CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MINUTES December 12, 2012

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

December 12, 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 December 2012 meeting to order at 7:00 p. m.

AIRPORT MANAGER RETIREMENT
Mr. Joe Love provided the Authority with the attached letter and announced his retirement effective September 1, 2013. Mr. Love stated that he will continue to serve the Authority to the best of his ability over the next eight months.

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

Mr. Bob Powell introduced his colleague Hunter Old to the board members

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: City of Chesapeake, $13,500.00 (City note); $33,284.04 (Stormwater Fees). A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the invoices for the month of December 2012.

OLD BUSINESS
FY 2014 CAPITAL BUDGET
Mr. Joe Love stated that there were no additional inputs to the budget and stated that it was ready for the authority to vote on for approval. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the FY 2014 Capital Budget.

FY 2014 OPERATING BUDGET
Mr. Joe Love stated that we have time to review the operating budget and that the authority can vote on it at the next meeting. Mr. Love passed out copies of the budget. Mr. Burke Craver discussed the operating budget and referred the members to the notes that the Airport Manager has made within the budget. Mr. Craver discussed the major changes that have been made to salaries and the background behind those changes. Mr. Love stated that the changes amount to about 3% on $105,000. Mr. Craver made note that Mary Cover will be made Full-time, Assistant Manager. Mr. Craver discussed the changes in salaries when Mr. Love will leave and a new manager is found. Mr. Love stated that he will send the members a copy of the budget and its accompanying notes.

DOMINION MEADOWS
Mr. Joe Love stated that they are meeting with the planning department. Dominion Meadows submitted the same plan with suggested changes by the planning department. Mr. Joe Love stated that he will send a letter letting the planning department know that the airport will continue to approve their application as long as our requirements (the avigation easement) and proffers are still in their application. Mr. Burke Craver questioned whether the city was going to do away with proffers and wondered what affect it would have on the agreement. Mr. Robert Powell agreed that the airport should send the letter to the planning department and the airport liaisons. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to have Mr. Joe Love send the letter concerning Dominion Meadows and their application.

NEW BUSINESS
SASO Application
Mr. Pete Stavrides introduced himself and discussed the SASO application that he has submitted. The want to have commercial specialized purpose of providing airplane rides, the SASO portion is only for war-bird training. The authority stated that they will review his application and the FBO committee will contact him.

TALBERT & BRIGHT
North Terminal Area Wetland Permit
Mr. Steve Peterson discussed status of the project. Mr. Joe Love stated that we will sign the grants tonight and we have already received the funds from the FAA. We will send it out to the mail tomorrow. Mr. Joe Love stated that the permit for the mitigation is 10 years to do the construction and if we haven’t done the construction we can request an extension. There is not a time limit on the mitigation.

SECURITY AUDIT
Mr. David Wade stated that the report has come in but the committee still needs time to review it. Mr. Wade stated that the report was favorable but recommended that we create a checklist. Mr. Joe Love discussed the lights needed on the hangar.

FBO Comments
Mr. John Beaulieu discussed the current status of the aviation industry at this time. Mr. Beaulieu feels that the status is trending down. Active pilots are getting older and aviation is concerned about the status of new pilots. Mr. Beaulieu suggested that he work with the airport in a marketing campaign to try and bring in more corporate customers into the airport. Mr. Beaulieu stated that sales tax for our area is a big reason we don’t get as much corporate customers as we could get. Mr. Joe Love stated that there are promotional grant funds are available at this time. Mr. Beaulieu suggested that we make it an issue with the City about changing the sales tax.

AIRPORT MANAGER’S REPORT
Chairman’s Comments:
Mr. Earl Hollowell discussed Mr. Joe Love’s pending retirement and the challenges to replacing him. He stated that we should get to work on that at the first of the year.

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

 
Earl S. Hollowell, Jr.
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.