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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
THURSDAY MAY 13, 1999—5:45 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Foster,Rick Mascari,Mark Anderson,Tom Bender
STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Mitchell, Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Mascari called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the April 8, 1999, Commission meeting were approved as submitted.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Foster made a motion to approve the bills. Bender seconded the motion and the bills were
approved 4—0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION—ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
No items were discussed.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. ACSG Project: Dave Kisser reported that Iowa City Mobile Home Park was on
schedule to have all the tenants relocated by the first week in June. The auction will be
scheduled for mid-July. Eighteen of the tenants have been relocated. He circulated a
chart showing the progress of obtaining easements.
Kisser said ACSG should be ready to move out of the Fitzgarrald house by the end of
May. The house will be auctioned at the same time as the ICMHP.
b. Airport Terminal Building: Anderson said there were five bids on the project. He
thought they were very competitive bids. Selzer Werderitsch was the apparent low
bidder. Morrie Cohen,from HLM, explained the bids and the alternates. He
recommended awarding the bid to Selzer Werderitsch,and not take alternate#3.
Bender made a motion to recommend the low bid and authorize the chairperson to sign
the contract if funding is approved by the Council. Anderson seconded the motion and at
roll call vote,the motion passed 4—0,with Horan being absent.
O'Neil said he would like to see the contract signed and the"Notice to Proceed"by
June 1. O'Neil said it would be on the Council agenda on May 18th. He said he would be
there to answer any questions the Council may have. Mascari and Anderson said they
would be there to represent the Commission.
c. Iowa City Flying Service lease: Mitchell said the lease provides for a month to month
lease for the United hangar and the Maintenance Shop, starting June 1, 1999. This is part
of the agreement that was negotiated with the new FBO hangar.
Foster made a motion for a resolution to accept the lease with Iowa City Flying Service
for the United hangar and Shop. Bender seconded the motion and it passed 4—0,with
Horan being absent.
d. HLM hangar: Dennis Gordon said he is interested in adding an addition to the hangar
he subleases from HLM. The addition would be approximately 30 feet by 60 feet.
Mascari said he thought there was a problem with adding on to a building that did not
meet flood plain requirements. Anderson said he thought the Commission could apply
for a waiver.
O'Neil said he would get some cost estimates for budgeting purposes. If the addition
were built,that would be the time to renegotiate the lease, and lease directly to Gordon.
e. Southwest FBO hangar: O'Neil said the second half of the floor was poured today.
O'Neil said he contacted Curt Hooyer from Wendler Construction and said he wanted the
building functional by June 1. Hooyer said he thought the deadline could be met. The
offices may not be complete but the doors should be on and the hangar part completed.
f. North Commercial area: Bender presented information on the latest design for the area.
He said the project had been delayed several times from being sent to the P &Z
Commission. The Planning Department is still waiting for MMS to do the mandatory
environmental study. Mitchell is working on an agreement to exchange some property
with Cub Foods on the west side of the property to allow for the construction of the road.
Mascari said he has several concerns. One of the major concerns is whether or not to
reserve enough area to have a primary surface wide enough to accommodate a precision
approach. If a primary surface is reserved for precision approach, it would take away a
lot of the property planned for the North Commercial area.
Dick Blum,from Howard R. Green, said the new approach would be based on a WAAS.
The instrumentation will be based in Ames. It would not require any new
instrumentation on the Airport. This would be a satellite-based system. But if it is a
precision approach, it will require a 1000'primary surface.
Mascari said he would like to bring in enough income to be able to fund Runway 17/35
and keep it open indefinitely. Blum said one of the main reasons that the decision was
made to eventually close RW 17/35 was the cost to mitigate the obstructions and buy the
property for the RPZ's for this runway. The Master Plan did not address mitigating the
obstructions because the runway was scheduled to be closed.
Dennis Gordon said if you don't have a precision approach, it may not keep a corporate
aircraft from coming to Iowa City,but it may keep them from basing their aircraft here.
Mascari said if the choice is between losing development land and reserving space for a
precision approach,he would not support having a precision approach. O'Neil said some
FAA officials have indicated that although it is important to become self-sufficient,the
first priority should be to protect the Airport.
O'Neil suggested sending a letter to the based aircraft owners to see what their opinion is
with relation to having a precision approach. He will draft a letter and this can be an
agenda item for June or July.
g. Southwest T-hangar building: O'Neil said that there are eleven names on the waiting
list for a T-hangar. He said ICFS has several additional names. O'Neil said he discussed
the financing for the building with Finance Director Yucuis. He said he thought it would
be possible to finance an interdepartmental loan to build the hangar.
Anderson made a motion to proceed with building another T-hangar building. Foster
seconded the motion and it passed 4—0. The Commission directed O'Neil to schedule
time with the Council to discuss financing a new T-hangar. O'Neil will try to schedule
time at the June 14th Council work session.
h. Corporate hangar lease-#34: O'Neil said the tenant in hangar#34 made a request to
terminate his lease. O'Neil said there is a waiting list for the hangar and ICFS was next
on the list. He said the lease would run until it's original termination date in 2001.
Anderson made a motion for a resolution to terminate the lease for hangar#34 with Joel
Hilgenberg and to sign a lease with ICFS. Foster seconded the motion and at roll call
vote,the motion passed 4—0, with Horan being absent.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Mascari said he attended the Central Region AIP Conference
with Horan and Bender. He said they met several FAA officials who were enthusiastic about the
Iowa City Airport. Mascari said he thought it was a productive trip.
Mascari noted that in a University of Iowa sports camp brochure,the brochure mentioned the
Eastern Iowa Airport as conveniently located to Iowa City but did not mention the Iowa City
Airport. He suggested contacting the Sports Information office and seeing if the Iowa City
Airport could be mentioned.
Mascari said O'Neil is preparing some budget information for him from the past few years.
Mascari said he would look at the information and report to the Commission at a future meeting.
COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS:
Foster asked the Commission what they thought was their main purpose was? The consensus was
that the first priority was to provide aviation services. The second priority was to become as self-
sufficient as possible.
Anderson asked about the vehicle replacement schedule? Mascari said he is discussing the
budgeting process with O'Neil.
Anderson asked about the wind sock and wind tee lights? O'Neil said he would have an update at
the June meeting.
Anderson said he liked the new entrance sign. O'Neil said additional landscaping would be done
around the sign this summer.
Bender said his trip to Kansas City was very informative. He thought the FAA officials he talked
with were knowledgeable and interested in the Iowa City Airport.
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Bender said he and O'Neil discussed the development of other commercial lots on the Airport.
There are two commercial lots available on the east side of the Airport, on South Riverside Drive.
Bender said he would look into what it would take to develop the lots.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: O'Neil said he received a call from a person interested in
doing an air show in Iowa City. It would cost$2500 per day per aircraft. Dennis Gordon said
that the Constellation might be able to come back this summer. He said a sponsor would be
needed if they were to come back.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular Airport Commission meeting is scheduled for June 10, 1999,at 5:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
Rick Mascari,Chairperson