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MINUTES REGULAR MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORYBOARD COUNCIL CHAMBERS 107 E. KAUFMAN STREET PARIS, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 19 201.8 5:30 O'CLOCK P.M. The Air jr ort Advisory Boar,d meeling was called to order bj) Chairman Tim Allarks at 5:30 Via. in, The following members were present: Tim Bullock, Anna Spencer, Tim Marks, Jimmy Noble, Daniel Roach and Matt Birch. The following members were absent: Ray Ball, Also present: John Godwin, City Manager; Jerry Richey, Airport Manager; Lance Nicholson, Engineer Technician; Triniti Frazier, Community Development Coordinator; Michael Paris, PEDC Director and Paula Portugal, City Council Liaison. 2. Aj)proval oftninulesftoin the meeting (,)f'Allarch 15, 2018, A motion to approve the minutes was made by Jimmy Noble and seconded by Tim Marks. Motion carried 6-0. 3, Discussion regarding delinquent hangar rentals. Triniti Frazier, City staff reported there are no delinquent hangar rentals at this time. 4. Discussion regarding develolnnent 0121,)ortunities. Michael Paris. Executive Director for the Paris Economic Development Corporation states a prospect came into town about a month and a half ago.. This prospect flew in the India Airforce and is now representing a large equity group out of India looking at establishing a flight school out of Cox Field. They want to train local Pilots here and out of India as well. They went out to the airport and met with Jerry Richey. Mr. Paris states lie entertained commuter traffic that would be competing with Tyler, Longview and Texarkana- Mr. Paris states American Airlines said because of the shortage of pilots it's just harder to go into a smaller area like Paris. They talked about the capacity that Cox field has and type of aircraft that could be useful for small commuter traffic. The equity group wanted to access the demand in this area via survey and they are looking for at least one thousand responses. Mr. Paris further states he had the prospect meet with Dr.