Deer Valley Pilots Association

Monthly Meeting Minutes – August 16, 2007

"The Minutes of the Monthly Meeting are subject to approval and/or change by the
Board at the next monthly meeting."

At 7:00 P.M., Deer Valley Pilots Association (DVPA) President Ray Weigold called the August meeting to order in Pan Am Flight Academy training room “B”. Board members present: Treasurer Doug Bronson, Vice President Mike McNally, Jim Russell, Dan Tollman and Dee Grimm.

Directors absent: Secretary Stan Watkins, Mike Berglund, Whitney White, Ken Cada, Bob Thomas and Jim Little.

Proxy submitted and received by Jim Little

Members in attendance: Warren McIlvoy, Carl Ulbrich, Mert Bean, Ed Hohn and Bill Woods 

Introductions/Meeting Format:

Ray welcomed everyone to the meeting and utilized the overhead projection equipment to review the agenda then proceeded with the planned meeting topics.

Treasures Report / Minutes of the Meeting:

Mike McNally sent via e-mail, copies of the July Minutes to each Director and provided hard copies to those that had not reviewed their e-mailed copies.  Doug Bronson moved to approve the Minutes as submitted, Dee Grimm seconded the motion with the board voting unanimously to approve the July minutes. 

Treasurer Doug Bronson reviewed the financial report dated 8-16-2007 for the period June 30 through July 31, 2007.

Dan Tollman moved to accept the Treasurers report as submitted; Jim Russell seconded the motion with the board voting to approve the report.

Old Business/Committee/Special Project Reports:

Membership – Dan Tollman:

As of 8/15/2007, we have 381 members in good standing.

Hospitality Hangar

Doug Bronson reported on the Hospitality Hangar event held 8/4/07.  There were 31 people present.  One new member was added to the association and five members renewed their membership. 

Atlantic Aviation provided the refreshments and discount fuel coupons.

3rd Quarter Newsletter

Jim Little has again requested that news items be submitted.

Board Assignments

Ray Weigold reviewed that Jim Little and Dan Tollman were working on the bulk mailing issues.

Deer Valley Airport Master Plan

Ray Weigold explained that the final document has not been completed by the City of Phoenix.  Items that were agreed upon between Phoenix Aviation and tenants will be included in the final document.

Banner Committee

The banner committee is working with Carl Ulbrich.  The goal is to have a new banner prior to the annual picnic 3 November 2007.

Picnic Committee

The committee is working toward the 3 November event and would like to remind and encourage all committee members to participate.

Partnership Meeting – Ray Weigold:

South Ramp Repaving

As recorded in the July meeting minutes, the construction on the South Ramp is still scheduled to commence in October 2007.  A definite date has not been provided at this time.  Tenants will not be allowed access to their hangars during the 1-2 week period that construction will be performed in their area.  Although temporary aircraft parking will be available on the Northwest Ramp, tenants have expressed that not being allowed in their hangars for tools, etc., will cause significant problems.  DVPA is looking into this issue.

Runway 7R/25L Milling and Overlay

A commencement date for this construction has not yet been provided by DVT.

DVT Access Control Phase II

Installation will be completed within the next 6-weeks.

Super Bowl Traffic

The DVT Tower Manager stated that he anticipates that at least 100 jet aircraft will be arriving at DVT for the event.  This does not include any estimate of piston transient arrivals.

The newly constructed North Radar should be in operation prior to the Super Bowl.

SDL Closure

Scottsdale Airport will be closed on 8/30/07 from 2100 – 0400 local time for maintenance.

Position and Hold Procedure

The DVT Tower Manager reported that by FAA mandate, the current use of “Position and hold” can no longer be used by controllers as of 30 August 2007.

Self Serve Fuel

The owner of the self-serve fuel facility to be constructed at DVT has expressed a desire to meet with our tenants at the 20 September board meeting.  An announcement will be sent via email to all members.

DVPA Blog Site

Discussion was tabled as Roger Smith is on vacation.

General Discussion

Annual Picnic

Ray Weigold stated that he had received the following suggestions regarding the planned picnic activities:

      
       Tenant/Member Complaint

        Ed Hahn asked to address the board about his hangar eviction notice that he has received from
        DVT.  Ed has stated that Phoenix Aviation has demanded that he remove all non-aircraft related
        materials from his hangar.  These items include mounted animals and furnishings.  Ed stated that
        these items have been in his hangar for years.  Currently, his access card has been deactivated and    
        the locks changed.  He is seeking support from DVPA.

Calendar

August 29                     Garmin Workshop/Seminar at Advantage Avionics 7:00 PM
September 8-9              Window Rock Air Show
September 12-16           Reno Air races
September 20               DVPA Board Meeting
September 22               Sedona Airport Fly-In/Classic Car Show sedonaairport.org/events
October 6-7                   Kingman Air and Auto Show kingmanairshow.com
October 20                    DVPA Board Meeting
October 25-28               Copperstate EAA Fly-In copperstate.org
November 3                  DVPA Annual Picnic
November 10                Blue Sky Flyers Navajo Christmas Airlift
November 15                DVPA Board Meeting
December 20                DVPA Board Meeting
   
Adjourn:

Ray asked for a motion to adjourn, Dan Tollman moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded by Dee Grimm and approved by the attending board members. The meeting was adjourned at 8:32 PM. 

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