YAMPA VALLEY AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA June 9, 2016

MEETING AT YAMPA VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT 6:00 PM, YAMPA VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, HAYDEN, COLORADO

Meeting Ground Rules: Meeting Objectives:

 Start on time, end early  Water Project Status  Participate fully  Master Plan Follow Up  Listen to understand  Capital Project Updates  Honesty required  Identify August 2016 Agenda  Be respectful of each other Items  Honor diversity of opinions Total Time: 1 hour, 32 Minutes  Use humor  One person speaks at a time

Agenda Items: Time Allotted I. Organizational Matters: 5 Min 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of the April 14, 2016 Regular Meeting Minutes

II. Non-Agenda Public Comments 5 Min

III. Comment from Board Members 5 Min

IV. Old Business: 1. Seneca Hill Water Tank Closeout Review – Kevin Booth 3 Min 2. Master Plan and ALP Update – Kevin Booth 2 Min 3. YVAC Retreat 10 Min

V. New Business: 1. Capital Projects Update: Adam Kittinger/Kevin Booth 15 Min 2. Air Service Update – Kevin Booth/Janet Fischer 10 Min 3. Atlantic Aviation Update – Pat Burke 5 Min

VI. Reports from YVAC Committees: 1. Community Outreach and Education: Walter Magill, Bill Hayden 5 Min 2. Infrastructure and Finance: Doug Monger 5 Min 3. Marketing and Planning: Janet Fisher/Rob Perlman, Steve Fraiser 5 Min

VII. Manager’s Reports—Provided via email. No verbal presentation will be

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made except to answer questions pertaining to those reports. 1. Steamboat Springs Airport – Adam Kittinger 5 Min 2. Yampa Valley Regional Airport – Kevin Booth 5 Min

VIII. Set date for next meeting: 2 Min 1. Regular meeting, August 11, 2016 - Meeting at Centennial Hall, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

IX. Discuss preliminary agenda items for the August meeting 5 Min

X. Adjourn meeting

YAMPA VALLEY AIRPORT COMMISSION April 14, 2016 Meeting

MINUTES

The regular meeting of the Yampa Valley Airport Commission (YVAC) was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Centennial Hall, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

YVAC members present: Doug Monger – Routt County Commissioner Walter Magill – Steamboat Springs City Council member David Franzel – Resident of Routt County Rob Perlman – Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp John Ponikvar – Moffatt County Steve Frasier – Resident of Routt County John Centner – Steamboat Chamber Resorts

YVAC members absent: Mike Forney – Resident of Routt County – Aviation Bill Hayden– Representing the Town of Hayden

Others present: Kevin Booth –YVRA Director Adam Kittinger – SBS Manager Janet Fischer – Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp Tom Sullivan – Routt County Manager Tracey Rogalski – Go Alpine Jeremy Lee – Jviation Jesse Erickson - Jviation Rachelle Summers

I. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

1. Approval of Minutes – February 11, 2016 Steve moved to approve the minutes of the February 11, 2016 regular YVAC meeting as written. John seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.

II. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment.

III. COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS Rob said that ski season was great and that the air program was successful.

III. OLD BUSINESS

1. Seneca Hill Water Tank Project Kevin reported that the Seneca Hill water tank is complete and is being controlled automatically. He said that the Town of Hayden and the project contractor are still

1 working out some details (as built drawings, etc.). He said that although the project was completed nine months past schedule, the final product is good.

In response to a question from Doug, Kevin said that an independent third-party water rate review will be completed for the whole town. Tom reviewed how the tank project had been financed and noted the significant contribution toward the project by Routt County. Doug said that it is in the County’s best interest to ensure that the rates charged to YVRA are fair, and that there is not a wide disparity between the airport rates and the rates charged in the town. He noted that the tank itself belongs to the Town of Hayden and is a critical component of their water system.

2. Master Plan and ALP Update Kevin reported that a problem with formatting in the ALP is the only thing holding up the acceptance of the Master Plan. Jeremy reviewed the problem, which had occurred at five different airports in Colorado, and said that all the data in the ALP would be replaced. He said that the ALP is still working its way through the review process.

V. NEW BUSINESS

1. Capital Projects Update: SBS & YVRA Adam stated that no major capital improvements are planned for 2016 or 2017. Adam said that he would submit a draft business plan to Chuck Anderson on April 18th. The plan will outline what they would like to accomplish at SBS in the next few years, including the installation of a self-service fuel farm and the construction of a hangar. Adam said that he is trying to build support at the City for these projects, adding that they could help to generate some revenue at SBS. Adam said that they are looking into financing through the State Infrastructure Bank (SIB).

Regarding the runway extension project, Adam stated that the FAA money had to be returned when it became apparent that the required property could not be acquired. He said that without the runway extension, which would be prohibitively expensive for the City to do on its own, other ways of moving SBS forward will have to be found. In response to a question from David, Adam said that any future federal money would have to come out of priority-based FAA discretionary funds, which are unlikely to be available. Adam said that the City is looking into acquiring the property via eminent domain, as even if the runway extension never happens, the City will need that 3.4-acre parcel for future development at SBS. He noted, however, that if the runway extension project is removed from the CIP, it will be more difficult to make the case for eminent domain. Doug said that the parcel of land would be needed to accommodate the realignment of CR 44.

John P. asked whether a SWOT analysis for SBS had been conducted recently. Adam said that he had been working with the City of doing a sustainability study of the airport and that CDOT had put out an economic impact study on SBS, which is available on the airport website.

John C. asked if increased GA activity at YVRA would have an impact on the commercial flights. Kevin said that it could. He said that the FAA is looking hard at putting a remote virtual control tower at YVRA. He cited the challenges of

2 accommodating two completely different classes of aircraft. Kevin noted, however, that SBS is busiest when YVRA is slower.

Kevin said that the AIP 42 projects for YVRA include the purchase of a new broom and a new blower to be delivered in 2017, and the purchase and installation of a new rotating airport beacon in 2016. Kevin said that the paid parking lot will also be completely revamped with approximately $200,000 from the airport budget. Kevin presented a site plan and reviewed how the parking lot and delivery traffic flow would be changed. He said that the reconfiguration would allow for an additional 50 parking spaces. If additional room is needed in the future, the lot could be expanded into the area currently used for employee parking. Kevin said that project would be done this summer completely in-house, with the exception of the system installation. He added that phase 2 of the project would include an expansion of the rental car area and improved shuttle access.

Kevin reported that he had been approached by CenturyLink and United Airlines regarding a very tentative proposal to install fiber optic to YVRA. He noted the conduit is already there from the location of the CenturyLink pedestal west of the terminal to the data room in the terminal. Tom noted that the Craig – Steamboat trunk line would need to be activated for this to be possible. Kevin stated that he is cautiously optimistic about the proposal, but noted that the Zirkel Wireless system is working well.

2. Air Service Update Janet said that the winter program, which included 11 non-stop flights on 4 different airlines, had ended. She reported that the total number of seats had grown by 8%. She said that although she does not have final number of passengers yet, her estimates are tracking with YVRA’s enplanement records. Janet said that the areas into which service was expanded this year did very well.

Janet reviewed the updated summer flight schedule, noting that American would be flying direct from Dallas daily for most of the summer. She said that the Houston flight would be cut from 70 operations last summer to 45 this summer. Regarding the Denver flights, Janet said that reliability should improve with SkyWest and GoJet replacing Republic. She suggested that summer would be an excellent time to begin rebuilding confidence in the Denver service, with both locals and visitors. Janet noted that the capacity in the Denver service will be up and down somewhat over the summer. Rob offered that progress must proceed from increasing reliability to increasing demand to increasing capacity. There was a discussion of rebuilding local trust in the Denver air service.

Janet said that they are still working on the schedule for the winter of 2016-17, but noted that some flights have already been loaded, which is early.

In response to a question from Doug, Rob reported that an exploratory committee had been formed to discuss the upcoming renewal of the sales tax that supports the air service program. He reviewed that the ski area is the primary funding source and contributes $1.1million to the program. The second funding source is the air service sales tax, which has been generating approximately $1.4 million annually. Rob said that it has been estimated that visitors pay between 40% and 50% of this tax. The third funding source is the 2% lodging tax within the local marketing district. Rob offered that part of the 3 education campaign will be to show that locals actually contribute only about 1/6th of the funding for the air service program. Rob stated that the program is working well.

There was a discussion of the value of the flight service program to the community. Janet reported on the estimated breakdown of how tourists spend their money while in town. David noted the importance of the flight service program to local business travelers. John C. offered that the challenge for the campaign to renew the sales tax will be a very vocal minority. He stressed the importance of including a strong education component in the campaign and including citizens who are not directly involved with ski corp. or the business community. There was a discussion of what the YVAC can and cannot do (spend money) on the campaign. Doug offered that it would be appropriate for YVAC to adopt a resolution in support of the ballot measure. Tom stressed that other information coming from YVAC must be factual.

3. Atlantic Aviation On behalf of Pat, Kevin reported that Atlantic had had a very good season, with business up 14% year over year. He said that there are several new year-round tenants. Kevin said that the Atlantic Aviation construction manager and engineers had visited recently to walk the site. He reviewed the plan to build a ramp on the east end, a new FBO building, another new hangar, a parking lot and a de-icing pad. Kevin said that construction was scheduled to begin in 2019, and would be coordinated with YVRA.

4. GoAlpine Tracey said that GoAlpine had also had a good season. She said that between November 1st and April 10th GoAlpine carried 57,370 people to and from YVRA. This was up over 3,000 people from the previous year. She reported that 12,238 people were taken to or from Denver. The total number of passengers transported over the season was 173,431. In response to a question from Rachelle, Tracey said that Uber has about 5 or 6 drivers in town, and usually only at busy times. She noted that having them available benefits the committee because GoAlpine has had a shortage of nighttime drivers all winter. Adam said that it is becoming more common for people landing at SBS to ask about Uber availability.

5. YVAC Retreat Walter proposed holding the retreat in August, which would be before the election, perhaps on the same day as the regularly scheduled meeting (August 11th). The final date can be set at the June meeting.

VI. REPORTS FROM YVAC COMMITTEES

1. Community Outreach and Education No report.

2. Infrastructure and Finance No report.

3. Marketing and Planning No report.

VIII. MANAGERS’ REPORTS – provided via email 4

1. Steamboat Springs Airport No questions.

2. Yampa Valley Regional Airport Kevin stated that January enplanements were up about 1,000 over the 10% growth that had been projected, and February and March were even with projected growth. He said that YVRA is currently forecasting a $30,000 year-end gain, even with the reductions in Denver service over the summer. Kevin added that the snack bar sales were up 34% this season and that the restaurant is scheduled to be open during busy days of the summer.

IX. SET DATE FOR NEXT MEETING

The next YVAC meeting is scheduled for June 9, 2016 at YVRA.

XI. PRELIMINARY AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE JUNE 2016 YVAC MEETING

• Committees • Retreat in August

XII. ADJOURN MEETING

The YVAC meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Minutes Approved: ______, 2016

By: ______Doug Monger, Chairman Yampa Valley Airport Commission

5 June 2016 Volume 4, Issue 3

YAMPA VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT UPDATE 9 June 2016

2016 PURCHASES AND CONSTRUCTION: YVRA has an RFP out now for a replacement paid parking lot control/payment system; YVRA has budgeted $200K for this project. YVRA maintenance continues fencing and flatwork in support of the new paid/employee parking lot configuration and system installation.

RFP due out in next two weeks for purchase of a replacement snow removal broom and blower in 2016; equipment delivery expected prior to ski season in 2017 due to manufacturing lead times.

New Paid Parking Lot Fencing RFP out in next two weeks for replacement of the airfield rotating beacon; project cost is ap- prox. $121K.

Jviation engineer, Jeremy Lee, resigned in May and has been replaced by Jesse Erickson who made a site visit 7 June to review all outstand- ing projects/purchases. Jesse provided engineering services support to YVRA during AIP- 41 and is Bob Adams Airport’s designated rep.

SENECA HILL WATER TANK PROJECT: The project is completed/operational, however close -out actions and final payments to contractor and engineer have been delayed by the contractor not completing all administrative require- Snow Blower Replacement 1 OPERATIONS UPDATE: Shoulder season flights to/from Denver transitioned from Republic to SkyWest in April as scheduled. In the first two months (60 days) of operations the SkyWest flight has cancelled only twice, both times due to weath- er conditions in Denver; this equates to a 97% reliability rate.

The first-ever daily summer flights between Dallas and Hayden started as scheduled on 2 June and will continue through 22 August; this flight is flown by Envoy Air for American Airlines on a 65- seat CRJ70 aircraft. United Airlines’ Houston dai- SkyWest’s AM Departure to DEN ly flights start this year on 1 July and run through 14 August; this flight is flown by Express Jet on a 50-seat ERJ145 aircraft.

YVRA’s annual FAA airfield inspection was re- scheduled for 8-9 June; the FAA-requested, one- month delay allowed the drying time required before maintenance crews could regrade the safety area sections disturbed during the winter season.

The YVRA restaurant and snack bar have transitioned to minimum staffing and hours to support our daily departures. The restaurant is also providing weekly catering business in Hayden.

Proposals for a new paid parking lot system are AA/Envoy Air’s First Arrival from due back NLT 10 June; system installation is Dallas 2 June scheduled for Aug and/or Sep. YVRA personnel continue to accomplish prep-work to facilitate improved traffic flow, accountability/security and control/payment system installation. 2016 parking lot construction is Phase I; in 2016 YVRA will complete planning/engineering for Phase II construction in 2017 that will reconfigure and expand the rental car and commercial parking lots. Em- ployee parking has been combined with paid parking to reduce control gate requirements and allow for economical growth of paid parking in the future. See updated diagram at pg. 5.

The YVRA Summer flight schedule is attached at Paid/Employee Parking Lot Re- pg. 6. configuration Flatwork

April Operations Comparison 2016 vs. 2015

Apr 2016 Apr 2015 Change Up/Down

All Aircraft Up/Down 458 279 +179 Operations Operations

Air Carrier Up/Down 104 107 -3 Operations Operations

Up/Down Cargo Operations 127 60 +67 Operations

General Aviation Up/Down 224 108 +116 Operations Operations

Military Up/Down 3 4 -1 Operations Operations

Passengers Up/Down 5,325 4,787 +538 Operations (from load sheets)

GA Landing Weight Up/Down $7,294 $3,802 +$3,492 Fees (100%) Operations

3 May Operations Comparison 2016 vs. 2015

May 2016 May 2014* Change Up/Down

All Aircraft Up/Down 564 409 +155 Operations Operations

Air Carrier Up/Down 66 62 +4 Operations Operations

Up/Down Cargo Operations 125 131 -6 Operations

General Aviation Up/Down 363 216 +147 Operations Operations

Military Up/Down 10 0 +10 Operations Operations

Passengers Up/Down 3,133 3,041 +92 Operations (from load sheets)

Landing Weight Up/Down $10,784 $5,391 +$5,393 Fees (100%) Operations

* Note: YVRA closed all of May 2015 so inserted 2014 numbers for comparison

YVRA Paid and Employee Parking Lot Reconfiguration Summer 2016 New Gate 1 Roadway Added New PPL Two-Lane Exit Old PPL Entry Removed

EPL Access Added EPL Entry/Exit Removed New PPL Two-Lane Entry

2016 Gate 1 Access Route Reconfigured Comm Parking Entry 2018 Gate 1 Access Route

PPL = Paid Parking Lot; EPL = Employee Parking Lot

Operated by GoJet

6 Master Plan Overview/Update

Overview: The Master Plan is a 20 year plan to understand the needs of current and future users of the airport. This is important to ensure that safe and orderly development occurs in a manner that is reflective of the community’s values and goals. The plan is devel- oped through a purposeful, inclusive and educational process and is required by the FAA for all Federally funded Capital improvements.

Update: The latest Master Plan draft and current Airport Layout Plan (ALP) was presented to the BCC on 5 Oct 15; formal submittal to the FAA for technical review and conditional approval was completed and FAA ALP review comments were received 4 Dec 15; one ALP issue was addressed and final FAA review started 3 Feb 16 and expected to be complete in by 30 June. The one GIS data format issue was re- solved by Jviation and FAA reviews continue. After FAA comment review and response a presentation to the BCC will be scheduled for final Master Plan acceptance. The FAA does not approve Master Plans, only ALPs. As a reminder YVRA previous- ly received CDOT approval to extend the Master Plan grant funding execution for one year to allow expenditures through Jun 2016 if required.

Kevin Booth Airport Director Yampa Valley Regional Airport 11005 RCR 51A (P.O. Box 1060) Hayden, Colorado 81639 Phone 970-276-5001 Fax 970-276-5030 [email protected]

YVRA Website: www.yampavalleyregionalairport.com YVRA Facebook: Yampa Valley Regional Airport-HDN YVRA Twitter: YVRA-HDN@HDNCo

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