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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
THURSDAY DECEMBER 9,1999—5:45 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Foster,Rick Mascari,Howard Horan,Mark Anderson,Tom
Bender
STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Mitchell, Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Mascari called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the November 11, 1999, Commission meeting were approved as submitted.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Foster made a motion to approve the bills. Bender seconded the motion and the bills were
approved 5—0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION—ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
No items were presented.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. ACSG project: O'Neil said the only property left to make an offer on is the Ruppert parcel
at the end of Runway 12. There is a signed offer on the Dane parcel. Dane would like to
close in January. The Schellin property is scheduled for court on December 13, 1999.
O'Neil suggested the Commission contact ACSG and set a deadline for having the project
completed. ACSG will be invited to the January Commission meeting to give a report and a
completion date.
O'Neil said sometime last weekend,the last mobile home was removed from the ICMHP.
The owner of the mobile home owes the Airport a year's lot rent. This is all part of the
litigation of the Schellin case.
b. Airport Master Plan update: O'Neil reported that Synder&Associates have been working
on the project and will have a report for the Commission at the January meeting. Mascari
wanted to know if this would include language concerning Runway 17/35. O'Neil circulated
a memo from the Council with their opinion that RW 17/35 will be closed after
improvements have been made to runways 06/24 and 12/30. O'Neil said the Commission
should make certain that the language in the Master Plan update reflects the agreement
reached between the Council and the Commission. Mascari will send the mayor a letter,
acknowledging receipt of their memo.
c. North Commercial area: A copy of the plat for the NCA was reviewed. All the aviation
requirements have been incorporated. O'Neil said as soon as the wetland mitigation plan
receives temporary DNR approval,the plat would be scheduled with the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the Council.
d. Airport Terminal Building project: Mascari commented that the project is looking great.
O'Neil said the building should be ready for temporary occupancy by December 23m. The
elevator will not be completed until sometime in January. The second floor can not be used
as a public meeting room until the elevator is fimctional. If the Commission wants to meet in
the Terminal, it would have to be on the first floor.
O'Neil said he and Horan met with HLM on Monday and ordered the furniture the
Commission had chosen for the building. This included fiuniture for the main lobby,chairs
for the vending machine room,chairs for the flight service room and a conference table and
chairs for the second floor meeting room. The furniture will take six to eight weeks to be
delivered.
e. Southwest T-hangar project: The project started November 29'h. The grading is completed
and some of the preparation has been completed for the exterior concrete. If the weather
cooperates, Selzer would like to pave as much of the exterior concrete as possible. They plan
to start the footings on December 13'h.
f. Commission By-Laws: After a short discussion,the Commission decided not to revise the
length of term as stated in the by-laws. The Mayor-appointed term is six years.
• g. Fuel Tank site: The subcommittee for this project met with Iowa City Flying Service in
November. Several options were discussed. A summary of the issues to be resolved was
included in the Commission's packet. One of the things the FBO said they would want in
order to financially participate in a new fuel site is an extension of their lease or a new lease
starting when their lease expires in December 2001. O'Neil will draft an FBO lease that
would begin in January of 2002.
The Commission directed the subcommittee to meet and prepare a proposal for the
Commission to review at the January meeting.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
Mascari said that Iowa City received the bid to host Fly-Iowa 2001. He wanted to make special
mention that Mark Anderson did a lot of work to put the presentation together. Anderson gave
the Commission an abbreviated version of the presentation that was given to the Iowa Aviation
Promotion Committee.
Mascari said he would send a letter of thanks to Iowa City Flying Service for providing the
transportation to Ankeny and to Larry Morgan from Shive-Hattery for use of their equipment to
prepare the presentation.
Mascari commented that this was the last meeting of the 1990's and there has been a lot
accomplished at the Airport in the 90's.
• Mascari said he received a phone call from the former FBO,offering him advise on building the
new t-hangar.
COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS:
Bender asked the Commission members to refer inquiries on the NCA to him and he will start a
database of potential tenants.
Horan said he has visited the Airport a few times and visited with some of the tenants.
Anderson said he was in the HLM hangar the other day and the door closer was broken. O'Neil
said interior maintenance is the responsibility of the tenant.
Anderson said he would really like to have the January Commission meeting in the Terminal
Building. Mitchell reminded the Commission that they could not have their meeting in the
second floor meeting room until the elevator is functional. Mascari said he would bring some
tables and have the meeting in the first floor lobby.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
The Schellin trial is scheduled for December 13, 1999.
O'Neil said there is a memo in the packet concerning upcoming Council issues.
Information for the Commission's five-year plan is being put together. O'Neil suggested the
Commission set a date for when they would like to move or tear down the United hangar so it
will not be a problem when a grant is received for the construction on Runway 06/24.
Rick Jirsa is remodeling a building at the corner of Mormon Trek and Highway 1. He
inadvertently paved an asphalt parking lot on Airport property. The property is outside the RPZ
for Runway 06. O'Neil said that he and Mitchell would have a contract for the Commission to
discuss at their January meeting that would allow Jirsa to lease the property on a month to month
basis. It will require him to remove the asphalt when the Commission needs the property to
relocate Dane Road.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular Airport Commission meeting is scheduled for January 13, 2000,at 5:45 p.m. at
the Airport Terminal Building. O'Neil said the new furniture would not be delivered by then.
Anderson said it could be a BYOC (bring your own chair)meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m.
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Rick Mascari,Chairperson