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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
THURSDAY JANUARY 8,1998—5:45 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Foster,Rick Mascari,Howard Horan,Richard Blum
STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Mitchell,Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Foster called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the December I I, 1997,Airport Commission meeting were approved as submitted.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Blum made a motion to approve the bills. Horan seconded the motion and they were approved 4—0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION—ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
No items were presented.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. ACSG Project—Greg Bridger reported that offers have been made on several properties. No
signed offers have been received,but he thought the Fitzgarrald and Kennedy offers were
acceptable and would be signed and returned soon. Until Mrs.Fitzgarrald officially agrees to the
offer,the relocation project can not begin.
O'Neil said one item to discuss is the purchase of the property to relocate Dane Road The
property needed may be included in property being purchased for the RPZ for Runway 06.
Howard R Green will be conducting an engineering study to lay out the intersection. O'Neil
suggested H.R Green contact the City Planning Department to discuss the amount of right of way
needed for the intersection.
b. Gordon Aircraft/HLM lease-Gordon's commercial business agreement expires at the end of
February. There has been discussion about terminating HLM's lease and incorporating the lease
and the business agreement. 0'Neil is waiting for a letter from FILM,requesting termination of
their lease. O'Neil will contact Gordon and invite him to the February meeting.
c. Glider Club-O'Neil said he has not heard from Don Gurnett or Jim Schmidt. Jones,from ICFS,
said he did not have hangar space available for the club. He said he did not think it would be good
for the Airport to have a glider club here. Blum said he would like to see a waiting list and a
current hangar list. O'Neil said he would get the list for the next meeting.
d. North Commercial Area—O'Neil said there was a summary memo in the packet concerning this
area. He discussed this with Karin Franklin yesterday and she will be providing an update memo
for the Council and Commission.Blum suggested whomever is going to do the marketability
study meet with the Commission to discuss restrictions that may be unique to the Airport. O'Neil
will ask Franklin to schedule the meeting.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
Foster had no issues to report.
COMMISSION MEMBERS'REPORTS:
Mascari said he was at the Airport on Christmas day and he wanted to comment that the entire Airport was
cleared from the storm on Christmas Eve. He thanked O'Neil for working on Christmas day.
Mascari said he had heard Gordon sold fuel to a jet that came in. O'Neil said Gordon traded fuel for
transportation for one of his customers. Gordon said he checked with ICFS beforehand to make sure there
was no conflict.
Blum said he received a complaint that ICFS was charging one customer more than others for T-hangar
space. O'Neil will discuss this with Jones from ICFS and get a current hangar list and a copy of how much
ICFS is charging.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
O'Neil said the Commission must decide what they must do to provide hangar space to replace the United
Building and the shop building. Blum said if the shop can't be fixed for$25,000 to$30,000,it would
not be worth repairing. The main consensus was to try to build the 100'by 100'building. This will be on
the agenda for the next meeting.
O'Neil said there is a copy of a survey in the Commission packet sent to all aircraft owners,concerning
future hangar buildings at the Cedar Rapids Airport.
There are copies of three airspace studies in the packet. O'Neil sent a comment to the FAA,objecting to an
extension on the Hubbard Milling building.
ICFS requested removing some pipes from the United Hangar to make it easier to put some tarps on the
ceiling. O'Neil said does not know if the pipes were fuel or electrical. The Commission said to have ICFS
give them an estimate of the cost to remove the pipes.
O'Neil has tentatively scheduled Dan Kinsinger to appraise the 17 acres in the southeast corner of the
Airport to determine fair market value. This is the area Public Works would like to lease for a new facility.
The Commission confirmed that this needed to be done to determine fair market value.
O'Neil said he would send a letter to the Cedar Rapids tower,requesting a temporary tower for the fly in
breakfast on August 30, 1998.
Minimum standards for the Airport are an issue that needs to be addressed. This has been on the pending
list for the last year. This will be an agenda item for the February meeting.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular meeting of the Airport Commission is scheduled for February 12, 1998,at 5:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:57 p.m.
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