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AIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETING
A meeting of the Bangor City Council Airport Committee was
held on Monday, August 22, 1988 at 4 PM at the City Council Chambers.
Present were:
Mary Sullivan, Chairperson
Arthur Tilley
Patricia Blanchette
-Edward Barrett
Edward McKeon
Peter D'EYrlco
Absent: Jane Saxl
Item Al - Cole's Express Use Request on Light -Duty Aircraft Ramp.
This request had previously been before the Committee on May 5th.
Economic Development Director, Edward McKeon, stated Cole's Express
has recently hired Alan Campbell as the Director of the Cold's
Training School and he will be setting up the training program.
The company is requesting to lease between 2jand G acres behind
the Public Works area and outside of the security fence around the
perimeter of the airport. The company would be responsible for
cleaning the area, no permanent structure would beconstructed on
site as had previously been requested, and would be for aone-year
period with a 30 -day vacate notice. Mr. Alan Campbell informed the
Committee that Cole's would like to lease this area until their
company's own facilities on the Perry Road are completed. He said
they temporarily needed a paved area on which students could practice
maneuvering tractor -trailers. The Committee unanimously approved
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Item 42 - Status of Eastern Express Convairs. Airport Manager,
Peter D'Errico briefed the Committee on previous correspondence to
Eastern Express regarding the unserviceable Convairs parked near the
General Aviation Building. Mr. Allyn Caruso, President of Eastern
Express informed the Committee that the company has been trying to sell
these Convairs since 1984. Mr. Caruso continued to say that he feels
that as the company is based at BIA, the aircraft they are marketing
should be nearby.in order for them to sell. He explained they have
money tied up in these aircraft and they are anxious to sell them;
he would prefernotto pay rent for parking these aircraft but would
if necessary. Be would be agreeable to move these aircraft to a
different location on the airport and Mr.'D'Errico will seek other
alternative locations. Councilor Tilley feels that Eastern Express
is an asset to the City of Bangor and that we allow this company
a spIPcified time to remove the aircraft, .after which time the
airline will be charged for the storage of the planes pending their
sale. After some discussion, it was unanimously approved to grant
a nine-month grace period to Eastern Express before instituting a
parking fee for these aircraft.
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Item 43 - Aerofusion Sign Request. Mr. D'Errico gave the Committee
a brief background on Aerofusi?n erecting a sign on the hangar without
first obtaining a permit from Code Enforcement. Subsequently, the
sign permit was denied by Code Enforcement and Aerofusion is going
through the Appeals process. Regardless of the decision of the Zoning
Board of Appeals, this sign request will require approval from the
Airport Committee.
Meeting adjourned at 5 P.M. b
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