COLORADO AIRPORT OPERATORS ASSOCIATION

MEETING MINUTES
 

The Board of Directors of the Colorado Airport Operators Association met on Monday, April 15, 2002, 7:00 a.m., at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel, Denver, Colorado. Board Meetings are open to all CAOA Members and they are encouraged to attend.

Vice President, Rex Tippetts, opened the Board of Directors Meeting at 7:10 a.m.

Board Members present were: Bruce Baumgartner, Scott Brownlee, Jim Fluhr, Dennis Heap, Mike Reisman, Rex Tippetts, and Mark Stormberg. Also present Alan Wiechmann & Lowell Johnson, FAA, Travis Vallin, CDOT Division of Aeronautics, Heather Reavey & Gary Skoog, HNTB, Jim Trott, Carter & Burgess, Richard Baker, Fremont County Airport, Loree Vanderhye, Flood & Peterson Insurance, Mike Morgan, Lohf Shaiman & Hyman, Steve Lee, DIA and James Parker, Yampa Valley Regional Airport. Corinne Nystrom called stating she would be late. Ron Dent, and Gary Green were absent.

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2. SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO NANCE EARLEY

Rex Tippetts and Dennis Heap presented Nance Earley with CAOA’s signature gift, a leather flight jacket with an embroidered patch: “Presented To Nance Earley In Appreciation By The Colorado Airport Operators Association”

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Rex Tippetts asked that the minutes of the CAOA Board Meeting, held March 27, 2002, be approved. Scott Brownlee motioned to approve the minutes with typographical corrections. Mike Reisman seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.

Scott Brownlee and Mike Reisman questioned the meaning of paragraph 4.8.1 and noted that the revision contained some typographical errors. Rex Tippetts motioned that corrections be made and communicated by fax and voice. Dennis Heap seconded the motion. Changes will be made to put the language in layman’s terms and Jim Fritze will review the final copy. Motion carried unanimously.

Rex Tippetts updated the new board members on Montana Resolution and how at the Jackson Hole Conference the resolution was adopted by CAOA. The resolution was passed around. Dennis Heap will sign the resolution as President and send the resolution to the TSA.

Rex Tippetts reported that CAOA had no bills as a result of the conference and it was unanimously agreed at the General Membership Meeting to split CAOA’s share between the AAAE Foundation and the Gerry Olson Fund. It will be approximately four weeks before the conference finances are complete and we know what the final amount was.

Loree Vanderhye presented a Rocky Mountain Airport Association Insurance Program to the Board and asked if CAOA would endorse it. The consolidated insurance program would be designated exclusively for members of CAOA, allowing the association to give a value benefit to its members and would save member airports approximately 5% on their premiums. There would be no minimum number of airports to begin the program and airports that were already in the program would be rolled into the CAOA program. Rex Tippetts endorsed the program but did not feel that it would be good for the association to endorse one corporate member over another. Dennis Heap agreed with Rex and when asked for his opinion, Bruce Baumgartner said it was hard to evaluate the program without seeing the coverages. The Board agreed not to endorse the program as CAOA.

Corinne Nystrom reconfirmed the committee appointments:

Membership Rex Tippetts, Mark Stormburg

Legislative Bruce Baumgartner, Scott Brownlee, Jim Flur, Dennis Heap, Gary

Green, Rex Tippetts

Web Site Ron Dent, Mike Reisman, Dennis Heap

Conference Mike Reisman, Dennis Heap, Rex Tippetts

6. CAOA MEMBER COMMENTS

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Dennis Heap reported that a plant was sent to Gary Green with our thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery for his cancer surgery.

Dennis also passed out a draft agenda and budget, which was prepared by Steve Lee, DIA for the Fall 2002 Estes Park Conference. Telluride will host the Spring 2003 conference. In keeping with our objective of booking conferences at least 18 months out, we need host airports for Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 conferences. Dennis sent a draft letter of agreement to James Parker, Yampa Valley Airport for his review as he and Matt Grow, Steamboat Springs Airport are considering a co-hosting of the Spring 2004 conference. Travis Vallin responded to the comment that we might look at a fall conference on the West Slope by asking about Salida’s desire to host a conference. Rex Tippetts will make arrangements with Donna Van Landingham to visit the Monarch Ski Lodge to determine if it could accommodate a CAOA Conference.

Rex Tippetts handed out the 2002 Membership Plaques to the Board Members.

8. ADJOURNMENT

Corinne Nystrom encouraged everyone to meet in the lobby at 4:30 pm for a van trip to a nearby baseball field where Colorado would play Wyoming in a baseball dogfight, whereby funds would be raised for Gerry Olson.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, Mike Reisman motioned the meeting be adjourned. Scott Brownlee seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:09 a.m.

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Dennis R. Heap

Past President