CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MINUTES August 8, 2012

The regular meeting of the Chesapeake Airport Authority was held on Wednesday,

August 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., at the Chesapeake Regional Airport, Chesapeake, Virginia.

CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Earl Hollowell declared a quorum present and called the August 2012 meeting to order at 7:00 p. m.

MINUTES
After review of the minutes, a motion was made and passed unanimously to accept the minutes from the July 2012 meeting.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Mr. Burke Craver stated that he had reviewed the financials and found everything to be in order. A motion was made and passed unanimously to accept the Treasurer’s report.

INVOICES
Mr. Joe Love went over the invoices for the month: USI Insurance $4,304.00 (Annual Premium General Liability); Austin Electric $23,971.78 (MALSR repairs); and Talbert & Bright $7,851.00 (Airport Security Road). A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the invoices for the month of July/August 2012.

OLD BUSINESS
AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS CONSORTIUM
Mr. Earl Hollowell introduced Mr. Kurt Kennedy of The Kennedy Company. Mr. Kennedy addressed the board about creating an industrial park business owner association. Mr. Kennedy introduced Mr. Dick Childress. Mr. Childress works for The Kennedy Company. Mr. Childress discussed the reasons why they want to establish a business owner association with partnership with the airport and the city to foster development in the area. Mr. Childress passed out a handout of their proposal. Mr. Childress stated that a representative from each of the businesses would be in this association to work on issues important to the members of the association. The board members discussed their views on this suggestion. A motion was made to have the airport authority participate as a partner in this business association. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS
FY 2012 AUDIT – MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
Mr. Joe Love discussed this years audit and management discussion & analysis. Mr. Love asked the members to review the documents and let him know if there are any comments that need to be addressed with the audit.

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Mr. Earl Hollowell discussed the new committee assignments and which members would be on which committee.

RESOLUTION APPROVING PERESONS TO SIGN CHECKS
EARL S. HOLLOWELL, JR.     CHAIRMAN
THOMAS W. EPLEY                 SECRETARY-TREASURER
JOSEPH E. LOVE                      AIRPORT MANAGER

A motion was made and passed unanimously to approve the resolution for the new officers to be authorized to sign checks for the airport.

TALBERT & BRIGHT – Submitted by Steve Peterson
North Terminal Area
Joe Love has been communicating with the Corp about the permit issues and he will discuss the status in his report.

Mr. Joe Love talked about the conference call with the FAA, Corps and the State concerning the permit. Mr. Love stated that he does believe that the permit will be issued as the Corps seems satisfied with the answers they were given to their questions. Once we have the permit, the funds will be set up through the FAA.

Perimeter Road
The field work for the perimeter access road project has been completed for the wetlands.  The final flagging is in place and we are currently waiting for the Army Corp of Engineers to come out to issue the jurisdictional determination.  We are hoping this will take place in the next 30 days.

AIRPORT MANAGER’S REPORT
Memphis Belle
Mr. Joe Love stated that the B-17 “Memphis Belle” will be here the 25th and 26th for exhibition.

Dominion Meadows Project
Mr. Joe Love stated that we have agreement on the easement and that it has been passed on to the planning commission. The planning commission is not going to recommend that the project proceed.

Maintenance Employee
Mr. Joe Love stated that our maintenance employee has taken another job and has given 10 days notice and is now gone. Mr. Love stated that he has advertised the position through the city site and has had a big response.

Customer Appreciation Day
Mr. Joe Love recommends that the date for this event is between the 6th and the 27th. Mr. Love asked the members to let him know if either of these dates have any problems.

Aviation Conference
Mr. Joe Love stated that he and Mr. Earl Hollowell will be attending the conference next week.

FBO Comments:
Mr. John Beaulieu discussed the conference he attended through CESSNA.

Chairman’s Comments:
Mr. Earl Hollowell stated that he would like to see the airport have a fly-in sometime in the spring. Mr. Hollowell asked the marketing committee to come up with some ideas on how to get this scheduled. Mr. Love stated that he will meet with the marketing committee to plan the event and find ways to publicize the airport. Mr. Joe Love discussed the presentation that he gave to the Chesapeake Economic Committee that hosted several businesses for the presentation.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to adjourn the meeting.

Earl S. Hollowell, III
Chairman

The minutes are summary in nature and are not intended to be an exact transcript of the proceedings. The Authority maintains an audiotape of the meeting.