04/12/2016

Meeting Minutes for:
April Monthly Board Meeting
Yuma International Airport, Conference Room
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 04:00 PM


Call to Order:
The Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc. (YCAA) Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order at 4:00PM on April 12, 2016 in the Yuma International Airport Conference Room, 2191 E. 32nd Street, Suite 218, Yuma, Arizona 85365. The Presiding officer was Ronald Rice, President.

YCAA DIRECTORS PRESENT WERE:

Ronald Rice, President
Stan Gourley, 1st Vice President
Dean Hager, 2nd Vice President
Jonathan Matheus, Treasurer exited the meeting at 5:15PM
Linda Morgan, Secretary
Charles Balch PhD, Director
Dr. Brian Cullen, DMD, Director
Randall Nelson, Director
Russell Jones, Director

YCAA DIRECTORS ABSENT WERE:

Ed Whitehead, Director
Eric Saltzer, Director

ALSO PRESENT WERE:

Gladys Wiggins, Airport Director
Gerald Hinkle, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Mark Workman, Director of Operations
Gen Grosse, Corporate Account Manager
Juan Trasvina, Operations Supervisor
Andrea Lopez, Executive Assistant
Gabby Reyes, Office Manager
Sandra Bailey, Bookkeeper
Arlette Schapiro, YCAA Temp.
Greg McShane, MCAS Operations Officer
Julio Gonzales, ATC
James Combs, Million Air Yuma
Tom Thompson, 1st Bank Yuma
Randy Ottaway, Walker & Armstrong
Ken Scott, ASN Volunteer
Stuart Smith, CAP
Scotty Haskell, CAP

CALL TO THE PUBLIC

There was no Public Comment.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The President called for a motion to approve the minutes of the March 8, 2016 Board Meeting. Dr. Balch so moved. Mr. Gourley seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1) The Civil Air Patrol will provide a presentation and update on their program at Yuma International Airport.

Capt Stewart Smith, Commander of the Composite Civil Air Patrol and Capt Haskell, Deputy Commander provided an update about their organization and cadet program during the airport's monthly board meeting. Together they shared the Civil Air Patrol is part of the Air Force's Total Force, Squadron 508 is part of the Air Force's back up system and has been recognized as a Remote Incident Command Post, capable of being stood up as a full fledge Incident Command Post if an Incident Commander is deployed to Yuma.

They proudly announced their squadron is #3 in the state in hours flown despite their plane being down for maintenance, have 20 adult members; 5 new joins and have 3 qualified CAP pilots with 4 in the pipeline for designation. They currently have 12 Cadets and are expanding their recruitment outreach to local schools. They are partnering with the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) to host a fly-in where the public is invited to learn more about aviation and their programs.

At the end, Captain Haskell expressed their squadron's sincere gratitude to the airport and its board of directors for providing their 'home'. Since their occupancy in 2013, they continue to grow their program and excel as emergency responders within the region.

2) The YCAA will recognize Operations Supervisor Juan Trasvina for obtaining his Certified Member designation by the American Association of Airport Executives.

President Rice and the YCAA recognized Operations Supervisor Juan Trasvina for obtaining his Certified Member designation by the American Association of Airport Executives.

President Rice briefed that Juan joined the Airport Operations department in 2007. Since joining the team Juan has consistently worked on achieving his goals. Juan received his BS in Aviation Management from Southern Illinois in 2014, and currently working on Masters degree. The YCAA wanted to recognized his hard work and commend him for his achievement.

REGULAR AGENDA

1) Discussion and possible action to accept the FY15 Independent Audit Report performed and prepared by Walker & Armstrong.

Mr. Randy Ottaway of Walker and Armstrong provided the financial audit brief with the Board of Directors regarding the YCAA FY15 Audit Report.

Mr. Hinkle stated he is available to answer questions regarding the Audit Report more in depth if necessary. The Airport finance department was introduced by Mr. Hinkle and recognized them for diligently working to ensure the Audit goes smoothly.

Mr. Hager made a motion to accept the FY15 Independent Audit Report from Walker & Armstrong as presented. Mr. Gourley seconded the motion. The vote passed unanimously.

2) Monthly report by Chief Financial Officer on current financial status and recent activities.
Mr. Hinkle briefed the Board on our current financial status. There were no questions from the Board.

3) Discussion and possible action regarding recruitment of air service and the retention of the existing airline.
Ms. Wiggins briefed on the recent Mead & Hunt Air Service Development Conference she attended this past March. The Airport met with four airlines as well as attended sessions presented by airline Network Planners who highlighted interesting facts about the airline industry network planning, future opportunity and their current forecast. Ms. Wiggins included in her presentation interesting facts regarding incentives, minimum revenue guarantees, and community use. The presentation provided the overview of catchment areas and the ability to get customers who currently use other airports to make the choice to fly locally. It was shared that the typical time for a new airline to enter in a new market can be ten (10) years out from the initial meeting. Ms. Wiggins shared that if the airport does not focus on the retention and use of commercial service provided today there is a risk of losing the existing service 10-15 years from now.
Ms. Wiggins stated a Public Relations Committee Meeting is scheduled for April 21, 2016 from 10-11am to provide information to the Public Relations Committee for additional direction, discussion and planning.

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, SCASDP Grant, overview of projects completed to date, current status of the projects with Acct #2004, Airport Operations, Rolle Field, status of the Airline agreements, update on the GSA/TSA Lease, General Aviation, Airport Marketing/Business development plan, future GA events, and any other Airport Business.

Mr. Workman briefed the Directors on the runway and taxiway closures.

Ms. Wiggins gave a general update on current grant and construction projects plus other pertinent activities by the airport staff.

MILITARY LIAISON

Mr. McShane stated they have been busy. They are starting to transition for the next F35 squadron. He stated the latest UAS Squadron is ramping up.

Additionally, Air Traffic Control Tower Major Julio Gonzales stated has received a lot of questions from the community on ADSB. They are looking to have equipment installed very soon, and once it is installed the ATCT may conduct tours for local pilots to see the new equipment. Major Gonzales shared that his replacement is due to be in place by September.

CALL TO THE PUBLIC

Mr. Combs provided Public Comment.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business before the Board the meeting adjourned at 5:56PM.



// Approved //
Ron Rice
President Yuma County Airport Authority
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