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EVERYONE.WE, UH, WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING
[1. Call to Order.]
TO ORDER THIS JOINT SESSION, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR OUR AIRPORT, UH, BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, RIE AND EDWARD.I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS EXACTLY WITH A JOINT.
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THE SAME THING OR IS IT WELL, I HAVE TO CALL YOU.
SO NOW IT'S UP TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE IN YOUR BACKYARD, THEREFORE YOU GET TO RUN THE SHOW.
UM, WELL THEN, YES, THEN AGAIN, OFFICIALLY I WILL CALL THE CA ORDER.
UH, WE HAVE A COURT ON OUR SIDE.
[2. Welcome and Introductions by the Mayor and City Council Members of Guthrie and Edmond.]
I'LL INTRODUCE OUR COUNCIL AND THEN STAFF, UH, STARTING HERE ON THE LEFT AND WORKING OUR WAY OVER.WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GIBBS, UH, RIGHT HERE WE HAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN BRIAN
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN TRACY WILLIAMS. WELL THEN WE HAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN GRANT GEAR AND THEN, UH, WORKING OUR WAY BACK AROUND WITH OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE, LET ME DO THAT, EDDIE, OR? YES.
UH, AGAIN, RIGHT HERE IN BETWEEN US WE HAVE KIM BIGS, OUR TREASURER AND, UM, CLERK.
AND THEN, UH, RIGHT HERE WE HAVE, UH, WILLIAM WHEELER, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
ALRIGHT, UH, LET ME INTRODUCE, OH, I WAS GONNA, EDDIE LAST BECAUSE HE WAS GONNA TALK, SAY, SAY EDDIE MANAGER.
WAIT TILL WE'LL THEN SWUNG IT OVER TO HIM AS HE SPOKE, BUT, OKAY.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY I AM, UH, ADAM ROTH, THE MAYOR.
SO IT'S EXCITING I THINK TO BE HERE.
AND, AND ACTUALLY I'M HAVE A JOINT MEETING, TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
SO WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE TO, MY LEFT IS COUNCILMAN FROM WARD FOUR, PHIL FRAME, AND FROM WARD THREE, PRESTON WATERSON.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN BARRY MOORE IS OUT OF TOWN, WHERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF TOWN.
AND COUNCILMAN MAGGIE, HER NICHOLS HAD ANOTHER MEETING THAT SHE COULDN'T GET OUT TODAY.
UH, STAFF WISE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE RANDY HANDS, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER FIRST.
I HAD THE OPPOSITE
NO, UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY CLERK.
I SAW KATHY, ARE YOU BACK THERE? MM-HMM.
WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER STAFF PEOPLE BACK THERE TOO.
CASEY MOORE, MADISON, KATIE, Y'ALL JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.
UM, DID YOU INTRODUCE YOUR, YOUR BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS FIRST? YES.
TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALSO ON THE BOARD.
WE HAVE A GRANT JURY RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW TRACY WILLIAMS AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE RYAN WALLACE, I THINK OVER HERE IN GALLERY SOMEWHERE.
AND THEN, UH, NOT WITH US IS, UH, RYAN HUSKY TODAY.
UH, I ALSO HAVE STAFF AS WELL.
OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE, UH, JUSTIN T OUR TOURISM DIRECTOR, AND THEN WE HAVE DAN
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO, OH GOSH, I GET TO ROLLING IN THREE MINUTES.
CHIEF CHIEF OF OUR FIRE CHIEF DAVE LAWSON.
ANYBODY HERE? THAT'S EVERYONE.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TODAY FOR US IS K, OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
NAME TWO BOARD MEMBERS FROM MIDDLE STAND.
SO, AND FROM EDMOND ON THE AIRPORT BOARD IS SAM YOUNG.
UH, WAL STRONG OR WAL THOUGHT HE WAS HERE.
PETER WAL AND THEN DICK GUY, DICK SITTING ON THE BACK ROAD.
DID WE MISS ANYBODY? I THROW AARON
WHO, WHO RUNS OUR VIDEO ASSUMING AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO,
[3. Presentation and Discussion of the Partnership between the City of Guthrie and the City of Edmond in the Management and Development of the Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport, including the Roles and Commitments outlined in the Joint Airport Operating Agreement (Effective through June 30, 2044). (Caden Young, Airport Director)]
WHAT WE JUST DID.ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
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BETWEEN THE CITY OF GUTHRIE AND THE CITY OF EDMOND AND THE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GUTHRIE EDMOND REGIONAL AIRPORT, INCLUDING THE ROLES AND COMMITMENTS OUTLINED IN THE JOY AIRPORT OPERATING AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2044.GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCILS.
UH, NOT EVERY DAY NEED TO SAY THAT, UM,
I ALSO WANNA THANK SCOTT AND HIS TEAM AT MERIDIAN TECH, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE AIRPORT AND ITS OPERATIONS, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM TWO MORE SPEAKERS.
UH, MY GOAL TODAY IS TO GET US ADJOURNED BY 10 45, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HEAD OVER TO HANG NUMBER TWO.
UH, THIS WILL GIVE EVERYONE TIME TO SETTLE IN AND WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON ED AT 11 11 15.
THERE WILL ALSO BE FLIGHTS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
UH, NOW THEY DEPART THE AIRPORT.
AFTER THE EVENT, UH, THEY'LL DEPART THE AIRPORT SWING OVER BY ARCADE LAKE AND COME BACK, UH, JUST SO THEY CAN GET THAT PILOT EXPERIENCE THAT VISITORS THAT COME IN AND VISIT BOTH COMMUNITIES EVERY DAY.
WON'T FOCUS TOO MUCH ON HISTORY TODAY.
I KNOW IT'S JUST A LITTLE AFTER 9:00 AM.
UH, THE AIRPORT BEGAN AS AN EMERGENCY AT AIR, AIR MAIL ROUTE STRIP.
IN FACT, WE SAW THE CONCRETE ARROW ON SITE THAT POINTS TOWARDS STILLWATER OPERATED AS THE GUTHRIE MIST WIDE AIRPORT FROM THE MID, UH, 1940S UNTIL, UH, THE JOINT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
UH, THIS PHOTO REALLY, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE SEVENTIES FEATURES, UH, RIE MAYOR, ART NELSON, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND A REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, THE GENTLEMAN ON THE FAR RIGHT, UH, IS THE, WITH THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT HIS NAME IS SOFT NELSON.
I'M STILL ASPIRING TO BE AS COOL AS HE WAS.
ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BOTH CITIES, OF COURSE.
AND 2004, BOTH CITIES, UH, RECOGNIZED THE NECESSITY AND VALUE OF HAVING AN AIRPORT, UH, RIGHT WHERE BACKYARD, UH, WE DID SOMETHING RARE.
UH, WE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP THAT, UH, THESE GENTLEMEN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT A PARTNERSHIP LIKE OURS DOESN'T EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATES.
UM, PROBABLY A FEW EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AIRPORT, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE AIRPORT ACCORDANCE AS WELL.
UH, WE FORMED THE AIRPORT PORT.
IT WAS RENAMED THE GUTHRIE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
UH, SINCE THEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A RUNWAY EXPANSION, CORPORATE RETAINER DEVELOPMENT, APRIL EXPANSION AND TAX LINE DEVELOPMENTS TOGETHER.
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BUILT THE AIRPORT INTO THE REGIONAL DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT IT IS TODAY.
I'M GONNA THROW A LOT OF INFORMATION AT YOU JUST TO GIVE YOU A, A LARGE OVERVIEW OF THE AIRPORT.
NOW WE HAVE OVER 60 HANGAR SPACES, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO OUR LARGE AMOUNT OF BASE AIRCRAFT.
IN 2023, THE STATE AIRPORT ORGANIZATION COMPILED BASE AIRCRAFT DATA ON OUR AIRPORT WHEN WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP FIVE.
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT.
THAT IS A LOT OF PILOTS THAT ARE CHOOSING TO BASE OUR AIRCRAFT RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE O KC METRO WITH EASY ACCESS TO I 35.
AND WE POSITIONED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF WHAT CAN BE A CONGESTED SLASH CHARLIE AIRSPACE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE IMPLEMENTED A TRACKING SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES THIS DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHO OUR VISITORS ARE AND WHAT AMENITIES WE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE.
WE'RE STILL ESTIMATING THAT WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN 20,000 OPERATIONS IN 2025.
NOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TAX WAVE PROJECT LATER.
UH, THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME IMPACTS TO THOSE ESTIMATES.
UH, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA EXACTLY WHAT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC WE WERE EXPERIENCING AT THE AIRPORT UNTIL THE BEGINNING IN 2017.
DIRECTOR ART AND HIS TEAM AT THE ODAA EMBARK ON AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT.
I WON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS, YOU MAY WANT TO TELL IT, BUT THEY PERFORMED AN IN-DEPTH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS STUDY THAT FOUND THAT OUR AIRPORT CONTRIBUTES $19.2 MILLION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
UH, THEY JUST CONDUCTED A 2025 STUDY.
WE'LL SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT, UH, FOR AN AIRPORT OUR SIZE.
AND THAT STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT AVIATION AND AEROSPACE IS THE SECOND LARGEST, LARGEST INDUSTRY IN THE STATE.
AND SO WE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THAT HERE IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
I DID PUT TOGETHER THESE PHOTOS TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW MANY DIFFERENT OPERATIONS AND BUSINESSES ARE ACTIVE IN A SINGLE DAY AT THE AIRPORT, ZIP CODE, AIR PRODUCTS AND AIRCRAFT.
COMPOSITE PARTS MANUFACTURER HAS PRODUCED MULTIPLE ZIP CODE EDGE AIRCRAFT RIGHT HERE IN GUTHRIE.
THEY'RE ALSO THE AIRPORT'S LARGEST EMPLOYER WITH THE STAFF.
UH, WE REGULARLY SEE, TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS FROM THE T SIXES, FROM GRANTS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE MEDICAL TRANSPORT
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SERVICES AND JET CHARTERS.ANOTHER POINT OF PRIDE IS THE AMOUNT OF PILOTS THAT EARN OUR CERTIFICATIONS HERE.
A HANDFUL OF PILOTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MULTIPLE FLIGHT SCHOOLS LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT, EARNING CERTIFICATIONS TO GO ON TO BE PROFESSIONAL PILOTS OR JUST PICK UP NEW HOBBY.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I ALSO DIDN'T MENTION THE JOBS AT THE AIRPORT.
WE HAVE LINE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, PIPELINE PATROL, I ALREADY MENTIONED THE ZIP CODE EMPLOYEES, POWER EMPLOYEES, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES GOING ON, AND ALL OF THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE 19.2 MILLION.
I ALSO DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT REAL QUICK AND DRAG ON OUR NEW FBO.
THAT FBO STANDS FOR FIXED BASE OPERATOR.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE AIRPORT'S, UH, GAS STATION, UH, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT THEY PROVIDE OTHER ESSENTIAL, UH, AIRCRAFT SERVICES.
FOR 50 YEARS, WE HAD THE SAME FBO OUT OF THE AIRPORT VISITORS WERE REGULARLY GETTING THE SAME EXPERIENCE FOR 50 YEARS.
AND FOR AN AIRPORT LIKE OURS WITH SINGLE FBO, THAT'S A HUGE PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR AIRPORT TO ENTERTAINMENT.
IN 2023, OUR FBO OPERATOR RETIRED, AND THAT WAS 50 YEARS OF WELL CALL INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AT THE AIRPORT THAT LEFT.
THEIR NAME IS APEX AIR CENTER WILL TOUR THEIR FACILITIES LATER TODAY AT THE AIRPORT.
THEY CAME IN AND RENOVATED A LOT OF IT.
UH, THE PROFESSIONAL HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL UPLOAD PROFESSIONAL TIRE EVERY DAY, AND THEIR CONTACTS HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF, UH, INCREASES IN FUEL SALES.
UH, IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS, THEY DOUBLE FUEL SALES AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FBO.
IN 2023, FOR EXAMPLE, JET FUEL HAD USED IN JET ENGINES MADE UP 34% OF OUR FLOW REVENUE.
UH, THIS, UH, THAT WAS THE OLD FO IN 2024 WHEN APEX STARTED, JET FUEL MADE UP 43%.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, JET FUEL HAS CONSIST OF 53% OF OUR OPERATIONS.
AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE, UH, THE OTHER TYPES OF FUEL ARE NOT BEING SOLD AS MUCH.
THEY'RE SELLING A MORE OF A DOUBLE FUEL AND THEY'RE JUST INCREASING THAT MUCH JET TRAFFIC.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE JET TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE 'EM AS A, AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER IN THAT WAY.
DIDN'T WANT TO DO A BREAKDOWN OF BASE AIRCRAFT.
UH, BOTH GUTHRIE AND EDMOND DERIVE ENORMOUS USE FROM THE AIRPORT.
NEARLY 62% OF OUR BASE AIRCRAFT ARE LONG TERM TENANTS, HAVE AN EDMOND ADDRESS.
NEARLY 20% HAVE A GUTHRIE ADDRESS, AND THE REST ARE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE LOGAN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTY AREAS.
THE BIG QUESTIONS I OFTEN GET ARE, WHERE ARE THESE VISITORS GOING AFTER THEY'RE ARRIVED? ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN TRAFFIC ARE ALIGNED WITH THE SCHEDULE AT THE LAZY ARENA, ACTUALLY.
IN FACT, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE LAZY SCHEDULE AND THEN YOU OVERLAP OUR SCHEDULE BUSIEST TIMES, THEY PROBABLY WOULD ALIGN PERFECTLY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE NUMEROUS BUSINESSES THAT UTILIZE THE AIRPORT FOR THEIR OPERATIONS, UH, SUCH AS A UNITED TURF AND TRACK AND LY MECHANICAL AND DIVERSIFIED CONSTRUCTION.
A LOT OF THESE LARGER COMPANIES, UH, BASED BOTH
UH, THESE VISITORS IN TURN ARE GENERATING SALES TAX REVENUE.
WE'RE STAYING THERE NEARBY HOTELS.
THEY'RE HOPEFULLY PURCHASING FUEL FROM THE PLANE AT THE AIRPORT.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ATTRACT THESE KINDS OF VISITORS, UH, SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE SEEKING A LESS CONGESTED AIRPORT OUTSIDE OF OKC, REVENUE IN AN AIRPORT COMES TO MIND AS THE OPTION.
UH, THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCES, UH, FROM AN AIRPORT SUCH AS OURS.
UH, THE FIRST IS HANGAR GROUND LEASE REVENUE.
SO WE AS THE CITY OWN ALL OF THE PROPERTY.
AND HOW IT TYPICALLY WORKS IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WILL COME IN AND CONSTRUCT A HANGAR.
AND IN RETURN FOR THAT, WE GET HANGAR GROUND LEASE REVENUE.
UH, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 46% OF OUR REVENUE JUST ABOUT BY THE OTHER FORM OF REVENUE, PRIMARILY AT OUR AIRPORT, IS FUEL FLOW FEE REVENUE.
AND SO WHENEVER I SAID EARLIER ABOUT, UH, VISITORS STOPPING IN AND BUYING GAS, WE AS A CITY ARE COLLECTING A PORTION OF THAT.
AND I DID WANT TO MENTION, UH, THAT WHENEVER WE ARE COLLECTING THESE REVENUES, WE, OUR GOAL IS AS OF EVERY AIRPORT IS SELF SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, RIGHT NOW, WE, WE KIND HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO TO GET THERE.
UH, FOR ABOUT TWO, THREE MONTHS A YEAR, WE ACTUALLY PRODUCE ENOUGH REVENUE TO COVER ALL OUR EXPENSES.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BILL EITHER CITY AND FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, UH, WE ARE.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET, GET THAT SLOWLY UP TO SIX MONTHS, AND THEN FINALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WHEN MY OFFICE IS COMING TO BEFORD COUNCIL OR MOND COUNCIL, I'M ONLY ASKING FOR A LOCAL MATCH TO SUPPORT LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT WE PROBABLY COULDN'T FUND ON.
SO TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATING COSTS, THE AIRPORT AND GIVE US, GIVE US A
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THE ALLOTMENTS FROM THE AIRPORT FROM BOTH CITIES HAVE BEEN 150,000, 200,000.IT'S GONNA BE 300,000 EACH, UH, SOLELY BECAUSE WE'RE PURSUING A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
BUT WE TURN THAT $150,000 PER CITY INTO A $19.2 MILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
SO THIS, UH, RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT IS, IS DRIVING A LOT OF, UH, BENEFIT AND RESULTS THAT ARE PROVEN AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, LATER ON, ACTUALLY AT THE NEXT SLIDE, I GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE GRANT APPORTIONMENTS.
AND YOU REALLY SEE HOW A SMALL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS CAN MAKE, WE CAN MAKE A LOT MORE AROUND AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, THE FAI PUT THAT IN RED, UH, PROVIDES 90, 95% OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO THIS, THIS BAR GRAPH HERE IS JUST TO ILLUSTRATE, UH, WHENEVER WE GO AFTER LIKE A NEW TERMINAL OR A NEW TAXIWAY, OR WE'RE PUTTING IN A NEW ROAD, WHAT THAT FUNDING STRUCTURE TYPICALLY LOOKS LIKE.
VERY RARE ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY GET A 90 TO 95%, UH, COVERAGE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, GRACIE'S OFFICE AT THE ODAA.
THEY TYPICALLY WILL MATCH THE CITY.
THEY'LL PROVIDE 5%, I PUT THEM HERE IN YELLOW.
AND SO BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE LOCAL MATCH, THESE PROJECTS, UH, I PUT GREEN AND, AND MOND BLUE.
UH, THAT IS THE COST SHARE THAT WILL TYPICALLY SEE.
AND JUST TO PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY TRANSLATES INTO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE REMOVING AND REPLACING 3000 FEET OF TAXIWAY AND INSTALLING THE LED LIGHTS.
THAT PROJECT'S TOTAL COST IS $5.7 MILLION.
LARGE ENOUGH, EACH CITY IS ONLY PROVIDING $142,000 FOR THAT SHIP.
SO IN RETURN FOR $142,000 FROM BOTH CITIES, WE'RE GETTING A $5.7 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS OUR FENCING PROJECT.
WE'RE INSTALLING OVER 8,000 LINEAR FEET OF FENCE FENCING THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.
UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THAT, EXCUSE ME, WAS $400,000.
AND THE TOTAL COST PER CITY WAS $10,700.
SO WE'RE ON COMPLETELY NEW FENCE ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE SPENDING A LITTLE LESS THAN $11,000.
AND WE, WE COULDN'T BUY A COMMERCIAL GRADE MOWER AT THE AIRPORT, UH, FOR THAT COST.
WE'RE GETTING AN ENTIRE NEW FENCE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST TO ILLUSTRATE, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, WHENEVER WE PUT MONEY TOWARDS THE AIRPORT, WE'LL GET A VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A HECK OF A DEAL FROM THE, OUR FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS.
UH, BEFORE I WRAP UP, I ALSO WANTED TO REVIEW SOME OF THE EVENTS, UH, THAT HAPPENED AT THE AIRPORT EACH YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE COULDN'T HOST THIS EVENT THIS YEAR THAT TYPICALLY OCCURS IN THIS MONTH.
UH, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL FLY IN AND COMMUNITY DAY.
UH, WE TYPICALLY WILL SHOW OFF DISPLAY AIRCRAFT BRINGING ALL KINDS OF VENDORS, KIDS ACTIVITIES.
UH, THE EAA WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE FREE FLIGHTS TO THIS EVENT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THIS EVENT NOW, OFFERING NEW ACTIVITIES.
WE HOSTED THIS AT EDMOND A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UH, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY OF BOTH GATHERING AND EDMOND TO BE, UH, UTILIZED THIS AIRPORT.
WE GET TO COME OUT TO THESE EVENTS AND SEE WHAT THIRD COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED.
ALSO, WANT TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER FLOOD CAMP.
UH, WE HOSTED THAT SINCE 2017.
WE'LL TYPICALLY HOST 3 25 KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AGES EIGHT 12.
UH, THESE KIDS TYPICALLY COME FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE AVIATION AND AEROSPACE OTHERWISE, UH, THAT PARTICIPATE.
UH, WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OBAA.
AND SO THEY HAVE, UH, CONSISTENTLY, UH, HELPED WITH, UH, AVIATION EDUCATION.
I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE PILOTS CONTINUALLY EARNING OUR CERTIFICATIONS AT OUR AIRPORT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN WHEN THEY'RE DONE.
SO WE CAN KEEP GENERAL AVIATION ALIVE, KEEP, UH, AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, UH, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PILOTS, AIRPORT MANAGERS, ALL THE, UH, GET THOSE KIDS
FINALLY, TO WRAP UP, UH, THE SAME FLY IN HOSTED IN DECEMBER WAS A SPECIAL EVENT AS WELL.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A SOLID DATE, UH, YET FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE'LL TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, ANO FLYING TO THE AIRPORT AND A BUNCH OF KIDS WILL LINE UP TO SEE THEM.
UH, SUPER FUN EVENT HAPPENING LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HOPE YOU CAN, HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.
UH, AND THEN I WILL, UH, TO CONCLUDE HERE, I WAS GONNA HAVE THE BOTH MAYORS TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SECTION.
WE'RE GONNA SWITCH UP SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE POWERPOINT SLIDES AND WE CAN COME RIGHT BACK AND I'LL INTRODUCE THIS
UM, YOU SAY THAT THE, UH, AERONAUTICS IS THE SECOND MOST POPULAR INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA, RIGHT? OR
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SECOND LARGEST.UH, WHAT IS THAT BASED ON? THAT'S AMAZING.
LIKE WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS, UM, WHEN YOU SAY IT'S THE SECOND, UM, LARGEST INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA, LIKE WHAT IS THAT BASELINE THAT THE LARGEST, SECOND LARGEST? I THINK THE STATE DIRECTOR WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
DEPARTMENT THAT THEY SPENT PROBABLY OVER A YEAR WORKING ON THAT STUDY BACK IN 2000.
I'LL GET THAT ANSWER IN THE NEXT ROUND.
SO YOU WANT ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR? YEAH, IF THERE ARE ANY MORE.
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYBODY? OKAY.
[4. Presentation and Discussion on the Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport’s Impact on Regional and State Growth within the Oklahoma Airport System. (Grayson Ardies, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics)]
UH, ITEM BEFORE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE JEFFREY EDMOND REGIONAL AIRPORT'S IMPACT ON REGIONAL AND STATE GROWTH WITHIN THE OKLAHOMA AIRPORT SYSTEMS, YOU OR LEGAL PROCEEDING.AND, UM, FORGIVE ME IF I PRONOU YOUR NAME WRONG.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE.
I, THERE, I HAVE IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE
UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER'S, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE AND AAU SINCE NOVEMBER, 2020, AND CEO OF THE OKLAHOMA SPACE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES SINCE SCH JULY, 2025.
HE'S BUSY GUY, UH, DIRECTOR ART HAS WORKED FOR THE ODAA SINCE 2009.
HE GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AND WON CALLON, UH, WITH A DEGREE IN AVIATION MANAGEMENT WITH DOUBLE MINORS IN BUSINESS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
HE ALSO HAS A COMMERCIAL PILOT'S LICENSE, A SINGLE MULTI INSTRUMENT RATING, AND HE ALSO CERTIFIED FLIGHT TRUCK.
SO WITH THAT, I WELCOME RECORD.
AND I GUESS I'M ON CAMERA SO I CAN'T WALK RIGHT? I'D RATHER BE EASY FOR YOU TO DO.
I, I'M A, I'M A WALKER AND TALKER, SO I'D RATHER JUST TAKE THE MICROPHONE OUT AND WALK AROUND.
BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TRY AND SET UP FOR, FOR, UH, FOR EQUIPMENT HERE.
BUT, UH, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
UM, GLAD TO, UH, HAVE THIS MEETING CONVENE.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS KAYDEN, UH, AND EDDIE AND EDDIE'S PREDECESSORS FOR, FOR YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE.
HOW CAN WE GET THE TWO GOVERNING BODIES OF EDMUND AND GUTHRIE TOGETHER? AND I GUESS THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION OF THE DAY IS, UH, HERE IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, I'LL BE JOINING THE, UH, CITIZENRY OF THE GREAT CITY OF EDMOND.
SO, UM, I'LL BE, BE JOINING YOUR RANKS FROM OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I DECIDED TO, DECIDED TO BE MOVING TO, UH, TO EDMOND.
UM, BUT, UH, MOVING BACK, ED, I GREW UP IN EDMOND, UH, MY, IN MY YOUNGER YEARS.
BUT AVIATION, AEROSPACE, AND I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BIASED, IS, IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING THING HAPPENING HERE IN GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING ACTIVITIES, A A GREAT DIVERSE SET OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING WITHIN THIS INDUSTRY.
AND, AND MAYOR, I'LL, UH, DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OF, OF WHY IS THIS, HOW IS THIS, WHERE IS THIS SECOND LARGEST INDUSTRY WITHIN OUR, OUR SEGMENT? SO WE'RE GONNA A LITTLE HISTORY, LITTLE BACKGROUND.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CUT MY TWO HOUR SPEECH DOWN HERE, UM, TO GET US OUTTA HERE BY 10 45.
THIS WAS, UH, SOME OF THE EARLY, SOME OF THE EARLY GUYS IN, IN, IN, IN 1906.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS ONE DIDN'T MAKE IT A THUNDERSTORM DESTROY OF THE AIRPLANE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS A GOOD OR A BAD THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF AIRPLANE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE FLIGHT.
UH, BUT THE 1910 WE DID, WE ACHIEVED FIRST FLIGHT IN OKLAHOMA IN 1910.
UH, CHARLES WILLARD FIRST PLANE, FIRST PLANE TO FLY IN
UH, FLEW 50 FEET ALTITUDE TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.
SECOND DAY STORM GO BY THREE EIGHT IN THE ROOM.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST APPROACH TO
THAT'S REALLY NOT THAT EXCITING.
THINK ABOUT HOW FAR WE'VE COME FROM, FROM THAT TIME PERIOD TO THE SIXTIES.
WE WENT FROM SECONDS OF FLIGHT, HUNDREDS OF FEET OF FLIGHT TO MAYBE TO THE MOVING THREE DAYS FLUID, TRANSFORMATIONAL HOW FAST AVIATION GREW.
AND I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT HOW FAST
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AVIATION GREW BECAUSEUM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORLD.
WE DO GREAT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ONE THAT WE LOST, UH, APPLIED ESSA DID HIS TESTING UP THERE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.
UH, OF COURSE WE KNOW ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT ESSE AIRCRAFT.
THEY ENDED UP GOING TO WICHITA, KANSAS, WHERE THEIR MANUFACTURING HAPPENS.
CURRENTLY, WHAT REALLY GAVE OUR AVIATION AEROSPACE INDUSTRY THE BOOST AND THE BOOM THAT IT IS, IS OIL AND GAS.
AND THE, UH, THE, THE FOLKS, THE, THE GRANDFATHERS, THE FOREFATHERS OF OIL AND GAS, UH, SAID, HOW CAN WE GET OUT TO THE OIL FIELDS TO REPAIR OUR EQUIPMENT? HOW CAN WE GET OUR EXPERTS OUT THE OIL FIELDS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO DRILL? HOW CAN WE GET TO THE BANK FIRST AND LEASE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AIRCRAFT IS THE FASTEST WAY ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
BACK IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, KNEW THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WASN'T GREAT.
SO THEY FLY AIRPLANES IN, LAYING ON A COUNTY ROAD LAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND BE ABLE TO DO THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND OF COURSE, PHILLIPS PETROLEUM, FRANK PHILLIPS EARLY DAYS, UH, HELPED SPUR ON SOME OF THAT BY FUNDING VARIOUS ERROR RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE WORLD.
WE KNOW ABOUT THE WINNIE MAY WHILE THE POST SET, THE SITES ON AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS, WHILE THE POST WAS ALSO ONE OF FRANK PHILLIPS AND THE FOREFATHERS OF OIL AND GAS, ONE OF THEIR FIRST AVIATOR, FIRST PILOTS.
BUSINESS AVIATION WAS BORN RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA BECAUSE OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.
WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW WILL AND WI HAD A GREAT CLOSE CONNECTION TO GREAT STATESMEN FOR OKLAHOMA, WHICH WE KNOW THEIR DEMISE WAS HIT WHEN THEY FLEW ON THAT FATEFUL FLIGHT IN ALASKA.
AND THAT WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT AVIATION, AVIATION WAS LEARNED.
WE WERE EXPERIENCED WITH TRUE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS BACK IN THE DAY.
TODAY, IT'S A MUCH SAFER FORM OF FLOOD.
SAFEST FORM OF TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE FOLKS THAT CAME BEFORE US.
NOW WE GO TO THE FORTIES AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY CATAPULTED.
THIS IS WHAT WAS THE FOUNDATION, MR. MAYOR OF AVIATION AEROSPACE.
WORLD WAR II REALLY IS WHAT CAUSED AND CREATED OUR AVIATION AEROSPACE.
YES, THERE WAS INDUSTRY HAPPENING BEFOREHAND.
YES, THERE WERE AIRPORTS OUT THERE, THERE WAS AIR TRANSPORTATION, THERE WAS AIR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AVIATION HAPPENING.
BUT WORLD WAR II IS REALLY WHAT SET THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR SUCCESS, PARTICULARLY WHEN A LITTLE PLACE CALLED TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, THEN THE MIDWEST AIR DEPOT WAS CREATED.
THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE AVIATION REST BASE WHEN ON OKLAHOMA LARGEST SUICIDE EMPLOYER TODAY, 1943 AS WORLD WAR II STARTED REALLY JITTING UP A LOT MORE AIRPORTS AT THAT TIME, OR AIRPORTS TODAY PARKING THEIR HISTORY BACK TO WORLD WAR II, OG BE CHICKASHA, LINE UP WORLD WARS, WATER ORIENT ARDMORE.
THERE'S PROBABLY TWO DOZEN PLUS AIRPORTS IN OPERATION TODAY THAT WERE FORMER MILITARY BASES IN WORLD WAR II.
THERE, THERE WERE PLENTY OF THAT CLOSED THAT ARE NOT OPERATIONAL TODAY, JUST, UH, AFTER WORLD WAR II IS THE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN WERE COMING BACK FROM THE WAR FIGHTING EFFORTS.
HOW CAN WE TRANSITION THESE SKILLS THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE CREATED AND ACHIEVED IN WAR TIME? HOW CAN WE TRANSITION THEM INTO A CIVILIAN IN A COMMERCIAL WORLD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? SO WE LOST CESA, BAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL.
WE HAD TWO GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEALS IN 1946, AMERICAN MAINTENANCE SPACE, LARGEST COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE OPERATION FACILITY IN THE WORLD.
MOVED FROM THE BOARD OF NEW YORK, ALSO OKLAHOMA, FIVE, 6,000 EMPLOYEES TODAY.
LARGEST CIVILIAN IN OUR OWN FACILITY TO MATCH WITH THE LARGEST MILITARIES MR FACILITY IN FORCE, RIGHT? 1946, THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS THE PREDECESSOR TO THE FAA AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, HAD THEIR STANDARDIZATION CENTER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, MOVED TO OKLAHOMA CITY LATER NAMED FAA CENTER AFTER SENATOR NEY, WHO CRAFTED THE FAA BILL AFTER SOME OF THOSE FATEFUL FLIGHTS ACROSS THE GREEN CANYON.
YOU KNOW, THE AVIATION HISTORY, YOU KNOW HOW THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, ANYTIME WE CAN STEAL SOMETHING FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND STATE OF TEXAS, GOOD THAT 1946 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR SAY, I WON'T BELABOR THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THE TIMELINE SLIDE, BUT JUST SOME, SOME GREAT NEAT PICTURES FROM THAT ERA OF AVIATION
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SPACE THAT YOU'RE STILL SEEING.SO NOW HERE WE'RE, TODAY WE ARE IN A RENAISSANCE OF AVIATION AEROSPACE ACROSS THE STATE OF LOCAL.
AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, THEY'RE JUST BULLET POINTS, JUST ITEMS ALONG THE TIMELINE AND CONTINUUM OF CONTINUED SUCCESS.
BUT OUR LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BESTOW UPON OUR AGENCY AND OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO SUPPORT AVIATION AEROSPACE THROUGHOUT OUR GREAT STATE.
IT'S OUR SECOND LARGEST INDUSTRY, $44 MILLION A YEAR ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 206,000 TOTAL JOBS BY 120,000 OF THOSE ARE DIRECT JOBS EMPLOYED DIRECTLY IN THE INDUSTRY, 1100 DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
ENGINEERING, MRO IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER, MRO BEING MAINTENANCE REPAIR OVERALL.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO BEST TO SAY LOCALLY.
WE'RE NOT FLASHY, FANCY AND SEXY LIKE BOEING IN SEATTLE OR BOEING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, OR AIRBUS IN ALABAMA OR THE GENERAL AVIATION BUSINESS AVIATION MANUFACTURERS IN WICHITA.
WE DON'T BUILD NEW THINGS IN OKLAHOMA IN TERMS OF NEW FULLY MANUFACTURED AIRPLANES.
THAT'S A GREAT SPOT TO BE BECAUSE WHEN THE, WHEN THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY GOES DOWN, WHEN WE HAVE THIS ROLLERCOASTER RIDE THAT WE'RE ON FROM TIME TO TIME OF OUR ECONOMY OF OUR COUNTRY, YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO BUY A NEW AIRPLANE.
CHOOSE THAT CORPORATE FLIGHT DEPARTMENT, CHOOSE THAT PERSONAL INDIVIDUALS, CHOOSE NOT TO BUY NEW AIRPLANES BECAUSE THE ECONOMY MAY NOT BE DOING WELL, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE NOT TO, NOT AIRPLANE.
IT'S NOT LIKE A CAR WHERE YOU CAN SAY, WELL, BUDGETS BUDGET HURTS A LITTLE BIT.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA DELAY THAT OIL CHANGE THOUSAND MILES AND TRY AND BE RIGHT ON IT.
THAT SEEMS SOME, SOME THOSE TIRES.
I'M JUST GONNA TRY AND GET ANOTHER 5,000 MILES OUT OF THIS TIRE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN AVIATION.
YOU HAVE A DEDICATED TIMELINE THAT YOU MUST MAINTAIN THE AIRPLANE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN IN 2008 YOU HAD THE GREAT RECEPTION, WICHITA TO LAY OFF 30, 40,000 PEOPLE, OKLAHOMA DID JUST FUND IN OUR AVIATION AEROSPACE INDUSTRY BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL HAD TO MAINTAIN THE AIRPLANE.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT BALANCE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIES AND AVIATION.
AEROSPACE GENERATES JUST THE AIR FORCE.
SO WE LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
THIS IS KIND OF WHERE YOU MAY START SEEING HOW WE WERE ABLE TO FORMULATE THIS $44 BILLION A YEAR IN SECOND LARGEST INDUSTRY FROM SAY, OKLAHOMA.
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAW, WELL, YOU HAVE MILITARY AVIATION OVER HERE.
YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL AVIATION OVER HERE, AND YOU HAVE THIS AVIATION INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT SUPPORTS BOTH KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
AND EVERYBODY LOOKED AT IT INDIVIDUALLY.
IT'S ALL AVIATION, AEROSPACE, IT'S ALL THE SAME INDUSTRY.
IT'S ALL ONE TOGETHER INDUSTRY.
AND SO WE PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, ALL THREE OF THOSE BUCKETS, SO TO SPEAK, AVIATION, AEROSPACE IN THE PAST.
THAT IS HOW WE GOT THE
WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE TAX REVENUE, THE TAX REVENUES, ALMOST HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUES THAT COME BACK TO THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, BOTH TO THE STATE COPPERS AND TO LOCAL COPPERS BASED ON THIS.
AND THE SPLITS ABOUT 65, 30 5% WISE IN TERMS OF WHAT COMES BACK IN STATE AND WHAT COMES BACK TO LOCAL.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF STATISTICS THERE.
ONE GIVEN TIME, THERE'S OVER 60,000 PEOPLE UP IN THE AIR ACROSS OUR UNITED STATES.
YOU'VE SEEN, I ENCOURAGE YOU, GO, GO HOME, LOOK AT YOUTUBE, SEE THE, THE DAY AND THE LIFE FROM AIRCRAFT CONTROLLER AND SEE ALL THE FLIGHTS CRISSCROSSING OUR COUNTRY.
UH, IT'S ABOUT A 32ND VIDEO THAT SPEED UP A DAY, 30 PRETTY DEEP.
SO WE'RE DIRECTLY FUNDED BY USERS OF THE SYSTEM.
UP UNTIL ABOUT 2022, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE WERE DIRECTLY FUNDED BY USER OF THE SYSTEM.
THEN THE LEGISLATURE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WANNA DOUBLE DOWN ON THIS AVIATION AEROSPACE THING.
WE WANNA, HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT AVIATION AEROSPACE AT A CLICK THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE? THEY STARTED GIVING US GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS AT THE 2021 SESSION, FY 42.
UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST GENERAL APPROPRIATION OF $2 MILLION.
AND THAT IS CREATED A FOUNDATION ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN YEARS MINUTE.
THE FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AS AN AGENCY, AIRPORTS, AEROSPACE, INDUSTRY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE AVIATION SAFETY, INTEGRATING THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
AND OF COURSE YOU JUST HEARD CADENCE, UH, CADEN SAY THAT, UH, AS OF JULY 1ST, WE NOW HAVE THE SPACEPORT IN OUR AGENCY.
WE OPERATE THE SPACEPORT IN WEST WHOLE NIGHT AND MAKING SURE ALL SPACE INDUSTRIES IS ATTENDED TO ACROSS THE STATE.
HUNDRED EIGHT PUBLIC AIRPORTS LIKE THE
YOU GUYS ARE KNOWN AS A NATIONAL BUSINESS AIRPORT, ONE OF ONLY A FEW ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS IS YOUR CLASSIFICATION, YOUR CATEGORY, THE TOP CATEGORY OF AIRPORT.
AND, AND KATIE MENTIONED THIS 19.2 MILLION TALKING ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ADMITTED THIS IN 2017.
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WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A NEW STUDY RIGHT NOW.LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS RELEASED BY YEAR 26.
THIS IS JUST A, A SNAPSHOT OF THE IFR.
THAT'S INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES.
THAT'S WHEN YOU, UH, UH, IT'S FLAT OUTSIDE.
YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WHEN YOU'RE ON INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN.
THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO DEPARTURE ARRIVALS FROM IN 2020 IN 2017, SAN MANY DIFFERENT STATES THAT ARE TOUCHED THERE BY ACTIVITY FROM TESTIFY.
AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS IN THE WON'T.
YOU CAN'T, IT'LL SHOW THE, UH, POINT, BUT THE TOP LEFT THERE THAT BREAKS IT OUT BETWEEN ANNUAL SPENDING, PAYROLL, EMPLOYMENT, DIRECT, INDIRECT, THAT GIVES YOU ALL THE, THE JUICY DATA OF WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT SIDE IT IS.
SO YOUR AIRPORT ROLE, THE SYSTEM PLAN, THE ROLE OF THE AIRPORT, THAT NATIONAL BUSINESS ROLE TO SHOW WHAT, WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE AS AN AIRPORT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, TO SERVE AND STAY OKLAHOMA TO SERVE.
OUR NATIONAL CHOICES ARE, THIS IS A LITTLE AN EYE CHART TEST, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT AT A NATIONAL BUSINESS AIRPORT.
SO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, I KNOW
SO THERE SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT, AT A GLANCE IN FY 25, THE LEGISLATURE GAVE US ANOTHER ROUND OF FUNDING.
AND IN 22, YOU HEARD ME MENTION, WE STARTED OFF WITH $2 MILLION.
WE NEVER HAD FUNDED HANGERS IN THE HISTORY AS FAR BACK AS WE CAN FIND.
WE WERE FOCUSED ON PAVEMENT LIKES SAFETY IN THE OCCASIONAL TERMINAL PRIOR TO 2021.
LOOKS LIKE YOU GAVE OF GENERAL APPROPRIATE REVENUES.
WE HAD DONE ABOUT EIGHT TERMINAL VOIDS IN OUR HISTORY.
AND IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT, HIS MOTHER FAULT.
TOOK IT OUT IN THE FALL OF 2022, THE LEGISLATURE CAME BACK IN DISCUSS SESSION AND SAID, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IF THIS $1.8 BILLION OF ARPA MONEY? WE'RE GONNA SPREAD THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE WE WANNA DO THAT WE KNOW IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ARPA.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BRING TWO 50 MILLION OF STATE MONEY TO THE TABLE.
WE'RE GONNA COMBINE OUT THE $1.8 MILLION OF ARPA WE GOT FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COVID RECOVERY.
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT MONEY INTO PLAY IN SAVE OF OKLAHOMA.
OVER TWO $50 MILLION WENT INTO AVIATION AEROSPACE ACROSS OUR STATE.
A HUNDRED MILLION OF THAT CAME TO OUR AGENCY FOR MAJOR PROJECTS, HANGAR PROJECTS, MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT FOUR AIRPORTS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING, RIGHT NOW OUR RECURRING ANNUAL REVENUE IS ABOUT $15 MILLION FROM LEGISLATURE FOR GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT ALL THE SPECIAL ONE TIME MONIES THAT THEY'VE KNOWN PROVIDE US OVER THE YEARS.
WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT I NEVER WOULD'VE ENVISIONED IN MY WILDEST DREAMS. AND WHY I TELL YOU, THAT'S NOT TO, IT'S NOT TO BOAST, IT'S NOT TO, TO TO TELL YOU WE'RE GREAT.
IT'S, IT'S TO TELL YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL CONTINUE.
I HOPE IT DOES THROUGHOUT OR EVER, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, SOME OF THE FY 24 PROJECTS, WE HAD THREE FIELD SYSTEMS INSTALLED, 22 DIFFERENT BUILT FOUR LIGHTING PROJECTS, 30,005, ALMOST SIX MILES OF RUNWAY REHAB AND EIGHT DIFFERENT, ACTUALLY ACREAGE REPLACED.
SO YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID EIGHT TERMINAL BUILDINGS, EIGHT TO NINE TERMINAL BUILDINGS FROM THE BEGINNING OF WHEN WE STARTED DOING TERMINALS TO 2021.
WE HAVE REPLICATED THAT EXACT AMOUNT TODAY.
SO WE, FOR ABOUT A, WE CALL IT A A 14 YEAR TIME PERIOD, EIGHT TO NINE TERMINALS.
WE'VE DONE EIGHT TO NINE TERMINALS IN ABOUT A FOUR OR FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD.
THANKS FOR WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE.
ONE OF THOSE HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE.
WE'VE GOT THE TERMINAL SIMILAR PROGRAM GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAP INTO OVER THESE OVER THIS TIME PERIOD.
YOU GUYS HAVE A, A TERMINAL PROJECT THAT'S SLATED.
YOU ALSO HAVE A TAX MONEY PROJECT THAT'S SLATED FOR, FOR WORK.
THANKS FOR SOME OF THE MONEY LEGISLATURE TO GIVE US.
THERE ARE FOR PREP INFRASTRUCTURE.
THOSE ONETIME MONIES THAT WERE, UH, PROVIDED TO US IN THE, UH, FALL OF 2022 FOLLOWED ACROSS THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA HANGAR PROGRAMS. THOSE FOUR PROJECTS AT WOODWARD, ARDMORE, UH, WILL ROGERS AND PAUL INTERNATIONAL.
WE GOT NINE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO US IN THE, UH, 2020, UH, FOUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION AT 5 25 FUNDING.
THESE ARE THOSE FIVE PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE.
WE JUST, UH, JUST BROKE GROUND ON SOUTH SPRING LAKE
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TERMINAL HANGAR, UH, LAST WEEK.O' UNDERWAY THEIR HANG PROJECT.
WE GONNA CELEBRATE THOSE NEXT WEEK.
SEAN IS UNDERWAY WITH SOME OF THEIR
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY DO IS, IS, IS HARKEN BACK TO OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY PRIOR TO PROVIDING THE FUNDING THAT THEY DO.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED POLICY SUPPORT, TAX CREDITS, RE REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS FROM TECH, MILITARY TRAINING AIRSPACE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE A LOT FOR US AND THEY'RE A GREAT SUPPORT OR GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE AVIATION AEROSPACE INDUSTRY.
HAVE YOU HEARD ME SAY M RRO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEST KNOWN FOR IS WORKING ON THOSE AIRPLANES AND THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON RIGHT THERE.
WE PARTNERED WITH OUR FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ON A PROGRAM CALLED AIS, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE NEW COMPANIES THEY HOST AND, UH, ATTEND A LOT OF CONFERENCES AND TRADE SHOWS, AVIATION CONFERENCES AND TRADE SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO TRY AND GO OUT AND LEAD THOSE NEW COMPANIES TO COME TO OKLAHOMA.
THEY ALSO WORK WITH OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES HERE IN STATE TO TRY AND BRING THOSE BUSINESSES TO EXPAND THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS, FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN EXPANDING THEIR PORTFOLIO THE TIME.
NOW WE HAVE LONG SINCE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET INTO AIR FORCE BASE.
CHIEF AIR FORCE BASE HAS ABOUT $8 BILLION A YEAR THAT THEY CONTRACT OUT.
WE KEEP LESS THAN $500 MILLION HERE IN STATE.
I IF THAT CAN DO THE QUICK MATH.
WE HAVE LONG TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET MORE OF THOSE TIN DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS ISN'T JUST, WE GOT THE ED REGIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS IS THE CITY OF GUTHRIE, CITY OF EDMOND.
HOW CAN WE DO BETTER WITH OUR COMPANIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT IS TAKE AIR FORCE BASE AND THE AIR FORCE STATEMENT CENTER.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PRIVATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GENERATED BECAUSE OF THOSE COMPANIES HAVING SAY, THOSE EXISTING COMPANIES THAT ARE EXPANDING INTO OKLAHOMA.
A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT TINKER.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF AVIATION AEROSPACE IN OUR STATE.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD COVID COVID HURT, IT TOOK DOWN OUR COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SIGNIFICANTLY.
A LOT OF OUR PRIVATE COMPANIES HAD TO LAYOFF EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY BACK.
WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB GETTING BACK TO PRE COVID LEVELS OR EXCEEDING THOSE PRE COVID LEVELS IN A LOT OF RESPECTS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH ONE OF YOU TO GET INVOLVED AS INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN AVIATION AEROSPACE DEFENSE IS THAT WE ARE THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
I GREW UP HERE, BORN AND RAISED IN OKLAHOMA, KNEW OIL GAS.
WE ABOUT AGRICULTURE, KNEW ABOUT BEING A BANKER LAWYER, A DOCTOR, A MAYOR, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AVIATION AEROSPACE.
I, A GRANDFATHER WAS A PILOT AND I STILL DIDN'T KNOW THE DEPTH AND THE BREADTH THAT THIS INDUSTRY HAS, SAY OKLAHOMA.
AND SO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THE BEST TECH SECRET IN THE WORLD.
WE CAN'T THEN RELAY THAT TO OUR KIDS, ENCOURAGE THEM TO CHOOSE THIS AS A CAREER.
WE'VE DONE A LOT BETTER THAN THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS THAN WE HAVE IN THE LAST 30.
WE CONTINUE TO TAKE MORE EFFORT ON EVERYONE'S PART.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY AT GO OUT AND CELEBRATE A DAY, ATION THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS.
WE HAVE OUR AVIATION AEROSPACE EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM THAT KATIE MENTIONED.
WE SUPPORT THE, UH, THE SUMMER CAMP.
WE HAVE 144 HIGH SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA THIS YEAR ARE TEACHING FOUR YEAR A OPA CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM.
THEY'RE TEACHING TWO YEAR AVIATION MANAGE PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CAREER TECHS OUT, OUT AROUND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA THAT ARE DOING AVIATION MAINTENANCE TRAINING, EITHER FULL BLOWN A AND P OR CERTIFICATE TRAINING.
WE HAVE UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE TWO YEAR AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES.
ENGINEERING, PILOT MANAGEMENT, AVIATION SUPPORT LOGISTICS.
UPDATED THIS, THIS IS THE, UH, THE MAP LAST YEAR BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE, WE GOT, WE HAD ONE SCHOOL ADDED, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE THEY STARTED SCHOOL, THEY WANTED TO HAVE AN A OPA PROGRAM.
THEY, THEY ADDED THEIR PROGRAM.
SO I UPDATED REALLY BIG TARGET.
BUT THE 20 24, 25 SCHOOL YEAR, 14 SCHOOLS, THIS IS WHERE THEY WERE ACROSS THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.
I, I HOPE THAT, UH, BETWEEN TODAY'S CONVERSATION AND FUTURE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THAT YOU'LL SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF AVIATION AEROSPACE.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT THIS AIRPORT MEANS.
YOU'LL SEE WITH THE GRAINER AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE PLUS RENEW FROM THE SAME OKLAHOMA.
THIS COULD BE ECONOMIC CERTAINTY.
AVIATION AEROSPACE IS NOT TIED WITH COMMODITY LIKE OIL AND GAS AGRICULTURE.
TWO GREAT INDUSTRIES IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA DON'T WANNA DISCOUNT, BUT WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA WHEN WE TIE OUR ECONOMY TO A COMMODITY BASED INDUSTRY.
WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD, IT'S GREAT.
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WHEN TIMES AREN'T GOOD, IT'S PRETTY TERRIBLE.I THINK AVIATION AEROSPACE CAN BECOME OUR STATE'S NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY.
AND WE HOPE THAT WILL, BY THE TIME WE CLEAR OUT THE DECADE OF THE 2030S, THAT IT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE OVERALL ECONOMY OF THE STATE LOCAL.
THAT'S WHY OUR STATE LEADERS, OUR GOVERNMENT, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, OUR TWO SENATORS ARE FIVE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS.
OUR ENTIRE STATE LEGISLATURE, HOUSE AND SENATE IS SO ALL IN ON AVIATION AEROSPACE IS BECAUSE THEY SEE WHAT THIS INDUSTRY MEANS AND SAY THEY SEE THAT THIS CAN TAKE OUR STATE FROM PROMISED LAND OF ECONOMIC CERTAINTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IN MANY DECADES TO COME.
SO I HOPE I'VE MADE YOU ALL AND CONVINCED YOU ALL TO BECOME SUPPORTERS OF AVIATION AEROSPACE.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY THE AIRPORT SUPPORTING OF THE AIRPORT HERE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AS YOU HEARD CADEN SAY, MANY TIMES IT'S NICKEL FOR A DOLLAR SOMETIMES.
RIGHT NOW IT'S HALF A NICKEL FOR A DOLLAR, SOMETIMES IT'S DIME FOR A DOLLAR.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE WORST ONE.
IT'S A DOLLAR PER DOLLAR PROPOSITION.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THE TWO COMMUNITIES THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN CAN FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT THIS AIRPORT FOR THE LONG HAUL AND CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE YOUR SUPPORT, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THIS WILL BE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, NOT JUST FOR PILOTS AND AVIATION ACTIVITY, BUT FOR AVIATION BUSINESSES.
AND THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE COMING UP ARE SLATED, LIKE THERE SLATED TO HELP DEVELOP THAT AVIATION BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
CADEN MENTIONED ONE OF THE BIGGEST STRUGGLES THAT THEY HAVE IS, I DON'T THINK IN CADEN ANY OF THE HANGERS ARE OWNED BY THE AIRPORT.
OKAY? ONE HANGER IS OWNED BY THE AIRPORT.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH UNLIKE ANY AIRPORT IN STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
MANY AIRPORTS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THEIR HANGERS OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY, BUT THEY HAVE HALF MAYBE A QUARTER OR MAYBE A THIRD OR TWO THIRDS OF THE HANGERS OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY.
KATE, TELL YOU, GETTING WHAT YOUR GROUND RATE CENTS A SQUARE, 22 CENTS A SQUARE FOOT PER YEAR COMPARED TO THREE FIVE A THOUSAND, $1,500 A MONTH.
RENTAL RATE IS QUITE THE DIFFERENCE IN REVENUE.
AND YES, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT UPFRONT INVESTMENT IN THAT EFFORT, BUT BETWEEN THE REVENUE WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE AIRPORT, HOPEFULLY THE JOBS THAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEREBY THE FORM OF SALES TAXES, INCOME TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HOPE THAT MAYBE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD SOME HANGAR, BE ABLE TO HELP THE AIRPORT BECOME MORE SELFSUSTAINING.
WE NEED THAT TERMINAL BUILDING TO BE THAT BEAUTIFUL FRONT DOOR TO THE COMMUNITY OF THAT HEAVEN.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL CERTAINLY STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AND I HOPE, UH, PEOPLE WILL CONVINCE YOU TO BE A, UH, AN AIR ANGELIST, I CALL IT, WHICH GOOD WORD OF UH, HUNDRED PLUS AIRPORTS IN STATE.
AND FOR GA AIRPORT, WHERE, WHERE DO WE RANK? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE LARGEST NUMBER BASED AIRCRAFT THAT, THAT THIS THREE, NUMBER FIVE.
SO, SO I WOULD CALL GUTHRIE IN THE LARGEST NONT TOWERED AIRPORT IN THE SAFE.
SO IN TERMS OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WE HAVE HERE, SO THERE'S, THERE'S 9, 10, 10 AIRPORTS THAT HAVE AIRCRAFT CONTROL TOWER IN SALE.
OUR FOUR COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS WILL ROGERS, OKC, INTERNATIONAL, TULSA, STILLWATER, LAWTON, ALL HAVE CONTROL TOWERS.
AND THERE ARE SIX GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS THAT HAVE CONTROL TOWERS AS WELL BY POST OR WESTHEIMER, UH,
YOU TAKE THOSE AIRPORTS OFF THE LIST.
YOU GUYS ARE THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF BASE AIRCRAFT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT THERE IN TERMS OF THE BUSIEST IN COMPETING THE BUSIEST TITLE WITH DURANT OR IT'S ALSO AN ENTIRE AIRPORT.
THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 80 TO 90 BASE AIRCRAFT, BUT THEY HAVE A FLIGHT, THEY HAVE A UNIVERSITY FLIGHT PROGRAM THERE.
SO YOU GUYS, WHILE YOU, YOU TAKE THE CAKE IN THE BASE AIRCRAFT WORLD, HUNDRED 30 BASE AIRCRAFT OF LARGEST GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT, I WOULD SAY YOU'RE, YOU'RE BY FAR TOP 10 GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN TERMS OF YOUR BASE AIRCRAFT IN YOUR OPERATIONS FOR CERTAIN, AND YOU ARE THE LARGEST BASE AIRCRAFT IN A NON TOWER ENVIRONMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TOWER CONVERSATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULDN'T PUT IT OFF THE RADAR IN THAT 25, 25 2 FAR, MAYBE THAT 15 TO 20 YEAR RANGE.
IF WE CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD MORE TAXIWAY AND HAVE MORE HANGERS BUILT HERE.
AND THEN WE GO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, POTENTIALLY BUILD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IN THAT 15, 20 YEAR TIMEFRAME.
I THINK WE MIGHT BE BUSY ENOUGH TO NEED SOME KIND OF CONTROL THERE.
CONTROL FIELD ENVIRONMENT HERE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL A, A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM THAT.
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YES, SIR.UM, WE HAVE SOME THROUGH MAYBE THIS TECHNOLOGY CENTER AND THROUGH OUR ADMIN, WE HAVE SOME INCUBATOR PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND I THINK THEY'RE TIED INTO ACES.
UM, HOW CAN WE AS A MUNICIPALITIES WORK BETTER WITH THE STATE AND FOR THOSE THINGS OR WORK TOGETHER? SO THE, THE BIGGEST AND BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GETTING WITH THE EXISTING AEROSPACE AVIATION COMPANIES WE HAVE IN COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAMBER MEMBERS HERE.
UM, AND WE NEED TO SAY WE'RE SELLING TO SAY YOU GUYS ARE SELLING YOUR COMMUNITIES, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE SMALL.
THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A STATISTIC ONE TIME THAT I LEARNED FROM A PREVIOUS, UH, COMMERCE DIRECTOR.
YOU TOOK EVERY SINGLE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPER, STATE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPER, PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPER, STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
WE STILL WOULD NOT GET TO THE RESOURCES OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY FIGHTING BEHIND IN FRONT OF IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
AND SO THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN USE IS OUR COMPANIES.
AVIATION AEROSPACE IS SUCH A SMALL NICHE FIELD.
IF, IF WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF SUPPORTING OUR EXISTING COMPANIES, THEY CAN GO OUT AND SELL FOR US.
AND THEY MAY KNOW, THEY SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW, I KNOW JIM OVER HERE IN COMPANY A, B, C, AND, AND JIM IS 65 AND HE DOESN'T HAVE A SUCCESSION PLAN.
THIS CASE DON'T WANT THIS COMPANY AND THE COMMUNITY HE'S IN, IT'S TERRIBLE.
SO WELL, WE MAY HAVE A COMPANY IN OKLAHOMA THAT WANNA ACQUIRE THAT COMPANY TO MOVE HERE, OR LET'S SAY FRAME OF MINE.
THEY'RE OUT IN OREGON OR CALIFORNIA OR SOME OTHER STATE THAT DOESN'T REALLY LOVE AVIATION OR OKLAHOMA DOES.
AND THEY WANNA MOVE TO A STATE THAT IS AVIATION AND PRO AVIATION FRIENDLY TO THE INDUSTRY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE COMPANIES IN OKLAHOMA THAT HAVE TOLD THEIR ONE DAY COMPETITOR NEXT DAY BUSINESS PARTNER, HEY, OKLAHOMA IS ROLLING OUT THE RIGHT CARPET BEFORE AVIATION AEROSPACE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO RELOCATE
WE WANT, WE'RE GONNA GROW AVIATION AEROSPACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR OPERATIONS AND GROW YOUR OPERATIONS? AND THEN HOW CAN WE EXPAND AND GROW AVIATION AEROSPACE IN OUR THAT THAT'S THE BEST KEPT SECRET OUT THERE IS THOSE EXISTING AVIATION AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND GETTING WITH THEM AND FIGURING OUT HOW CAN THEY BETTER SERVE? BECAUSE THEY MAY, THEY MAY HAVE A WORKFORCE.
I CAN'T TELL ANY TIME I'VE GONE TO A COMPANY AND SAY, I'VE GOT THIS WORKFORCE PROBLEM I HAD IN FIVE YEARS TALK TO HER.
WELL, NO, I'VE NEVER TALKED TO HER.
OH MY GOSH, LET'S GO TALK SIX MONTHS LATER, RUN MADE A PROGRAM FOR YOU AND THEY WERE CHURNING OUT WHATEVER EMPLOYEE THAT THEY NEED.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING TO THAT SIMPLE.
WE JUST WE'RE SO OKLAHOMA, YOU THINK IT'S SO SMALL, SO TIGHT KNIT, BUT YET SOMETIMES THE RIGHT HAND DOESN'T DO LEFT HAND DO IT.
AND AND BECAUSE WE ARE SO SMALL, THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL, IT TAKES EVERYBODY TO HELP US SHARE THAT MESSAGE.
SO YEAH, IF YOU CAN GET A, A CONVERSATION GOING WITH YOUR LOCAL AEROSPACE TEAM, UH, GET THEM ENGAGED WITH THE CHAMBER, GET THEM ENGAGED.
IF THEY HAVE A WORKFORCE CHALLENGE, ENGAGE WITH THE, THE CAREER TECH PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW, SET STANDING UP.
I KNOW
THAT'S, THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
UH, HERE AT, AT AT MERIDIAN, YOU KNOW, TO SEE UP A FULL BLOWN A P PROGRAM IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE HOOKED UP.
THEY JUST DID, THEY SPENT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS STANDING UP THEIR A P PROGRAM.
IT'S PROVIDING FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR.
THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE ABOUT TO GRADUATE THEIR FIRST OR DID JUST GRADUATE THEIR FIRST CLASS ABOUT TO GRADUATE THEIR SECOND CLASS.
UM, SO IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS GET A MRO BUSINESS RIGHT HERE AT THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE 20, 30, 40 MECHANICS.
IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR, FOR MARINE TO START UP A A P OR AT LEAST AN AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEY CERTAINLY COULD IF THEY WANT TO.
I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT OKLAHOMA CITY, GORDON COOPER AND SHAWNEE BAY VALLEY IN EL RENO, UH, MOORE NORMAN, METRO TECH ALL HAVE FULL BLOWN A P PROGRAMS. AND THEN MIDDEL AND
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SO IF, IF EAST, WEST AND CENTRAL IS DOING IT, THERE'S NO REASON WHY NORTH COULDN'T DO IT AS WELL.
AS A GA AIRPORT, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT LITTLE ROCK WHEN RELIEVING TRAFFIC AS, AS WE GROW OUR AIRPORT, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO DOUBLE THAT, THAT TOUGH SPOT.
HOW CAN WE DO THAT IN THE FUTURE? SO I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T FOCUS ON WILL ROGERS, I WOULD FOCUS ON WI THEY COAST SUNDANCE IN THOSE KINDS OF AIRPORTS.
WHILE THERE'S A, A TECHNICAL TERM AND WHAT STRONG GOES IS THERE'S A TECHNICAL TERM CALLED A RELIEVER AIRPORT.
AND THERE ARE TWO AIRPORTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL RELIEVERS IN MAX WESTHEIMER AND WILEY POST.
THERE IS NO ACTUAL RELIEVING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH ROGER.
THEY'RE NOT ADDED, THEY'RE NOT IN A CAPACITY PROBLEM LIKE A DFW OR A NEWARK OR AN LAX OR A CHICAGO APPAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE NOT IN A TRUE THAT THE RELIEVER, THE RELIEVER PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO RELIEVE CAPACITY AT COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS TO GET ALL THE GA TRAFFIC HOUSED.
AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE ONLY GA TRAFFIC AT ROGERS RIGHT NOW ARE THOSE THAT, THAT WANNA BE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE HANGERS THERE OR BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO FLY IN TO SOUTHWEST OR FROM THE CITY TO WHEREVER THEY'RE GONNA GO.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THERE'S A, A, A CLIENTELE THAT HAS BEEN AT WILEY POST FOR YEARS AND YEARS, OR SUNDANCE, THREE YEARS AND YEARS, THAT ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE TO BE AT GUTHRIE EDMOND.
BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU GUYS HAVE IS RUNWAY SPRING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LARGE BUSINESS JET THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE, AND I DON'T DUNNO IF THEY'RE STILL IN OPERATION.
THIS IS EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO.
THERE'S A BUSINESS THAT LOVE TO HAVE BEEN HERE AT GUT REGIONAL AIRPORT BECAUSE THE BUSINESS WAS IN EDMOND A LOT MORE SIMPLIFIED TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN AND OUT.
THEIR PILOT WAS IN GUTHRIE, UH, OR ONE OF THE PILOT, SO BUSINESS EXECUTIVE MOND, BUT IT WAS A STRENGTH CALL.
THEY HAD AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD A DUAL WHEEL OF 60, 70,000 POUNDS AND THEY WEREN'T, THEY COULDN'T COME HERE, UH, BECAUSE THE STRENGTH WAS PAID WITH RUNWAY.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RUNWAY LEAGUE STRENGTH IS SOLVABLE.
UM, IT, IT ONLY TAKES MONEY ON THE STRENGTHENING SIDE.
IT TAKES MONEY AND POLITICAL COURAGE.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
AND I, UH, HAPPY TO TALK OFF LOT ANY, ABOUT ANY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD FOCUS MY ATTENTION IS IF, IF YOU COULD BUILD HANGERS TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, CHARGE 15% LESS THAN WHAT WILEY POST OR SUNDANCE IS CHARGING, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROBABLY LIVING IN EDMOND, LIVING IN GUTHRIE THAT ARE BASING THEIR AIRPLANE IN WILEY POST OR, OR IN SUNDAY, OR EVEN IN CHANDLER OR, YOU KNOW, EASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY.
UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HAD PEOPLE COMPLAIN IN CHOCTAW ABOUT WE REALLY NEED AN AIRPORT ON THE WE EASTERN SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT STATE AIR FORCE BASE.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD FOCUS ON TRYING TO BRING THE TRAFFIC THAT IS FROM WILEY POST SUNDANCE.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY, THAT MIGHT BE IN CHANDLER OR SHAWNEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, BRING THEM TO GUTHRIE BY SPURRING ON YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT HERE.
SOME OF THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE HANGERS, SO THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE MORE LAND.
SOME OF THAT, IF YOU WANT THE BIG IRON, WOULD REQUIRE A STRONGER RUNWAY TAXI WEIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, SO ANYWAY, ALL, ALL, ALL FOOD TO THINK ABOUT IN THE LONG TERM.
WILL ROGERS, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA STEAL ANYTHING FROM WILL ROGERS, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY STEAL SOME STUFF FROM WILEY POST OR SOMETHING THAT'S, OR SHAWNEE OR EASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY THAT MAYBE BANKS IT LAST TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE AIRPORT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES AND TRAFFIC THAT ARE MOVING ARE COMING FROM SUNDANCE AND WILEY POST.
AND SO I THINK TO SPEAK TO EDDIE'S QUESTION, JUST HOW DO WE, WHAT, WHAT AMENITIES CAN WE PROVIDE THAT ATTRACTS THAT GA FROM WILEY TO JUST KEEP, KEEP BUSINESS ROLLING IN TOGETHER YET? WELL, SO YEAH, I MEAN, HANGERS IS BASICALLY, HANG, HANGERS IS THE BIG DRIVER.
IF YOU GUYS SHOULD BUILD HANGERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, WHILE THE BOATS AND SUNDAYS ARE BOTH FULL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULL UP.
THEY, THEY BUILT NEW HANGERS, UH, ARE BUILDING NEW HANGERS, PRIVATE, PRIVATE HANGERS AND PUBLIC HANGERS.
AND, AND THAT'S THE, THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IN THE SHORTAGE OF IS HANGERS.
I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE POST IN SOCIAL MEDIA ON AVIATION CHANNEL.
HEY, DO YOU HAVE A HANGER? HEY, DO YOU HAVE A HANGER? UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE BASED IN RENO, LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE BASED IN SHAWNEE OR SEMI THAT LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE BASED IN, PER HERSELF WHO LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THERE'S NO HANGERS AT WESTHEIMER
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OR WILEY POST, OR SOME NIGHTS.NOW, SOME OF THAT MAY BE PRICE.
CANDIDLY, AVIATION, WE'RE A CHEAP BUNCH.
UM, IF WE CAN SAVE A BUCK, WE'LL SAVE A BUCK AND WE'LL TRAVEL 20 EXTRA MILES TO SAVE THAT BUCK.
WE GO SPEND THAT BUCK FLYING THE AIRPLANE.
UM, BUT NOT ALL OF THAT IS AT ASSUMED AS PRICE.
A LOT OF THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO, NO HANGERS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING A LOT OF HANGERS, BUT THOSE HANGERS HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN METRO AREA.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN IN EL ARENA, THEY'VE BEEN IN SHAWNEE, THEY'VE BEEN IN
UM, AND ANY HANGERS THAT WE BUILT, EVEN AROUND A 45 MINUTE DRIVE OF A DOWNTOWN TULSA, DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY CAN BUILD UP PRETTY DARN QUICK.
SO I SUPPOSE WE PAINT THE RUNWAYS ORANGE AND THEN TRY TO STEAL THE WALK
UM, WELL, UH, SO BORN IS NOT A GOOD COLOR IN AVIATION FOR RUNAWAYS.
UM, SO YEAH, WHITE AND YELLOW.
I DON'T HAVE ANY YELLOW THAT, THAT WAS A SERIOUS QUESTION.
IS, IS STILLWATER KIND OF IN THAT GROUP COLOR? ARE THEY, UM, IS THIS SORT OF PROXIMITY TO IT? SO, YEAH, STILL STILLWATER, I KNOW THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST.
UM, YOU KNOW, STILLWATER PROBABLY ISN'T GONNA BUILD INTO NEW HANGERS FOR SOME TIME.
THEY, THEY'RE FOCUSED ALL OF THEIR CAPITAL ON COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
UM, SO YEAH, IF YOU COULD STEAL SOMETHING FROM STILLWATER, UH, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC YOU CAN HERE FOUR, FIVE MINUTES ROUGHLY? YEAH, SO I MEAN, YEAH, THERE'S DOESN'T SAY YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET SOMEONE FROM SNOW WATER, UH, TO, TO MOVE DOWN HERE.
UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IN THE GENERAL AVIATION CREW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIKE BEING AT TIRE AIRPORTS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HATE BEING TIRE AIRPORTS AND SOMEBODY MAY PARK STILLWATER BECAUSE THEY HATE BEING A TIRE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT, BUT ALSO MORE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS TO BE AT A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT THAN THAT AVIATION AIRPORT.
SO YOU COULD PROBABLY ATTRACT A FEW OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE FED UP WITH OR DON'T LIKE DEALING WITH THE SECURITY IN NORTHERN TOWER, UH, ISSUES ATWATER.
SO YEAH, I THINK, I THINK YOU COULD CERTAINLY BRING A FEW.
I THINK MOST, MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ATTRACTING IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD'VE BUILT FIVE BOX TOMORROW, MOST OF THE FOLKS ARE GONNA COME FROM RIGHT HERE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA COME, THEY'RE GONNA BE A NEW INTO THE FIELD OR THEY BEEN, THEY POST SOME DANCE HAW CHAMBER.
ALRIGHT, IF NOTHING ELSE, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME TODAY.
[5. Presentation and Discussion of Capital Improvement Projects and Funding Options at the Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport. (Toby Baker, Parkhill Engineering)]
OKAY.WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND FUNDING OPTIONS AT THE GAFFEY ADMIN REGIONAL AIRPORT.
WE INTRODUCE TOBY, UH, BAKER AS WELL.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR, UH, FOR COMING TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AN OKLAHOMA AVIATION LEAD AND PARTNER IN A PARK HILL, THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY FIRM, UH, THAT PROVIDES, UH, SERVICES FOR OUR AIRPORT.
UH, MR. BAKER HAS A CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE, UH, FROM OSU.
HE'S A PILOT, UH, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE FOR SINGLE AND MULTI ENGINEER AIRCRAFT.
TOBY IS ALSO A CERTIFI FIVE FLIGHT TRAINER.
UH, THE BEST PART ABOUT TOBY IS HE ACTUALLY BASES HIS AIRCRAFT AT OUR AIRPORT.
AND SO, UM, ANY DAY WHEN HE JUST WANTS TO TAKE OFF WORK AND GO FLY HIS PLANE, HE'LL STILL GET HAMMERED WITH QUESTIONS FROM HIM AS HE'S COMING THROUGH THE GAME.
UH, SO APPRECIATE BEING HERE AND WELCOME TO ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL THING.
UM, I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN AND GRADUATED FROM SANTA CLARE HIGH SCHOOL AND MY PARENTS WHO LIVED THERE TODAY, HOUSE THAT I GREW UP IN.
AND, UH, FOR THIS PAST 18 YEARS, UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED, UH, JUST EAST OF
SO IT'S VERY GRATIFYING TO ME TO GET TO, UH, WORK ON AN AIRPORT THAT SERVES TWO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE VERY CLOSE PERSONAL TIES TO.
UH, FIRST PROJECT THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE ONE THAT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
AND SEE LATER WE'LL GO OUT TO THE AIRPORT AND THOSE TWO REALIGN THE SOUTH PORTION OF OUR PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND INSTALL NEW LDE LIGHTS IN THE ENTIRE PARALLEL TAXI SYSTEM.
UM, WHAT KIND OF NECESSITATED THIS PROJECT IS OVER TIME, THE FA
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STANDARDS FOR, UM, TAXI WASTES FOR RUNWAY SEPARATION AND CHANGE.AND SO WE'VE ESSENTIALLY BEEN ON STANDARD AS OUR AIRPORT FOR, FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH LOOKING PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT, THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY IS AT THE CORRECT SPACE IN FRONT OF THE VERITE.
UM, THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2006.
AND SO NOW WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FINISHING WHAT WE STARTED ALL THE WAY BACK IN, UH, 2006.
KATIE SPOKE ABOUT THE COST OF THE PROJECT, UM, EARLIER, BUT THE, UH, THE FAA IS PROVIDING 90% OF THE FUNDING.
THE STATE IS PROVIDING 5% OF THE FUNDING.
AND THEN EACH COMMUNITY IS, UH, THE, THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE, UH, WILL START HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IS TO INSTALL OVER 8,000 FEET OF, UH, FENCING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE THE AIRPORT.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS ESSENTIALLY FOR, UM, DEER EXCLUSION.
UM, THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD THREE DEER STRIKES ON RUNWAY THAT IS OBVIOUSLY UNACCEPTABLE FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT CREATIVE ON THIS.
THE COST OF CHANGING FENCING HAS CONTINUE TO RISE OUT OF SIGHT.
AND SO ACTUALLY, DIRECTOR ALREADY USED OUR FIRM A FEW MONTHS BACK TO DEVELOP A STATE STANDARD SPECIFICATION, UH, FOR FENCING AT OUR GENERAL AVIATION REPORTS THAT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN TRADITIONAL CHAIN FENCE.
AND SO WE TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ON THAT AND RATHER THAN THINKING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT TYPE OF FENCE WOULD BEST HEAT HERE OUT, WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE PEOPLE USING TO KEEP GEAR IN? AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING A HIGH TENILE NET WIRE FENCING PRODUCT THAT MANY COMMERCIAL HUNTING BRANCHES USE TO KEEP GEAR IN, TO KEEP GEAR OFF OF THE, UM, SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE, THE FIRST AIRPORTS IN THE STATE HAS TYPE FENCING SIGN.
UM, THE CONGRESS CHANGED THE, THE FEDERAL PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, SUCH THAT FAA IS PROVIDING 95% OF THE MONEY THIS PROJECT, UH, SO THAT EACH COMMUNITY, UH, AGAIN, IS LIKE TWO AND HALF PERCENT MATCH.
UH, THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO DESIGN ON, UH, WE ACTUALLY PARKDALE COMPLETED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO.
UH, THERE WAS A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM AT FAA TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR TERMINAL BUILDINGS.
AND, UH, THE CITY LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME THOUGHT IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET A SCHEMATIC DESIGN TOGETHER AND PUT THAT IN OUR, OUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO TRY TO, UH, COMPETE WITH THAT FUNDING THAT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER, BETTER CHANCE THAN OTHER AIRPORT.
AND WHILE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING THAT PARTICULAR POT OF MONEY, WE WERE ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING, UH, FOR BOTH A NEW TERMINAL BUILDING AND A PORTION OF THE NEW TERMINAL
SO THE NEW NEW BUILDING WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 7,000 SQUARE FEET, ABOUT 24 HOUR ACCESS TO PILOTS, UM, TO A PILOT LOUNGE.
THE, THE GOAL WAS TO ALSO INCLUDE A RESTAURANT SPACE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS, IS FAIRLY UNIQUE TO AIRPORTS.
THERE'S THERE'S NOT A TREMENDOUS NUMBER IN OKLAHOMA THAT HAVE THAT, BUT IT'S VERY POPULAR AMONGST FLYING PUBLIC.
PILOTS LIKE MYSELF WILL LOOK FOR AN EXCUSE TO FLY TO AN AIRPORT THAT HAS A RESTAURANT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DUTY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER GOAL THAT, THAT, UH, CITY HAS HAD IS TO CREATE AN AREA WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN COME CONGREGATE AT THE AIRPORT, FOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS, CLASSROOM SPACE, UM, TO, TO MAKE, MAKE A FACILITY THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO THOSE TO COME TO THE AIRPORT THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A CORE PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THIS AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT STEPS OF DESIGN.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESTAURANT SPACE THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A SPACE FOR THE AIRPORT MANAGER, THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR RATHER, AND THEN ALSO THE FBO STAFF, UH, A LARGE CONFERENCE AREA, THREE PRIOR ACCESSIBLE PLAZA SIGNS, AS WE MENTIONED IN TRADITIONAL PASSENGER AREA.
THEN TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP.
UM, I SAY LONG TERM, SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY STILL VERY, UH, FAIRLY NEAR TERM.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT THAT IS CURRENTLY, UH, PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL HANGERS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MET IN ORDER TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE AIRPORT.
UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN OUR CURRENT HANGAR DEVELOPMENT AREA IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF STORM WATER ATTENTION FOR THAT AREA AND ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, IMPACT THE EXISTING STORM WATER RUNOFF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THAT LEAVE THE AIRPORT ON THE WEST SIDE AND SOME FLOODING THAT HAPPENS ON, ON VISION.
UH, SO THE, A PREREQUISITE TO DOING ANY ADDITIONAL EXPANSION ON, ON THAT WEST DEVELOPMENT AREA IS TO CREATE SOME SORT.
UH, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE SHORT TERM ROLES.
UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THAT DIRECTOR ALREADY MENTIONED IS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TAXI LANES ON A DULY ACQUIRED PROPERTY.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF LAND ACQUISITION ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.
UH, THAT WILL GIVE US ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR TAXI LANES AND, AND ULTIMATELY HANG DEVELOPMENT.
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THEN ONCE THAT TAXI IS CONSTRUCTED, THE GOAL WILL BE TO CONSTRUCT SOME CITY OWNED HANGERS.UH, AS, AS DIRECTOR
UH, THE REST OF THOSE ARE JUST ON A GROUND LEASE WHERE WE RECEIVE FEW SETS FOR OF THE YEAR.
UH, SO THE GOAL HERE WOULD BE TO CREATE SOME LARGER HANGERS THAT COULD BE USED BY BUSINESS AVIATION, POTENTIALLY EVEN HAVE A BUSINESS IN THE HANGAR, UH, FOR MAINTENANCE OVERALL, ET CETERA.
UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD GENERATE SOME REAL REVENUE FOR THE CITY FINDING
UM, WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, PIG STRENGTH EARLIER THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE SECTION WITH THE AIRPORT BOARD, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE, HEY, CAN WE BRING LARGER AIRCRAFT IN? CAN WE EXTEND THE RUNWAY? AND REALLY WHAT WOULD BE A PREREQUISITE TO THAT IS IT'S CURRENTLY OUR, OUR CONCRETE MENT IS ONLY SIX INCHES THICK.
AND THAT WILL ONLY ACCOMMODATE UP TO KIND OF A, A MID-SIZED BUSINESS JET.
A LOT OF THE LARGER BUSINESS JETS, GULF STREAM, ET CETERA, THAT WE SEE AT BIGGER AIRPORT LIKE POST, THEY CAN'T OPERATE AT GUT, UM, NOT SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED ISSUE, BUT OUR RUNWAY TAXIWAY VERY TAXI.
SO, UH, THIS WILL PROBABLY BE SET A PROJECT THAT WOULD TAKE SOME CONGRESSIONAL FERENCE SPENDING JUST THE SHEER SIZE OF IT BECAUSE WE MOVE THE STRENGTH FROM THE RUNWAY, ALL THE CONNECTOR TAXIWAYS, PARALLEL TAXIWAY, AND THEN THE TERMINAL PARKING AREA.
UH, SO THAT THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A, A LARGE HILLS POND.
BUT WE'VE SEEN OTHER AIRPORT AS DIRECT ALREADY SHARED, THERE HAS BEEN THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING ALLOCATED TO OTHER AIRPORTS IN OUR STATE THROUGH, THROUGH COMPLEX.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO BE MINDFUL OF.
UH, ONCE WE COMPLETE THE LAND ACQUISITION ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, WE WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH A SECOND ROUND OF, UH, PERIMETER FENCING SO THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY HAVE THE ENTIRE REPORT FENCED IN.
UH, WE, WE STOPPED THIS FIRST PHASE KIND AS WE ROUND THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONSTRUCT FENCE IN THE CURRENT PROPERTY LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT DOWN AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER DOWN ON OUR CIP SOMETHING THAT WOULD STILL BE A PRIORITY SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETELY CONTROL MOVEMENT HERE, UH, ACROSS THE
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND ON SOUTHWEST SIDE, WE DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND NATURE TO THE AIRPORT.
UH, THAT'S GONNA MAKE JUST FROM A TERRAIN STANDPOINT AND A FAIRLY BARGE CREEK AND CANYON ON THE LEFT SIDE TO, TO HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE NEXT, UH, FINGER ING AREA, BEING LOGICAL TO HAVE A SECOND ENTRANCE OFF OF.
SO THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT WE HAVE SHOWN.
SO THAT FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR ANYTHING YOU HAVE AT, SO THE QUESTION AGAIN, ALL THESE I, UH, THE RUNWAY LENDING AND STRENGTHENING INDUSTRIES, ROUGHLY HOW MUCH DOES THAT KIND OF THING COST FOR THIS? SO BE TENS OF MILLIONS.
THE FIRST, FIRST RULE OF ENGINEERING IS NEVER MAP.
SECOND RULE ENGINEERING, THE COUNCIL SAYS HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST? THE ANSWER IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND 10 BAGS OF MONEY.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UH, WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF A BROAD NUMBER AROUND 25 MILLION.
IT IT'LL BE, UM, AND FIVE YEARS AGO I THINK WE WOULD'VE SAID OUT TO SIGHT, BUT TO HAVE SEEN THE CONGRESSIONAL ALLOCATIONS THAT GIVEN TIME, IT'S, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE CONGRESSIONAL, THE, THE OTHER THING THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR YOUR STRENGTHENING IS YOU ALSO HAVE TO APPLY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO LIKE WE, WE WERE DOING A STRENGTHENING CONGRESS DEVICE, UH, AND CONGRESS PASSED THE BUDGET AS ALLOCATED $13 MILLION FOR STRENGTHENING AT THEIR AIRPORT, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY WHITE ENOUGH.
BUT TO JUMP UP TO THE NEXT CATEGORY OF AIRPORT, YOU GUYS HAVE SOME, SOME STANDARDS THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX THAT.
WE WE'RE 75 FEET WIDE NOW, SO IN WERE TO JUSTIFY THAT AIRCRAFT.
OF COURSE ALL THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND THAT, THERE'S SEVERAL DOMINOES THAT FALL FROM ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. BECKARD? ANYBODY? HOW COMPLICATED IS OUR CIP? THERE IS A GRAPHIC IN YOUR PACKET, WE SHOULD PUT THAT UP THERE.
UH, IT IS VERY, IT IS VERY INTERESTING.
YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT FUNDING, UM, IS PRESENTED.
BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF MONEY THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS US THAT, UM, IT, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO REFLECT
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ACCURATE CIP, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.I, I CAN TELL YOU EACH YEAR WE SIT DOWN WITH AND C WE ALL SAY, OKAY, SO WHAT'S THIS GONNA COST EACH CITY? WELL, THE ANSWER IS, I'M NOT SURE.
UM, WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE THIS, BUT THIS IS REALLY AN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
WE'LL BE MORE THAT SHE SEE THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT ASK TO EVERY YEAR, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS COSTS.
AND, AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLANNING MECHANISMS SOURCES, AND IT IS MOVING.
CONSTRUCTION DID DRIVE POWER VARIABLE.
I MEAN THE CONSTRUCTION IS INVOLVED, SEEN, CERTAINLY NOT.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE BEING CONSERVATIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PROJECT HIGH ENOUGH, UH, SO THAT, SO KATHY
SO, UH, BUT AT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OVERESTIMATE GROSSLY.
SO THERE IS A, WELL THIS PIECE, SO THERE'S A HEALTHY TENSION THERE.
AND, AND THEN THE WAY THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, FISCAL YEARS DON'T LINE UP WITH IS BUILT THE STATES THAT ALWAYS SOLVES SOME CHALLENGES.
AND INEVITABLY WE BEGIN A PROJECT IN ONE FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE HAVEN'T YET RECEIVED THE GRANT BECAUSE OUR RATES ARE ON BID.
SO WE HAVE TO DESIGN A PROJECT, GET IT OUT TO BID AND TURN IN THE APPLICATION.
SO THE CITIES ARE ESSENTIALLY FRONTING ALL OF THE DESIGN COSTS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR ONLY TO BE REIMBURSED 90 OR 95% FOR THOSE DESIGN COSTS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WHERE, WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE IN THAT CASH FLOW, THE PROCESS NEEDS EXCEED THAT, UH, NOTHING.
SO IN ALL THIS CONVERSATION YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD MENTIONED IS IF YOU EXPAND THIS FACILITY, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE TO MAKE IT AN ALL WEATHER USEFUL AIRPORT.
AND RIGHT NOW I'D SAY THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR LIMITATIONS IS THE ALL WEATHER CAPABILITY.
IF YOU HAVE A LONGER RUNWAY, IF YOU HAVE A STRONGER RUNWAY, ALL THAT'S FINE, BUT THE BUSINESS JETS AREN'T GONNA COME IN HERE IF YOU GOT A HUNDRED FOOT CEILING AND A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO TWO, I KNOW YESTERDAY'S GROUND BASE NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES IS ONE THING AND OFTEN THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE IF YOU GET INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ADVANCES IN IN GPS IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS OF NAVIGATING AND GETTING AROUND AIRSPACE AND INTO AIRPORTS.
ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING? WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO PLAN? I KNOW THE, THE AMOUNT OF SPACE NEEDED TO PUT IN AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM IS THAT'S MORE LAND ACQUISITION.
TECHNICALLY
THIS WE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE ASPHALT,
SO FIRST OFF, UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT SEEING HAVE A GAIN IN THE BUSINESS OF INSTALLING NEW GROUND BASED NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS AT ENTIRE RECORDS.
UM, AND DIRECTOR ALREADY CORRECT ME,
MIND YOU, CITY GOT PAID FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT.
IT, UM, BUT WHERE WE HAD LOOKED AT DOING THAT MARVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE, MARVILLE HAS A LOCAL, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LIGHT SLOPE THAT IS NECESSARY TO CREATE A FULL SYSTEM AND A A FLAT OUT SAID, WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER GROUND BASE THAT WAY THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN NOW IN THE BUSINESS JET COMMUNITY, THE ABILITY TO FLY VERTICALLY GUIDED GPS APPROACHES, THAT IS NOT THERE.
IT'S NOT IN ALL THE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT, BUT MOST, UH, YOU SEMI MODERN BUSINESS AIRCRAFT ARE, ARE ABLE TO FLY THE GUY G PS APPROACHES, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DAVID SHOULDN'T KNOW THIS.
SO WE HAVE ONE MILE VISIBILITY VAULT ON BOTH, I THINK WE'RE DOWN 300, 2 50, 50.
SO THE ONLY IMPROVEMENT THAT WE COULD GET WOULD BE TAKE THAT TWO 50 MINIMUM HEIGHT.
SO FOR THE NON-PILOT IN THE ROOM
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WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE FLYING INTO CLOUDS, FAA HAS A PRESCRIBED MINIMUM ALTITUDE THAT YOU CAN SEND IT TO BEFORE YOU HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUAL SEASON.AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN HELP US IMPROVE, UH, HOW LONG THE AIRCRAFT CAN GO BEFORE THEY SEE.
IF YOU GET TO THAT ALTITUDE AND YOU DON'T SEE THE RUNWAY, THEN THEY HAVE TO EXECUTE WHAT'S CALLED MISSED APPROACH AND GO, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
GO WEATHER LETTER OR THEY HAVE A LOWER INSTRUMENT APPROACH.
BUT WE'RE WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE LOWEST POSSIBLE, UH, DECISION TYPE.
AND SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO IS IF WE COULD FIND, UM, WHAT OUR CONTROLLING OBSTRUCTIONS ARE.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REMOVED, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THAT LITTLE BIT LOWER.
BUT ON THE VISIBILITY SIDE, THE ONLY WAY WE'RE EVER GONNA GET OVER THREE QUARTERS OF MILE VISIBILITY IS TO HAVE A FULL MOUNTAIN.
SO ON THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN TO WALMART AT NIGHT, YOU MAY SEE SOME FLASHING STROBE LIGHTS KIND OF RUN INTO LINE.
IT'S CALLED THE OMNIDIRECTIONAL DIRECTIONAL APPROACH.
LIGHTS SYSTEM IS A GOOD TOOL AND RESOURCE FOR PILOTS AND HELP FIND THE RUBBER IN THE CLOUD, BUT IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO LOWER FAS UH, VISIBILITY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW HOW FOGGY ESSENTIALLY CAN IT BE PILOT STILL BEING LEGALLY.
SO I WOULD SAY WELL PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE BEFORE WE'RE EVER GOING TO BE WITH, WITHOUT ADDING A ER.
UH, I SIMPLY, BECAUSE THE ER REQUIRES 2,400 FEET OF SPACE ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THINK THAT'S GONNA BE VERY CHALLENGING ON THE SOUTH END SIMPLY BECAUSE OF RESIDENCES THAT ARE THERE.
UM, ON THE NORTH END, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE THE TALLEST MAER, OR EXCUSE ME, OVAL SYSTEM IN THE STATE.
SOME OF THOSE APPROACH FLIGHTS ARE ON 70 FOOT TOWERS.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY COSTLY TO LOOK PLACING THE OS WITH A**L TO, TO TRY TO DO, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT ON A TRUE AISLE.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE WIDTH OF THE FORCE TO PUT, UM, AND THAT DOESN'T CRITICAL AREA AROUND THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS JUST SUBSTANTIATED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE INDUSTRIAL ROAD AGAIN, JUST SO KNOW THE JUICES.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ON THAT? BUT I'M OVERLOOKING? WELL, I MEAN IT'S, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WITHIN 10% OF THE VESTS THAT AN AIRPORT'S GONNA HAVE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT A, YOU LOOK AT A DURAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ILS THAT HAS GPS APPROACHES THAT ARE COMPARABLE, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE, THEY, THEY GIVE G FIVES G YOU KNOW, THEY BUMP GLOBAL GLOBAL 5,000 ALL THE TIME.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE WITHIN 10% OF THE BEST NON ILS AIRPORTS IN THE STATE TO ME AS TO MENTION JUICES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT SWEET TERMINATING.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET BETTER? UH, ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS YOU HAVE S ON THE NORTH END.
WHY YOU DON'T HAVE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF THAT RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN INVESTIGATE.
RIGHT? WHAT QUARTER ARE CONTROLLING CONSTRUCTIONS CONSTRUCTION THERE? UM, BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU HAVE AN APPROACH LIKE SYSTEM, IT SHOULD DISCOUNT YOUR QUARTER MILE.
UM, ON THAT SIDE, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING OUT THERE, TREES OR I DOUBT IT'S TERRAIN, BUT SOMETHING'S CONTROLLING THE, THE BEING ABLE NOT TO GO DOWN TO 203 4 MILE.
UM, SO THAT'S, AGAIN, WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT POTENTIALLY.
THIS ISN'T THE OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL.
OBSTRUCTION, REMOVAL KIND OF PROCESS.
SO THERE'S NOT TERRAIN OR VULNERABILITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE ASK? YEAH, YOU QUESTION DO QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE.
I WOULD LOVE TO, I'M AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER.
I'D LOVE TO WORK OUT OVER THAT DISCUSSION A LITTLE MORE
BUT, UM, I WAS GONNA ASK, AND I THINK MAYBE YOU ANSWER IT WITH THAT, BUT, AND I HOPE WE CAN SEE KIND WHERE THESE THINGS ARE MOVING WHEN WE OUT THERE.
BUT LONG TERM, LONG TERM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THE VISION FOR THIS AIRPORT IS NOT TO MAKE IT OUR AIRPORT TO MAKE IT BIGGER, BUT KIND OF STAY IN THE DITCH THAT ORIGINAL, UH, FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE ISH.
IS THAT RIGHT? YOU HAVE, I MEAN, IF I WERE, IF I WERE TO BE EXTREMELY CANDID WITH YOU, THERE'S, THERE'S VERY LITTLE CHANCE TO EVER GO OVER YOU.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE THE ROADWAY TO THE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND SCOOP UP 15 TO 20 HOMES IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GO OVER.
UM, AND THEN I SAID, LOOK, I MEAN, YOU CAN MAYBE GET, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED HUNDRED FEET EITHER WAY.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO 6,000 OR 65, 7,000 FEET, THERE'S, THERE'S NO CHANCE OF DOING THAT HERE.
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SO WHAT YOU NEED TO BE IS THE BEST, YOU KNOW, 5,000, 5,500 FOOT RUNWAY YOU CAN BE, SERVE THE TRAFFIC THAT YOU CAN SERVE.THE NICE THING ABOUT MRO ACTIVITIES, IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, WE, IF YOU COULD GET AN MRO BUSINESS IN HERE, YOU COULD IN THEORY BRING G FIVE MRO ACTIONS HERE, STRENGTH UP YOUR RUNWAY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHEN YOU BRING AN AIRCRAFT IN FOR MRO, IT'S NOT FULL CAPACITY WEIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT IN LIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE LIKE, LOOK, LOOK AT WHAT YOUR CAPABILITIES ARE.
GO AFTER SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN YOUR CAPABILITY SET.
AND IF YOUR CAPABILITY SET IS 5,000 TO 500 FOOT RUNWAY, YOU, YOU COULD BE A VERY POPULOUS BASED AIRCRAFT AIRPORT IN BUSINESS AVIATION AIRCRAFT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD FOCUS, FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON IS TRYING TO GET AS MUCH LAND AROUND THE AIRPORT AS YOU CAN.
LAND'S NOT GONNA GO, LAND'S NOT GOING AWAY.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW WITH A COUPLE ACQUISITIONS.
GET THAT DEVELOPABLE LAND AROUND THE AIRPORT AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GROW THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
THROW THAT IDEA AWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, 7,000 FOOT RUNWAY, THROW THAT IDEA AWAY AND JUST GO, GO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I CALL PIE IN THE SKY IDEAS.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CALLERS A WEEK, UH, THAT WILL CALL UP AND ASK 'EM THEIR AIRLINES FLIGHT IS PART THEY DO WITH THEIR LUGGAGE.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE FUN ASPECTS OF GENERAL AVIATION.
MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAKER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
UH, EARLIER IN INTRODUCTIONS, I, UH, I CALLED OUR CITY CLERK, THE COURT CLERK, SO I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THAT.
UM, IT'S MY FIRST JOINT SESSION AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE NERVOUS AND, AND EMBARRASS MYSELF.
WELL, THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENED.
SO
I GOT PULLED INTO THAT AGAIN, UM, WITH A COMPANY THAT SELLS PRIVATE JET.
AND I WENT TO MISSOURI FOR THE FIRST PRODUCTION MEETING AND SHOOT, AND THEY'RE ALL PILOTS, OF COURSE, SURPRISE.
AND I WAS SO HONORED AND I TOOK THIS A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WHEN I, THEY FOUND OUT I WAS FROM GUTHRIE, UH, ALL OF 'EM, THEY JUST SAID, UM, OH MY GOD.
THEY WERE ALL EXCITED BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT'S UNANIMOUS IN THE AVIATION FRATERNITY, IF YOU'LL CALL IT THAT, OUT OF OKLAHOMA, I GUESS.
MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, GUTHRIE, ISRAEL.
AND I, I LOVE HEARING THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD FOR THE, THE ENTIRE READING, THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FOR MAKING THAT THE, UM, STANDARD FOR EVERYBODY AND, UH, LETTING THAT BE SOMETHING KNOWN.
SO DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THEY THOUGHT OF IT LIKE THAT? I GUESS WERE THE HARVARD OR THE REPORTS FROM MUNICIPALITIES? I GUESS I, IT FELT REALLY GOOD HEARING THAT, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, WELL, I, I DID ALL THE WORK.
IF YOU WANT TO DRINK AND ADJOURN, ARE WE READY TO ADJOURN? YEAH.
ARE WE ANY MORE ORDER OF BUSINESS OR, I THINK WE'RE TO ADJOURN EVERYTHING.
BUT WE DO NEED TO ADJOURN HERE.
AD SO FURTHER BUSINESS AND BOTH SIDES.