[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.

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