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Home My WebLink About2024-05-09 Airport Commission Minutes MINUTES FINAL IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION May 9, 2024—6:00 P.M. AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING Members Present: Hellecktra Orozco, Ryan Story, Chris Lawrence Members Absent: Warren Bishop, ,Judy Pfohl Staff Present: Michael Tharp, Jennifer Schwickerath Others Present: Carl Byers, Matt Wolford RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None DETERMINE QUORUM A quorum was determined at 6:03 pm and Orozco called the meeting to order. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Lawrence asked if Pfohl had commented on the minutes. Tharp stated that Pfohl had submitted some corrections. Lawrence moved to approve the minutes from April 11, 2024 as amended by Pfohl, seconded by Story. Motion carried 3-0 (Bishop, Kohl absent) PUBLIC COMMENT - None ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION 1 ACTION a. Airport Construction Projects: i. FAA grant projects 1. Runway 12130 Displaced Threshold/Relocation — Tharp noted that the project is a little behind due to the weather but otherwise is going pretty well. Tharp stated they did have on the agenda to approve a flight check agreement with FAA to perform the flight check of the new lights once they are installed. Lawrence asked if there would be any affect to the approaches to which Byers stated he didn't believe there would be. a. Consider a resolution approving flight check agreement with FAA — Lawrence moved resolution #A24-11, seconded by Story. Motion carried 3-0 (Bishop, Pfohl absent) .2. Terminal Area Study— a. Consider a resolution accepting project as complete — Tharp stated they had submitted everything to the FAA for the final time and it has been accepted. Tharp noted Airport Commission May 9,2024 Page 2 of 5 they have the study, and the preferred option and that the Commission can accept the project as complete. Lawrence moved resolution #A24-12, seconded by Orozco. Motion carried 3.0 (Bishop, Pfohl absent) 3. Solar Power Project— a. Consider a resolution accepting bids and awarding contract — Tharp stated that the FAA waiver process was flaking a bit longer than he anticipated and he was asking the Commission to defer this one more time. Tharp stated they did have information submitted to FAA for the waiver. Lawrence asked if they were up against any deadlines and Tharp stated there was a 90 day hold period allowed per the bid documents and that they had until July 8ti, to accept. Tharp stated that he was hoping to have the approvals by the end of the month and that the Commission should be aware of a possible special meeting if that does happen. Lawrence moved to defer, seconded by Story. Motion carried 3.0 (Bishop, Pfohl absent) b. Consider a resolution authorizing chair to sign renewable energy credit acknowledgements with MidAmerican Energy— Tharp stated the solar project does generate a renewable energy credit and that MidAmerican Energy has 2 options for dealing with it. The first option is they can pay MidAmerican for that credit to retain it.The other option and his recommendation was to allow MidAmerican energy to keep the credit which then also obligates the company to purchase excess energy produced by the array at retail value. Lawrence moved resolution #A24-13, seconded by Story. Motion carried 3.0 (Bishop, Pfohl absent) ii. Iowa DOT grant projects 1. FY23 Program a. Terminal Building Improvements — Tharp stated that the brickwork project is completed and that if Commission members hadn't seen it yet, they should take a look. Tharp stated that the Commission can accept this project as complete as well. Wolford asked about the logo sign and Tharp stated they held off on the sign pending the attempts to get funding for the terminal building. b. Consider a resolution accepting project as complete. Lawrence moved resolution #A24-14, seconded by Story. Motion carried 3-0 (Bishop, Pfohl absent) 2. FY 25 application—Tharp stated that he had the application packet in the project sheet in the packet. Tharp stated that his recommendation this year is to not apply for anything. Tharp noted that with the pending application this fall for the terminal building, they really need every dollar they have to be available for it. Tharp noted that if they don't get selected for the terminal building replacement project, then they're going to have a good bit of dollars Airport Commission May 9, 2024 Page 3of 5 built up that they could go after a larger project. Commission agreed with the recommendation by consensus. b. Airport "Operations" i. Budget—Tharp noted that they received the rent check for the farm ground, but noted that it was going to be a really tight budget for the next couple of months. Tharp stated that he had a conversation with the Army National Guard as they've restarted the conversation on using the old reserve building and expanding the footprint of the leased ground. ii. Management—none iii. Events—Tharp stated that this weekend was the Young Eagles event at the airport. Tharp noted that the event is online registration only. Tharp noted that last year they had several no-shows on the registrations and he was concerned about it happening again. Tharp stated the next events are another autocross event and then the drive in movie. 1. Autocross: April 14, June 9, Sept 15, Sept 29 2. Drive-In Movie: July 13 (Barbie) 3. Young Eagles: May 11 4. Pancake Breakfast (Aug 25) c. FBO 1 Flight Training Reports L Jet Air—Wolford stated they had a group that came out and did some weed pulling as a fundraiser. Wolford stated they had a couple of loads of mulch that they put into the play area and it helped, but wasn't enough. Wolford noted that they shop was busy and that flying was pretty active. Orozco asked about traffic for graduation. Wolford stated that not a lot of traffic comes in for graduation. Lawrence asked if they had done anything last year for Oshkosh and if so would they do something again. Wolford stated that he thought they had an email blast with fuel discounts. d. Commission Members' Reports — Lawrence asked about upcoming vacancies and Orozco stated that she had reapplied. Story asked about the grass runway updates. Tharp stated he didn't have it on the agenda because he wasn't ready for it but they were still working through the information. Orozco asked about the meeting with the City Council. Story said that Pfohl did a great job with their statement. e. Staff Report— Tharp stated that there were going to be some upcoming dates that he was taking time off. Tharp stated that May 2311 and 2411 and right after the meeting in June he would have some additional time off. SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING — Members set the next meeting for June 13th, 2024 at S:00pm. ADJOURN Lawrence moved to adjourn, seconded by Story. Motion carried 3-0 (Bishop, Pfohl absent). Meeting adjourned at 6:28pm. Airport Commission May 9,2024 Page 4 of 5 CHAIRPERSON ®ATE Airport Commission May 9,2024 Page 5 of 5 Airport Commission ATTENDANCE RECORD 2023-2024 TERM o 0 0 0 o a v i aN wo J Lka p p 00 00 W o Is W CA � 00 00 NAME � iz � r _ r � r e � iz EXP. N N N N N N N N N N N N N W W W W W W W W .A P ah A Warren 06/30/26 Bishop X X X X X OIE X X OIE X X OIE OIE Scott Clair 06/30123 XIE OIE Not a member Christopher 06/30/25 X X X X X X X X X OIE X� X X Lawrence Heliecktra 06130/24 X X X X X X X X OIE X Y X OIE X Orozco Judy Pfohl 06/30/26 X X X X X X X X X X X X OIE Ryan Story 06/30/27 Not a X OIE X OIE X X X X X X X member Kev: X = Present XIE = Present for Part of Meeting O = Absent OIE = Absent/Excused NM = Not a Member at this time XIS = Present for subcommittee meeting OIS = Absent, not a member of the subcommittee