[3:37] This is the airport advisory board
meeting for June 10th, 2026.
[3:43] Roll call airport board. We've got Larry
Odell is present. Tim Crick
[3:50] is present.
Raj Shower and Phil Cummings are excused
[3:56] direct absence. Kevin is here. Brian is
online and
[4:02] Alan or Ben is not here. So she's able.
[4:08] Okay.
We're going to be going live tonight. So
[4:12] I ask you stand
[4:20] als
[4:28] God indivisible with liberty and justice
for all.
[4:38] Is there anybody on the board there any
conflicts of interest?
[4:42] Um
I don't have conf
[4:48] before we had started. Uh I think
probably everybody's aware of the
[4:52] passing of John Adams
>> and
[4:57] John I think was the longest airman
the story ever had. And he you know he
[5:05] was not a pilot himself but he loved
aviation
[5:09] this board and here airport
[5:16] was
John and worked with him the airplane
[5:20] association
he was always very positive so I forgot
[5:25] about that makes
[5:32] for
[5:36] Thanks.
Okay, moving on. Any changes to the
[5:41] agenda? If anybody would like
[5:48] any minutes of the previous meeting
[5:53] back
to make motions.
[5:56] » I make a motion that we approve the
minutes for March 11th, 2026. I'll
[6:01] second that.
All in favor? I
[6:07] » item six, staff reports update from the
airport staff.
[6:13] » Absolutely
meeting. So
[6:16] » excellent.
We'll see how entertaining I can get. Uh
[6:21] first thing we have is the 22 the runway
2 and 20 LED lighting project. Um I
[6:27] would say that's about 98% complete. All
the new lights are in, new conductors
[6:32] in, transformer runways are back open.
Um, all the papies have been installed
[6:37] on runway 2 20 and 24. Uh, those guys
will remain off until the FAA comes in
[6:43] and does the flight check on them. Uh,
we're just waiting for their scheduler
[6:46] on that. So, uh, the ball's in the
court. They have everything. That can be
[6:51] from next week to three months from now.
So, hopefully they get us on their
[6:55] schedule and airplanes coming from this
side.
[6:58] » We
>> Yeah, hopefully. So, u as soon as they
[7:01] flight check that, verify everything
looks good, uh we can keep those on and
[7:05] kill another one on that and that
project will be done. Um we're excited.
[7:10] That is a that is the 100% funded grant
from the state. So, that was zero match
[7:14] funds from us to get all those lights
swapped out. Um we are looking at a
[7:19] couple we had a little bit of extra
money left over from it. We're looking
[7:22] at a couple um upgrades to the
electrical system. one being uh the
[7:28] regulators that actually power runway
624 and November.
[7:33] Those are still the older regulators.
They're well over 10 years old now on
[7:37] that side. So when we moved we demoed
that electrical vault that was kind of
[7:42] over by Court Lane Aviation. Um that was
the regulators for the small runway.
[7:47] When that was all moved over, they there
were new ones installed. So um this side
[7:51] of the airport is completely brand new
now. So, we're looking to replace those
[7:55] regulators. So, everything on that
system has system integrity
[8:00] for the most part minus the few lights
left to do on Delta and the Alpha
[8:05] Corridor will be completely converted
with new infrastructure on that. So,
[8:10] definitely excited to get that wrapped
up.
[8:14] Uh
the quick update on the tower, the
[8:19] contract tower program. We officially um
have submitted our application now with
[8:25] the FAA. So it the ball is completely in
their court. Um they'll come back to us
[8:30] now um probably seeking more
information. Usually uh basically what
[8:35] you do is you do that memorandum of
understanding which was signed by the
[8:38] board downtown submitted to the FA
basically saying we want to be a part of
[8:42] the program you know welcome us in um
they'll ask us then for the official
[8:46] application which is um pretty much data
we've already put together and they will
[8:52] do the costbenefit analysis on it. it
has to score a certain score in order to
[8:56] be accepted into the program and I mean
we believe that we will exceed that
[9:00] without any issues with our traffic and
proximity to community and stuff like
[9:05] that. So um I'll keep you guys updated
on that along the way. So there's
[9:10] nothing that says it's basically an FA
email address that is 10 miles long that
[9:15] you send thisou to and it probably goes
to 20 different people but there's no
[9:20] receipt given to you. There's nothing.
It just kind of sits there and when they
[9:24] get back to you, they get back to you.
So hopefully that's inside 90 days here
[9:28] that we hear something.
>> I'm still looking at five to seven years
[9:33] and I should sell it.
>> Um possibly if we can get this step
[9:37] completed, then we're eligible for money
from the feds. It opens it up uh to
[9:43] anytime they have um tower money
available, whether it be for the
[9:47] sighting study, for the environmental,
for the tower build itself, or radios
[9:51] for the tower. We have to be hitting the
program to accept those monies. So,
[9:55] we're going to keep pushing the ball
down the court even um without being in
[9:59] the contract tower program. U we can pay
for those in house and those are all
[10:03] reimburseable. So, if we want to spend
$100,000 of our general fund money, we
[10:08] can start that study because a lot of
those studies are good 18 24 months to
[10:13] complete and uh we'll kind of run those
in parallel so we're not completely if
[10:18] we waited on the FA's timeline, we'd
probably be 8 to 10 years before
[10:21] everything was done. So, if we can keep
everything moving, I would say it's like
[10:25] three to five years
to have a tower. So, that's what we're
[10:30] hoping. That's what we're shooting for.
>> Are you going to go ahead Excuse me?
[10:33] [clears throat] Are you going to go
ahead and spend some of your your fund
[10:36] money for that?
>> Likely to keep it rolling. We'll kind of
[10:39] treat it like match money with our AIP
funds um for other FA projects. So, we
[10:45] have that available to us. I just I
don't want to sit and wait um for the FA
[10:50] to take a year to say that that's been
completed. Now, you've been accepted
[10:53] into the program. Now, you can start
that process when really we can start
[10:56] that process and have it be a
reimburseable. So,
[10:58] » so we kind of leaprog process.
>> Correct. Yeah. So,
[11:03] » do you have any timeline on when they're
going to change this airport symbol to
[11:07] blue on the charts?
>> We're actually working on that um with
[11:10] FISDO and with ATC. Um asking the
question of why we can't change our 5010
[11:16] right now because we're we're towered
full-time. We're here seven days a week
[11:20] with certain operation. Um you can be a
class echo. It doesn't have to be a
[11:25] Delta to be shown as a controlled
airport. There's plenty of other
[11:28] controlled airports that are blue and uh
are inside of an echo. So, um, waiting
[11:33] on the airspace to change isn't really I
don't see why we have to do that. So,
[11:37] those are the questions I'm asking now
because when I log into our 5010 form,
[11:41] basically our master record with the
FAA, I can check the box right now and
[11:45] change it from uncontrolled to towered
and put in our frequencies. So, if we
[11:50] can do that now um, and have it to where
it's actually on the charts on the
[11:54] plates, that would alleviate a lot of
confusion with that. So,
[11:57] » are you going to go ahead and do that or
>> Oh, yeah. I've initiated those
[12:00] conversations already
>> so that we could probably anticipate
[12:04] some near-term cycle of the session in
the week.
[12:08] » It could I think it's a 56 58 day cycle
on those. So from the time I check the
[12:13] box it'll you know be a good 60 days
before you actually see it published in
[12:17] that way and have it on forflight and
Garmin and everything. All the paper
[12:21] charts
>> forflight already has frequencies on
[12:23] there.
>> They do. That was an update they did or
[12:26] we um actually myself and Jesse back
there. Um we've pounded on their door
[12:30] quite a bit. Um basically with different
safety concerns saying can there be
[12:35] something that shows that there's a
temporary tower here. So that's when
[12:39] they updated and on their main page it
says temporary tower with ours and check
[12:42] the note and stuff. So I'm kind of glad
they did that.
[12:46] » Well, we could officially declass
anybody.
[12:49] Uh I don't know that the airspace change
will happen by then but we could be
[12:53] controlled we'll show it will be shown
as uh controlled airport as blue on the
[12:58] map with tower.
>> One of the questions they're asking is
[13:03] do you have to have the ADIS to be
controlled? Does the ADIS panel have to
[13:07] be installed in the tower before we can
show that or can it just still be an
[13:10] AWAS with it being controlled? So these
are all the questions they're supposed
[13:15] to be asked for answering here shortly.
Just the symbol is the most
[13:19] » if it can just change that point and
it's on what the class the airspace is.
[13:24] It's like [clears throat]
great 100%. So it would definitely
[13:29] alleviate a lot of confusion. We still
get stragglers in here that after a year
[13:34] of it being here full-time, but multiple
years of it being here that I had no
[13:37] idea to was here. I, you know, it's
like, well, you didn't check your notes.
[13:41] And so, um, they kind of tell on
themselves in that way. But
[13:45] » yeah, at least if you have a blue, you
know, for flight environment,
[13:49] » you want to call the map up, it's gonna
confirm that or start.
[13:53] » Well, then it goes I mean, honestly, in
all the new airplanes, all the push
[13:56] button stuff, it's in the databases, so
it's already switching to tower when
[14:00] you're going to your next frequency. So,
it' be it'd be nice to have all that
[14:04] stuff loaded in there. Right now, it's
not.
[14:06] » Yeah.
>> Um,
[14:09] next item I have tax alpha. I'm still
going ahead as planned. finishing up
[14:13] final design on that. We're still slated
for a September construction um on
[14:18] Alpha. We are going to be sending out
notifications uh very soon. We want to
[14:24] be a few months ahead of the game to
allow people to make plans for moving an
[14:28] airplane, having in a different hanger,
not choosing not to fly during that
[14:32] time. Um but they're going to they're
going to want to hit it hard, hit it
[14:36] fast, and just do that 30-day project,
get it done, and move out. So, um, we'll
[14:42] be reaching out with a bunch of
communication on that.
[14:46] Um, kind of exciting. Our next after
alpha is the master plan update for the
[14:52] airport. So, first step in that is going
to be advertising for with an RFQ for a
[14:58] consultant to conduct the master plan
study and build a new master plan. It's
[15:02] a master plan update. Um, we are
building that RFQ as we speak. Uh once
[15:08] everything is approved by the FAA, we
can send that out for u advertisement
[15:14] and have everyone start responding
having different firms respond to that.
[15:17] Uh once we can start that before the
grant is actually um administered. So we
[15:23] can begin the selection process. That
way that's all done this summer and we
[15:27] don't have to start this process in fall
when the grants come out for that. Kind
[15:30] of gives us a leg up on getting that
process done. Once the master plan is
[15:35] started and completed, that is when it's
really going to solidify all the things
[15:39] we've been talking about for the last
couple years as far as runway
[15:42] configurations, extensions, different
projects. This is the step to solidify
[15:47] that and kill the other decoupling
option for good. So, um, and honestly
[15:53] really forecast the airport accurately
for the next 10 years here. So, I'm kind
[15:57] of excited to put that into motion and
and see what they come up with. So,
[16:02] we'll likely have a when the time comes,
um I'll circle back with the advisory
[16:08] board and we will have you um we're
looking for two members off the board to
[16:12] be designated to a selection committee
that will help in um reviewing those
[16:17] applications and submissions, rating
them, and making recommendation on what
[16:22] consultant we want to go with. That'll
be comprised of two of my staff, two of
[16:28] of you guys. Um Leslie, our adviser from
the BOCC will be on that and also our
[16:36] community development director from the
county is also going to sit off. So
[16:39] we'll have a pretty good team of guys
looking at those uh selecting the
[16:42] consultant. A lot of people are
interested in in bidding on that or
[16:47] throwing their hat in the ring for that.
So they see Celane and how much it's
[16:50] exploding up here and are pretty eager
to come work up here.
[16:54] Um
gas.
[16:57] » Yeah, gas is Brian. If if you need a
volunteer, I'm happy to do it. So,
[17:03] » absolutely. Yeah, that'll um we'll leave
that up to the advisory board. Like I
[17:06] said, once we actually get to the point
of advertising and and selecting that in
[17:11] the next few months here, we'll come
back and ask that you guys uh appoint
[17:15] the the members to sit on that
committee.
[17:21] » Fair enough. Any other questions on
master plan?
[17:24] » Oh, how soon you don't want those
students?
[17:27] » It'll be a few months here. We'll we'll
ask one in a few months.
[17:32] » How far in advance does the master plan
go?
[17:36] » Uh, in advance? What do you mean?
>> I mean, how how far out?
[17:39] » Uh, far out.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[17:45] » Okay. It's a 10-year plan,
>> correct? Yes. Yeah. And then you start
[17:49] preparing to update the plan about year
six to eight somewhere in there.
[17:54] » Correct. Yep.
>> We've we are doing ours a little bit
[17:59] early um by a couple years just due to
us exceeding our master plan. Our master
[18:04] plan came out right before COVID COVID
hit and I don't think anyone could have
[18:08] forecasted what was going to be moving
here and what was going to happen with
[18:12] the airport. So we exceeded that plan
three years ago. Honestly, if you look
[18:17] at the forecasting in it and uh as far
as
[18:21] » the air traffic expectations, that's
what you mean.
[18:24] » Correct. Yep. Air traffic capacity uh
type of client. Honestly, if you look at
[18:29] like fleet mix and type of clients,
everything has changed from what was
[18:33] originally forecasted.
[18:39] » Any other questions on that one?
Um, I want to honestly just say a
[18:45] general thank you. I know we uh seemed
kind of harsh sending out our weed
[18:49] notification letters to everyone, but
with the way everything has been growing
[18:54] this year, we started uh cutting weeds
probably three weeks earlier than we
[18:58] usually would have. So, definitely
appreciate it. Our guys are working
[19:02] round the clock to mow the over 800
acres that they take care of. So, as
[19:07] soon as they're done getting to the
other side of the airport, the other
[19:09] side's ready to be mowed again. So,
they're just doing this kind of bouncing
[19:12] back and forth. But we appreciate it
when all the hangers look clean and we
[19:17] try and keep our side of the house real
nice and tidy. So, um we had to get on a
[19:21] couple people to get it looking nice,
but we just we like it looking nice for
[19:25] everybody. So, and it definitely
increases uh the metrics of the airport.
[19:31] So, definitely Thank you. Uh last
meeting I briefly touched on uh the
[19:38] airport constructing a couple temporary
helipads for the US Forest Service uh
[19:43] repel hot shot crew that's moving up
here. Those pads are complete now over
[19:47] by the old dog pound area. Um and the
team is here. So they have their first
[19:52] two helicopters.
>> Yep. Yep. They've got their first repel
[19:55] helicopter. Uh Hillrest is back with
their bell over there. Um they have some
[20:00] temporary like ConX box trailers over
there that are going to be their
[20:04] temporary office space until they figure
out what they're going to do. But the
[20:06] team is there and they're getting ready
to go to work. So they're definitely
[20:10] happy. Um love working with the airport
and stuff on getting uh getting those in
[20:15] for them. So
>> we're going to have a larger population
[20:18] of USFS and Idaho Department of Lands
people here this summer. We could we
[20:22] actually I believe this year there's
less equipment slated from IDL where
[20:28] last year we had uh four fire bosses and
one type one helicopter. I believe
[20:33] they're only getting two what plus a
type one helicopter.
[20:36] » That doesn't mean that's what's actually
going to be sitting here as soon as
[20:38] fires start. They'll start moving
equipment up here. That that whole ramp
[20:41] will be full. Um we are going to have
one if not two heavy tankers actually
[20:46] based here this year. So that'll be a
little bit of change. They're not going
[20:49] to wait till the fires here. They've
already had one sitting here earlier in
[20:52] the season till the California fires
kicked off. Um, this is the first time I
[20:57] think they said in like the last 1015
years that the tanker base is open in
[21:01] May. It's actually open for business
now. They could have a tanker come
[21:04] through and move retardant through it.
So, uh they're preparing for a pretty
[21:09] heavy fire season this year. We're
prepared for that. Um we've had a lot of
[21:13] operational meetings with Stancraft
Fueling um tower tanker base just to
[21:19] kind of get everyone on the same page
for a heavy busy season. So um we
[21:24] included the flight schools in that same
meeting just so they're kind of aware of
[21:27] what to expect if things start getting
really heavy with tanker operations and
[21:32] stuff, what to expect as far as touching
goes and everything. So um everybody's
[21:37] on board, everyone's on the same page.
So, looking forward look forward to the
[21:40] season with them.
Uh, quick construction update on Delta
[21:47] 3, the little condo hanger project
that's going on the Delta 3 extension.
[21:51] Uh, they're getting all the footings in
as we speak, getting ready to do
[21:54] foundation work on that. Uh, they should
have the road, the new Skyhawk Lane
[21:58] extension, uh, final graded here in the
next couple weeks, and then we're going
[22:02] to start uh, replacing the gates down
there, actually moving that Skyhawk gate
[22:06] and getting that put in with that Atlas
gate. So that won't be a dead end at the
[22:09] end of Atlas there anymore.
>> Um that'll have the normal access. You
[22:13] won't have to go through Cessna and take
that D2 is kind of going around by Jim
[22:16] Walsh's hanger. You'll be able to
actually come down Skyhawk and turn left
[22:19] on Sakorski and do your normal route in.
So
[22:24] to mention, I don't know if anybody else
has experienced this, but I find going
[22:27] through that sit gate that uh getting
that Arcada
[22:31] pass to function. It seems to be bit of
a delay getting through there.
[22:36] » Interesting. Yeah, we can take a look at
it.
[22:37] » I don't know if that would be with the
internet access in there.
[22:41] » It could be the just the point to point
where that radio is being seen from
[22:45] there, but definitely they've got it.
One thing I will caution, we've had a
[22:48] lot of people say that they've noticed
um a lot of people trying to tailgate in
[22:53] that have nothing to do with the
airboard menu.
[22:55] » They're seeing it. Everyone's being
funneled into that one gate. So, I think
[22:58] people are just seeing it more. But I
would just ask that from the airport
[23:02] just use caution. If you do not know
who's behind you,
[23:06] block the gate. Don't let them in until
they open the gate themselves. Um, and
[23:11] use caution with pulling forward. By the
time you pull forward enough to get off
[23:14] the loops, they could pull forward
enough to but get on the loops to
[23:19] actually hold the gate open. So where
where you'll think that they are using
[23:22] their pass to open it, they're actually
just their car is holding the gate open
[23:26] like the safety loops that are in the
ground. So
[23:29] » yeah,
>> I would say just pull forward enough to
[23:30] clear those and arc until uh it starts
to close and let it close. If it's
[23:36] almost closed and opens back up, that
that's from them. But
[23:42] » just kind of do some due diligence.
We've had some I will say one of the
[23:45] things I'll lean into next is just um
interesting security concerns around
[23:50] here. Um interesting people are making
their way into the airport on foot. Um
[23:56] there's we had a couple people um around
the museum that were very sus suspicious
[24:02] people that entered the airport through
the um reasoning of going to the museum
[24:06] but then really had really no interest
in the museum. We made contact with
[24:10] them, took care of the whole thing, but
definitely suspicious individuals. Um
[24:15] we're probably going to be working on
the near future here getting some
[24:19] cameras on our gates, like on our main
access points. For an airport of our
[24:23] size to not have a single camera on our
perimeter, it's not something we really
[24:28] like and we need to change pretty quick
because every concern we've had where
[24:32] we've had the sheriff involved, you
know, they're asking, "Cool, where's the
[24:35] video?" You know, did you see them come
in? What gate did they come in? What did
[24:38] they look like? And just not in to get
them. So, um, just be extra vigilant. I
[24:43] would say as all all of us as users,
just keep an eye out. Um, we're being
[24:48] extremely attentive to our fence and our
perimeter. Uh we found a lot of areas
[24:52] where barb wires been pushed down on
fence posts like up against hangers and
[24:57] kind of dark corners where it would look
like someone was hopping over the fence
[25:00] in different areas. So um we had the
sheriff is doing extra patrols out here.
[25:06] We are having extra patrols out here
with our guys out here in the middle of
[25:09] the night. So um just be vigilant. If
you see something, say something. Give
[25:14] us a call. Give the duty phone a call
and we'll go get involved with it. So,
[25:18] » have you put an email to the airport?
>> We're putting one together right now.
[25:23] Just kind of a general watch for
tailgators, watch for people that are
[25:27] walking around that shouldn't be. Um,
the tower is being extra vigilant with
[25:31] people walking around out in the
movement area. A lot of the time it is
[25:36] just a tenant like walking out to the
fuel island or to the airplanes across
[25:39] the taxiway or something, but
technically they shouldn't be there
[25:42] unless they call the tower to be out
there. So, the tower is reporting that
[25:45] and having people go out and see what's
going on. So, um just keep your eyes
[25:51] out. We'll we like I said, we're going
to be doing some enhancements. This
[25:55] bicotta system allows us to do a lot of
easy and very cost-effective things at
[26:00] those gates. Now that they have the
radio communication, we can do all kinds
[26:03] of accessories on those gates to um be
able to keep some extra eyes on some
[26:08] things. So,
um, final,
[26:14] uh, item I have is the turf runway. Just
want to give an update on that. Finally,
[26:18] we kind of we're working with the FA for
good better part of a year on having
[26:23] them decide what they want to call it,
whether it's in the RSA, it's an ALA,
[26:28] what is it? Um we've based on
recommendations from a couple other
[26:33] airports and the FA now themselves um
we're moving forward with the ALA um
[26:39] alternate landing area model. Um it's a
little bit more unofficial. We
[26:45] definitely don't want it to be called a
run. It's not a runway in any way. It's
[26:48] too close for parallel runway
operations, but it'll basically be
[26:52] non-simultaneous operations at your own
risk the same way it is now. just a
[26:57] highly improved surface watered mode,
the whole thing. So, we're still
[27:03] deciding if it's even going to be
honestly shown on the ALP. U it not
[27:07] being an official landing area. It's an
alternate landing area. That's the way
[27:11] that Sun Valley does it. Uh it'll be
very similar to their program, the way
[27:15] they run it. The tower, there's a our
LOA with the tower just says that the
[27:20] airport is authorizing people to
officially land out there at their own
[27:24] risk. So the tower will say the same way
they do now at your own risk. Pilot
[27:28] acknowledges that you can use the runway
landing area.
[27:32] » They do it fails.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Exact same.
[27:37] » So we are actually going to be
simplifying the construction
[27:42] with that. Um we're going to be out
there actually in the next few weeks
[27:46] digging some test pits, checking the geo
makeup of the ground out there. It's
[27:50] already pretty stable. People land out
there now and they're not sinking on the
[27:53] mud. So essentially, we'll go in with
the grater, roll off the vegetation and
[27:57] the duff just a couple inches, get that
out of the way. If we need to level and
[28:02] bring up anything, we'll import a little
bit of pit run from our pit, tap it with
[28:05] top soil, compact it, and uh hydro seed
it. So, we'll actually plant the correct
[28:09] seed that's not going to build those
like tough balls. I know Blair and I
[28:13] were talking about that. And uh get the
uh get the sprinklers out there, get it
[28:18] watered, and um we're looking to do that
October. I would like to I don't want to
[28:23] do it too early. We're not in a rush to
do it right now because essentially you
[28:26] want that snow to sit on that new seed
to help the seeds germinate. I don't
[28:31] want to go strip that off and then it be
just an open dust bowl all summer long
[28:34] blowing around the edge of the runway.
So, we'll wait until later season when
[28:39] we start to see that rain again. will
strip it, get the dirt work done within
[28:42] a week or so, and uh possibly line that
up with the closure, any of the closures
[28:47] with the runway, the small runway for
the alpha project where they're working
[28:50] in the runway. We'll try and do the work
at the same time and take advantage of
[28:54] those. So, we'll get it seated next uh
spring, summer should be pretty cool for
[29:00] that thing. Actually have a nice runway
out there. We'll go out and paint the
[29:03] brackets on the ground. use our paint
machine and actually show like you'll be
[29:07] able to see from the air threshold that
[29:12] » should be should [clears throat] be
pretty nice.
[29:15] » But how about the sprinkler system? Is
that going to be on [clears throat] the
[29:17] edge one?
>> It'll be on both edges actually. Yeah,
[29:20] it'll run down both ways. Staggered
sprinklers.
[29:23] » Yeah, a lot of zones there. We're out
here landscape [clears throat] guys
[29:27] looking at it's all 2 in line running
down the whole thing going up to oneinch
[29:32] sprinkler head. So, it's all like
commercial grade big heads up there. It
[29:36] Yeah, exactly.
>> But,
[29:40] um, that's all I have. I can answer any
questions you guys
[29:45] need or feed from the field.
>> Absolutely. Uh, they're finally finished
[29:51] with the review of it. Legal has
reviewed both sides of it. It's been
[29:54] through I mean, just little word tweaks
here and there. So, every time one comes
[29:59] back with a word change, it's another
weekl long review with Legal. So, we
[30:03] finally
>> Sorry, Matt. What were you asking about,
[30:05] please?
>> I had an RFP for the new FBO.
[30:10] » Okay. Yeah, thank you.
>> Uh, well, the new Yeah, the new FBO is
[30:13] separate from the RFP area, but yes, we
we haven't advertised for the RFP area
[30:19] um until they sign that lease in case
there were any line changes. I didn't
[30:23] want to publish that with the incorrect
lot size uh if they were to take less
[30:28] land or anything for their FBO
operation. So, as soon as that's inked,
[30:32] I anticipate a week or two and that'll
be a done deal. And they'll they're
[30:35] already moving forward with engineering
on a lot of the ramp design and FBO
[30:39] design over there. So, as soon as uh
that kicks off, we'll get that RFP
[30:44] advertised and see what we get as far as
submissions on that as well for that
[30:48] north area.
[30:53] » We have a question.
How wide and how long is this grass?
[30:58] It'll be 60 feet by at least 2600.
>> So, possibly out to about 3,000, but at
[31:06] least 2600.
>> Yeah.
[31:12] » Well, any update on the UR
to when it might go away?
[31:18] » No, not a thing. I I actually have
another another letter into them asking
[31:22] about an update and haven't heard
anything new things. So, we have now
[31:25] surpassed the date they said it would be
this year again. So,
[31:29] » what's the latest on the 185 flying?
>> Uh, full steam ahead. We're uh I was
[31:35] working with Mike a little bit on the
parking area. I know we went out and
[31:38] looked at it. Um, they're still
expecting 100 plus airplanes out there.
[31:43] So,
>> the week of August 3rd,
[31:48] » they'll have some arrivals that Sunday,
the 2nd. Anyone that wants to get out of
[31:51] Johnson Creek um later, but you know,
it'll be hot and heavy by the time
[31:56] they'd be leaving there. So, a lot of
guys will wait till that Monday morning
[31:59] to come in here.
>> Well, so they're
[32:03] » Yeah, it'll be a big circuit coming
through
[32:06] » and we're we're doing a packing
breakfast that Monday morning if you
[32:10] want to help.
>> That's right.
[32:13] Association looking for volunteers for
Well, for the week.
[32:16] » It'll be a week long event. They'll be
in and out
[32:18] » to the 7th.
>> Yep. They're they're going to base uh
[32:22] arrivals will be in and out of the
museum. They're going to have they have
[32:25] the big like passenger vans. They're
going to be shuttling people down to the
[32:27] resort. They're all staying at the
resort. Um there's different events they
[32:31] have set up uh throughout the week. Um
there's a couple different flyyous that
[32:35] people can participate in if they want.
Um a lot of them will do the bus. I
[32:40] guess they're going to have some
different buses running up and down from
[32:43] Sandp Point to go visit Dah Kodiak and
different things. There's a fly out to
[32:49] Kavanagh is going to be Yeah. be the uh
>> Wednesday, I think.
[32:54] » Yeah. So, they're
>> they're gonna have a briefing on on
[33:00] that. And uh
>> where are you putting them?
[33:04] » Out in the infield. Um kind of where our
gravel parking is next to the fuel
[33:07] island. There's a really nice
transitions that go through there and
[33:10] bunch of grass parking area. So, uh on
the gravel, we do have tie down cables.
[33:16] Uh we can probably park at least 20
airplanes out there with tie downs. Most
[33:20] of them have been told to bring their
own stakes and claws and stuff to tie
[33:24] down out in the grass. There's a good
handful of them that are going to be
[33:27] kind of museum quality airplanes that
we're going to find some hanger space
[33:31] for them. Um, you know, get them out of
the sun, but um should be a pretty good
[33:36] mix. It'll be kind of cool to see them
all park. Is there any possibility like
[33:39] on that Sunday evening
>> where I I would imagine quite a few of
[33:44] them will come up here that keep the
tower open uh because it might get so
[33:50] busy. There's a good chance they will
already be staying open late. Uh I
[33:53] actually have a meeting next week with
the Forest Service to talk about their
[33:56] extended tower hours going 5 to 10. So
the tower is likely going to be open
[34:00] till 10 at that time if the Forest
Service thing goes through. So and it'll
[34:04] be through the summer season.
>> Yeah.
[34:07] Yeah.
[34:11] Anybody else?
Quite
[34:13] » a
guy's got a lot going on.
[34:16] » A lot of things, a lot of items. The
fire
[34:19] say kudos to Yas for such a good job.
It's nice to know all the electrical.
[34:26] The airport is just about updated.
[34:30] [clears throat]
>> A lot of progress in the last three
[34:32] years. A lot of work. You guys really
Yep.
[34:39] » Okay, moving on. Air Force Association
updates. Were you having that tonight
[34:44] because Terry's not here?
>> Well, you weren't here. I was there. If
[34:49] you have any question, but it was mo
mainly about the what we just talked
[34:53] about in August.
>> Everything we covered.
[34:59] » You mean last night, right?
>> Yeah, it was last night.
[35:03] [clears throat]
Unless they need some pilots for
[35:07] Challenge Air out at Phelps this
Saturday to fly the kids if anybody
[35:12] wants to fly.
Okay.
[35:16] » If you have a plane you want to fly to
the disabled kids, they're doing
[35:19] challenge air on Saturday out at Phelps
and they needed a couple more pilots if
[35:25] anybody's interested. for airplanes.
[35:34] » I got airplanes
in boxes. [laughter]
[35:39] » It's okay.
>> Pretty much it.
[35:43] » That was pretty much it for that
meeting.
[35:46] » Okay, moving on to business. We really
don't have any new business
[35:52] things are things are going along pretty
thicky. Okay, that's what I can say.
[35:59] The only other thing I have item B,
anybody [clears throat] wants to add
[36:03] anything to the agenda, need to have the
information to me or to Gassen by the 1
[36:09] of July. So the agenda put together
requirement
[36:17] on item nine, public comment.
>> Same as before. Great job. It's nice.
[36:27] beans. They're stunningly boring.
We come in here with
[36:36] scream at each other. You don't miss
that at all. I don't [laughter]
[36:41] We'll start We'll start a good
[36:46] [laughter]
>> stand.
[36:51] Well, we did. Well, you did. Did you try
to invite that lady to come up here to
[36:56] to the meeting this week? You know, the
lady down in there's leisure park you
[36:59] told me about.
>> Yeah.
[37:01] [clears throat]
>> I guess she just likes to yell and gas
[37:04] and all the [laughter]
[37:08] » Okay, that's it.
Thank you.
[37:14] Thanks, Brian. Thank you, staff.