CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MINUTES March 13, 2013

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

March 13, 2013 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 March 2013 meeting to order at 7:00 p. m.

MILITARY PARACHUTE TRAINING – PAUL SCHMIDT
Mr. Earl Hollowell turned the meeting over to Paul Schmidt to give his presentation on Military Parachute Training at the Chesapeake Airport. Mr. Schmidt introduced his partner, Mr. Bob Pizzini, CEO of SOT, LLC. Mr. Schmidt discussed their proposal. Mr. Schmidt stated that they are pursuing only military parachute training at the Chesapeake Airport. Mr. Schmidt discussed his background in business and his ties to the community. Mr. Bob Pizzini introduced himself and discussed his military background and his current organization. Mr. Pizzini discussed having military parachute training for military personnel only by creating a military airborne facility for military freefall training. They want to be able to offer their services to the military. Mr. Pizzini went over a PowerPoint presentation with the board members concerning the services they will offer. Mr. Pizzini discussed the financial aspect of how the business would work. Mr. Pizzini would like approval from the board to demonstrate how this would work to the board members and then meet again to do a feasibility study.

Mr. Joe Love recommends that the chairman appoint a committee to work with Mr. Schmidt to see what accommodations can be developed.

MINUTES
After review of the minutes, a motion was made and passed unanimously to accept the minutes from the February 2013 meeting with corrections noted.

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: Kaufman & Canoles $1,242.00 (General Matters). A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the invoices for the month of March 2013.

OLD BUSINESS
None

NEW BUSINESS
FBO HANGAR REPAIRS
Mr. Joe Love stated that he sent an email to FBO and Finance Committee on repairs that need to be done, to include a leak in the ceiling. Mr. Love asked National Roofing to give us a quote. National Roofing’s quote is $9,524.00 Mr. Love is taking their quote and creating the specs to solicit two more quotes. Mr. Love asked for approval from the board to proceed with a repair not to exceed $9,524.00. Funds are available in our contingency account. It will be warranted for 5 years. Mr. Love stated that we need to repair the insulation in the hangar but will proceed on that once the leak has been taken care of. Mr. Vince Gordon stated that he would like to see 5 quotes on the insulation installation. Mr. Gordon would like to see a copy of all quotes and details on the quotes by email. A motion was made and passed unanimously to allow Mr. Joe Love to proceed with gathering the quotes and proceeding on the best quote not to exceed $9,524.00
Mr. Rick West stated that the board should let him know if we need any help.

CRACK FILLING, SEAL COATING AND STRIPING
Mr. Joe Love stated that this is a major project that we have put aside funds to handle this project. This will take care of pavements thorough crack filling, seal coating and striping. Mr. Love stated that we have used New Horizons of Virginia and gave me quotes totaling $100,000. It is an 80% grant and we will need about $20,000 local share. Mr. Love will then again take their quote and use that to gather other quotes on this project.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Security Committee
Mr. David Wade discussed the committee is going to do a walk-around next week to inspect the airport and to use the checklist that was developed. Mr. Julian Jackson said he doesn’t think that the committee should become too involved in the managing of security at the airport and thinks that the manager can handle the checklist and the inspections.

TALBERT & BRIGHT
Mr. Steve Peterson stated that we have received the permit for the Wetlands North Terminal Area. Mr. Peterson stated that they still have to finish out the EA even though the security perimeter road project is shelved.

AIRPORT MANAGER’S REPORT

City Budget Meeting
Mr. Joe Love met with Steve Jenkins at the city in budget. We had $307,000 capital budget share approved by the city for us to cover several of our projects for FY2013. Two projects, design work and construction in the North Terminal Area and land surface constructions off the airport but have been stalled until the EA is complete. These projects will be put back until FY2015. One project for $200,000 was supposed to go into the security perimeter road construction. We will finish up the environmental assessment, but will delay construction so that other projects can move forward. This means that only the $2,000 local share for the land services phase of acquiring the land easement for obstruction removal will be needed this fiscal year.  The unused funds will roll over from FY2013 to FY2014 and FY2015 to cover the $70,000 requested for FY2014 and the $77,000 programmed for FY2015. This will free up approximately $158,000 of local funds which potentially can be used in hangar construction. Mr. Love stated that we would not know for sure until the final city budget is approved.

Verizon Wireless
Mr. Joe Love discussed the bill and stated that we are saving our data once a week which seems to be having an effect on our bill by getting it down around $220.00.

Glideslope
Mr. Joe Love stated that he met with the state and Dominion Power and they put on new monitors. After that meeting the variations we were having seemed to have been resolved.

Meeting with John Beaulieu
Mr. Joe Love met with Mr. Beaulieu and discussed the 20th Anniversary Party that Horizon is going to have and our involvement. The members suggested a $500 cap on the airport’s contribution. Mr. Love also discussed some ideas with Mr. Beaulieu that would be helpful with his and our lease negotiations.  

Search Committee
Mr. Joe Love stated that next month information will be finalized to be sent to AAAE for advertising.

Authority Member Comment:
Mr. Herb Perlin suggested that the next time we have a presenter that we limit the presentation to 15 minutes. Mr. Herb Perlin wanted to know if we can handle a C130 on our runway. Mr. Joe Love discussed this with the board. He said we could but if done regularly it could take off some of the projected 20-year life of the runway. Mr. Love stated that he will get all the information associated with the Parachute Jumping ready for the next meeting. Mr. Perlin asked Mr. Love to contact Mr. Tom Love to see if he wants to be on a special committee to handle the evaluation of this proposal. Mr. Vince Gordon asked Mr. Love to contact Mr. John Beaulieu to get his opinion on this proposal as well as the other operations on the field.

Chairman’s Comments:

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.