MINUTES OF

MINUTES OF

THE SPRINGBANK AIRPORT BUSINESS & PILOTS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2005

AT 19:00 HOURS LOCAL TIME

AT THE CALGARY FLYING CLUB

Randy Charron chaired the meeting and appointed Don Douglas to act as secretary.

The Chair then reviewed the agenda and asked if there were any other matters to be added to the agenda. There being none the Chair called the meeting to order and proceeded to introduce the Board of Directors of the SABPA, and other guests and officials of the Calgary Airport Authority.

The Notice calling the meeting was read and notice given that it was duly circulated according to the association’s bylaws.

It was noted that a Quorum for the meeting was present and that the meeting was properly constituted for the transaction of business.

The next item of business was the presentation and review of the financial statements of the SABPA. They were presented to the meeting by Constantine Issakidis. There were no questions on the financial statements.

The next item of business was the auditors’ report on the Association’s financial statements. It was reported that as per the bylaws of the Association Mr. Ken MacLellan and Mr. Roy Ponte, both members of the Association, were appointed to review the statement on behalf of the Association. It was reported that both Mr. MacLellan and Mr. Ponte had reviewed, approved and signed the Association’s financial statements.

A motion to approve the financial statements for the Springbank Airport Business and Pilots Association was requested by the Chair.

Motion: to approve the financial report as presented.

Moved: Constantine Issakidis

Seconded: Alec McDougall

Vote: Unanimous in favor

Motion carried.

Next item of business was to report on the status of Directors of the SABPA. It was noted that the slate was currently full and that no new nominations would be received. Each of the following Directors have one year left on their present terms:

Marty Abbott

Randy Charron

Sandy Crevolin

Pat Cunningham

Lyle Ford

Constantine Issakidis

Brian Kane

Alec McDougall and Don Douglas consented to act as directors in February 2005 and were appointed to the Board on March 2, 2005 under the Association’s bylaws. Both these members have two years remaining on their present terms.

Next item of business was the appointment of auditors or volunteer auditors for the next fiscal year ending December 31, 2005.

A motion to appoint two SABPA members to act as volunteer auditors for the Association for the coming year was called for by the Chair.

Motion: Ken MacLellan and Roy Ponte be appointed as auditors of the Association for the next fiscal year ending December 31, 2005 or until their successors are appointed.

Moved: Alex McDougall

Seconded: Marty Abbott

Vote: Unanimous in favor

Motion carried.

The Chair then asked if anyone had any other business to be brought before the meeting. As there was none the formal part of the meeting was adjourned by the Chair.

Informal Session

The informal session of the SABPA’s AGM began with the introduction of Garth Atkinson to say a few words on the accomplishments of the Calgary Airport Authority during 2004 and the main goals of the Authority for 2005. See attached.

Larry Stock, Springbank Airport Manager gave a presentation outlining the 2004 Springbank Highlights and the 2005 Plans. See attached.

Larry Stock encouraged the members who use customs services to register for Canpass as it greatly improves the efficiency of the system and saves the Airport Authority money.

Brian Stockall of Nav Canada talked about the IFR Plan for Springbank. The highlights of his presentation are as follows:

No plans to upgrade the existing non-certified training ICS system.
The only IFR system under consideration is a GPS approach.
To install an IFR approach system at Springbank will require a modification to the training areas CYA 206 areas 1 and 2 as they currently interfere with the proposed IFR system.
The Springbank central zone will be extended north and south to accommodate the approaches.
The new IFR system will require both SID’s and STARS to facilitate the integration of the Springbank IFR traffic with Calgary’s IFR traffic.
CYA 206-1 will be moved 7 miles west of its current location and its size almost doubled.
CYA 206-2 will be reduced significantly in size.
The VRV Terminal Chart will be amended to include these new areas plus new VFR routes between YYC terminal area and YBW terminal area.
Target dates for implementation:

July 05 – 40% probability

September 05 – 100 % probability

Next Rick Erickson gave a presentation on the Economic Impact of the Springbank Airport on the Calgary community. A copy of this report is available from the Calgary Airport Authority for review. Suffice it to say that the Springbank Airport has a major economic impact on the greater Calgary community as it represents:

551 total jobs

$2.2 million of labour income

$52 million of Gross Domestic activity

For a total of some $74.0 million of total G.D.P. in the area

A discussion followed on how to handle the traffic congestion on the uncontrolled area of taxiway D. It is suggested to implement the use of a traffic control frequency for aircraft movements in the uncontrolled taxiway areas. A frequency for this purpose is being investigated and at this time it is suggested that 123.45 would be the frequency to use. More on this at a later date.

A brief report on the lease amendment work with the CAA was given by Marty Abbott. This work with the CAA is scheduled for the course of this year to attempt to find a way to simplify the lease process and enable the hangar owners to be given title to their hangar plots.

Additionally it was reported the the SABPA was continuing discussions with the CAA to get a relaxation in the weight and propulsion restriction which currently applies to all aircraft using the Springbank Airport.

There being no further business to discuss, the informal part of the meeting was adjourned.