Meeting Minutes
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Date: April 7, 2026
Meeting Location: Pete’s Restaurant and Brew House; 2100 Arden Way - Called to order at: 7:02 PM
Presiding over Meeting: Kelly Peters Number of Guests & Members: 38
Roll Call of Officers
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President: Kelly Peters |
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Vice-President: Dennis Flosi |
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Treasurer: Katie Costanzo |
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Secretary: Katie Owens |
Guests and New Members: Ted representing the car show at Rio Vista.
Reading of the minutes from the last meeting held March 3, 2026. _X Approved as posted in April 2026 Oilspots. __Approved as amended
Roll Call:
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Editor: Pat Galvin |
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Regalia: Dale Nichols |
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Webmaster: Ken Montgomery |
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Historian: Bob Byers |
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Communications: Mike Rapoza |
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Dixon Chair: tbd |
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Legislative Update: Ken Freese |
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Grand Pooh-Bah: Kelly Peters |
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Welcome Wagon: Katie Owens |
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Parts Masters
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Austin-Healey: Jerry Costanzo |
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Jaguar: Glen Munson |
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Morris: TBD |
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Jensen-Healey: tbd Will discuss |
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MG: Dennis Flosi |
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Triumph: Bob Byers |
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Rootes Group: Chuck Baker |
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Morgan: Tim Waller |
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Jensen Interceptor: Ken Freese |
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Treasurer’s Report: Katie Costanzo – Most income this month was from Car Show registration and regalia orders. Expenses were for the Show site fess, and other expenses. There is over $2K in the Messineo fund. Details provided to members upon request.
Correspondence: Dennis Flosi - nothing to report
Editors’ Report: Pat Galvin – not present. Please send in your photos of events, projects etc. and articles for the Oilspots!
Ongoing items:
The Freese Legislative Update: Kelly Peters/Ken Freese –
Kelly received an email from Victor Muñoz, Senior Manager of State Government Affairs at SEMA. He was reaching out to ask if the car club would be willing to sign and submit a support letter for SB 1392 (Cortese & Grove), also known as “Leno’s Law.” SB 1392 would establish a pilot program for a phased‑in smog‑check exemption pathway for verified collector vehicles and is a continuation of last year’s bill. What we need:
- Letter (on letterhead is preferred), filled out and signed by a club officer, and
- A reply to his email with a PDF copy of the letter (so that he can submit it to the Senate Transportation Committee on your behalf).
Ken’s report:
- The Association of California Car Clubs (ACCC) is hosting the Spring Legislative Conference on May 14, 2026, at the California Automobile Museum ACCC members and any potential members may attend the conference. It is a one-day event at no charge to the attendees. Ken is attending. See their website for more information.
- SB1392 exempting smog tests on cars that are at least 35 years old is back. In this version, no collector license plate is needed. Has been sent to committee on transportation.
- SFPD is proposing to be able to dart your cat to ticket it : opposed by supervisor.
- SB1069 would speed up the Air Resources Board’s approval process of aftermarket parts. To Environmental Quality Committee healing on April 8.
- SB1315 “Drive My Car Act”. Autonomous drivers would not be penalized if the feature is not used. No increase in insurance. Sent to Insurance and Transportation Committee for April 8 hearing.
- AB2772 Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, would suspend gas tax for one year, with immediate effect. Sent to Transportation Committee.
- AB2541 Lowrider license plates. Would require the Arts Council, DMV and CHP to establish “The Lowrider” specialized license plate, to reflect lowrider culture and heritage. Sent to the Transportation Committee
- AB 2564 Regarding surveillance pricing. Would prohibit a retailer from engaging in “surveillance pricing” i.e., offering or setting a customized price for a good for a specific consumer or group of consumers, based, in whole or in part, on personally identifiable information collected through electronic surveillance such as AI. Sent to Judiciary Committee.
- SB1392 Leno’s Law, regarding exempting smog tests for collectable cars was sent to Transportation Committee for a hearing April 14. Ken shared a copy of Sen. Dave Cortese’s press release of March 11, the SB1392 Fact Sheet and copies of a sample letter members could use in support.
Regalia Update: Dale Nichols – Brought T shirts, caps, polo shirts, license plate frames and grill badges for sale. Come see his stock!
Welcome Wagon: Katie Owens – nothing to report.
May 17, 2026, Dixon Car Show:
- Registration: Katie Costanzo. Registration opened in February. Currently we have 189 vehicles registered for the show, plus 12 Swap vendors. We will be sending out 1 or 2 more blast emails. Online registration closes May 2, mail in registration closes April 28th, so remember to enter your car!
- On the weekend of May 16-17, 2026, we will need lots of volunteers. Set up is on Saturday and many jobs for the Show on Sunday.
- Parking: We really need Parking volunteers. They make the start of the Show run smoothly. You will need to get there by 6:30 on Sunday, well ahead of the gate opening at 7 am. Other members will teach you how to park the cars, using the car information and Show map. After you park you are done for the day!
- Raffle: Dave Underwood
- Dave is collecting items for the raffle. Thank you to Liz Watkins, Marisa Hash and Maggie McCollum who will be setting up the raffle on the day of the Show.
- Contacting vendors for donations: Dave Underwood has letters to use when requesting donations.
- Club Booth: Katie Owens. Thank you to George Potiris and Waldon Williams for managing the Club booth
- Food Vendors: Pat Galvin
We have one of last year’s food vendors and 1 new food vendor so still need 2 more: main dishes, ice cream or sweets. They will need to complete the Solano County health forms. Let Pat Galvin know if you have an interested vendor.
- Other Clubs: Kelly. MG club, Jaguar club etc. We need to ask them to volunteer to help park cars. If you are a member of another club, please mention it to the members. A list of volunteers and their name and email addresses need to be sent to Mike Rapoza two weeks before the show.
Possible new Show venue: Kelly. Our usual date at Dixon (third Sunday in May) is not available. Next year, 2027 we have the 4th Sunday, May 23rd instead. (The Dixon Fairgrounds decided they don’t want us to use the field the weekend after their Mayfair on Mother’s Day weekend.) So, we are trying to look ahead to lock down dates and price (cost is going up) for the Show at Dixon and looking at other sites.
Old Business
- March Cars and Coffee - Mike Rapoza. There were 8 cars there. Mike was at the Shamrock Rally, a 150-mile drive!
- April Fool’s Rally – Mike Rapoza & Mike Hash. Good showing. Bob and Sherry Byers were the winners. We got stuck for a bit due to the No Kings rally in Grass Valley. Some folks got turned around but made it to lunch!
Upcoming Events /New Business Kelly: There are opportunities to sponsor events and add new ones throughout the year. Let him know if you are interested or have an idea.
- Cars and Coffee – Mike Rapoza . Saturday April 11th is cancelled due to rain. Next one is May 9 at Honey Donuts
- Costanzo Run and lunch on April 11. – Jerry & Katie Costanzo. Also cancelled due to rain.
- Visit Snell testing lab – April 25th, - Tim Waller. This will be an interesting presentation and tour at the Snell Foundation helmet testing lab. Sign up tonight.
- Autorama at Cal Expo, May 1-3, 2026. Kelly entered two cars for this event: Mike Rapoza’s 1966 Sunbeam Tiger, and Charles DeCuir’s 1960 Daimler. The cars will be on display for all three days, inside the main pavilion. He will be attending the event. There will be other clubs with cars there too.
- California Auto Museum - Kelly Peters. Kelly contacted Karen at the CAM for more information. We have donated $1500 (last time in November). Club membership is $150 due in November. We can opt to use their meeting room (one time use) or passes. Katie C has some passes if you want one. We can also sponsor a car for $250 per year. The CAM has 5 British cars, any or all of which we could sponsor for $250/car/year – 1957 Triumph TR3, 1981 DeLorean, 1960 Nash Metropolitan, 1926 Austin A7 Chummy, and 1980 MGB.
- September 12 Car Show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center – Mary Hargrave. The “Classic Car Plein Air Event” is an opportunity for artists to experience the art of the automobile. It will begin at 4 :00 PM. Members showing their cars should arrive by 3:30 PM. The Center is on Gibbons Drive in Carmichael. will serve light refreshments and wine.
Grand Poobah – Kelly Peters – Nothing to report.
For the Good of the Club –
- Ken Freese shared that the California Auto Museum is sponsoring the Capitol Carrera on April 25-26. It is an overnight drive, 150 miles one way, for cars built before 1980. You can register on their website if you’re interested. There are 3 spots left! Cost is $1345.
- Tim Waller reported that the Morgan Meet-up and Road rally will be in June. Usually 30-40 cars.
- This weekend is the annual Scottish Festival in Woodland.
- Kelly mentioned that Wendy Moore is selling her 1959 Bug Eye Sprite. Contact him for information.
- Ted from the Rio Vista Airport Wings and Wheels show. It is Saturday Sept. 12, 9 AM to 2 PM. He provided information and flyers, and encouraged members to come.
Meeting adjourned at 7:53 PM
Next Meeting Date/Location: Tuesday, May 5th, at Pete’s Restaurant and Brew House; 2100 Arden Way #123. Starting at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Katie Owens, secretary |
