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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
DECEMBER 17 1996 -
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday,
December 17, 1996, 7:00 p.m., Iredell County Government Center, 200
South Center Street, Statesville, NC. Present were:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
Steve D. Johnson, Vice Chairman
David A. Boone
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Susan Blumenstein, Finance Director
Jean C. Moore, Clerk to the Board
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
ADJUSTMENTS OF AGENDA
Chairman Haire moved to refer the Intermediate Zoning
Classification item back to the Iredell County Planning Board.
Also, to add three announcements of vacancies to the Adult Care
Home Community Advisory Committee and to delete an appointment to
the Nursing Home Advisory Committee. In addition, a Closed Session
was requested following the regular agenda items.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
STATESVILLE AIRPORT COMMISSION: Mr. L.A. Parks, Jr., Chairman
of the airport commission, said he was happy to report the airport
was a healthy and growing industry. He emphasized the word
industry and said the airport was a vital ingredient in the local
economy. Mr. Bill Mazlek, of the NCDOT/Aviation Division, recently
estimated the value of the airport to be $20 million. The
University of North Carolina/Charlotte did a study of the airport
impact on the local economy, and the following is an excerpt from
this report:
REGION 5
CATAWBA VALLEY REGION AIRPORTS
Airport Name Total Expenditures Total Tax Total Total Total
Revenue Earnings Employment visitors
Hickory Regional
$12,106,329
11098,000
4,907,633
265
38,553
Morganton -Lenoir
3,969,020
24,705
1,242,531
97
9,250
Statesville Municipal
2.786.079
372,231
1,231,489
42
16,000
CATAWBA VALLEY REGION
$18,861,428
1,494,936
7,381,653
404
63,803
Parks said the airport brought visitors to Iredell County and
they in turn spent money while visiting. The airport recently
leased the last corporate hangar space. Statesville Flying Service
(Phil Hazel) has requested twenty additional T hangars and hangar
space. Parks said the airport had reached a space problem. The
airport commission's philosophy has been to maintain the property
that would be available for new industry. This prompted the
commission to hire W.K. Dickson Engineering Co., to do a study on
how to obtain available land for hangar development space. On
December 16, 1996, the Statesville City Council decided to allow
the closure of the north/south runway which will make this land
available for this type of development.