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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 1997 - 5:45 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Howard Horan, Dick Blum
Rick Mascari, Pat Foster
STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Mitchell, Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Foster called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m. A
quorum was present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the November 13, 1997, meeting were approved as
presented.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Mascari made a motion to approve the bills . Blum seconded the
motion. The motion was approved 4 - 0 .
PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
Jim Schmidt addressed the Commission concerning locating a glider
club at the Airport. The club is located at the Muscatine Airport
and would like to transfer to the Iowa City Municipal Airport. The
Commission discussed the fact that there would be some operating
restrictions because of safety concerns.
Mascari and Blum will meet with Schmidt to discuss operations at
the Airport. Schmidt said they are negotiating with Iowa City
Flying Service for hangar space. They have two sailplanes and a
tow plane. This will be on the agenda for the January meeting.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. ACSG project — Greg Bridger provided an update on the land
acquisition project. The Ruppert property is being appraised. He
will be talking with Mrs. Fitzgerrald' s attorney tomorrow to see if
it would be all right to discuss the offer with her in Arizona.
O'Neil said the property needed for relocating Dane Road should be
determined in the near future. If the Council were willing to pay
to have Dane Road relocated at the same time of the Willow Creek
sewer project is scheduled, there would be cost savings to the
City. The relocation project is eligible for reimbursement through
the AIP program.
Bridger said he is working on the Kennedy and Schellin properties .
He would like to make an offer to Kennedy by the end of December.
b. Public Works Site - O'Neil said there was nothing new to
report. This will be an agenda item at a future meeting.
c. North Commercial area - Blum said the subcommittee met with the
Council subcommittee on December 2 . There was general discussion
on what the Commission and Council would like to see developed in
the area. A list of what could, and could not be done was
developed. The first step is to hire a consultant to determine how
marketable the property is. This process should take about 90 days
to complete.
City Manager Atkins was going to put a memo together to summarize
the meeting. Mitchell said he has discussed the length of a lease
with the FAA. The length of a lease the FAA would be comfortable
with will have a major bearing on how the property is developed.
d. UNICOM grant - O'Neil said he had received a grant offer from
the IDOT to replace the UNICOM radio. The radio has been repaired
several times in the last year and is no longer reliable. The grant
would pay for up to 70% of the replacement cost. The old unit
would be kept as a backup unit.
Horan made a motion for a resolution to accept the grant from the
Iowa Department of Transportation. Mascari seconded the motion and
it was passed 4 - 0.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
No items were presented.
COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS:
Horan said he thought the subcommittee meeting on the North
Commercial area was productive.
Blum said he had a conversation with Senator Grassley concerning
the future of the FAA AIP program. Blum said Grassley gave him the
opinion that the program would be in existence for the next several
years. Blum suggested keeping our congresspersons informed about
what is going on at the Iowa City Municipal Airport.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
O'Neil said the new Commission member would be appointed by the
Mayor at the December 16`h Council meeting.
One of the agenda items that should be discussed in the near future
is the Airport' s minimum standards. O'Neil will schedule this
sometime in the first quarter of 1998 .
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O'Neil said he discussed glider clubs with the Airport Manager from
Ames. O'Neil will discuss his concerns when this issue is on the
agenda.
O'Neil has contacted Karen Kaplan from HLM concerning terminating
HLM' s lease or assigning it to Gordon Aircraft. He will be
receiving a request from HLM concerning the lease.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular meeting is scheduled for January 8, 1998, at
5: 45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned at 6: 54 p.m.
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