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Ocean Shores committee finalizes safety plan, assignments for Airport Appreciation Day
Summary
Committee reviewed and greenlit the safety plan and event checklist for Airport Appreciation Day, assigned advertising and vendor tasks, and flagged logistics such as helicopter arrival windows, food-truck placement and signage. Volunteers and staff will finalize details before the August event.
At a June 30 special meeting, the Ocean Shores Municipal Airport Advisory Committee walked through its event checklist for Airport Appreciation Day and marked key items as complete, reassigned tasks and confirmed a safety huddle ahead of the event.
Chair described the safety plan elements the group agreed to keep: two‑way radios, orange safety vests, a cone line to separate the public from aircraft, a no‑alcohol rule for the display area and rules to prevent parked airplanes near helicopter operations. “The important parts of it ... the 2 way radio, the orange vest, the cone line, especially. No parked airplanes by the helicopter blast. Public, can't go on the other side of the cone line,” the Chair said.
Members assigned promotion and distribution tasks: Nicole (staff) will print new event signs and flyers; Scott and others will handle advertising placements (EAA newsletter, Northwest Flyers, the Ocean Shores Observer) and coordinate posting in pilot lounges. Hot Mamas food truck has been contacted and is expected to participate; Grizzly Den had not responded and staff will follow up. The mayor will reach out to Beach Boys car-club contacts about bringing a car display.
The committee discussed attractions and logistics that remain uncertain: helicopter arrival times are placeholders in the safety plan because airlift operators can be diverted and timing varies; skydiving groups from Toledo have been unreliable in past years, and the group will try contacting Shelton parachute operators as an alternative. The ham radio club and RC flyers were noted as confirmed participants through volunteer leads.
Operational items marked green included handheld radios, safety vests and Honeybucket placement; members agreed to place bee traps earlier in the season and to check for goathead weeds on ramps. Volunteers and staff were assigned to follow up on vendors, sign printing and radio checks at a 9:30 a.m. safety meeting on the event day.
The committee scheduled follow-up work before its next meeting and will reconvene in August to finalize outstanding items.
