HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-21-2007 Regular MeetingThe Fairhope Airport Authority met Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 3:30 PM
at the City Municipal Complex, 161 N. Section Street
Present: Charles Zunk, Chairman; Ken Knutsen, Louis Mapp, Joe
McEnerney, Mike Ford, David Bagwell, Attorney and Betty Rivenbark,
Secretary. Absent: Charlie Bassett
The minutes of the July 10, 2007 and August 3`d special meetings were
considered and corrected to read that Ken Knutsen and Debbie Quinn were
not present at the special meeting and David Bagwell was present,
otherwise approved as written on motion by Ken Knutsen, 2"d by Louis
Mapp and unanimously carried.
Chuck recognized the visitors who were present, Dan Dupont, and Dan
Valentim of 17807 Orchard Lane, and invited them to address the authority.
Mr. Dupont said he was interested in land use plan and understands that he
could obtain an airport layout plan through Barge Waggoner and he was told
that is correct. Mr. Valentim said the recent articles about the navy training
moving to Fairhope sparked his interest, his main concern is the value of the
property nearby staying the same. He wants to continue to see the airport
develop in the right direction. Louis Mapp said for the record he is against
the navy training knowing what little he knows today and has two friends
who have been quite vocal, also against, regarding this. Chuck responded
that we have nothing from the navy at this time. No facts, nothing to offer.
Mike Ford offered that the contract for the navy was getting ready to expire
where they are doing this now and that we had been approached by our
congressman and asked would we want to do it at Fairhope and that as a
courtesy we were exploring the option. Chuck offered that if/when
information was forthcoming we would not do anything without input.
He thanked both of them for coming.
Officer nominations for fiscal year 2008 — Louis Mapp reported that he and
Charlie Bassett had met and come up with a slate of officers for 2008. No
action will be taken at this meeting. He offered: Chuck Zunk had agreed to
serve as Chairman for one more year. Charlie Bassett had agreed to serve
as Vice -Chair but in the event Chuck leaves he will not assume Chairman
position. Joe McEnerney was asked to continue to serve as Treasurer.
Member Vacancy — No nominations were forthcoming. Louis Mapp asked
the members to consider a female and also asked David Bagwell to look into
the possibility of living outside the city limits law.
Taxiway construction funding status — Chuck said he had sent info to the
members on this — retainage, that there will be some money left over and he
has inquired on being able to use this money and the answer was it could be
used for additional projects as long as it is a legitimate capital improvement.
David Bagwell interjected that we still need to survey the old airport
property.
2003 Phase 1 Runway Project — Grant Amendment — Chuck reported on
this.
FY 2008 Budget - Has been submitted. Joe said it included request for
full time manager and he had e-mailed Nancy. Louis Mapp reported his
conversation with the Mayor regarding hiring a full time manager and the
Mayor's idea to use Ken Eslava to work with the Chairman. Mike Ford
commented that hopefully some of the work load on the Chairman will be
reduced when the projects are finished. Ken Knutsen offered he thinks we
should have a full time manager.
BellSouth Easement - Chuck reported on this and said that he there is not
problem with taking down on south side but north side is BCEMC lines and
he told AT&T to BCEMC and work out, get back with us.
Land use plans & designs — Chuck reported Volkert is working on these.
New terminal building — funding options. Chuck said he talked to FAA and
they have a policy that they do not historically fund terminals. The cost of
said terminal being around $500,000, that we could get entitlements each
year, bank the money and eventually build the terminal. However, he said
the state does give money on them.
Weather reporting station — Chuck discussed AWOS-3 weather station we
are hoping to get and said we have determined a new location for putting it
in. He said he talked to Volkert and it will actually cut cost.
Fire Inspection — Chuck said he sent info to the members. No status report.
Treasurer's Report — A report had been furnished by the City and Joe
McEnerney said he has been in touch with Dennis Sherrin and will still have
him come and explain governmental accounting.
There being no new business the board went into Executive Session at
4:55PM. David Bagwell read portion of his letter on Applicable Law
regarding Alabama Open Meetings Act — Executive Session and explained
we were in order. The authority went into executive session at 5:00 PM
and were dismissed at 6:15 PM when the meeting was adjourned.
Charles Zunk, Chairman
B ty Rivenbark, Secretary
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