HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-11-1997 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes MINUTES
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1997 - 5:45 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Howard Horan, John Penick
Rick Mascari, Pat Foster
STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Mitchell, Ron O'Neil, Andy Rocca
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Foster called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. A
quorum was present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the August 21, 1997, meeting were approved after a
grammar correction.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Mascari made a motion to approve the bills. Penick seconded the
motion. The motion was approved 4 - 0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
No comments were received.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. ACSG project - Greg Bridger presented an update on the land
acquisition project. One mobile home owner from the Terrace Hill
court has been relocated early because of a hardship case. ACSG
will use her mobile home as their office for the rest of the
project. Bridger said he has a meeting scheduled for September
24th with the owners of the Ruppert parcel and he will start the
process of acquiring that property.
O'Neil said Dilkes will probably be on maternity leave about the
time the Airport is making offers on some of the parcels. Dilkes
suggested that some of the work be farmed out to an outside
attorney. She is investigating that possibility.
b. Airport Aircraft Emergency Plan - O'Neil said Blum was working
on this project. Andy Rocca, Iowa City Fire Chief, said he had
reviewed and commented on the draft plan and urged the Commission
to adopt a plan as soon as possible. He said he was interested in
preparing some training exercises to test the plan.
Horan questioned how communications would be coordinated ? Rocca
said this could all be coordinated through the central dispatch.
Mascari made a motion to adopt the Airport Aircraft Emergency Plan.
Penick seconded the motion. During additional discussion, Penick
said the plan needs to clarify how to contact airport personnel.
Horan said the Commission's responsibilities should be spelled out
better. O'Neil said he, or the Commissioners, could be used as an
information resource at the command center in the case of an
emergency.
Horan said he had reservations about passing the plan without input
from Blum. Blum has been working on this project. But since the
plan is reviewed annually, changes could be made at the next
review. Foster called for a vote on the motion. It passed 4 - 0,
with Blum being absent.
O'Neil said the Commission may want to consider budgeting money
next year to send a fire fighter to an aircraft fire and rescue
training conference. This can be discussed at the October budget
meeting.
c. North commercial area - O 'Neil said he does not have any
additional information from that discussed at the
Commission/Council meeting on September 4th. He said he spoke with
Steve Atkins and expressed concern about locating the hazardous
waste drop off site and hazardous waste storage facility on the
Airport property. There is also the liability involved with the
installation of the City' s fuel storage tanks.
Mascari said the idea has been proposed to have the City install
the infrastructure. He wanted to know if the Commission would be
expected to pay for the infrastructure ? If the Commission has to
pay for the infrastructure, they need to know what those costs
would be. He also wanted to know who would maintain the
infrastructure ?
O'Neil said the Commission needs to develop a time line on when
they want to send out an RFP. The decisions to include Public
Works and/or the Science Center will have to be made before the RFP
is sent out. The Commission had questions on if they would have to
pay for the infrastructure if the City installs it and if the City
is going to locate the Public Works in this area.
Mascari and Blum will work with O'Neil to establishing a schedule
for developing the North Commercial area. This will be on the
agenda for the October 16th meeting.
d. Southeast T-hangar building - O'Neil said a contract has been
forwarded to Henningsen Construction. Don Sontag, from Henningsen,
told O'Neil the building will take about 5 months to be delivered
from the manufacturer. Henningsen will construct the footings and
the floor and construct the building as soon as it is delivered.
The building is to be completed as soon as possible, and no later
than May 1, 1998 .
e. Ultra-light policy - Mascari presented information on how
other airports handle the issue of ultra-lights. Most airports do
not have a policy regulating ultra-lights.
O'Neil will draft a policy for ultra-lights to include the concerns
discussed by the Commission. This will be an agenda item at the
next Commission meeting.
f. Airport Terminal/shop renovation - The report on the Terminal
Building will be ready by the October meeting. The report will
address the structural integrity of the building, as well as cost
estimates to upgrade the mechanical and electrical systems.
O'Neil said he contacted a couple of pole building companies
concerning the replacement of the shop building. It would cost
about the same to replace the 50' by 100 ' section of the building
as it would to install new siding and roof on the old section.
Several scenarios were discussed on how to replace the shop
building and replace the space that will be lost when the United
Hanger is removed from the RW 24 RPZ. O'Neil said the roof on the
shop building will need replacement within a year.
This will be discussed at the October Commission meeting. ICFS
will be invited to participate in the discussion.
g. Airport entrance sign - O'Neil presented information on the
new City entrance signs that will be installed at several locations
around Iowa City. One of the signs will be at Strugis Ferry Park
across from the Airport.
O'Neil said at the April meeting, the Commission decided to have a
contest to design the sign. O'Neil said he needs some direction on
how much to spend on advertising, structural design costs, who will
judge the contest, etc.
The Commission decided that instead of a contest, they will have a
sign that will be similar to the "Welcome to Iowa City" signs.
O'Neil will contact the company that is designing and building the
City's signs and have some designs for the Commission at the next
Commission meeting.
h. Section 106 Review - National Historic Preservation Act -
Horan said he contacted Scott Kugler, from the City's Planning
Department, concerning how to start the planning process. Kugler
said he didn't know how the start the review, but he will contact
Horan when he has more information.
O'Neil said he discussed this issue with the FAA Regional Office.
They suggested the Commission should begin the study. It is
reimbursable through the AIP program. O'Neil will discuss this
with Chuck Schmadeke for details on how to start the process.
Public Works has experience with this type of study because of one
of the sewer projects.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
No items were presented.
COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS:
Horan said he did some aerial photography and flew with the pilot
that there was a complaint about several weeks ago. Horan said he
thought he was a good pilot and followed proper procedures.
Mascari asked about PAPI or VASI lights for RW 12/30. O'Neil said
he discussed this with the FAA maintenance personnel and he said it
would be a local cost to move the lights. The Master Plan calls
for some type of light approach system on Runway 12/30.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
The Iowa Aviation Conference is in Ames on October 9th and 10th.
O'Neil said if the Commission members can only go one day, he would
suggest going on Thursday, the 9th. Steve Salvo, the Ames Airport
manager, has invited the Commission to tour the newly remodeled
terminal building at the Ames Airport.
O'Neil said he will apply for State funds for a new UNICOM base
unit. He said he thinks the problems have been fixed but a back up
unit should be purchased. The State grant would be a 70/30 split.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular meeting is scheduled for October 16, 1997 , at
5:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned at 7 : 45 p.m.
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Pat Fos er, C rirperson