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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
July 11, 2024- 6:00 P.M.
AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
Members Present: Hellecktra Orozco, Warren Bishop, Judy Pfohl
Members Absent: Ryan Story, Chris Lawrence
Staff Present: Michael Tharp, Sue Dulek
Others Present: Matt Wolford, Adam Thompson, Carl Byers
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
None
DETERMINE QUORUM
A quorum was determined at 0:01 pm and Orozco called the meeting to order.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Bishop nominated Lawrence as Chair and Story as Secretary, Seconded by Pfohl. Tharp
stated that he had talked with both Lawrence and Story since they were expected to not be at the
meeting and both were willing to serve in roles as.nominated. Motion Carried 3-0 (Lawrence,
Story absent)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Tharp noted that Pfohl had submitted some grammatical corrections to the draft minutes. Pfohl
moved to approve the minutes from June 13, 2024 as amended, seconded by Bishop.
Motion carried 3.0 (Lawrence, Story absent)
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION 1 ACTION
a. Airport Construction Projects:
L FAA grant projects
1. Runway 12130 Displaced Threshold/Relocation - Tharp stated
that he was really hoping to say that Runway 12130 was open.
Tharp asked Carl to give an update as he was just out there. Byers
stated that they were installing some temporary lighting to be used
until permanent fixtures were in. Wolford asked if they were over
time on the contract and Byers responded they were and the
contractor knew that. Bishop asked about night operations and
Byers responded.
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2. Solar Power Project — Tharp stated that they had met with the
contractor on the last Monday of June. Tharp stated they received
a rough schedule from the contractor which called for the start of
work around Labor Day and would take up most of September with
the work. Tharp also stated that MidAmerican still had to do work
to upgrade the transformer in the area so both array systems could
be online.
3. Terminal Building Tharp stated that they put this back on just
because the FAA opened the window for the terminal building grant
program applications. He noted they were due at the end of July
and that he and Byers were working on a revision to submit from
what was submitted last year. Tharp stated that this was still
planned to be split into 2 phases the first being the environmental
and historical review and then construction. Bishop asked if he had
received any feedback. Tharp stated that he hadn't but in talking
with other people he noted that some had developed a FACE style
document to give to the FAA regional staff and others that were
pushing for support.
iii. Iowa DOT grant projects ®Tharp stated that this was just on as they were
finishing up the grant closeout process. Tharp noted that the next round of
DOT grant applications would be in April so if they had something between
now and then that they wanted to apply for, they would have time to get some
cost estimates.
b. Airport"Operations"
i. Budget Tharp noted that the budget was pretty critical this year and
probably would be next year. Tharp noted that they were getting the final
bills through the system but they would be over budget for the year.
iii. Management
1.. Strategic Plan—Tharp noted that he had planned to do a strategic
plan update but felt it would be better to hold off on the discussion
and get everyone at the meeting hopefully next month. Orozco
stated that the update might give them more of an idea for future
DOT grant applications.
iii. Events®Tharp state that.the drive-in movie was this weekend. Tharp stated
- that most of the major stuff was starting to wrap up.
1. Autocross: Sept 15, Sept 29
2. Drive-in Movie, July 13( arble)
3. Pancake Breakfast (Aug 25)
c. FBO I Flight Training Reports
ii. Jet Air® Wolford noted that airport things were doing pretty well. Wolford
stated that they had done some mulching around the viewing area and out
front. He also stated that they were advertising a fuel discount for the
Oshkosh traffic. Wolford noted that the shop AC was something they had
been nursing along and he mentioned to Tharp that its probably time to look
for a better option. Wolford noted that charter activity was doing well. Pfohl
asked about cutting the bushes down or trimming them back again from the
Iowa City sign. Orozco asked about the maintenance and Tharp stated that
for a while the city had-been managing an HVAC maintenance contract.
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d, Commission Members' Reports —.Pfohl stated they had their 50t' anniversary
recently.
e. Staff Report — Tharp stated that July 30-August 6th he would be out of the office for
vacation. Tharp stated that the 4 states1FAA Central regional conference was August 21-
23rd.
SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING — Pfohl asked about the date on the agenda and Tharp noted
that was a typo. Bishop noted he would be out of the country for the meeting. Members set the
next meeting for August 8th, 2024 at 6:00pm.
ADJOURN
Bishop moved to adjourn, seconded by Pfohl. Motion carried 3-0 (Story, Lawrence absent).
Meeting adjo at 6:26 pm.
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ATTENDANCE RECORD
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Warren 06130/26
Bishop X X OIE X X O!E X X O/E OIE X X X
Christopher 06/30/25
X X X X X X OIE X X X OIE OIE OIE
Lawrence
Wellecktra 06/30124 X X X X X OIE X X OIE X O/E X X
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Judy Pfohl 06/30/26 X X X X X X X X X OIE X X X
Ryan Storer 06/30/27 O/E X OIE X X X X X X X X X OIE
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X = Present
X/E = Present for Part of Meeting
O = Absent
OIE =Absent/Excused
NM = blot a Member at this time
XIS = Present for subcommittee meeting
OIS = Absent, not a member of the subcommittee