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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-05-01 Minutes Final New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 1 NEW HANOVER COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING May 1, 2013 CALL TO ORDER The New Hanover County Airport Authority met on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Wilmington International Airport, 1740 Airport Boulevard, Wilmington, North Carolina. Chairman Kays called the meeting to order at 5:07 p.m. Airport Authority members present were Charles Kays, Chairman; Tom Barber, Vice-Chairman; Carter Lambeth; and Al Roseman. Also present were Jon Rosborough, Airport Director; Julie Wilsey, Deputy Airport Director; Jim Morton, Finance Director; Gary Broughton, Operations Director; Whitney Prease, Facilities Director; Rose Davis, Executive Assistant; Wanda Copley, New Hanover County Attorney; and Steve Bright and Amy McLane, Talbert&Bright, Inc.; Richard Masters, The Masters Group; and Joseph Pickering, Mead &Hunt. John Lennon, Secretary, was not present when the meeting was called to order. Guests Present: Gerry Tremblay, Aero Services; and Dick Butler. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Authority has reviewed the minutes of the Regular Public Meeting on April 3, 2013. Dr. Roseman MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Lambeth, to approve the minutes of the April 3, 2013 Regular Public Meeting as submitted. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Mr. Lennon was not present. SPECIAL EVENTS There were no special events to report. FINANCE REPORT Mr. Morton reviewed actual revenue and expenses for the month of March. Mr. Morton reviewed ILM's cash report and summary of accounts for the month of March. Mr. Morton recommended that the board approve the proposed FY 14 budget, as presented to the board at the April board meeting, for public review for 30 days. Mr. Lambeth MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Barber to approve the proposed FY14 budget for public review for 30 days. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Mr. Lennon was not present. John Lennon, Secretary, arrived at 5:13 pm. Mr. Morton updated the board on inquires received about purchasing the Signatech hangar, discussion followed and it was agreed that staff could pursue selling the hangar. Mr. Lambeth opened discussion regarding the annual audit contract with Lanier, Whaley and New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 2 Craft and advised that the firm agreed to honor last year's contract price. After brief discussion, Mr. Lennon MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Barber to renew the audit contract with Lanier, Whaley & Craft for FY13 at$37,500. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. FACILITIES Action Items: A. Aviation Engineer of Record Contract— Staff recommends approval of a 5 year contract with Talbert& Bright Inc. for aviation projects, contingent upon favorable rate negotiations. After some discussion, Mr. Lennon MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Barber to renew the contract with Talbert&Bright as engineer of record. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Dr. Kays expressed appreciation for the job Talbert&Bright has done in the 8 years he has been on the board in resolving engineering issues. Discussion ensued regarding extending RWY 6/24 and Mr. Bright noted that ILM doesn't have enough justification to pursue that project at this time but the project is in the approved Master Plan and on the 5 year CIP with the FAA. B. Rental Car Facility Construction (CFC) Staff recommends approving a lump sum contract with Montieth Constriction to cover the base bid of$4.1M with a 10% contingency to be approved by the Chairman, due to the quantity of asphalt and parking lot area on this project. Staff would report to the board each month to account for expenditures. Discussion followed regarding the amount of the variances that could be approved by the Chairman without full board approval. After some discussion, Dr. Roseman MOVED, and SECONDED by Mr. Lennon that the contract be approved with a 10% contingency providing that variances not to exceed $100,000 per 30 day period can be approved by the Chairman without full board approval. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Regarding the CFPUA Impact Fee, Mrs. Wilsey, Mr. Prease, and the architect have been negotiating the system development charge from $90,000 to $4,000. ILM is trading in three 1" meters on existing buildings to be demolished and paying about$3,555 to CFPUA and will have one 1" meter in reserve, or approximately $14,000 for a future project. Mrs. Wilsey updated Authority members on current projects. NC House Bill 646 regarding trees on airports passed in the House with a 115 to 0 vote. The Bill is now in the Senate Government Committee. If this passes, it will allow airport authorities to cut trees on airport property. Dr. Roseman commented on the hard work Mrs. Wilsey did towards getting this Bill passed. New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 3 Regarding the airfield projects, the contractors are having to dewater and pump due to the wet weather. The contractors are doing everything they can to stay on schedule. Carol Miller, DENR inspector, visited ILM to inspect the storm water and erosion control measures on the projects. Mr. Prease reported that she was very happy with the condition of the erosion control measures and was so impressed she took pictures to show other contractors in the adjacent counties. Mr. Prease stated that Ms. Miller praised ILM and Talbert &Bright. Ms. Miller also commented to Mr. Prease that our contractors on site exceeded storm water and erosion control specifications for the projects. Regarding the secondary water source project, bids were taken April 30 and were favorable. The bids are not certified but they will come in around $500,000. That project will be sent to the state for a grant so we can make award at the June meeting. Mrs. Wilsey further updated the board on ILM's partnership with the CFPUA in putting in the line using state grant money. Mrs. Wilsey talked to Frank Steirs, Engineering Director, about a possible reimbursement for ILM's 10%local match. Mr. Steirs said he would work with ILM to compose a letter to the CFPUA asking that they consider paying the 10%local match. Mrs. Wilsey reported that she submitted ILM's checkpoint project to the AAAE Southeast Conference for consideration as an Air Carrier Terminal Project. ILM placed second to the Atlanta International Concourse at Atlanta-Hartsfield. Their architects put the presentation together and it was a$62M project compared to ILM's $300,000 project. Mrs. Wilsey shared copies of the submission for review and indicated ILM may resubmit it next year. Mr. Rosborough pointed out that Mrs. Wilsey put this submission together herself. The board encouraged staff to write a press release to send out to the media regarding this achievement. Mr. Lennon indicated he would have a conflict with the vote on the secondary water source contract next month since the project is using DOT funds and asked other board members to be sure that they would be present for that vote. GOVERNMENT Mr. Rosborough reported that due to sequestration and budget cuts, the government is saying they don't have enough revenue coming in to support their expenses. The TSA, as part of their budget, is asking airports to pay for exit lane staffing that TSA has been paying since 9/11. Mr. Broughton explained that there is an alarm on the exit lane and TSA monitors that exit lane and when the alarm goes off, they respond. ILM also has cameras on the exit lane that ILM's dispatchers are observing and ILM responds with an officer. If the alarm system is down or not working for any reason, then TSA staffs the exit lane with TSA employees. In response to Dr. Kays' question, Mr. Broughton estimated the system may go down approximately 6 times a year. The concern is if the airport has to staff the exit lane, then TSA may want someone to be physically there to watch it all the time and that would require an additional staff person. ILM and AAAE are taking a position against this exit lane budget proposal. Updating the board on sequestration, Mr. Rosborough stated that closure of the 149 FAA contract towers has been postponed to June 15 because of spending cuts and Congress New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 4 transferring funds. The issue for airports is that Congress is taking funds out of the AIP funding which limits the amount of money available for AIP projects and/or with the discretionary money forthcoming. Mr. Rosborough reported that North Carolina's own Charlotte Mayor, Anthony Foxx, has been nominated by the administration to replace Ray LaHood as the Department of Transportation Secretary. There does not appear to be many obstacles for his getting approved. Dr. Roseman stated Foxx has taken a lot of credit for what Governor McCrory did as Mayor of Charlotte. MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Mr. Morton reported that staff met with the marketing agency and challenged them to come back with new marketing creativity. Last month's Facebook contest increased growth on Facebook by 25%,jumping 33% overall for the month. That contest touched 416,000 people through posts. Regarding the ILM website, staff has adapted the website to make it a mobile friendly website that will be easier to use on mobile devices. Dr. Roseman reported that he had met with the Fire Marshal previously regarding the restrictions on the ability to rent our facilities. Dr. Roseman read from the statute, section 1103 regarding sources of ignition, and indicated it was his understanding that ILM left it up to the Fire Marshal to decide what ILM could do regarding vehicles and other items in the hangar and that ILM has potentially lost a$5,000/month or better tenant because of this regulation and the way the Fire Marshal was interpreting it. Mr. Broughton clarified that ILM adhered to the State Fire Code based on a mutual interpretation between ILM and the County Fire Marshal. Staff also compared this interpretation with 5 other NC airports, all of which verified that they have the same interpretation and follow the same policy as ILM regarding ignition sources in hangars. Mr. Broughton stated that staff s first priority is always safety. Dr. Roseman MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Lambeth that staff meet with the Fire Marshal for clarification of the Code. After a lengthy discussion, upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Mr. Lennon asked that the staff also get something in writing from the insurance company. Dr. Kays initiated discussion of ILM's recreational traffic increasing at this time of year and whether or not our marketing agency has any plans to get ahead of that to encourage travel to and through ILM. Mr. Morton indicated staff is working on that now. Dr. Kays asked that Ms. Collette attend the June authority meeting and give a 10 minute update and requested that she do that periodically to keep the board informed of the marketing plan. Dr. Roseman complimented staff on the new drive time ads announcing flight arrival and departure status. New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 5 PLANNING& DEVELOPMENT Mr. Morton reported that the VA Clinic had their official grand opening on Tuesday, April 30tH Mr. Lambeth acknowledged that Mr. Morton deserves a lot of credit for what happened with the VA Clinic. Dr. Kays stated for the record that the board commends Mr. Morton for his hard work. "It took years to get this off the ground. Not only is it a good service to the community but we appreciate the work Mr. Morton did to make this happen," said Dr. Kays. Dr. Roseman suggested ILM place an ad in the newspaper welcoming the VA Clinic as a new occupant of the business park. Mr. Rosborough indicated that ILM is going to use the VA Clinic as an anchor store in attracting other tenants into our business park. Mr. Morton updated the board on a joint venture between Brunswick County and Wilmington Business Development economic groups that he and Mr. Barber attended. Also in attendance was a Senior Economic Developer with the state of NC, the Director of Business and Industry Development of NC and a Senior Advisor to the Governor on Economic Development. Mr. Morton stated this was a great opportunity to share information about ILM's business park. Mr. Barber initiated a discussion about incentives and shared his observation that businesses do look at incentives and they do make a difference. Mr. Lennon commented that is one of the reasons the governor announced a sort of public/private partnership on economic development. Mr. Morton reported that the film studio is leasing the Conway Freight facility for 60 days to be used as a small town police station. Mr. Morton reminded the board that Conway Freight moved out of the facility early but paid through the end of June as required by their lease. Mr. Morton informed the board that the lease with Cape Fear Volleyball Association is up but they will be storing equipment in the hangar while it is available and paying a small fee to cover the electric bill. If the hangar is still available in October, they would love to come back and lease it all next winter. Mr. Morton reported that the civil work being put together for the infrastructure on the business park is almost ready for bidding and that the final draft of the RFP for brokers is ready for review by Mrs. Copley. Mr. Morton shared that he spoke with one hotel property developer out of Raleigh, Summit Developers, and sent them our hotel feasibility study for their review. There are a lot of questions but it is a start. Mr. Lennon pointed out that staff needs to make sure to exclude Summit from the brokerage contracts. OPERATIONS REPORT Using charts for illustration, Mr. Broughton reported ILM's airport statistics for the month of April, including fuel price comparisons, fuel flowage amounts, airfare comparisons with MYR and RDU, total passengers handled and total seats available. Mr. Broughton indicated that fuel flowage for March was up 20.8 % from last year. New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 6 Mr. Broughton reported the total number of passengers handled in April was 66,138, which is 2.8%less than April, 2012 and up 3.2%from April, 2011; and the total passengers handled year- to-date was 33 7,109 237,108 (('orrected 6,x'2013), which is down 4.5%from year-to-date statistics for April, 2012, and up 1.1%versus 2011. ILM's load factor for April was 77.4%. Mr. Broughton reported the total number of seats available during the month of April was 43,454, up 14.5%from April 2012. Year-to-date available seats are down about 2.8%. Mr. Broughton reported ILM's international traffic using US Customs statistics for April: 176 aircraft were cleared, which was 14.5%less than April 2012; and 1,036 people were cleared, which was 5.8%less than April 2012. Year-to-date, US Customs has cleared 864 aircraft, which is up 1.4 %from April 2012, and 4,817 people, which is up 1.8%from April 2012. Mr. Broughton reported that GA and military traffic was up versus last year. GA was up 26.6% in March and 18% year to date. Regarding GA, we are seeing some return to corporate flying. Mr. Lambeth recognized Mr. Tremblay and commended him for the open house held in April at ISO Aero Services indicating it was a well done event and had a great turn out. Dr. Roseman asked if ILM tracks total numbers for all operations and Mr. Broughton responded that we get that information from the control tower monthly and it is in the statistical report emailed out by staff. Mr. Broughton indicated that flight instruction seems to be increasing as well with an increase in student pilots. Military traffic was up 523%in March and up 37% year to date. Mr. Broughton reported that the military is very pleased with the support they receive at ILM and they are increasing their operations in and out of ILM because of the welcome feeling they get here. Responding to Mr. Barber's question about the TACAN, Mr. Broughton reported that this week Mr. Prease received an email from John Fowler with the FAA indicating that they had not yet received from the military a mission critical list for the NAVAIDS that included ILM. Staff pursued this with our Marine Corps contact and a Lt. Col. Hayes, based at the FAA headquarters in Atlanta, responded that he has been successful in getting ILM on the critical list with the FAA and is now working to get ILM added to the mission critical list of NAVAIDS that is being compiled by the Pentagon. Lt. Col. Hayes feels confident that our TACAN should be in good shape. Mr. Broughton indicated staff also contacted Congressman McIntyre's office and they also have prepared a letter to the FAA and Pentagon to support our military NAVAIDS. Mr. Broughton, further reporting on the TSA exit lane mentioned previously by Mr. Rosborough, indicated the TSA will release a proposed security program amendment in the next 10-14 days that will be open for a 45 day comment period. As Mr. Rosborough reported in his government report, the airports and AAAE strongly oppose this amendment. Mr. Broughton reported on the Sun Wing diversion on Friday, April 26th. Staff is setting up a post incident meeting with the FBI and Customs. Staff's concern here locally was that it took New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 7 about 2 hours to get the FBI and Customs agents to decide what they could or could not do with this unruly passenger. Ultimately the FBI said she was not a US citizen and had broken none of our laws and they couldn't keep her. Customs validated her passport and released her to get a hotel and fly out at her convenience. Mr. Broughton commented on the Star-News article about weapons being confiscated that ran in April 30th newspaper on the front page, above the fold, indicating it is relatively routine for ILM staff. Dr. Kays called for a brief break at 6:35 pm and called the meeting back to order at 6:42 pm. Guest Gerry Tremblay left during the break. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Mr. Rosborough updated the board on the status of the Metropolitan Statistical Area(MSA) and the removal of Brunswick County from Wilmington's MSA and into Myrtle Beach's MSA indicating it isn't looking good. Mr. Rosborough commended Chairman Kays on a job well done in presenting ILM's Annual Report at the New Hanover County Commissioners meeting on April 22"d The annual FAR 139 inspection is scheduled for June 26-28, 2013. Mr. Rosborough reminded the board that Dick Masters will be retiring in June 2013 and he is here for his final quarterly report and Joseph Pickering, with Mead&Hunt, the new air service consultant is here also, as part of a seamless transition between consultants. Mr. Masters reported that in the first quarter of 2013, he and staff met with 8 different airlines and there are two that have some potential for ILM. Mr. Masters and staff met with American, Delta, Jet Blue, Silver Air, Southwest, Sun Country, United, and US Airways focusing on non- stop service to Boston, service to Ft. Lauderdale and other South Florida destinations, non-stop service to Chicago and Dulles. The ILM team also promoted ILM's on site U.S. Customs for charters coming back from the Caribbean, as well as requesting an increase in seats and frequency of flights to Atlanta. Mr. Masters indicated ILM has a predicament if American comes back because our gate and terminal capacity will be full. Mr. Masters encouraged staff to look at a terminal capacity study. Mr. Masters advised it would not be good for the image of the airport for a new airline(s) to want to come to ILM and for staff to have to tell them that we don't have space for them. Mr. Masters reporting on the meeting at US Airways headquarters, indicated that US Airways said they would seriously look at expanding service to ILM after the merger with a new destination. Mr. Masters thanked the board for the last 12 years and said he enjoyed working with the staff and board stating that of the current board, Mr. Lambeth and Dr. Roseman were on the board when he was hired. New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 8 Mr. Pickering thanked the board and staff for allowing him to be part of the team and carry on the great work Mr. Masters has done over the last 12 years and indicated that the seamless transition that Mr. Rosborough talked about has already started as he has been at ILM for a couple of days meeting with staff and Mr. Masters and talking about project priorities. Mr. Pickering indicated that he, Mr. Masters, Mrs. Wilsey and Mr. Broughton would be attending Jumpstart in June and meeting with the airlines about the opportunities Mr. Masters mentioned above and that they are already preparing for those meetings. Mr. Pickering spoke of a terminal capacity study being a priority for him because realistically ILM is out of space with one additional airline and it could take three years before ILM could expand and accommodate additional airlines. Mr. Pickering indicated that is not a position ILM wants to be in. It would make ILM look bad and unprepared in terms of planning future growth. Mr. Pickering stated his other priority is a customer satisfaction survey which was identified in the Organizational Assessment report. It is another data point for ILM to build on in decision making. This information would supplement a retention diversion study already being discussed. Beyond that, Mr. Pickering updated the board on conversations with staff about the Small Community Air Service Development Grant stating that Mr. Barber's earlier comments on incentives are very much in line with this except this is related to air service development. Mr. Pickering stated the small community grant ties in community partners so it is a public/private partnership and it ties in with economic development of the airport but gives ILM more to work with. The RFP for applications for the Small Community ASD Grant should be released within the next week or two and applications are tentatively due by June 19th so ILM has to have a public/private partnership in place soon in order to be able to deliver on the non-airport cash requirement. Mr. Pickering closed stating that those are really his short term priorities for ILM over the next 3-4 months and beyond that he and the staff will continue on the normal air service work with meetings at the airlines offices and doing the industry conferences in an effort to expand and maintain existing air service. Mr. Lennon expressed thanks on behalf of the board to Mr. Masters and that it has been a pleasure to work with him. In response to Mr. Lennon's and Dr. Kays' requests for more information on what the terminal capacity study would provide, Mr. Bright responded that it was basically a master plan for the terminal and involves doing an inventory of existing facilities, an inventory of historical and current operations and then taking that information and developing forecasts looking at trends in the industry, regional demographics and developing a 5, 10 and 20 year forecasts of ILM's operations and other related data. It gives you milestones of when you are going to need to react to certain passenger levels and so today if you were full and you had another airline wanting to come in, what do you do? Where are you going to go? How are you going to get your additional ticket counter? Where are you going to put your next gate? Are you going to expand your existing concourse? What is the economic payback on that? At what point do you reach a New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 9 threshold that you need to consider your second concourse? Those are the types of issues that the terminal capacity study looks at. Mr. Bright responded to Mr. Barber's statement of clarification by saying that ILM may be able to meet their 5, 10 or 20 year needs by simply expanding the existing concourse but with this study you know what your next step is and what your needs are and how you have to plan for grant funds and budgeting and local funds to meet those constriction needs 5, 10 and 20 years down the line. Mr. Lennon asked if this study is a justification to the FAA for funding and Mr. Bright said absolutely. Mrs. Wilsey said that ILM had a draft scope of this ready to go for a couple of years and it has been a matter of finding the funding for it from the FAA without compromising our discretionary funding that we have received on current airport airside projects. We would have the terminal capacity study done today if we could have gotten the money from the FAA and still gotten all that discretionary money that we needed for the airfield and the ILS and the RWY 17/35 overlay. Mr. Barber pointed out it was his understanding that the study could be funded through the PFC and Mr. Morton confirmed that he did put it into the PFC plan this fall and ILM's PFC proposal is still going through the approval process and as of right now, the existing questions from the FAA are not concerning that project. Mr. Morton stated that if the study is approved by the board, the project is started and ILM fronts the money, ILM can be reimbursed for the expense under PFC if it is approved. Mr. Bright stated that the terminal capacity study could take 11-12 months and by the time you get FAA approval and get them to buy into what you want to do next, it is going to be at least 2 more years before you can get the funding and get anything constricted, therefore from today you are looking at least 3 years at the earliest before you could do anything. There was discussion about the US Airways and American merger and how that could affect ILM positively in terms of adding service if the two airlines merge into a single entity but that could take up to 18 months or more to happen. Mr. Barber asked about the cost of the study and Mr. Bright responded that it would cost between $330,000 and $360,000. Mr. Morton stated that he had $310,000 as the initial quote in the PFC but you can exceed that budget by 25%if you have justification for it. Dr. Kays stated that he feels the board has always been proactive and looking forward and not reactive. Dr. Kays asked for board comments. After further comments and discussion, Mr. Barber MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Lennon, that ILM proceed with a terminal capacity study not to exceed $360,000. Following further comment and discussion Dr. Kays called for a vote and the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Dr. Roseman initiated a discussion about the ability to raise facility charge and Mr. Rosborough reported that commercial service airports have been asking the FAA to raise the PFC from the current rate of$4.50/enplaned passenger to $7.50/enplaned passenger for the past 10 years. This proposal has not been approved because the airlines are opposed to it primarily. Mr. Barber New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 10 stated that ILM's PFC is low relative to other airports. Mr. Morton stated the PFC charge is currently $4.50 and they want to raise it to $7.50. Mrs. Wilsey said it doesn't mean that we'd go to $7.50 it just means that it would raise the ceiling so that airports could decide how high they want to go. Mr. Morton reported that ILM is currently at $4.50 and it was adjusted in 2001. Dr. Kays asked for more information about the small community air service development grant and Mr. Pickering responded with details about the small community air service development grant and discussion followed. In response to Dr. Kays' question regarding what Mr. Pickering needed to move forward with the small community grant process, Mr. Pickering said it was part of the air service contract ILM has with Mead &Hunt but it is dependant on whether or not ILM can get the community partners and financial match. We can't go forward if we can't get the private dollars. Mr. Rosborough stated this is a different approach and we wanted to let the board know staff will be going out, if you concur, and solicit this match so you need to be informed of that in case you are asked. Mrs. Copley stated that the County has just adopted a strategic plan and economic development is the key so this is a very good time to approach the County. Discussion followed about how to best present this to the City, County and local industries. Mr. Barber initiated discussion about the customer satisfaction survey recommended by Mr. Pickering. Dr. Roseman questioned whether or not UNCW's business school could implement this study and discussion followed concerning the Jackson Group, the methodologies that would be utilized and the scope of the study. In response to Mr. Barber's question about the cost of the customer satisfaction survey, Mr. Rosborough responded it is $24,700 with the Jackson Group, a consulting survey firm with corporate headquarters in Hickory. Mr. Lennon initiated further discussion about the value of the survey to ILM and discussion followed concerning UNCW and the Jackson Group and the quality of results needed. In response to Mr. Lambeth's question about funding this survey, Mr. Morton replied that it would be a professional service and there is $20,000 left in FY13 and the FY14 budget has $35,000 for professional services. Mr. Lennon commented that he would be in favor of this if during the discussions with the county and city in regards to this small community air service development program that staff points out the investments being made with an eye towards what our air service is going to look like over the next 5 years and if staff contacts the Star-News and provides them the information about what ILM is doing so people understand what we are spending the money on and why. Mr. Barber MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Lennon to retain the Jackson Group to complete a customer satisfaction survey not to exceed $25,000. Dr. Roseman amended the motion to run it by UNCW business school chair for his recommendation prior to approval but it was not seconded and the original motion was voted on. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. New Hanover County Airport Authority May 1, 2013 Page 11 ITEMS BY THE PUBLIC There were no comments from the public. OLD BUSINESS No old business. NEW BUSINESS Dr. Kays presented Mr. Masters with a plaque of appreciation from the Airport Authority. Mr. Masters stated he has enjoyed working with the ILM staff and Airport Authority. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Lennon MOVED, SECONDED by Mr. Barber to adjourn. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Chairman Kays adjourned the meeting at 7:57 p.m. Prepared by: Respectfully Submitted: Rose M. Davis John D. Lennon, Secretary