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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. 7An-on- Pat Fos er, C rirperson