[2:51] You hear me? [2:54] » Call to order uh at 3:59. [2:58] Citizen speaker [3:01] Any citizens to be heard? [3:04] >> Is there anybody online? [3:05] >> No. [3:07] >> Okay. [3:08] >> I motion and Chad probably can help. [3:11] >> Motion to adopt. [3:14] Approval of the minutes. [3:27] » I make motion to approve the minutes we [3:29] made for us 2026. [3:31] >> I second. [3:33] >> All right. [3:37] Everybody in favor? [3:39] >> And Bill has a roll. [3:40] >> There she go. [3:41] >> I [3:44] » We're just approving minutes right now. [3:46] So [3:47] >> It's already It's already It's already [3:49] been moved and seconded. We're going by [3:51] that clock, so we're a minute end. [3:52] >> You want the nice people in? [3:54] >> AJ and Jason. [4:01] » We got a little eager. [4:05] » Yeah, everybody [4:07] on favor. [4:09] Thank you. [4:11] That's the new middle school. [4:14] All right, there you go. [4:16] It's up to you, Bill. [4:18] >> [laughter] [4:19] >> All right. [4:21] Who carried the change stadium? [4:22] >> Okay. [4:25] » All right. [4:31] Biggest citizen to be heard on the [4:33] agenda. [4:35] All right, so airport director report. [4:38] >> All right, let's do that. [4:39] So, you've got um [4:42] Yeah, what we're going to try and do [4:44] here is track [4:46] last year to this year with every [4:48] statistical category that we can find. [4:50] Couple of things [4:52] um [4:54] that jump out [4:58] is the part where employments [5:01] dropped from last year after a huge [5:03] increase in March. [5:06] Looks like we're down from last year in [5:09] April. [5:11] Going to our fuel [5:14] flowage fees, [5:15] we've got a similar situation where we've been down [5:20] since March. [5:22] >> Which What page are you on right now? [5:24] >> Oh, sorry. I'm looking at this this this [5:26] What is it? Uh [5:28] a steady increase in [5:30] >> I have a comment on the fuel flowage [5:32] fees as well. [5:33] >> Yeah, I wanted to get into that a little [5:34] bit. There's a couple of a couple of [5:36] issues [5:38] um because we're seeing that our [5:39] operations have not [5:42] dipped significantly, [5:44] and yet our [5:46] uh fuel flowage has [5:49] Yeah. Um [5:51] And I I don't I don't know. I I don't [5:54] know that it's coincidentally [5:56] that both fuel and enplanements [5:59] uh changed their trajectory right after [6:02] the county uh made the announcement to [6:04] recommend [6:06] So, [6:07] Yeah. If I may [6:08] let me know when I can talk. I think you [6:10] and Reston can both weigh in on this. [6:12] Um [6:14] Let everybody know the DOT is the one [6:16] who's going to make that decision, [6:17] though. And hopefully, they're going to [6:18] look at our [6:19] uh at the county's recommendation and do [6:21] what the community want, but [6:23] that decision has not been made. [6:25] Um [6:26] Contour could still be our carrier. [6:29] And uh [6:31] or Denver Air Connections could be our [6:33] carrier for the amount. It's a DOT [6:35] decision. The the money all came in [6:37] pretty even. Denver Air Connections is [6:39] actually about the lowest [6:41] cost uh to the Fed. [6:44] So, we're still waiting to see what [6:45] they'll do. [6:47] So, [6:48] >> And that should be this week, right? [6:50] >> It should It should It should have been [6:51] already. [6:51] >> Yeah. [6:52] >> And it just hasn't come out. We check [6:53] the docket every day [6:55] to see [6:56] if if it's happened yet. It still hasn't [6:58] happened. So, it could very easily be [7:00] that Contour is still our airline. So, I [7:02] want I want to we want to try and [7:03] maintain [7:05] that relationship even if they aren't [7:07] chosen by DOT to be our carrier. [7:10] I'd still love them to maybe try one of [7:11] the [7:12] at-risk flights if they chose to do it. [7:15] I mean, we can we can have more than one [7:17] carrier [7:18] um at the airport. We certainly want to [7:20] encourage that any way that we can. [7:23] Um [7:24] until DOT kind of makes their decision, [7:26] I've sort of intentionally stayed [7:29] away. I haven't spoken to any of the [7:31] airlines. I'm just going to wait for it [7:33] to happen. I'm just looking at this [7:35] notice. It It seemed like there was a [7:37] pretty big drop or a pretty big change [7:40] after [7:42] um that that county's And I'm hoping [7:44] Contour is is not. [7:47] Um [7:50] Yeah. [7:51] Put my thumb on the scale, shall we say? [7:52] » [snorts] [7:52] >> Got it. We're showing more. [7:54] >> I heard low bid. [7:55] >> Yep. [7:55] >> We're showing a low bid. [7:56] >> All right. [7:57] >> Operations are up. [7:58] >> So, my plane is going up. [8:00] >> Yeah, my comment on this is I'm [8:02] surprised we're doing as well as we are, [8:04] uh [8:04] >> Jet A quite honestly. Our fuel purchase [8:06] Our current carrier has dropped their [8:09] fuel purchases year-to-date at this [8:12] point by 69%. [8:15] >> Right. [8:15] >> And we are still close to last year's [8:18] total. So, that tells me the airport's [8:21] pretty strong from charter business [8:23] that's coming in. [8:25] >> A lot of traffic. [8:26] >> traffic that's going way up. [8:28] >> Otherwise, we'd be a lot worse off than [8:31] we are now. [8:32] >> But our current air carrier is down 69% [8:36] year-to-date for what they purchased the [8:38] previous week. [8:39] >> Right. [8:41] >> Um [8:43] Yeah, it's noticeable. When your when [8:45] your jet traffic goes up but your your [8:47] jet fuel goes down, [8:49] um yeah, there's an obvious, [8:52] you know, correlation there. [8:54] So, [8:58] I guess I [9:00] We're going to come up with some ways to [9:01] keep everybody as whole as possible. [9:03] >> Yeah. [9:03] >> Keep all relationships intact because [9:05] it's not unlikely that Contour continues [9:08] to be our carrier. [9:09] >> And will you have a discussion with them [9:11] at some point about bringing their [9:13] numbers more in line with what they used [9:16] to be? [9:16] >> Um we can. Um I'm happy to They're going [9:19] to be here no matter what till the end [9:21] of September. [9:22] >> Right. [9:22] >> So, [9:23] uh like I said, I've tried to stay kind [9:25] of agnostic about it just until DOT [9:28] would make their decision because it's [9:30] got to be coming any day now. But we can [9:33] make a call to Boutique Air, uh [9:35] and and talk about what's going on and [9:37] that maintaining the relationship for [9:39] the future is kind of important if they [9:41] ever want to try you know um try a another flight. [9:46] Well, [9:46] so [9:47] like I said, when when it gets out, from [9:50] our perspective, the flight numbers [9:52] aren't off that much. It's just they're [9:54] not purchasing fuel. [9:57] Yeah, and the employment at the same [9:58] level the same data also is not at the [10:02] same high trajectory it was going in [10:04] that, you know, I just [10:06] my first spring here, so I don't know [10:07] I'm not sure what the patterns are. [10:09] But um [10:11] May didn't have the same kind of meteor [10:13] drives that [10:15] April did. [10:16] And uh [10:18] so just all those things tend together [10:20] to paint a picture. [10:21] Um and it's one that we're aware of and [10:23] it's one that we need to to be [10:24] monitoring and that we need to take [10:26] steps to try and make sure that we're [10:28] still going in the right direction. [10:30] Um [10:31] and we also need to make sure to your [10:32] teammates the decision faster because [10:35] they haven't decided by the way, it's [10:36] not just us. They haven't made Earl's. [10:39] They haven't done anybody. [10:41] So, they're just behind and moving slow. [10:43] I've talked to Mark Bragio who is our [10:45] contact at DOT [10:47] um [10:49] dozens of times in the last 2 weeks and [10:52] about a different topic. [10:54] Uh [10:57] and they they just haven't made the they [10:59] haven't called you up. I don't know if [11:00] they've reviewed all the proposals or [11:02] what's going on, but they say they have [11:03] 90 days. [11:06] And that's this week. [11:07] they hit their 90 days. [11:09] So, hopefully we'll be having a decision [11:11] pretty soon. [11:13] And Luke warned warned me that they've [11:15] been running so slow that it was [11:16] probably going to go the full 90. [11:19] So, [11:20] I'm not necessarily surprised, but it is [11:23] getting to the point where we need to [11:24] know something because people are going [11:26] to start booking flights for October and [11:29] there's nothing there cuz we're in [11:31] limbo. [11:33] So, anyway, [11:35] we're we're trying to push that as hard [11:37] as we can. Of course, it's on the topic [11:38] of honorable [11:41] kind of stepped out on me. [11:44] Uh one thing I wanted to discuss a [11:46] little bit while I was [11:48] uh [11:49] something will be on the county [11:50] commission tomorrow. [11:53] So, if you remember, we we borrowed [11:55] $700,000 from the county to build [11:58] taxiway Foxtrot. [11:59] Right? [12:00] We're paying that back by per linear [12:03] foot fees [12:05] to people who build there. Right now, I [12:07] have two leases out waiting to be signed [12:09] and brought in. [12:11] Um two leases already signed. [12:14] One of them sitting here whose hangar is [12:16] already done on the new building [12:18] area, and then we have Skydive Moab [12:21] whose lease is signed, and they should [12:23] be starting um [12:26] any day [clears throat] now, I would I [12:27] would expect. [12:28] We're going to have We'll get to this [12:31] Okay, so we'll just stay on one topic at [12:32] a time. So, the first one is we borrowed [12:35] this $700,000. [12:38] Because we did that test strip on [12:41] Foxtrot, [12:42] um [12:43] we got basically 54 54,010 dollars of [12:48] free pavement. [12:50] So, we didn't use the 700,000. So, what [12:52] I'm going on commission tomorrow for is [12:54] to ask, "Can we [12:57] keep that number because we've already [12:58] calculated it in to the amount of money [13:01] that we're charging back from people [13:02] building on the hangars. So, we take [13:04] that 54,000, still use it for pavement, [13:06] but for use it for the 50 ft of pavement [13:08] in front of hangars that the county owns [13:12] that [13:13] um need to be rehabbed, and it would be [13:15] cheaper to do it during this rehab [13:17] project that we've got coming up [13:19] on Monday [13:21] uh than it would be to wait and do [13:22] mobilization later. [13:25] Um so, that's what that's what that's [13:27] about tomorrow. It's not to increase any [13:29] money or ask for any more money, to ask [13:32] for us to be able to use the saved money [13:34] for another asphalt project that is also [13:37] desperately needed. [13:40] So everybody's clear on that. Clear as [13:42] mud. Okay. [13:45] So we're going to be doing that. Also [13:46] coming up really soon [13:49] the current project that is going on has [13:51] had [13:53] many failures. [13:55] The concrete panels continue to fail. [13:57] They haven't gotten the concrete mix [13:59] right. They get cracks immediately and [14:01] then it fails. The FAA won't accept it. [14:03] I won't accept it. Um, so they have to [14:05] tear it out. So they've been tearing out [14:08] a lot of it and that's why that project [14:10] is not done. It should be done, but it's [14:12] not. So they're going to continue to try [14:14] and pour at night to see if they can get [14:16] that mix down right. I think they've got [14:18] it dialed in, but we had to pull nine [14:20] panels just last week. So um, they're [14:23] still having some issues out there. Um, [14:26] that project will get done eventually [14:28] um, and we'll have some nice concrete [14:29] stands um, if we ever have another one [14:31] of these 737 events like we had. [14:35] Um, and if we get a couple of those in [14:37] we would we we had to chalk it out, try and make [14:40] it fit. So this is going to be hell on [14:41] us. [14:42] >> Will that concrete stand be usable as [14:45] soon as before we start this next phase? [14:48] >> No. [14:49] >> How long before that happens? [14:51] >> the whole problem. It It's going to have [14:53] to cure and I wish I could give you a [14:54] date. It is supposed to be done. Well, I [14:57] know this. [14:58] By Monday we'll have full access to to [15:01] um, [15:02] taxiway golf cuz we have to cuz we have [15:05] to be able to get move around. Those [15:07] concrete stands will now be done. [15:09] Um, so it's going to be [15:12] tight and we can talk about that when we [15:14] get Dorsett and everybody on during the [15:17] con- during that [15:18] conversation cuz Cuz not the only [15:20] project that's going to be going on. [15:22] There's the potential of having three [15:24] hangars under construction at the same [15:25] time. [15:26] There's uh the potential of two major [15:30] asphalt projects going on on the front [15:32] ramp. Well, that's not a potential, [15:34] that's for sure. [15:35] Right after that, we're get we've got um [15:39] seal coat and crack seal [15:41] that's going to be going on. [15:43] And then right after that or maybe [15:44] before that, we've got the entry road [15:46] project [15:47] that's that's going to start. We rebuild [15:49] the whole entry road. [15:51] So, [15:52] there's a lot going on. [15:54] Um [15:55] there's there's a lot going on and we're [15:56] fortunate because we've received [15:59] a lot of good grants um [16:01] this last year or two. [16:03] Uh [16:05] but it doesn't it makes it challenging. [16:07] >> Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Long term, it's [16:08] going to be really nice to have all that [16:10] space. I am worried about this summer [16:13] the impact we're going to have if we [16:14] can't use that new concrete. [16:16] >> able to use it before the I Well, I I [16:18] won't talk to the horse in the or Chad [16:20] if you need one. We'll get there, guys. [16:22] Let's Let's hold off and let those guys [16:23] talk. [16:24] >> I just don't want to be turning traffic [16:26] away at some point cuz we don't have [16:28] parking. [16:29] >> I agree. Well, we'll get we'll get to [16:30] that point, but we're skipping ahead [16:32] here. So, are there any other questions [16:34] about about [16:36] what's going on with the airport and [16:37] what we're trying to do? I tried to give [16:39] you as much data as I can give you. [16:41] >> Could you walk us through these charts [16:43] one by one and give a little more [16:45] explanation? It says operations. Just [16:48] break that down a little more for us. [16:54] » Okay, so if we start with the first one, [16:55] operations is any takeoff or landing at [16:58] the airport is an operation. Uh so, [17:01] we're just tracking them year to year, [17:03] how many we're doing. [17:05] Um and you can see where where the [17:06] growth is and where we've dropped off [17:08] just a little bit in total operations [17:11] um [17:12] from last month, but we're still ahead [17:14] of where we were last year. [17:16] Just not as significant [17:17] >> or this last year. [17:19] >> Both these data sets from virtual tower [17:21] from the past. So, are we comparing [17:24] apples to apples? [17:25] >> Yes. [17:25] >> It's all about the data, not just [17:27] numbers, people. [17:28] >> No. [17:29] >> Okay. [17:29] >> So, it's These are actual operated [17:31] operations counted. [17:33] >> Okay. Thank you. [17:34] >> So, [17:35] that's the first one. Operations take [17:37] off or landing. Then we just have [17:39] operation broken down a lot of different [17:41] ways. You can see the data people don't [17:44] like flying. [17:48] Um it is interesting to me the visiting [17:50] versus base. [17:52] Uh we are definitely an outside-in [17:54] airport. [17:55] A lot more people come in than go out. [17:58] At any other airport, well, I won't say [18:01] any other, but at the other airports [18:03] I've ever been at or looked at the data, [18:05] it's always the opposite of this. [18:07] Your your base aircraft, they're doing a [18:10] lot more operating than your visiting [18:11] aircraft, but that's not the case for [18:13] us. [18:14] So, it tells us a little bit about what [18:15] kind of airport we are. We're a [18:16] destination airport. [18:19] Um take off per runway and just which [18:22] direction the wind is blowing [18:24] most of the time [18:25] uh and very few over on our uh [18:28] crosswind. [18:29] That's mostly just the taildraggers. [18:33] Don't give me that look. [18:34] >> And I think just a point to make between [18:38] runway three and number uh runway 21 for [18:41] takeoffs, it's just the way out of the [18:43] airport, too. [18:44] >> Okay. [18:45] >> favors two one for takeoffs. Uh nobody [18:48] really wants to taxi for a mile and a [18:51] quarter. [18:52] Uh [18:53] so [18:53] >> So, it shows a lot of the runway that [18:55] >> If the wind is calm, people [18:56] >> calm wind option for takeoffs [18:58] >> and two one. [18:59] >> Yeah. [19:00] >> That's why they're landing runway three, [19:01] so [19:02] >> Yeah, that's why you'll see a spike [19:03] >> Same the opposite for actually. [19:05] >> When it's calm winds [19:06] >> has to do with the layout of the [19:08] airport, really. [19:09] >> Calm winds and that 737 that landed, I [19:11] sure wish they had landed [19:13] the other direction. [19:14] But I think we just had to land They [19:16] landed too long and then had to taxi. Um [19:19] but it would have been so much slicker [19:20] if they'd just come in in three and [19:22] rolled it out, you know. [19:24] Or either way. So, yeah. [19:26] Uh it also lets us know that [19:28] winds are calm most of the time if they [19:30] can switch where they're taking off or [19:32] they're landing. [19:33] That hasn't been true last month or two, [19:36] but [19:37] they generally [19:38] Then your fuel flow which is the next [19:40] one, 100 low lead. [19:42] As compared to last year, you see we're [19:44] making pretty significant jumps in 100 [19:46] low lead. [19:48] Fuel is moving well. [19:50] And then if we switch over to fuel flow [19:52] which is for Jet A, [19:54] uh you can see the opposite thing [19:55] happening starting in March. [19:57] Um [19:58] which [20:00] again, directly coincides with [20:03] when the county [20:04] made a recommendation. [20:08] And you're right, it is amazing when [20:10] it's up as high as it is considering [20:12] Yeah, that's changed. [20:13] >> I mean, the difference was 21,900 [20:17] gallons last year year-to-date. This [20:19] year it's 6,000 gallons. Yeah, so you [20:21] can see what the difference is there. [20:24] >> And the employment data kind of bears it [20:26] out as well. It's down. [20:27] Um [20:28] instead of going up the way that it was [20:30] going up before. [20:33] I don't know. Just it just paints a kind [20:35] of a picture that we can [20:37] look at and debate and discuss [20:39] uh what we think it means, what we [20:40] think's going on, what we what we might [20:42] be able to do about it. [20:44] Um [20:45] My first thought is that that it's [20:48] um [20:49] it's contra or [20:53] not putting into it what they were [20:54] before the county [20:57] suggested a different airline. [20:59] Which in some ways you kind of get. And [21:01] they've only got 9 months here or they [21:03] think they've only got 9 months here. [21:04] That might might be true. They could [21:05] still be here. [21:07] Um [21:08] >> Yeah, I don't think it has anything to [21:10] do with it. [21:10] >> I don't think so. [21:11] >> I don't know. [21:11] >> Okay. [21:13] She just was going so slow. [21:15] >> I would hear it from the pilots if they [21:16] were distracted or something. You know [21:18] what I mean? [21:19] >> Um [21:19] >> Open with me. [21:20] >> What are we doing anything about the uh [21:23] on time and [21:25] uh for the Concord this morning? [21:27] >> We can track it. [21:27] >> I I don't It is We do have that track. I [21:31] don't have those numbers in front of me [21:32] right now, but I can get them. [21:34] >> I just wanted [21:35] >> the service because you know, I don't [21:37] think I don't know if fuel and [21:38] >> Anecdotally [21:39] >> related that it's you know, it is the [21:41] service still [21:43] good? [21:45] >> Last night, we had a long delay till [21:48] about 10:00. [21:49] Um 10:30. There have been a few of [21:51] those. [21:52] Um we had [21:54] we've had anecdotal reports of service [21:57] dropping off. [21:58] Um [21:59] more lates. [22:01] More delayed departures, more canceled [22:02] flights. [22:03] Um [22:05] The hard numbers we will take a look at. [22:07] We don't have them right now. [22:09] >> Yeah, I I think that it would be good to [22:11] monitor that information. [22:14] Make sure we're still getting good [22:16] service, you know. [22:18] I had an 11-hour layover with them the [22:20] other day. [22:22] Uh and then I had to hear everything [22:24] down there and down there. [22:26] It was a long day. [22:28] Um so, yeah, I I I don't know if that's [22:30] typical. I mean, they had there was [22:32] weather and all kinds of things going [22:33] on, but [22:34] >> I don't know. [22:35] >> [clears throat] [22:35] >> But [22:36] I think it'd be I think it'd be nice to [22:37] just talk to them. [22:38] >> Rachel's really good to um always shoot [22:41] out texts to a group of us when things [22:43] are getting delayed so that we can plan [22:45] for our flight and what we're going to [22:46] plan for. And I can tell you the flights [22:48] to Denver, I just expect it. [22:51] >> I tell people, if you wanted to go [22:53] somewhere on time, you fly to Phoenix [22:55] because Denver afternoons are hellish. [22:57] >> The Denver flights I've come to just [23:00] expect that there's going to be [23:02] a delay. And anything I can tell you [23:04] right now that would be would be [23:06] anecdotal and a passenger's experience. [23:08] >> Well, she had passengers are talking [23:10] like it's it's happened more [23:13] » Okay, for the future. [23:14] >> Yep. [23:15] >> Believe it. [23:17] » Any other questions? [23:20] » Any other problems? [23:21] >> So, like being putted. [23:24] >> The [23:26] date coding scheme [23:28] uh [23:30] I'm just wondering how I couldn't get in [23:32] the other day and so [23:33] >> Okay. [23:34] >> I I don't know what the [23:36] >> Hey. [23:36] >> I don't know if I did something wrong or [23:38] not. [23:38] >> You didn't. [23:39] >> Here's what happens. The the one gate [23:41] we're we're working on getting it done. [23:45] We're trying to figure out a way for [23:46] trucks to be able to get in and out of [23:47] the airport during the next phase of [23:49] construction, which we can talk about [23:50] during that, but we'll cover it here. [23:52] So, we decided can we leave that gate [23:54] open and still have a way to confirm [23:56] whether people have valid codes or not. [23:58] In so doing, we tried to do a couple of [24:00] things. One of those things was to turn [24:01] it off. Open it, turn it off. [24:04] Problem is as soon as we turned it off, [24:06] turned it back on, we lost every single [24:09] code. [24:10] So, [24:11] Alyssa spent most of the day [24:15] um [24:16] inputting codes. So, then you look to [24:18] say, "Well, all of these things have [24:20] some sort of battery backup, a little [24:22] 9-volt or something that it stores that [24:24] information." [24:26] Apparently, this gate has does not have [24:28] that. [24:29] Um every other gate on the airfield [24:31] does. You can turn them off, turn it [24:32] back on, the codes are saved. [24:34] This particular gate, [24:36] turn it off, [24:38] why? You'll lose it all. So, we figured [24:40] another way to keep it open, and you [24:43] know, it gets a little into the weeds, [24:45] but so there might have been a time when [24:47] we didn't get your code in yet. So, it [24:50] Is it still not working? [24:51] >> No, I I I I haven't been back. [24:53] >> Okay. But, just call us and let us know [24:55] if it's ever not, because she actually [24:57] manually [24:58] She I we looked to see if it's possible [25:01] to [25:02] >> Is this like a really important game? [25:04] >> We'd have to kind of like rewire it to [25:06] do it. So, what we're going to do is [25:07] just not shut it off. But, if there's [25:08] ever a power failure [25:10] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. [25:11] >> we're going to be out there manually [25:13] inputting every single one of these [25:15] codes. [25:16] >> That didn't sound right. [25:17] >> Which is what we're doing right now. I I [25:20] we will look into getting some sort of a [25:22] uninterrupted power supply. [25:24] Um [25:25] It's odd. I haven't seen one like that. [25:28] >> That's just very odd. [25:29] >> It just has no [25:31] backup, but it didn't [25:33] >> Okay. [25:35] >> So sorry. Uh [25:36] you're not the only one that experienced [25:37] that, but [25:39] props to Alyssa. She went through and [25:40] inputed every single code um that day. [25:45] Okay, I'm done. [25:46] What? [25:47] >> I'll go after you. [25:48] >> Okay. One more thing I wanted to bring [25:50] up really quickly is we just completed [25:51] our part 139 certification inspection. [25:55] And for only the second time in my more [25:58] than 30 years of doing this, [26:00] I saw a no findings. [26:03] So, our 139 inspection went flawlessly. [26:08] Um so, that's props to our whole ops [26:11] staff. They worked their tails off. [26:13] Uh that's uh Mark Markham. That's JP. [26:17] That's Alyssa. [26:19] Just out there really busting it to make [26:21] sure that stuff [26:22] is good. Like I said, that it's [26:25] highly unusual [26:27] to get zero findings [26:29] on your 139 inspection. So, props to [26:32] Mark. [26:33] >> Can we see all their control? Can we get [26:35] a list of everything they run through? I [26:36] guess I could probably Google it. [26:37] >> Yes. 139 checklist. [26:39] >> Yeah, they [26:40] there's a million things they check. [26:42] Your paint your [26:43] You know, they could have had findings [26:44] on our paint on our runway, but they [26:46] know that we're going to seal coat, [26:47] crack seal, and repaint that. So, why [26:50] give us a finding when it's already for [26:52] a repair. Standard. [26:54] Um rubber removal. I mean, you could [26:55] have gotten a finding for that, but it's [26:57] already scheduled in to be fixed, so [26:59] it's not a finding. [27:00] Um he thought he had a finding. He [27:02] thought we had some of our lights [27:04] incandescent and some of our lights [27:07] um LED. So, we went out and popped the [27:10] tops out to show him they're all LED. [27:12] So, [27:13] um [27:14] yeah. [27:15] >> Wasn't it the same thing on the rubber [27:17] removal or the rest [27:18] >> Yeah. [27:18] >> you little back and forth [27:19] >> Yeah, we got this. [27:20] >> Those kind of things he already knows [27:22] are scheduled in, so it doesn't make [27:24] sense to give it a finding. [27:26] But, they look for things like anywhere [27:27] there's a 3-in lip. [27:30] They look If they really get technical [27:32] on it, they can go to your lights and [27:34] make sure all of your bolts are torqued [27:36] to the proper torqueage. [27:38] >> Right. [27:39] >> Um they check your training records. [27:41] Have you done your training every 12 [27:43] consecutive calendar months? They do a [27:45] test to see if you can get in your ARFF [27:46] truck and get to the farthest point on [27:48] the airport within 3 minutes. [27:50] Um there's there's a lot of things. It's [27:53] usually a 3-day process at an airport [27:55] like this. [27:57] Uh it was done in two. He's There was [27:59] just love nothing there to dig in on. [28:03] So, yeah. [28:05] To C-Mart, Elizabeth JP, give him a pat [28:08] on the back. [28:10] Okay, that's all I've got. You were [28:11] going to say something, Casey? [28:12] >> Yeah, I just wanted to clarify um [28:14] just let everybody know like the [28:15] chemicals you They're Those are gross [28:18] sales, not um rent paid to the airport. [28:21] So, all that. So, I just wanted to make [28:22] sure [28:23] >> Oh, thank you. [28:23] >> Yeah, and and I I would imagine that um [28:27] Enterprise is the same thing. That's [28:28] their the rent paid to the airport, not [28:30] their gross sales. [28:32] >> It's the information. Yeah, that's It's [28:33] the information that is submitted to us. [28:35] >> Yeah, okay. [28:36] >> We'll clarify. [28:37] >> I sent it to Kenny Beth. [28:39] >> Yeah, we can clarify on future ones [28:40] exactly what that [28:45] Yeah. Anything else? [28:49] I think All right, number three is [28:52] airport members who was this is a catch [28:54] all for the people that aren't listed [28:55] below. If any of the board members have [28:57] any comment this would be the time that [29:00] aren't [29:01] uh listed below. [29:03] Anything? [29:05] All right, County Commissioner. Well, [29:08] I don't have much of anything. [29:10] I do know that I've talked to Steve. [29:13] We're working on the [29:15] CIB planning grant for the utility [29:18] infrastructure but I'm not real sure [29:20] where that is but Well, we do have an [29:23] update along Just got the email from [29:26] John and he can cover it a little in [29:28] more detail cuz I haven't had a chance [29:29] to really go through it yet but I've got the what we requested the scope [29:35] of work [29:37] from John. [29:39] >> Yeah. [29:39] so [29:40] >> I'm just trying to keep that moving [29:42] along because we've got to so yeah, see [29:45] what I talked about that this week. [29:47] That's really all from the county side [29:48] of it and once we get the application in [29:52] to CIB then it can [29:55] go before the board and it won't make [29:56] the June cut off so [30:01] it'll be the next one the next meeting. [30:02] >> be July. [30:05] >> Yeah, I'd have to look at it [30:08] if it can be [30:10] put in in July. It might be August so [30:15] » But we do have a scope of work to give [30:16] them now as part of that. [30:18] >> So that's really all I've got with the [30:19] county is just trying to keep some of [30:21] that stuff moving along out there. [30:24] >> [clears throat] [30:25] >> City? [30:26] >> Uh not about the city. We're working on [30:29] still working on speed limits in town, [30:31] um [30:32] budgets and [30:34] we have started the holiday planning [30:36] process for [30:38] December. So we have to see what we're [30:40] doing for events but other than that, um [30:43] we have some stuff coming up. [30:45] It's going to take a bunch of time, but [30:46] we haven't quite got to it yet. [30:48] >> Are you working on those speed limits up [30:49] or down? [30:51] >> Yes. [30:53] >> [laughter] [30:54] >> Some are going up, some are going down. [30:55] So, it's it's kind of [30:57] um [30:59] you know, we kind of looked at it as [31:00] we're doing um kind of street by street, [31:02] you know, which ones are major arteries [31:04] and which ones are [31:05] you know, you know, can be reduced [31:07] without impacting traffic flow. But, I think um for the [31:11] most part, you know, the kind of key [31:14] thing is we're getting rid of [31:16] um [31:16] the OHV 15 mph and um [31:19] and probably bumping that up and then [31:21] bumping in some streets that [31:24] um [31:25] most streets will be 20 except for main [31:27] arteries will be 25, you know, so like [31:30] um I don't know, I think I don't know. [31:32] We're not really [31:33] as we're not finished yet, but [31:34] >> They have this another topic for this [31:36] meeting, but I think you'd I would do it [31:38] seasonally. [31:39] >> Yeah. [31:39] >> Move them up when they're when the [31:40] crowds are gone. [31:42] >> Yeah, but it's um anyway, that's the way [31:44] >> Absolutely. [31:45] >> I could take them up a little bit of [31:46] time, surprise. [31:50] » Okay. [31:51] Travel counselor is on with us? [31:53] >> Yes, he is. [31:55] >> All right, go ahead. [31:56] >> Snuck in. [31:58] Um not much to report. We um set aside [32:02] and if commission approves some spending [32:04] for the um summer months, [32:06] um July and August specifically, which [32:08] are showing a pretty significant [32:10] downturn in bookings thus far. And [32:13] obviously, we're eager to hear the um [32:15] decision on the essential airlines so we [32:18] can work to get some marketing in place [32:21] before the launch. [32:22] That's about it. [32:25] >> So, along with that, uh the money that [32:28] was allocated for Contour this year for [32:31] advertising, has that all been spent? [32:33] >> I cannot answer that question, but the [32:35] office could verify that. I'm not sure [32:37] if they spent it or not. [32:39] >> [snorts] [32:41] » I believe that I'm I'm not sure of it. [32:43] Who would I Who would we ask? [32:45] >> Our CFO Allen can probably find out. [32:48] >> Well, actually we probably should have [32:50] your admin check with our admin Harris [32:52] County and see what [32:54] or that went or because then it'll go [32:56] through the proper channel over to the [32:58] travel. [32:59] >> Yep, we'll do that. [33:00] >> So, we'll we'll do that then. Admin to [33:02] admin we'll find out. [33:04] >> Yeah. [33:04] >> If that's [33:05] Cuz now is the time we want to I think [33:07] focus on getting that money have it out [33:09] there totally. [33:11] >> Great. [33:11] If there's any left. [33:12] >> Yeah. [33:13] >> Okay. [33:17] » All right, [33:18] construction. [33:24] Judge you up there or Thorson? [33:24] >> Judge you up there or Thorson? [33:26] >> I'm up here and Thorson's actually out [33:28] at the airport. [33:29] >> He's on the inspection. [33:30] >> Yep, can you guys hear me okay? [33:32] >> Yes, Thorson. [33:33] >> Yes, yes. [33:34] >> Okay, great. [33:36] Uh, cuz I'll start off here where I'm [33:38] over here by this apron. We're wrapping [33:41] up on the asphalt. They should have [33:43] asphalt all completed by the end of the [33:45] day tomorrow. [33:47] Um, [33:47] looking really good. Asphalt is been [33:49] coming in great. Had Had no issues with [33:52] the asphalt over the past I guess we [33:54] started last week. [33:56] Um, [33:57] tonight is the we're getting wrapped up [34:00] with the concrete. They're going to be [34:01] pouring tonight, tomorrow night, and [34:03] possibly Wednesday night if needed. [34:07] Um, honestly I'm looking at it right now [34:09] and I can kind of see them getting this [34:11] done within a couple nights for the rest [34:13] of the concrete. Uh, [34:15] like Steve had said there was a little [34:16] slogan started trying to get the mix [34:18] down, but we have been seeing very very [34:21] favorable results in those last few [34:23] pours. [34:24] Uh, they were going to be finished up [34:25] last week, but due to weather, wind, and [34:29] issue other kind of meteorological [34:32] issues they decided to push the pour [34:34] back. Uh, Forecast tonight looks great. [34:36] Looks like we're going to have a really [34:37] good night for concrete. They're going [34:39] to be busting out as much as they can [34:41] and then we will [34:43] get with that. I did have a chance to [34:45] look at the specification and it calls [34:49] for port [34:51] to open the concrete. It calls for 14 [34:54] days after paving unless there's the [34:57] passing flexural strength. We do do a [34:59] 28-day break so it will have to be that [35:03] 14 days which means concrete should be [35:05] open mid-June. [35:07] Which is exciting. [35:11] » Good. [35:12] Are your breaks then coming in good? [35:16] >> Yes. Yes, the first few lots the breaks [35:19] have been coming in well within spec [35:23] over spec which is always good to see. [35:27] No, everything on the test results we've [35:29] seen thus far have been very favorable. [35:33] >> And [35:35] just to add in some context on the [35:38] pavement. As Steve said, we've been [35:41] rejecting a lot [35:44] due to [35:45] poor mix. [35:47] Um [35:49] there is a mix that they have to meet to [35:51] a specific standard [35:53] and that standard then should provide a [35:55] good final product. Obviously, if [35:57] something goes wrong or they don't have [36:00] it tweak correctly, you get cracks and [36:02] it's up to us to be the bad guys and [36:04] say, "Great. [36:06] That looks really pretty. Now tear out [36:07] that $200,000 worth of concrete." Um [36:11] and we've done that multiple times. Now, [36:13] recognize that that is on the the [36:16] bearing of that cost falls on the [36:18] contractor. It doesn't mean even though [36:21] they're pouring [36:22] 40% 50% more than what they had bid, [36:26] um, on them. [36:28] And so, there has been a lot of, uh, [36:31] having to pour concrete, bring out whole [36:33] crews for nights, and then a couple days [36:37] later rip it all out. Um, so, recognize [36:39] that is occurring, but also keep in mind [36:43] that uh, [36:44] that's us to be the bad guy and tell [36:45] them to rip it out, and you it that is [36:49] coming at a no cost for you. [36:51] So. [36:53] >> Is Lochner actually the QC on this job, or do you have a [36:57] third-party contractor? [36:59] >> Uh, for this we are have a an [37:03] independent. It's a third-party. It's [37:05] one that's done a lot of the work out [37:07] there with us in the past for the last [37:09] decade or more. [37:11] And then, so, there's well, and they're [37:13] actually the QA. So, quality control is [37:16] done by the contractor. There's actually [37:17] two testing firms out there when they're [37:20] doing the work. The quality control is [37:22] on the contractor. It's basically them [37:25] internally telling themselves, this is [37:27] good, this is bad. [37:29] And, but [clears throat] our QA is the [37:33] final say in it of saying, is this good, [37:37] is this bad? Um, 99% of the time all of [37:40] the tests agree with one another, even [37:43] if it's one of those 1% where it does [37:45] not, [37:46] ours is the final say. [37:49] We definitely work well with the [37:50] contractor, [37:52] um, because these are testing firms. [37:53] There's only [37:55] uh, [37:55] a handful, a couple three firms that are [37:58] qualified to do this type of testing in [38:00] this portion of the country and area of [38:02] the state, and, uh, so, they've all been [38:04] working together [38:06] for years. [38:09] So, it but technically speaking, it's [38:11] the quality assurance that works with us [38:15] and does the testing that we will then [38:19] say pass or fail. Other things we can [38:21] just we've outright failed just on [38:23] visual inspection. You've got a big [38:25] crack across a brand new [38:27] panel. We don't have to wait for a [38:28] testing. Hey, go rip it out. And after [38:31] the first couple of times of that, they [38:33] started doing it before we even had to [38:35] go be the bad guy and tell them to rip [38:37] it out. They were [38:39] seeing their poor work. [38:42] And that's the subcontractor of LeGrand [38:44] Johnson. So, LeGrand Johnson's the [38:46] overall, but it is they've hired another [38:49] company that is actually doing the [38:51] paving the concrete portion. [38:55] The asphalt is themselves and [38:57] they're obviously experts at that and do [38:59] it all over the [39:00] county and the state. [39:03] >> Thank you. [39:06] Uh last piece I want to mention on this [39:08] apron over here, [39:09] uh [39:10] this is expansion concrete. We I have [39:12] confirmed that Gulf is complete. Uh it [39:15] does need that center line marking, but [39:17] that will be open [39:19] by the time we start this next project. [39:22] Um segway into this project. I put this [39:24] document together here as you're seeing [39:27] up on the screen. This is showing [39:30] uh the apron we're working on. Those [39:31] it's uh right there by the fuel and the [39:34] Redtail Hangers. Uh [39:36] we it is a phased project, so uh [39:39] basically I guess quick quick rundown. I [39:41] have some dates on there. I won't get [39:43] too much in the minutia, but so the plan [39:45] here is milling the entire project area. [39:48] Uh [39:49] starting next week. So, they'll mill [39:51] both P1 and P2. [39:53] And then [39:55] to the it's full depth uh that 50 ft in [39:57] front of hangers getting a 2-in mill. [40:00] The rest of it's getting a full depth [40:01] mill of asphalt. [40:03] From then, we will be starting on phase [40:07] one area. So, they will excavate and [40:10] they're going down pretty good amount of [40:13] 3 or 4 ft. [40:14] I have to check the spec, but uh so [40:17] they'll be starting that work. They're [40:18] going to do the dirt work up to P1. [40:21] Then, they'll move over to P2, [40:24] excavate that all down, bring it up, and [40:27] then once all the dirt work is complete, [40:30] they'll do the same and they'll pave the [40:33] entire area, P1 and P2, in one go. So, [40:39] with that that was kind of a [40:41] originally it was planned to do [40:43] basically the same thing twice, but [40:46] given that we're working with this [40:48] contractor and allowing them to do the [40:50] one mobilization for mill and one [40:51] mobilization for the [40:54] um [40:55] paving, we did get a reduction in price [40:57] on the locally funded schedule. [41:00] Uh but um that [41:03] Uh that's a side conversation, but as [41:05] far as phasing on this one, [41:07] uh hopefully this document helps make [41:08] sense. [41:10] Uh there will be times [41:12] with and uh we had a meeting with [41:14] Redtail the other day and kind of got [41:16] that all [41:17] squared away what's going on, when it's [41:19] going on. That's kind of what's in here. [41:22] Um it will be available during the [41:24] project of um [41:25] coming out here. [41:27] >> I would like to comment on this, though. [41:29] So, originally we were supposed to be [41:31] able to be operational in one of those [41:33] spaces for the other ones. So, this [41:36] takes us non-operational in both of [41:38] those [41:39] for the whole project, which from our [41:42] perspective [41:44] uh the biggest impact is self-serve in [41:46] there. [41:47] Uh we were always going to have when P1 [41:49] was going on, self-serve would still be [41:51] open. Now, it's going to be closed [41:54] because of this milling. And uh it [41:57] represents uh significant business uh [42:00] for us not to have that. We were also [42:02] supposed to be able to [42:05] not a huge impact here get airplanes in [42:07] and out of hangars, which we can still [42:09] do. Uh we just can't have airplanes [42:13] across this space because of that [42:16] Yeah, we're going to have to tow things [42:18] back and forth. [42:18] >> Well, they are going to put and don't [42:19] forget they are going to put the the ramping in so it's not just a 2-in [42:24] drop-off it. The reason you wouldn't [42:26] power across it is more because of [42:28] picking up [42:31] >> things like that. [42:32] >> Yeah, we don't still flow. [42:33] >> And I'm guessing this is an active [42:36] construction zone during this time, too. [42:38] So, we can't have transient or base [42:41] aircraft on their own going through this [42:44] space, right? [42:45] >> No, it's only it's only meant to allow [42:47] you to be able to move your hand in and [42:50] out of maintenance site. [42:51] >> Yeah. [42:52] >> And that keeps everything going. [42:53] >> Which we appreciate. We'll still have [42:55] access to the second hangar in this [42:58] space uh, to use. I think the biggest [43:00] impact is really loss of self-serve fuel [43:03] purchases and I don't know what that's [43:05] >> We're still going to have trucks. [43:07] >> We will have trucks, but there's a [43:08] significant price difference, obviously, [43:11] between the two and I'm just worried. [43:13] Uh, last year over this same time [43:16] period, uh, self-serve generated about [43:19] $30,000, $28,000 [43:21] to be accurate. We're probably going to [43:24] lose that. We'll recover some of it, to [43:26] your point. Uh, but I just I'm a little [43:29] worried about having that NOTAM'd [43:32] as out during this whole project. [43:35] Originally, it was [43:37] only supposed to be NOTAM'd out for half [43:40] of the project. Now, it's the whole [43:42] term, so uh, [43:44] it will have an impact on the airport [43:46] flowage, fuel flowage, and other things. [43:48] >> Can that NOTAM be worded that [43:51] you do have fuel service via truck? [43:54] >> Yeah, it will Yeah, we'll make sure [43:55] we're careful with that. A lot of times, [43:57] we've seen this in the past. We've had a [43:59] couple instances in the last year where [44:01] our self-service gone down for a day. We [44:04] put a NOTAM out. A lot of pilots [44:06] interpreted it is there's no fuel. [44:09] >> Right, that's what I [44:09] >> And so we're going to have to be really [44:11] careful with the wording. [44:13] >> Okay. Make sure [44:13] >> We'll sell for you. [44:14] >> We'll work with you on this. [44:15] >> And I think even the note of we need to [44:18] even state fuel fuel still fuel is still [44:21] available. [44:22] >> Right. [44:23] >> So we can mitigate this a bit, but this [44:26] is [44:27] a little bit of a, you know, change of [44:29] plans. It is going to have a negative [44:31] impact. [44:32] >> Which is why we had that meeting with [44:33] you a few days ago so that to see if we [44:35] could make it work. [44:36] >> Yeah. [44:37] >> Because at the end of the day we get [44:38] better product, a cheaper product, and a [44:40] faster build. [44:42] >> Yep. [44:42] >> Can I Can I ask a [44:44] >> Sure. [44:44] >> Like where you were planning to do like [44:48] unloading and offloading of passengers [44:49] and both [44:50] >> Yeah, this is [44:51] >> And is that in a like happening the [44:53] contour area, you [44:54] >> No, we worked We worked out a way to do [44:57] that. They have another hangar on the [44:58] field, you might remember from previous [45:01] meetings. [45:02] We're going to have an access point that [45:05] uh runs [45:07] I don't know what you call this. I don't [45:08] know what this point is. Behind the [45:09] fuel. [45:11] And then you can come in down to their [45:13] other hangar. [45:15] There's a bit of a roadway there. So [45:17] they'll be loading uh most likely on [45:20] Echo. [45:20] >> Right. [45:21] >> Yeah, so Jason, just across from where [45:24] uh Skydive is, that taxiway, we're [45:26] probably going to stage out of there. [45:28] We'll just have your bus be delivered [45:30] [clears throat] people. We have a hangar [45:32] there. [45:32] >> Right. Yeah, cuz I'm just thinking like [45:34] well if you [45:35] For you guys, you know, like you guys [45:37] are running [45:38] a lot of old people and yeah, you know, [45:41] and then [45:42] like continuously planes coming in and [45:44] loading people and you know, and how you [45:45] can do that. That actually efficiently, [45:47] yeah. [45:48] >> The other thing that's kind of along the [45:50] same lines is transient GA pilots too [45:53] are going to have to now navigate a new [45:56] path off the ramp. There's going to be a [45:59] lot more probably escorting uh that [46:01] we're going to have to do than normal uh [46:04] make this work as well. [46:06] Um [46:07] but yeah, we it's not going to be ideal [46:09] obviously in game. This is going to be [46:12] really nice when it's all done. [46:14] But we are going to have some [46:17] additional you guys are going to have to [46:20] you know, go down a little further and [46:22] drop your bombs. [46:22] >> to be able to use the other taxiway, the [46:25] new taxiway? [46:28] >> Yeah, now I haven't talked [46:30] >> He's in fact [46:31] >> but you told me he's agreed to this [46:32] because if he still operates on the east [46:35] side where he is today [46:36] >> No, we talked to him we talked to him he [46:38] wants to operate on both sides. Yeah, so [46:41] people will be going down there. [46:42] >> Yeah, so then we have a horseshoe path [46:45] or U-shape. [46:46] >> Right, and then everybody and then spin [46:48] around and then stop. [46:49] >> This project and the impact that it's [46:51] going to have on the airport is almost [46:53] 100% the reason [46:55] we got the U-shape taxiway money. [46:58] This project is why. [47:00] And it was only because [47:03] uh this would have prevented us from [47:04] getting the ARFF vehicle. [47:06] >> Oh, yeah. [47:07] >> Yeah, so because of ARFF [47:09] is why we got all that beautiful new [47:11] taxiway is because of the pain that this [47:13] is going to cause them to the airport. [47:15] So and as painful as this is going to be [47:18] and we're not ready to talk about this [47:19] one yet, entry road is going to be [47:24] equally [47:25] this [47:28] » Brutal I believe is a good adjective. [47:29] >> You just bite the bullet [47:32] and and and get through it the best you [47:34] can and we're going to provide access [47:35] points everywhere we can as much [47:37] wayfinding signage as we can [47:40] to try and make sure everybody knows [47:42] where they're going. [47:43] >> Yeah, I I think signage is a key thing. [47:44] I don't think in the existing project [47:47] there [47:48] there's [clears throat] any signs at [47:48] all. [47:50] Uh so I think that it it'd be really [47:51] important in this project to have [47:54] signs saying you know, you know, [47:56] for GA guys, you know, park down there. [47:58] >> Yeah, we talked about moving the sign [48:01] off of the current gate cuz they won't [48:02] have access to that current [48:05] >> But people are going to get on the other [48:06] gate. [48:07] >> I'm worried about moving it down. I'm [48:08] concerned about getting people out of [48:09] the airport at night. Right now, there's [48:11] one gate that can do that, and that [48:13] gate's not going to be available. [48:15] So, we're going to have to put some [48:16] wayfinding to get them over to the gate [48:18] by the fire station, [48:19] um so they can use that one to get out. [48:22] >> So, that gate you're going to have to [48:23] put in a code that's going to be [48:24] temporary [48:25] >> 28 temporary 12280 [48:27] >> It's going to have a zero. [48:28] >> It has to be five on that gate. [48:30] >> All right. [48:31] >> So, it'll be 12280, which we're actually [48:33] just going to put a placard up on the [48:35] outside, [48:36] um saying that that's what the code is, [48:38] so they can get out because there's just [48:39] no other way to get people out. So, [48:42] um because that one main gate's going to [48:44] be open, the contractor is also going to [48:46] have to have a person stationed at that [48:48] gate at the gate not letting people [48:51] through until they punch their code in [48:53] and it goes beep. [48:55] If it goes beep, they get to go in. If [48:57] they punch their code in and it [48:59] doesn't, [49:01] he's got to kick them out. So, that's [49:02] going to be the contractor on that. [49:06] >> I have a question. You mentioned that [49:08] because you're doing this all in one [49:11] piece now that it was a cheaper for [49:14] Who's Who's seeing the savings here? [49:18] You said that because we're we only have [49:20] one mob, I think, and you're allowing [49:22] them to do the entire [49:24] grinding in one piece here. Where's the savings going? [49:28] >> I don't know, to be honest with you. [49:30] >> Well, [49:31] >> It was the [49:32] funded We the mobilization cost is what [49:35] they were able to get down for the [49:37] locally funded section. [49:38] >> funded portion. [49:40] >> Um [49:43] The area of the [49:45] >> Yeah, who's who's seeing the savings? [49:48] >> We are. [49:49] Because we're not going to have to pay [49:51] extra for the locally funded portion. [49:54] This reduced the cost of the locally [49:56] funded portion. [49:57] >> what I was looking at. [49:58] >> Okay, sorry. This is saying [50:00] >> It's And it's unlike [50:02] >> project. [50:03] Because it's There's no seam. [50:06] >> The overall project [50:09] it let's take out the locally funded. [50:11] The overall project with the exception [50:13] of the locally funded [50:14] is your normal FAA split. In this case, [50:17] 95% FAA, 5% local. [50:21] The locally funded portion in front of [50:23] the hangars is 100% local. [50:27] So, every dollar that the cost is [50:29] reduced, it's reduced a dollar for the [50:31] county versus [50:34] on other the overall large portion of [50:37] the project for every dollar reduced, 5 [50:39] cents is reduced on the county. [50:41] So, [50:42] for any dollars saved, it's 100% [50:46] reduction of local funding. [50:49] >> Thank you. I understand now. Appreciate [50:52] it. [50:58] » All right. So, the [51:01] I was a little unclear on the roadway [51:02] coming in. I think last meeting we we [51:05] didn't know if it was funded. We didn't [51:06] know a lot about it. Where are we at [51:08] with that project, the entry road? [51:12] >> We're working through the design. We're [51:14] actually putting final touches on it. [51:16] Uh, getting with Steve here on the last [51:19] couple of pieces, but we do have uh, I'd [51:22] call it a 70% 70 to 80% drawing. And we [51:27] have had it gone through the FAA a [51:29] couple times as far as the specs go and [51:32] the the other reports, the CSPP and EDR. [51:35] So, uh, hoping to get that buttoned up [51:37] here shortly. Uh, before that happens, [51:39] we will get the uh, other project out, [51:42] the pavement preservation of all the [51:44] remaining asphalt. That's at call it 90 [51:48] 95% [51:49] Uh, just waiting for final sign off from [51:51] the FAA and get that advertising bid and [51:54] hoping to get that construction going [51:57] and I would think August time frame [52:01] August uh [52:03] maybe end of July but [52:06] as far as the entrance road goes that [52:08] one's a little more intensive obviously [52:09] there's a more pavement more design [52:13] but yes that is underway and getting a good [52:17] uh attention from our side. [52:19] >> And for the first part of your question [52:22] the funding Steve had gone to the county [52:26] and did get the because there had been [52:28] some questions about the local funding [52:30] aspect Steve was able to [52:33] acquire the local funding [52:35] matches for [52:36] >> When will we When will we see that [52:38] design? [52:40] >> Like Thorson said it's at the [52:43] uh 79% we were out there with overviews [52:46] with Steve Thorson can get more into how [52:50] much [52:51] um I don't know Thorson if you have the [52:53] ability to share a screen or not I could [52:55] probably pull it up since I'm in the [52:56] office. [52:57] >> Uh yeah I'm not available for that [53:00] sorry. [53:01] >> Okay. [53:02] >> You well you find it out. [53:05] >> I think we'd like to take a look at that [53:07] if we could uh when it's ready. [53:11] >> Sure thing. [53:13] >> It'll we'll present [53:15] >> All right we got time to do that before [53:16] yeah. [53:17] >> We got time to do that? [53:18] >> Yeah we'll [53:19] If he's at 79% we'll probably have it [53:21] for next meeting. [53:23] >> Yeah I would say we can [53:24] at minimum get exhibits to show [53:27] uh project area. We have uh [53:32] we're kind of the last piece we're [53:33] dealing with right now is [53:36] uh the the actual asphalt section but as [53:39] far as layout we and then as well [53:42] uh [53:42] markings uh for the roundabout area. [53:45] Uh but yes, by the next meeting we'll [53:47] have uh some exhibits to share. [53:51] >> Great. Great. [53:56] What else you got? [53:56] >> And [53:57] I would just follow up that they are [53:59] there. They're definitely not in a [54:01] location to be shared at the moment, but [54:04] we are taking into account um especially [54:07] the roundabout. It's actually been quite [54:09] the uh [54:10] process to figure out how to deal with [54:12] the roundabout that's in front of the [54:14] old drop-off for the terminal, but [54:17] recognizing people still use it. So, [54:19] making it both a combination of a road [54:22] and still providing a [54:24] turnaround or a pullout in front of the [54:26] side [54:28] terminal entrance. [54:29] >> and a drop-off only lane [54:31] >> and a bus turnaround as well. [54:33] >> and a bus turnaround is the way we're [54:34] trying to put it together. [54:37] >> Yeah, for that we're getting a little [54:39] bit [54:40] making it a little wider. Uh actually, [54:42] it was convenient the day we were out [54:44] there with Steve, a bus had come by and [54:46] we watched him have to make a [54:48] three three- or four-point turn. So, [54:50] that gave us a real good idea of hey, if [54:52] we bump this pavement out a little bit, [54:54] they'll be able to do it in one swoop, [54:57] if not a three-point turn. [55:00] >> Yeah. [55:01] I mean, he almost made it, but [55:03] >> Almost. [55:04] >> Yeah, he could have made it if he did a [55:05] little bit of Moab off-roading. [55:08] >> But, we kind of figured out a way so [55:09] they'll be able to make that turn and I [55:11] think it's important that we have that [55:13] drop-off and pick-up zone right there. [55:15] Um so, that'll all still be there as [55:17] part of this project. It won't be what [55:19] you would consider a roundabout. [55:21] Cuz a roundabout with nothing in the [55:23] middle of it is [55:24] kind of silly. So, it's just going to be [55:26] a road with a drop-off zone that comes [55:28] out. When that design's ready, we'll bring [55:31] >> You should have a really pretty statue [55:32] in the middle of the roundabout. [55:33] >> So, yeah. [55:35] No, they're they're part of the artwork [55:37] thing. [55:37] >> Yeah, no, That's That's what I hear. I [55:39] mean the the roundabout and something in [55:40] the middle of it is pretty cool. [55:43] But where the unpaved roundabout is now will [55:48] be a marked line. So we won't [55:50] necessarily mark the edges of the road [55:53] for the whole length of the road, but in [55:54] that corner, it'll be a combination of [55:57] solid and dashed white and yellow lines [56:00] that you would see that would meet more [56:02] of the standards that you would get on [56:03] road traffic. [56:12] All right, is that it? [56:14] >> Yeah, unless there's any other questions [56:16] I can answer. [56:18] >> Uh yeah, if I you guys don't mind me [56:20] chiming in here. Um I'm wondering is [56:22] there any way that we can get [56:25] landside access to Hangar 118? [56:29] >> Our our new hangar [56:31] >> Yeah, [56:33] you'll have a landside access. [56:37] Um [56:38] cuz that's where we're going to bring [56:39] people. I don't know if there's [56:42] I'll go back there and see what it would [56:43] take. But yeah, we would like you to [56:45] have landside access. [56:46] >> Which one is 118 by [56:49] Is that the large [56:51] hangar to the south of the [56:54] uh snowmobile building? [56:57] >> Yeah, that's correct. [56:58] >> Okay. [56:59] >> The one that we acquired. [57:01] >> Yeah, unfortunately. Nick gained a [57:03] little weight. [57:05] It's much better. [57:08] So yeah, we would we Alvin, we would [57:10] like you to have access to that and [57:13] whatever we can do to help make that [57:14] happen is going to help make all of this [57:16] go smoother. So [57:18] >> Yeah. [57:18] we'll try and get that. [57:20] >> We'll probably need ground to that [57:22] airside too, which we will [57:24] obviously have to [57:26] watch and you know [57:28] shuffle that. [57:29] >> But The gates going to be there. We have [57:32] going to do a bit of that now already. [57:34] That works very well for us. We'll just [57:36] have to extend it down that taxiway. [57:39] Now, I guess my concern is too is how do [57:42] we stay out of the way of the [57:43] construction and [57:46] where [57:47] >> When you mean when you're tugging or [57:49] >> Yeah. We'll We'll [57:51] work very clearly or we have safety [57:53] meetings every week. So, attend those [57:55] meetings. Okay. Yeah. Cuz we will have [57:57] to have [57:58] >> And we could. [57:59] >> front hangar access from the ground side [58:02] as well. [58:03] Back there similar to what we have [58:05] today. [58:06] >> Okay. [58:06] >> So. [58:08] >> And [58:10] I just want to make one thing very clear [58:13] on the entrance road project. [58:15] It will be [58:18] a significant difficulty for everybody [58:22] on the airport. We are working through [58:25] many different iterations of phasing and [58:29] uh as Bill said, wayfinding and signage [58:33] will be key. [58:34] But, please recognize that with the only [58:37] one entrance road and we're paving it [58:39] from the start to the finish, there's no [58:41] way that we're not going to disrupt [58:46] the [58:48] flow of the airfield. So, we're trying [58:51] to look at it in any possible way to [58:52] minimize that, but [58:55] please recognize there's no way to fix a [58:57] road without shutting down that road. [58:59] And it's there's not a second entrance [59:02] to the airport. It's not a four-lane [59:04] wide road that we could take out two [59:06] lanes and then do two lanes. [59:08] It is a [59:09] >> So, so is Why is it not a four-lane [59:11] road? [59:13] >> Uh [59:14] >> Probably because of the access to the [59:16] 191. [59:19] >> Well, I mean if you if you if you had a [59:21] four-lane road, you could keep two open [59:24] and two open and [59:25] pave two and you know, [59:27] go [59:28] Is Is there any chance of doing that? [59:32] >> Uh definitely not with this funding. [59:37] » Hey. [59:38] >> I would say not with available funding. [59:40] >> At least double the cost. [59:42] >> Um and also we'd have to figure out a [59:44] place to put those other two lanes. [59:49] A lot of places there's not really a [59:50] spot to put another lane in. [59:53] But yeah, well that's not part of this. [59:56] >> And [59:57] >> But But Bill brings up a good point [59:59] though. Shouldn't we be looking to the [1:00:01] future here? Or are we and that just is [1:00:04] so far out that we aren't going to need [1:00:06] those four lanes? [1:00:08] What Where is our future projection [1:00:11] there? [1:00:12] >> There really is not the volume of [1:00:14] traffic to justify. [1:00:18] I don't think that's where we're looking [1:00:20] for that future larger traffic. [1:00:23] I think we're looking for that traffic [1:00:25] to be back on the road that goes behind [1:00:27] the hangars. [1:00:29] I think we're going to have a higher [1:00:30] volume of traffic there than we're going [1:00:31] to have coming down to the fire station, [1:00:33] if that makes sense. [1:00:36] >> Mhm. [1:00:36] >> It does. [1:00:37] >> Once there are parking lots back there, [1:00:39] you're you're going to have four lanes. [1:00:40] It's just going to be a two and a two. [1:00:42] >> Mhm. [1:00:43] >> Um [1:00:45] Yeah, we're ways off from having that. [1:00:47] >> Well, so you [1:00:48] So the entrance to the behind all those [1:00:50] and future hangars uh would be having a [1:00:53] different entrance than the one we're [1:00:55] talking about here. [1:00:56] >> Yeah. Well, no. Not We all still have to [1:00:58] enter off of the same thing off 191. [1:01:00] You'd just have some of the cars that [1:01:02] split down the first one that's your [1:01:03] hangar row and the rest would go up to [1:01:06] either fire station, back of Redtail, or [1:01:11] >> Terminal. [1:01:11] >> Yeah, the terminal and the still skydive [1:01:13] would all still be going down to the new [1:01:14] skydive. [1:01:16] So it'd just be two and two. [1:01:17] >> Yeah, but it's still just two coming off [1:01:19] the road. [1:01:20] >> Yeah. Yeah. [1:01:21] >> And then it splits. [1:01:22] >> It's still the bottom neck is the part [1:01:24] from the road to that. [1:01:25] >> Yeah, we can certainly look to design [1:01:27] that road to be wider [1:01:29] in the future, for sure. It's all just a [1:01:31] matter of money. [1:01:33] And what we can get funded and what we [1:01:35] can justify by traffic. We can't justify [1:01:38] it with the traffic. [1:01:38] >> way we can offset it now? [1:01:41] You know, to [1:01:42] you know, [1:01:43] build the new road or the the new [1:01:45] pavement, if you will, to to a little [1:01:48] bit to the side and allow us to dirt or [1:01:51] the existing road to exist or to you [1:01:54] know, to keep traffic to flow on it. [1:01:57] » They still going to have to cross it cuz [1:01:59] it's going to be cut off. It's going to [1:02:01] be a cut off. [1:02:02] >> be a short short distance of cut off, [1:02:04] though. [1:02:05] >> I don't know how much we'd gain with [1:02:06] that. And next time you're out there, [1:02:07] walk out to kind of explain what we're [1:02:09] talking about. [1:02:10] >> Well, if you [1:02:11] >> So, you're talking about grading out a [1:02:13] piece so that traffic can drive further [1:02:15] down. Still couldn't get to the parking [1:02:17] spaces. [1:02:18] >> Well, well, well, during the [1:02:21] construction. [1:02:21] >> Yeah. I'm just thinking that [1:02:23] >> if we want to if we're thinking about [1:02:25] widening that to three lanes or [1:02:28] four lanes, you know, could we the new [1:02:30] road that we're putting in there, [1:02:32] could we just, you know, [1:02:35] uh [1:02:35] put that to the side of the existing [1:02:37] road as opposed to paving over paving [1:02:39] over the 50 ft [1:02:40] of road. [1:02:47] » I don't think under this project we can. [1:02:49] Because we already have an entrance to [1:02:52] um [1:02:53] the highway. [1:02:54] We [1:02:56] have new built pavement there and we [1:02:58] have failing pavement where we are. In [1:03:00] some places we're not we're not going [1:03:02] down to full depth to rebuild this. This [1:03:04] is going to be in some places we're just [1:03:05] going to mill and fill. And in other [1:03:07] places we have to go full depth. [1:03:10] So, if we moved it and said, "Oh, we're [1:03:12] just going to build a completely [1:03:14] separate road over here so that we get [1:03:15] two for the price of one." and two, the [1:03:17] things we're saying [1:03:18] uh that would be full depth the whole [1:03:20] way, and we would not have money to do [1:03:23] that. [1:03:24] >> Okay. [1:03:25] >> And environmentally, that is different [1:03:27] than what was uh cleared at at this [1:03:30] point. Uh it would definitely [1:03:33] be a long process to do [1:03:35] what you're talking about. [1:03:38] >> Calvin does have a question. Um when is [1:03:40] the entrance project proposed dates? [1:03:44] >> Well I don't know if if they've got [1:03:46] something updated for Mark, then they [1:03:47] can let us know, but we're we're looking [1:03:49] at that in the fall. Um but until they [1:03:52] get it designed and bid, [1:03:54] um it's hard to nail down a precise [1:03:57] date. [1:03:58] >> Okay then. When do you think [1:04:00] >> My answer would be [1:04:02] >> What? [1:04:03] >> My answer would be fall time frame. I [1:04:05] agree, sorry. [1:04:08] » Yeah, just now when can we expect the [1:04:10] board we can actually see our [1:04:12] >> As soon as he gives me something, I'll [1:04:14] send it out, but we'll discuss it at the [1:04:15] next meeting. [1:04:16] >> Yeah, he he said he thought he'd have [1:04:18] some [1:04:19] drawing into the next meeting. [1:04:20] >> Okay. [1:04:21] >> Yes. One month [1:04:23] from now [1:04:26] >> And we will also have a meeting with [1:04:28] airport users at the bid. Just kind of [1:04:30] like we did with this project. [1:04:33] Well we'll where we'll just all talk [1:04:34] through what are the best ways to make [1:04:37] this as least painful as possible. [1:04:39] There's no way to make it not painful, [1:04:41] but to try and minimize it. [1:04:43] >> I think um [1:04:45] we'll also develop a we can easily [1:04:47] develop an exhibit that could be put up [1:04:50] on the airport's Facebook page, airport [1:04:54] county webpage, on the county news, um [1:04:57] if even going so far as being published [1:05:00] in the newspaper, so that [1:05:02] people [1:05:04] there's no way you're not going to get [1:05:05] complaints on this one. [1:05:09] But [1:05:09] >> Say like is there any way they could [1:05:11] considered like doing it at night, you [1:05:12] know? [1:05:14] >> I mean, it's taking We're talking of [1:05:15] weeks and weeks of work. [1:05:18] So. [1:05:23] Doing it at night [1:05:25] doesn't necessarily save us any way [1:05:27] because we've got a hole. [1:05:30] So, we can dig a hole at night, but [1:05:32] people still can't drive from over it [1:05:34] cuz the hole is still going to be there [1:05:36] all day. [1:05:37] So, I mean, there are some kind of like [1:05:39] runway projects that makes a lot of [1:05:41] sense to try and do at night, [1:05:42] obviously. [1:05:44] Which is what we're going to try and do [1:05:46] with the seal coat project. We're trying [1:05:48] to do it at night so that [1:05:49] so that's when there's not traffic flow. [1:05:52] But some other projects [1:05:55] night doesn't help us with this one. [1:05:57] Doesn't doesn't buy us anything. [1:05:59] >> I do. [1:06:05] » Anything else from blogger? [1:06:13] » I'm good. Thank you. [1:06:18] » You're breaking up. You said [1:06:20] >> Did we do [1:06:21] >> [clears throat] [1:06:21] >> I'm sorry. With all of that, I can't [1:06:23] remember did we talk about pavement [1:06:24] preservation? [1:06:26] >> We did briefly. [1:06:27] >> Other than briefly. [1:06:29] So. [1:06:31] That will be an airfield pavement [1:06:32] preservation. That will involve [1:06:35] runway closures. [1:06:37] With that, we will work [1:06:42] » Those seal a lot faster, so it's not [1:06:44] going to be like [1:06:46] a lot of runway closures for a long [1:06:48] time. And with that one, we've got to [1:06:50] coordinate [1:06:52] closely with you guys as soon as we [1:06:53] possibly can. So, yeah. [1:06:55] >> Yeah. [1:06:56] >> I don't know if we need to be [1:06:57] >> He was right in that [1:06:58] >> Hopefully, what we're going to try and [1:06:59] do is do that at night as much as [1:07:01] possible. It does not take 48 hours for [1:07:04] that to to cure up and be ready to go. [1:07:07] As soon as it's not tacky [1:07:10] over there. [1:07:11] >> Yeah. [1:07:18] » All right. [1:07:21] Uh [1:07:22] any other reports? [1:07:26] Need to talk about? [1:07:28] All right. [1:07:29] Uh [1:07:31] So, discussion I had planned number nine [1:07:34] Uh [1:07:34] I think that's [1:07:37] several different things together. [1:07:40] Uh marketing and website design. [1:07:43] Whose is that? [1:07:44] >> I requested it be on here. [1:07:47] >> We can give you a slight update on the website. We we do now have access [1:07:51] to the county's airport website, which [1:07:53] we haven't had. IT has now given us [1:07:56] access both uh [1:07:58] original and the south. So, we [1:08:01] can now start making updates and changes [1:08:04] to that. Things like putting on this project plan, [1:08:08] uh showing future future issues that [1:08:10] might come up, or pictures of cool stuff [1:08:12] that happens at the airport. We've had a [1:08:13] few really cool things lately that that [1:08:16] we've got lots of pictures of, so we're [1:08:17] ready to [1:08:18] try and get those up there as well. [1:08:21] So, hopefully you'll start seeing a a [1:08:23] pretty decent change to what's on the [1:08:25] county's website [1:08:26] as it is now. [1:08:28] >> What are we doing for social media? [1:08:31] >> Well, we have we have a Facebook page. [1:08:33] >> Yeah, that's what [1:08:34] >> Somebody maintain it? [1:08:35] >> We have it. We're putting pictures up on [1:08:36] it and and trying to keep that as [1:08:38] current as possible. Um then we have the [1:08:40] county's webpage. We don't have [1:08:43] um any of the other social media to the [1:08:45] best of my knowledge. We don't have any [1:08:46] Instagram. [1:08:47] >> Okay. [1:08:48] >> Do we have any Instagram? Have we been [1:08:49] posting on it? [1:08:50] >> I don't think I was supposed to be [1:08:51] posting, but I don't know for sure. [1:08:53] >> Okay, I I didn't even know we had it. [1:08:55] >> Yeah. [1:08:56] >> Instagram. [1:08:56] >> Sorry. [1:08:57] >> All right. [1:08:58] We're better on it than I thought. [1:09:00] So, yeah, we're we're trying to maintain [1:09:02] some of that presence, and we're trying [1:09:03] to get more on top of things as well. [1:09:04] >> have suggestions, please let me know. [1:09:07] Uh, [1:09:08] cuz I'm open to putting, you know, I [1:09:11] wanted to I wanted to look really well, [1:09:13] you know, doing [1:09:15] for our for our airport. I want it to be [1:09:18] up-to-date. I want cool stuff that's [1:09:19] going on that involves the airport. If [1:09:22] you guys have pictures, send them to me. [1:09:24] And then we're going to put some [1:09:25] pictures like SkyDive Moab. Just they [1:09:28] did some Utah State records over the [1:09:30] weekend for some of their their stuff. [1:09:33] So, we're going to, you know, post them [1:09:35] on there. I want to make sure all the [1:09:37] businesses that are on on the field have are represented on [1:09:43] our website because I mean that's, you [1:09:45] know, they're part of the airport. [1:09:47] >> It's moabairport.com. [1:09:49] I think we have a redirect on it right [1:09:51] now. [1:09:52] >> Okay. [1:09:52] >> That throws you to the county's website. [1:09:56] So, I forgot we did have an actual [1:09:58] website out there. [1:09:59] >> We we own the website. [1:10:00] >> What's the name? [1:10:00] >> It's moabairport.com. [1:10:02] >> Okay. [1:10:02] >> Is that what was it? Moab what? [1:10:04] >> moabairport.com. [1:10:05] It will be fine but it still redirects [1:10:07] to the county site and we just have to [1:10:09] improve not just to the county site but [1:10:11] the airport's page on the county site [1:10:14] cuz then we'll keep this updated. [1:10:16] >> Yeah, he's just got to redirect from it [1:10:18] to the county.net or whatever it is. [1:10:19] >> Okay. [1:10:20] >> So, he can take that off and wherever [1:10:21] the remnants of that moabairport.com [1:10:23] are, he's probably Matt probably has [1:10:25] them archived or stored somewhere and [1:10:28] give you access to what is there. [1:10:29] >> Yeah. [1:10:30] >> As for what goes on it, the two examples [1:10:33] I pulled up that I liked were [1:10:35] Vernal You'll figure. [1:10:37] >> Okay. [1:10:37] >> And Rifle. [1:10:39] They're kind of two different approaches [1:10:40] at it. Rifle seems to be a lot more GA [1:10:43] oriented. I mean, it has some cool stuff [1:10:46] about the CareFlight they've got out of [1:10:47] there with helicopter rescues. [1:10:50] It's definitely more tailored towards [1:10:51] pilots. Runway information, NOTAMs that [1:10:53] are all right across the top on the [1:10:55] banner. I mean, they got a whole of bush [1:10:58] planes right there, so Turnagain is very [1:11:00] sweet. [1:11:01] That's one way to go. The other way is [1:11:03] Bernal. That's definitely more oriented [1:11:05] towards tourism. I mean, right on their [1:11:07] homepage, they call it a a hero web [1:11:10] part. It's got how to book a flight, [1:11:12] hotels and lodging, car rentals. So, [1:11:14] you're just firing right into when you [1:11:16] get four options down before you're at [1:11:18] service and pilot information. So, [1:11:21] I think those are good kind of two [1:11:23] different takes to take on this thing [1:11:25] and maybe a meld somewhere in the middle [1:11:27] of two. [1:11:28] >> And if you looked at the download mean, [1:11:29] I don't know, [1:11:30] like just [1:11:32] you know, maybe guide me on what you [1:11:33] guys are thinking. [1:11:35] >> I'm absolutely [1:11:36] >> open to that. [1:11:37] >> But Jay, would you be able to willing to [1:11:39] help on, you know, getting there and [1:11:41] then help with some of that work? [1:11:43] >> Absolutely. [1:11:44] >> Perfect. [1:11:46] >> Thank you. [1:11:46] >> Absolutely. [1:11:47] >> Probably want to make sure we're working [1:11:48] with our economic developers. [1:11:50] >> Yeah, I would think so. [1:11:52] >> I would say the same, too. [1:11:54] >> Yeah, let's see if we can get that tool [1:11:56] back up and get it working really well. [1:11:59] With some of these other approaches. [1:12:00] Sounds like a really good idea because [1:12:02] surprising number of people [1:12:04] buy their information that way. [1:12:07] There isn't any other way, really. [1:12:10] » A fancy sign would help. [1:12:14] » Yeah. [1:12:15] >> For those that are already there, it [1:12:16] definitely would. For those passing by. [1:12:18] >> Sign, website. [1:12:20] Out here. [1:12:23] >> All right. That's it. [1:12:24] >> Yeah, I think that's good. Thank you. [1:12:26] >> Thank you. [1:12:28] So, uh the next thing is kind of mine is [1:12:31] airport sign. [1:12:33] I thought that since we're uh [1:12:36] yeah, we've been batting around the idea [1:12:38] of some kind of entrance sign, monument [1:12:40] sign at the beginning of the [1:12:42] airport. [1:12:43] Uh so, in order to flush that out and [1:12:46] come up with [1:12:48] kind of a a real [1:12:50] view of a sign, I came up with a concept [1:12:53] that seems to be a common concept for [1:12:55] the for airport signs. [1:12:57] Uh, you know, the idea here was just to [1:13:00] use some of the stuff that I've heard at this meeting [1:13:03] uh that has to do with, you know, a [1:13:05] digital sign and and a a monument sign [1:13:08] and entrance sign. [1:13:10] Uh, so in order to [1:13:13] make that work [1:13:14] or actually, you know, put together [1:13:17] uh something where we could find out how [1:13:18] much does it cost and how difficult it [1:13:21] is and you know, that kind of stuff. I [1:13:23] put together the idea of this B-shaped [1:13:25] sign. [1:13:26] Uh, [1:13:27] it's sized according to this distance [1:13:30] from the highway. [1:13:33] Uh, there's a sign there now that [1:13:35] the you guys have that's just a vertical [1:13:38] and it's [1:13:39] perpendicular to the highway. [1:13:42] Uh, and and the you know, lettering on [1:13:44] it is is, you know, is the right size [1:13:46] for that distance. [1:13:48] Uh, in order to maximize the [1:13:51] viewing time on a sign, [1:13:53] uh it's particularly a digital sign, it [1:13:56] had to be tilted into a B-shaped [1:13:58] arrangement so you get more viewing [1:13:59] time. [1:14:01] Uh, you get [1:14:03] this sign proposes a a 6 to 10 6 to 10 [1:14:07] second viewing time, which is more than [1:14:09] enough for a for messages [1:14:12] for a single uh you know, message or [1:14:14] messages. Probably two in that length of [1:14:17] time. [1:14:18] Uh, surprising how quick people, you [1:14:21] know, [1:14:22] if the the letters are big enough, right [1:14:24] now, okay, you can see it. [1:14:26] So anyway, uh what I wanted to do is it ended up being about a [1:14:30] uh [1:14:31] a B-shaped sign about 14 ft [1:14:34] high and about 13 ft long uh on the on [1:14:38] the two sides. [1:14:39] And this this proposal basically looks [1:14:42] at putting a digital sign on the [1:14:45] southbound lane so people coming in [1:14:47] would see the sign, the digital sign. [1:14:50] Uh [1:14:50] and then also with the digital sign [1:14:53] would be a uh [1:14:55] monument sign or a uh billboard sign and [1:14:58] you know, whatever it is, some kind of [1:15:00] other thing cuz the the digital sign [1:15:02] would only be about 3 ft tall and 12 ft [1:15:05] wide. [1:15:07] And that's big enough to put on two [1:15:08] lines two two lines of of characters and [1:15:12] be able to see them from the road. [1:15:14] Um the idea is is that [1:15:17] the other part of the sign would just [1:15:19] say [1:15:20] airport and it could be anything from [1:15:23] fixed advertising [1:15:25] to just an airport sign. I mean, there [1:15:27] there's a lot of possibilities there and [1:15:29] I don't know [1:15:30] what the that would be more for for the [1:15:32] advertising folks or the airport folks [1:15:34] to decide what should be on. Now, the [1:15:36] south side of of this V-shaped sign [1:15:39] would be a fixed sign. [1:15:41] You know, just a a a sign that said uh [1:15:45] "Thank you for visiting our airport" or [1:15:47] you know, whatever else you want to put [1:15:48] on. If you've got the food display [1:15:50] >> Here's the road. [1:15:51] >> Yeah, right. This is the road, so this is the [1:15:55] >> Why would we do a fixed on the one and [1:15:58] digital on the other road? You could [1:15:59] just do [1:15:59] >> Well, it's [1:16:00] it could be. It absolutely could be. [1:16:02] This is The question is cost. [1:16:04] A digital sign such as this uh [1:16:07] it would good good daytime viewing and good resolutions about 22,000. [1:16:14] And so, uh [1:16:16] certainly there could be a digital sign [1:16:17] on both sides. [1:16:18] >> I think if we're going to do it, it [1:16:19] should be digital on both sides to catch [1:16:21] people coming and going and and it would [1:16:23] be a better for the advertiser because [1:16:26] um [1:16:27] This is so stupid to say. My [1:16:28] undergraduate degree was in in [1:16:30] advertising. What you What you want to [1:16:32] do is get them all on 100 show. Um and [1:16:34] the idea is 7 seconds and no more than [1:16:37] seven words. That's kind of the standard [1:16:39] in the phone. [1:16:40] Um [1:16:41] And so, if you do digital on both sides, [1:16:45] you'll get closer to a 100 show, which [1:16:47] is just everybody who passes that road [1:16:49] will see it. They'll see it. So, um you [1:16:51] cuz you're doubling your chances for [1:16:53] that. Plus you increase the the [1:16:54] marketing avail- marketability of it. I [1:16:57] mean, I don't know when we're going to [1:16:58] build this sign, but um [1:17:01] I definitely think we we should have it. [1:17:04] I like the V idea. You're right, that's [1:17:05] the best way to do it cuz drivers will [1:17:07] have to crane their head to see it [1:17:09] certain directions. [1:17:10] >> Yeah, you can see it about uh 700 ft [1:17:12] down the road. Uh you know, which gives [1:17:15] you a pretty long viewing curve. [1:17:17] Yeah. [1:17:18] >> And [1:17:19] so [1:17:20] >> So I [1:17:20] >> Yeah, we should be thinking bigger about [1:17:22] that. [1:17:23] >> Yeah, I think that absolutely. And I [1:17:25] again I'm not proposing that we do it [1:17:28] exactly exactly what the staff committee [1:17:29] says. What I was trying to do was find [1:17:31] out, okay, but how much is going to cost [1:17:34] and and and how do we finance it? [1:17:37] And so the things that that uh [1:17:40] that stand out on on this [1:17:43] uh report, I think [1:17:45] is that if you scan down after you look [1:17:48] at all of the other things, you start [1:17:50] looking at the financial summary. [1:17:53] And the financing options [1:17:55] for the sign that I proposed here, which [1:17:57] digital on one side, if we do it, it'll [1:17:59] be another 20,000 on the other but [1:18:02] uh our financing option [1:18:05] uh if we have five advertisers paying [1:18:07] $200 a month [1:18:10] uh for [1:18:12] you know, some presentation on the on [1:18:14] the digital sign we're talking about. [1:18:16] Let alone what you could do on the other [1:18:18] sign. [1:18:19] Uh [1:18:20] I think that that uh the way this works [1:18:23] out is is that you have a positive cash [1:18:26] flow if you could get five advertisers [1:18:28] to $200 a month at about $2,000 a year [1:18:32] during the financing period. [1:18:34] And then And the financing period of 5 [1:18:36] years, [1:18:37] uh [1:18:38] you you know, you'd be making 74 grand a [1:18:41] year. [1:18:42] Which is quite a bit considering the uh [1:18:45] sign has a lifespan of at least 12 years [1:18:47] and and maybe longer. [1:18:49] Uh [1:18:50] depends on what you how long the digital [1:18:52] signs are made to last about that long. [1:18:55] Uh [1:18:56] Now, if you go for the cash option, [1:18:59] uh [1:19:00] and you just charge if you can find [1:19:03] so find the cash somewhere, you could [1:19:05] pay off the sign in about 3 years. [1:19:08] And uh and then, you know, make [1:19:11] significant money uh 20 20 grand and [1:19:14] then, you know, for the whatever it is [1:19:16] to the sign, make a lot of basically or [1:19:18] at least enough to pay for everything. [1:19:20] And these estimates here assume uh [1:19:24] everything that's involved with the with [1:19:26] the maintenance of the sign, the power [1:19:28] for the sign, uh the upkeep of the sign, [1:19:31] uh [1:19:32] it even puts in some money to hire a [1:19:35] professional outfit to program it. [1:19:37] Although, it it appears to me that's not [1:19:39] necessary. [1:19:41] The the web pages that the thing that [1:19:43] these sign guys have are, [1:19:45] you know, really really good and you you [1:19:47] can do anything you want. It's It's [1:19:49] actually easier than building a website. [1:19:51] So, it's it's not something that [1:19:53] is very [1:19:54] They're They're tools that are actually [1:19:55] really good. [1:19:57] Uh [1:19:59] Problems with it uh obviously uh have to [1:20:03] do with uh meeting [1:20:06] uh [1:20:07] environmental concerns. [1:20:09] You know, what would we what would we do [1:20:10] with the digital sign at night? [1:20:12] Uh what would we do? Uh what are what [1:20:15] are the dark sky standards if if those [1:20:17] apply to us? [1:20:19] Uh [1:20:20] and [1:20:21] other things like wind and, you know, [1:20:23] considerations like that have to be [1:20:24] engineered for that. Right now, this [1:20:27] sign is is is planned to have three [1:20:30] vertical steel posts. [1:20:32] Uh [1:20:33] and you know, set in concrete [1:20:35] uh with concrete foundations and then [1:20:37] have the signs [1:20:39] uh on the each side of that. That seems [1:20:42] to be the uh [1:20:43] least expensive way to build such a sign [1:20:46] and have it strong enough to you know, [1:20:48] do what it needs to do. [1:20:50] So, based on [1:20:52] uh based on that [1:20:54] those kind of numbers uh [1:20:56] financing options [1:20:58] uh there's a couple ways to do it [1:21:01] that I that I thought about and and one [1:21:03] way would be to have uh [1:21:06] our advertising council [1:21:08] you know, buy into it as a advertising [1:21:11] feature and finance it as as part of [1:21:13] their their budget or at least part of [1:21:15] it out of their budget. [1:21:17] Another way to do it would be to uh find [1:21:20] a private company [1:21:22] uh that would be willing to front the [1:21:24] money in exchange for profits off the [1:21:26] sign. [1:21:27] >> Can Can we hold up for just 1 second? [1:21:30] Howard, are you still with us? [1:21:33] >> Yeah, I'm still here. [1:21:35] >> I I really think this would be something [1:21:37] to take back to your [1:21:39] tourism board, right? [1:21:41] >> Um [1:21:42] >> at least to start some discussions there [1:21:44] and see what we can do. [1:21:46] >> I really think that funding could come [1:21:49] from the TRCCA fund [1:21:52] to basically not need to finance it and [1:21:53] just buy it. [1:21:55] But that would probably not occur until [1:21:56] next year, Bill. So, um I think that [1:21:59] >> Yeah. Which would sure. [1:22:00] >> But I could certainly bring that [1:22:03] >> with them for sure. [1:22:04] >> for sure, for sure. [1:22:05] Um and also bear in mind that there was [1:22:08] um beyond this sign, there was a an [1:22:10] appeal from the Spanish Trail Arena for [1:22:12] something similar. So, for the [1:22:13] commission to know that, too, it might [1:22:15] be something possible for both. I don't [1:22:17] know. [1:22:19] >> Yeah. Yeah, there I think that there's [1:22:21] also, you know, like I said, there's [1:22:23] private funding where [1:22:24] companies will front for some for build, build board signs or whatever. [1:22:29] There's also, you know, fundraising [1:22:31] activities that could be done. [1:22:34] You know, [1:22:35] >> I wouldn't want to give it over to [1:22:37] private. I mean, [1:22:38] we are selling but we don't need [1:22:41] >> Yeah, so I so I think [1:22:43] I I get the out [1:22:46] >> No, it's a great idea. [1:22:46] >> The idea here is [1:22:49] just doing some preliminary work. It [1:22:51] appears like it can be really feasible [1:22:54] for costing and running space on it for [1:22:58] it to pay for itself in a reasonable [1:22:59] length of time. [1:23:01] And if we can just find the money up [1:23:03] front then it's then obviously it's pure [1:23:05] profit. [1:23:07] Or [1:23:07] at least more profit on it. [1:23:10] So I thought there'd be the next thing I would like to do if would be go to the [1:23:16] advertising council and to the county [1:23:20] and just start talking. [1:23:22] And you know, just start saying, "Okay, [1:23:24] we want to do a sign I think, [1:23:26] you know, here's kind of what the basics [1:23:28] of it are. It's about this big and it's [1:23:30] going to have digital sign maybe on both [1:23:32] sides. You know, and it's going to cost [1:23:34] 50 [1:23:36] 54,000 dollars, some number like that. [1:23:40] If we put digital sign on both sides [1:23:42] and just start going easy to round so [1:23:45] that with the target of having a budgetary number in place for next [1:23:52] year. [1:23:53] Whoever's going to budget for it. [1:23:56] Or even having some ideas along those [1:23:58] lines. [1:23:59] But I think it's important to do this [1:24:02] for a number of reasons. One of them, I [1:24:04] think the airport image. [1:24:06] Right now we don't don't really have [1:24:09] any image. I think the entrance way, you [1:24:12] know, the new pavement will add greatly. [1:24:14] But I also think we need to have [1:24:16] something that is really stands out. And [1:24:19] I think it needs to not be tacky or [1:24:22] whatever. I think so. I agree. It needs [1:24:24] to It needs to be looked like a [1:24:25] permanent kind of a thing, you know, [1:24:27] like it's a [1:24:28] uh [1:24:29] real ongoing cuz all these image things [1:24:32] is what people take away. It's what they [1:24:34] think about. Cuz when they think about, [1:24:36] "Oh, that's a real airport and they got [1:24:38] they've got, you know, all these [1:24:39] services there. They've got airlines. [1:24:41] They've got uh [1:24:43] you know, all kinds of flight scene [1:24:46] things going on. Whatever all those [1:24:47] things are, uh [1:24:49] people will then remember it and check [1:24:51] into it. You know, and actually involve [1:24:54] themselves more in the airport. The [1:24:55] other thing I believe it will do is [1:24:57] attract [1:24:58] uh more [1:25:00] uh pilots. A lot of pilots drive by. [1:25:01] They don't know if it's private or not. [1:25:03] So, they I think that that becomes a a [1:25:06] reasonable kind of a thing. [1:25:08] They're going to let alone the [1:25:09] advertising uh you know, possibilities. [1:25:13] >> Yeah, I don't think anybody here needs [1:25:14] any convincing. We'll have a sign up. We [1:25:17] need to get sign. [1:25:18] Um [1:25:19] I'd love to have a single pole so I'd [1:25:20] love to see it. Concrete columns would [1:25:22] be [1:25:23] um [1:25:24] >> Well, they they can have a they can have [1:25:25] a facade on them. I mean, I'm not saying [1:25:27] what the design should be. [1:25:28] >> Right. [1:25:29] >> I think that that The idea is that I [1:25:31] think [1:25:33] with you guys' approval, I think what [1:25:35] I'd like to do is take this to a [1:25:37] professional sign company. [1:25:39] You know, somebody that somebody could [1:25:41] recommend and say, "Okay, here's the [1:25:42] concept. What is it really going to cost [1:25:45] to build this and what are your [1:25:46] recommendations?" Maybe [1:25:48] >> It'd be good to bring back like some [1:25:50] mock-ups or something. [1:25:52] >> yeah. I'd like to do some I'm sure do [1:25:53] some real artwork and [1:25:55] >> some video of what it would look like. [1:25:58] >> I mean, Steve didn't like my last [1:26:00] design. [1:26:00] >> I thought it was a little busy is all. I [1:26:04] thought it was tacky. But, you know, [1:26:05] about [1:26:06] >> No, but I I think a professional would [1:26:08] do good on it. You know, something. And [1:26:10] so, if [1:26:11] I'm I'm hoping that we have some maybe some of you guys know of somebody [1:26:16] uh that has put signs up in town and [1:26:18] they're really happy with the signs [1:26:20] they've had made. [1:26:22] >> Yellowman Elementary School [1:26:23] just put a new sign up. [1:26:26] I know where they're at. They're under [1:26:27] construction right now. [1:26:29] >> Yeah. So, I would like to to uh [1:26:32] you know, kind of give a basic [1:26:34] engineering [1:26:36] paper to somebody that recommends and [1:26:38] say, "What would it take to do this?" [1:26:40] Right. Does that Does that make sense to [1:26:41] you? [1:26:42] >> Yeah. [1:26:42] >> I'm going to get it get it get it [1:26:44] >> What? Talk to [1:26:45] >> Talk to him a little bit about that. [1:26:46] >> Okay. [1:26:47] So, uh that's really all I had. I I was [1:26:49] really surprised, to sum it up, that it does look financially [1:26:56] uh pretty good for you. [1:26:58] know, I would I would probably [1:27:00] you know, if I was in that business, I'd [1:27:01] probably go build and sell. [1:27:05] But anyway, [1:27:06] thank you. [1:27:08] >> Thank you. [1:27:11] » All right. [1:27:12] Um [1:27:13] New leases and hangar construction. [1:27:16] >> Yeah. I've got two leases uh that are [1:27:18] out with someone right now. Um they're [1:27:21] reviewing them. I was hoping I'd have [1:27:22] them to come back. It's Laurel Padgett. [1:27:24] She met with us last week. She wants to [1:27:27] go forward with both of her hangar [1:27:29] proposals. [1:27:30] So, she's looking over the lease right [1:27:32] now. Uh but I I didn't get it back from [1:27:35] her in time for this meeting. Um but [1:27:37] we've at least got those two. And she [1:27:39] might want to move faster, so we may [1:27:41] have to call a [1:27:45] mid-month [1:27:46] forum [1:27:47] uh to get it moving once she is done [1:27:49] with these paperwork cuz I don't want to [1:27:51] slow anybody down. I want to keep it [1:27:53] going. [1:27:53] >> Let's do that. [1:27:54] >> Yeah. [1:27:58] » So, if the I suppose the the question I [1:28:01] had after this meeting and all that is [1:28:04] uh is the [1:28:06] is our current lease template, if you [1:28:09] will, uh lawyer approved and we all [1:28:11] happy with [1:28:13] what we have. [1:28:14] >> It's been approved by Steven Stocks. [1:28:16] Including uh, [1:28:18] the new addition that I put in for the [1:28:20] one time [1:28:22] uh, linear footage fee. So, it's been [1:28:25] attorney approved. [1:28:26] Uh, [1:28:28] I think we need to have a discussion [1:28:30] about different types of leases. [1:28:33] We need to add that. [1:28:35] I'll put that on the agenda and have [1:28:36] something ready for it. [1:28:38] >> So, so future then, new types of leases? [1:28:41] >> Well, you've got different types of [1:28:43] operators at the airport. And I would [1:28:44] like to have similar operators on [1:28:46] exactly the same lease, not hold them to [1:28:48] different leases. Personally used [1:28:50] hangars should all be on the same lease. [1:28:52] Um, FBO should have a different type of [1:28:54] lease. [1:28:55] >> Okay. [1:28:56] And then, uh, so items nine and 10, [1:28:59] uh, nine and 10 will just continue as [1:29:01] discussion items. [1:29:02] I'd like to separate marketing and web [1:29:04] design into a [1:29:06] item 11 or whatever. [1:29:08] >> Yeah. [1:29:09] >> So, it's a different subject. [1:29:10] >> You guys got a part. [1:29:11] >> Uh, and then, [1:29:13] any other future considerations? [1:29:16] We can get those on to Sarah when you you know, when you get them in [1:29:20] 5 days before the meeting, that works [1:29:22] really well. [1:29:25] Uh, close sessions, anything necessary [1:29:27] there? [1:29:30] All right. [1:29:32] So, [1:29:34] 5:27, we're adjourned. [1:29:37] We'll meet back here Monday night. [1:29:40] >> Okay. [1:29:41] >> The meeting was very much [1:29:45] » Thank you. [1:31:57] » Mhm.