YAMPA VALLEY AIRPORT COMMISSION  April 11,2024 Meeting Minutes  The regular meeting of the Yampa Valley Airport Commission (YVAC) was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 11,2024, int the Yampa Valley Regional Airport Conference  Room, Hayden, CO, as well as via Zoom. YVACmembers present: Tim Redmond- - Routt County Commissioner Janet Fischer- - Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp Randy Looper - Moffat County Stephen Birch --Routt County Resident Aviation Michael Buccino - Steamboat Springs City Council Steve Muntean - Steamboat Springs City Council Michael Stern -Routt County Resident - Aviation Keith Hensley - Routt County Resident - General Business Nolene Powers - Routt County Resident YVACmembers absent:  Sonja Macys- = Routt County Commissioner, Alternate Chris Nichois- -Moffat County, Alternate Katiel Brown - Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp, Alternate Bob Reese - Town ofHayden, Alternate  Others present: Kevin Booth- YVRA Stacie Fain - SBS Lauren Rasmussen- = Mead & Hunt Jeremy Lee - Mead & Hunt Iver. Retrum - BA Group Jake Hoban - Garver Tim. Ascher- - Atlantic Aviation David Franzel -1 former YVAC  I.  ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS 1. Approval of Minutes- - February 8, 2024  MOTION  Keith Hensley moved to approve the February 8, 2024, meeting minutes as presented;  Randy Looper seconded. The motion carried unanimously.  2.1 Public Comment None.    3. Comments from Board Members  None.  1. SBS Arpercpalmfastncre Update  Stacie Fain:  Itl looks like we were down a bit in operations and fuel sales, particularly inl February. Ithink that's because we were not consistently able to offer transient hangars for folks that wanted to get in during the snowy part oft the winter. We did have some folks step up and offer their hangars to share with the FBO. We couldn'treally: advertise that we. had hangars available this winter for larger aircraft because we. just didn't. But when we did have them available, they were very well utilized. More aircraft were apt to park on the ramp and go back and forth during March when it was a little bit easier to get in and out and stay outside; the operations and fuel Wel had some problems with our. AWOS this winter; we. lost a processor, and ity was down fora couple of weeks. DBT and CDOT: helped us acquire ai newj processor. We and all the general aviation airports got some funding through CDOT to maintain the AWOS, sO CDOT was able to  sales numbers reflect that.  cover that; it was over $3,000 to get the part and get iti installed. We have a new. jet based at SBS, a Cessna M2. So, now we. have two jets.  We also have a new approach. It's the first straight-in instrument approach at SBS. We're going to try to get some reports from the FAA about how well utilized it is. The minimums are. higher than our circling approach, but it's ai much easier approach to come in and go back out ifyou miss it; it's almost a straight-out: missed approach instead ofturning you: in towards Emerald. We also have a new business that's getting established at SBS. We do not have a flight school, and the flying club stopped offering primary instruction in their aircraft. So, we. have been lacking an instruction aircraft; we havei instructors, but ifs you didn'thave your own aircraft, it was very. hard to get primary instruction. Kyra LaRoche has started a business that is essentially ai flight school buti is not called a flight school. She is an instructor who is leasing an aircraft at The simulator has been pretty well utilized this winter and spring. One oft the volunteers has created aj round-robin route with about six approaches sO you can become instrument current. Then, we, got a couple ofi new instructors that are trained up to use that and have signed up as instructors on our scheduling software. We'll do some more promotional activities and get folks in. The City Police Department had at team building exercise where all the officers flew the  the airport and providing flight instruction.  simulator, and they enjoyed that very much.  Projects:  Terminal Area Improvement Project went out for bid. We received onel bid back, and we're still evaluating it. Iti is over budget, and we're looking to see ifv we can negotiate and get at least some parts ofita awarded sO we can begin construction this summer. More to come on that. We did put the site work for the self-serve fuel station in with that bid. Once Ia am able to award that, the  RFP for thel hangar development will be released.  2    Our sealcoat project is getting approved right now. We had four bids come in on that, which was fantastic. We'll do a little bit more crack fill; we are processing the award for that contract, and we'll have that project done this summer. CDOT: is funding 90% ofs sealcoat for all the ramp and taxiway pavement going all the way back in between the hangars. Thel FDA does not fund that, We also expect L3 Harris back toi fix the backup generator for the lights in the next month or sO. We're still evaluating the fuel vendor. The Finance Department still has some questions about that. We're going back and forth, but Ir really hope to get that awarded soon. We're in the final stages of updating the Stormwater Management Plan.  but CDOT did.  Ifyou want to see more details about the terminal area projects and self-serve fuel station, that's Redmond asked ift the newi flight instruction business has to name SBS as an additional insurer; Fain said they do, and they pay the fees for the minimum standards and meet all the 2. HDN Airport Airporvcapita/mtrastructurelbudget Update  all posted on our website.  requirements, which are posted on the website.  Kevin Booth:  Istarted a roadshow this morning. Ibriefed the Steamboat Chamber on what's new at YVRA. We're going to go to the Steamboat Springs Economic Development Council, Moffat County Commissioners, and the Craig City Council in the next two weeks. I'm also scheduled to present to the Town ofHayden Planning Commission and City Council over the next two weeks. We're projecting to more than double the passengers to YVRA in 2024 from 2019. That's We enjoyed better aviation weather this winter, far better than last winter. Because of that, we had less irregular operations. We didn'thave anybody sleep in the terminal this winter. Our new parking control system worked really well. The new carwash facility is well used and for the most part is working really well. We're still working through some punch list items: garage doors and drainage on the south end. The garage door guy is coming out next week, and United Companies has agreed to repave the south end of the pavement; they're going to replace Wes surveyed our tenants to ask them what wei need to sustain and what we need toi improve. We used the same list from last year SO we'll know that we really need to address anything that's on there two years in ai row. It was mostly positive. Communications is much better than it was 3-4 years ago. One oft the ways we did that was by using WhatsApp. Anybody can post information, and it's monitored all the time by our Ops Center. It's amazing how well that has worked. Booth: Maybe one oft the ground handlers heard from a crewmember that there may be a mechanical issue on one oft the jets, and youi immediately post that we: may need ground  exactly why we're expanding the terminal.  asphalt with concrete in the next couple months at no cost to us.  Fischer noted that all the ground companies use it as well.  3    transportation for 120 passengers to Steamboat or Craig, and companies that can do it will say We've adapted to the change in our. ARFF Index, which required us to double our firefighters on ad daily basis. Wel had to go to a 15-hour day, but they got: four days offa a week. They would do two 15s and a 10. We got relief from the FAA; we do not have to maintain that over the offseason, sO we're going to meet Index with 8-hour shifts. We've hired some additional part- time and a full-time OSS/ARFF officers, and we' re advertising for another part-timer. So, we can now dot two 8s ini the morning, two 8s in the evening, and ifs somebody is out, we don'thave tol have two on, SO we can just drop them off the schedule. Having two on is not a waste; that's when they get all their training done, work on the trucks, do inspections and everything else. Booth clarified that scheduling didi not allow the firefighters to have four days off contiguously, Booth: We had far less complaints and challenges around ground transportation this year. Ski Town Transportation (STT) stepped up consistently to do as many runs as. needed whenever the situation required. Booth confirmed that STT did get their PUC license, presumably based on Booth's testimony around demand. He indicated that it was under a waiver based on the small population ofthe County versus the amount of actual tourism-based demand for transportation Booth: Every airport tenant's staff struggle with keeping all their positions filled through the winter; that included my staff. Everybody stepped up; people worked hard and got through it.I feel like we upheld our customer service standards throughout, but I will tell you that this was the most challenging set of customers we' ve dealt with. This is my tenth winter. People had very little patience for anything going wrong, but my staff and the airlines' staffs dealt with it well, and the LEOS supported us when we: needed them to calm things down. We celebrated the end of Enterprise didn'tg get on campus until November, and they had trouble hiring people, but they did Stern: When do we. hear ift the new car rental companies are, going to stay? Isi itai multiyear  SO.  Buccino confirmed with Booth that this is sustainable for next year. but that they will have two days in a row off under the new schedule.  services.  the season with a barbeque last Wednesday.  al lot more business than they did when they were off-airport.  contract?  Booth: They' re on a 5-year contract, sO they're here to stay.  Booth: Luxury limos get a separate license; they pay differently than the rental cars or shuttle buses. Last year, we had 4; this year, we. have 24. Despite the fact that we. had sO many ofthem, Buccino: So, we. had that biga a problem with our transportation that we could absorb Uber, Lyft Booth: Turo is experiencing explosive growth here. They are under contract with us; we do earn money: from them, and that revenue is significant. All oft the limo, shuttlebus and rental car  they did well. Shuttle buses did well, too. and Turo, and everybody else did well.  companies did well.  4    We spent the day last Tuesday at Bagle County Airport, which serves Vail. They! have over 100 limo services, and their RTA stops at the airport, and it's a big, fancy bus. They essentially have exactly what wel have; it's the same commute time to get to the resort in Vail from Eagle Airport. It's a longer distance, but it's on 170. So, they have the exact same challenges we do, but they We opened bids on our big taxiway project. They didn't come anywhere close to the engineer's estimate of $8.5 million; our bids were about 40% over. We opened the bids with a 120-day bid hold. The low bid was a local contractor here, United Companies, who did our runway in 2015. We had two bids, which werej pretty close, We've already met with thel FAA to tell them that bids came in really high, sO we're in a wait-and-see, It's not just cost; it's timing. The FAA. has money earmarked for us, but with the goings-on in Congress, they cannot commit it. If we don't  have more options than we do.  start this thing by mid-July, we're not going to starti it. Wei may even rebid it.  Terminal Area Improvement:  We are starting design. This year, we expect to use about $6.5 million in design. Phase Iof General. Aviation Development Area is supposed to break ground here in May. Wel had a The Town of Hayden's Northwest Colorado Business District has a breaking ground ceremony The ARFF Index change is going to drive us to replace one of our trucks, and the FAA will fund that for us, but they're funding a replacement and not a third truck. We'll keep, maintain and use  preconstruction meeting this morning with them.  next Wednesday.  our oldest truck as al backup.  We, too, are doing a Stormwater Management Plan. We still plan toi install the EV charging stations this summer.  We've gone to thel FAA and asked for more money because we can't do everything we want to Booth showed the schedules oft the four schedules for projects that rely on FAA: funding and a He explained how the pavement needs to be replaced with a thicker section to support the weight ofthe trucks that pull out ofthere, which will cost $198,000. That will be done, Booth: Ift the FAA gets reauthorized in time, we'll definitely do Schedule 1, which is mill and overlay and new taxiway lighting, and Schedule 2, which is the blast pad. If we don't get enough money to do the blast pad, it's a little cheaper to do the taxiway and add the A2 connector without the blast pad. They' re going to try to get us enough money to do the blast pad, thei new Booth described the field trip to the Eagle. Airport and the characteristics of the airport. He noted  do with the money we told them we needed. fifth schedule for the apron that is1 not federally funded.  connector, and the taxiway. that Gensler did their addition. Booth: Big takeaways for me:  They contract their janitorial, parking, food and retail; we do all that in house. We've struggled with janitorial year-over-year, so I'm tempted. But food and retail, we're making more money than we did when we contracted it. Certainly, parking revenue is all coming to us, and that'sa cash flow that I wouldn't want to see go away. Their jet bridges have been al handful to  5    maintain. Startup, maintenance and operations ofjet bridges is complicated. You' 've got to geta lot oftraining if you' re going to do it yourself, and my counterpart, David Reid, said it doesn't matter what it costs, you have tol have an on-call contractor. Because ifsomething breaks on, you, you have to shut down that gate. Int the winter, we can'tafford to lose any of our gates. Buccino asked whether that happened tol Eagle often; Booth said it did for a year, though it has Booth: There were problems with HVAC on the jet bridges; they're really cold in the winter. They bought theirs and ran plumbing through it with water to service the lavatories and potable water, and Reid said that was al huge mistake. They couldn't keep it: from freezing, and when the system purged all the water onto the ramp at the end oft the day, because there was nowhere else Buccino suggested that the maintenance contract ini the RFP be given a longer duration. Reid warned Booth that escalators tend to break down, which creates long lines at the elevators, Stern confirmed with Booth that the jet bridge had connections for aircraft power, as would Booth mentioned that the FAA's 2029 enplanement projection for YVRA is now projected to be  since smoothed out.  fori it to go, it froze and became an ice-skating rink.  and people don't like walking down stairs.  YVRA's.  reached in 2024, making terminal expansion even more important. Booth recapped the proposed phases oft the Terminal Area Improvement Plan.  Booth: The ground handlers do not have enough space toj park their ground support equipment, Booth showed where a presumed future vertical takeoff and landing shuttles to Steamboat would Fischer confirmed with Booth that there would be expansion ofmainline aircraft parkingi in Booth showed where the future: main access road would be and how the lot connections would Booth: When Italked tol Matthew Mendisco, Hayden Town Manager, most recently, the business park had sold three lots; one ofthem is likely to go to one of our shuttlebus companies, which would be great for us. We're considering buying one oft the lots because we don'thave any space Booth showed the General Aviation Development Area. He said that in May, BA Group is planning to break ground on a 120x240 open bayl hangar with an apron in front ofit. In 2025, they plan to break ground on back-to-back 80x60 hangars on the west side and four 60x60 hangars on the east side. He showed the rerouting oft the road and fencing that has already been completed. Hei indicated that power lines would need to be moved: into the right-of-way ofthe new road, and a gate will need to be moved from the interior out onto the access road.  sO we' re going to spend some money to give them more space.  be operated. Phase II.  work to be shorter, straighter, faster and safer.  for expansion on the landside of the airport.  6    Booth: We hope to have thej power lines moved this summer; YVEA has looked at it and is aware.Ianticipate that the! RFP will be such that ifa developer comes in and wants tol build something inj particular, we'll consider it. Some oft the criteria for how we select a developer will be: Are you building something that's going to bring industry andj jobs into our development? We don'twant: an all private hangar complex; we want something that's going to offset some of the jobs we. know we're losing in the community. For example, we don'thave an A&P mechanic; we: should. Per the FAA it's got to be an aviation-related business to be inside our We have plans in the future to construct access taxiways/taxilanes Airplane Design Group III capable, sO bigger executive jets can come in and get to these bigger hangars. These hangars will have public access, so you don'tneed to be badged to come in, park, and walk into the front door Booth showed where larger and smaller aircraft would taxi and how the circulation would work. Booth: Ifa anyone ini the public can taxi in and drop their airplane off to be painted in aj paint barn,  fence.  oft that business. The interior will probably be private. the FAAI may consider helping us with those taxiways. Redmond confirmed that water and sewer are already there,  Booth: We're working with thel BA Group to make sure they size the lines for that next phase, and we'll help offset the extra cost of putting in a larger line, but sewer, gas and water is already down there. The power lines, instead of going through this development, will now go around it. We also talked about fiber and that sort ofthing. We want the development to be designed toward businesses, and those businesses are going to want something significant in the way of internet. In 2019, we partnered with Atlantic. Aviation, and wei trenched, put in conduit and pulled fiber for two miles down to that site. We will allow them to connect with that. Ifanybody is asking questions, they can go to Guiding Documents on our website's home page near the bottom. You can see the GA Development Plan and Terminal Area Plan along with the Birch: As far as rental cars, was the revenue a larger pie overall, or was Enterprise kind of Booth: Bigger pie. They. jumped: right on the ability to have more inventory. It wasn'tjust parking lot availability, which we doubled, but it was also the carwash sO they can turn them Birch: When we' 're doing the Taxiway A rehab, is there a possibility to repurpose the taxiway  latest standards.  siphoning off business from the other two?  quicker.  lights that we replace and relocate them tol Bravo?  Booth: It's possible; Ijust don't! know ifit would be a good investment.  Jeremy Lee:  I'm not sure we can repurpose the existing ones just because we're making the transition to LED. There would be a load discussion, and we are close to capacity. At least part ofTaxiway B would be possible, but it would only be about two or three lights that would be eligible under that project. We can certainly look ati it and talk to the airport about what the options would be there  while we have everybody in place.  7    Birch: We lucked out this year without al lot ofs snow, but the previous year, what happened on Bravo is sometimes, it's hard to distinguish the end lines. At least, a taxiway light would help Looper: Has there ever been an issue with the LED lights not melting out? I've seen that with LED lights on patrol cars and streetlights where they don't generate enough heat to melt the Booth: We did a test this last winter where we tested LED lights, and wel had that problem here. LED lights are. now spec' d tol have heaters ini them, which is kind of counterintuitive because you're not saving a lot of energy. They last longer, and you don'thave as much. maintenance on the light, but the heater is what's probably going to fail on you. We proposed incandescent, but Fain: We ran into that same issue. We did the same test when we originally had our lighting project with our runway rehab: for 2022. The good news is that you don'thave to run the heaters Lee: The heaters turn offa at 41 degrees, soi in the Valley, they'll be turning on and off even into thel late spring. But most of the summer, they'lI run at 12 watts versus almost 30 watts in the  with that transition, especially at night.  snow off ofthem.  our bidders said they would only bid on LED.  all the time; you can turn them off.  winter.  3. Air Service Update Janet Fischer:  This past winter, we definitely set more: records in both capacity and passengers. For ski season, our seat capacity was about 236,000 arriving seats. That's 15% more than the prior winter, which was 205,000. Forj passengers, about 167,000 arriving passengers, which was +9% from thej prior In overall load factor, we're showing 71%, and the prior year was 75 because we had quite a few Our costs for this past winter, what we call full cap, which is max out of! pocket, was $3.4 million. Right now, we're forecast to come in between $3.0 and $3.1 million. Last year, cap was Non-winter, there's really no updates from our last meeting. Southwest, one a day; United, two a day for April-May, then three a day. The Houston nonstop on weekends only will run June 28- We're working on: next winter right now. Katie Brown and Ivisited three different airlines last week: Southwest, American and Delta. In about ten days, I am going to be at. Alaska Airlines in Seattle. Towards the end ofMay, we meet with United and Jet Blue. Wet talk to them about For winter '24-'25, there are a lot of flights already loaded in the systems and available for sale. That's aj positive place to be. It doesn'tmean that we are in agreement on contract terms; we're not. But itj just shows a lot ofc confidence between the partners that we're going to be able to. We We are expecting tol have some dips in seat capacity; we don'treally know how much yet. We're also expecting some: increases in our costs. We were. hearing that pilot shortages creating this  year. This is the third winter in aj row that we. hit records for both measures.  more seats this year.  $1.9: million. So, there were: more seats and higher costs.  September 22.  schedules, flights and costs.  alll know what we want.  8    opportunity cost of where you use your pilots, and now what we're hearing is aircraft shortage, specifically from Southwest and United where they have SO many aircraft on order from Boeing, but haven't received them. So, securing aircraft for Hayden may be a little more challenging and American Airlines is loaded forall next winter with two daily Dallas and a Chicago on Saturday. Delta has had their Atlanta loaded for quite a while with the 757. When they get all their numbers from this past year, we're going to look at whether we need the 757 or should go back tot the 737-800. It's probably going to come down to cost. Their Minneapolis is not yet loaded, Typically, this early, United does not have all its non-stops ini the system, but this year they do; they loaded everything similar tol last year. It'sl kind of aj placeholder, but United has seven non- stop hub airports serving HDN. We still need to work through contract parameters and costs. Alaska is loaded with their same flights for next winter from Seattle and San Diego. But recently, they had complete turnover ini the people who work with us. We're hoping tol keep everything Jet Blue is always the last of our six airlines to get loaded and decided. We're hoping to. have both Boston and Fort Lauderdale. We definitely would like tol bring back some. Jet Blue into the December-January period, because for two years, we've only had that in) February-March. Overall, our goal is tol keep all six airlines and all 161 non-stop airports. Fischer clarified that Nashville on Southwest: is loaded for a couple Saturdays through January 6. Fischer: We're expecting them to load another chunk ofwinter near the end of April. We are expecting to see some decreases with Southwest due to that aircraft shortage. Booth: It's fair to say there'si not a drop in demand with people who want to fly here. Buccino asked ift the cost increase could be completely attributed to the increase in seats. Fischer: Not necessarily, A lot of our costs went up because a lot of airlines redid their pilot contracts, sO their costs to operate have gone up, and that's being passed on to us.  probably a little more expensive.  but they' 're open to getting it loaded pretty quick.  the same, but we' re not sure what to expect.  Buccino: How do you feel about the current funding? history that our costs rose that much for a ski season. Buccino:Ijust didn'tknow ifi it's sustainable.  Fischer: We feel good about it, The LMD has very healthy reserves. It's not unusual in our  Fischer: It think we're in good shape for the next couple winters. There are things we can't control. Southwest was a game-changer when they came here, and ift they cut back or they weren'there for whatever: reason, that would be a big change for us. Because of that big competitive response that their presence created, we got a lot more seats from United and American. So, different things that we can't predict could: move our capacity and costs up or down. But It think we're in a really good spot with our partnership with the LMD and the Muntean: The world is an unpredictable place, and gas prices have been relatively stable. That doesn'tmean they're going to stay stable, and gas is a very big part ofthe airlines' expenses. Given the volatility ini the world, tol have a healthy reserve It think is really important. Boeing could be in al lot worse position than anybody thinks going forward. Ifyou' ve read the story  reserves.  9    about the whistleblowers there, the fallout from Boeing could be far more drastic than what iti is nowi in terms ofits ability toj provide equipment to these airlines. So, there'sa a lot of potential volatility there; the good news is wel have a pretty healthy reserve to hopefully offset that.  4. Atlantic Aviation Update  Tim Ascher:  It was a very long four months for us. We were very short-handed all season. Il had to bring in 4- 5 extra employees every month from different bases to help out. There's no way we would have been able to do it without them, sO I'm very thankful that they were able to come out and help. From December-March, our GA traffic was up. just slightly by eight visits, but our JetA gallons sold increased by 6.5%, and our commercial gallons increased by 16% year-over-year. Unfortunately, with the amount of commercial traffic we. had and the amount of staff that we had, there were some fueling delays. But my staff did a great job with what they had and puti in a There was only one week ini the middle ofMarch that both 170 and 180 shut down due to weather. They did have to put ai tanker notice on. That was. Avfuel, who supplies our fuel for us. They put a tanker notice on for all the Colorado bases, but no one. ran out offuel, and that only We did finally get approved to raise our starting wage from $18.50 to $23 anl hour while still keeping our $500 housing allowance. That went into effect about a month ago, and we immediately saw applications come in as soon as we advertised for it. So, we're actually almost fully staffed now. I wish this could have happened at the beginning of the season, but) I guess it's  lot ofhours and long days to. make sure everyone was taken care of.  lasted for about five days.  better late than never.  Booth confirmed that existing employees received a raise, too.  Birch: reported that Ascher was out there filling aircraft quite often; Ascher said it was just about Booth: Did you ever have to turn business away because you couldn'tservice them? Asher: No, we did not. There may have been some delays, especially during our peak times during President's Day and over Christmas, but we: never had to turn anyone away. During the peak times, I did have Denver Center slow down our traffic a little bitj just sO we. had enough  every day.  room on our ramp sO we could service the aircraft, but that was about it.  V. REPORTS FROM YVACCOMMITTEES 1. Community Outreach and Marketing  10    Buccino: Keith and Imet, and we're strategizing on moving forward with the outreach: rotary clubs, municipal governments, Chamber, large places... Hensley: Economic Development Council, which Kevin will bej presenting at. We just thought of big groups around Routt County that we could present to. Looper suggested large lodging companies; Buccino said they' rel hoping to present to Booth: We've done the Steamboat Springs Lodging Association a couple oft times, and Buccino: Ithink what we' re going to find ist that hopefully, as we outreach to the ones we know over the next 12 months, we'll hopefully find out some oft the ones we don't. They'll ask us to give them a presentation. We'll ask them who we should talk to as part ofour presentation. We'll let that grassroots work this first year to really identify the marketing strategy as it's changing from trying to get the 2A ballot language through. We'll create a database SO that those coming behind us know who they can go to. So, Keith and I are kind of forging a new path for what this looks like. As) Ido some of these roadshows with the RTA, Idon't want to convolute it with the airport. However, Iv want to plant seeds along the way; mention the airport when I'm with the RTA and vice versa. It think that emphasizes transportation as a whole, that our Hensley: As part ofthel Key Industry program for our organization, Pll be pushing out a remote worker survey this Monday, and Ihave al list of questions that are: related tot travel and airport utilization for remote workers. Ithink some of that data could bej potentially useful for some oft the off seasons when people are traveling for work. I will definitely share those results, and maybe we can tailor something to that group of! people as well. Redmond: If we do an Economic Summit with Northwest Colorado this year, it might be useful for you guys to come present to them as well. They're going to be very interested in what our needs for transportation are. Ithink this is a great asset for any company that wants to come to our area to know that you can fly your people in to visit or you can get Buccino reported that hel had received inquiries about more hangar space and capacity for larger jets atl KSBS but that it took six months for the person to ask him. He emphasized the need to get out there sO that people don'thave to wait that long to even inquire. Fischer wanted to look at. Hensley's survey questions. He clarified that his questions have Fain confirmed with Hensley that the survey will ask about Steamboat Airport as well as Hensley: WhenIa ask about other airports that you travel to or use frequently, the first one on there is the Yampa Valley Regional Airport.I Ihaven'treleased it yet, sO Ic can add  them.  we've done the Realtors Association.  counties have good transportation and infrastructure.  out.  no seasonality to them. Hayden.  another question there for Steamboat Springs Airport.  11    Muntean asked ifthe marketing/outreach team has ever gotten a booth at the Steamboat  Farmers Market.  Booth said hel has, but that it's been a couple years.  Buccino: We are. looking at ramping up our Farmers Market outreach. We want to do something al little more: substantial. The Farmers Market is also doing a separate week for nonprofits, sO there'sal lot ofoutreach potential there; we just want to make sure: it's Fain: I've been down there every year; Iu usually go down the beginning of September right before we. have our fly-in and talk about the Steamboat Airport. Booth showed his previous outreach presentation slides, which he said will need tol be Booth: It talks a little about the twoi managers, with photos of our staffs. Janet talks about the airj program and the importance thereof, what it does and how much people spend when they fly in, the map ofwhere people fly from. Janet and Iupdated it through the end of2023, sO it does show the biggest projects we have going on, what our opportunities and challenges are. Stacie talks about Bob Adams Airport, opportunities and challenges. Then, we talk about what we think is coming next in general aviation and commercial. Italk about. how we't re getting larger, more efficient airplanes and fewer of the small ones. We broke passenger records this year with fewer flights. We typically don't get a lot oftime, sO we power through it and leave time for questions. Buccino wanted tol have these updated by the end ofMay in time for the roadshows. Buccino: We're going toi tell you guys when we' rei meeting, and ifyou want to come and present, you're more than welcome. I would like everyone on the Commission to pop: in, because this is al leadership role, and you don't know who knows that you're on this. This may be a chance for people to realize that there's a bigger pool of people who are Redmond: In the last two years, Ib have dispelled sO many myths about the Yampa Valley Powers wanted to include a QR code sO1 that anyone who attends these presentations can Fischer thought it would need to be updated more frequently to show the outlook for this winter. Buccino said he would love to market things like the confirmed load factors once Booth: Onl March 18, Iwas invited to participate on an aviation operations panel at CNCC in Rangely. They have an aviation technology and flight school. Iwent up a day early and spent an afternoon with the Director of Aviation Technology where they train the. A&P mechanics. Their graduates end up working for major airlines like SkyWest and Delta. So, I was able to say things like: If you think any of your reçent graduates might be interested in coming home to work there's opportunities att the Yampa Valley Regional  focused.  updated before the presentation is given again.  Members agreed.  watching over the air transportation.  Regional Airport, such as spending thet taxpayers' money to fund it. share the PowerPoint. Members thought that was a good idea.  they're available.  Airport.  12    If we do end up with an A&P shop here, Iwould want to partner with CNCC and maybe have an internship program before their final semester. The Director was very excited Birch: Is there ai fund at the county level, like an incubator fund or anything? Hensley: Our CDP is working on programs like that. Currently, we're hiring an Entrepreneurship Center manager to help to: fill Randy's void. Part oft the plan is to open upi more incubator space, either industry specific or just general, Right now, there'sa business pitch competition, and all the seminars and counselling sessions kind off fiti into Birch: I was curious if we could incentivize them to establish something down here. I'm Hensley: With the transition away: from coal-fired power generation, we have seena couple people from the local mines get some counselling for starting businesses here and Redmond: There may be a way through the Northwest Colorado Development Council that we can fund small businesses through the Routt County Economic Development Partnership. We're not allowed to extend it to small businesses, but if wel have aj partner, they can. That is something I've started a conversation with John Bristol about. Hensley: We've talked about microgrant programs and things like that. We've been around for about 2.5 years now, sO all these things are slowly building. Birch asked if the NWCDC could give money to the airport since it's an enterprise zone; Redmond thought that would be a conflict ofi interest 011 his part, but ifs an aviation-based business wanted to come into YVRA, NWCDC could probably help them out. Birch said he would be willing to take commissioners on ai field trip to. Jackson Hole this  about it.  that business incubator model. We're looking to evolve it. trying to think about ways to offset the cost.  in Craig.  summer.  Booth pointed out that that's a Gensler project as well.  Members oft this committee include: Michael Buccino, Janet, Keith, Katie, Kevin and  Stacie.  2. Infrastructureand Finance  None. Kevin.  Members of this committee include: Tim, Michael Stern, Steve, Randy, Stacie, and  VI. MANAGERS REPORTS - provided via email 1. Yampa Valley Regional Airport  No questions.  13    2. Steamboat Springs Airport No questions.  VII. SET DATE FOR NEXT MEETING Location: Steamboat Springs Airport Date: June 13,2024  VIII. PRELIMINARY AGENDA ITEMS FOR' THE JUNE YVAC MEETING  None.  IX. ADJOURN MEETING  The YVAC meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:55 p.m.  Minutes. Approved: 6/13 Byian lodm! Tim Redmond, Chairman Yampa Valley Airport Commission  2028  14