The meeting was called to order by President Ken
at 7:00 PM. Present were: Dave Martin, Andy Andersen, Ken Hardwick, Robert
English, Jim Hubule, Herb Jolliff, Norm Rainey, Gary Van Horn, Roger Weber,
Mark Matthews, Paul Sieber and Dan Jaffer. There were enough representatives
here to declare a quorum.
SECRETARY/TREASURER:
Andy made the motion to accept the minutes as printed, and Roger Weber
seconded. All approved by voice vote. Treasury update is still the same:
$42.83.
OLD BUSINESS: Gary Van Horn
gave a summary of the current status of the FAA appropriations bill that
includes (on the Congressional side) language that prohibits the withdrawal of
funds from a State Airport solely because there is a residential development
attached to it. The AOPA appears to have sided with the commercial interests
and are not supporting Residential TTF.
The new president of EAA, however, is very supportive of RTTF.
Currently, the ODA is still its own agency, not
re-absorbed into ODOT, though reduced in staff size: there is only one person
to help with airport maintenance. As of the first of July, Mitch Swecker is now
permanent head of the ODA. Also, Cape
Blanco airport has been transferred to municipal ownership.
Dan
Jaffer summarized the Memorial Day fly-by event, and thanked the EAA for the
use of the hangar since it came well in handy that day since the weather did
not cooperate. The only issue was the
Missing Man Formation, and there were comments that it should be the last event
before lunch; that will be taken up for next year. There were 33 thank-you letters sent out to the various people
and sub-committees that helped make this event the success it was. Ken asked if
there was any objections to hosting it again for 2012, making it the 19th
annual, and there was no objection: ISAS gladly supports the 19th annual
Memorial Day fly-by event. The first planning meeting for this is to be
announced.
The grass-strip proposal from the last meeting
has been handed to Mitch Swecker and he said he would look it over. There was some discussion about how much
distance there needs to be between parallel runways, and that distance is 200
feet, which puts it outside the current airport boundary. Ken said he would contact Mitch again to get
him out here for our next meeting on October 10 to discuss this point.
NEW BUSINESS: Jim Hubule
discussed the Unicom frequency 122.8, how heavily that frequency is used around
other airports in the area, and he asked if the ODA is the entity to approach
regarding changing the frequency. 122.7, 123.0, 122.725, 122.975, 123.075, and
some others are open. Ken asked him to
write up an official proposal letter, including some recommendations as to
which frequencies would be better. If it's done in time, the new frequency
would be included in the next printing of the sectional chart.
Gary Van Horn said that the gate next to the restaurant has no lock on it, and the post is bent enough that it cannot hold the gate anymore. There are signs, but besides the warnings we need to be watchful for unauthorized pedestrian or bicycle traffic on the taxiway/runway system. There was lots of discussion about these points. The main thing is to be aware that this problem exists and to talk to the people who are misusing the taxiways. Ken said he would talk to John (the airport maintenance guy) about some signs to put up.
REGIONAL REPORTS:
Ken reported for the hangar group, and spoke about the new insurance
requirements of a $1,000,000 policy to rent a hangar, with the State named as
co-insured. Brown & Brown in Denver has a policy available, thankfully.
EAA: On the 12th and 13th of August there will
be a TravelAire fly-in here at Independence.
OPA: On the 10th of September there will be a one-day OPA convention at Sun River; there will be a safety seminar and a banquet dinner as part of the festivities. There's an early-bird price for the convention up until August 12. The Hop and Heritage Festival is also coming up on the 24th and 25th of September.
ODA: next meeting is July 28 at the Port of
Portland office at the Portland airport.
OFF: There will be a corn feed at Andy's hangar
this year, in August, with the annual meeting afterward.
ADJOURNMENT: President Ken
adjourned the meeting at 8:05 PM. The
next meeting is on October 10, but there may be a special one before that for Mitch
Swecker to come and discuss the issues we brought up this evening.
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