S102215_Asheboro_AirportOctober 22, 2015
Joint Special Meeting with Asheboro City Council and Asheboro Airport Authority
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met jointly with the Asheboro City Council and
the Asheboro Airport Authority in duly advertised special session at 7:00 p.m. in the City of
Asheboro's Public Works Facility, 1312 N. Fayetteville St., Asheboro, NC. Commissioners Darrell
Frye, Phil Kemp, Arnold Lanier and David Allen were present, as well as, County Manager Hal
Johnson; Finance Officer Will Massie; County Attorney Ben Morgan; Associate County
Attorney Aimee Scotton; Amanda Varner, Clerk to the Board and Dana Crisco, Deputy Clerk to
the Board. Commissioner Stan Haywood was absent. In attendance from the City of Asheboro were
Mayor David Smith;_ Council members Charles Swiers, Clark Bell, Linda Carter, Katie Snuggs,
Eddie Burks and Walker Moffitt; City Manager John Ogburn; Holly Doer, Clerk to the Council;
City Finance Officer Debbie Reaves, City Attorney Jeff Sugg and Michael Leonard, City of
Asheboro Engineer. Asheboro Airport Authority representatives present were Airport Authority
Chairman Steve Knight, Bob Crumley, and Curtis Williams.
At 7:00 p.m., Mayor David Smith called the meeting to order on behalf of the City.
Chairman Frye called the meeting to order for the County and Authority Chairman Steve
Knight called the meeting to order on behalf of the Asheboro Airport Authority.
Mr. Michael Leonard, PE Asheboro City Engineer, spoke and listed the members of the
Airport Authority Terminal Expansion Committee which consist of himself, Steve Knight, Bob
Crumley, Skip Marsh, Karen McCraw, and Paxton Arthurs. He also introduced Jimmy Luther of
WK Dickson & Co., Inc., which provides planning, design, and engineering consulting services
to support the infrastructure needs.
Airport Authority member Mr. Bob Crumley spoke of the estimated five million dollar
current economic value and benefits of the airport to Randolph County. He feels the expansion
of the airport terminal will have a tourism economic impact as well. The airport currently sees
around 125 flights a week. The runway is currently 5,501 feet long and has added some
additional hangers. The current terminal was built in 1972. Mr. Crumley said they, along with
the Tourism Development Authority, hope to more aggressively market both the NC Aviation
Museum and the Aviation Hall of Fame, which are located at the Asheboro Airport.
Mr. Crumley said the airport terminal would have a cafe with seating inside and out, meeting
space, pilot's lounge with quiet rooms and showers, among other amenities for visitors. The
Authority envisions not only pilots eating and meeting there but the cafe and meeting rooms
being available to businesses that need to meet clients that are flying in, citizens who come to the
museum and Hall of Fame or just to watch the planes. Mr. Crumley said the Authority has
already had some contact from NASCAR teams with interest in locating their aircraft at the
airport if this project proceeds.
Mr. Crumley and Stan Anthony, architect and managing principal of the architectural
firm, Boomerang Design-MBAJ Architecture, presented the consulting engineers
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recommendations and design options for the proposed new terminal building at Asheboro
Regional Airport. The design work was the last work of John Thomas of the same firm, who
passed on Monday.
They presented a PowerPoint presentation of other terminals around the area and one in
Georgetown, KY, which is very similar in demographics. They are also home to the largest auto
plant in the U.S. Mr. Anthony said from the air the proposed Asheboro terminal resembles a
plane wing. The structure will be largely natural stone, glass and ground face masonry. A
portion of the outside wall facing the fly -in area has been left blank in hopes well-known local
artist Susan Harrell will do a mural of the history of aviation. They continued the simulated tour
and mentioned there would be open space on the lower level that could be leased out. The full
terminal size would be 22,739 square feet and estimated the construction cost to be around
$212/square foot. Estimated cost of the project is $7,580,471.
Mr. Crumley reviewed the funding sources the Authority has considered. The Authority has
committed to raise $500,000 towards the project. They have been awarded a grant of $560,000
from NCDOA contingent upon the project going forward. This is the only terminal project
included in this grant cycle and Mr. Crumley said that is proof that the expansion is important to
the state and area. The Airport Authority asked the City of Asheboro and Randolph County for a
50/50 matching grant for the local funding balance of $4,938,087 to be applied toward
construction, furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
Chairman Frye asked about security measures. Mr. Crumley and Mr. Anthony reviewed the
conceptual design and the security measures that will be in place.
Chairman Frye inquired how long the state allotment towards the project was valid. Mr.
Leonard said it would most likely renew for the 2016-'17 year.
Chairman Frye also asked about the timing of completion and what fiscal years could be
impacted by the requested monies from matching dollars of the local governments. Mr. Crumley
stated that it would take six to eight months to complete the design phase which would require
some monies, but late 2016 would be when the larger lump sum would be needed. He said they
hoped completion to be by end of 2017 or early 2018 at the latest.
Asheboro Airport Authority Adiournment
The Asheboro Airport Authority adjourned.
County Adiournment
At 8:00 p.m., on a motion of Kemp, seconded by Allen, the Board of Commissioners
adj ourned.
City of Asheboro Adjournment
The Asheboro City Council adjourned.
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Darrell L. Frye, Chairman Phil Kemp
Arnold Lanier
David Allen
Stan Haywood
Amanda Varner, Clerk to the Board
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