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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
April 13, 2023 — 6:00 P.M.
AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
Members Present: Warren Bishop, Judy Pfohl, Chris Lawrence
Members Absent: Scott Clair, Hellecktra Orozco
Staff Present: Michael Tharp, Jennifer Schwickerath,
Others Present: Matt Wolford, Carl Byers, Judy Nyren, Regenia Bailey, Jenna Brownlee
(via Zoom)
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
None
DETERMINE QUORUM
A quorum was determined at 6:00 pm and Pfohl called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Bishop moved to accept the minutes of March 9 and March 20, 2023, seconded by Lawrence.
Motion carried 3-0 (Orozco, Clair absent)
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION / ACTION
a. Airport History — Judy Nyren — Pfohl introduced Nyren to the group. Nyren stated
that she had been the historian of the Lucas Farms neighborhood and that there
were several events that overlapped between Lucas Farms history and airport
history and wanted to share some of those. Nyren shared connections between the
airport and Lucas farms. Nyren discussed several events in the history including the
initial flight by Thomas Baldwin, a visit to the University of Iowa by Amelia Earhart,
as well as individual connections to the neighborhood with aviation designers
Alexander Lippisch and Donald Luscombe.
b. Hangar A Mural Project — Tharp stated they had a couple of goals for the night,
and that was to pick between the 2 concepts that Brownlee had submitted as part of
her presentation. Tharp also stated they needed to decide on the fundraising
question of whether or not to offer donors a thank you ability to include personal
aircraft. Tharp stated that the two concepts he described as being one as more of
a timeline flow with vibrant colors and the other was more subdued but dedicated to
the types of aircraft used. Brownlee helped to summarize the concepts as well.
Members discussed the two concepts. Tharp asked members to make a motion to
pick between the two for the record. Pfohl motioned that concept 1 be the base
design concept which will be further revised. Bishop seconded. Motion
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carried 3-0 (Clair Orozco absent). Brownlee asked about further questions or how
that process would proceed. Tharp stated it was fine to ask and send questions to
him. Tharp noted the Commission met once a month. Members discussed the
fundraising letter and whether or not to offer the ability for a larger donation to offer
a personal aircraft image in the mural. Members also discussed the long term
strategy for recruiting members to a fundraising committee
Airport Strategic Plan — Bailey stated that she had sent the information from the
last meeting. Bailey noted that with the lack of members she felt delaying the
conversation for the moment was good and that if the Commission had a special
meeting she would be happy to take part in that. Otherwise they would plan to finish
the conversation at the May meeting.
Airport Construction Projects:
L FAA grant projects
1. Runway 25 Threshold Relocation — Tharp stated they were
waiting for consistent weather to finish the clean up work.
2. Runway 12/30 Displaced Threshold/Relocation — Tharp stated
that we would be asking for the Commission to defer stating they
didn't have concurrence from FAA yet regarding the full funding.
a. Consider a resolution accepting bids and awarding
contract for Runway 12-30 threshold, paving, and
lighting work. Lawrence moved to defer, seconded by
Pfohl. Motion carried 3-0 (Clair Orozco absent)
3. Terminal Area Study — Tharp stated he was expecting comments
from FAA regarding this work order and was asking the Commission
to defer this as well. Tharp stated they would probably need to have
a special meeting to approve this and the runway project bids when
FAA items were resolved.
a. Consider a resolution approving Work Order 10 with
Bolton & Menk. Lawrence moved to defer, seconded by
Pfohl. Motion carried 3-0 (Clair Orozco absent)
4. Solar Power Project — Tharp stated that he had met with CMT
regarding this and that he was looking for some of the original plans
for the buildings. Tharp stated that otherwise they would be visiting
the airport to look at the buildings they were planning on rooftop
panels.
ii. Iowa DOT grant projects
1. FY22 Program
a. South T -hangar infrastructure — Tharp stated they had
begun the project and noted they encountered their first
issue. Tharp stated they had encountered a much larger
layer of topsoil than initially planned for. This meant the
contractor would need to remove that extra top soil and refill
the missing material. Otherwise the project was going as
expected.
2. FY23 Program —
a. Terminal Building Improvements — Tharp noted that he
had met with Carl and John Moes from FUEL and they had
picked out the spot for the monument sign. Tharp noted that
as they were discussing the sign together questions about
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what they were doing on the terminal building came up.
Tharp noted that there had been options for including
different styles of work with the glass blocks. Members
confirmed the design of the monument sign to be internally
lit, and that they were not putting anything over or on the glass
blocks on the terminal.
b. Wayfinding/Signage -
3. FY24 Program - Tharp stated the Carl and the team were
putting together cost estimates for the state grant program
and they were looking at constructing the remaining taxilane
segments and replacing the fuel filter cabinets for the storage
tanks. Tharp also stated that the applications were due May
25th.
iii. Airport/Locally Funded Projects
1. Parking Lot Additions - Tharp noted that it appeared that they
would need to have the contractor do some reseeding of the area
and they were working on getting that completed so they could close
out the contract
iv. Future Projects
e. Airport "Operations"
L Budget That noted that they were quickly approaching the end of the fiscal
year. He noted that fuel flows were down a bit from last year but otherwise
not terrible
ii. Management -
1. Commission Member Outreach Plan - Tharp noted that this was
on the agenda for if the Commission wanted to discuss having
members go out to other boards/commissions or groups to discuss
the airport and see where there could be items to cooperate on or
advance other projects that would also benefit the airport.
iii. Events - Tharp stated that the only change to this was he did have the date
for the movie which would be August 5th
1. Autocross: April 16, June 11, Aug 27, Oct 1.
2. Pancake Breakfast August 27
3. Drive -In Movies - August 5
4. Young Eagles - June 3
f. FBO / Flight Training Reports -
i. Jet Air - Wolford shared the maintenance sheet with the Commission. He
noted that there wasn't anything significant on the sheet other than a little bit
more snow on the ground in March. Wolford noted that Tharp and another
Jet Air employee had worked out a new message board downstairs where
the sales board used to be. Wolford noted that he had helped out with the
neighborhood meeting that was held at the airport. Wolford noted they had
4 different groups fly to see the women's basketball game. He noted that
when they returned the planes all returned within about a 30 minute window
of each other and about 49 passengers came through the airport in about 30
minutes.
g. Commission Members' Reports - Lawrence stated that the aviation conference
was interesting and that he came away with a better understanding of the FAA grant
process and the different pots of money. Bishop agreed and stated they he felt it
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was very clear that Tharp was a leader in the organization. Tharp noted that he was
re-elected to be Vice President as the officers stayed the same for another year.
h. Staff Report — Tharp stated that it was good to have Commission members there
because it does give them a closer look at all the things he is involved in behind the
scenes like tracking legislation that might affect airports or other topics.
Tharp also stated that he and Schwickerath were discussing how some of the recent
meetings were going and cautioned members on returning to previously discussed
agenda items during the Commission reports or later in the meeting in general after
the Commission had moved on from the topic. Tharp noted he didn't want to stifle
the conversations, but that they Commission needed to be aware to have the
conversations at the time those subjects are on the agenda. Tharp also stated that
he was going to have a couple of days away around the first weekend of May.
SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING
Members set the next regular meeting to be held on May 11th, with a special meeting pending the
FAA issuing their concurrence to award contracts.
ADJOURN
Bishop moved to adjourn, seconded by Pfohl. Motion carried 3-0. Meeting adjourned at 7:40pm
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Airport Commission
ATTENDANCE RECORD
2022-2023
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O/S = Absent, not a member of the subcommittee