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Home My WebLink About2023-03-07 Bd Comm minutesAttachments:Airport Commission: January 19 Item Number: 3.a. March 7, 2023 Airport Commission: January 19 Airport Commission January 19, 2023 Page 2of 5 The last presentation was given by Greg Gessel. Gessel described his motivations and message and discussed a concept with the Commission. Gessel then showed off concepts of murals for the Commission. Following the presentation, members asked questions to which Gessel responded. 1.Consider a motion directing staff to negotiate a contract with a selected artist -Clair moved to defer the motion to the February 9th meeting, seconded by Lawrence. Motion carried 5-0 b.Airport Strategic Plan -Bailey stated that this evening's objectives were to check in on the vision and mission statements and then examine the goals. Bailey stated that when they had first started this process the initial decision was not to change the vision and mission statements, but also wanted to check in and confirm that decision. Bailey stated that the purpose of the vision statement is to describe the long term aspirations and ideal future state. The mission statement is an internally unifying and externally explaining what the organization does. Members discussed the vision and mission statements. Bishop commented about having a more bold vision statement, members discussed different wording of the statements. Gardinier shared insights from the previous discussion as a member of the Commission who had been involved with the previous plan's creation. Members discussed removing the word "economic" from the vision statement. Members continued to discuss the statement. Members agreed to change the vision statement to "The Iowa City Municipal Airport seeks to support the strategic goals of the City of Iowa City and is an integral community asset that benefits the region's commerce, vitality, and community pride." Bailey then began discussing the goals stating that these fit into categories of Communication, Funding, Use, Infrastructure. Bailey asked if those were still the broad categories that the Commission wanted to use, or if there were any others missing. Members discussed the exis_ting goals. Clair discussed adding a new goal category called Public Relations. Clair discussed including good neighbor goals. Members discussed ways to balance airport operations with complaints of noise. Bailey reiterated that the Commission would have 5 broad objectives for their goals including a new one for Public Relations. Lawrence suggested dropping the "for aviation" from the "increase use of the airport" goal. Clair suggested a goal for "continue to develop funding mechanisms for airport operations, improvements, and maintenance." Members continue to discuss draft goals. c.Airport Construction Projects: i.FAA grant projects 1.Runway 25 Threshold Relocation -Tharp stated that this was still to be finished up in the spring with painting and clean up 2.Runway 12/30 Displaced Threshold/Relocation -Tharp noted that they were working on the scope agreement. Bishoped asked if that included LED lights and Byers note that's one of the major items being discussed with FAA. Byers also noted they were looking at PAPls on the 30 end. 3.Terminal Area Study a.Draft scope of services -Tharp noted that they had a scope of services draft and he wanted to walk through the scope with the Commission so that everyone was on the same page Airport Commission January 19, 2023 Page3of5 as to what was going to happen and how it was going to happen. Byers stated that they were looking at two components, the building itself and the gateway or entrance road. Byers noted they changed the outcomes so that they were included a "no change" option. Otherwise they also looking at a minor building renovation (keeping the shell and remodeling the interior), a major building modification, and a "demolish and reconstruct" option. Sponza described some of the outreach and the public participation plans. Commission members discussed the scope and asked questions to which Byers responded. Byers also noted that they had to be aware of the funding limits regarding certain uses in the building. Tharp stated they had a couple of more steps before the agreement was ready for approval but was hopeful to have it at their next meeting 4.Solar Power Project -Tharp stated that CMT was working on their scope of services document. Tharp stated that they were planning on an agreement that had two parts, the environmental section and then the design phase for the system. Tharp stated they were trying to get that ready to go ii.Iowa DOT grant projects 1.FY22 Program a.South T-hangar infrastructure -Tharp stated that they were waiting for winter. The contractor had been completing their materials submittals. Tharp noted the contract had 25 days so the contractor also wanted to make sure they had good schedule 2.FY23 Program - a.Terminal Building Improvements -Tharp stated that Bolton & Menk was putting together some sheets for this and the wayfinding signage that they could send off for quotes because these projects were not requiring a formal bid process b.Wayfinding/Signage - iii.Airport/Locally Funded Projects 1.Parking Lot Additions -Tharp stated they were waiting for spring to confirm the seeding was going to take. iv.Future Projects Tharp stated he added this as a spot for any future projects they might want to discuss. Tharp noted that during the budget presentations he learned that the City was using conductive pavement in a project and he had sent information to Carl about using it in future airport projects. Tharp stated that this was something that could be applied to projects at the airport. d.Airport "Operations" i.Budget -Tharp stated that he had completed the presentations to the City Council. He noted that one council member had discussed some of the climate change projects and asked about what happens when the 1 DOLL changes. Tharp noted he was watching it, but that FAA was still in the process of certifying it. Lawrence noted that he had read something recently Airport Commission January 19, 2023 Page 4of 5 that FAA was certifying powerplants on an individual basis. Tharp noted that he had also completed the capital improvement presentation with Council. ii.Management 1.Annual Report -Tharp stated that this was in the packet and member should read for comment and corrections. iii.Events 1.Autocross: April 16, June 11, Aug 27, Oct 1. 2.Pancake Breakfast August 27 3. Drive-In Movies -Tharp noted that they were tentatively scheduled for 1 movie and that he had promised to pay for the portable toilets in order to keep it on the schedule. 4.Young Eagles-Tharp stated that he had reached out to the Young Eagles organizers to get on the schedule. e.FBO / Flight Training Reports - i.Jet Air -Wolford noted that it's been a winter for the brush equipment. So far the snows have been light. Wolford noted that he had returned from the Cirrus conference and that Jet Air Iowa City was a service center for Cirrus. Wolford noted that they were seeing more noise complaints on a national level because during the pandemic people were at home instead of in office buildings. He also noted that some of the comments could be from operations like the state patrol who will fly for several hours over an area when they do traffic patrols. f.Commission Members' Reports -None g.Staff Report -None SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING Lawrence noted he was a "maybe" for the meeting. Members set the next meeting to be held on February 9th. ADJOURN Lawrence moved to adjourn, seconded by Clair. Motion carried 5-0. Meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm. CHAIRPERSON DATE TERM 0 .... N .... ---.... .... � 0 w N NAME EXP. N N N N Warren 06/30/26 Bishop X X X Scott Clair 06/30/23 X X X Christopher 06/30/25 Lawrence X X X Hellecktra 06/30/24 Orozco X X X Judy Pfohl 06/30/26 X X X X = Present XIE = Present for Part of Meeting O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused NM = Not a Member at this time Airport Commission ATTENDANCE RECORD 2022-2023 0 0 0 0 0 � � � � -..i ::i: .... N .... 0 0 .... � � � � N N N N N N N X X X X X X X X X X X O/E X X X X X X X X X X X X X XIS= Present for subcommittee meeting O/S = Absent, not a member of the subcommittee 0 0 0 � co � -0 .... 0 (0 .... co N N N N N N 0/5 X X X/5 X X 0/5 X O/E XIS X O/E X/5 X X Airport Commission January 19, 2023 Page5of5 .... .... g .... -.... .... � 0 N N N X X X X O/E X X X X X X X X X X .... 0 N .... --0 .... co N (0 N N w X X X X X Attachments:Civil Service Commission: February 24 Item Number: 3.b. March 7, 2023 Civil Service Commission: February 24 Attachments:Climate Action Commission: January 9 Item Number: 3.c. March 7, 2023 Climate Action Commission: January 9 Attachments:Housing and Community Development Commission: January 19 [See Recommendations] Item Number: 3.d. March 7, 2023 Housing and Community Development Commission: January 19 [See Recommendations] Attachments:Human Rights Commission: January 24 Item Number: 3.e. March 7, 2023 Human Rights Commission: January 24 Attachments:Library Board of Trustees: January 26 Item Number: 3.f. March 7, 2023 Library Board of Trustees: January 26