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MINUTES
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
THURSDAY JUNE 8,2000—5:45 P.M.
IOWA CITY AIRPORT TERMINAL
MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Bender, Howard Horan, Mark Anderson,Alan Ellis
STAFF PRESENT: Andy Matthews,Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Vice-chairperson Anderson called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the May 11,2000, Commission meeting were approved as submitted.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Bender made a motion to approve the bills. Ellis seconded the motion and the bills were
approved 4 0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION—ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
Harry Wolf from Southgate Development,addressed the Commission concerning some property
on the east side of the Iowa River. He said there are about three acres under the jurisdiction of
the Commission that borders on some property that Southgate would like to develop. Wolf said
he doesn't have a specific project in mind but he is trying to see what options would be available.
The Commission members said they would not be interested in selling the property but would
consider a long term lease if the property is not in the Runway Protection Zone. O'Neil will see
if the property is in the RPZ. The Commission will develop a land lease that would be applicable
to this property and the property in the North Commercial area. Wolf said he would develop a
proposal for the Commission.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. ILS presentation- Mark Skillman presented information from Airsys ATM,a company that
markets and installs precision instrument approach equipment. He said he surveyed the
property and his preliminary inspection led him to believe a precision approach can be
installed on Runway 24. He explained what an ILS does and what his company could do.
He said there are some concerns with the Iowa City site but he said he did not think there
were any issues that could not be resolved.
He will take the information he received on the site and run a computer simulation on it to see
if an ILS can be sited. Other engineers in his office will look at the information and he will
report back to the Commission in a couple of weeks or so. He said Airsys is a design/build
company. He said he thought the single source contractor cuts the time for construction and
installation.
The ILS/DME equipment itself is between$300,000 and$400,000. He said the total project
installed would be between$600,000 and$700,000. This does not include the light lane.
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b. Master Plan update-Jim Finley, from the Kansas City office of the FAA,provided
information to the Commission concerning the design of an ILS approach for Runway 24.
Finley said that based on his preliminary review of the approach,he thought it would be
possible to design an approach with 3 mile visibility and 200—300 feet elevation. The
lowest approach available now is the GPS approach,which is 463 feet and 1 mile visibility.
O'Neil said there is the problem of getting the project paid for. He said it would have to be
moved up in the Master Plan. Some Commission members and Jerry Searle from Snyder&
Associates could go down to Kansas City and talk to the people in the Airports Division
concerning funding and maintenance for an ILS.
Searle said it is important to have the Master Plan update reflect a precision approach. The
proper setbacks need to be incorporated. The precision approach will need to be moved up
on the priority list to the 1 —5 year projects instead of the 5— 10 year project list.
c. Terminal Building—second floor egress walkway—O'Neil said he had someone from D &
N Fence look at a way to have the egress railing meet building code standards. They installed
some extra braces on the railing cables and O'Neil had the Building Department inspect the
installation. He said the solution installed by D &N Fence will meet code. The Commission
directed O'Neil to have D &N complete the project if it is less than$2000.
O'Neil asked the Commission who would pay D &N Fence? The consensus of the
Commission said it was a design problem and HLM Design should pay for the installation.
O'Neil will get a firm price from D &N and discuss it with HLM. HLM will have to
approve the project if the Commission expects them to pay for it.
d. HLM lease—Gordon The subcommittee of Anderson and Horan will meet with Gordon and
have something for the Commission to review at the July meeting.
e. North Commercial area:
1. Council/Commission agreement- O'Neil said City Manager Atkins has taken the
information from the NCA subcommittee and staff and is developing an agreement for
the regulation of the North Commercial area. Bender said it was a positive
subcommittee meeting and he thought the approval was given to move ahead.
2. Infrastructure—O'Neil said MMS is finishing the infrastructure design specifications
and should be ready to go to bid in a few weeks. O'Neil will find out whether the
Council or Commission will have the public hearing on the plans and specifications.
3. Marketing—Jeff Edberg and Bill Wittig, from Coldwell Banker,gave a presentation on
how they would market the NCA. They said they would like the to be the Commission's
agent to market the property. They outlined how they would market the NCA and what it
would take to develop it.
Anderson asked if there would be a conflict of interest with Bender if Coldwell is
selected to market the property. Bender said he is not involved with the commercial real
estate division. Matthews said he did not think it would constitute a conflict as long as
Bender did not vote when it came time select a marketing firm or did not participate in
negotiating a contract. Anderson said the City Attorney's office would clarify this.
4. Science Center—O'Neil said the Commission should send a clear signal to the Jim
Larew on how they are going to participate in the Science Center. The Commission
needs to decide if they will hold a lot for the Science Center,how much they are going to
charge and how long they will hold the lot,especially if someone else is interested in the
lot. There is the FAA requirement of receiving fair market rent. O'Neil said it was clear
from the subcommittee meeting that there would not be major financial support from the
Council for this project. Bender said the NCA subcommittee would meet with the
Science Center as soon as the lease price for the lots is determined.
f. Southwest T-hangar project—Bldg K—Matthews said the City is sending a letter to SWA,
authorizing them to reorder the building. He said that because there could be litigation, if the
Commission wants to discuss this in more detail, it should be done in executive session.
O'Neil said it typically takes at least eight weeks for the building to be manufactured.
SWA requested an extension of 97 days before liquidated damages would be assessed. The
Commission decided to wait to see how soon the building would be reordered before it
decided if an extension would be granted.
g. EAA lease-EAA is trying to incorporate as a tax exempt,non-profit organization. After this
is accomplished,a lease will be developed for some space in the United hangar.
h. Iowa City Community School District lease-O'Neil said the annual lease for the property
the School District leases is due August 1. The property is in the NCA. The Commission has
the ability to cancel the lease with 30 days written notice. This will be on the agenda in July.
i. Rehab building lease—This property is also in the NCA. It is a month to month lease.
O'Neil will send a letter to see when they will be moving and when they will be moving the
building.
j. Fuel site-Set public hearing—July 20,2000 at 5:45 p.m. Bender made a motion to set a
public hearing for the plans and specifications for the fuel site. Horan seconded the motion
and it passed 4—0,with Mascari being absent.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
There was no report.
COMMISSION MEMBERS'REPORTS:
Bender said he wanted to address the conflict of interest issue. He said the Airport Commission
is community service work for him and he would not want the Commission not to be able to
select the best marketing team because of him. He said he certainly would not vote on the matter
and if it required him to step down,he would regret leaving the Commission but would like to see
them do what is best for the Airport.
Ellis asked what was happening with the Wolf mobile home property. O'Neil said he attended
the Planning Department staff meeting and expressed the interest of the Commission of not
having the residential use expanded. Ellis said he received information from AOPA
recommending how to foster cooperation between airports and residential developments.
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Ellis said he thought the Airport Emergency Plan should be made more specific. He said there is
a FAA Advisory Circular for emergency plans. O'Neil said he has done training for the Fire
Department concerning fire fighting on the Airport. Ellis and Anderson will work on the Plan to
make it more user friendly.
Horan said the Commission should move forward with their Section 106 study. He also said the
Commission should develop a better relationship with our congresspersons to assist in getting
grants and having them contact the Commission before releasing grant information to the public.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: .
O'Neil reminded the Commission that they would need to get started on the educational programs
for Fly Iowa 2001. This would include getting the grade school age children involved with some
type of contest or promotion. Mascari is in charge of the educational programs for Fly Iowa.
The manager of the Burlington Airport has resigned and is going to Des Moines as the Airport
Finance Director.
O'Neil said the EAA Young Eagles program is going to have an event at the Airport. O'Neil said
he did not know about it until he started getting calls from people who heard about it on the radio.
He said it would be better if he knew about these events in advance so there would be some
coordination of facilities.
O'Neil said Fort Dodge FSS contacted him and they will have a portable FFS at Fly Iowa 2001.
Anderson said there was a grass fire at the Airport several weeks ago. He and Mascari met the
Fire Department at the Airport. Anderson said he did not know the cause of the fire.
Anderson asked if the tower painting project was moving forward? O'Neil said there was a small
problem but it is moving forward. He was hoping the project could be completed before the Fly
In on August 20.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular Airport Commission meeting is scheduled for July 20,2000,at 5:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was .•journed at 8:47 p.m.
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