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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-14-1999 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes r MINUTES IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION THURSDAY JANUARY 14,1999—5:45 P.M. IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Foster, Rick Mascari,Howard Horan, Tom Bender STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Mitchell, Ron O'Neil CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Horan called the meeting to order at 5:50 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the December 10, 1998, Commission meeting were approved as submitted. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES: Foster made a motion to approve the bills. Mascari seconded the motion and the bills were approved 3—0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION—ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: No items were discussed. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: a. ACSG Project: Greg Bridger explained the progress on the Terrace Hill Mobile Home Park. He said most of the homes have been removed. In the Iowa City Mobile Home Park,there are 26 occupied units. There are two illegal apartments in the old community building. The occupants will be relocated as soon as possible. Most of the initial interviews have been completed. Almost all of the easements have been offered. Most landowners have indicated they are not interested in signing the easements. The FAA does not require condemnation if the easements are not accepted. Bridger said an offer has been made and accepted for the Airlane Motel. He is still working on the details of the agreement. The land for the relocation of Dane Road is in the final stages of negotiation. b. North Commercial area: The Commission reviewed a drawing of the layout of the North Commercial area. There will be an open waterway along the west and south boundaries of the property. This waterway will not have standing water. It will only be wet until the excess water has been drained from the property. O'Neil said it is time for the Commission to complete their marketing plan for the area. MMS said the construction plan should be ready for bid by late March or early April. O'Neil said the Commission would need some assistance with the marketing plan, either in-house from other City staff or from a consultant. O'Neil said the FAA does not have specific guidelines on the length of the leases. Bender will take the lead in developing the marketing plan. He said he has some individuals he would like to show the plan to and get their opinion. O'Neil said there is a bi-weekly magazine for the airport industry that has a classified section for opportunities on airports. He thought it would be worth the money to place an ad to try to attract aviation businesses to Iowa City. Bender said the Commission should decide who would help market the property. He said the Commission should interview developers and real estate companies and select the one that they feel will develop the property to best meet the Commission's requirements. O'Neil said that a decision would need to be made on how the property will be managed and who will manage the leases. Bender said the leases should be for at least 20 years. This will allow developers enough time to recover their investment. The Commission will try to have their marketing plan ready to explain to the Council by April. O'Neil said the Commission might need to have the property appraisal updated to be able to determine"fair market value". This will be an agenda item at the next Commission meeting. c. Gordon Aircraft—business agreement: O'Neil said there is a question on whether to terminate the lease with HLM for hangar#35 and write a new lease with Gordon or continue to treat the lease and the business agreement separately. The term of the HLM lease is until December of 2000. Mascari said he thought the amount charged for the agreement should be increased. O'Neil said it was increased last year from$ 800 per year to$ 850 per year. He said the Commission could increase it again if they had justification to do so. It was suggested that the business agreement should run concurrent with the lease and expire in December of 2000. Horan and O'Neil will meet with Gordon to discuss the agreement and this will be on the agenda for the February meeting. d. Airport Terminal Building: Horan said there was a meeting on January 8h to discuss the renovation plans for the Terminal. He said he has been in contact with the Historic Preservation Commission and has invited them to comment on the Commission's plans. O'Neil said the Commission should be on track to hold a public hearing on the plans and specifications sometime in March. This will allow the Commission to go out to bid on the project for summer construction. The heating system and window replacement will need to be completed before Fall. e. Southwest FBO building: O'Neil said there is nothing new to report. Most of the footings and frost walls have been constructed. The building should be delivered in approximately one month. f. Non-aviation uses of Airport property: O'Neil said he has not heard anything more on the request to hold a circus at the Airport. The person making the request was in a hurry for an answer and wanted to have his schedule in place by the third week in December. Since there has not been any correspondence since the initial request, O'Neil said he did not think there was a need to take any action. O'Neil said that he thought the Commission should have some policy in place for future requests for non-aviation uses for Airport property. O'Neil will put some information together for the Commission and this will be an agenda item in February or March. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Horan thanked the Commission members for going to the Council meeting last Monday to discuss ACSG's contract. Horan asked the Commission if they thought they should move ahead with the doing a Section 106 study on the United hangar and get ready to move it or tear it down. He stated the Commission should set a time of when the building would be removed. O'Neil suggested applying to the State A1P program for obstruction removal. Horan said he was interested in going to the Central Region AIP Conference in April. O'Neil said he would provide the Commission with registration information as soon as it is available. The boards and commissions budget meeting was today and Horan presented information to the Council. COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS: Mascari said it was brought to his attention that the magnetic heading may have changed and the primary runway may have to be renumbered. O'Neil suggested this could be done when the ALP is updated after the land acquisition program is completed. Mascari wanted to know if Johnson County is current with the County/City Zoning Ordinance. O'Neil and Mitchell said they would investigate. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: Mitchell reminded the Commission that when they receive a confidential memo it is for their eyes-only and not to share it with anyone else. O'Neil recommended a change in the by-laws to change the Commission term from six years to five years. A memo was included in the Commission packet that gave a summary of the history of"Old Jet". O'Neil will see if people required to perform community service could keep "Old Jet"clean. A letter was sent to the Station Manager of KCRG about the erratic flying of their news helicopter. The entrance sign is scheduled to be installed on January 201 or 21st. A request has been made to lease the Schintler parcel and some of the Kennedy parcel. The Commission directed O'Neil to negotiate with Mr. Liddel and it will be a future agenda item. O'Neil said he thought Horan did an excellent job presenting the Commission budget to the Council. He reviewed several capital projects and discusssed with the Council the two major projects they have committed to this year,the North Commercial area and the Terminal renovation. SET NEXT MEETING: The next regular Airport Commission meeting is scheduled for February 11, 1999,at 5:45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:24 p. Howard Horan, Chairperson