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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED AIRPORT BOARD MEETING
May 12, 2003
MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Rick McKinney, Frank Sperandeo, Otto
Loewer, Mike Andrews, Dave Bowman, Bob Nickle
STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, Louise Powers
OTHERS PRESENT: Anthony (Tony) Beringer and Tom Travis -Clear Channel Radio
ITEM #1: Welcome.
Chairman Wallace welcomed everyone attending the meeting.
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ITEM #2: Temporary Use Agreement.
C. Wallace explained he would need a motion to go ahead and approve a Temporary Use
Agreement with the radio station for the concert, or a motion to not approve the
agreement. If the Board approved the concert, it would be the airport's second event of
this type. R. Boudreaux said the radio station has agreed to the same terms as the B. B.
King concert. People doing the concert would do all security and the concert would be in
the daytime, which is a positive difference.
T. Beringer said this would be their sixth free Listener Appreciation Concert. It will be a
country show. The contract has not been signed yet, so they can't announce the
performer yet. Their four stations are the four most listened to stations in the area. They
are strong corporate citizens and participate in 75 charity events annually. This concert is
free, it is their way of giving back to the citizens. It will be a classy event that the Board
will be proud of. The Museum will also benefit from the parking, they would receive
40% of the parking fee. Answering C. Wallace, they will probably broadcast live prior to
the concert, but not the concert. They had used the Fayetteville Fair Grounds, but had
outgrown the parking area. For several years they had used the rodeo grounds in
Springdale, but the rodeo people controlled the concessions and the station lost money.
This would allow Clear Channel to break even. Beer will be sold, provided a permit
request is approved and issued. Answering B. Nickle, Fayetteville's sound ordinance
won't affect the concert, the concert will be over before nighttime.
R. Boudreaux said they did use a fence at the back of the B. B. King concert, it was in
back of everyone and people didn't try to go that direction. The airport did close
Taxiway C north of Delta to guarantee there would not be a problem, and there wasn't.
T. Beringer said the Washington County Sheriffs Deputies and others would be
providing security.
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A motion to approve the lease with one modification, the inclusion of a
sentence which would state the security would be under the direction
of the Airport Director, was made by F. Sperandeo and seconded by
D. Bowman.
T. Beringer said their clients are the concerts' sponsors and to get a concert ticket, people
would need to go by the sponsors' business to pick up their free ticket.
R. McKinney stressed this request was for a non -aviation event. He also expressed his
concerns for those volunteers parking vehicles, and related an incident from the B. B.
King that could have been serious. He commented that airports are regulated to operate
safely, the concert would have a close proximity to aviation activity, and expressed
concern an aircraft might possibly drift off the runway. 0. Loewer stated it was more
likely for problems to develop at AIRFEST than at a concert. R. Boudreaux said this is a
temporary situation, and asked if the risk was so great as to not be compatible with
aviation? Stating he would be on site, Tony will be there with his people and our people
will be there.
Board Consensus: That requests for future non -aviation events be considered
individually by the Board, and this event not set a precedence for the future.
The motion carried, with five members voting yes, one member voting
no, and the Chairman not voting (his vote is required to break a tie).
Meeting adjourned.
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Dave Bowman, Secretary Date