HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11-2022 Public Meeting Notice: Fairhope Airport AuthorityPublic Meeting Notice
Committee: Fairhope Airport Authority
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Place: Council Chambers
161 North Section Street
Subject: General Discussion
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Minutes of Fairhope Airport Authority
January 11,2022
The Fairhope Airport Authority met January 11, 2022 at 5 :00PM in the City
Council Chambers at 161 N Section Street .
Present : Don Lagarde , Chairman, Vince Boothe, Chip Groner, Will Bruce , Pel
Henry and Jack Burrell. Amy Pearson was absent. Also present was Josh Myrick,
Attorney. Cynthia A Boothe took the Minutes .
The Minutes of the December 14, 2021 regular meeting were considered and
approved with a motion by Will Bruce, second by Chip Groner and unanimously
passed .
Report on fencing: Pel Henry stated that the sliding gate for the East Side has
parts on order for the motor but should have them for installation i n the next two
weeks. He also stated that to help strengthen the security on the West Side he
had spoken with the Chief at the fire house, and they feel it might help with the
security of the fuel tanks to move the gate on the West Side closer to the North
Hangar.
Fairhope Airport Operations: Chip Groner reported that 2 taxiway lights and 1 or
2 runway lights are out but will be fixed tomorrow . Also, the striping on the
runway needs cleaning chemically rather than power washing to help preserve
the paint until it can be restriped .
Redcel Flight School Request: David Mered ith, President of Redce l Av iation ,
stated that he had received a letter from Continental Aerospace stating that they
are asking the tenants to vacate their spaces by the end of January, 2022 . He is
asking that he be allowed to have a tie -down lease for an RV so that they can
continue their aviat i on classes there temporarily until the lease issues have been
resolved. After a group discussion , Jack Burrell made a motion that Don Lagarde
work with Josh Myri ck , Attorney for the Airport, to craft and execute a lease for
Redcel Aviation to rent spaces for an RV to conduct classes and to t i e-down his
aircraft on the East Side of the Airport. The co st would be $150 .00 a month for
the RV and $75.00 a month for each aircraft. There was a second by Will Bruce
and it unanimously passed .
Continental Aerospace Report: A Continental representative declined to present
a report.
Engineer's Report: Hank Eubanks reported that they will be having a pre-bid
meeting for the FBO project on January 20, 2022, bid opening on February 3, 2022
and the chosen contractor will be presented at the meeting on February 8, 2022 .
He also stated that the Cares Act Grant has come in for $59,000.00.
Property valuations report from Coley Boone: Don Lagarde introduced Coley
Boone of Thames Batre' Insurance and Ms Boone went over the qualifications and
history of Thames Batre'. She then went over each building insured by the
Authority located at the Airport and the approximate replacement cost for each.
This was followed by a question-and -answer period.
Treasurer's Report: No Report.
Legal Report: Josh Myrick stated that he had been in touch with the attorney for
Bruce Wagner of RDI Development about meeting to discuss running utilities to
the two hangar sites he is interested in leasing .
Discuss Property & Casualty agent representation: This topic will be discussed at
the Executive Session and any action taken will be discussed when the Authority
returns from Executive Session.
Comments from the Public: Tom Hu.tchings, Norm McAllister, Len Strickland,
Travis Daggett and Lisa Freeman all spoke to the Authority members expressing
their concerns about the letter from Continental asking them to vacate by the end
of the month.
Executive Session: Executive Session under Section 36-25A -7(3), Code of
Alabama to discuss pending or imminent litigation. Also, to discuss a topic
involving the good name and character of an individual. A motion was made by
Vince Boothe to go into Executive Session for the reasons stated above, second by
Chip Groner. A roll call vote was taken and Don Lagarde, Vince Boothe, Chip
Groner, Will Bruce, Pel Henry and Jack Burrell all voted 'Aye'. Josh Myrick as
Attorney for the Airport Authority certifies that the Executive Session falls within
the purposes described in 36-25A-7(3), Ala. Code 1975, and that 'pending
litigation' and 'a topic involving the good name and character of an individual'
exception is applicable to the planned discussion. The Authority members moved
to Executive Session at 6 :10PM for approximately 45 minutes .
Return from Executive Session: The Authority members returned from Executive
Session at 7:05PM and reconvened the meeting with a motion by Jack Burrell,
second by Vince Boothe and unanimously passed.
A motion was made by Pel Henry to accept Coley Boone of Thames Batre' as the
Authority's Property and Casualty Insurance agent of record, second by Chip
Groner and unanimously passed.
A motion was made by Vince Boothe to terminate the Authority's lease with
Continental Aerospace on January 19, 2022 at 5:00PM unless they rescind their
letter canceling all the tenant leases at the Airport, second by Jack Burrell. Josh
Myrick commented that this presents a very serious safety issue to evict the
tenants of the hangars and potentially have aircraft scattered over the Airport .
After Josh's comment a vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously .
Jack Burrell commented that if Continental does not rescind the letter and the
Authority takes over control of the Airport that none of the tenants would have to
vacate the hangars.
There being no further business, a motion was made by Jack Burrell to adjourn,
second by Chip Groner and unanimously passed at 7:13PM.
Don Lagarde, Chairman
Submitted by Cynthia A Boothe