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KITTITAS COUNTY
AIRPORT STUDY SESSION MINUTES
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, WEBEX
Regular Meeting
MONDAY 11:00 AM April 11, 2022
Board members present: Commissioner Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner Cory Wright, and Chair
Laura Osiadacz
Others: Neil Caulkins, Codi Fortier, Ken Grannan, George Long, Amy McGuffin, Jen Nelson,
Terry LaRue.
Meeting Call to Order: Chair Laura Osiadacz 11:00AM
Operational Documents:
Director Grannan began the meeting by discussing operational documents of the Airport. The
first document that was discussed was Title 9. Title 9 is determined to be a guiding document for
the minimum standards and rules and regulations, outlining all of the definitions needed to know.
Title 19 will go out to the public after it has been presented to the AAC. The next document
discussed was the minimum standards. The changes made to this document are as follows:
Added purpose, intent, policies and applicability for adding aeronautical services on the airfield.
As well as changes to the fuel service requirements and FBO documents. Changes that will be
made to the minimum standards will be getting rid of the employees’ paragraph, changing
insurance requirements, as well as putting in a section on hot fueling.
The last document discussed was the rules and regulations on the airfield. This document refers
back to the minimum standards and it is mostly referring to the airfield as well as provide
recommendations for ground movement. What has been added to the document is what
constitutes flammable material and how to properly dispose of it, what the flowage fee will be
for the airfield, spill prevention and control plan, base aircraft registration, and what the
procedure will be for adding cameras on the airfield.
Director Grannan also brought up the concern of hot fueling and whether it would be allowed on
the airfield, and it was determined that it would not unless a personal truck was used.
Commissioner Wright brought up some concerns regarding the documents that he requested be
fixed. The first was putting an index into Title 19, edit the formatting in all of the documents so
it looks consistent. Another concern that was brought up was to pull the references to ordinances
from other airports.
Chairman Osiadacz commended the airport on all of their hard work
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RC Club License:
Director Grannan brought a revocable license for the RC club to the commissioners. In the past,
there have been issues with RC aircraft landing on the airfield. Recently one landed in the middle
of the airfield causing the RC club to be suspended until a revocable license could be written up.
The license contains the rules and regulations the club will need to follow in order to be
compliant, as well as steps in place to hold the club accountable. If such items are not met, the
license will be revoked, and the RC club will need to find another place to conduct business.
Director Grannan also brought up the need for an annual fee to use the land. This will be
discussed at the next AAC meeting.
Runway 11/29:
Director Grannan presented possible projects for RNY 11/29 based on conversations regarding
the upcoming recommendation of RNW 7/25. Currently, we are limited by the size of aircraft
that can currently land at our airport. To increase the number, the Airport could extend the
runway to 5100 feet as to allow more type 2 aircraft (Jets) to land. Another option would be to
extend runway 29 250 to 300 feet S.E. and reroute Bowers Rd. to accommodate for this. The
benefit of this would be to increase the number of aircraft available to land.
Another benefit of extending the runway would be the ability to put in an LPV approach for jets.
This will reduce the decision altitude for the jets when coming into land. Commissioner Wright
requested clarification on what an LPV approach is, and Director Grannan clarified that it is a
non-precision flight approach for aircraft to help land.
One of the factors for the LPV approach is figuring out if the airport currently has enough
aircraft landing at the airfield for funding. Another factor is funding, how would we be able to
fund this project? One option would be to push our BIL funding to include extending the runway
or we could attempt to fund this project ourselves.
The final point brought up by Director Grannan was that the final recommendation on runway
7/25 will be presented in June of this year
Strategic Plan:
The strategic plan has a developed mission and vision as well as four primary goals that the
Airport will stay consistent on trying to reach. The main focus is for Bowers Field-Kittitas
County Airport to become a leading GA airport in Central Washington.
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OTHER BUSINESS
Director Grannan discussed the development of a stand-alone website for the Airport and that we
will be moving forward once we have approval from IT.
The Airport is currently looking for other fuel suppliers and facilities for the future. The Airport
is looking more into this avenue after the military brought up a concern about using our fuel
system.
Meeting adjourned at 11:43AM
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Ken Grannan Laura Osiadacz, Chairman