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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD THURSDAY, September 19, 2019 1. Call meeting to order. Meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Members present were Ray Ball, Scott Avery, Scott Hearne, Anna Spencer, David Taylor and Jim Bell. Also present were Paula Portugal, Gene Anderson, Carla Easton, Jerry Richey and Lance Nicholson. 2. Citizens input. After discussion of item 4, Scott Avery moved to citizens input. Peter Edenhoffer said he had concerns about signing the lease because it was a seven-year lease requirement with no out. He also wanted to know about paying for electricity costs when he did not know how it was calculated, maintenance of his plane in his own hangar was not allowed, and parking by his hangar was prohibited. For these reasons, Dr. Edenhoffer said he could not sign the lease. Dr. Edenhoffer said a lot of people were unhappy about this lease. Jim Bell said he was hoping they could get help from Tom Chandler who is an AOPA and helps cities develop airports all over the country. He said there had been comments that this was not the lease that the airport board recommended. Mr. Bell also said he thought the lease should be reviewed. Mr. Bell said they suspected the lease was written by an employee of the City of Paris who was no longer employed. He said there were pilots who signed the lease, identical to what Dr. Edenhoffer got. Mr. Bell said the city should take an opportunity to get with Mr. Chandler. Scott Avery said they would put on the agenda for next month to discuss review of the lease and get guidance. Jack Ashmore said he had been in hangar C-3 for 21 years, and he signed the lease so he would not get kicked out. He also said he did not have a copy of this lease agreement and he did not know where it was now. He said years ago they had a lease that essentially said the same thing as the current lease, but it was only two and one-half pages. David Jones with Air Direct said they had two hangars and he concurred with Jack Ashmore about the length of the lease, and that they had no problems in the past. Mr. Jones said the current lease agreement attempts to preclude commercial activities and under the Act, because the airport receives federal funding they cannot prohibit this type of activity. He asked that when they revisit the lease agreement, they pay special attention to this provision. The section about permitted activity language should be abolished. 3. Consider approval of minutes from August 15, 2019 regular meeting.