Airport Commission — Burlington, VT
Date: 2026-06-03
Time: 16:00

Airport Commission

 Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor Conference Room / Zoom at the
 Airport

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1. Call to Order
 Subject 1.1. Call to Order
 Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
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 Category 1. Call to Order
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 Subject 1.2. Acknowledgement of Remote Commissioners
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 Category 1. Call to Order
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2. Agenda
 2.1. Motion to amend/adopt agenda

3. Public Forum
 Subject 3.1. PUBLIC FORUM - Verbal Comments
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4. Consent Agenda
  Subject 4.1. Approval of Minutes
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 4. Consent Agenda

  Department


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  Recommended Action

5. Action Items
  Subject 5.1. Jones Payne Group Lease
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 5. Action Items

  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Recommended Action

  Subject 5.2. Pratt and Whitney Lease
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 5. Action Items

  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Recommended Action

  Subject 5.3. Hangar Condo Association Lease
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 5. Action Items

  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Recommended Action

  Subject 5.4. OLDCC Funded Construction and Consultant Contracts with Strong Tower
 and Jones Payne Group
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 5. Action Items

  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Recommended Action

  Subject 5.5. Green Mountain Power Easement
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 5. Action Items

  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Recommended Action

6. Innovation and Marketing Quarterly Update
  Subject 6.1. Innovation and Marketing Quarterly Update, J. Bartley and A. Hagan
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 6. Innovation and Marketing Quarterly Update

  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Recommended Action

7. Construction Update
  Subject 7.1. Construction Update, L. Lackey
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 7. Construction Update
  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


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8. Residential Sound Insulation Program Updates
  Subject 8.1. Residential Sound Insulation Program Updates, L. Lackey
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 8. Residential Sound Insulation Program Updates
  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport
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9. Financial Update
  Subject 9.1. Financial Update, M. Friedman
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 9. Financial Update
  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


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10. Director's Report
  Subject 10.1. Director's Report
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 10. Director's Report
  Department


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11. Commissioner Items
  Subject 11.1. Commissioner Items
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 11. Commissioner Items
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12. Follow-up Items
  Subject 12.1. Discussion on how the Airport is leveraging artificial intelligence
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 12. Follow-up Items
  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


  Type

  Subject 12.2. Follow up requested regarding the relationship between South
 Burlington taxes regarding aviation
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport
  Category 12. Follow-up Items
  Department Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport


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13. Adjournment
  Subject 13.1. Motion to adjourn
  Meeting June 3, 2026 - Airport Commission - Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM, Third Floor
 Conference Room / Zoom at the Airport


  Category 13. Adjournment

  Department Council and Board


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  Recommended Action

14. Informational and Non-Discrimination Statements

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PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
 BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS
 MINUTES OF MEETING
 June 3, 2026
 Location: Large Conference Room (Room 337)
 Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport, Third Floor
 1200 Airport Drive,
 South Burlington, VT 05403
[Hybrid meeting]
MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim George, Chair
 Chip Mason
 Andrew Savage
 Helen Riehle
 Robin Guillian
 Al Turkos
MEMBERS ABSENT: Jeff Schulman, Vice Chair
BTV STAFF PRESENT: Nicolas Longo, Director of Aviation
 Larry Lackey, Director of Planning, Engineering & Sustainability
 Jesse Sprague, Executive Assistant
 Dave Carman, Deputy Director – Airport Operations
 Marie Friedman, Director of Finance
 Madison Reagan, Environmental Compliance and Project Manager
 Jeffrey Bartley, Director of Innovation and Marketing
 Ara Hagan, Hagen Marketing
 Alexandra Cohen, Marketing Assistant
 Jillian Waite, Office Assistant
OTHERS PRESENT: CCTV


1.0 Call to Order
 1.1 Call to Order
 Airport Commission Chair, Tim George, called the meeting to order at 4:02 P.M.
 1.2 Acknowledgement of Remote Commissioners
 Commissioners attending the meeting remotely identified themselves (Robin Guillian, Al
 Turkos, Andrew Savage, Chip Mason)

2.0 Agenda
 2.1 Approve/Adopt Agenda
 MOTION by Helen Riehle , SECOND by Chip Mason, to approve the agenda as presented.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0), motion carried.
3.0 Public Forum
 3.1 Public Forum
 3.1.1 No members of the public present

4.0 Consent agenda:
 4.1 Approval of the minutes
 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Al Turkos, to approve the minutes as presented in
 the agenda packet, including Minutes from the April 28, 2026 meeting.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.

5.0 Action Items
 5.1 Jones Payne Group Lease
 5.1.1 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Al Turkos to approve the memo as
 presented
 DISCUSSION led by Madison Reagan:
 1. The Airport request in the memo is to sign a lease for office space with the
 Jones Payne Group at 481 White Street. This new space will allow Jones
 Payne to be more accessible to the public. This space will bring additional
 revenue to the Airport at a building that has been vacant, and it will allow
 Jones Payne more space to display their products related to the Residential
 Sound Insulation Program.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 5.2 Pratt and Whitney Lease
 5.2.1 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Al Turkos to approve the memo as
 presented
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 DISCUSSION led by Director of Aviation Nic Longo:
 1. The Airport seeks to sign a lease with Pratt and Whitney Engine Services
 (Pratt and Whitney). As an existing tenant, Pratt and Whitney would like to
 improve their space and renovate it for their current operations and to sign a
 new lease that allows them to improve the building. Rental rates per square
 foot are standardized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The
 Airport is allowed to incorporate market value and costs of building
 improvements into the rental rates of tenants.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 5.3 Hangar Condo Association Lease
 5.3.1 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Robin Guillian to approve the memo as
 presented
 DISCUSSION led by Director of Aviation Nic Longo: .
 1. The Airport seeks to sign a lease amendment with Hangar Condo Association
 (HCA) to provide a new expiration date and to commit HCA to timelines
 with building improvements. The Airport Commission already approved a
 different version of this amendment; however, this agreement has
 significantly different terms, so this request is coming again to the Airport
 Commission.
 2. Details include: ten year lease with ten year commitment. Standard rental
 rates are followed on the ground underneath the building
 3. Director Longo showed the location on the map and described that the
 Airport would be responsible to relocate the tenant if the Airport needed to
 do so, as provided by the lease.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 5.4 OLDCC Funded Construction and Consultant Contracts with Strong Tower
 and Jones Payne Group
 5.4.1 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Al Turkos to approve the memo as
 presented
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 DISCUSSION led by Director of Planning, Engineering, and Sustainability:
 1. The Airport seeks to sign a construction contract with Strong Tower
 Construction and a consultant contract with Jones Payne for the purpose of
 completing Phase 6 of the Residential Sound Insulation Program (RSIP).
 This project is funded by the grant from the Office of Local Defense
 Community Cooperation (OLDCC) which was previously approved by the
 Airport Commission. This grant will pay Strong Tower and Jones Payne as
 agreed upon in the contracts.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 5.5 Request for approval to sign a utility easement with Green Mountain Power
 5.5.1 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Al Turkos to approve the memo as
 presented
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried.
 DISCUSSION led by Director of Aviation Nic Longo:
 2. The Airport seeks to sign an easement with Green Mountain Power (GMP).
 This easement supports one of the construction projects for a new hangar at
 the Airport. This easement is essential to the maintenance of the project. This
 is a standard easement from Green Mountain Power.
 VOTING: unanimous (6-0); motion carried
6.0 Innovation and Marketing Quarterly Update
 6.1 In addition to the written construction update provided to the Airport Commission, Director
 Bartley and Ara Hagan highlighted the following updates:
 6.1.1 The Innovation and Marketing team was active at the Statehouse in Montpelier
 this past year. The legislature was considering an increase in state jet fuel taxes,
 and the Airport advocated against this increase. This language has been taken
 out of the transportation bill.
 6.1.2 The Airport is applying for a Small Community Air Service Development
 Program (SCASP) to start air service to Myrtle Bean and Savannah Georgia.
 6.1.3 Leahy BTV is signing a contract with Departure Media
 6.1.4 Leahy BTV has received an Airport Terminal Grant; $100,000 to fund
 installation of ADA accessible lactation pods and $150,000 to fund the
 construction of a children’s play area in the terminal.
 6.1.5 Ara Hagan, of Hagan Marketing, presented on the airport’s marketing
 campaigns, internet marketing data, new website, and the collaboration with
 Hello Burlington.
 6.1.6 Director Bartley explained that the partnership with Hello Burlington to market
 together for the same demographic rather than competing for advertisements,
 driving the costs up. Each destination has a different market and demographic, so
 each airline has a different demographic that advertising is meant to reach. Key
 demographics include age, leisure travelers, and families.
 6.1.7 Marketing benchmarks are driven by data, with regard to travel industry
 benchmarks specific to airline specific industry trends, followed by state travel
 trends. With current marketing campaigns, these trends and past campaigns
 inform future marketing efforts by Leahy BTV.
 6.1.8 Hagan marketing is researching how much money travelers are spending in
 Vermont when they are here to inform the value of adding specific routes to
 Leahy BTV’s options.
 6.1.9 Commission Chair Tim George asked to clarify the statements regarding taxes
 collected from jet fuel purchases at the Airport. Director Longo answered that, at
 a state level, the taxes collected at Leahy BTV primarily are spent at state
 airports because the state returns a maximum of $500,000 to Leahy BTV, while
 the total collection of jet fuel taxes by the state should total much higher than the
 amount received. All funds must be returned to an aviation program. The
 legislature will not be passing a transportation budget that includes a 2% raise in
 jet fuel taxes. The current rate is 6% at the state level; there is an additional local
 option tax of 1%. The current regulations at the state level say that these funds
 must match Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants; however, the federal
 law allows these funds to be used for either capital or operating expenses. The
 airport requested that this language match the federal language because the
 Airport may not draw down on AIP grants every year. This allows the flexibility
 to receive and use these funds if the Airport does not take out AIP grants.
7.0 Construction Update
 7.1 Construction Update, L. Lackey
 7.1.1 In addition to the written construction update provided to the Airport
 Commission, Director Lackey highlighted the following updates:
 1. Cargo Apron Grant has come in; this grant came in earlier than expected,
 so the contract will begin this year and wrap up in 2027.
 2. The Airport is awaiting proposals for the funding for the Snow Removal
 Equipment (SRE) Building
 3. The Capital Improvement Program will ideally be completed in August
 this year. The Airport will be pausing requests for entitlement funds so
 that we can save them for the consolidated deicing pad in the future.
 4. The area of the concourse that previously housed gates 3-6 is fully
 demolished. This project will be wrapped up in the next 1.5 months
 5. The FAA is reviewing the Obstruction Removal Project
8.0 Residential Sound Insulation Program Updates
 8.1 Residential Sound Insulation Updates, L. Lackey
 8.1.1 In addition to the written update provided to the Airport Commission, Director
 Lackey highlighted the following
 1. Phase 4 is complete
 2. Phase 5 has construction ongoing
 3. Phase 6 – contracts approved in this meeting to proceed
 Jeff Bartley, Alexandra Cohen, and Dave Carman left the meeting at 4:54pm
 4. The FAA is reviewing the $2.5 Million grant for the obstruction removal
 project to start next year
9.0 Financial Update, M. Friedman
 9.1 In addition to the written financial update provided to the Airport Commission, Director
 Friedman highlighted the following updates:
 1. The Airport Grant Anticipation Note (GAN) expires on June 30th. The
 Airport is working with the City’s Department of Finance and
 Administration to renew the GAN on June 30th. The Airport plans to
 keep its GAN loan amount at $10 Million for fiscal year 2027.
 2. The Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) application has been presented to
 the airlines. The airlines have thirty days to comment on the application.
 The airport will submit the PFC Application #10 to the FAA once the
 comment period has passed.
 3. The Airport does not owe the City any money. At the end of each week,
 the Airport pays its bills owed to the City. Bills include fees for services,
 such as the City Attorney, payroll services, etc.


10.0 Director’s Update
 10.1 Director’s Update
 In addition to the written presentation, Director Longo reported:
 10.1.1 The previous location of gates 3-6 has been demolished (pictures shown)
 10.1.2 Leahy BTV participated in Green Up Day to clean up the local community
 10.1.3 Director Longo reported statistics regarding data in the parking garage to show
 how full the garage is daily in 2026 by month and the ratio of Canadian to US
 parking. Very few cars with Canadian license plates are parking in the garage.
 10.1.4 The Senate Transportation Committee visited the Airport, as pictured in the
 report, and the inaugural Houston flight departed and arrived in Burlington on
 May 23 with United Airlines. This will be a seasonal flight
 10.1.5 Director Longo paused the meeting to watch the historic flight of a BETA
 Technologies aircraft; an eVTOL (electrical vehicle takeoff and landing) aircraft
 completed its first vertical landing at Leahy BTV.
 10.1.6 There are over 100,000 scheduled seats this coming October; this is over 10,000
 more seats that had been scheduled compared to last October, which broke
 records at the Airport for passenger numbers.
 10.1.7 Presented passenger numbers show that projections are typically higher than the
 actual passenger number count.
 10.1.8 Leahy BTV will meet with Jet Blue, along with many other airlines, at Jumpstart
 next week.
 10.1.9 The Airport is anticipating a City Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy that would
 apply to the Airport.

11.0 Commissioner Items
 11.1 Commissioner Items:
 11.1.1 No Commissioner items.

12.0 Follow Up Items
 12.1 Follow Up Items
 12.1.1 Discussion on how the Airport is leveraging artificial intelligence.
 1. The Airport will complete a presentation and planned conversation
 regarding this topic in the future. The Airport uses AI as a tool for
 12.1.2 Follow up requested regarding the relationship between South Burlington taxes
 regarding aviation
 1. Leahy BTV is having ongoing conversations with the City of South
 Burlington.
*Al Turkos left the meeting at 5:48pm


13.0 Adjournment
 MOTION by Helen Riehle, SECOND by Chip Mason, to adjourn the meeting.
 VOTING: unanimous (5-0) ; motion carried. Meeting Adjourned at _____________ P.M.


*The online meeting had difficulties with freezing due to internet connection issues throughout the
meeting