facilities The City Engineer advised the Committee that the Staff had examined nine proposals for providing the final design services for the secondary treatment facilities, and subsequently had interviewed four firms, Being CH2M-HILL, Metcalf a Eddy, Whitman & Howard, and Camp, Dresser & McKee. The Staff 'a receommendation was unanimous that CH2M-HILL was the preferred firm, and requested permission of the. Committee to negotiate a draft contract, which would then be submitted to the City Council for approval. CH2M-HILL was selected on the basis of their very extensive experience, including more than 650 wastewater treat- ments plants with a capacity greater than 10 MGD, including 15 ASK plants. The Committee voted to authorize the Staff to proceed with the negotiations. The City Engineer also indicated that Infilco Degremont, Inc., who had originally submitted a design -build proposal in excess of $15 million, is requesting a meeting with the City Council. The City Minutes continued) Engineer indicated that they attempted to compare the IDI proposal with that of the other Consultants, but concluded that IDI team had had no previous experience in designing an AHF plant, the depth of their team appeared to be very limited, and that it was the Staff's feeling that the price quoted by IDI could not be considered as a definite firm price at this early date. The Committee indicated that they saw no value in scheduling a meeting with IDI, and voted to direct the City Manager to respond to IDI that the City intends to proceed with CH2M-HILL.