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2013-02BEVERLY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 LOCATION. Beverly Airport Administration/Maintenance Building, 46 L. P. Henderson Road, Beverly, MA, 01915 PRESENT: Commissioners Barnico, Dawe, DiPaolo, Faulstich, Forgione, Mahoney, Skerry, Vitale, and White ABSENT: Commissioners Dettorre and Nelson PUBLIC: Craig Schuster, Richard Chase, Charlene Chase, Wes Rosen, Steve Connolly, Bill Kossowan, Tom Lyons, Peter Ogren, Dan Parsons, and Jim Baker A. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Vitale called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Reading of the Minutes for January 2013 — Chairman Vitale called for a reading of the minutes from the January meeting. Commissioner White made a motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Commissioner Faulstich. Motion passed unanimously. 3. Reading of the Financial Report — Commissioner White presented the financial report for January 2013. Vice Chairman Mahoney made a motion to accept the January financial report, subject to audit. Commissioner DiPaolo seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. 4. Presentation(s) — • Jacob's Engineering — Craig Schuster updated the commission on the airport's East Ramp Reconstruction Project and announced that the non - precision instrument approach to Runways 27 and 34 will be published by FAA on March 7, 2013. Connolly Construction Company — Steve Connolly gave a presentation regarding his proposed development of a private school for special needs children on land near the approach to RW34. The commission accepted the proposal contingent on a signed avigation easement, submission of FAA and MassDOT /Aeronautics aeronautical review forms, and abiding by the airport's Noise Abatement Policy. Chairman's Report — Chairman Vitale reported that: Wings & Wheels is a go for September 2013 Commissioner Dawe will conduct a based aircraft dollar value inventory BEVERLY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 • Cruise Night will start up again between May 5 -31, 2013 B. OLD BUSINESS: 1) Subcommittee Reports • Property/Legal/Finance Subcommittee — Vice Chairman Mahoney reported on his meeting with the Mayor and John Dunn regarding the proposed RFP for the Barracks Building as well as his conversation with John Dunn regarding the transfer of airport revenue to the West Ramp Design Project. • Noise Abatement Subcommittee — No Report • Facility Maintenance — Commissioner Faulstich reported that Coastal Pool, a sub - tenant of Linda McCarthy, had made a good effort in cleaning up the back of the Barracks Building. • Website Management Subcommittee — Commissioner Forgione reported that the Admin/Maint Building now has Wi -Fi capability and that the airport website had over 900 hits in January. • Public Relations Subcommittee — No Report • Environmental Issues Subcommittee (& NSCC Aviation Science Program Update) — No Report • Airport Safety & Security Subcommittee — Commissioner Skerry said he is looking at a May 6 th -13 date for an aircraft disaster drill. C. AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT: Airport Manager Mezzetti reported on the monthly aircraft traffic count, monthly landing fee collection, snow storms, withdrawal of CIP SRE Expansion Project, Cailin Road solar farm, Stormwater Pollution Plan & Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan draft, Barracks Building RFP, and BVY Contract Tower ranking. D. NEW BUSINESS None E. TENANT COMMENTS: • Ace Chase reported no deer sightings and only one coyote sighting. • Bill Kossowan reported on AOPA events. 2 BEVERLY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 • Tom Lyons reported that there were 48 CAP members and that they would build the skirt around their trailer when the weather improved. Wes Rosen, Tower Chief, reported that January aircraft operations were down and the GPS non - precision approach for Runways 27 and 34 were to be published by FAA on March 7, 2013. F. COMMISSION COMMENTS: None G. ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn made by Commissioner Faulstich, seconded by Commissioner DiPaolo. Motion passed unanimously.