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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-24-1992 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes • J t 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 ',LK] t. i 41 p. - i T: r :e6.r• f 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