2014-04BEVERLY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014
LOCATION. Beverly Airport Administration/Maintenance Building, 46 L. P. Henderson Road,
Beverly, MA, 01915
PRESENT: Commissioners Dawe, Dettorre, DiPaolo, Faulstich, Forgione, Mahoney, Nelson,
Skerry, Vitale, and White
ABSENT: None
PUBLIC: Craig Schuster, Dave Graham, Kendylle Robinson, Wendy Beard, Richard Chase,
Charlene Chase, Wes Rosen, Bill Kossowan
A. CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Vitale called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Reading of the Minutes for March 2014 — Chairman Vitale called for a reading of
the minutes from the March meeting. Vice Chairman Mahoney made a motion to
accept the minutes, seconded by Commissioner Faulstich. Motion passed
unanimously.
3. Reading of the Financial Report for March 2014 — Commissioner White presented
the financial report for March 2014. Vice Chairman Mahoney made a motion to
accept the financial report, subject to audit. Commissioner Nelson seconded the
motion. Motion passed unanimously.
4. Presentation(s) —
• Jacob's Engineering — Craig Schuster told the commission the West Ramp
Reconstruction Project would start April 14, 2014 and that there would be a
pre - construction meeting on April l O th at 9:OOAM and the work week would
be Monday- Friday, 7:OOAM- 3:30PM.
5. Chairman's Report — Chairman Vitale...
• Told the commission that he would soon be going to Florida for two weeks
and would be back around April 30, 2014.
B. OLD BUSINESS:
1) Subcommittee Reports
• Property/Legal/Finance Subcommittee — Vice Chairman Mahoney discussed
the CAT Building #45 proposal and proposed lease and airport restaurant.
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Motion by Vice Chairman Mahoney to approve the lease and send it to City
Hall. Motion seconded by Commissioner Dettorre. Motion passed
unanimously.
• Noise Abatement Subcommittee — No Report (No complaints received in
March)
• Facility Maintenance — Commissioner Faulstich will soon begin facility
inspections.
• Website Management Subcommittee — Commissioner Forgione said he added
West Ramp Reconstruction Project info to the airport website and said the
airport website received 1,326 hits in March.
• Public Relations Subcommittee — Commissioner DiPaolo said he needed more
airport brochures to distribute. He also suggested having an airport information
table at a downtown Beverly Homecoming location.
• Airport Safety & Security Subcommittee — No Report
C. AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT:
Airport Manager Mezzetti reported on the monthly aircraft traffic count, monthly
landing fee collection, upcoming MassDOT /Aeronautics programs, West Ramp
Reconstruction Project, airport restaurant, airport localizer, snow season financial
impact, Building #45 vandalism, the death of Commissioner Paul Barnico, and a
proposed flight school.
D. NEW BUSINESS:
• Proposed Flight School — Property/Legal/Finance Subcommittee will discuss this in
May.
• DayDream Design — The $300 business loss due to broken water pipes will be paid by
BAC as deferred rent.
• Dr. Koh Rent Reduction Request — His rent was reduced, others were increased.
• Mike Duval's cleaning proposal was accepted.
E. TENANT COMMENTS:
• Ace Chase reported a fisher cat sighting on the airport and he reported some dumped
trash by the West Side entrance road.
• Bill Kossowan reported on AOPA and FAA updates.
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• Wes Rosen, the Tower Manager, gave the latest tower count figures.
• Charlene Chase announced that the Airport Cookout could be at Hangar #4 on June
th June 22 or June 29
8 at 12:30PM11:O0M.
Wendy Beard of Beverly Flight Center said flight school business was down and was
in favor of a downtown airport table during Beverly Homecoming.
F. COMMISSION COMMENTS:
Commissioner Forgione expects to get more BVY Airport hits in April 2014.
G. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn regular session made by Commissioner Forgione, seconded by Commissioner
Dettorre. Motion passed unanimously.