Meeting Minutes

CONNEAUT PORT AUTHORITY MINUTES

CONNEAUT PORT AUTHORITY MINUTES OF 7:00 P.M. MEETING MARCH 20, 2008

PRESENT: Spieldenner, Cooper, Belnap, Muchiarrone, Yesso and Raisian.

ABSENT: Palo, excused.

MINUTES:

After review and correction of the minutes of the February 21, 2008 meeting, it was moved by Jim Muchiarrone, seconded by Joe Raisian to approve the minutes as presented; passed unanimously.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

After review of the financial statement for the month of February; it was moved by Judy Yesso and seconded by Bill Cooper to accept the statement as presented; passed unanimously.

Motion to pay current and outstanding bills moved by Judy Yesso, seconded by Bill Cooper; passed unanimously.

MOTIONS:

RESOLVED #09-08...: Moved by Bill Cooper, seconded by Jim Muchiarrone to approve the contract for Aqua Doc... .custom marina treatment for the 2008 season; passed unanimously.

RESOLVED #10-08...: Moved by Bill Cooper, seconded by JudyYesso to approve the dock deposit refund for Raymond Yokel in the amount of $250 for the 2008 boating season as his wife has lost her employment; passed unanimously.

RESOLVED #11-08...: Moved by Judy Yesso, seconded by Joe Raisian to approve the dock deposit refund for James Berry for the 2008 boating season due to death; passed unanimously.

RESOLVED #12-08...: Moved by Bill Cooper, seconded by Judy Yesso to make Temporary Budget the Permanent Budget with the following stipulations;
1) Gas & Oil: Vehicles for the most part will not leave Port Authority premises; 2) Director: Funding position, not individual;
3) Accountant: Funding position, not individual;
passed unanimously.

RESOLVED #13-08...: Moved by Judy Yesso, seconded by Jim Muchiarrone to approve $2,000 to allow CT Consultants to apply for grant application for Phase II of PCM Marina - Waterway Safety Grant; passed unanimously;

RESOLVED #14-08...: Moved by Jim Muchiarrone, seconded by Joe Raisian to excuse John Palo from meeting; passed unanimously.


CORRESPONDENCE:

1) Leadership Ashtabula County: Judy, Joe and Denver provided a guided tour for the
current class;
2) Received a thank you card from the Ashcraft family;
3) Received a contract from Aqua-Doc for $3,550 (full season price) to be done in two
Applications - June and August;
4) Correspondence from CT Consultants asking USACE to remove a certain section
From our permitting process;
5) Received correspondence from Piney Dock (Kinder Morgan) price list on stone;
6) Schedule from correctional institution . . . indicating days available for prisoners;
A) Denver will coordinate this with Ed;
7) Financial survey from Ohio Port Authority Foundations 05/07/08; 8) D-Day event will be changed to August 22nd thru August 24th. Will be sending 3 landing camps;



AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:

Mike Fox, U.S. Officer of Homeland Security and Tim Woody from U.S. Coast Guard;

Mike Fox reported:
1) U.S. Officers will be patrolling lakefront facility;
2) Will be random boarding of small watercraft;
A) 2009 - full compliance for passport requirements;
B) Brochures are available;
C) Uniform Great Lakes boating rules will be available shortly;
3) Best way to report entering country is utilizing video phone;
A) On-line publications detail requirements of reporting entry;
1) If not complying.. .can seize vessel and assess fines;
4) Will be available for D-Day Reenactment (Coast Guard also);
5) Will be available for Boat Show;

Tim Woody (U.S. Coast Guard) reported:
1) Another boat in water shortly;
2) New boat...33' vessel;
A) Buoys.. .possible acquires aids and navigation assistance from Coast Guard;
1) Tim will be checking with associate to accomplish this;
3) Will be doing law enforcement control and interacting with local police;
4) May 17, 2008 from 10:00a.m. To 4:00p.m. Will be the Water Safety Expo at Coast
Guard station in Ashtabula;
A) Safe boating awareness;
B) Tour/review coast boats;
C) Fliers will be going out;

Bob Best would like to see time posted of Office hours;
Bob inquired about the following
1) Wages, etc.;
2) Scribble Program;
3) Advisory Board;
4) Revenue enhancement.


CONSTRUCTION:

Jim Muchiarrone reported
1) Fence...Thomas Fence will erect shortly;
2) Stand-offs;
A) Croft (manufacturer of docks) advised against;
B) Jim will work on cost estimates;
3) Herb Kelly will be looking at need to repair work barge (pontoon);
4) Cost estimate for concrete work - Scott McCall construction;
5) Aaron Eddy is looking at electrical requirements enabling the acquisition of material.

RAMP REPORT:

Closed for the season.

DOCK REPORT:

Denver Spieldenner reported:

PCM
103 available docks / 86 deposits for 2008 received (approx 83%)
51 Feb Payments
28 Paid in full
08 February outstanding payments
04 transient docks
12 vacant

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103 total

***9 Jet Ski rentals for 2008

LAGOON
206 available docks / 180 deposits for 2008 received (approx 87%)

116 Feb payments
48 paid in full
12 February outstanding payments 02 contracts in mail (F-34 and G-19) 19 vacant
04 narrow or shallow
01 damaged (G-17)
04 arranged payments

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206 total

Dock forfeitures to" date for 2008
4 Lagoon (Humphreys, Colvalt, Bufalini & Kinter) 3 PCM (Yokel, Koscevic & Berry)



DOCK REPORT (Continued):

1) JD Berry - Refund of dock (death); 2) YokeI- $250 (wife lost job);
3) Ed Ashcraft will be back next week.

FINANCE:

Tom Belnap
Presented proposed Permanent Budget;

BUDGET:
Discussions:
1) Director and Accountant approved in budget is not approving individual to
Perform position;
2) Gasoline: Conneaut Port Authority vehicles will not leave Port Authority premises
Unless approved by Chairman.

GRANTS AND PLANNING:

Bill Cooper
North Coast Dredging Coalition
1) Learned;
A) Permit: All lands adjacent to federal channels;
1) Good for 7 years;
2) Takes 2 years to get;
B) Everyone is in same quandary... too much sand. Talk of forming coalition...
Partnership with State of Ohio;
2) Dredging for main channel and Lagoon;
A) Want to go down 8-10 feet;
1) Probably will go 8 foot;
2) Step to 6 foot;
3) Spoke to CT Consultants Waterway Safety Grants;
A) Needs;
1) More revenue;
a) Looking at Phase Two Marina;
b) Deadline is April 1st;
1) Cost to put application together and permitting;
2) Permit would be good for 5 years with 2-5 year extension.
4) CT Consultants estimate cost if$1,200, would like to allocate $2,000;
5) Board agreed to have Bill pursue cost to obtain necessary permits for Phase n dock
expansion.

MARKETING:

Judy Yesso
1) Brochures are sent out;
2) Need to target marketing area;
A) This will cost money.

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LEASES:

John Palo
1) No report (John has been excused from meeting).

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

Joe Raisian
1) Sent letter to Strictland;
2) What’s long range plan for area that spans from break wall to break wall;
A) May want to partnership with City;
3) Questions why Conneaut Port Authority authorized the reconstruction of B-Dock
(Lagoon) that was not consistent with A-Dock floating system.

HEATER REPAIR IN OFFICE:

1) Burdick Plumbing was checking into GEO Thermo;
2) Bob Best volunteered to do underground boring for gas line;
3) Tom has information of company in Chardon that does GEO Thermo;
4) Looking into cost of solar and windmill.

SECURITY CAMERA:

Larry DeGeorge:
A) Digital Video Recorder is back at Pe1co;
1) To replace $3,000;
2) To repair (3 hard drives - $1,119);
B) Denver will talk to Larry about options and past lightning damage to equipment.

WEBSITE UPDATE:

DeAnna will keep up to date;
1) Will post minutes;
2) Update officers, etc.

OHIO RECORDS TRAINING (3 Hour Training Session):

1) Judy and Denver attended;
A) Need to do several things;
1) Yellow book - records keeping;
2) Has Freedom of Information Act.
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ADJOURNMENT:

The Chairman of the board entertained a motion to adjourn the board meeting at
approximately 9:40 p.m.; moved by Bill Cooper, seconded by Joe Raisian; passed
unanimously. .

The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be held Thursday, April7, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at the Conneaut City Council Chambers.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas M. Belnap
Secretary/Treasurer
Denver Spieldenner
Chairman