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05-03-2007 AIRPORT MINUTES MINUTES _ �, " ' � Caldwell Industrial Airport Commission � 4601-4 Aviation Way �PPR���� � Caldwell, ID 83605 _ Date: May 3, 2007 Time: 12:00 — 1:00 pm Location: (Caldwell Industrial Airport — Office of Curt Hawkins) Commission Members Present: Bob McGee, Phil Fouts, Hoyt Fleming, Marty Koch, Mike Reed, Wayne Thiel, Airport Manager — Curt Hawkins, Kathy Schara (City Staffl Commission Members Absent: Rob Oates, Myron Tucker, Mack Kreizenbeck, Jeff Miller Guests: Tom Lemenager, Jim & Anita Shore Chairman Bob McGee called the meeting to order at 12:03 PM. 1. Minutes of April 2007 Airport Commission Meeting Motion was made and seconded to accept Apri12007 Minutes, as revised. Motion passed. 2. Minimum Standards Revisions for Commission Approval Motion was made by Marty Koch to approve the Minimum Standards Revisions, as previously discussed. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously. • 3. "N" Numbers Needed Curt Hawkins discussed the Entitlement funds from FAA, which were brought up at the April Commission Meeting. In order for the Caldwell Airport to receive the $400,000, we need at least 100 N-numbers from based aircraft. The CIA Newsletter, which was mailed out May 3 asked for volunteers to email us their N-numbers. These will be submitted on-line to the FAA. The timeline for this is unknown, but Tom L. thought it should be in as soon as possible. 4. Report on Seattle Conference Curt Hawkins and Tom Lemenager recently attended the FAA Conference in Seattle, WA. They reported on some of the highlights of this conference. Curt mentioned that user fees were really pushed. A speaker from the FAA presented their reform proposal for Congress, which would add a 50-cents/gallon taac on Avgas added to the 19.4-cents/gallon federal tax plus the state tax; then also there would be landing, take- off & parking fees. There would be no airspace user fee. The speaker stated, "We're one of 11 countries not collecting user fees." Tom L. added that this will be very controversial, as well as their proposal regarding providing no entitlement funds for airports with 10 or less based aircraft. While the new system for distributing entitlement funds would benefit some (Caldwell Industrial Airport . for one), many would lose out. He also saw the gas tax as being very controversial. They proposed a total of 70 cents. The PFC would go up from $4.50 to $6.00 or more per passenger. i��� ,§��?,£S ��i� f €I�bx �� I��9£�iA� Y�j€ ' - _ . � �3���? __ � Tom stated that if anyone is interested in knowing more about this speaker's proposals, his speech could be read'on the internet, under the name Kurt Schaffer. • Tom L. mentioned a new satellite based air traffic control system, which would cost $6,000-$7,000 to put in each aircraft. Eventually everyone may be required to have this box in their airplane. Curt mentioned that a man from the GA Centennial Airport in Denver pointedly debunked the FAA proposals of the previous speaker on user fees. Curt said that although this does not pertain to our airport at present, it was interesting to learn from a lady with the Portland Airport concessions that 14 million people per year go through that airport and the average spent per person is $9.75 on concessions. Also, that airport nets $6 million per year from coffee sales. They are also pushing to sell more food for people to take with them on the plane, called "plane food". 5. IAMA Conference in Sun Valley Curt mentioned some of the highlights of the upcoming Idaho Air�ort Management Association (IAMA) Conference in Sun Valley on May 16 & 17 , 2007, such as a presentation by MAF at the noon luncheon, and people from Payette talking about how they saved their airport from closure. There will be an IAMA business meeting and new officers will be elected. The nominating committee has made nominations, and more nominations can be made during the business � meeting. Curt stated he is not running for reelection as president, as he has been president of Idaho Airport Managers for the last four years. Rooms will be $100 per night, and most of the food is free; there will be food provided at the reception, a continental breakfast is provided, and an engineering firm usually donates lunch. 6. Update on Dishman Construction Curt reported they are in the final stages of construction and all that is left is laying down the asphalt. Curt also mentioned that Capital Paving, who was chosen by City Council to do paving on some other projects, has not yet done the work. Curt has repeatedly tried to contact them, with no response. Seeco Paving will be contacted to do so, if Capital Paving does not soon return the calls. The question was asked as to how much of Dishman Place is leased. Curt responded that all of it is spoken form, unless they back out. However, there is long list of backups, and backups for the backups. Because there is a great demand for leases, we will try to get construction of the next street � over in next year's budget. --The meeting was adjourned at 12:33 PM. , � .-, , _ _ � 7(� - � .,. €7. ;. - sc s �; i €� i 1�� e :i'��.�.i:�..� ?����?��t �;` SYl .�i`���,°,� .'� .# ^s . . , .. � ._ '. � 1 ..?