PROCEEDINGS OF THE AIRPORT DISTRICT, PARISH OF BEAUREGARD, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT REGULAR MEETING MARCH 1, 2007.

The Beauregard Parish Airport District met in Regular Session on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 5:00 P.M. The following board members were present: Hollis Ray O'Neal, Chairman; Eugene Loftin, R.M. Simmons and Hugh DuBose. Absent were: Elton Pickering and Karl St. Romain. Also present Lee Lancon, Airport Engineering Consultant and John B. Jones, III Airport Manager.

Mr. O'Neal opened the meeting and asked Mr. Loftin to give the invocation. He then welcomed all those present to the March 2007 board meeting.

Mr. O'Neal asked if there were any amendments to the agenda. There were none.

Mr. O'Neal then asked if there were any corrections to the minutes. There were none. A motion was made by Mr. Simmons to approve the minutes. Mr. Loftin offered the second and the minutes were unanimously approved as written and mailed.

The next item was a request by Flex-Air.  Mr. Jones, Airport Manager, read a letter from Justin Walker asking to lease and move all of their office, shop, and present hangar operations to the Carlisle Corporate Hangar. Mr. Walker was asking to lease one-half of the hangar. and have a first option on the remaining portion of the hangar if the present tenants vacated that space and if a third party wished to rent that portion. Mr. Jones said that he had discussed the lease with Mr. Walker and quoted rental of $450.00 per month. The Lessee would be responsible for electrical power and would be responsible for movement of Lessee aircraft. A motion was made by Mr. Hall to approve the lease to Flex-Air with Flex-Air responsible for electric power and movement of aircraft. Mr. Simmons seconded the motion which was unanimously passed.

Mr. O'Neal then recognized the airport engineering consultant, Mr. Lee Lancon, to report on airport projects. Mr. Lancon first addressed the Taxiway A Construction project. He passed out the revised project schedule and reviewed the state of each item. He specifically mentioned that the four required environmental letters had been sent out. The DBE goals for the project had been established, were being advertised, and were available for inspection in the airport office.

He said he had talked to the airport's FAA Program Manager, Ms. Conner regarding the alternates submitted with the project package to the FAA. Mr. Lancon said that he got a definite impression that the alternate had little chance of being funded and questioned the wisdom of including them in the invitation to bid. Mr. Jones said that he had also talked with Ms. Conner. He felt that the FAA had no problem with the alternates but that funding was not likely. After a lengthy discussion the board agreed that it would be best to only include alternate 1 with the base bid. That alternate would be a requirement for the anticipated state ILS glide slope project. Mr. Lancon then reviewed the safety plan for the project. A motion was then made by Mr. Loftin to authorize advertising for bids for the construction of Taxiway A-Phase II, and alternate No. 1 (clearing for the glide slope). The motion was seconded by Mr. Simmons and unanimously approved.

Mr. Lancon then updated the board on the installation of the Emergency Stand-By Generator for the airfield lighting. Mr. Lancon said the installation would be complete and final inspection made on Tuesday March 6, 2007. That would also be the date the factory representative will be on-site for the initial start up of the generator.

There being no further business a motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Hall and seconded by Mr. DuBose. The motion was unanimously approved.

Hollis Ray O'Neal, Chairman

Elton Pickering, Secretary/Treasurer