This meeting was tape recorded and the tape is on file at the airport office.

1. CALL TO ORDER

President Mike Mohn called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Directors Bozack, Mohn, and Rosenthal. Director Wallum participated through telephone conferencing. Director Farris arrived at the end of the discussion of Business Item 4.A. Also present were District Manager Nancy Bass, Assistant Manager Scott Seymour, and District Counsel Mr. Scott Nave (through telephone conferencing). Members of the public present: Mr. Brad Glasco, Ms. Ruth Justis of the Daily Independent, John Denson, Jim Paris, and Sue Turner.

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

Director Rosenthal led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.

3. CONSENT CALENDAR

A. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meeting of October 5, 2005 and the Special Meeting of September 30, 2005 and waive further reading of the Minutes.

B. Approval/ratification of the Payment Register of November 2, 2005.

C. Acceptance of Financial Report of September, 2005.

Motion was made by Director Rosenthal, seconded by Director Bozack, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. Motion was passed by voice vote: 4 ayes, 1 absent.

4.A. APPROVAL: REVISION OF MARKETING PLAN

The Board of Directors met at a Special Meeting on September 30, 2005 and agreed to revisions of the Marketing Plan. A copy of the revised plan is attached to these minutes.

Motion was made by Director Rosenthal, seconded by Director Bozack, TO APPROVE THE MARKETING PLAN AS REVISED. Motion was approved: 4 ayes, 1 absent.

NOTE: Director Farris arrived at this time.

4.B. PROPOSED REVISION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CHANGE THE MEETING DAY AND TIME

During a short discussion, the Directors determined that there was no real need to change the meeting time and day from what is existing. Ms. Bozack did point out that Director Wallum will not count toward a quorum when he participates through telephone conferencing. Following the discussion, the Directors requested that the item be removed from future agendas.

4.C. APPROVAL: REVISED COOPERATIVE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY

The District is a signatory to the Cooperative Groundwater Management Plan for the Indian Wells Valley and Ms. Bass is the District representative who attends the meetings. The Plan was recently reviewed with proposed revisions suggested to update the plan. Among changes were the names of some of the signatories, the replacement of old sketches with better quality maps furnished by the Kern County Water Agency, and some changes in verbiage. Mr. Wallum noted that the only substantive change to the document was the proposed revision to Planning Objective #2, which changed wording to read as follows:

“As a general guideline, the location and capacity of new production wells (excluding domestic wells) should not unreasonably interfere with existing wells.”

There was a discussion about the agreement, the reason the Airport District is a signatory, some small history of the plan, and some other items. Director Wallum, because of his experience with water districts, explained some of these points. There was a discussion, with questions answered by Mr. Wallum or Ms. Bass. Ms. Bass added that the committee who worked on the agreement and made the suggested revisions included representatives from the Airport District, the Navy at China Lake, and the East Kern Resource Conservation District.

Ms. Bozack stated that she did not feel comfortable voting on this matter because of her lack of expertise in the water field. Mr. Wallum stated that because of his past employment by the Indian Wells Valley Water District, he also would abstain from voting.

Motion was made by Director Farris, seconded by Director Rosenthal. TO APPROVE THE REVISED COOPERATIVE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY. Vote: ayes – Directors Farris, Mohn, and Rosenthal abstained – Directors Bozack and Wallum.

4.D. APPROVAL: ANNUITY AGREEMENT WITH GENERAL MANAGER

The manager has accrued vacation days and sick leave, and the District is obligated to pay Ms. Bass for the vacation days and one half of the sick leave days upon her retirement. The total amount which will be due is slightly more than $13,500.00. Ms. Bass does not wish to cause a financial problem for the District with this large cost, and she has agreed to accept an annuity in the amount owed which can be paid at the rate of $500.00 per month.

Ms. Bass explained that State Farm will not provide a copy of the annuity until the District agrees that it will purchase the annuity. District Counsel Scott Nave has drawn up an agreement between the District and Ms. Bass which explains the terms of the annuity and contains the agreement of Ms. Bass to accept this, waiving rights to the amount owed in a lump sum. By approving and signing the document, the District is also agreeing to this.

The payments for the annuity were approved in the FY 2005-2006 budget.

Motion was made by Director Farris, seconded by Director Mohn, TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR AN ANNUITY IN LIEU OF A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF ACCRUED VACATION AND SICK LEAVE FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER. Motion was approved with 5 ayes.

4.E. REPORT: PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE APPLICATION

Ms. Bass stated that this report is not completed and requested that the item be continued to the December meeting. Mr. Delshad of the F.A.A. has not been available for several weeks in order to discuss the projects which will be eligible in the expected grant, and other business prevented staff from completing the report. The Directors emphasized that this needs to be completed in order to receive the revenue for matching funds. Ms. Bass said that the application is underway and should be ready for the December Regular Board Meeting.

4.F. REPORT: WEATHER REPORTING EQUIPMENT

The report is not complete and Ms. Bass requested a continuance of this item. Ms. Bozack asked for an estimate of the cost for the equipment. Although the equipment cost is available on the internet, this does not include infrastructure expenses such as the electrical conduit which needs to go under the taxiway and other costs. Mr. Seymour informed the Board that the District is obtaining some weather reporting equipment including an anemometer, at an expense of less than two thousand dollars.

It was also noted that the matching funds are now only 5% instead of 10% which it has been in the past, so the District may be able to provide the funds outside of the PFC. Mr. Critchfield of the F.A.A. is supposed to supply some information regarding the type of equipment that is best and most economical, especially for maintenance costs. More information will be available in December.

4.G. REPORT: WIRELESS DSL SERVICE

A short report providing costs for the equipment and installation, as well as the monthly charges, and other information obtained from Verizon, was distributed. Ms. Bass also explained that she had asked other airports if they were providing this service, and only one response was received. Gerald Ford Airport in Grand Rapids, MI responded and said they are considering this, and they will charge a fee of six or seven dollars each time somebody uses the service. Ms. Bozack said that Mojave Airport lists this service on their website.

Ms. Bass said that there have been very few requests for the service, and some people come in and use the airport computer or plug their computers in to one of the District phone lines. It was also brought out that the service is effective for approximately 150 feet, and this is shorter than the distance between the terminal and hangar #1.

Director Rosenthal said that at the airport in Atlanta, the fee for using the service is $18.00. Another person said that some airports provide the service at no charge. Ms. Bass said that the passengers departing IYK are usually in the terminal for a very short time and therefore there is no call for the service. Mr. Denson added that it appeared that there would need to be two locations for the service, and it was pointed out that you would then have two monthly charges and two modems.

The Directors can think about this and possibly budget for it next year. Mr. Glasco said that you would be required to sign a contract for a period of years, and even if you choose to not have the service, you must complete the contract period and pay monthly. Ms. Turner agreed with this information and said that she is still paying monthly even though she has moved from the area of service and no longer uses it.

It was suggested that a short note can be included in the Newsletter and possibly the website asking for input from locals as to whether they would use the service.

5. DISTRICT COUNSEL

Mr. Nave had no report.

6. DISTRICT MANAGER

• Skywest enplanements for the month of October were 1260.
• Ms. Bass introduced Ms. Sue Turner who is the new Administrative Assistant at the airport.
• The Fire Department personnel for the ARFF truck will be on-site as November 19, and they will remain at the airport 24/7.
• Ms. Georgianna Armstrong, who is the head of the Office of Emergency Services for Kern County, has spearheaded the new FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan for Kern County and it is now complete. The District is participating in this plan but did not have a public meeting as this was held by the City of Ridgecrest for our area. The Plan will be approved within two weeks by Kern County and submitted to FEMA.
• Ms. Armstrong called during the last few weeks and stated that Kern County had made the decision to
  support a request for funds to construct a new bridge on Airport Road, as it is needed for emergency vehicles.
  Ms. Bass has already completed the application and forwarded it to Kern County for submittal to FEMA. Estimated cost for construction of a new bridge with pre-cast concrete culverts, including engineering and all other charges, is $800,000.00. This may be funded as early as next year.

7. COMMITTEE REPORTS

There were no committee meetings in October.

8. PUBLIC COMMENT

JOHN DENSON: Mr. Denson asked when there would be more information on the AWOS. Ms. Bass answered that it would be on the December agenda. Mr. Denson asked which equipment, and the response was that the District prefers the Superunicom. Mr. Denson asked about the cost of installation, maintenance, and other information. Ms. Bass said that it will probably be about $50,000.00. The maintenance on the AWOS is usually a minimum of $3,000.00 per year. It was pointed out by several people that information is available on the internet. Ms. Bass reminded those present that the cost of the equipment does not include the cost for electrical and phone conduits and other items necessary for the installation. Mr. Denson said that he feels the Board should obtain basic information regarding costs and the equipment.

The equipment will be funded with FAA grant revenues, and the project was approved by the Board when they adopted the last Capital Improvement Plan. Mr. Rosenthal added that the equipment will be very helpful for those using the GPS approach.

During this discussion Mr. Seymour pointed out that the Airport will have an employee on duty seven days a week beginning next week-end.

9. BOARD COMMENT

DIRECTOR FARRIS: no comment.

DIRECTOR BOZACK: (1) Ms. Bozack said that she is happy to see so many people at the meeting. (2) Ms. Bozack repeated that she is pleased that the airport will have somebody on duty on week-ends. The employees will rotate the week-end duty. (3) Ms. Bozack said she is happy to meet Sue, and thanked her for attending the meeting.

DIRECTOR MOHN: Director Mohn thanked everybody for their comments.

DIRECTOR ROSENTHAL: Mr. Rosenthal also thanked the members of the public who attended the meeting and made comments. (2) He added that he would also like to see a system for the Superunicom where pilots could phone for information. Staff said that they intended to include this service.

10. ADJOURNMENT

Motion was made by Director Farris, seconded by Director Bozack, TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AIRPORT DISTRICT OF NOVEMBER 2, 2005 AT 7:55 PM. Motion was approved by voice vote: 3 ayes, 2 absent.

Submitted by:
Nancy Bass, Executive Secretary