Call to Order
Russ Keyes called the meeting to order at 6:57pm.

Approval of August 12, 2002 Minutes
There were no modifications to the minutes and they were approved as written.

Noise Monitoring
Colin presented charted data from the quarterly noise report. Colin agreed to prepare a noise footprint comparison of various large jets, regional jets and turbo prop aircraft that might typically operate at Paine Field should commercial service be started. The comparison study will be ready for the next council meeting

Current Projects
Bruce Goetz addressed the current projects now on going at Paine Field.

West Ramp Development. Construction continues on the west ramp. Currently we have close to 93% pre-lease rates on these hangars. Change orders and scheduling difficulties have forced a delay in the anticipated opening of the hangars. No further impacts to regular airport operations are expected.

Taxiway Lighting Upgrade Project. The NW Mountain region was able to make another 1 million dollars available for the equipment portion of the airfield lighting upgrade project grant. In the spring we are anticipating an additional construction grant to allow completion of the installation of lighting and standby generator by the end of summer in 2003

Fencing. The airport has completed approximately 6500 feet of new eight foot tall fence along the west side perimeter. With the addition of another fence segment north of the corporate ramp adjacent to Boeing property the airport perimeter fence project is now completed.

New Tower. The contractor is expecting to be finished with the mechanical installation within the next two months. In the middle of February the FAA is expecting to begin the installation of electrical equipment. The FAA is scheduling commission of the new tower for next October.

Airspace Obstruction Removal. Obstructions currently exist at Paine Field with numerous penetrations into protected approach and transitional air spaces. Surveys have been completed to identify the specific penetrations requiring removal. Permits from the Department of Natural Resources are still awaiting issuance. The PUD poles at the south end of the runway are below the 34:1 visual approach zones, but they would penetrate into a 50:1 precision approach slope. Neon lights are being installed on the highest wires to aid in marking them as potential obstructions.

Overrun on runway 16R. The Safety Area functioned as advertised when the pilot of a Cessna Citation aborted the takeoff and skidded off the runway because the tires failed. The plane eventually stopped 800 feet into the safety area. The only damage was to the wheels, and required about 7 hours to remove the aircraft.

Dave Waggoner presented two current projects.

Public Works Solid Waste Transfer Station. Facility construction has begun and the transfer site is scheduled to be open for business in June of 2003. Once the heavy portion of construction on site is completed the final lift of pavement on minuteman road will be placed and this should help alleviate some sunken areas on the road.

NFIC. The Snohomish County Council passed a motion supporting the Museum of Flight in building the NFIC. The council then passed an update to the ordinance allowing the use of $3 million of PFD funds. The airport may also allocate $1.5 million towards the project should all parties agree to the program. The preferred site remains in the Northwest Territories of the airport property. Plans also are in the works for a 150 – 200 room hotel adjacent to the NFIC. This would create a tourist destination in South Snohomish County with an anticipated income $30-40 million per year from tourism revenues.

Bill Dolan discussed the remaining current projects.

WASDOT Mukilteo BLVD widening. KLB was awarded the contract for the widening of the Mukilteo Speedway. Currently traffic is moving on the east side of the road project and traffic should switch back when construction is complete on the west side of the road. Currently the scheduled project is to last sixteen months. A large portion of this project is associated with the water run-off containment into Big Gulch creek.

Olympus Terrace Sewer District Pipeline Project. As part of the replacement of the OTSD sewer pipe system in Big Gulch, the airport is working with the city of Mukilteo and OTSD to get approval to construct a by-pass system pipe to handle storm water overflows. These overflows are currently eroding both the pipe and Big Gulch. Paine Field has been asked by OTSD to participate with a parallel storm line to avoid costly vaults associated with any future developments on the West Side of the airport. A public trail may also be built in Big Gulch, but this aspect of the project is subject to some debate and has yet to be decided.

Master Plan 2001 Update
The recommended changes to the final draft have completed and the FAA is currently involved in doing a review of the Master Plan. On December 3rd the County Council work session will prepare the Airport Master Plan for adoption. The County Council is also scheduled to work on the approval of the updated Part 150 Noise Study. Once approved the Airport Master Plan will then to be sent to the FAA for their final approval. Updates to the Master Plan are available on the airport web site and at the local libraries.

Tenant Updates
-Roy Chandler states that Goodrich is working very hard on productivity gains and reducing cycle times. Employment levels are stabilized but remain low compared to a few years ago.
-Building 207 (UW) now has a sub tenant in place and they are doing maintenance on corporate aircraft owned by the parent company
-SkyCorp aircraft charters have moved into the C-3 building and they are expecting their Part 135 certificate later this week. SkyCorp will offer charter flights and aircraft management services.
-Rich White from Boeing announced that operations in the Bowmark buildings will be moving to the main factory facility. This is an effort to consolidate services, manufacturing, design, personnel and eliminate redundancies. The B777-300ER is scheduled to be rolled out next week, and B757 flight test deliveries have moved back down to Renton Airport.

Public Comments
None

Adjournment
Motion to adjourn was made, seconded and passed. Russ Keyes adjourned the meeting at 9:21pm.