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MINUTES
RENTON AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Via Zoom or Conferencing Center 726, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way
1. CALL TO ORDER 5:01 pm 2. ROLL CALL RAAC Voting Members Benson Hill, Primary Abhijit Patil (absent) Benson Hill, Alternate VACANT The Highlands, Primary Harold KC Jones (absent) The Highlands, Alternate Sheila Humphries (Zoom) Kennydale, Primary Jeanne Demund Kennydale, Alternate VACANT Mercer Island, Primary Lisa Anderl (absent) Mercer Island, Alternate Thomas Imrich North Renton, Primary VACANT North Renton, Alternate Colleen Deal (absent, excused) 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 Airport Leaseholders, Alternate Bob Ingersoll Airport Leaseholders, Primary Shane Carlson (absent, excused) 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 WA Pilots Association, Prim. John Smutny (Zoom) WA Pilots Association, Alt. Stephen Ratzlaff (absent) The Boeing Company Ryan Tomasich (absent) City of Renton Public Works Martin Pastucha Council, Transportation Committee Ryan McIrvin (absent) RAAC Non-Voting Members Federal Aviation Association Agnes Fisher (absent) WA Dept. of Transportation Eric Johnson (Zoom) Administrative Staff: Assistant City Attorney Alex Tuttle (absent, excused) Airport Director Manny Cruz Airport Civil Engineer Will Adams Airport Business Coordinator Joey Root Airport Admin. Secretary Junsen Ohno (absent, excused) 3. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of Committee Meeting Minutes of May 13, 2025
Motion: Jeff Dineen; Second: Jeanne Demund. Unanimously approved.
4. STAFF ITEMS
Director’s Report presented by Manny Cruz.
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Answer inquiry from Tom Imrich, Mercer Island alternate: Is it permissible to share discussions
from RAAC with Mercer Island constituents? Are discussions public records?
6. NEW BUSINESS
7. AUDIENCE
No registered audience.
8. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS Jeanne Demund congratulates the airport on the $17M FAA grant. Tom Imrich: Comments on remote tower for RNT, move to RNP approach, and arrivals and departures over Mercer Island. Jeff Dineen recommends use of solar cells on airport roofs. Link to full meeting recording. 9. COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON'S COMMENTS
Chair Pepka comments on transient parking improving commerce in the city; responds to Tom Imrich on flight approaches – Yankee or Zulu. Presentation by Air Traffic Control Manager, Danny Canjura. Presentation by Boeing Employee Flying Association (BEFA) Operations Manager, Dillon Blackwell. 10. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 5:50 pm