MINUTES OFTHE  CASTROVILLE AIIRPORT: ADVISORY BOARD MEETING Castroville Municipal Airport Conference Room, Sep 9,2024  L  Call to Order- - Thei meeting was called to order at 17:00 by John Klaerner, Board members Steve Burke, Brian Ganousis, Ken Lange, and Kirby Turner were present. Others attending were. Arnold Dollase, Chuck Friesenhahn, and Airport Manager  Michael Haley.  II.  Public Comment Opportunity - None  M Minutes of Previous Meeting- Motion made to approve: seconded and passed.  IV. Airport Managers Update, Operations Report  a. August Fuel sales: AVGAS 7800 gal ($39k) JetA_700 gal ($3400) b. Receipts for Insurance claim for fuel island electrical failure repairs forwarded to C. Met with Chief Cooke (fire department) about the emergency response plan: We will look for some favorable temps this fall to do some training. Building a fire station at the airport would bei feasible but staffing it would not. d. There is ai monitor above the doors with ForeFlight running for weather and e. DrN Mazoni who has al Honda Jet, al DA50, and a C-177 is looking for a contractor tol build a hangar, He has been given the name of Carlos Deleon. Mr. Dollase can Fuel sales of 100LL has been brisk, many oft the planes are coming from north of g. Feral hogs on southwest boundary, there has been a collision (auto), Josh with Animal Control has some traps we can use but they have to be monitored daily. h. Met with Ben Breck at TXDOT, hel had improvement suggestions. With thel help ofChuck Friesenhahn we got al Letter of Intent drafted for a drainage study necessary before we build new hangars. Mr. Breck said hel has never done ai road ori runway extention sO would bei interested. The .75 mile road would cost $1.6-22M(IXDOT estimate). TXDOT has a three year Aviation Capital Improvement Plan, letters ofinterest must be submitted before the holidays in - National Night Out scheduled 10ct 24 for here at the airport. Electrical power for vendors is limited to 20 amps. We have a 15 kw generator but will need cables for  Debra Howe.  traffic.  offer another contractor from Boerne.  San. Antonio.  December.  it.    - Mr. Haley has inquired with AT&T twice about getting communication lines on the five poles that run along the road. The School essentially "owns" those lines  for emergency back-up.  k Lease rates for hangars will increase 3%10 Oct.  V.  Review, Discussion, and potential recommendation Regarding the findings in the Castroville Municipal Airportl Land Use Compliance Inspection Report, dated July 16, 2024: The approach end of Runway 161 Runway Object Free. Area (ROFA) obstruction cleared as the farm equipment equipment has been moved. The $40k in kind contribution towards the Fair Market Value ofthe 18 acre ball park has been VI Status Report on KCVB Instrument Approaches: the reason we. lost the night approach was due to: farm equipment parked in the ROFA. We should now have the "NA" removed for GPS approach, as the equipment has been moved.  submitted but we don't know ifthel FAA accepts it.  VII. Topics for next Board Meeting a. Public Comment b. Review ofl Minutes C. Airport Manager Update. d. Reaction to FAAI report.  Update on AWOS.  e. Discussion of Budget presented at City Council Meeting.  VII. Announce date and time of mestAirportAdvisory Board meeting. The next meeting will bel Monday Oct 7, 2024 at 5PM at the Airport  Conference! Room. IX. Adjourn 18:02 Otypkn hhbuke Stephen Burke, Secretary Castroville. Airport. Advisory Board