Austin City Council MINUTES - SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AVIATION SUB-COMMITTEE January 27, 1992 - TOWN LAKE CENTER 4:30 Ρ.Μ. Mayor Pro Tem Urdy called to order the special called meeting of the Council, Aviation Sub-Committee, noting the presence of Mayor Todd and all members of the Council, except Councilmember Garcia. 1. Introduction of the KPMG 2. 3. 4. - Peat Narwick Master Plan Project Manager Charles Gates, Director of Aviation, introduced W.J. (Bill) Dunley, president of the airport project of Peat Marwick. Mr.Dunley gave an overview of the project and then introduced Jim Carmier, who is the project manager for the Airport Plan. Discussion of the Master Plan, Environmental and Community Input Process and Schedule John Almond told Council the firm of Tetra-Tech from California vill conduct the Environmental Impact Study. He said, according to Federal Law, the Air Force must do their own Environmental Study and the FAA decided to piggy-back with the military on the study. This will be at no cost to the City and will not be a part of the total cost for the Master Plan, or to any other estimated cost. Discussion of the Air Force Reserves at Bergstrom AFB Councilmembers Epstein and Larson discussed the importance of keeping the Air Force Reserves at Bergstrom AFB. They said a goal needs to be established to insure that a decision concerning Bergstrom is reached by August, 1992. They discussed the need to keep the citizens abreast of plans and that the FAA requires public input on the Airport Plan. It was pointed out the cost is less, compared to the Manor site, because not as many engineering services will be needed because the facility is already operational for air carriers. Schedule of future Council Aviation Sub-Committee Meetings It was decided the sub-committee will meet every two weeks until the end of February, and then every fourth Monday of the month. Council requested these meetings to be combined with the Conversion Task Force, with costs to be settled by the middle of June. Then Council can a prepare a ballot for an election in August. Councilmember Reynolds discussed priorities and all agreed to being very • MINUTES 1 1/27/92 "hands-on" to the Airport Plan so that nothing will go wrong. ...Mr. Camier expressed concern with the tight schedule because the Master Plan is developed with 20 years in mind and it is difficult to have an expert plan with so little time. He said Austin must not only build an airport that will hold the capacity of the population for this area, but must put the safety of the people first. All agreed that they will work as long and as hard as needed to meet the proposed schedule. ADJOURNMENT The meeting of the Council was adjourned at 6:47 Ρ.Μ. MINUTES 2 1/27/92