12/08/2020

Meeting Minutes for:
December Board Meeting
Yuma International Airport, Conference Room
Tuesday, December 08, 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 December 8, 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
Dean Hager, 1st Vice President
Linda Morgan, 2nd Vice President (Joined the meeting at 4:10PM)
Eric Saltzer, Treasurer
Russell Jones, Secretary
Reetika Dhawan, Director
William Fox, Director
Juan Guzman, Director
Randall Nelson, Director

YCAA DIRECTORS ABSENT WERE:
Dr. Brian Cullen, DMD, Director
Albert Gardner, Director

ALSO PRESENT WERE:
Gladys Brown, Airport Director
Gerald Hinkle, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Andrea Lopez, Executive Assistant
Lt Colonel Henry Hortenstine, USMC, Military Liaison
Ken Scott, ASN Volunteer
Jenny Torres, City of San Luis

CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no Public Comments.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) Recognition of Achievement: The Yuma County Airport Authority will honor Director Randy Nelson who has served with distinction. Mr. Nelson, has served the Airport Authority as a Director for six years. He has displayed a dedication to developing the economic engine that is Yuma International Airport, and has enhanced the life of every member of our community, worthy of our praise and thanks. Being a Director of the Airport Authority is a volunteer job and requires countless hours of business and regulatory research, an ability to navigate through innumerable bureaucratic and financial minefields, and a personal investment of time, emotion and caring about the well-being of the Citizens of Yuma County and the surrounding region. The Airport Authority is deeply grateful for his contributions and wishes him all the best as he moves forward to future successes.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Craft, the YCAA President, called for a motion to approve the minutes of the November 10, 2020 Regular Board Meeting. Mr. Jones so moved. Ms. Dhawan seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Votes in Favor:
Mr. Craft
Mr. Saltzer
Mr. Jones
Mr. Gardner
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Fox
Ms. Dhawan
Mr. Guzman

Votes Opposed: None

Mr. Craft, the YCAA President, called for a motion to approve the minutes of the November 24, 2020 Special Board Meeting. Mr. Saltzer so moved. Mr. Nelson seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Votes in Favor:
Mr. Craft
Mr. Saltzer
Mr. Jones
Mr. Gardner
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Fox
Ms. Dhawan
Mr. Guzman

Votes Opposed: None

COMMITTEE REPORTS

1) Finance Committee Chair Eric Saltzer, will provide a summary of the December 3, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting.

Finance Committee Chair, Treasurer Saltzer briefed on the agenda items discussed at the December 3, 2020 committee meeting and the following directions to staff with counsel.

Tornado Aviation
-Provide a 60-day notice to pay 50% of balance due and to remove all items from hangar and airfield
-After 60 days all property will be removed/sold/disposed

AQST Space Systems Group, LLC
-Notified surety company of delinquency
-Provided AQST a letter stating balance due
-Duration of time to provide payment- 7 days

The correspondence provided to AQST was provided and briefed to the YCAA Board and Ms. Brown explained the letter to Tornado Aviation was not completed as the staff was waiting for a return call.

REGULAR AGENDA

1) Monthly report by Chief Financial Officer on current financial status.

Mr. Hinkle, Chief Financial Officer briefed the Board on our current financial status.

MILITARY LIAISON
Lt Colonel Henry Hortenstine, USMC, Military Liaison provided updates at MCAS Yuma. He stated the Airshow having an in-progress review for not only COVID but the financial cost to have one. He does not foresee March getting any better at this point regarding COVID. He stated they may have a decision prior to Christmas.

Lt. Colonel Hortenstine stated the airfield security has full attention of higher headquarters of the Marine Corps. He explained MCAS Yuma has been tasked to create a solution with unconstraint finances to ensure the airfield security is not compromised.

With respect to COVID, health conditions on base mirror what is being reported in town and for the county. They have stricter procedures at the gate as a result of the current state of conditions.

WTI is still on track for full steam ahead for the Spring and the protocols as well as procedures will be followed as they did this past WTI.

Ms. Brown requested to have communication directly to her due to not being informed in the past on some meetings with respect to the airfield security.

Mr. Guzman asked about numbers on base. Lt. Col. Hortenstine Explained there is an elevation. Mr. Jones asked if they have a similar hierarchy for vaccines? Lt. Col. Hortenstine stated it will go to medical and first responders first, much like the civilian side.

2) 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, American Airlines updates along with the load capacities and schedule, Yuma’s anticipated new commercial airline service with Boutique Air, TSA update which included the screening throughput numbers, recognition of the TSA’s Steve Petrokovitch TSA STSO of the Year, NYL Master Plan, GA Rehabilitation Project, Airport parking lot, Blue Air Training vacating the Wrong Way Hangars, Rent Car update, Brewers restaurant update, current airport projects, 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 5:03PM.




// Approved //
Russell Jones
Secretary Yuma County Airport Authority; Strategic Planning Committee Chairman


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