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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-15-1991 Airport Commission Meeting MinutesMINUTES IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991 - 7:00 P.M. IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Foster, John Ockenfels, Robert Hicks Richard Blum MEMBERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: 10*111ifJEJZ44J ,M�3 CALL TO ORDER: William Tucker Anne Burnside, Ron O'Neil Bruce Ahrens The meeting was called to order by Blum at 7:05 p.m. A quorum of the Commission was present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the September 15, 1991, and September 27, 1991, Commission meetings were approved as presented. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: b. Farmer's National Company - Bruce Ahrens explained the current farm lease with Tom Williams. There will be an increase in the 1992 fees. There was discussion on past farming practices and what would be done in the future. Blum suggested that the Commission may want to advertise for competitive bids in the future. Burnside will investigate what the Commission is required to do in relation to public bids for airport farm property. Options for next year will be explored. f. Iowa City Flying Service lease - Foster indicated that E.K. Jones has a copy of the Commission's proposal for the 1992 - 1996 lease. No reply has been received. O'Neil suggested that the Commission set a deadline date for a reply to the proposed fee changes. O'Neil will contact Iowa City Flying Service, requesting a written response by November 1, 1991. Burnside explained details of the proposal sent to ICFS. She clarified some of the items in the 1982 Master Lease. This should be beneficial to ICFS and the Commission. A definition of maintenance was added. d. Budget - 1993. Blum explained that the budget will include a permanent half-time maintenance person. This was discussed with the City Council several months ago. Several items connected with this issue were discussed, including the possibility of job sharing with another department. A job description will be developed. Also discussed with the Council was a rewrite of the job description for the Airport Operations Manager to Airport Manager. The Commission will include the job description change as an agenda item at the next meeting. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES: The list of expenditures was presented for the month of September. Ockenfels moved to approve the list. Hicks seconded the motion and it was passed 4 - 0. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: a. AIP Project 3-19-0047-02 - The concrete work has been completed. The joint sealing, painting and clean-up items remain. Sammons has had problems removing the old crack sealing material. Sammons requested a thirty day extension to the contract. The Commission did not agree to a further extension. At this time, the Commission will not impose a fine for exceeding the October 11, 1991, completion date. This item will be discussed at the November Commission meeting. Sammons can be fined up to $ 250.00 per day. Ockenfels reminded the Commission that because the contract has passed the completion date, there will be additional inspection fees owed to Howard R. Green Company. The third request for payment from Sammons was discussed. Ockenfels moved to approve payment. Foster seconded the motion and it was approved 4 - 0. c. Advisory member Airport Commission - Blum suggested that the advisory member position be advertised. This will be a person who is not a resident of Iowa City. It should be clarified that this is a non-voting member. O'Neil will investigate how to best advertise in the City/County area. e. Site Selection/Master Plan Study : subcommittee report- Ockenfels and O'Neil met with the FAA Airport planners in Kansas City to discuss what information should be solicited from the firms interested in conducting the site study. The FAA suggested presenting a vague outline and to let the firms develop the proposal as to what are the aviation requirements of the Iowa City area. O'Neil will complete the proposal information and schedule the interviews as soon as possible. The firm selected to conduct the study will be discussed at the November 19, 1991, meeting. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Blum had no additional items to discuss. COMMISSION MEMBER'S REPORTS: No items were presented. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: O'Neil stated that the State Aviation Promotion Committee wanted to thank the Commission for hosting Fly Iowa 91 and commented that they considered it a success in every way. O'Neil will meet with Lee Utt from the FAA on October 17, 1991, to inspect the progress of the current AIP project in Iowa City. As was discussed at a previous meeting, taxi's and private vehicles are no longer allowed on the air side of the Airport to pick up passengers flying in for football games. ICFS shuttles all passengers to and from their aircraft, before and after the game. Jones indicated that this system has worked well. The University of Iowa has requested space to store ambulances in the United hangar similar to last year. This item will be discussed at the November meeting. O'Neil included a letter in the packet concerning a complaint by Air Care that Iowa City Flying Service sold them contaminated fuel. O'Neil discussed the complaint with ICFS and the contaminated fuel was removed immediately. The complaint is being investigated by the FAA. A preapplication was filed with the FAA for funding for the Site Selection/Master Plan Study. This preapplication will have priority over other projects previously applied for. A meeting is scheduled with the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to inform them of Commission's intentions with relation to the Site Selection/Master Plan Study. SET NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting is scheduled for November 19, 1991, at 7:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: Ockenfels moved to adjourn the meeting. Hicks seconded the motion and the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.