A motion to approve the meeting consent agenda passed and commissioners then heard an administrative report on multiple airport infrastructure and study projects, including a federal grant-funded eVTOL corridor and vertiport study, a phased fence project, a pavement-condition study for heavy aircraft and a planned $750,000 security-system upgrade.

The administrative report, delivered by a staff member identified in the transcript as Bob, said the airport is part of a grant described in the meeting as a “camp c” (also referenced as CAMSEA) award with MBEP serving as the fiduciary and with Salinas being considered as the lead airport. "It's gonna be a verti port study, how you arrive at a vertiport and take off and depart from a vertiport," the staff member said, describing planned work on three airspace corridors intended to test eVTOL flights between airports, including Watsonville and Salinas. The staff member said the work is still "somewhat vague" while state and MBEP guidance are finalized.

On perimeter security, the staff member said the airport plans a phased fence project to address the worst sections first and will submit a four-phase plan to the Federal Aviation Administration seeking what the staff described as a "90/10 match with the feds." He said the airport may self-fund portions if full federal support is not secured.

The staff member described a planned security-system upgrade with an estimated cost of about $750,000 and a projected start around November. "That security system upgrade is gonna start probably around sometime in November," he said.

Staff also said the airport will commission a pavement condition index study to clarify which runways are suitable for heavier military transports such as C-130s and C-17s. The study is intended to give pilots clearer guidance on allowable landing and takeoff weights at the airport and to encourage use of the field, including fuel purchases.

Earlier in the meeting staff reported on recent airfield markings and signage work. The presenter noted the crew painted the airport letters and a compass rose, and clarified they used roughly "40 to 60 gallons of paint" for the letters and compass rose but did not paint the larger green background area that would have substantially increased paint usage.

The report also included operational concerns raised by commissioners and staff about unauthorized "piggybacking" through private gates that can provide access to airfield areas. The staff member said the commission could consider enforcement options, including fines or revocation of access cards, and said staff would follow up with affected private hangar operators mentioned in the meeting.

A single motion to approve the consent agenda was offered and carried; the transcript records affirmative votes from Chairperson Bigham, Commissioner Contreras, Commissioner MacGregor and Commissioner Schumacher. The meeting closed with a tentative next meeting date of 11/20/2025.