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MINUTES FINAL
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
JANUARY 7, 2014—5:30 P.M.
AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
Members Present: Howard Horan, Chris Ogren, Minnetta Gardinier, Paul Hofmeyer
Members Absent: Jose Assouline
Staff Present: Michael Tharp
Others Present: Chuck McDonald
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (to become effective only after separate Council
action):
None.
CALL TO ORDER:
Tharp called the meeting to order at 5:38 P.M.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. FLY IOWA—Tharp noted that Deb Dunkhase was not going to be attending the
meeting due to an illness. Tharp noted that he shared Dunkhase's email with the
group. Tharp stated he felt confident that she had a good handle on the children's
activities for the event.
Tharp then shared new options with the logo. Tharp stated that Mary Moye-Rowley
had given him some new logo designs based on the conversations they were having
and that he wanted to get a final version picked out. Members discussed the
different logos and by consensus decided on the logo that included a city silhouette.
Tharp noted that since the logo hadn't been finalized the fundraising aspect hadn't
made much of a forward progress. Tharp noted that with this complete he would
initiate the donor mailings.
Members then turned to the discussion to the actual day of events. Members
discussed having a full day of activities on the Saturday and using Sunday as
primarily a day for vendors to complete any leftover transactions. Sunday would also
be designated for the Young Eagles rides.
Members discussed the use of vendors for food and souvenirs. Members discussed
having a service group provide a breakfast activity. Gardinier and Hofmeyer
volunteered to pursue contacts to firm up that. Tharp noted that the library at one
point maintained a reference database of organizations that might be helpful.
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Members discussed the option of 2 smaller airshow blocks or one larger block.
Gardinier suggested the idea of the larger block of about an hour and half and have
fly-bys throughout the rest of the day.
Gardinier discussed the idea of the approaching the EAA chapter to organize the
evening activities. Gardinier also suggested having a balloon glow at night. Ogren
suggested that for the fly-by one of them be examples of homebuilt aircraft.
McDonald stated that another activity they liked to have during Fly Iowa was the FAA
safety seminar. Members discussed using the conference room or a hangar.
Ogren stated she liked the idea of the book reading as a part of the activities and
volunteered to talk with Sue to provide a contact mechanism for that.
Hofmeyer asked about space available. Tharp noted that for hangar space there
was the maintenance hangar, and the new storage hangar 'm'. For office type
spacing it was pretty much the terminal building. Gardiner also mentioned the old
storage shop.
Horan asked about the performers or other aircraft they wanted to bring in. Tharp
noted that he has been receiving information from various groups. Tharp noted that
the pricing he was seeing was anywhere from $3000-4000 to upwards of $10,000.
McDonald mentioned that he could talk to the P51 owner in the state and see if they
would be interested in attending.
Members continued to discuss the performers and who to approach. McDonald
stated that he had information on an emcee for the event. He stated he would reach
out to him to see if he was available. McDonald also stated that he would be willing
to help fill out the request for military participation.
Tharp noted that he was having trouble coordinating the website for the event.
Gardinier suggested he reach out to Mary Moye-Rowley stating she had recently been
taking website design courses, or to Kirkwood instructors. Tharp stated that he would
contact Mary. Gardinier suggest that they could also inquire about updating the
airport's page at the same time.
Tharp restated some of the assignments for the next meeting. Ogren and Horan
would pursue lunch vendors. Gardinier and Hofmeyer would pursue breakfast
vendors. Tharp would continue fundraising and contact performers for additional
information.
ADJOURN: Tharp adjourned the meeting at 6:59pm
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ATTENDANCE RECORD
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03/01/13 X NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM
Rick Mascari
03/01/14 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Howard Horan
Minnetta 03/01/15 X X O/E X O/E X X X O/E X X X X X X
Gardinier
Jose 03/02/12 0/E O/E X X X O/E X X X X O/E X O/E X O/E
Assouline
Chris Ogren 03/01/15 X X X X X XX X X XX X X X X
Paul 03/01/15 NM X X X X X X X O/E X X X O/E X X
Hofmeyer
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X/E = Present for Part of Meeting
O = Absent
O/E =Absent/Excused
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