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Meeting Minutes for:
November Board Meeting
Yuma International Airport, Conference Room
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 04:01 PM
Call to Order:
The Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc. (YCAA) Regular Board Meeting of the Board of the Board of Directors was called to order at 4:01 PM on November 14, 2017 in the Yuma International Airport Conference Room, 2191 E. 32nd Street, Suite 218, Yuma, Arizona 85365. The Presiding officer was Ron Rice, President.
YCAA DIRECTORS PRESENT WERE:
Ronald Rice, President
Stan Gourley, 1st Vice President
Dean Hager, 2nd Vice President
Linda Morgan, Secretary
Ed Whitehead, Director
Dr. Brian Cullen, DMD, Director (joined the meeting at 4:09PM)
Randall Nelson, Director
Eric Saltzer, Director
Russell Jones, Director
Albert Gardner, Director
YCAA DIRECTORS ABSENT WERE:
Jonathan Matheus, Treasurer
Ed Whitehead, Director
ALSO PRESENT WERE:
Gladys Wiggins, Airport Director
Gerald Hinkle, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Jason Frost, Chief Technology Officer
Mark Workman, Director of Operations
Andrea Lopez, Executive Assistant
Gabby Reyes, Human Resources/Accounting
Gen Grosse, Property/Community Relations
Sarah Halligan, Property/Community Relations
Col David Suggs, Commanding Officer MCAS Yuma
Lt Colonel David. Slay, USMC, Military Liaison
Greg McShane, MCAS Operations Officer
Wayne Benesch, Airport Legal Counsel
James Combs, Million Air Yuma
Ken Scott, ASN Volunteer
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no comments from the public.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The President called for a motion to approve the minutes of the October 10, 2017 Board Meeting. Mr. Gourley so moved. Mr. Hager seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
1) Finance Committee Chair, Treasurer Matheus, will provide a summary on Freeman Holdings’ request to amend its lease agreement with YCAA during the October 13, 2017 committee meeting.
In the absence of the Committee Chairman, Mr. Matheus, Ms. Wiggins described a request by Million Air to reduce the monthly rent due on the Love Hangar for the remaining term of the lease. The Committee proposed a counter-offer that would provide additional rent relief but with elements favorable to the Authority including:
*Extending the term of the Love Hangar by five years.
*Requiring a minimum investment of $350,000 in the fuel farm.
After a brief discussion Ms. Wiggins pointed out that staff will present a complete analysis of the proposed Amendment to their lease at the December meeting for consideration.
2) Elections and Personnel Committee Chairman will provide a summary on the October 25, 2017 meeting to include the discussion, review, and possible recommendation of applications received for the YCAA Board of Director vacancies.
Mr. Gourley described the recent Election and Personnel Committee meeting in which the members reviewed each of the applicants, including those up for re-election to ensure they all possessed minimum requirements. Mr. Gourley described his desire to see that the board remains diverse, and elect members with beneficial skills needed for the future. The Committee recommended that all three applicants be allowed the opportunity to be voted on in addition to those members up for reelection.
REGULAR AGENDA
1) Discussion and Possible Action to elect candidates for the vacant seats on the YCAA Board of Directors in accordance with YCAA By-Laws.
The Directors voted on the new members for the Board.
Gerald Hinkle and Andrea Lopez collected and tallied up the votes. Mr. Hinkle announced the three elected in alphabetical order by first name with the majority votes. The three voted were Eric Saltzer, Randall Nelson and William Fox.
2) MCAS Commanding Officer Col. Suggs will provide a presentation and/or lead a discussion on closed field operations.
MCAS Commanding Officer Col Suggs provided a brief presentation related to MCAS’s inability to obtain the resources necessary to keep the airfield open at all hours. He described difficulties he encounters meeting the mission requirements necessary to maintain readiness when airfield activity related to transient users occurs with little notice. The Col explained how he will continue to push for the resources necessary to keep the field open as long as possible. Mr. Rice tasked the Strategic Planning Committee to meet for the purpose of addressing the issues involved when attempting to utilize the airfield during closed field hours.
3) Monthly report by Chief Financial Officer on current financial status and recent activities.
Mr. Hinkle briefed the Board on the current financial status. He explained while this month’s report provided insight into the budget performance of our previous fiscal year, staff will present an in depth examination of this past years performance at the December meeting.
4) Presentation and update regarding current construction projects, associated contracts, grant status, general aviation, marketing efforts, terminal improvements, aviation conferences, meetings and items of interest with the city and county or other federal or state agencies. This will include, but is not limited to, additional information, FAA and ADOT grant update, overview of projects completed to date, Airport Operations, Rolle Field, Airline Recruitment and Retention efforts, General Aviation, Airport Marketing/Business development plan, future GA events, and any other Airport Business.
Mr. Workman provided a presentation on the operational status of the airfield. He also provided an update on the Taxiway H1 Rehabilitation.
Ms. Wiggins provided a brief on the ongoing efforts to attract additional commercial air service and other activities at the airport.
Mr. Frost briefed the Board on the status of the parking lot revenue management project.
Ms. Grosse briefed the Board on matters related to marketing and community outreach.
5) Update on the DBT v. YCAA matter. (Update by Airport Legal Counsel)
Mr. Wayne Benesch briefed the Board on the status of the DBT vs. YCAA lawsuit. He was very happy to announce receipt of the final ruling by the Superior Court establishing the fact that YCAA (the defendant) won the case and was awarded almost $5M in damages. Mr. Benesch described the appeal process which if initiated, could take another 18 months to run its course.
MILITARY LIAISON
Mr. McShane, MCAS Yuma Operations Officer introduced Lt Colonel David. Slay who will represent the base in matters related to the YCAA as the new Military Liaison Officer.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
Col. Suggs explained how his team expects to be able to present the most recent Military Construction plan and would make it available for our review. He briefly described several projects that would be involved.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board the meeting adjourned at 4:57PM.
// Approved //
Linda Morgan
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