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CdA Airport Association
Meeting Minutes
Sept. 12, 2023
Meeting Called to Order by President Harry C. at 5:02PM, with the Pledge of Allegiance, at the Hagadon Hangar, KCOE.
Those in Attendance: See attached sign-in. Harry introduced new member Dan Gates, retired Airport Manager from Port Angeles, WA. Welcome aboard, Dan!
Minutes of last meeting: Motion to approve by Mike K, Seconded by Frank O. Minutes approved.
Treasurers Report: Checking $2736.20/ Savings $4410.80.
Guest Speaker: Gaston Patterson, KCOE Airport Director.
He reported that he recently picked up an RV12 for himself, reminding us that he is a pilot. Gaston feels very positive about the Airport. For example:
Communications are going in right direction, any complaints that have been brought up are nearly all resolved.
Update of Rules/Standards coming up: notified by Helena FAA offices in charge of planning.
Official FAA audit on airport (Seattle); this took 2 days 8 hrs.: official report on that later. FAA was very pleased, but there were some contract issues: gun club and Lakes Hwy, the old Transdector facility that allowed non-aviation/military/civilian use.
Solutions:
FAA could see the need for developing more land But need to resolve some issues with the 700 acres purchased a while ago.
AWOS tech is coming out to fix the system, but must send people over to certify; therein lies the holdup. Airport Office is asking for communication preference: Text notification or email; please register with airport.
Gates and gate cards: key pads to all gates, individual pin #s for each card holder. The Cessna gate was a test launch.
Rnwy 6/24 is still shut down 7-24 Sept. Taxi-way November, closed. Apparently, while grinding the runway to prep for overlay, runway was found at only 2“, where it should be 4”; way out of the 1⁄4” tolerance. Not Good. Plans call for Runway 6/24 to have asphalt and stripping done; then in 30 days, grooving. Next year final painting.
LEDs lights next year
Temporary tower Operations: 2X2 rotated thru 10 controllers; was not completely satisfactory. FAA was good for coordination. FS paid for tower/ops supervisor. Want to contract with local users. County will share costs next year. Thanks for all the hard work to the controllers: Bill and Rich.
Controllers reported some statistics that users should be aware of for SAFETY: Deviations 13 (9 in one day). Several incidents where there was NO talk to tower and need to include jet “close-calls”.
FAA watches the Airport to establish “busy days” so as to understand how KCOE traffic works. was the busiest they have seen except for Oshkosh. Tower?
Future questions:
Frank asked about Frequency change.
FAA says there is No money for future projects. Runway 2/20? Rate changes: $1.00 per thousand #. No charges for airshows. Gaston has wide open door for airport users.
Old Business:
Mike K wants to sell hats, shirts and coats. (Coat $70, hat $10, shirt $20, cost to us).
CDAAA and Museum, but there are some sales tax issues to work out and a logo concern .
Harry: Camera systems software; went to Stancraft Jet Center to see how they do it. Hosted a website/talk, so far. Harry: revising Rules and Standards; when might that be? We should start listing areas of the current R/S to modify.
Tower ops supervisor
indicated he wanted to talk with local pilot groups before starting next year tower ops.
We could make money for
Our airport
Mike: Bikes better option at this time because bikes can be donated to airport and take very little in liability/space. Arrange a shed where they can be kept and made available to visiting pilots, either at CdA M/O or South (west) Transient Parking.
New Business:
Mike indicated that Shane at No Limits Aviation would give members a 15% discount and Stancraft would give a discount, as well. CdAAA to provide a list and id cards for use. Program to list members.
Jim.W: Cynthia is looking for Newsletter contributions.
Mark Sales: (pilot with Lifeflight 85) locals play nice with locals.
Harry: give LF considerations for priority.
Steve A.: confusion about CdAAA and CDA flyers. Thank Mike K for all his hard work on the Flyers. Call a board meeting for discussion. Mike will work with Cynthia to coordinate the CdAAA Website and CDA Flyers Social Media site and to add CDAAA to Logo.
Good of Order: Harry thanked Mike for all his updates on Facebook and getting the word out about the airport. Thanks to Gaston Patterson for Airport Updates. Much appreciated.
Meeting Adjourned at 6:30pm
Respectfully submitted,
Elsbeth Roach
Elsbeth Roach, Secretary/Treasurer CdAAA Board
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