MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

A Special Meeting of the Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, was held Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 5:00 pm in the Airport Boardroom.

The members present or absent were as follows:
Present: Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark (via phone), Haugen
Absent: None
Others: Bossart, Piepkorn

Received Amended Easement from CenturyLink for Easement in the South General Aviation Area and Authorized its Signature:
Attorney Bossart was recognized and stated this is an easement with CenturyLink that had been approved and when it was returned to us after their signature her office staff found errors with the notarization of their signatures and also an issue with the Exhibit A. She stated these things have been corrected and the document can now be recorded.

Received Amended Lease Extension Request from Passur for Equipment Located at the Eastside Terminal:
Attorney Bossart stated the board approved a five-year extension of this lease at the September 24 meeting, subject to final legal review. She stated after reviewing Passur’s proposed extension there were a number of items that differed from the previous lease. She stated Passur has now requested just a one year extension and she has drafted the lease extension, which includes a 3% rate escalator.

Approved the Individual Voucher to Mead & Hunt:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $33,440.00 to Mead & Hunt for partial payment request for engineering services in connection with the Cargo Apron Expansion Project, AIP49.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Approved the Individual Voucher to Mead & Hunt:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $3,515.00 to Mead & Hunt
for partial payment request for engineering services in connection with the Runway 36 CAE-II Study.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Approved the Individual Voucher to Sixel LLC:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $4,022.00 to Sixel LLC for passenger enplanement fees, September 2019, Frontier Airlines.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Approved the Individual Voucher to Sixel LLC:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $2,750.00 to Sixel LLC for quarterly airline reports.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Approved the Individual Voucher to Sixel LLC:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $1,170.36 to Sixel LLC for consulting services, meeting and reports, Allegiant Annual Conference.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Approved the Individual Voucher to TL Stroh Architects:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $76,471.35 to TL Stroh Architects for partial payment request for architectural services in connection with the SRE Building Project.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Approved the Individual Voucher to Flint Communications:
Ms. Linn moved to approve the individual voucher in the amount of $32,142.08 to Flint Communications for partial payment request for 2019 Airport Marketing Program.
Second by Mr. Engen.
On the call of the roll, members Linn, Engen, Lind, Clark, Haugen voted aye. No member being absent and none voting nay the motion was declared carried.

Chairman Haugen stated the Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo, North Dakota will meet in Executive Session to review ongoing discussions with the City Commission of the City of Fargo, North Dakota as it relates to the relationship between the Airport Authority and the City of Fargo for certain services provided to and paid for the Airport.
The Executive Session will provide for discussions related to negotiation strategy relative to the parties’ positions as to a Memorandum of Understanding proposed by the City Commission and responded to by the Airport Authority.
This Session will further provide negotiating instructions to the Chairman of the MAA and/or its attorney. With respect to said negotiations and a potential agreement between the City and the Fargo Municipal Airport Authority, or a decision by the Airport Authority to seek out and retain vendors outside the City of Fargo, these have financial implications and an open meeting discussion of the negotiations, strategy and direction to the Chairman and/or MAA’s attorney, would create an adverse fiscal effect on the bargaining position of the MAA.
This Executive Session has been authorized pursuant to ND Century Code § 44-04-19.1(9).

Mr. Engen moved to convene to Executive Session.
Second by Mr. Lind.
All members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.

The Special Meeting was convened at 5:04 pm for executive session.
The Special Meeting was reconvened at 6:20 pm.

Chairman Haugen stated the executive session resulted in no action taken. He stated the executive session contained discussion only. The discussion relative to a Memorandum of Understanding proposed by the City Commission will be continued at the Regular Meeting on October 22, 2019, at which time a vote can be expected.

The Special Meeting was adjourned until the next Regular Meeting to be held Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.