Cameron Park Airport*

We have no disagreement with the basic finding, but the term "highly susceptible" is probably overdone. The district is "susceptible" to outside economic trends, but it should be noted that the district was able to rebuild its finances in the aftermath of the economic recession that began in 2007 and continued for some years. Cameron Park Airport District (CPAD) is currently solvent and has a consistent budget surplus that is used to defray not only operating expenses but to fund capital improvement projects such as street and airport maintenance. However, external events or changed circumstances that impact general aviation operational tempo could impact CPAD's financial situation negatively. CPAD has options to increase taxes and has certain assets that could forestall insolvency.

and Recommendation 1: CPAD is pursuing completion of its Airport Master Plan (AMP) in order to compete for federal level capital improvement grants. The AMP is a complex engineering document that ordinarily costs over $100,000 to properly complete. CPAD's Airport Manager, however, has extensive planning experience having been part of the Denver International AMP project. Consequently, CPAD is doing most of the AMP writing in-house. Due to the detailed nature of creating the AMP, it is not possible to complete the AMP within 6 months. The process is likely to take in excess of a year.

and Recommendations 2 & 3: CPAD has considerable community expertise in operating the airport during periods when the Airport Manager position is unfilled. The typical hiring cycle to bring a new manager on board is on the order of one month. If such a situation where to occur where the airport was left without an Airport Manager, CPAD would solicit temporary contractor support from agencies that have qualified personnel for hire. Additionally, there are people within the district who have volunteered in the past and would volunteer again in the future to serve as a temporary fill-in for the position. The District has directed the current Airport Manager to find an "Assistant" who would gain experience during those periods where the Airport Manager is absent for leave, vacation, illness or other circumstances. Once this position is filled, our first option (if the Airport Manager position were to be unfilled) would be to bring in the Assistant Airport Manager until a new hire could be found.

The Board concurs that the current Airport Manager is superbly qualified and has brought a level of professionalism to the airport operations that has not previously existed. RECEIVED 1 DEC 28 2017 D. Lambie

and Recommendation 8: The Board concurs with the recommendation to enhance its website and has done so with the new website going "live" in December 2017.

& Recommendation 7: This finding is cured with the new website which publishes board agendas. Previously, the district posted Agendas in two places with the appropriate lead time required by the Brown Act. The Board of Directors have all received Brown Act training as provided by the County of El Dorado Hills in the past 6 months and this training is documented at the county.

This finding is cured with the new website which has links to agenda documents.

The district is composed of 125 "parcels" with approximately 100 residences and 25 undeveloped parcels. In an unknown number of cases, the residences are owned by out-of-state residents who are not eligible to serve on the CPAD Board of Directors. The current board has had no trouble filling 2 recent vacancies and there has been no period in the past 10 years where there were not a full board of 5 elected members. Notwithstanding the small number of potential and interested candidates, CPAD remains strongly connected with the community and does not anticipate a problem recruiting future board members. However, this does not distract from the finding which emphasizes that new ideas come from new board members, and that the community at large needs to remain engaged with its local government. The Board of Directors does not concur that perceived community lack of interest reaches a level where the future of the district is uncertain.