{"id":2619,"date":"2020-07-09T07:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaa31.org\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2020-07-09T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:54:27","slug":"meeting-minutes-from-the-7-1-2020-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/?p=2619","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes from the 7\/1\/2020 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, July 1st, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no dinner portion of the meeting, but we did have\na pledge of allegiance at the 7:02 PM start of the meeting. President Pat\nDodson, V.P. Rod Johnson and Secretary\/ Treasurer Randy Stout as officers were\npresent. The business portion of the meeting was called then to order. There\nwere 11 members total in attendance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Checkbook balance was $3074.37 as of the date of\nthe meeting. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next Chapter breakfast is hoped for on Saturday, September\n19th, but we cannot confirm that at this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our super airport manager, Shelly Humble then spoke about\nseveral issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a breakdown of what she discussed\nat this EAA meeting (and also the last meeting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Taxi-lane\nproject \u2013 City received final grant offer on 6\/3\/2020 in the amount of $222,222\nto complete the final construction phase of the Taxi-lane project.<ol><li>No City match will be\nrequired for this AIP grant due to CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic\nSecurity) Act. <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>CARES\nAct \u2013 the airport received $30,000 grant from the airport portion of the CARES\nact.&nbsp; This is in addition to the match for the AIP grant.&nbsp; The City\nhas chosen to use this money for maintenance and operations.&nbsp; In other\nwords, we will be using these funds to complete additional pavement\nresurfacing\/maintenance on the entrance way.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>COAR\n(Critical Oregon Airport Revenue) grant.&nbsp; The COAR grant funding system\ncontains 3 \u201cpriorities\u201d, the first is to utilize the money for match to the AIP\ngrants, priority 2 are grants that assist with emergency preparedness and\npriority 3 are for economic development.&nbsp; The airport applied for one\npriority 1 grant \u2013 AIP match, 2 priority 2 grants \u2013 install emergency generators\nat EOC and airport building\/runway lights, and 1 priority 3 grant \u2013 upgrade\nfueling self-service terminal.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>In January, the airport was\nawarded a grant to be used for the match of the AIP grant and a priority 2\ngrant to install a generator at the EOC (G4 hangar).&nbsp; Due to the CARES Act\nnone of the priority 1 grants are needed so today at the ODA board meeting they\nwill be discussing whether or not to award the monies to the priority 2 and 3\ngrant applicants.&nbsp; If this is the decision that is made, the airport will receive\nthe additional grants for the airport building generator and the fuel\nself-service terminal upgrade.&nbsp; I will update when I know the status.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Within\nthe next few weeks, we will be installing a QT Pod M4000 self-service fueling\nterminal.&nbsp; This is an upgrade to the current system.&nbsp; Fuel will be\navailable during this time via the override system.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The\nairport has purchased a workshop for the maintenance staff.&nbsp; The shop will\nbe delivered within the next 4 weeks and will be placed in front of the open\nairport\/tractor shed to enclose the equipment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The\nairport main FBO will be getting a new roof this summer due to damage from the snowstorm\ntwo years ago.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Airport\nManager, Shelley Humble, had a request to see if the EAA would fly a \u201cflyover\u201d\nover the city on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July.&nbsp; The Jet flyover has been\napproved, which is great, but the citizens would also like to see the Creswell\nAirport flyers also. A plan was discussed to have some of the members bring\ntheir airplanes and the Boy Scouts will \u201cStrike the Colors\u201d and we will have the\nnational anthem sung and the pledge of allegiance. Sid Voorhees will MC the\nfestivities. We will have 2 groups of 2 planes who all have smoke. 5 other\nplanes will fly the route.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The\nairport staff will continue to help\/assist the EAA volunteers (Bill Dewey and\nPat Dodson to name a couple) to complete the retaining wall.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual Wings and Wheels at Cottage Grove has been\npostponed and will probably be merged with the Great Oregon Homebuilt fly-in on\nthe last weekend of August. Watch for info on these fun events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was noted that long time member Larry Davis fell recently\nand was hospitalized. He also had a traffic accident, so will not be driving\nmuch anymore. Get well Larry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Pat then asked the group for ideas that we can\npresent to the membership about a project that the club can start. He knows\nthat it needs to be a great idea, have a sparkplug member to spearhead it and\nlots of participation. Please contact him if you can think of something that\nwill really appeal to a lot of aviation minded folks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next meeting will be at the clubhouse on August 5th. It will\nbe just a meeting at 7:00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There being no other new or old business, Past President\nJohn then showed the Monthly Chapter Video along with Tech Tips and Hints for\nHomebuilders from EAA national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was then adjourned at 8:22PM&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respectfully submitted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Randall Stout, Secretary\/ Treasurer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, July 1st, 2020 There was no dinner portion of the meeting, but we did have a pledge of allegiance at the 7:02 PM start of the meeting. President Pat Dodson, V.P. Rod Johnson and Secretary\/ Treasurer Randy Stout as officers were present. 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