HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11-2022 Fairhope Airport Authority Meeting MinutesMinutes of Fairhope Airport Authority
January 11,2022
The Fairhope Airport Authority met January 11, 2022 at 5:00PM in the City
Counci l Chambers at 161 N Section Street.
Present: Don Lagarde, Chairman, Vince Boothe, Chip Groner, Wil l Bruce, Pel
Henry and Jack Burrell. Amy Pearson was absent. Also present was Josh Myrick,
Attorney. Cynthia A Boothe took t he Minutes.
The Minutes of the December 14, 2021 regular meeting were considered and
approved with a motion by Wil l Bruce, second by Chip Grone r 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 in the next two
weeks. He also stated that to help str engthen the secu r ity on the West Side he
had spoken with the Chief at the fire house, and they feel it m ight 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 chemica lly rather than power washing to help preserve
the paint unti l it can be restriped .
Redcel Flight School Request : David Meredith, President of Redcel Aviation,
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
cont i nue their aviation classes there temporarily until the lease issues have been
resolved . Af ter a group discussion, Jack Burrell made a motion that Don Lagarde
work with Josh Myrick, Attorney for the Airport, to craft and execute a lease for
Redcel Aviation to rent spaces for an RV to conduct classes and to tie-down his
aircraft on the East Side of the Airport. The cost 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 pa ssed .
Continenta l Aerospace Report: A Conti nental representative declined to p resent
a report.
Engineer1 s Report : Hank Euban ks r eported that they w ill be havi ng a pre-bi d
meeting for th e FBO proj ect on Jan uar y 20, 2022, b id opening on February 3, 2022
and the chosen con t ractor wi l l be p r esen t ed at the meetin g on Fe bruary 8, 2022 .
He also stated that the Cares Act Grant has come in for $59,000.00.
Property valuations report from Coley Boone: Don Laga r de i ntr od uced Coley
Boone of Tham es Batr e' Ins u ra nce and M s Boone went over t he q ua lifications and
hist ory of Th ames Batre'. She t h en went over eac h bu ilding insu r ed by the
Autho rity located at the Airport and the approxi m ate rep lace m ent cost for each .
This was fol lowed by a q uestion -and -answe r period.
Trea surer's Report: No Repor t.
Legal Report: Josh Myrick stated t hat he had been in touch with the attorney for
Bruce Wagner of ROI Developme nt abo ut meeting to d iscuss r unning util ities t o
the two hangar sites he is in t er es t ed in leasing.
Discuss Property & Casualty agent representation : This topic w ill be disc usse d at
the Exec utive Session and any actio n taken wi ll be d iscussed w hen the Authority
returns from Executive Sess ion.
Comments from the Public: Tom Hu.tchings, Norm McAl lister, Len Strickland,
Travis Dagge tt and Lisa Freema n all spo k e to the Authority members expressi ng
their concerns about the letter from Co nt i nental asking them t o vacate by the end
of t he month.
Executive Session : Executive Sess ion unde r Section 36-2SA-7(3), Code of
Alabama to discuss pend i ng or imm i ne nt litigation . Also, to discuss a topic
i nvolving the good name and character of an individual. A motion was made by
Vi nce Boothe to go int o Executive Session for the reaso ns stated above, seco nd by
Chip Groner. A roll ca ll vote was taken and Don Lagarde, Vi nce Boothe, Chip
Groner, Wi ll Bruce, Pe l Henry and Jack Burrell all voted 'Aye'. Josh Myrick as
Attorney for the Airport Authority certifies that the Executive Sess ion fal ls within
the purposes described in 36-25A-7(3), Ala. Code 1975, and that 'pending
l itigation' and 'a topic involving the good name and characte r of an individual'
excep t ion is applicable to the planned discussion . The Authority members moved
to Executive Session at 6:10PM for approx im ately 45 minutes.
Return from Executive Session : The Authority members returned from Exec ut ive
Session at 7:05PM and reconvened the meeting with a motion by Jack Bu rre ll ,
secon d by Vince Boothe and un animous ly passed.
A mot ion was made by Pel Henry to accept Co ley Boone of Thames Batre' as the
Authority's Property and Casua lty Insurance agent of record, second by Chip
Groner and unanimously passed.
A motion was made by Vince Boothe to ter minate the Authority's lease with
Continenta l Aerospace on January 19, 2022 at 5:00PM un less they rescin d their
letter cance li ng all the tenant leases at t he Airport, second by Jack Burrell. Josh
Myrick commented that this p r esents a very serious safet y issue to evict the
tenants of the hangars and potentially have aircraft sca t tered over the Airport.
Af ter 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 ove r 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