And he's working for the University of the United States.

And so he's been got a moving and uncreating and setting up and then writing copy for uh displays and then things like that.

And his wife lived in one of the things.

He went down to San Antonio on vacation for weeks.

He's working around for Talents where they talk about trying to get his CDL and all that.

He was the speaker on uh uh war field form and stuff.

Wars we we've got airplanes.

I forget what it was titled, but anyway, it was essentially too north now starting to civil war battles in New Mexico and then Florida New Mexico's involvement militarily all two years of Oklahoma back Friday that taught me.

We went down to one of them, but uh which one that crushed out here at Everyone.

I know what I signed up for uh oh Larry Larry was bringing out each flying up, I think he's he's a lot of team on flying at Arkansas.

Twenty-two-year-old guy up there presenting on the TV and you've got some people whose interest level reaches, you know, they come out and get my license everything.

You know, they'll uh see I don't know they'll define flyers and you know they'll let you know that I mean it was quite a lot of my uh bad wow I've never been on the uh until we know that accident.

Yeah, I mean my blood air presented really way too confidently and handled that to the hospital.

I walked down the front door today.

You know, I didn't know that.

Thank you.

One of my favorite things I used to love to talk to Dr.

about his experience in Korea.

Uh World War II.

In World War II he was a bomber pilot.

Yeah, we stopped.

Both in the airport, Dr.

Nath.

Jogged my memory about something I want to do with you if we have a few minutes.

If this meeting doesn't run real late, you know, classes by the taxi and the floorboard.

I was busy in the world.

Oh it was yeah.

I mean you probably need to get going on this.

But yeah.

That was our two days before the twenty-fifth anniversary.

I want to talk to you about that because Dr.

Neff.

No, I didn't realize he had been in a crash.

I guess he admittedly misdiagnosed a couple of people, but then he also flew people around the country to get them to care.

And there were a lot of people that did some stuff to make that happen.

I don't remember it.

Uh, but uh, air tractor.

Jake Moberly.

Just drilling a whole lot.

Oh, yeah.

One minute there.

Some place because they've been flown in the same room.

How do we do it?

How'd you get in that hospital business?

Maybe 30 bucks.

So Bill Kenyan I'm not working for that.

He knows it from uh Yeah, and I know you need to get going on the meeting, but I've I wanted I've been visiting with Bill lately uh about that.

Oh okay.

Yeah, I have lots of visitors with you.

Well, good evening.

I would like to call the roll uh please.

Larry Jones.

Here.

Nick Williams.

John Book.

Steven Verdale.

Here.

Robert Taez.

Here.

Chairman Lonnie Leslie.

Here.

Mayor Morris.

Here.

All right.

Next thing we have on our agenda this evening is the approval of the minutes for January 20th, 2026.

Motion to approve.

Okay, thank you.

Sir.

Do I have a second?

Second.

So I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of January 20th, 2026.

Any further discussion?

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed, same sign.

Thank you very much.

Director's report.

Airfield status.

Chris.

Sir.

Sir currently the airfield status tax reproval is closed for construction.

Chris, I don't think your mic's on.

Maybe it is.

Is that better, sir?

You're not lit up there.

There you go.

Test.

Is that it?

That's that's got it.

All right.

So taxway bravel between uh runway one, two and taxway alpha remains closed due to the terminal construction.

Um it's that top time uh season vegetation we control.

It's already starting to get out of hand, so uh the uh the crew has already started uh spraying for weeds uh on tax wage runways in the apron.

Uh and I apologize, something I did not add.

Uh the uh North Gate uh adjacent to air care was damaged again.

So it's it's uh as it closes, it's about a foot and a half open.

It doesn't close all the way.

And it's we think it's due to uh a vehicle possibly kind of nudging it or hitting it.

So we've uh uh coordinated with IT uh during the last uh director's meeting to install a camera in that in that area.

So next is the uh fuel cells.

Uh I'm showing off uh 25 in uh 2026 for January, February, and March.

It's progressively kind of increasing as the months warm up.

And sort of for the gallons.

It's uh as well, it's as the months go up, it's we're increasing.

We're not quite to the uh status we were last year, especially for January.

We're about half of what we were in January last year, but but it's steady.

In regards to the uh the sales in gallons, uh sort of the due to Iran, you know U.S.

conflict, prices have gone up downtown and also for jet fuel.

Uh the uh abgas has pretty much stayed steady, but jet A has is almost more than doubled right now.

So you'll be you'll be seeing our uh our prices go up quite a bit.

Uh currently uh this time last year, uh Jet A full service was uh six dollars and fifty-five cents.

Uh this year we're we've been forced to uh raise it up to six dollars and ninety-eight cents.

It's it's doesn't seem like that much, but we've also cut into our profit typically uh we go a dollar and a half above what we pay for fuel uh to keep us competitive to other airports.

We're only increased it to 80 cents per gallon.

So next is uh Denver flight status.

I'm showing 24, 25, and 26 for comparison.

Uh again, January our numbers are quite we're quite low compared to the previous two years, but they're steadily increasing.

Um, Denver.

No, no questions for Denver, sir.

Why uh on the Denver why do we why do you think we had the decrease?

Well, for January, there were a couple of cancellations, there were six cancellations uh in January, so that that kind of dropped the numbers quite a bit lower than than previous years.

Uh they're also flying, instead of flying the 50 uh seat aircraft, they've been flying the Dornyard 30 seat.

So they're they're picking up and transporting fewer passengers than before.

I'm I'm not really sure why they they've switched aircraft, but but that that could be a possible reason.

I see.

Okay.

I uh the lady uh that her husband's a senior vice president of Denver Air Connection.

She came to Rotary the other day to speak and uh she did a good job.

She her topic of her speech was uh how communities like Clovis can help military families.

And uh she and her husband were in the Navy for 20 years.

She moved 16 times in 20 years.

But uh she was telling us how what Denver Air Connection does for people that uh need to go someplace and can't afford it.

Denver Air Connection can get them to uh Denver or Dallas for sure.

And uh they also have connections with United and American and Delta and they uh can sometimes arrange uh tri uh whole trip uh from Clovis to wherever that person's going.

Uh so our just one more way, I think Denver Air Connection helps Clovis, New Mexico and the people that live here, especially the military group.

All right.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Sir, next is our uh FA inspection results.

The inspection occurred uh 10, 11, 12 of February.

We had 11 discrepancies.

Most have been uh corrected.

And sir, I'll quickly go through these real quick.

Um our airport certification manual is is uh is outdated about 10 years.

Um it didn't have some of the uh updated attachments like the airfield diagram, signs and markings still uh showed a uh a taxway that had since been uh removed.

Um and some of the training forms didn't match what were what was currently in use, so we uh got rid of for that, and I have until one July to uh to either uh correct those pages or or submit a new uh a new regulation.

That's that's my intention is to revamp the entire regulation and resubmit.

Uh next is maintenance records uh for the PAPI.

Uh they were they were not on file.

Uh the Pappies had been contracted through Norse Electric for uh for maintenance and Norse uh they uh they also didn't maintain any records.

And the only uh maintenance has been performed since its installation was the uh was the uh uh a power grid that was out on the uh airfield, it was struck by lightning, and and that panel had to been replaced by Norse Electric, and that's the only maintenance that's been performed on the Pappies.

But we since uh fixed that discrepancy and we're maintaining records.

Uh next that uh the inspector said that we did not have properly trained people to uh to uh monitor and uh make adjustments to the uh uh one, two, three, zero PAPI systems.

Um Norse Electric performed PAPI maintenance at Canon Air Force Base, and that's why we use utilize them so often.

Uh the uh FA inspector said that the uh the manufacturer had to to conduct the training on that PAPI system.

Uh so we went ahead and contracted the manufacturer to send a rep out to us, and they conducted training on all of our uh airport personnel to include Norse Electric.

So they're they've all received certifications in that.

Uh next there was some FOD uh on the edges of the taxiway and runway during the inspection.

There's a small amount of FOD along the edges, and it was corrected on the spot.

Uh next, it was a uh when he when he discusses mud dam formations is basically the the soil had slowly uh crept up to the edge of the runway or edge of the taxiway and kind of went further into the edge.

So uh we had to come out and we uh are purchasing a disk unit to go and edge the the corners or the edges of the uh taxiway and the runways to keep the vegetation, the soil further back away from the uh the pavement, and so it doesn't uh pond or or start to pull or anything like that.

And we expect to have that done before 13 April.

Um service variations on uh 04 PAPI.

Basically for due to uh erosion from uh rain and snow.

We have to have a three-inch, no more than three inches of uh lip around any of our surfaces around the runway and taxways, and it was four to five inches.

So we basically just got a couple of uh shovel fulls of dirt, packed it around the base, and we fixed it on the spot.

Uh textway guidance panels were uh uh configured incorrectly.

Uh sir, our guidance signs uh as you go down the taxway, it'll indicate you're approaching a runway, and we'll have an arrow to the side of the numbers, and and our arrow is on the wrong side of the number.

That's all it was.

So that was fixed as well.

Uh the runway two-two threshold lights.

Uh the uh inspector observed he thought they were misaligned.

One side is red, one side is is is green, and from him standing and look at it, he thought they were a little a little crooked, you know.

So uh so we went out and we did our best to align them, and we had a couple of aircraft give us uh an operational check on it, and they said they looked good.

They didn't see the red as they were approaching the the runway, so everything we just we called it good and we requested that discrepancy be corrected and uh closed out.

Um next is the ARF unit failed to uh respond within three minutes to the midpoint of the furthest runway.

Um we had a little bit of trouble during the inspection uh of communications uh with the ARF personnel.

Uh two attempts failed.

The third attempt they were able to uh uh make it within uh under three minutes to the midpoint of the runway.

So we were uh so he gave us a pass on that.

Uh the primary wind cone was uh was mounted improperly uh to the steel caging.

Basically the the windsock had ripped a little and the rope that secured it was on was loose.

So we we pulled it down, replaced the windsock, and now it's it's fixed.

So that was the rot up he wrote up on that one, and also the um uh the nesting material inside the windsaw.

There weren't any nests inside the wind socks, they were just pieces of of twigs and grass, and it could have been from blowing wind.

We can't really say a a bird tried to nest into it, but but that was the write-up, and we corrected it, and uh it's been closed out.

And lastly, our airport emergency plan again, uh it's it's outdated.

It shows uh outdated uh diagrams of the airfield taxways that no longer exist.

Uh it also identifies uh agencies that no longer exist, uh air carriers that no longer you know operate at the airport, things like that.

And so there's all all entities within the airport and city should review this uh regulation every 12 months, and it had it hadn't occurred.

So I told the inspector uh by the 30th of June I'd rewrite the entire regulation and and and I'll uh destroy it for for signatures.

Uh during the inspection uh there's a few things he identified and decided to uh implement a letter of investigation on.

One was the uh the striker, the new ARF unit uh from last year.

Uh he was concerned that it hadn't been put into operation for almost a year.

Um I responded to uh the letter of investigation, uh and I have a copy of that here if you want to read it later.

Uh basically the the truck arrived uh without all the components, and a lot of the the rescue gear, things like that were not um placed on the truck as it was on the contract.

So they had to uh so the fire department had to go and purchase new equipment and um and then the leak occurred on the truck that was identified at the factory, but not but wasn't passed on to us.

And so our guys discovered it, uh ended up being a warranty issue, and so they had to come in some personnel down to uh repair the truck.

And uh so there's there was a reason why it wasn't put in operation as often.

Uh since that time, it's been used every single day.

Uh it's got all the equipment, all the safety gear uh and rescue equipment, uh personnel have been trained on it.

Uh there's been a uh uh a new employee assigned as a trainer coordinator for the ARF, and he's our training, his he is just a dedicated ARF trainer.

So he's he's training all the personnel, they use it every single day, and they they take it out of the uh hangar and they position it uh near the aircraft, you know, for all the operations.

Um the second part of that letter investigation was ARF personnel had exceeded their 12 months.

So there's there was a few personnel that had uh exceeded the 12 months, and they the butt they were never used as ARF personnel.

You know, they were pretty much uh Chief Nolan had taken them off the roster, but their training records indicated they had they had busted that suspense.

But since then they've all been retrained and and they're all good to go.

And lastly, uh for the airport, uh we're required to have at least one personnel uh that has been trained and certified as a supervisor, a refueling supervisor.

Um we hadn't we didn't have one at that time since then over 50 percent of our personal have been trained and certified in that position.

Uh as well um uh several people did not have fire extinguisher training, and that's been corrected, so we have a hundred percent compliance for the extinguisher.

And so a lot of that has to do with you know, everyone's brand new at the airport, every single employee, you know.

I think I'm the old guy now.

Everyone else is six months or less, you know, and it ranges from a ranch hand to a high school senior uh to a gosh, a cook, you know.

So the experience levels are quite there, but they're they're building on it, and they're they're well ahead of schedule now on their training.

Um finally for the recommendations, it was a special recommendation comment by the uh by the inspector.

Uh he's requested on behalf of the FA that the City of Clovis undertake a comprehensive assessment to term the ability to provide sufficient qualified personnel.

Um it was the same inspector from last year.

You know, we were kind of undermanned a little last year.

And um and this year, even though uh we're 100 percent manned now during the inspection, we're about 64 percent manned.

And uh and he could see the the frustration it is, you know, trying to perform uh seven days a week with only you know four to five people, you know, being able to support, you know, uh custodial duties, maintenance and FBO duties all in the same all during the an eight-hour shift.

You know, so that that one person could be mowing the first part of the day, they need to clean the terminal, they need to pump and gas, you know.

So they kind of do it all at the airport right now.

Um the second uh recommendation was to uh uh build the R facility.

Uh we've already uh identified that with the FAA in RCIP.

Um 2027 is uh is for design and 2028 is is to build the R facility.

And then lastly, uh the CD clubs uh acquired new snow removal equipment.

Uh we have a an old plow, an Oshkosh plow from 1970s maybe.

It the hydraulics had failed um just during the snowstorm.

So we were basically kind of hog tied to uh a pickup truck with a with a uh blade in the front of it.

And so that's how we cleared the entire airfield with a pickup truck.

So uh and we also use our our pellet, our de-icing pellets as much as we could.

And so we weren't able to comply with FA standards.

Uh you know, you you're supposed to to complete your priority one within an hour of start time.

And priority one would be the the tire width and length of your runway, your primary tax way, and and an apron, a spot to park for like Metavax and things like that.

So we weren't able to hear that.

It it took us a couple of days just just to complete priority one with that pickup truck.

Uh we we requested the city help support, but they had their hands tied downtown, you know, so they they weren't able to support so we were had to we had to close the runways and tax ways for a short time.

So when you do that, what is Denver Air Connection do?

They're they're they're canceled.

You know, we just couldn't support them for a couple of days.

And luckily uh is kind of a nationwide issue.

So Denver was was snowed in, a few of their other facilities, didn't Dallas was snowed in.

So luckily it wasn't just us, it was the other airports had you know implemented you know closures as well.

I see.

Okay.

All right.

Any questions for Chris on those items?

Before we go ahead.

Well, yeah, Mr.

Chairman, I mean, yes, sir.

I think uh I appreciate you bringing this level of report and even to include uh these recommendations from that inspection.

Um, number one, City of Clovis undertake uh comprehensive assessment to determine the ability to provide sufficient qualified personnel.

That's that's pretty that's pretty rough uh pretty rough talk there, right?

But uh I I assume that the city manager has seen uh these recommendations.

Yes, he's seen the report, yes, sir.

Yeah, and seen the whole report.

Yeah, great.

Okay.

Well, you know, I would just mention, you know, for everyone's uh uh edification, uh the the city of Clovis has um is in the process, nearing the end of the process of a comp and classification survey, which covers all positions within the city and and all departments, and so it you know I think it would be important and for everyone to understand that there is an analysis underway to ensure that each position with the uh within the city is being compensated within the market for that type of position, and and it may be that that we're already there or that our adjustments are necessary, and then it becomes can it be a comp can the gap be covered uh from a budgetary standpoint and from a commission approval standpoint and all of that.

But uh we want to make sure that every position uh citywide, all 400 positions are being compensated fairly, because I think the first at least that's where my mind goes immediately if we're having a hard time you know being fully staffed, which you mentioned we are currently, but at the time of the the uh the inspection we were down some positions at the airport, and so you know my mind immediately goes to well are we fairly you know, are we compensating in the market, right?

Uh for each of those positions.

And so uh I just wanted to make Mr.

Chairman and the rest of the the board aware that that there is that comp in class survey that's underway and you know that that will show us if we're in the market uh and then past that, you know, you know what what other challenges may exist or are gonna be that'll be what it is as far as staffing goes.

And maybe you know something about that.

And recently you've been able to get it up to a hundred percent staffing.

What other challenges are there?

Well, sir, a lot of it is you know, the the pay's been an issue uh sometimes, but you know, we we try to uh almost focus more on a on a on the the family, you know, individual, you know, the the benefits are are are better than most.

Uh the the education you know uh is you know 100 percent tuition assistance.

Um everything is just so we kind of use that as as a sort of a you know uh a carrot, you know, it's like we don't look at the pay, look at the benefits.

And and that's we're able to capture you know two very good you know workers now that they they they see the benefit of the of the benefits, you know.

So um and and we know we're gonna try to present to the city manager, you know, as these people um progress and and they become more certified and and and you know, like the supervisor level type things or uh you know they they attend some of the conferences and some of the the specific training the triple AE provides, you know, perhaps maybe you know uh a small you know nudge and pay as they progress in their training, you know, similar to like uh the fire department, whenever they are trained for ARF, you know, they they they get a little bump in pay and in the police department as well.

So we're looking at possibly maybe pursuing something like that almost to almost motivate them to to stay and pursue a career in in that industry.

So yeah, I think we have to look at you know how to how do we increase retention, you know, and that's the it's the same discussion at every department.

Yes, sir.

Well it seems there are there are some that that do better with retention than others, but uh you know, we have to uh think about you know everything that we can do there.

But I I just think that that comp class survey and and the results of that coming very soon are informative to to this discussion because we want to make sure that that we're compensating those positions fairly.

Um the other thing that I I just wanted to ask, you you noted and I appreciate you noting that the um the R facility is on the capital investment plan.

Uh and so that that's great.

That means that we can pursue grant dollars with with the state aviation uh division and and others and and work towards accomplishing that.

And and so that's great.

How about the snow removal equipment though?

What uh is that on the capital investment plan?

No, sir.

We we're gonna pursue that with uh Kim Harris from the FAA.

We're gonna see if they can uh help some supplement like they did the ARF truck.

Right.

You know, um right now all the the vehicles in use are are are very dated, you know, and and so uh we've been looking ahead, looking at you know, multi-use vehicles that we could use uh throughout the airfield, not just during the winter, but it would be beneficial during during snow operations.

So that's great.

And I I was just kind of curious.

I mean, you you you mentioned that you had to pivot to a a pickup with uh with a plow on the front of it.

I mean, what does the snow removal equipment look like?

Is that a is that a piece of equipment that can go be bought, or is it like that ARF truck that had you know a long lead time on uh you know building it and so forth?

Some is dedicated, you know.

Some of it's you know, some of the snow removal vehicles are are specific to the airport, you know, and and they're as expensive as the ARF unit.

Uh but there are some that that uh almost like with a tractor, you know, you can uh buy and and swap out different parts and and you'll have a broom on it, you can switch you know switch out to a blade or something like that, or to a blower.

So that's that's the kind of vehicles we were looking at, you know, with those attachments, so we could use it for multi for multiple purposes on the airfield.

So we're we're gonna present that to Kim Harris at the FA like unless they're very unless there's sort of like we have to provide specific, you know, snow removal equipment.

Oh, that's great.

Glad you're working with the FAA on on that and Ms.

Harris or Kim Harris to get that done.

So good deal.

Thank you.

I I won't slow us down.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh is there ever a an occasion that uh if we don't have the equipment we need that we can use a motor grader to clean a runway, or is there some reason that that wouldn't work?

I'm sorry, sorry.

Well, uh greater can we use the greater to clear the snow?

Well, we have to be careful not to damage the pavement.

You know, uh we have to go at a certain miles an hour to in order to be able to push the snow.

Okay.

And then if we we we catch a corner of that concrete, you know, we could probably possibly damage the the runway, and then you know we're out of commission for you know you know days or weeks.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Yes, sir.

That answers my question.

Any uh any other questions before we continue on?

Okay.

Chris, uh for manpower and staffing.

Uh the unit is uh currently staffed at 100 percent of our allocated manpower.

Um to that, all personnel assigned have completed their refueling uh of uh aircraft and receipt of product.

So they're able to uh you know, not only you know, refuel aircraft, helicopters and and and uh fixed ring aircraft, but they're also receiving the tanker trucks.

So all that's been completed, and that was sort of our highest priority for for these guys that get trained on.

Um next uh upgrade, you know, is being pursued through uh airfield maintenance and operations, so through triple AE courses and things like that.

You know, so we're we're doing our best to kind of get get them into a career field, a career field mindset.

And so this isn't just a job, this is something you could pursue and possibly go on to bigger and greater things at larger airports, you know, and start smalling, kind of increase it.

But um so far, so good is going really well.

Um the guys seem to be very happy.

We ask them all the time for feedback, and and they all seem to be very content so far.

So uh next is airfield projects.

Uh the terminal construction, uh the apron right now on the um on the east side of the the terminal.

The base course is being laid down, they expect that to be finished by the uh end of May.

Uh the parking lot, the subgrade is going to be poured soon, and that's going to be uh again the the toward the end of May completion date.

Uh and with that tax ray brav will closure will finally come to an end uh end of May, beginning of June.

And that's when they expect the uh project to be complete.

Is be they're hoping to be complete before the first of June if all goes well.

But you know, they're they're also torn, I mean they're getting pulled in different directions.

I believe they're they're working downtown on a couple of projects and so other.

So he's he's doing his best, you know, because he's got um a project in the old terminal doing the bathrooms.

Uh he's also uh EPX is also doing our airfield our airport sign replacement that happened when they got kind of taken out by that pickup truck.

And they're also doing the the the uh apron concrete for our maintenance apron.

So they're they're kind of spread a little thin right now, but they they they're assuring me that it's before one June.

That's their goal.

So now there the other day and Chris Guterres took me around and uh he is really proud of his work on that he's he is proud of that building.

Yes, sir.

And uh I think that's gonna be just a great addition to the city of Clovis, but I think it's fun that the guy that's building it is so proud of it look because it's going through with him as look at this, look at this.

Look at this, look at this.

That's pretty neat.

So we're we're fortunate that we have him, and I think he's really frustrated that they're not exactly on their time frame.

Yep.

They need to be.

All right.

Good.

Sir, next is the thing else on those.

All right.

Uh Chris, you keep on going.

Uh next the old uh terminal sanitation grant, that's for the women's restroom.

Uh that's the upgrade it to um uh no-touch sinks, uh no touch uh towel, soap dispensers, and they've also uh included a shower.

They expect to uh uh finish tiling tomorrow and be completed before the 24th of April uh for the airfield sign replacement um uh EPX is coordinated with a subcontractor in Albuquerque uh to develop renditions to present to the board of um replacement signs based on the the sign that uh the board voted on as their their favorite of the of the four presented.

So hopefully before next meeting, I'll have some some supplements or some sort of uh designs I can I can send to you to to look at prior to the next board meeting.

The uh the hangar roof replacement by 42 construction is underway.

This is from the the hellstorm from 2023.

Uh this is all uh uh from insurance monies.

Uh the snow barn, uh the the fire substation and the two and five bay maintenance hangars have all been completed on the roofs.

The sub the fire substation was able to get walls in addition to just the roof.

Um currently they're working on uh hangar hangar row one, which is right adjacent to the FBO.

Uh the wind has been a factor for them.

Uh they expected to do one set of hangars or hangar row each week, and right now they're about two weeks behind.

So they're expecting to be to be finished with uh with this set of hangers, uh, you know, I believe it's like one through eight, and then hopefully by the 13th of April.

So they're gonna provide an updated schedule, but it's gonna be every week, it's gonna be it's gonna fluctuate quite a bit.

Uh it's becoming uh a little bit of a frustration for some of our tenants, you know, because some tenants prefer to you know to to move their aircraft themselves, and we just can't seem to line up the tenants and and which hangar is going to be used that day.

So uh so a lot of the tents have just allowed us to move aircraft, you know, if able.

Uh some aircraft aren't movable, you know, that they're in pieces or the tires are flat, and uh I've I've told the uh airport personnel not to air up the tires, not to do any maintenance on any of the aircraft, you know that it's understood if we can't move the aircraft, you know, it's sort of the liability the tenant takes, you know.

So um but hopefully we'll get a uh a better schedule each week and we'll try to update it, you know, somehow, you know, either through uh social media or you know, we finally developed a uh contact list of everyone's email for all of our tenants.

We'll try to send out some something out to all the tenants to let them know the progress uh of the hangar construction.

Um and the airplanes have to be out of the hangar when they're working on that.

The contractor requested it, you know, not for their liability of maybe dropping a piece of equipment through a windshield of an aircraft, or maybe their personnel slipping and falling on a prop or something crazy.

Uh but they understood you know they can do the best they could, you know.

But some aircraft just can't be moved.

You know, and plus in addition to that, there's there's tools and you know, things that we just they haven't been moved for years.

And so they're they understood the risk and they've accepted it.

So you do you let them put their airplanes into the bigger hangar?

Well we do is you know, if it's well, we'll pull the aircraft out and we'll either chalk it or we'll tie it down and chalk it.

Um but right now we haven't had a to tie down because uh anytime the winds pick up at all, the the contractors call it off.

They they won't work in any type of wind conditions.

So but we we've been pulling the aircraft out and parking it on the apron and bringing them back in.

There's a couple of aircraft that are ultra-lights that we're gonna put into another hangar.

You know, we won't put them on the apron.

Yeah.

Just be just for safety in case a gust of wind comes up.

Question?

Colleagues?

Okay.

Sir next the uh bulk storage upgrade.

Notice proceeded been issued several months ago.

Um the Jet A and Abias kids have arrived, and that's that contains the the new pumping and the filters and the uh the motors.

Uh they've they're on station.

10,000 gallon tanks uh and a crane will arrive tomorrow.

They'll be put uh adjacent to the uh Kwanzaa hangar.

This just uh I guess that would be south of the Kwanzaa hangar.

We're gonna position the the tanks and the um the crane there for about a week or two because we're having to wait for uh uh F fuel to supply us with some uh some trucks because we're gonna be without fuel tanks for for a week to two weeks and possibly even three.

Uh so they're gonna they're gonna ship us a couple of trucks for free.

We have to we have to pay for the freight, but but for a whole month they're gonna let us use two of their 5,000 gallon trucks, you know.

Uh and as we receive fuel, we'll receive fuel right into the trucks versus into the tank.

Um that's about it.

So we know there is a there's a concern of uh concrete curing for 28 days.

Uh we were first told the project would last four days, and then we were told that the uh the tank manufacturer recommends uh a solid foot of concrete, which we don't have right now.

So they'll have to pour the concrete and we'll have to do a seven-day brake test.

And if that passes, you know, we'll just proceed.

And if it you know, but we're kind of at the mercy of the brake test in the cure time.

So hopefully seven days, and then we can start with the four-day process of uh install.

But it it could it could go longer.

It just kind of depends.

Okay, sir.

Next is uh airspace and AVAIDS.

The uh FA is in the process of uh getting read rid of some of their uh instrument flight procedures and it will affect uh Clovis.

We'll be losing our uh our VOR runway two approach.

It's I don't believe it's very it's utilized very often.

Uh and the reason for that is um for the for flight check to fly these these procedures that aren't used very often, it's sort of a waste of of monies and resources.

So they're gonna terminate quite a few of these uh procedures and they'll leave a few uh in hand for emergencies if if the satellites fall out of the sky, you know, we'll go back to the VOR approaches.

But but they're they're replacing everything with RNAP approaches, you know, the GPS satellite-based approaches now.

Uh but they had they issued out a uh sort of uh a community uh town hall meeting.

If anyone had any concerns or or or gripes, they could contact FAA and and try to you know justify keep it keeping the approach.

So uh next is the uh ground on flight safety to include bash.

Uh tax rebravou between alpha and two uh one two remains closed, note of them closed.

We do currently have an X on each end of that taxiway.

It flashes at night.

Uh we didn't we weren't required to put the X's there.

You know, we have uh lighted barricades that that suffices, but we thought since we own them, we might as well just try to utilize them just in case.

There was concern of uh aircraft making an approach to runway one two, you know, from a distance, it may look like maybe the runway could be closed because of the flashing X.

Uh and the FAA inspector also thought that as well.

So uh tomorrow or sometime this week we're gonna we're gonna remove the X's and put them back in the storage, and we'll still be compliant, you know, with the closure of the taxi waste.

We just won't have the flashing Xs because you know it takes a lot of fuel to run them.

And diesel is is super expensive right now, you know.

So uh we're gonna you know, we're just gonna take them down and put them back in storage.

Um also with the uh with the birds, um the migration is quite isn't quite as bad as it was, but we're still in the process of uh purchasing at least one propane cannon that we will uh we'll set out near the AWAS.

That's our weather station.

Um we've been trying to find a cannon that doesn't go off you know every 10 to 15 minutes, you know, because we just we don't want the neighbors you know killing us hating us.

So uh we're trying to get one that does it every half hour to hour, you know, to scare the birds.

And we're purchasing just the one cannon to see if the neighbors do complain.

And we'll do it during certain daylight hours.

And if you know we'll we'll see if if we need to adjust the position of the cannon or uh or just go ahead and cancel not getting it at the second cannon based on our neighbors, you know.

So uh next is the special interest items.

The Ute pipeline has uh had been terminated for for a couple of months.

Uh they're gonna continue uh digging effective tomorrow.

Uh they're about 35% complete.

Uh they will be transiting uh across uh East 21st Street at the far end of the uh airfield and they expect to uh reach the um the corner of uh County Road and East 21st Street uh by the 14th of April.

And then at that time they will go underneath the perimeter fence and into the airport proper about 300 feet.

So uh there's not a phasing plan once they reach the uh the corner of uh uh CR 11.5 and East 21st Street.

Uh but when they do reach that point, the uh supervisor is gonna come to the airport, we're gonna sit down and create a phasing plan of when they are inside the fence of the airport to kind of you know you know keep any equipment away from the ends of the runway, you know, keep the booms down and the cranes lowered as much as possible and adhere to all the FA standards that were put into effect.

Um then with that, sir, when the uh vehicles are in position, we'll have to we had closed 0826, that's our turf runway.

We closed it during the uh duration of the of the digging, but since they they quit digging, we opened it back up, and now we're gonna have to close it again.

But since they they quit digging, we opened it back up, and now we're gonna have to close it again.

You know, I know a couple of tenants weren't happy that we had to close it, but that was mandated by the FA that we must close it when when the contractors are there.

So lastly is the airport hangers.

We are about 94% complete on all of our inspections.

We lack four T hangers and uh six ground lease hangers to inspect.

Uh the New Mexico DOT and the FA have both uh observed server airports uh noncompliant.

And um if if we're not in compliant with the FAA, we would risk losing FAA grant money.

And we also risk losing state grant money.

And the some of the um things would be uh abandoned aircraft, unregistered aircraft, people using the facilities to store you know their furniture or their cars or their motorcycles or their trailers, things like that.

So um and also if the city if we don't pursue payment from the tenants, you know, that we s we we risk losing funding, you know.

So uh currently uh for non-payment attendants, we have uh 29% or past due.

And uh of that 29%, we're talking 500 and more.

I'm not counting the 100 dollars, 150 dollars.

This is beginning at 500.

We have six that are at five or more, and then we have thirteen that ranges from 1,300 to 7,000.

The uh the city attorney is has drafted a letter that we will uh send out certified mail addressing this with each tenant that's uh uh overdue.

And I won't get into specifics because that you know that that letter may change, but I believe it's something to the effect of you know you have 20 days to to pay full payment RLs, you know, actions will be taken.

So what will the RLs uh entail if we've got somebody that just won't pay us?

I hate to I don't want to speak for the city attorney because I'll I'm probably gonna speak you know wrong, but uh you know whenever someone uses our hangers, you know, it it's it's it's we automatically almost assume a lien on that aircraft.

You know, and so they could forfeiture their their aircraft.

You know, if they if they don't pay, you know, the we we could take possession of the aircraft and I see.

Okay.

But I mean uh Jared would be the best person to ask that.

I hate I don't want to speak on his behalf, but uh I think we're gonna it's it's serious enough if we if we lose millions of dollars of of funding, we're we're gonna make sure everyone you know pays what's due and you know the they basically turn into squatters, you know, after we're not just talking two or three months, you know, some of these are people are at two years of not paying a dime.

So or at all.

Some people haven't paid anything.

Wow.

And somehow have been managed to kind of you know shuffle their airplane around without getting caught.

So thank you.

Okay.

And also, sir, with the uh for noncompliance, we have 43 tenants of our uh 64 of the 64 tenants for uh average of 43 percent are not in compliant with airport and FA standards.

Uh we have uh tenants with uh five gallon buckets of oil just sitting there.

We have uh water jugs uh full of fuel, you know, uh just kind of lined up along the the railing of the of the hangar.

Um you know, things like that.

So that's a concern.

Uh and also, you know, again the uh the the oily rags, the the the chemical spills, the direct aircraft that are in storage, you know and some of these aircraft have I'm I'm uh I wish I was exaggerating, maybe half an inch to an inch of dirt.

They have not been touched in years, you know.

So uh so Jared is uh the city attorney will be drafting a letter addressing those as well.

And it will probably mirror the uh the non-payment quite a bit.

You know, we'll give them a certain amount of days to to uh comply, and then we'll reinspect and then probably the same type of uh conditions, you know, or else kind of thing.

But hopefully you're not.

And it appears to me that everybody's a part of this thing because if I have a brand new bonanza sitting in the hangar next to one of these junkier or where there's junk golly if there's a fire you know I could get my airplane too.

Yes sir.

Yeah so thank you.

So that that concludes my report I know it's a long one this time but um if you have any questions gentlemen Chris we're glad that uh you're here we're glad you're part of the city of Clovis and the airport well thank you we you uh we appreciate you uh doing business the way uh operating the way that you do anything else come before the let me I'd like to introduce Larry Jones Larry's our new airport board member and Larry works for Aerotech and has a long long history with uh the airplane industry and we're really glad you're part of the group thank you very much we appreciate your sharing your knowledge with us it's a little bit not much so well we appreciate it thank you very much anything else yeah Mr.

Chairman Yes sir if I could I want to share uh something with you all that is in the very very early stages uh sheriff Brockett actually uh reached out to me and uh we began uh talking about the idea of uh memorial uh on the airport for Demise 25 the U-28 uh crew uh that went down in uh March 14th 2017 and um so I've reached out to I I started with public affairs within the wing command uh out at Canon to just try and open that conversation and see what that could look like but uh the the the overall idea would be a memorial on our airport uh and ideally a a U-28 that uh would uh serve as a reminder uh not only uh that uh you know years down the road uh decades down the road perhaps that uh the U-28s were at Canon Air Force Base but also we would never want um the names of uh Becker Dalga and De Lecker uh forgotten you know uh for um for their service and and for that tragedy out at the airport and so uh I'm I'm really have have jumped the gun by sharing that now but I just wanted you to know uh and and uh I imagine everyone would agree that that would be a good idea.

I don't know what it could look like, you know, where where on the airport uh that could happen or if it can even be done.

But uh I've tried to crack the conversation to uh see where we can go with the Air Force on this.

Great idea.

Could we do it something like in in the coming car show or event something like that where we get a lot of city people out there.

To help me to do I mean your presentation and everything.

Because there's a big turnout when there's a car show or airplane show or something like that there's a lot of city people come out to it.

Yes maybe do it then that way they can get more yeah no that that that's that's a great idea.

I'm gonna get way over my skis real quick here but I know that like for example the the fighter jet that's at Veterans Park that's a lease from the some museum right and so uh you know we would have to you know go through some some process like that to to have a U-28 aircraft and then you know we would need a design for the memorial we would need honestly I think it would you know it would involve input from um the fallen crew members' families you know do they want some you know does would they find that to be you know honoring and respectful and and whatnot so there's there's a lot uh but but um uh I think I hear you saying that you know maybe we uh once we know we have something if we needed to generate public support we would you know maybe talk about that at a big event at the airport is that is that yep okay yep very good and and I want to be clear uh this was Sheriff Brockett uh called me with this idea uh I don't want to pretend like it's my idea but I sure like it and want to support it and make it happen.

But but um I think I hear you saying that you know maybe we uh once we know we have something if we needed to generate public support we would you know maybe talk about that at a big event at the airport is that is that yep okay yep very good and and I want to be clear uh this was Sheriff Brockett uh called me with this idea uh I don't want to pretend like it's my idea but I sure like it and want to support it and make it happen sounds like a great idea to me isn't it is there anything that we can do to help support the process where we're at or what would you like President No not at this stage I just wanted to FYI uh that to you so that you know if you hear about it in the in the near future um I I just wanted you to to be kind of aware um again very early stages I'm sure at some point there will be something that we need your support on and I'll be sure to ask you.

Sure.

Any comments or thoughts?

Okay.

All right anything else to come before the board before we adjurn?

Do you hear a motion that we adjourn this meeting.

I'll make a motion.

Thank you sir second I'll second it.

Okay it's been moved and seconded that we adjourn the our uh meeting of the uh city of Clobus Civil Aviation Board all in favor signify by saying aye.

All right meeting adjourned thank you very much amor the youth pipeline we talked about is it