CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MINUTES February 13, 2013

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

February 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 February 2013 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 January 2013 meeting with corrections noted.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Mr. Tom Epley 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: Oessco $1,206.43 (Alarm and Gauge Repair); Pender & Coward $3,201.60 (Deal Property). A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the invoices for the month of February 2013.

OLD BUSINESS
SASO APPLICATION- COMBINED AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Mr. Joe Love discussed the contract agreement with the pending application from Combined Aerospace Technologies LLC. Mr. Love passed out a summary that was prepared for the FBO committee. Mr. Love went over the summary of the agreement and discussed the SASO fees and insurance that is required. Mr. Love stated that Hunter Old, from Kaufman & Canoles, has reviewed and incorporated some minor changes. Mr. Stavrides has also reviewed the agreement. Mr. Michael Lucarelli of the FBO Committee recommended that the authority approve the agreement.

Mr. John Beaulieu stated that he feels the authority is setting a bad precedent in regards to our minimum standards, in that we are allowing multiple businesses to use the same space and it doesn’t meet the minimum standard requirements. Also, Mr. Beaulieu asked about where they would be flying and that some standard needs to be set up before they start their business. Mr. Vince Gordon voiced his appreciation of Horizon Aviation and their services and that the authority will make sure that all his concerns are addressed. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the application as presented.

NEW BUSINESS
None.

COMMITEE REPORTS
Security Committee
Mr. David Wade discussed his review of the security plan and stated that an updated checklist will be developed to meet the recommendations of the security audit conducted in the fall. Mr. Wade stated that Mr. Joe Love checked with DOAV about funding the update to the security plan and that the DOAV is putting a program into affect that will update the security plans at all airports in the state.

Search Committee
Mr. Joe Love stated that the search committee had an initial meeting and handed out a summary of what they had discussed. The goal today is to have the authority review what has been discussed and to ask for any suggestions to improve or add to the search criteria. Mr. Joe Love stated that it at the next meeting, the committee will request approval to continue with the developed criteria after the full authority has had an opportunity to review and comment on the criteria provided.

TALBERT & BRIGHT
Talbert & Bright had nothing to report at this time.

AIRPORT MANAGER’S REPORT
Proposal for a Military Airborne Training
Mr. Joe Love passed out a copy of their proposal. Mr. Love recommended that the authority look it over and discuss it and add it as an agenda item for the next meeting. Mr. Vince Gordon asked Mr. Paul Schmidt how this program is working at Suffolk. Mr. Schmidt discussed how they are fairing out there and at some other airports across the nation.

Verizon Wireless
Mr. Joe Love stated that we are having problems controlling the billing due to several reasons. Our cloud backup is set up for daily uploading; we have changed that to once a week. Our WiFi access has been used by users other than airport customers so we have put a password on it which will be made available to transient customers. Mr. Love will continue to look at ways to handle the expanding wireless bill.

Glide slope
Mr. Joe Love stated that we have had multiple outages. The state and their representatives are still investigating trying to determine what the problems are. Possible areas to look at are the monitor or the antenna, perhaps the generator has a problem, and the power coming into the electrical vault looks a little unstable.

Questions for Mr. Joe Love: What is the status on federal grants due to sequestration? Mr. Joe Love stated that he will contact WADO

Mr. John Beaulieu discussed the infrastructure issues here at the airport.

Chairman’s Comments:
Mr. Earl Hollowell and Mr. Joe Love discussed Legislative day that they attended in Richmond.

Mr. Earl Hollowell brought up the idea of a fly-in in April or May of this year. Mr. Joe Love stated that maybe we can tie this into Horizon’s 20th anniversary.

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.