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Home My WebLink About05-21-2015 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes w Airport Commission May 21,2015 Page 1 MINUTES FINAL IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION MAY 21, 2015—6:00 P.M. AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING Members Present: Jose Assouline, David Davis, Minnetta Gardinier, A. Jacob Odgaard, Chris Ogren Staff Present: Michael Tharp, Eric Goers Others Present: Matt Wolford RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (to become effective only after separate Council action): None. DETERMINE QUORUM: Chairperson Gardinier called the meeting to order at 6:05 P.M. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the April 30, 2015, meeting were reviewed. Ogren moved to accept the minutes of the April 30, 2015, meeting as presented. Davis seconded the motion. The motion carried 5-0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION: None. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: f. FBO/Flight Training Reports— Matt Wolford with Jet Air asked if he could be moved up in the agenda, as he needs to leave early. Members agreed to this request. Wolford shared with Members that Jet Air has just purchased a Cardinal RG plane, for both commercial and flight training use. Continuing, Wolford shared with Members how business is going for Jet Air. He noted that they are keeping busy with plane sales. Wolford then briefly reviewed the monthly maintenance reports, noting that they are doing a lot of mowing and have worked on the walk-in gate recently. There has also been some painting and pothole repair, as well as repair of insulation inside the heated hangars. Members asked about the beacon outage and ensuing repair and Wolford shared how this turned out. The discussion turned to the beacon and its brightness, with Tharp noting that they may have found an LED to replace these bulbs with. Airport Commission May 21,2015 Page 2 a. ICAD—Intelligent Vehicle Testing—Tharp spoke to Members regarding this item, noting that Mark Nolte of ICAD approached him a few weeks ago concerning the Airport helping in this endeavor. He noted that should someone want to use the area in question for something of this nature, they would of course have to seek the Commission's approval. Members briefly discussed this, with Gardinier noting that at this point the request appears to be fairly nebulous and that they really would need more detail. Tharp stated that at this point there is no particular company asking to do such testing, but that ICAD wants to know if they would have the Airport's support, should such a company be found. Ogren suggested the wording say something to the effect that the Airport'welcomes proposals for testing and operation,' that they will consider such requests. After continued discussion, Members agreed that Ogren's suggested wording sounds better. i. Consider a resolution of support of intelligent vehicle testing— Assouline moved to approve Resolution#A15-10 in support of intelligent vehicle testing at the Airport, per the Commission's discussion. Ogren seconded the motion. The motion carried 5-0. b. Airport Commerce Park—Tharp noted that last week was the closing for lot#7, and that tomorrow is the closing for lot#'s 11, 12, and 13. Members briefly discussed having a celebration now that all of the lots have been sold. They also discussed the possible south commerce area of the Airport and what might happen here. c. Airport Master Plan—Tharp stated that they are having their next group meeting on June 4. Some of the upcoming discussions will include layouts and operations. d. FAA/IDOT Projects: AECOM (David Hughes)— i. FY15 Obstruction Mitigation—Tharp stated that Hughes is still working on this, pulling together all of the information from the survey data. Gardinier noted that they have not had a presentation on the latest obstruction mitigation results. Tharp stated that he will speak with Hughes and Underwood about doing a possible presentation on this. He added that the majority of obstructions are trees. ii. Fuel Tank Rehabilitation—Tharp covered again the plan for this project, noting that Jet Air has been able to secure some fuel trucks for this time period. iii. North T-hangar Electrical Service &LED lighting—Tharp stated that the contractor wants to begin his trench work the beginning of June. This will need to take place in order to run the service line. iv. FY2016 !DOT Grant Application— Members received a copy of this in their meeting packet, according to Tharp, and now they await the State's response. He added that all three projects— pavement extension, LED lighting, and door upgrades—were included. e. Airport Operations—Tharp noted that they have been busy with hangar work in terms of seal replacements and other such maintenance issues. He stated that he has one open hangar currently that he needs to fill. i. Strategic Plan-Implementation—None. Airport Commission May 21, 2015 Page 3 ii. Budget— None. iii. Management— None. f. FBO/Flight Training Reports—(see Item f above) g. Consider a motion to enter closed session to discuss confidential emergency preparedness information, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(k) —Ogren moved to enter closed session at 6:45 P.M. Gardinier seconded the motion. The motion carried 5-0. h. Consider a resolution approving a memorandum of understanding with NextEra Energy — Duane Arnold Energy Center regarding confidential emergency preparedness information —Assouline moved to approve Resolution #A15-11 approving a Memorandum of Understanding with NextEra Energy— Duane Arnold Energy Center, as amended. Odgaard seconded the motion. The motion carried 5- 0. i. Commission Members' Reports — Members spoke briefly to the open hangar. j. Staff Report—Tharp reported that he will be out of the office June 11-15. SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR: Due to lack of a quorum for June 18, the next regular meeting of the Airport Commission will be held on Thursday, June 25, 2015, at 6:00 P.M. in the Airport Terminal Building. Gardinier noted that she will not be present for this meeting. ADJOURN: Gardinier made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:04 P.M. Ogren seconded the motion. The motion carried 5-0. 2�T l 20/ CHAIRPERSON DATE Airport Commission May 21,2015 Page 4 Airport Commission ATTENDANCE RECORD 2015 TERM cap COD O -• N O- N W -% N W A A 0 go NAME EXP. W NI m c N N m m N m m 0 0 A A a a a X71 O N N N O N 01 N Minnetta 03/01/19 X X O/ X X X X X X X X X X X Gardinier E Jose 03/01/16 X X 0/ X X 0/ X X/ O/ X X O/ X X Assouline E E E E E Chris 03/01/18 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Ogren A.Jacob 03/01/18 X X X O/ X X X X X X X X X X Odgaard E David 03/01/17 O/ X X 0/ X X 0/ X X O/ X X 0/ X Davis E E E E E Key: X = Present X/E = Present for Part of Meeting 0 = Absent 0/E=Absent/Excused NM = Not a Member at this time