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Meeting Minutes for:
November Board Meeting Minutes
Yuma International Airport, Conference Room
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 04:00 PM
Call to Order:
The Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc. (YCAA) Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order at 4:00PM on November 10, 2020 in the Yuma International Airport Conference Room, 2191 E. 32nd Street, Suite 218, Yuma, Arizona 85365. The Presiding officer was Bill Craft, President.
YCAA DIRECTORS PRESENT WERE:
Bill Craft, President
Linda Morgan, 2nd Vice President (Joined the meeting at 4:02PM)
Russell Jones, Secretary
Dr. Brian Cullen, DMD, Director
Reetika Dhawan, Director (Joined the meeting at 4:05PM)
William Fox, Director
Albert Gardner, Director
Randall Nelson, Director
YCAA DIRECTORS ABSENT WERE:
Dean Hager, 1st Vice President
Eric Saltzer, Treasurer
Juan Guzman, Director
ALSO PRESENT WERE:
Gladys Brown, Airport Director
Gerald Hinkle, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Andrea Lopez, Executive Assistant
Colonel Charles Dudik, USMC, Commanding Officer, MCAS Yuma
Lt Colonel Henry Hortenstine, USMC, Military Liaison
Greg McShane, MCAS Operations Officer
Silvia Gunderman, 1st Bank Yuma
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no Public Comments.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The President called for a motion to approve the minutes of the October 13, 2020 Board Meeting. Mr. Fox so moved. Mr. Jones seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
Votes in Favor:
Mr. Craft
Mr. Jones
Mr. Gardner
Dr. Cullen
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Fox
Votes Opposed: None
COMMITTEE REPORTS
1) Election and Personnel Committee Chair, Albert Gardner, will provide a summary on the October 27, 2020 meeting.
Mr. Gardner 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. Gardner 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.
Mr. Hinkle, Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Lopez, Executive Assistant collected and tallied up the votes. President Craft announced the three elected in alphabetical order by first name with the majority votes. The three voted were Eric Saltzer, Jenny Torres and William Fox.
Votes in Favor:
Mr. Craft
Ms. Morgan
Mr. Jones
Mr. Gardner
Dr. Cullen
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Fox
Ms. Dhawan
Votes Opposed: None
2) Monthly report by Chief Financial Officer on current financial status.
Mr. Hinkle, Chief Financial Officer briefed the Board on our current financial status.
3) Discussion and possible action to authorize the Airport Director to sign all related documents for PFC Application Number 7, Federal and State Grant Applications, and all other associated financial documentation not to include grant acceptance/agreement.
Ms. Brown, the Airport Director, explained the YCAA is moving forward with the process necessary to obtain funding for a number of upcoming projects. The Airport Director is seeking authorization to submit grant applications to both the FAA and the ADOT to provide the bulk of the estimated $2,250,000 cost to construct improvements necessary to rehabilitate approximately 48,700 square yards GA Aircraft Parking Apron, as well as the authorization to seek PFC funding to cover the matching requirement necessary for the GA Apron project in addition to funding a number of other projects exclusively with PFC funds as described in Proposed PFC 7. Total authorization to collect and expend PFC revenues to support projects included in PFC 7 total $1,267,575.
Mr. Craft, the YCAA President, called for a motion to authorize the YCAA President, Airport Director or the designated representative to sign all related documents for PFC Application Number 7, Federal and State Grant Applications, and all other associated financial documentation not to include grant acceptance/agreements contingent upon final review and approval by Airport Staff and Airport Legal Counsel. Ms. Morgan made a Motion, Mr. Nelson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Votes in Favor:
Mr. Craft
Ms. Morgan
Mr. Jones
Mr. Gardner
Dr. Cullen
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Fox
Ms. Dhawan
Votes Opposed: None
MILITARY LIAISON
Colonel Charles Dudik, USMC, Commanding Officer, MCAS Yuma provided updates at MCAS Yuma. He briefed on the mishap in the Salton Sea area, the Airshow in March 2021 with all military performers, WTI successfully concluding for the year, and force design efforts ongoing regarding airfield and installation security posturing.
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 updates, an overview of projects underway, airport operations, Rolle Airfield, airline recruitment and retention efforts, general aviation, future events, and other Airport business.
Ms. Brown, Airport Director, provided a presentation on the status of airfield operations to include the runways and taxiways, airline updates along with the load capacities and schedule, TSA update which included the screening throughput numbers, Resource Allocation Plan (RAP), TSA COVID-19 Protective Plan, NYL Master Plan, GA Rehabilitation Project, Airport parking lot, Rent Car update, Brewers restaurant update, current airport projects, Traveler Sentiment Survey with GYEDC and the Chamber of Commerce, FAA Entitlement Transfer With Grand Canyon Airport, marketing and community outreach over the past month to include social media.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no Public Comments.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board the meeting adjourned at 4:50PM.
// Approved //
Russell Jones
Secretary Yuma County Airport Authority; Strategic Planning Committee Chairman | |
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