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SAVING YOUR AIRPORT

SAVING YOUR AIRPORT. Carol Ford California Pilots Association. INTRODUCTIONS. CALPILOTS Started in 1949/ Non-Profit/Volunteer Knowledgeable Board ready to help Quick user/membership poll Local Pilots Org AOPA EAA 99’s CALPILOTS. AGENDA. Is Your Airport Safe? (hint-no)

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SAVING YOUR AIRPORT

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  1. SAVING YOUR AIRPORT • Carol Ford • California Pilots Association CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  2. INTRODUCTIONS • CALPILOTS • Started in 1949/ Non-Profit/Volunteer • Knowledgeable Board ready to help • Quick user/membership poll • Local Pilots Org • AOPA • EAA • 99’s • CALPILOTS CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  3. AGENDA • Is Your Airport Safe? (hint-no) • Airport Value/Support Model • Airports = Transportation Infrastructure • CALPILOTS History • Mission • What Can You Do? • CALPILOTS Regional Rep Support Team CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  4. AVIATION THOUGHT “If you don’t pull your load, someone else has to pull it for you… and that ain’t right” Lauran Paine Jr. Pilot Getaways Magazine Aviation Values Article CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  5. IS YOUR YOUR AIRPORT NEXT? Resources • Airport Sponsor • Airport Manager • Local Airport/Pilot Org, CALPILOTS, AOPA, EAA, NBAA What About You? • Get Involved Now • -Be proactive not reactive • Join/Start/Participate • Get Educated/then Educate • Join CALPILOTS CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  6. IF WE DON’T PAY ATTENTION Here is what can happen…Santa Rosa Airpark CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  7. AIRPORT VALUE CYCLE Rural Community Needs Airport Finish? Start This cycle is predictable Airport Value Is Changing (encroachment) Community Growth CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  8. AIRPORTS CLOSED SINCE 1990 Add Rialto and Elk Grove! Source: CalTrans Aeronautics CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  9. Speaking of Rialto MILLER HELPED FREE LAND FOR A BUSINESS PARTNER By Susan Crabtree Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) pushed for a provision in last year’s transportation bill that allowed the city of Rialto, Calif., to shut down its airport. By doing so, he paved the way for his business partner, Lewis Operating Corp., one of his top campaign contributors, to buy the land from the city and make plans to build Renaissance, a community consisting of 2,500 homes, parks and 80 acres of retail space on the former airport property and adjacent land. http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/033006/news2.html CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  10. AIRPORT ADDITIONS/STATUS CHANGE Source: CalTrans Aeronautics CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  11. AIRPORT SUPPORT MODEL • Q:I already belong to a Nationwide Pilot Organization why worry? • A: They can’t do everything or be everywhere, too many issues • -Example: AOPA has one rep for the entire state • Does your airport have a pilot/advocate organization in place? • Best case scenario -locals resolve issues then escalate as/if required • Statewide org has better understanding of most issues and is able • to act quickly relying on nationwide as/when required • Nationwide org better suited to interface to Washington or • to apply political pressure to local politicians (worse case) CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  12. AIRPORT SUPPORT MODEL • Local Airport/Pilot Org • Keeps current on local issues • Organizes local pilots • Interfaces to local government • First Point of Defense • Statewide Org • Interfaces to State Aeronautics (CalTrans) • Deals with local and statewide issues • Interfaces to local airport/pilot groups Escalation path not defined due to lack of local, statewide and national coordination • Nationwide Org • Interfaces to Washington • Reviews national issues • Interfaces at state level when necessary CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  13. Airport Support and Preservation Building Blocks FUTURE SUPPORT MODEL • Local Airport/Pilot Org • Keeps current on local issues • Organizes local pilots • Interfaces to local government • First Point of Defense We Must Organize At the Local Level State Organization Interfaces Locally • Statewide Org • Interfaces to State Aeronautics (Caltrans) • Deals with local and statewide issues • Interfaces to local airport/pilot & national groups • State & National • Orgs = increased • effectiveness • Nationwide Org • Interfaces to Washington • Reviews national issues • Interfaces at state level when necessary CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  14. AIRPORTS ARE ASSETS • Economic Engine for the region • Disaster Recovery Point • Provide Medivac capabilities saving lives • Regional Transportation Hubs • Fewer cars on the road (alternate transportation) • Highway in the sky off ramps • Provide Open Space CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  15. AIRPORTS ARE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE • We pay our way • Fuel taxes, Personal property tax, Possessory tax, and Aircraft purchase tax • 252 Airports • $328 Million collected in taxes (source CalTrans 2005) • Less than 5% goes back to California Airports CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  16. DISPERSION OF AVIATION TAX FUNDS $328,000,000 26% GeneralFund 7% Div of Aeronautics 72% Goes to Education And Local Governments CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  17. GA’S FUTURE IN CALIFORNIA? • Airport Closures continue • Access/Security Issues & Landing Fees • FBO Fees • Operational Costs continue to rise • Fuel, tie downs, hangars, taxes • ATC User charges? • Get Involved Now--OR????????? CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  18. CALIFORNIA PILOTS ASSOCIATION • CALPILOTS Volunteer Support Team has years of diverse aviation experience • Enjoys a good rapport with CalTrans • Five Regions to support you • Individual Representatives available by phone and email • CALPILOTS Web Site/Newsletter • CALPILOTS is developing knowledge base to be shared with it’s Chapters CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  19. CALIFORNIA PILOTS ASSOCIATION Mission: • The California Pilots Association is a state wide, volunteernon-profitpublic benefit California corporation. Our main mission of is airport advocacy, working together with our membership to promote and preserveCalifornia's general aviation airports through education. Why? • Our country's airports are disappearing at an alarming rate. Without small and medium sized airports, California's air transportation infrastructure would be crippled, and the state’s economy would suffer dramatically. What good is an airplane with no place to land? CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  20. CALIFORNIA PILOTS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT- Ed Rosiak GEN COUNSEL- Jay White SENIOR VP- Doug Rice • Five Regions To Support You VP REGION 1 DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE George Loegering Russ Schildt Elliot Sanders VP REGION 2 Rick Baker Pat Forbes Ron Cozad Don Miller VP REGION 3 Carol Ford VP REGION 4 Jack Kenton VP REGION 5 Bill Sanders CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  21. WHY JOIN CALPILOTS? • If you don’t protect your airport who will? • Developers, uninformed local elected officials, obsessive-anti-airport neighbors, and Environmentalists (and EZ’s) all affect your airport’s future • 60-70,000+- Active Pilots….. Less 7% Belong • There is power in numbers… it’s the only thing Politicians understand..(i.e., voters) CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  22. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Get Involved anyway you can=participate • Join or start an airport/pilot association • Work together with your airport manager • Join CALPILOTS if you are not a member • Join a nationwide org (AOPA, EAA, NBAA (you should belong to at least one) • Be proactive, not reactive • FLY FRIENDLY (don’t underestimate the airport noise issue) CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  23. PROP TIP SUBSONIC ZONE CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  24. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Records are public- review your airport’s • Master Plan, Rules and Regs, Budget, Leases, Airport Access/Security Policies, and Costs- Get and review them (Freedom of Information Act) • Attend all airport planning functions • Insure your Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) is up to date • Chapter Members become CALPILOTS Members (EAA Budget Support Model) • Invite CALPILOTS to your next event CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  25. AIRPORT MARKETING 101 • Airport Appreciation Day-Young Eagles • Create Web site marketing your airport • Respond to every negative ‘Letter to the Editor’ concerning the airport • ALWAYS be polite and unemotional when dealing with elected/public officials • Join Chamber of Commerce • Create a DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN and formally present it to airport sponsor CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  26. DISASTER RECOVERY July 12 2006 Patterson Fire East of San Jose Behind Lick Observatory CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  27. WHAT IS A CLUP? • It is an acronym for Comprehensive Land Use Plan. • Based on CalTrans Airport Land Use Planning Handbook and the Federal Aviation Regulations. • By description, it is a compatibility plan for land uses around an airport. • With a few exceptions, a CLUP is required for each public airport (review it frequently). CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  28. Comprehensive Land Use Planning Illustration of various aircraft model noise boundaries related to various surrounding land uses CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  29. COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING • http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/planning/aeronaut/htmlfile/landuse.php CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  30. WHAT CAN CALPILOTS DO? • Guide your airport/pilot organization • Provide Experience/Expertise • Help you to work the system • FAA Grant Assurances, Land Use, 501(c)(3) work with CALTRANS, FAA (Safety/Obstructions) • Public Education Campaign • But…You must participate! (front line) CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  31. COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING OFF-AIRPORT CULTURE FORCES ENTER INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS Developers City Councils, County Supervisors Land Use Planners City, County Your Airport USA Environmental Groups Nearby Homeowners Airport Support Groups Airport Land Use Commission California County Supervisors Association League of California Cities Federal Government Congress, FAA California Legislature CalTrans Aeronautics CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  32. SUCCESSFUL AIRPORT ASSOCIATIONS • Have implemented a formal structure • Set a reasonable membership fee to help with expenses • Set and attend scheduled meetings • Create relationships, good or bad with elected/public officials CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  33. IDEAS FOR TVL • Pilots/aviation advocates must get involved now (formalize TVL group) • Pilot led project to replace trees or plant ground cover to lessen lake pollution fears • Get large businesses involved for funding (i.e., all casinos that use the airport) • Insure TVL is part of the future plan for the basin CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  34. CURRENT ISSUES • Oceanside • Elk Grove • Watsonville • Hollister • Benton (Redding) • Palo Alto • Stockton • Tulare • LVR • SAC Exec • SLT • Presidents Summit • Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, California • AB2501 CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  35. EXAMPLE OF LACK OF PLANNING SMO CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  36. ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE! • Oct 6-7th SMX (Santa Maria) • Friday evening- camaraderie & wine tasting • Saturday Business Meeting then multiple speakers, afternoon ‘save your airport forum’ • Airport “Defender of the Year” and Decade Awards • Don’t miss the fun and information CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  37. CALPILOTS • Thank you for your time and attention CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  38. CHAPTER BENEFITS • 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organizations, supported by memberships, volunteer services, and tax-exempt donations • Exemption from California taxes and federal taxes under CALPILOTS's group non-profit charter • Officers and Directors benefit from limited liability for actions of the Corporation • Better understanding of the policies and procedures guiding development on and around airports results in a Sense of Empowerment. Knowledge is power and there is strength in numbers. • Improved relationship with California Division of Aeronautics, and the FAA means new confidence when working with, and assisting local planners in, assuring that nearby land use projects are compatible with the airports. CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  39. Chapter Benefits …cont • Take an active role assisting the airport manager or airport owner with airport related problems. Members can often help themselves by working with and helping an airport manager. They can often help city and/or county officials regarding airport matters. • Free legal and practical counseling about airport matters, hangar leases, taxes and aircraft ownership from CALPILOTS's volunteer lawyer members. 8. As a legal entity, a chapter can own property and/or enter into contracts. (Turlock and Shelter Cove Airports are currently managing and operating their respective airports under contracts with the airport owners) CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  40. Chapter Benefits …cont 9. The fellowship of a chapter attracts new members with the same common interests. 10. Establish a 501(c)(3) organization. Incorporation costs are $30 for the California Secretary of State, $25 for the California Franchise Tax Board and $50 as the first year dues for CALPILOTS chapter membership. All work of incorporation is provided free by CALPILOTS's volunteer attorneys. CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  41. CALPILOTS Airport/Pilot Orgs • Currently • 33 Chapters 501(c)(3) • 24 Member Organizations CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  42. CALPILOTS Support Team CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  43. CALPILOTS Chapters CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  44. CALPILOTS Member Organizations • Ninety Nines San Fernando Valley Chapter • Petaluma Area Pilots Association • San Luis Obispo Pilot's Association • Santa Clara County Airmen's Assn. • Salinas Owners & Pilots Association • Palo Alto Airport Association • EAA Chapter #119 • San Joaquin Valley Chpt of Ninety Nines • IAC Chapter 38 • Delano Area Pilots Association • Cessna Pilots Association • EAA Chapter #733 • Aircraft Pilots Of The Bay Area • EAA Chapter #110, Sv Ultralight Inc • Auburn Aviation Association • EAA Chapter #512 , Hangtown • EAA Chapter #96 • Ninety Nines San Luis Obispo Chp #427 • San Gabriel Valley Airport Association • Rosamond Skypark Association • Merced Pilots Association • Mount Diablo Pilots Association • Napa Airport Pilots Association CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  45. CALPILOTS HISTORY • Born November 4, 1949, it was christened California Aero Federation as a new non-profit California Corporation • September 1967 Name was Changed to California Council Of Aviation Associations • November 30, 1972 it became California Aviation Council • 1991, it became California Pilots Association • 1994 First CALPILOTS Chapters Founded CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  46. CALPILOTS Organization CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  47. Comprehensive Land Use Planning CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  48. Comprehensive Land Use Planning This graphic of the Chico Municipal Airport shows a large residential housing development approved by the Chico City Council CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  49. Comprehensive Land Use Planning This graphic shows the Los Banos Airport and a large residential housing development approved by the Los Banos City Council CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

  50. Comprehensive Land Use Planning This is a photograph of a large trucking terminal in the safety zone of the Tulare Airport that was approved by the Tulare City Council. CALPILOTS www.calpilots.org 1-800-319-5286

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