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MINUTES
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1992 - 5:30 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: John Ockenfels, Howard Horan, Pat Foster,
Robert Hicks, Richard Blum
STAFF PRESENT: Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Blum called the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m. A quorum
of the Commission was present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the October 27, 1992, Commission meeting were
approved as presented.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
O'Neil presented the list of expenditures for November. Foster
moved to approve the bills as presented. Ockenfels seconded the
motion and the expenditures were approved.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
No items were presented.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
b. Storm Water Management Permit - O'Neil stated that a storm
water management plan will be required by April 1993 . He said that
it is unclear who will be responsible for the permit. The
Commission does not engage in any of the activities that require a
permit. O'Neil has informed Iowa City Flying Service and Hansen
Lind Meyer, Inc. that they may be responsible for their own permit.
The DNR has not developed guidelines for the management plan. When
the guidelines are developed, ICFS and HLM will be contacted to
participate in the plan development.
c. Airport Relocation Feasibility Study - The next public meeting
is scheduled for December 17, 1992, at the Iowa City Public
Library. A final presentation will be scheduled the week of
January 18, 1993. The second phase of this project will be to
develop a new Aviation Master Plan.
Ockenfels met with several people concerning the Study. He said
they had more misinformation than correct information. Some
information from the news media was not interpreted correctly.
Ockenfels answered their questions and invited them to the next
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public meeting.
Blum stated that he contacted the editor of the Iowa City Press
Citizen concerning some of the information in the newspaper. He
was invited to submit information correcting some of the issues
discussed in the last article concerning the Feasibility Study.
There was discussion on how to best get the information concerning
the Study to those interested. O'Neil stated that press releases
were given to several radio and television stations and three
newspapers. In addition, part of the responsibility of those on
the Technical Advisory Committee is to inform the groups they
represent as to when the public meetings are to be conducted.
d. Iowa City Landscaping lease - This is an annual lease which
terminates in December. O'Neil has contacted Iowa City Landscaping
and they are interested in renewing the lease. Paul Dykstra
questioned whether the Commission would be interested in leasing
addition property.
The Commission directed O'Neil to proceed with renewing the lease,
including the proposal to lease additional property. This will be
an agenda item at the next Commission meeting.
a. Special events aircraft parking - Horan reported on the
practice of closing a runway for parking during home football
games. He observed parking during a football Saturday and thought
the operation appeared to be conducted in a safe manner.
Hicks surveyed several pilots concerning their parking preferences
for football games. Most said they would prefer to park on hard
surfaced parking, even if it required paying an extra fee to ICFS.
Ockenfels stated that he would answer the survey questions the same
way the majority answered, but the questions did not address any
safety issue. He stated that closing a runway is a safety issue.
Horan and Hicks recommended continuing parking on a closed runway
if the ICFS would be responsible for the liability of controlling
traffic. He suggested that there continue to be a prohibition on
any taxi or private vehicle traffic to the parked aircraft. ICFS
will be responsible for providing transportation to and from the
aircraft before and after the football games.
The Commission directed O'Neil to develop a policy to include all
of the items discussed. This would include closing a runway for
parking during home football games, with ICFS responsible for
providing transportation to and from the aircraft.
Jones, from ICSF, questioned whether other vehicles, like
limousines, would be allowed to go to the parked aircraft. The
Commission said no other vehicles would be allowed. This will be
included in the parking policy to be discussed at a future meeting.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
Blum said he attended the annual AIP Conference in Kansas City.
There were many interesting topics discussed, including airport
safety and GA funding.
One of the safety issues discussed concerned fueling aircraft
inside hangars. Blum asked Jones, from ICFS, if he was aware of
the regulation prohibiting the fueling of aircraft in a hangar.
Jones said he was aware of the regulation but thought it was
permissible to fuel aircraft inside a hangar as long as the hangar
door was open.
Blum informed Jones that fueling inside a hangar is not allowed.
Hansen Lind Meyer will also be informed of this prohibition.
The ASOS has been installed. The system will run on test mode for
several weeks. The National Weather Service will install a
discrete frequency when the system is available for public service.
COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORT:
No items were presented.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
No items were presented.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular meeting is scheduled for December 15, 1992, at
5: 30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
Foster moved to adjourn the meeting. Ockenfels seconded the motion
and the meeting was adjourned at 6:57 p.m.
Richard Blum, Chairperson