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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11-1996 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes MINUTES IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION THURSDAY JANUARY 11, 1996 - 5:45 P.M. IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY MEMBERS PRESENT: Howard Horan, Rick Mascari, Richard Blum, Pat Foster STAFF PRESENT: Anne Burnside, Ron O'Neil CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Horan called the meeting to order at 5:49 p.m. A quorum of the Commission was present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the December 14, 1995, meeting were approved as submitted. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES: Mascari made a motion to approve the bills. Foster seconded the motion and it was approved 4 - 0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: Robert Kistler, of the Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA ) , requested time on the Commission agenda at the next meeting. His group would like to use a portion of a taxiway for a SCCA sanctioned event. They have done this in the past and wanted to hold one or two events in Iowa City again this year. Horan directed O'Neil to put this on the agenda in February. PUBLIC HEARING - CORPORATE HANGAR LEASES: Horan opened the hearing at 5: 55 p.m. No one from the public presented information. O'Neil said the main issue in the lease was to decide if there was to be an increase in rent and what a fair market rent should be for the hangars. The CPI for land values in Iowa City had increased an average of over 3% per year since 1987 . O'Neil surveyed ten other airports. Only two others offered comparable heated hangars. After a short debate, the Commission decided to increase the rent for the 5 year lease by 10%. Horan closed the hearing at 6: 12 p.m. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: a. Master Plan Study - Jerry Searle presented a lay out plan for the Airport Terminal Area that would be incorporated in the Airport Master Plan. The placement of the buildings and a priority for the construction of additional hangars was discussed. .i Information was presented by McClure Engineering on the cost of constructing a 100 ' X 100 ' hangar, south of the Airport Terminal. The Commission discussed how many tenants would be needed and what type of rent would be expected from each tenant to make the project workable. Blum said he is aware of at least two tenants that are interested in basing their business aircraft in Iowa City if additional hangar space is constructed. O'Neil will review the information presented by McClure and this item will be discussed at the next Commission. b. Corporate hangar leases - Mascari made a motion for a resolution to offer 5 year leases for corporate hangars # 31, # 32 , ' # 33 , and # 34 . Foster seconded the motion, and at roll call vote, the motion passed 4 - 0, with Hicks being absent. c. Gordon Aircraft agreement- Gordon had exercised his option and requested an additional one year extension to his business agreement. The terms and conditions of the original one year lease were the same. Blum made a motion for a resolution to extend the Gordon Aircraft business agreement for one year. Mascari seconded the motion and at roll call vote, the motion passed 4 - 0, with Hicks being absent. d. Iowa City/Coralville J. C. ' s - No one from the J.C. ' s was in attendance. O'Neil said he had contacted the co-chairperson of the J. C. 's Fourth of July Committee and she assured him someone would be at the meeting. O'Neil said he had requested a more detailed lay-out plan and work schedule for the event. Blum said the project takes about 25 to 30 hours of volunteer time from the Commission. Mascari volunteered at the December meeting to be the Commission's representative and contact person. This will be an agenda item at the February Commission meeting. e. ADA improvements : Airport Terminal Building - O'Neil provided the Commission with four proposals for constructing the ADA improvements for the Airport Terminal. Improvements included making the main doors accessible and improvements to the men' s and women's bathrooms. The low proposal was by Boyd Crosby Construction for $ 15, 337. Foster made a motion for a resolution to accept the proposal by Boyd Crosby Construction. Blum seconded the motion and at roll call vote, the motion passed 4 - 0, with Hicks being absent. f. Iowa City School District lease - The amount of rent for the parcel of property leased by the Iowa City School District is to be negotiated by March 1, 1996. Horan and O'Neil will contact the School District and negotiate a fair market rent. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Horan said he will represent the Commission at the Council budget meeting on January 23 , 1996. COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS: Mascari wanted to discuss the snow removal policy. He wanted to change the policy to discuss when the airport would be plowed. He suggested plowing whenever the Street Department begins to plow. O'Neil said he thought the streets are plowed when there are two or three inches of snow, but salt and sand is used before that amount of accumulation. He will get a copy of the snow removal policy for the Commission. Blum said the current policy states that if it snows an inch or more, the manager is to have at least one runway open by daylight, which would be considered the beginning of the business day. This has been the policy that has been in affect for the last 15 years or so. Blum said safety is the main issue, but with a limited number of staff and equipment, the Commission is responsible for looking at what is economically and physically feasible for an airport of this size. Horan said the policy will be reviewed and will be an agenda item at the next meeting. Mascari said that he was concerned about the number of people that have master keys to the T-hangar buildings. O'Neil said that three of the buildings are leased to ICFS and they are responsible for the keys. Gerald Jones, from ICFS, said that sometimes in the past, instead of individual hangar keys being given out, ICFS gave out master keys. The master keys were to be returned when individual keys were made available. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: O'Neil said Horan' s Commission term is up for appointment. The Council will make the appointment at their January 30 meeting. SET NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting is scheduled for February 8, 1996, at 5: 45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: Foster moved to adjourn the meeting. Blum seconded the motion and the meet 'ng adjo•rn- = :t 8: 18 p.m. 119.4ard4oran, . irperson