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MINUTES
RENTON AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Via Zoom or Conferencing Center 726, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Pepka calls meeting to order at 5:00 pm 2. ROLL CALL RAAC Voting Members Benson Hill, Primary Abhijit Patil (absent) Benson Hill, Alternate VACANT The Highlands, Primary Harold KC Jones The Highlands, Alternate Sheila Humphries (late) Kennydale, Primary Jeanne Demund Kennydale, Alternate VACANT Mercer Island, Primary Lisa Anderl (absent) Mercer Island, Alternate Thomas Imrich North Renton, Primary Lee Chicoine (absent) North Renton, Alternate Colleen Deal (absent) Renton Hill, Primary Melody Kroeger (Zoom) Renton Hill, Alternate VACANT South Renton, Primary Jeff Dineen, Vice Chair South Renton, Alternate VACANT Talbot Hill, Primary Matthew Devine Talbot Hill, Alternate Sarah Reagan (absent) West Hill, Primary Liz Callahan West Hill, Alternate VACANT Airport Leaseholders, Primary Kurt Boswell (late) Airport Leaseholders, Alternate Bob Ingersoll (Zoom) Airport Leaseholders, Primary Shane Carlson (late) Airport Leaseholders, Alternate VACANT Airport-at-Large, Primary Charles Pepka, Chair Airport-at-Large, Alternate VACANT Airport-at-Large, Primary VACANT Airport-at-Large, Alternate VACANT Aircraft Owners/Pilots Assoc., Prim. Karen Stemwell (absent) Aircraft Owners/Pilots Assoc., Alt. Peter Kane (late) WA Pilots Association, Prim. John Smutny WA Pilots Association, Alt. Stephen Ratzlaff (absent) The Boeing Company Ryan Tomasich, Vice Chair (absent) City of Renton Public Works Martin Pastucha Council, Transportation Committee Ryan McIrvin (late) RAAC Non-Voting Members Federal Aviation Association Agnes Fisher (absent) WA Dept. of Transportation Eric Johnson (Zoom) Administrative Staff: Assistant City Attorney Alex Tuttle Airport Director Manny Cruz Airport Civil Engineer Will Adams Airport Business Coordinator Joey Root Airport Admin. Secretary Junsen Ohno 3. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of Committee Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2025 Motion: Jeff Dineen; Second: John Smutny. Unanimously approved.
4. STAFF ITEMS
a. City Clerk and City Attorney Presentation
b. Airport Director’s Report
c. Airport Principal Engineer Project Updates
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6. NEW BUSINESS
7. AUDIENCE
Jon Wenrich, CEO, Vesper Aviation. Mr. Wenrich updates the community on the FBO and their
environmental sustainability initiatives.
8. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS 9. COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON'S COMMENTS New members: Peter Kane, alternate for the AOPA, and Sheila Humphries, alternate for The Highlands
neighborhood. Presentation from WA Pilot’s Association, John Smutny. Presentation from Life Flight, Lora York. 10. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 6:42 pm